Add Bitbucket API token support

README.md

@@ -59,11 +59,11 @@ If you are on MacOS, a community member has created a [Homebrew formula](https:/
 
 ``gitbackup`` requires a [GitHub API access token](https://github.com/blog/1509-personal-api-tokens) for
 backing up GitHub repositories, a [GitLab personal access token](https://gitlab.com/profile/personal_access_tokens)
-for GitLab repositories, a username and [app password](https://bitbucket.org/account/settings/app-passwords/) for
+for GitLab repositories, a username and [API token](https://support.atlassian.com/bitbucket-cloud/docs/api-tokens/) (or [app password](https://bitbucket.org/account/settings/app-passwords/)) for
 Bitbucket repositories, or a [Forgejo access token][https://docs.codeberg.org/advanced/access-token/] for Forgejo.
 
 You can supply the tokens to ``gitbackup`` using ``GITHUB_TOKEN``, ``GITLAB_TOKEN``, or ``FORGEJO_TOKEN`` environment
-variables respectively, and the Bitbucket credentials with ``BITBUCKET_USERNAME`` and ``BITBUCKET_PASSWORD``.
+variables respectively, and the Bitbucket credentials with ``BITBUCKET_USERNAME`` and either ``BITBUCKET_TOKEN`` or ``BITBUCKET_PASSWORD``.
 
 ### GitHub Specific oAuth App Flow
 
@@ -84,11 +84,19 @@ time you run it, it will ask you for the keyring password and retrieve the token
 
 #### Bitbucket
 
-For the App password, the following permissions are required:
+**API tokens** (recommended):
+
+- `read:user:bitbucket`
+- `read:workspace:bitbucket`
+- `read:repository:bitbucket`
+
+**App passwords** (deprecated, disabled after June 9, 2026):
 
 - `Account:Read`
 - `Repositories:Read`
 
+**Note:** Bitbucket has deprecated app passwords. Use [API tokens](https://support.atlassian.com/bitbucket-cloud/docs/api-tokens/) instead by setting the ``BITBUCKET_TOKEN`` environment variable.
+
 #### GitHub
 
 - `repo`: Reading repositories, including private repositories
@@ -250,6 +258,14 @@ $ GITLAB_TOKEN=secret$token gitbackup -service gitlab -githost.url https://git.y
 
 To backup all your Bitbucket repositories to the default backup directory (``$HOME/.gitbackup/``):
 
+Using an API token (recommended):
+
+```lang=bash
+$ BITBUCKET_USERNAME=username BITBUCKET_TOKEN=token gitbackup -service bitbucket
+```
+
+Using an app password (deprecated, disabled after June 9, 2026):
+
 ```lang=bash
 $ BITBUCKET_USERNAME=username BITBUCKET_PASSWORD=password gitbackup -service bitbucket
 ```

client.go

@@ -179,14 +179,17 @@ func newBitbucketClient(gitHostURLParsed *url.URL) *bitbucket.Client {
 		log.Fatal("BITBUCKET_USERNAME environment variable not set")
 	}
 
-	bitbucketPassword := os.Getenv("BITBUCKET_PASSWORD")
+	bitbucketPassword := os.Getenv("BITBUCKET_TOKEN")
 	if bitbucketPassword == "" {
-		log.Fatal("BITBUCKET_PASSWORD environment variable not set")
+		bitbucketPassword = os.Getenv("BITBUCKET_PASSWORD")
+	}
+	if bitbucketPassword == "" {
+		log.Fatal("BITBUCKET_TOKEN or BITBUCKET_PASSWORD environment variable must be set")
 	}
 
 	gitHostToken = bitbucketPassword
-
 	client := bitbucket.NewBasicAuth(bitbucketUsername, bitbucketPassword)
+
 	if gitHostURLParsed != nil {
 		client.SetApiBaseURL(*gitHostURLParsed)
 	}

client_test.go

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package main
 
 import (
 	"net/url"
+	"os"
 	"testing"
 
 	forgejo "codeberg.org/mvdkleijn/forgejo-sdk/forgejo/v2"
@@ -60,3 +61,23 @@ func TestNewClient(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 
 }
+
+func TestNewBitbucketClientWithToken(t *testing.T) {
+	setupRepositoryTests()
+	defer teardownRepositoryTests()
+
+	// Set BITBUCKET_TOKEN and unset BITBUCKET_PASSWORD to test token auth path
+	os.Setenv("BITBUCKET_TOKEN", "$$$randomtoken")
+	os.Unsetenv("BITBUCKET_PASSWORD")
+	defer os.Unsetenv("BITBUCKET_TOKEN")
+
+	client := newClient("bitbucket", "")
+	if client == nil {
+		t.Fatal("Expected non-nil bitbucket client")
+	}
+	_ = client.(*bitbucket.Client)
+
+	if gitHostToken != "$$$randomtoken" {
+		t.Errorf("Expected gitHostToken to be BITBUCKET_TOKEN value, got: %v", gitHostToken)
+	}
+}