How to clone all project repositories from BitBucket with one script

If you’re a new developer in the company or start development on a new laptop from scratch, you may wander how to pull all the BitBucket project repos to your local computer easily.

Well, what if I say it’s possible to do that by running just one script?

Interested? - Then follow these steps:

1. Navigate to the account settings on Bitbucket

2. Create new app password with READ Project permissions.
3. Open Terminal and create a new shell script with exec permissions.

   touch clone_bitbucket_repositories.sh
   chmod +x clone_bitbucket_repositories.sh
   nano clone_bitbucket_repositories.sh
   

4. Paste script. Insert your username, previously generated password (line 4&5) and project key(line 3). Save file, exit.

   #!/bin/bash
   
   BITBUCKET_API="https://api.bitbucket.org/2.0/repositories/cldrizon?q=project.key=\"PROJECTREACTOR\"&pagelen=100"
   BITBUCKET_USERNAME="your_bitbucket_username"
   BITBUCKET_PASSWORD="your_bitbucket_password"
   
   # Get the list of repositories from the Bitbucket API
   repositories=$(curl -s -u "$BITBUCKET_USERNAME:$BITBUCKET_PASSWORD" "$BITBUCKET_API" | jq -r '.values[] | .links.clone[] | select(.name == "ssh") | .href')
   
   # Clone each repository
   for repo_url in $repositories; do
       git clone "$repo_url"
   done
   

5. Execute script.

    ./clone_bitbucket_repositories.sh
   

6. Go grab some coffee while it’s downloading the Internet ;)

NOTES:

The script implies that you have the appropriate programs:

• curl
• jq
• git (with ssh keys setup)

This script is for Unix system users. If you’re a windows user, feel free to adjust the script for yourself.

This script is using Bitbucket Cloud API.

You can find project keys by navigating to https://bitbucket.org/{WORKSPACE_NAME}/workspace/projects/ and selecting key from the projects grid.