---
title: "Bitbucket Connection"
description: "Learn how to configure a Bitbucket Connection for Infisical."
---

Infisical supports the use of [API Tokens](https://support.atlassian.com/bitbucket-cloud/docs/api-tokens/) to connect with Bitbucket.

<Tip>
    Infisical recommends creating a dedicated Bitbucket account with access restricted to only the resources your use case requires.
</Tip>

## Create Bitbucket Access Token

<Steps>
    <Step title="Create API Token">
        Go to [Account API Tokens](https://id.atlassian.com/manage-profile/security/api-tokens) and click **Create API token with scopes**.

        ![Create API Token](/images/app-connections/bitbucket/step-1.png)
    </Step>
    <Step title="Set Name and Expiry">
        Set the name and expiration date of the token, then click **Next**.

        ![Set Name and Expiry](/images/app-connections/bitbucket/step-2.png)

        <Note>
          Keep in mind that you'll need to manually replace the token after it expires.
        </Note>
    </Step>
    <Step title="Select Bitbucket">
        Select **Bitbucket** and then click **Next**.

        ![Select Bitbucket](/images/app-connections/bitbucket/step-3.png)
    </Step>
    <Step title="Configure Permissions">
        Configure permissions according to your app's use case:

        <Tabs>
            <Tab title="Secret Scanning">
                ```
                read:workspace:bitbucket
                read:user:bitbucket
                read:webhook:bitbucket
                write:webhook:bitbucket
                delete:webhook:bitbucket
                read:repository:bitbucket
                ```

                ![Configure Permissions](/images/app-connections/bitbucket/step-4.png)
            </Tab>
            <Tab title="Secret Sync">
                ```
                read:workspace:bitbucket
                admin:workspace:bitbucket
                read:user:bitbucket
                read:repository:bitbucket
                read:pipeline:bitbucket
                write:pipeline:bitbucket
                admin:pipeline:bitbucket
                ```

                ![Configure Permissions](/images/app-connections/bitbucket/step-4-secret-sync.png)
            </Tab>
        </Tabs>

        Click **Next**.

    </Step>
    <Step title="Copy Token">
        Save the API Token for later steps.

        ![Save Token](/images/app-connections/bitbucket/step-5.png)
    </Step>
</Steps>

## Create Bitbucket Connection in Infisical

<Tabs>
    <Tab title="Infisical UI">
        <Steps>
            <Step title="Navigate to App Connections">
                In your Infisical dashboard, navigate to the **App Connections** page in the desired project.

                ![App Connections Tab](/images/app-connections/general/add-connection.png)
            </Step>
            <Step title="Select Bitbucket Connection">
                Click the **Add new connection** button and select **Bitbucket** from the list of available connections.
            </Step>
            <Step title="Fill out the Bitbucket Connection Modal">
                Complete the Bitbucket Connection form by entering:
                - A descriptive name for the connection
                - An optional description for future reference
                - Your Bitbucket email
                - The API Token from earlier steps

                ![Bitbucket Connection Modal](/images/app-connections/bitbucket/step-6.png)
            </Step>
            <Step title="Connection Created">
                After clicking Create, your **Bitbucket Connection** is established and ready to use with your Infisical project.

                ![Bitbucket Connection Created](/images/app-connections/bitbucket/step-7.png)
            </Step>
        </Steps>
    </Tab>
    <Tab title="API">
        To create a Bitbucket Connection, make an API request to the [Create Bitbucket Connection](/api-reference/endpoints/app-connections/bitbucket/create) API endpoint.

        ### Sample request

        ```bash Request
        curl    --request POST \
                --url https://app.infisical.com/api/v1/app-connections/bitbucket \
                --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
                --data '{
                    "name": "my-bitbucket-connection",
                    "method": "api-token",
                    "projectId": "7ffbb072-2575-495a-b5b0-127f88caef78",
                    "credentials": {
                        "email": "user@example.com",
                        "apiToken": "<YOUR-API-TOKEN>"
                    }
                }'
        ```

        ### Sample response

        ```bash Response
        {
          "appConnection": {
              "id": "e5d18aca-86f7-4026-a95e-efb8aeb0d8e6",
              "name": "my-bitbucket-connection",
              "projectId": "7ffbb072-2575-495a-b5b0-127f88caef78",
              "description": null,
              "version": 1,
              "orgId": "6f03caa1-a5de-43ce-b127-95a145d3464c",
              "createdAt": "2025-04-23T19:46:34.831Z",
              "updatedAt": "2025-04-23T19:46:34.831Z",
              "isPlatformManagedCredentials": false,
              "credentialsHash": "7c2d371dec195f82a6a0d5b41c970a229cfcaf88e894a5b6395e2dbd0280661f",
              "app": "bitbucket",
              "method": "api-token",
              "credentials": {
                  "email": "user@example.com"
              }
          }
        }
        ```
    </Tab>
</Tabs>