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@@ -108,26 +108,49 @@ repository. To rename your default branch, use something like the following:
By default, if found, a `README` plaintext or `README.md` markdown file
will be rendered as the repository's README.
-However, you can use any HTML snippet by using [the API](api.md);
-for example, if you get your [personal access token](https://meta.sr.ht/oauth),
-you will be able to run:
+However, you can use an arbitrary HTML snippet as your README instead by using
+the [GraphQL API](https://man.sr.ht/graphql.md). First, [generate
+a personal access token](https://meta.sr.ht/oauth2/personal-token). You'll then
+need to fetch the repository ID:
```sh
-curl -H "Authorization: Bearer your-token" \
- -H "Content-Type: text/html" \
- -XPUT \
- --data-binary @README.html \
- "https://git.sr.ht/api/repos/your-fun-repo/readme"
+# Replace the following with your personal access token:
+bearer_token=xrAV8VvqzChACiu+kR7kDdoPl0RcpkQJNplJCHeQ6Tw169H8C4WXIM9m
+
+# And this with your repository name:
+repo_name=example
+
+curl --oauth2-bearer $bearer_token \
+ -G --data-urlencode query='query { repositoryByName(name: "'$repo_name'") { id } }' \
+ https://git.sr.ht/query
```
-To set your-fun-repo's README to the contents of `README.html`. Note that the
-README, when rendered on the web, is still subject to the normal HTML
-sanitization that is applied to Markdown.
+Your repo ID never changes, so it's safe to write it down in a script. You can
+then use the following to set the README for your repository:
+
+```sh
+# And replace this with your repository ID:
+repo_id=1337
+
+# And the readme file:
+readme=README.html
+
+jq -R '{
+ "query": "mutation UpdateRepo($id: Int!, $readme: String!) {
+ updateRepository(id: 60, input: { readme: $readme }) { id }
+ }", "variables": {
+ "id": '$repo_id',
+ "readme": .
+ } }' < $readme \
+ | curl --oauth2-bearer $bearer_token \
+ -H "Content-Type: application/json"
+ -d@- https://git.sr.ht/query
+```
It may be desirable to configure a builds.sr.ht job to compile your README from
-another markup format and submit it on each git push; if so, you will need to
-review the [build secrets
-tutorial](https://man.sr.ht/tutorials/builds.sr.ht/using-build-secrets.md) to
-safely store your OAuth token. Check out the
-[example](https://git.sr.ht/~nabijaczleweli/html-readme) to avoid some common
-pitfalls.
+another markup format and submit it on each git push. If so, you will need to
+review the [build secrets tutorial][secrets] to safely store your OAuth token.
+Check out the [example][readme example] to avoid some common pitfalls.
+
+[secrets]: https://man.sr.ht/tutorials/builds.sr.ht/using-build-secrets.md
+[readme example]: https://git.sr.ht/~nabijaczleweli/html-readme