Can I add the feature to allow query params for new file name and contents?

[coolaj86]

Gitea lets you open a URL to create a new file at a given path, like this:

https://git.example.com/example/project/_new/master/path/to

Github allows you to also specify the name of the file, and some contents, like this:

https://github.com/example/project/new/master
        ?filename=path/to/hello.md
        &value=Hello+World!

I would like to add this feature to gitea.

• Would this be acceptable?
• How can I find the JavaScript file I would need to edit to add this?
• Where should I add documentation for a feature like this?

[noerw]

Hi!

1. 👍 I'm confident this will be accepted
2. You could populate the field with javascript, or handle this in the serverside templating (we use mostly use the latter option, though I can see that this is not needed in this case). Add here if you do it in JS, add here and potentially here for the templating approach.
3. As this feature probably targets devs that want to integrate with Gitea mostly, the developers section of our docs would be good

[coolaj86]

Thanks. I've got this in my queue of side projects. I hope to work on this within the next two weeks.

[coolaj86]

The blog project I've been working on that depends on this change is now at a stage where it will be immediately useful: https://bliss.coolaj86.com/

To demonstrate:

1. Enter some content
2. Enter a title
3. Select Blog: Eon, Git: Gitea
4. Paste the repo url in the Repo section
5. Click "Create on Gitea"

Example Link URL:

https://git.coolaj86.com/coolaj86/blog/_new/main/posts/hello-world.md?value=---%0Atitle%3A%20%22Hello%2C%20World%22%0Adescription%3A%20%22CHANGE%20ME%20!!!!!!%22%0Atimezone%3A%20%22America%2FDenver%22%0Adate%3A%20%222021-07-25%2002%3A08%3A00%20am%22%0Aupdated%3A%20%222021-07-25%2002%3A08%3A00%20am%22%0Auuid%3A%20d841df20-4c8d-43eb-9a19-c47873ffabc0%0Acategories%3A%0A%20%20-%20CHANGE_ME_______________%0Apermalink%3A%20%2Farticles%2Fhello-world%2F%0A---%0A%0AHello.%0AIs%20it%20me%20you%27re%20looking%20for%3F

Anyway, I plan to start this week, perhaps tomorrow.

[coolaj86]

Done. Merged. Awesome!