a small nodejs module to migrate a list of github repos (FROM A ORGANIZATION) to gitea

github2Gitea.js

const fetch = require('node-fetch'),
  FormData = require('form-data');

// your gitea domain without trailing slash
const GITEA_DOMAIN = 'https://subdomain.domain.xyz';

// you can find this variables when you visit your gitea installation
// open dev-tools and look in the Cookies section
const i_like_gitea = 'YOUR_I_LIKE_GITEA_STRING';
const gitea_awesome = 'YOUR_GITEA_AWESOME_STRING';
const gitea_incredible = 'YOUR_GITEA_INCREDIBLE_STRING';

// _csrf is also listed under Cookies section but is urlencoded here
// you MUST use the decoded string here!!!
// get it via: node -e "console.log(decodeURIComponent('<URL_ENCODED_CSRF'));"
const _csrf = 'YOUR_DECODED_CSRF_STRING';

// your github repo url(s) with added username and accessToken
const repoUrls = [
  'https://<githubUserName:githubPersonalAccessToken@github.com/<Organization|Name>/githubRepoName',
];

async function run() {
  try {
    for (const url of repoUrls) {

      // extract repoName from github url
      const repoNameParts = url.split('/');
      const repoName = repoNameParts[repoNameParts.length - 1];

      // build the FormData
      const form = new FormData();
      form.append('_csrf', _csrf);
      form.append('clone_addr', url);
      form.append('auth_username', '');
      form.append('auth_password', '');
      form.append('uid', '1');
      form.append('repo_name', repoName);
      form.append('private', 'on');
      form.append('description', '');

      const cookie = `lang=de-DE; i_like_gitea=${ i_like_gitea }; gitea_awesome=${ gitea_awesome }; gitea_incredible=${ gitea_incredible }; _csrf=${ encodeURIComponent(_csrf) }`;
      const headers = {
        'Cookie': cookie,
        'Conntent-Type': 'application/x-www-form-urlencoded',
        'Sec-Fetch-Mode': 'navigate',
        'Sec-Fetch-User': '?1',
      };

      const migResultRes = await fetch(`${ GITEA_DOMAIN }/repo/migrate`, {
        method: 'POST',
        body: form,
        headers
      });
      console.log(migResultRes);
    }
  } catch (error) {
    console.error(error);
  }
}
run();