---
title: "Generate a combined .gitignore from template keys."
method: POST
path: "/api/v1/gitignore"
tags: ["Web Tools"]
---

# Generate a combined .gitignore from template keys.

`POST /api/v1/gitignore`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://programmes.net`
- URL: `https://programmes.net/api/v1/gitignore`
- Auth: none declared

.gitignore Generator. Operations: `generate` — Combine one or more template keys into a .gitignore. `templates` — List the available .gitignore template keys.

## Request body

- union
  - GitignoreGenerate: Combine one or more template keys into a .gitignore.
    - `operation` 'generate', required
    - `input` string: Comma- or space-separated template keys (e.g. "node,python,macos").
    - `options` object
  - GitignoreTemplates: List the available .gitignore template keys.
    - `operation` 'templates', required
    - `input` string: Unused (pass an empty string).
    - `options` object

## Response `200`

The operation ran.

- object
  - `ok` unknown, required
  - `tool` 'gitignore', required
  - `operation` 'generate' | 'templates', required
  - `result` unknown, required

## Other responses

- `400`: The request is not valid (https://programmes.net/api#invalid-request); The tool has no such operation (https://programmes.net/api#unknown-operation)
- `404`: No such tool (https://programmes.net/api#unknown-tool)
- `413`: The request or its input is too large (https://programmes.net/api#content-too-large)
- `415`: The body must be JSON (https://programmes.net/api#unsupported-media-type)
- `422`: An option is missing, of the wrong type or out of range (https://programmes.net/api#invalid-options); This call needs more CPU than one API call may use (https://programmes.net/api#refused); The operation could not process the input (https://programmes.net/api#tool-error)
- `429`: Too many requests (https://programmes.net/api#rate-limited)
- `500`: Internal error (https://programmes.net/api#internal-error)

---

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