Add outside collaborator to organization repository using github cli

Question

I am using gh-cli

I want to add outside collaborator to private repository (my-repo-in-org) in my organization(my-org)

I can display collaborators using this gh

gh api repos/my-org/myrepo-in-org/collaborators

Based on docs Add a repository collaborator I tried to add collaborator (collaborator_name) with push permission using:

gh api repos/my-org/my-repo-in-org/collaborators/collaborator-name -f '{"permission"="push"}'

But getting:

{
  "message": "Not Found",
  "documentation_url": "https://docs.github.com/rest"
}
gh: Not Found (HTTP 404)

Any clue how can I do it?
I need to manage multiple repositories with multiple users and want to automate it.

Answer 1

The default http method used when you specify a parameter using -f/--raw-field is POST but this call requires PUT method. You can tell gh to specify the method using -X or --method :

gh api repos/{owner}/{repo}/collaborators/{username} -X PUT -f permission='push'

From the documentation :

The default HTTP request method is "GET" normally and "POST" if any parameters were added. Override the method with '--method'.

And in options list :

-X, --method string           The HTTP method for the request (default "GET")