create-file-error.js

#!/bin/node

const { App } = require("@octokit/app");
const { request } = require("@octokit/request");

const APP_ID = 0; // set this to a valid app with contents = read/write permissions
const owner = 'marccampbell';
const repo = 'gitops-dev';
const installationId = 0;   // set to an installation id of the above app
const PRIVATE_KEY = "-----BEGIN RSA PRIVATE KEY-----\nMII... <cut> \n";
const app = new App({ id: APP_ID, privateKey: PRIVATE_KEY });


// ******
// 
// The following variable (file) illustrates the problem. 
// If the file is in .github/workflows (or, interestingly, .github/workflow) 
// then the github api returns a 403. Any other path returns a 201.
//
// ******
// var file = '.github/my-app/test.yaml';  // works (201)
var file = '.github/workflows/test.yaml';  // does not work (403)


app.getInstallationAccessToken({
  installationId
})
.then((installationAccessToken) => {
  request("PUT /repos/:owner/:repo/contents/:file", {
    owner,
    repo,
    file,
    headers: {
      authorization: `token ${installationAccessToken}`,
      accept: "application/vnd.github.machine-man-preview+json"
    },
    message: "test",
    content: "data",
  })
  .then((res) => {
    console.log("success", res.status);
  })
  .catch((err) => {
    console.log("error", err.status);
  })
})

Running this with file = '.github/workflows/test.yaml' results in a 403, but running this with file = '.github/my-app/test.yaml' results in a 201