Maipulating Bintray API with Groovy

bintray-examples.groovy

@Grab( 'org.codehaus.groovy.modules.http-builder:http-builder:0.5.2' )
import groovyx.net.http.RESTClient
import groovyx.net.http.HttpResponseException

def repoOwner       = 'ysb33r'
def repoName        = 'grysb33r'
def packageName     = 'bintray-gradle-plugin'
def bintrayUsername = '__YOUR_USERNAME__'
def bintrayApiKey   = '__YOUR_APIKEY__'
def packageVersion  = '0.1'

def rest = new RESTClient("https://api.bintray.com/packages/${repoOwner}/${repoName}/${packageName}/")
rest.auth.basic bintrayUsername,bintrayApiKey

// ===============================================
// Let's try to see if the specific version exists
// ===============================================
try {
    def response = rest.get( path : "versions/${packageVersion}"  )

    // To get the status
    println response.status
    // To get the JSON response
    println response.data
    // Was it a success (shortcut) ?
    println response.isSuccess()
    
} catch (HttpResponseException e) {
  // OK, so this might throw an exception
  println e.response.status
  // Reason for failure
  println e.message

  // Response code of 404 means version does not exist,
  // That is expected behaviour, you may want to create it
  // after this point
  // In all other cases re-throw
  if(e.response.status != 404) {
      throw e
  } 
}

// ============================================================================
// Deleting a version is similar to the above, just replace 'get' with 'delete'
// Use of exceptions etc. are all the same
// ============================================================================
def deleteResponse = rest.delete( path : "versions/${packageVersion}"  )

// ====================================
// To create a new version of a package
// ====================================
def response = rest.post( 
    contentType : JSON,
    path : "versions", 
    body : [ name : packageVersion, desc : '__A_DECRIPTION_IS_THIS_VERSION_OF_THE_PACKAGE__' ]  
)

// To get the status - Expect a 201 as per Bintray API.
// (At this point you are ready to upload using maven-style publishing)
// In case of failure, exception logic applies as above
assert response.status == 201