Repositorys

You can set the visibility of a repository using the new visibility parameter in the Repositories API, and get a repository's visibility with a new response key. For more information, see the blog post.

To access repository visibility during the preview period, you must provide a custom media type in the Accept header:

application/vnd.github.nebula-preview+json

The is_template and template_repository keys are currently available for developer to preview. See Create a repository using a template to learn how to create template repositories. To access these new response keys during the preview period, you must provide a custom media type in the Accept header:

application/vnd.github.baptiste-preview+json

Create an organization repository

Creates a new repository in the specified organization. The authenticated user must be a member of the organization.

OAuth scope requirements

When using OAuth, authorizations must include:

public_repo scope or repo scope to create a public repository. Note: For GitHub AE, use repo scope to create an internal repository.
repo scope to create a private repository

post /orgs/{org}/repos

Parameters

Name	Type	In	Description
`accept`	string	header	Setting to `application/vnd.github.v3+json` is recommended. See preview notices
`org`	string	path
`name`	string	body	Required. The name of the repository.
`description`	string	body	A short description of the repository.
`homepage`	string	body	A URL with more information about the repository.
`private`	boolean	body	Whether the repository is private.
`visibility`	string	body	Can be `public` or `private`. If your organization is associated with an enterprise account using GitHub Enterprise Cloud or GitHub Enterprise Server 2.20+, `visibility` can also be `internal`. Note: For GitHub Enterprise Server and GitHub AE, this endpoint will only list repositories available to all users on the enterprise. For more information, see "Creating an internal repository" in the GitHub Help documentation. The `visibility` parameter overrides the `private` parameter when you use both parameters with the `nebula-preview` preview header.
`has_issues`	boolean	body	Either `true` to enable issues for this repository or `false` to disable them. Default: `true`
`has_projects`	boolean	body	Either `true` to enable projects for this repository or `false` to disable them. Note: If you're creating a repository in an organization that has disabled repository projects, the default is `false`, and if you pass `true`, the API returns an error. Default: `true`
`has_wiki`	boolean	body	Either `true` to enable the wiki for this repository or `false` to disable it. Default: `true`
`is_template`	boolean	body	Either `true` to make this repo available as a template repository or `false` to prevent it.
`team_id`	integer	body	The id of the team that will be granted access to this repository. This is only valid when creating a repository in an organization.
`auto_init`	boolean	body	Pass `true` to create an initial commit with empty README.
`gitignore_template`	string	body	Desired language or platform .gitignore template to apply. Use the name of the template without the extension. For example, "Haskell".
`license_template`	string	body	Choose an open source license template that best suits your needs, and then use the license keyword as the `license_template` string. For example, "mit" or "mpl-2.0".
`allow_squash_merge`	boolean	body	Either `true` to allow squash-merging pull requests, or `false` to prevent squash-merging. Default: `true`
`allow_merge_commit`	boolean	body	Either `true` to allow merging pull requests with a merge commit, or `false` to prevent merging pull requests with merge commits. Default: `true`
`allow_rebase_merge`	boolean	body	Either `true` to allow rebase-merging pull requests, or `false` to prevent rebase-merging. Default: `true`
`delete_branch_on_merge`	boolean	body	Either `true` to allow automatically deleting head branches when pull requests are merged, or `false` to prevent automatic deletion.

Code samples

Shell

curl \
  -X POST \
  -H "Accept: application/vnd.github.v3+json" \
  http(s)://{hostname}/api/v3/orgs/ORG/repos \
  -d '{"name":"name"}'

JavaScript (@octokit/core.js)

await octokit.request('POST /orgs/{org}/repos', {
  org: 'org',
  name: 'name'
})

Default response

Status: 201 Created

{
  "id": 1296269,
  "node_id": "MDEwOlJlcG9zaXRvcnkxMjk2MjY5",
  "name": "Hello-World",
  "full_name": "octocat/Hello-World",
  "owner": {
    "login": "octocat",
    "id": 1,
    "node_id": "MDQ6VXNlcjE=",
    "avatar_url": "https://github.com/images/error/octocat_happy.gif",
    "gravatar_id": "",
    "url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat",
    "html_url": "https://github.com/octocat",
    "followers_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/followers",
    "following_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/following{/other_user}",
    "gists_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/gists{/gist_id}",
    "starred_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/starred{/owner}{/repo}",
    "subscriptions_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/subscriptions",
    "organizations_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/orgs",
    "repos_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/repos",
    "events_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/events{/privacy}",
    "received_events_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/received_events",
    "type": "User",
    "site_admin": false
  },
  "private": false,
  "html_url": "https://github.com/octocat/Hello-World",
  "description": "This your first repo!",
  "fork": false,
  "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World",
  "archive_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/{archive_format}{/ref}",
  "assignees_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/assignees{/user}",
  "blobs_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/git/blobs{/sha}",
  "branches_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/branches{/branch}",
  "collaborators_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/collaborators{/collaborator}",
  "comments_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/comments{/number}",
  "commits_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/commits{/sha}",
  "compare_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/compare/{base}...{head}",
  "contents_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/contents/{+path}",
  "contributors_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/contributors",
  "deployments_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/deployments",
  "downloads_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/downloads",
  "events_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/events",
  "forks_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/forks",
  "git_commits_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/git/commits{/sha}",
  "git_refs_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/git/refs{/sha}",
  "git_tags_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/git/tags{/sha}",
  "git_url": "git:github.com/octocat/Hello-World.git",
  "issue_comment_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/issues/comments{/number}",
  "issue_events_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/issues/events{/number}",
  "issues_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/issues{/number}",
  "keys_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/keys{/key_id}",
  "labels_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/labels{/name}",
  "languages_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/languages",
  "merges_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/merges",
  "milestones_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/milestones{/number}",
  "notifications_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/notifications{?since,all,participating}",
  "pulls_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/pulls{/number}",
  "releases_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/releases{/id}",
  "ssh_url": "git@github.com:octocat/Hello-World.git",
  "stargazers_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/stargazers",
  "statuses_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/statuses/{sha}",
  "subscribers_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/subscribers",
  "subscription_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/subscription",
  "tags_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/tags",
  "teams_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/teams",
  "trees_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/git/trees{/sha}",
  "clone_url": "https://github.com/octocat/Hello-World.git",
  "mirror_url": "git:git.example.com/octocat/Hello-World",
  "hooks_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/hooks",
  "svn_url": "https://svn.github.com/octocat/Hello-World",
  "homepage": "https://github.com",
  "forks": 9,
  "forks_count": 9,
  "stargazers_count": 80,
  "watchers_count": 80,
  "watchers": 80,
  "size": 108,
  "default_branch": "master",
  "open_issues": 0,
  "open_issues_count": 0,
  "is_template": true,
  "license": {
    "key": "mit",
    "name": "MIT License",
    "url": "https://api.github.com/licenses/mit",
    "spdx_id": "MIT",
    "node_id": "MDc6TGljZW5zZW1pdA==",
    "html_url": "https://api.github.com/licenses/mit"
  },
  "topics": [
    "octocat",
    "atom",
    "electron",
    "api"
  ],
  "has_issues": true,
  "has_projects": true,
  "has_wiki": true,
  "has_pages": false,
  "has_downloads": true,
  "archived": false,
  "disabled": false,
  "visibility": "public",
  "pushed_at": "2011-01-26T19:06:43Z",
  "created_at": "2011-01-26T19:01:12Z",
  "updated_at": "2011-01-26T19:14:43Z",
  "permissions": {
    "admin": false,
    "push": false,
    "pull": true
  },
  "allow_rebase_merge": true,
  "allow_squash_merge": true,
  "allow_merge_commit": true,
  "subscribers_count": 42,
  "network_count": 0,
  "anonymous_access_enabled": false
}

Forbidden

Status: 403 Forbidden

Validation failed

Status: 422 Unprocessable Entity

Notes

Works with GitHub Apps

Preview notices

To access repository visibility during the preview period, you must provide a custom media type in the Accept header:

application/vnd.github.nebula-preview+json

application/vnd.github.baptiste-preview+json

Get a repository

When you pass the scarlet-witch-preview media type, requests to get a repository will also return the repository's code of conduct if it can be detected from the repository's code of conduct file.

The parent and source objects are present when the repository is a fork. parent is the repository this repository was forked from, source is the ultimate source for the network.

get /repos/{owner}/{repo}

Parameters

Name	Type	In	Description
`accept`	string	header	Setting to `application/vnd.github.v3+json` is recommended. See preview notices
`owner`	string	path
`repo`	string	path

Code samples

Shell

curl \
  -H "Accept: application/vnd.github.v3+json" \
  http(s)://{hostname}/api/v3/repos/octocat/hello-world

JavaScript (@octokit/core.js)

await octokit.request('GET /repos/{owner}/{repo}', {
  owner: 'octocat',
  repo: 'hello-world'
})

Default response

Status: 200 OK

{
  "id": 1296269,
  "node_id": "MDEwOlJlcG9zaXRvcnkxMjk2MjY5",
  "name": "Hello-World",
  "full_name": "octocat/Hello-World",
  "owner": {
    "login": "octocat",
    "id": 1,
    "node_id": "MDQ6VXNlcjE=",
    "avatar_url": "https://github.com/images/error/octocat_happy.gif",
    "gravatar_id": "",
    "url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat",
    "html_url": "https://github.com/octocat",
    "followers_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/followers",
    "following_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/following{/other_user}",
    "gists_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/gists{/gist_id}",
    "starred_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/starred{/owner}{/repo}",
    "subscriptions_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/subscriptions",
    "organizations_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/orgs",
    "repos_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/repos",
    "events_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/events{/privacy}",
    "received_events_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/received_events",
    "type": "User",
    "site_admin": false
  },
  "private": false,
  "html_url": "https://github.com/octocat/Hello-World",
  "description": "This your first repo!",
  "fork": false,
  "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World",
  "archive_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/{archive_format}{/ref}",
  "assignees_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/assignees{/user}",
  "blobs_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/git/blobs{/sha}",
  "branches_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/branches{/branch}",
  "collaborators_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/collaborators{/collaborator}",
  "comments_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/comments{/number}",
  "commits_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/commits{/sha}",
  "compare_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/compare/{base}...{head}",
  "contents_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/contents/{+path}",
  "contributors_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/contributors",
  "deployments_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/deployments",
  "downloads_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/downloads",
  "events_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/events",
  "forks_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/forks",
  "git_commits_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/git/commits{/sha}",
  "git_refs_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/git/refs{/sha}",
  "git_tags_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/git/tags{/sha}",
  "git_url": "git:github.com/octocat/Hello-World.git",
  "issue_comment_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/issues/comments{/number}",
  "issue_events_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/issues/events{/number}",
  "issues_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/issues{/number}",
  "keys_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/keys{/key_id}",
  "labels_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/labels{/name}",
  "languages_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/languages",
  "merges_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/merges",
  "milestones_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/milestones{/number}",
  "notifications_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/notifications{?since,all,participating}",
  "pulls_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/pulls{/number}",
  "releases_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/releases{/id}",
  "ssh_url": "git@github.com:octocat/Hello-World.git",
  "stargazers_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/stargazers",
  "statuses_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/statuses/{sha}",
  "subscribers_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/subscribers",
  "subscription_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/subscription",
  "tags_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/tags",
  "teams_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/teams",
  "trees_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/git/trees{/sha}",
  "clone_url": "https://github.com/octocat/Hello-World.git",
  "mirror_url": "git:git.example.com/octocat/Hello-World",
  "hooks_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/hooks",
  "svn_url": "https://svn.github.com/octocat/Hello-World",
  "homepage": "https://github.com",
  "forks_count": 9,
  "forks": 9,
  "stargazers_count": 80,
  "watchers_count": 80,
  "watchers": 80,
  "size": 108,
  "default_branch": "master",
  "open_issues_count": 0,
  "open_issues": 0,
  "is_template": false,
  "topics": [
    "octocat",
    "atom",
    "electron",
    "api"
  ],
  "has_issues": true,
  "has_projects": true,
  "has_wiki": true,
  "has_pages": false,
  "has_downloads": true,
  "archived": false,
  "disabled": false,
  "visibility": "public",
  "pushed_at": "2011-01-26T19:06:43Z",
  "created_at": "2011-01-26T19:01:12Z",
  "updated_at": "2011-01-26T19:14:43Z",
  "permissions": {
    "pull": true,
    "push": false,
    "admin": false
  },
  "allow_rebase_merge": true,
  "template_repository": {
    "id": 1296269,
    "node_id": "MDEwOlJlcG9zaXRvcnkxMjk2MjY5",
    "name": "Hello-World-Template",
    "full_name": "octocat/Hello-World-Template",
    "owner": {
      "login": "octocat",
      "id": 1,
      "node_id": "MDQ6VXNlcjE=",
      "avatar_url": "https://github.com/images/error/octocat_happy.gif",
      "gravatar_id": "",
      "url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat",
      "html_url": "https://github.com/octocat",
      "followers_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/followers",
      "following_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/following{/other_user}",
      "gists_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/gists{/gist_id}",
      "starred_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/starred{/owner}{/repo}",
      "subscriptions_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/subscriptions",
      "organizations_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/orgs",
      "repos_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/repos",
      "events_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/events{/privacy}",
      "received_events_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/received_events",
      "type": "User",
      "site_admin": false
    },
    "private": false,
    "html_url": "https://github.com/octocat/Hello-World-Template",
    "description": "This your first repo!",
    "fork": false,
    "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World-Template",
    "archive_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World-Template/{archive_format}{/ref}",
    "assignees_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World-Template/assignees{/user}",
    "blobs_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World-Template/git/blobs{/sha}",
    "branches_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World-Template/branches{/branch}",
    "collaborators_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World-Template/collaborators{/collaborator}",
    "comments_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World-Template/comments{/number}",
    "commits_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World-Template/commits{/sha}",
    "compare_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World-Template/compare/{base}...{head}",
    "contents_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World-Template/contents/{+path}",
    "contributors_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World-Template/contributors",
    "deployments_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World-Template/deployments",
    "downloads_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World-Template/downloads",
    "events_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World-Template/events",
    "forks_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World-Template/forks",
    "git_commits_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World-Template/git/commits{/sha}",
    "git_refs_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World-Template/git/refs{/sha}",
    "git_tags_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World-Template/git/tags{/sha}",
    "git_url": "git:github.com/octocat/Hello-World-Template.git",
    "issue_comment_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World-Template/issues/comments{/number}",
    "issue_events_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World-Template/issues/events{/number}",
    "issues_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World-Template/issues{/number}",
    "keys_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World-Template/keys{/key_id}",
    "labels_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World-Template/labels{/name}",
    "languages_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World-Template/languages",
    "merges_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World-Template/merges",
    "milestones_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World-Template/milestones{/number}",
    "notifications_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World-Template/notifications{?since,all,participating}",
    "pulls_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World-Template/pulls{/number}",
    "releases_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World-Template/releases{/id}",
    "ssh_url": "git@github.com:octocat/Hello-World-Template.git",
    "stargazers_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World-Template/stargazers",
    "statuses_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World-Template/statuses/{sha}",
    "subscribers_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World-Template/subscribers",
    "subscription_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World-Template/subscription",
    "tags_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World-Template/tags",
    "teams_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World-Template/teams",
    "trees_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World-Template/git/trees{/sha}",
    "clone_url": "https://github.com/octocat/Hello-World-Template.git",
    "mirror_url": "git:git.example.com/octocat/Hello-World-Template",
    "hooks_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World-Template/hooks",
    "svn_url": "https://svn.github.com/octocat/Hello-World-Template",
    "homepage": "https://github.com",
    "language": null,
    "forks": 9,
    "forks_count": 9,
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application/vnd.github.scarlet-witch-preview+json

Update a repository

Note: To edit a repository's topics, use the Replace all repository topics endpoint.

patch /repos/{owner}/{repo}

Parameters

Name	Type	In	Description
`accept`	string	header	Setting to `application/vnd.github.v3+json` is recommended. See preview notices
`owner`	string	path
`repo`	string	path
`name`	string	body	The name of the repository.
`description`	string	body	A short description of the repository.
`homepage`	string	body	A URL with more information about the repository.
`private`	boolean	body	Either `true` to make the repository private or `false` to make it public. Default: `false`. Note: You will get a `422` error if the organization restricts changing repository visibility to organization owners and a non-owner tries to change the value of private. Note: You will get a `422` error if the organization restricts changing repository visibility to organization owners and a non-owner tries to change the value of private.
`visibility`	string	body	Can be `public` or `private`. If your organization is associated with an enterprise account using GitHub Enterprise Cloud or GitHub Enterprise Server 2.20+, `visibility` can also be `internal`. The `visibility` parameter overrides the `private` parameter when you use both along with the `nebula-preview` preview header.
`has_issues`	boolean	body	Either `true` to enable issues for this repository or `false` to disable them. Default: `true`
`has_projects`	boolean	body	Either `true` to enable projects for this repository or `false` to disable them. Note: If you're creating a repository in an organization that has disabled repository projects, the default is `false`, and if you pass `true`, the API returns an error. Default: `true`
`has_wiki`	boolean	body	Either `true` to enable the wiki for this repository or `false` to disable it. Default: `true`
`is_template`	boolean	body	Either `true` to make this repo available as a template repository or `false` to prevent it.
`default_branch`	string	body	Updates the default branch for this repository.
`allow_squash_merge`	boolean	body	Either `true` to allow squash-merging pull requests, or `false` to prevent squash-merging. Default: `true`
`allow_merge_commit`	boolean	body	Either `true` to allow merging pull requests with a merge commit, or `false` to prevent merging pull requests with merge commits. Default: `true`
`allow_rebase_merge`	boolean	body	Either `true` to allow rebase-merging pull requests, or `false` to prevent rebase-merging. Default: `true`
`delete_branch_on_merge`	boolean	body	Either `true` to allow automatically deleting head branches when pull requests are merged, or `false` to prevent automatic deletion.
`archived`	boolean	body	`true` to archive this repository. Note: You cannot unarchive repositories through the API.

Code samples

Shell

curl \
  -X PATCH \
  -H "Accept: application/vnd.github.v3+json" \
  http(s)://{hostname}/api/v3/repos/octocat/hello-world \
  -d '{"name":"name"}'

JavaScript (@octokit/core.js)

await octokit.request('PATCH /repos/{owner}/{repo}', {
  owner: 'octocat',
  repo: 'hello-world',
  name: 'name'
})

Default response

Status: 200 OK

{
  "id": 1296269,
  "node_id": "MDEwOlJlcG9zaXRvcnkxMjk2MjY5",
  "name": "Hello-World",
  "full_name": "octocat/Hello-World",
  "owner": {
    "login": "octocat",
    "id": 1,
    "node_id": "MDQ6VXNlcjE=",
    "avatar_url": "https://github.com/images/error/octocat_happy.gif",
    "gravatar_id": "",
    "url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat",
    "html_url": "https://github.com/octocat",
    "followers_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/followers",
    "following_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/following{/other_user}",
    "gists_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/gists{/gist_id}",
    "starred_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/starred{/owner}{/repo}",
    "subscriptions_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/subscriptions",
    "organizations_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/orgs",
    "repos_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/repos",
    "events_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/events{/privacy}",
    "received_events_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/received_events",
    "type": "User",
    "site_admin": false
  },
  "private": false,
  "html_url": "https://github.com/octocat/Hello-World",
  "description": "This your first repo!",
  "fork": false,
  "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World",
  "archive_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/{archive_format}{/ref}",
  "assignees_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/assignees{/user}",
  "blobs_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/git/blobs{/sha}",
  "branches_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/branches{/branch}",
  "collaborators_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/collaborators{/collaborator}",
  "comments_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/comments{/number}",
  "commits_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/commits{/sha}",
  "compare_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/compare/{base}...{head}",
  "contents_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/contents/{+path}",
  "contributors_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/contributors",
  "deployments_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/deployments",
  "downloads_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/downloads",
  "events_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/events",
  "forks_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/forks",
  "git_commits_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/git/commits{/sha}",
  "git_refs_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/git/refs{/sha}",
  "git_tags_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/git/tags{/sha}",
  "git_url": "git:github.com/octocat/Hello-World.git",
  "issue_comment_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/issues/comments{/number}",
  "issue_events_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/issues/events{/number}",
  "issues_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/issues{/number}",
  "keys_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/keys{/key_id}",
  "labels_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/labels{/name}",
  "languages_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/languages",
  "merges_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/merges",
  "milestones_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/milestones{/number}",
  "notifications_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/notifications{?since,all,participating}",
  "pulls_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/pulls{/number}",
  "releases_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/releases{/id}",
  "ssh_url": "git@github.com:octocat/Hello-World.git",
  "stargazers_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/stargazers",
  "statuses_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/statuses/{sha}",
  "subscribers_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/subscribers",
  "subscription_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/subscription",
  "tags_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/tags",
  "teams_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/teams",
  "trees_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/git/trees{/sha}",
  "clone_url": "https://github.com/octocat/Hello-World.git",
  "mirror_url": "git:git.example.com/octocat/Hello-World",
  "hooks_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/hooks",
  "svn_url": "https://svn.github.com/octocat/Hello-World",
  "homepage": "https://github.com",
  "license": {
    "key": "mit",
    "name": "MIT License",
    "url": "https://api.github.com/licenses/mit",
    "spdx_id": "MIT",
    "node_id": "MDc6TGljZW5zZW1pdA==",
    "html_url": "https://github.com/licenses/mit"
  },
  "forks_count": 9,
  "forks": 9,
  "stargazers_count": 80,
  "watchers_count": 80,
  "watchers": 80,
  "size": 108,
  "default_branch": "master",
  "open_issues_count": 0,
  "open_issues": 0,
  "is_template": false,
  "topics": [
    "octocat",
    "atom",
    "electron",
    "api"
  ],
  "has_issues": true,
  "has_projects": true,
  "has_wiki": true,
  "has_pages": false,
  "has_downloads": true,
  "archived": false,
  "disabled": false,
  "visibility": "public",
  "pushed_at": "2011-01-26T19:06:43Z",
  "created_at": "2011-01-26T19:01:12Z",
  "updated_at": "2011-01-26T19:14:43Z",
  "permissions": {
    "pull": true,
    "push": false,
    "admin": false
  },
  "allow_rebase_merge": true,
  "template_repository": {
    "id": 1296269,
    "node_id": "MDEwOlJlcG9zaXRvcnkxMjk2MjY5",
    "name": "Hello-World-Template",
    "full_name": "octocat/Hello-World-Template",
    "owner": {
      "login": "octocat",
      "id": 1,
      "node_id": "MDQ6VXNlcjE=",
      "avatar_url": "https://github.com/images/error/octocat_happy.gif",
      "gravatar_id": "",
      "url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat",
      "html_url": "https://github.com/octocat",
      "followers_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/followers",
      "following_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/following{/other_user}",
      "gists_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/gists{/gist_id}",
      "starred_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/starred{/owner}{/repo}",
      "subscriptions_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/subscriptions",
      "organizations_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/orgs",
      "repos_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/repos",
      "events_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/events{/privacy}",
      "received_events_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/received_events",
      "type": "User",
      "site_admin": false
    },
    "private": false,
    "html_url": "https://github.com/octocat/Hello-World-Template",
    "description": "This your first repo!",
    "fork": false,
    "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World-Template",
    "archive_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World-Template/{archive_format}{/ref}",
    "assignees_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World-Template/assignees{/user}",
    "blobs_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World-Template/git/blobs{/sha}",
    "branches_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World-Template/branches{/branch}",
    "collaborators_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World-Template/collaborators{/collaborator}",
    "comments_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World-Template/comments{/number}",
    "commits_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World-Template/commits{/sha}",
    "compare_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World-Template/compare/{base}...{head}",
    "contents_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World-Template/contents/{+path}",
    "contributors_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World-Template/contributors",
    "deployments_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World-Template/deployments",
    "downloads_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World-Template/downloads",
    "events_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World-Template/events",
    "forks_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World-Template/forks",
    "git_commits_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World-Template/git/commits{/sha}",
    "git_refs_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World-Template/git/refs{/sha}",
    "git_tags_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World-Template/git/tags{/sha}",
    "git_url": "git:github.com/octocat/Hello-World-Template.git",
    "issue_comment_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World-Template/issues/comments{/number}",
    "issue_events_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World-Template/issues/events{/number}",
    "issues_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World-Template/issues{/number}",
    "keys_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World-Template/keys{/key_id}",
    "labels_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World-Template/labels{/name}",
    "languages_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World-Template/languages",
    "merges_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World-Template/merges",
    "milestones_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World-Template/milestones{/number}",
    "notifications_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World-Template/notifications{?since,all,participating}",
    "pulls_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World-Template/pulls{/number}",
    "releases_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World-Template/releases{/id}",
    "ssh_url": "git@github.com:octocat/Hello-World-Template.git",
    "stargazers_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World-Template/stargazers",
    "statuses_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World-Template/statuses/{sha}",
    "subscribers_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World-Template/subscribers",
    "subscription_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World-Template/subscription",
    "tags_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World-Template/tags",
    "teams_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World-Template/teams",
    "trees_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World-Template/git/trees{/sha}",
    "clone_url": "https://github.com/octocat/Hello-World-Template.git",
    "mirror_url": "git:git.example.com/octocat/Hello-World-Template",
    "hooks_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World-Template/hooks",
    "svn_url": "https://svn.github.com/octocat/Hello-World-Template",
    "homepage": "https://github.com",
    "language": null,
    "forks": 9,
    "forks_count": 9,
    "stargazers_count": 80,
    "watchers_count": 80,
    "watchers": 80,
    "size": 108,
    "default_branch": "master",
    "open_issues": 0,
    "open_issues_count": 0,
    "is_template": true,
    "license": {
      "key": "mit",
      "name": "MIT License",
      "url": "https://api.github.com/licenses/mit",
      "spdx_id": "MIT",
      "node_id": "MDc6TGljZW5zZW1pdA==",
      "html_url": "https://api.github.com/licenses/mit"
    },
    "topics": [
      "octocat",
      "atom",
      "electron",
      "api"
    ],
    "has_issues": true,
    "has_projects": true,
    "has_wiki": true,
    "has_pages": false,
    "has_downloads": true,
    "archived": false,
    "disabled": false,
    "visibility": "public",
    "pushed_at": "2011-01-26T19:06:43Z",
    "created_at": "2011-01-26T19:01:12Z",
    "updated_at": "2011-01-26T19:14:43Z",
    "permissions": {
      "admin": false,
      "push": false,
      "pull": true
    },
    "allow_rebase_merge": true,
    "temp_clone_token": "ABTLWHOULUVAXGTRYU7OC2876QJ2O",
    "allow_squash_merge": true,
    "delete_branch_on_merge": true,
    "allow_merge_commit": true,
    "subscribers_count": 42,
    "network_count": 0
  },
  "allow_squash_merge": true,
  "allow_merge_commit": true,
  "subscribers_count": 42,
  "network_count": 0,
  "organization": {
    "login": "octocat",
    "id": 1,
    "node_id": "MDQ6VXNlcjE=",
    "avatar_url": "https://github.com/images/error/octocat_happy.gif",
    "gravatar_id": "",
    "url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat",
    "html_url": "https://github.com/octocat",
    "followers_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/followers",
    "following_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/following{/other_user}",
    "gists_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/gists{/gist_id}",
    "starred_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/starred{/owner}{/repo}",
    "subscriptions_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/subscriptions",
    "organizations_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/orgs",
    "repos_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/repos",
    "events_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/events{/privacy}",
    "received_events_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/received_events",
    "type": "Organization",
    "site_admin": false
  },
  "parent": {
    "id": 1296269,
    "node_id": "MDEwOlJlcG9zaXRvcnkxMjk2MjY5",
    "name": "Hello-World",
    "full_name": "octocat/Hello-World",
    "owner": {
      "login": "octocat",
      "id": 1,
      "node_id": "MDQ6VXNlcjE=",
      "avatar_url": "https://github.com/images/error/octocat_happy.gif",
      "gravatar_id": "",
      "url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat",
      "html_url": "https://github.com/octocat",
      "followers_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/followers",
      "following_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/following{/other_user}",
      "gists_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/gists{/gist_id}",
      "starred_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/starred{/owner}{/repo}",
      "subscriptions_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/subscriptions",
      "organizations_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/orgs",
      "repos_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/repos",
      "events_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/events{/privacy}",
      "received_events_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/received_events",
      "type": "User",
      "site_admin": false
    },
    "private": false,
    "html_url": "https://github.com/octocat/Hello-World",
    "description": "This your first repo!",
    "fork": false,
    "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World",
    "archive_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/{archive_format}{/ref}",
    "assignees_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/assignees{/user}",
    "blobs_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/git/blobs{/sha}",
    "branches_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/branches{/branch}",
    "collaborators_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/collaborators{/collaborator}",
    "comments_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/comments{/number}",
    "commits_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/commits{/sha}",
    "compare_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/compare/{base}...{head}",
    "contents_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/contents/{+path}",
    "contributors_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/contributors",
    "deployments_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/deployments",
    "downloads_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/downloads",
    "events_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/events",
    "forks_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/forks",
    "git_commits_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/git/commits{/sha}",
    "git_refs_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/git/refs{/sha}",
    "git_tags_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/git/tags{/sha}",
    "git_url": "git:github.com/octocat/Hello-World.git",
    "issue_comment_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/issues/comments{/number}",
    "issue_events_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/issues/events{/number}",
    "issues_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/issues{/number}",
    "keys_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/keys{/key_id}",
    "labels_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/labels{/name}",
    "languages_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/languages",
    "merges_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/merges",
    "milestones_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/milestones{/number}",
    "notifications_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/notifications{?since,all,participating}",
    "pulls_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/pulls{/number}",
    "releases_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/releases{/id}",
    "ssh_url": "git@github.com:octocat/Hello-World.git",
    "stargazers_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/stargazers",
    "statuses_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/statuses/{sha}",
    "subscribers_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/subscribers",
    "subscription_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/subscription",
    "tags_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/tags",
    "teams_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/teams",
    "trees_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/git/trees{/sha}",
    "clone_url": "https://github.com/octocat/Hello-World.git",
    "mirror_url": "git:git.example.com/octocat/Hello-World",
    "hooks_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/hooks",
    "svn_url": "https://svn.github.com/octocat/Hello-World",
    "homepage": "https://github.com",
    "forks_count": 9,
    "stargazers_count": 80,
    "watchers_count": 80,
    "size": 108,
    "default_branch": "master",
    "open_issues_count": 0,
    "is_template": true,
    "topics": [
      "octocat",
      "atom",
      "electron",
      "api"
    ],
    "has_issues": true,
    "has_projects": true,
    "has_wiki": true,
    "has_pages": false,
    "has_downloads": true,
    "archived": false,
    "disabled": false,
    "visibility": "public",
    "pushed_at": "2011-01-26T19:06:43Z",
    "created_at": "2011-01-26T19:01:12Z",
    "updated_at": "2011-01-26T19:14:43Z",
    "permissions": {
      "admin": false,
      "push": false,
      "pull": true
    },
    "allow_rebase_merge": true,
    "allow_squash_merge": true,
    "delete_branch_on_merge": true,
    "allow_merge_commit": true,
    "subscribers_count": 42,
    "network_count": 0,
    "license": {
      "key": "mit",
      "name": "MIT License",
      "url": "https://api.github.com/licenses/mit",
      "spdx_id": "MIT",
      "node_id": "MDc6TGljZW5zZW1pdA==",
      "html_url": "https://api.github.com/licenses/mit"
    },
    "forks": 1,
    "open_issues": 1,
    "watchers": 1,
    "anonymous_access_enabled": false
  },
  "source": {
    "id": 1296269,
    "node_id": "MDEwOlJlcG9zaXRvcnkxMjk2MjY5",
    "name": "Hello-World",
    "full_name": "octocat/Hello-World",
    "owner": {
      "login": "octocat",
      "id": 1,
      "node_id": "MDQ6VXNlcjE=",
      "avatar_url": "https://github.com/images/error/octocat_happy.gif",
      "gravatar_id": "",
      "url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat",
      "html_url": "https://github.com/octocat",
      "followers_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/followers",
      "following_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/following{/other_user}",
      "gists_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/gists{/gist_id}",
      "starred_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/starred{/owner}{/repo}",
      "subscriptions_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/subscriptions",
      "organizations_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/orgs",
      "repos_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/repos",
      "events_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/events{/privacy}",
      "received_events_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/received_events",
      "type": "User",
      "site_admin": false
    },
    "private": false,
    "html_url": "https://github.com/octocat/Hello-World",
    "description": "This your first repo!",
    "fork": false,
    "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World",
    "archive_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/{archive_format}{/ref}",
    "assignees_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/assignees{/user}",
    "blobs_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/git/blobs{/sha}",
    "branches_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/branches{/branch}",
    "collaborators_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/collaborators{/collaborator}",
    "comments_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/comments{/number}",
    "commits_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/commits{/sha}",
    "compare_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/compare/{base}...{head}",
    "contents_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/contents/{+path}",
    "contributors_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/contributors",
    "deployments_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/deployments",
    "downloads_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/downloads",
    "events_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/events",
    "forks_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/forks",
    "git_commits_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/git/commits{/sha}",
    "git_refs_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/git/refs{/sha}",
    "git_tags_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/git/tags{/sha}",
    "git_url": "git:github.com/octocat/Hello-World.git",
    "issue_comment_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/issues/comments{/number}",
    "issue_events_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/issues/events{/number}",
    "issues_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/issues{/number}",
    "keys_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/keys{/key_id}",
    "labels_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/labels{/name}",
    "languages_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/languages",
    "merges_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/merges",
    "milestones_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/milestones{/number}",
    "notifications_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/notifications{?since,all,participating}",
    "pulls_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/pulls{/number}",
    "releases_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/releases{/id}",
    "ssh_url": "git@github.com:octocat/Hello-World.git",
    "stargazers_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/stargazers",
    "statuses_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/statuses/{sha}",
    "subscribers_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/subscribers",
    "subscription_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/subscription",
    "tags_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/tags",
    "teams_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/teams",
    "trees_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/git/trees{/sha}",
    "clone_url": "https://github.com/octocat/Hello-World.git",
    "mirror_url": "git:git.example.com/octocat/Hello-World",
    "hooks_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/hooks",
    "svn_url": "https://svn.github.com/octocat/Hello-World",
    "homepage": "https://github.com",
    "forks_count": 9,
    "stargazers_count": 80,
    "watchers_count": 80,
    "size": 108,
    "default_branch": "master",
    "open_issues_count": 0,
    "is_template": true,
    "topics": [
      "octocat",
      "atom",
      "electron",
      "api"
    ],
    "has_issues": true,
    "has_projects": true,
    "has_wiki": true,
    "has_pages": false,
    "has_downloads": true,
    "archived": false,
    "disabled": false,
    "visibility": "public",
    "pushed_at": "2011-01-26T19:06:43Z",
    "created_at": "2011-01-26T19:01:12Z",
    "updated_at": "2011-01-26T19:14:43Z",
    "permissions": {
      "admin": false,
      "push": false,
      "pull": true
    },
    "allow_rebase_merge": true,
    "allow_squash_merge": true,
    "delete_branch_on_merge": true,
    "allow_merge_commit": true,
    "subscribers_count": 42,
    "network_count": 0,
    "license": {
      "key": "mit",
      "name": "MIT License",
      "url": "https://api.github.com/licenses/mit",
      "spdx_id": "MIT",
      "node_id": "MDc6TGljZW5zZW1pdA==",
      "html_url": "https://api.github.com/licenses/mit"
    },
    "forks": 1,
    "open_issues": 1,
    "watchers": 1,
    "anonymous_access_enabled": false
  },
  "anonymous_access_enabled": false
}

Forbidden

Status: 403 Forbidden

Resource not found

Status: 404 Not Found

Validation failed

Status: 422 Unprocessable Entity

Notes

Works with GitHub Apps

Preview notices

To access repository visibility during the preview period, you must provide a custom media type in the Accept header:

application/vnd.github.nebula-preview+json

application/vnd.github.baptiste-preview+json

Delete a repository

Deleting a repository requires admin access. If OAuth is used, the delete_repo scope is required.

If an organization owner has configured the organization to prevent members from deleting organization-owned repositories, you will get a 403 Forbidden response.

delete /repos/{owner}/{repo}

Parameters

Name	Type	In	Description
`accept`	string	header	Setting to `application/vnd.github.v3+json` is recommended.
`owner`	string	path
`repo`	string	path

Code samples

Shell

curl \
  -X DELETE \
  -H "Accept: application/vnd.github.v3+json" \
  http(s)://{hostname}/api/v3/repos/octocat/hello-world

JavaScript (@octokit/core.js)

await octokit.request('DELETE /repos/{owner}/{repo}', {
  owner: 'octocat',
  repo: 'hello-world'
})

Response

Status: 204 No Content

If an organization owner has configured the organization to prevent members from deleting organization owned repositories a member will get this response

Status: 403 Forbidden

{
  "message": "Organization members cannot delete repositories.",
  "documentation_url": "https://docs.github.com/enterprise-server@2.20/rest/reference/repos#delete-a-repository"
}

Resource not found

Status: 404 Not Found

Notes

Works with GitHub Apps

List repository contributors

Lists contributors to the specified repository and sorts them by the number of commits per contributor in descending order. This endpoint may return information that is a few hours old because the GitHub REST API v3 caches contributor data to improve performance.

GitHub identifies contributors by author email address. This endpoint groups contribution counts by GitHub user, which includes all associated email addresses. To improve performance, only the first 500 author email addresses in the repository link to GitHub users. The rest will appear as anonymous contributors without associated GitHub user information.

get /repos/{owner}/{repo}/contributors

Parameters

Name	Type	In	Description
`accept`	string	header	Setting to `application/vnd.github.v3+json` is recommended.
`owner`	string	path
`repo`	string	path
`anon`	string	query	Set to `1` or `true` to include anonymous contributors in results.
`per_page`	integer	query	Results per page (max 100).
`page`	integer	query	Page number of the results to fetch.

Code samples

Shell

curl \
  -H "Accept: application/vnd.github.v3+json" \
  http(s)://{hostname}/api/v3/repos/octocat/hello-world/contributors

JavaScript (@octokit/core.js)

await octokit.request('GET /repos/{owner}/{repo}/contributors', {
  owner: 'octocat',
  repo: 'hello-world'
})

Response if repository contains content

Status: 200 OK

[
  {
    "login": "octocat",
    "id": 1,
    "node_id": "MDQ6VXNlcjE=",
    "avatar_url": "https://github.com/images/error/octocat_happy.gif",
    "gravatar_id": "",
    "url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat",
    "html_url": "https://github.com/octocat",
    "followers_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/followers",
    "following_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/following{/other_user}",
    "gists_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/gists{/gist_id}",
    "starred_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/starred{/owner}{/repo}",
    "subscriptions_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/subscriptions",
    "organizations_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/orgs",
    "repos_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/repos",
    "events_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/events{/privacy}",
    "received_events_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/received_events",
    "type": "User",
    "site_admin": false,
    "contributions": 32
  }
]

Response if repository is empty

Status: 204 No Content

Forbidden

Status: 403 Forbidden

Resource not found

Status: 404 Not Found

Notes

Works with GitHub Apps

List repository languages

Lists languages for the specified repository. The value shown for each language is the number of bytes of code written in that language.

get /repos/{owner}/{repo}/languages

Parameters

Name	Type	In	Description
`accept`	string	header	Setting to `application/vnd.github.v3+json` is recommended.
`owner`	string	path
`repo`	string	path

Code samples

Shell

curl \
  -H "Accept: application/vnd.github.v3+json" \
  http(s)://{hostname}/api/v3/repos/octocat/hello-world/languages

JavaScript (@octokit/core.js)

await octokit.request('GET /repos/{owner}/{repo}/languages', {
  owner: 'octocat',
  repo: 'hello-world'
})

Default response

Status: 200 OK

{
  "C": 78769,
  "Python": 7769
}

Notes

Works with GitHub Apps

List repository tags

get /repos/{owner}/{repo}/tags

Parameters

Name	Type	In	Description
`accept`	string	header	Setting to `application/vnd.github.v3+json` is recommended.
`owner`	string	path
`repo`	string	path
`per_page`	integer	query	Results per page (max 100).
`page`	integer	query	Page number of the results to fetch.

Code samples

Shell

curl \
  -H "Accept: application/vnd.github.v3+json" \
  http(s)://{hostname}/api/v3/repos/octocat/hello-world/tags

JavaScript (@octokit/core.js)

await octokit.request('GET /repos/{owner}/{repo}/tags', {
  owner: 'octocat',
  repo: 'hello-world'
})

Default response

Status: 200 OK

[
  {
    "name": "v0.1",
    "commit": {
      "sha": "c5b97d5ae6c19d5c5df71a34c7fbeeda2479ccbc",
      "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/commits/c5b97d5ae6c19d5c5df71a34c7fbeeda2479ccbc"
    },
    "zipball_url": "https://github.com/octocat/Hello-World/zipball/v0.1",
    "tarball_url": "https://github.com/octocat/Hello-World/tarball/v0.1",
    "node_id": "MDQ6VXNlcjE="
  }
]

Notes

Works with GitHub Apps

List repository teams

get /repos/{owner}/{repo}/teams

Parameters

Name	Type	In	Description
`accept`	string	header	Setting to `application/vnd.github.v3+json` is recommended.
`owner`	string	path
`repo`	string	path
`per_page`	integer	query	Results per page (max 100).
`page`	integer	query	Page number of the results to fetch.

Code samples

Shell

curl \
  -H "Accept: application/vnd.github.v3+json" \
  http(s)://{hostname}/api/v3/repos/octocat/hello-world/teams

JavaScript (@octokit/core.js)

await octokit.request('GET /repos/{owner}/{repo}/teams', {
  owner: 'octocat',
  repo: 'hello-world'
})

Default response

Status: 200 OK

[
  {
    "id": 1,
    "node_id": "MDQ6VGVhbTE=",
    "url": "https://api.github.com/teams/1",
    "html_url": "https://github.com/orgs/github/teams/justice-league",
    "name": "Justice League",
    "slug": "justice-league",
    "description": "A great team.",
    "privacy": "closed",
    "permission": "admin",
    "members_url": "https://api.github.com/teams/1/members{/member}",
    "repositories_url": "https://api.github.com/teams/1/repos",
    "parent": null
  }
]

Notes

Works with GitHub Apps

Get all repository topics

get /repos/{owner}/{repo}/topics

Parameters

Name	Type	In	Description
`accept`	string	header	This API is under preview and subject to change. See preview notice
`owner`	string	path
`repo`	string	path
`page`	integer	query	Page number of the results to fetch.
`per_page`	integer	query	Results per page (max 100).

Code samples

Shell

curl \
  -H "Accept: application/vnd.github.mercy-preview+json" \
  http(s)://{hostname}/api/v3/repos/octocat/hello-world/topics

JavaScript (@octokit/core.js)

await octokit.request('GET /repos/{owner}/{repo}/topics', {
  owner: 'octocat',
  repo: 'hello-world',
  mediaType: {
    previews: [
      'mercy'
    ]
  }
})

Default response

Status: 200 OK

{
  "names": [
    "octocat",
    "atom",
    "electron",
    "api"
  ]
}

Resource not found

Status: 404 Not Found

Preview header missing

Status: 415 Unsupported Media Type

Notes

Works with GitHub Apps

Preview notice

The topics property for repositories on GitHub is currently available for developers to preview. To view the topics property in calls that return repository results, you must provide a custom media type in the Accept header:

application/vnd.github.mercy-preview+json

☝️ This header is required.

Replace all repository topics

put /repos/{owner}/{repo}/topics

Parameters

Name	Type	In	Description
`accept`	string	header	This API is under preview and subject to change. See preview notice
`owner`	string	path
`repo`	string	path
`names`	array of strings	body	Required. An array of topics to add to the repository. Pass one or more topics to replace the set of existing topics. Send an empty array (`[]`) to clear all topics from the repository. Note: Topic `names` cannot contain uppercase letters.

Code samples

Shell

curl \
  -X PUT \
  -H "Accept: application/vnd.github.mercy-preview+json" \
  http(s)://{hostname}/api/v3/repos/octocat/hello-world/topics \
  -d '{"names":["names"]}'

JavaScript (@octokit/core.js)

await octokit.request('PUT /repos/{owner}/{repo}/topics', {
  owner: 'octocat',
  repo: 'hello-world',
  names: [
    'names'
  ],
  mediaType: {
    previews: [
      'mercy'
    ]
  }
})

Default response

Status: 200 OK

{
  "names": [
    "octocat",
    "atom",
    "electron",
    "api"
  ]
}

Resource not found

Status: 404 Not Found

Preview header missing

Status: 415 Unsupported Media Type

Validation failed

Status: 422 Unprocessable Entity

Notes

Works with GitHub Apps

Preview notice

application/vnd.github.mercy-preview+json

☝️ This header is required.

Transfer a repository

A transfer request will need to be accepted by the new owner when transferring a personal repository to another user. The response will contain the original owner, and the transfer will continue asynchronously. For more details on the requirements to transfer personal and organization-owned repositories, see about repository transfers.

post /repos/{owner}/{repo}/transfer

Parameters

Name	Type	In	Description
`accept`	string	header	Setting to `application/vnd.github.v3+json` is recommended.
`owner`	string	path
`repo`	string	path
`new_owner`	string	body	Required. The username or organization name the repository will be transferred to.
`team_ids`	array of integers	body	ID of the team or teams to add to the repository. Teams can only be added to organization-owned repositories.

Code samples

Shell

curl \
  -X POST \
  -H "Accept: application/vnd.github.v3+json" \
  http(s)://{hostname}/api/v3/repos/octocat/hello-world/transfer \
  -d '{"new_owner":"new_owner"}'

JavaScript (@octokit/core.js)

await octokit.request('POST /repos/{owner}/{repo}/transfer', {
  owner: 'octocat',
  repo: 'hello-world',
  new_owner: 'new_owner'
})

Default response

Status: 202 Accepted

{
  "id": 1296269,
  "node_id": "MDEwOlJlcG9zaXRvcnkxMjk2MjY5",
  "name": "Hello-World",
  "full_name": "octocat/Hello-World",
  "owner": {
    "login": "octocat",
    "id": 1,
    "node_id": "MDQ6VXNlcjE=",
    "avatar_url": "https://github.com/images/error/octocat_happy.gif",
    "gravatar_id": "",
    "url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat",
    "html_url": "https://github.com/octocat",
    "followers_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/followers",
    "following_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/following{/other_user}",
    "gists_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/gists{/gist_id}",
    "starred_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/starred{/owner}{/repo}",
    "subscriptions_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/subscriptions",
    "organizations_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/orgs",
    "repos_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/repos",
    "events_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/events{/privacy}",
    "received_events_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/received_events",
    "type": "User",
    "site_admin": false
  },
  "private": false,
  "html_url": "https://github.com/octocat/Hello-World",
  "description": "This your first repo!",
  "fork": false,
  "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World",
  "archive_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/{archive_format}{/ref}",
  "assignees_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/assignees{/user}",
  "blobs_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/git/blobs{/sha}",
  "branches_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/branches{/branch}",
  "collaborators_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/collaborators{/collaborator}",
  "comments_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/comments{/number}",
  "commits_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/commits{/sha}",
  "compare_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/compare/{base}...{head}",
  "contents_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/contents/{+path}",
  "contributors_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/contributors",
  "deployments_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/deployments",
  "downloads_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/downloads",
  "events_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/events",
  "forks_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/forks",
  "git_commits_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/git/commits{/sha}",
  "git_refs_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/git/refs{/sha}",
  "git_tags_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/git/tags{/sha}",
  "git_url": "git:github.com/octocat/Hello-World.git",
  "issue_comment_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/issues/comments{/number}",
  "issue_events_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/issues/events{/number}",
  "issues_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/issues{/number}",
  "keys_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/keys{/key_id}",
  "labels_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/labels{/name}",
  "languages_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/languages",
  "merges_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/merges",
  "milestones_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/milestones{/number}",
  "notifications_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/notifications{?since,all,participating}",
  "pulls_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/pulls{/number}",
  "releases_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/releases{/id}",
  "ssh_url": "git@github.com:octocat/Hello-World.git",
  "stargazers_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/stargazers",
  "statuses_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/statuses/{sha}",
  "subscribers_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/subscribers",
  "subscription_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/subscription",
  "tags_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/tags",
  "teams_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/teams",
  "trees_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/git/trees{/sha}",
  "clone_url": "https://github.com/octocat/Hello-World.git",
  "mirror_url": "git:git.example.com/octocat/Hello-World",
  "hooks_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/hooks",
  "svn_url": "https://svn.github.com/octocat/Hello-World",
  "homepage": "https://github.com",
  "forks": 9,
  "forks_count": 9,
  "stargazers_count": 80,
  "watchers_count": 80,
  "watchers": 80,
  "size": 108,
  "default_branch": "master",
  "open_issues": 0,
  "open_issues_count": 0,
  "is_template": true,
  "license": {
    "key": "mit",
    "name": "MIT License",
    "url": "https://api.github.com/licenses/mit",
    "spdx_id": "MIT",
    "node_id": "MDc6TGljZW5zZW1pdA==",
    "html_url": "https://api.github.com/licenses/mit"
  },
  "topics": [
    "octocat",
    "atom",
    "electron",
    "api"
  ],
  "has_issues": true,
  "has_projects": true,
  "has_wiki": true,
  "has_pages": false,
  "has_downloads": true,
  "archived": false,
  "disabled": false,
  "visibility": "public",
  "pushed_at": "2011-01-26T19:06:43Z",
  "created_at": "2011-01-26T19:01:12Z",
  "updated_at": "2011-01-26T19:14:43Z",
  "permissions": {
    "admin": false,
    "push": false,
    "pull": true
  },
  "allow_rebase_merge": true,
  "allow_squash_merge": true,
  "allow_merge_commit": true,
  "subscribers_count": 42,
  "network_count": 0,
  "anonymous_access_enabled": false
}

Notes

Works with GitHub Apps

Enable vulnerability alerts

Enables dependency alerts and the dependency graph for a repository. The authenticated user must have admin access to the repository. For more information, see "About security alerts for vulnerable dependencies".

put /repos/{owner}/{repo}/vulnerability-alerts

Parameters

Name	Type	In	Description
`accept`	string	header	This API is under preview and subject to change. See preview notice
`owner`	string	path
`repo`	string	path

Code samples

Shell

curl \
  -X PUT \
  -H "Accept: application/vnd.github.dorian-preview+json" \
  http(s)://{hostname}/api/v3/repos/octocat/hello-world/vulnerability-alerts

JavaScript (@octokit/core.js)

await octokit.request('PUT /repos/{owner}/{repo}/vulnerability-alerts', {
  owner: 'octocat',
  repo: 'hello-world',
  mediaType: {
    previews: [
      'dorian'
    ]
  }
})

Response

Status: 204 No Content

Notes

Works with GitHub Apps

Preview notice

Enabling and disabling dependency alerts for a repository using the REST API is currently available for developers to preview. To access these new endpoints during the preview period, you must provide a custom media type in the Accept header:

application/vnd.github.dorian-preview+json

☝️ This header is required.

Disable vulnerability alerts

Disables dependency alerts and the dependency graph for a repository. The authenticated user must have admin access to the repository. For more information, see "About security alerts for vulnerable dependencies".

delete /repos/{owner}/{repo}/vulnerability-alerts

Parameters

Name	Type	In	Description
`accept`	string	header	This API is under preview and subject to change. See preview notice
`owner`	string	path
`repo`	string	path

Code samples

Shell

curl \
  -X DELETE \
  -H "Accept: application/vnd.github.dorian-preview+json" \
  http(s)://{hostname}/api/v3/repos/octocat/hello-world/vulnerability-alerts

JavaScript (@octokit/core.js)

await octokit.request('DELETE /repos/{owner}/{repo}/vulnerability-alerts', {
  owner: 'octocat',
  repo: 'hello-world',
  mediaType: {
    previews: [
      'dorian'
    ]
  }
})

Response

Status: 204 No Content

Notes

Works with GitHub Apps

Preview notice

application/vnd.github.dorian-preview+json

☝️ This header is required.

Create a repository using a template

Creates a new repository using a repository template. Use the template_owner and template_repo route parameters to specify the repository to use as the template. The authenticated user must own or be a member of an organization that owns the repository. To check if a repository is available to use as a template, get the repository's information using the Get a repository endpoint and check that the is_template key is true.

OAuth scope requirements

When using OAuth, authorizations must include:

public_repo scope or repo scope to create a public repository. Note: For GitHub AE, use repo scope to create an internal repository.
repo scope to create a private repository

post /repos/{template_owner}/{template_repo}/generate

Parameters

Name	Type	In	Description
`accept`	string	header	This API is under preview and subject to change. See preview notice
`template_owner`	string	path
`template_repo`	string	path
`owner`	string	body	The organization or person who will own the new repository. To create a new repository in an organization, the authenticated user must be a member of the specified organization.
`name`	string	body	Required. The name of the new repository.
`description`	string	body	A short description of the new repository.
`include_all_branches`	boolean	body	Set to `true` to include the directory structure and files from all branches in the template repository, and not just the default branch. Default: `false`.
`private`	boolean	body	Either `true` to create a new private repository or `false` to create a new public one.

Code samples

Shell

curl \
  -X POST \
  -H "Accept: application/vnd.github.baptiste-preview+json" \
  http(s)://{hostname}/api/v3/repos/TEMPLATE_OWNER/TEMPLATE_REPO/generate \
  -d '{"name":"name"}'

JavaScript (@octokit/core.js)

await octokit.request('POST /repos/{template_owner}/{template_repo}/generate', {
  template_owner: 'template_owner',
  template_repo: 'template_repo',
  name: 'name',
  mediaType: {
    previews: [
      'baptiste'
    ]
  }
})

Default response

Status: 201 Created

{
  "id": 1296269,
  "node_id": "MDEwOlJlcG9zaXRvcnkxMjk2MjY5",
  "name": "Hello-World",
  "full_name": "octocat/Hello-World",
  "owner": {
    "login": "octocat",
    "id": 1,
    "node_id": "MDQ6VXNlcjE=",
    "avatar_url": "https://github.com/images/error/octocat_happy.gif",
    "gravatar_id": "",
    "url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat",
    "html_url": "https://github.com/octocat",
    "followers_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/followers",
    "following_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/following{/other_user}",
    "gists_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/gists{/gist_id}",
    "starred_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/starred{/owner}{/repo}",
    "subscriptions_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/subscriptions",
    "organizations_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/orgs",
    "repos_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/repos",
    "events_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/events{/privacy}",
    "received_events_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/received_events",
    "type": "User",
    "site_admin": false
  },
  "private": false,
  "html_url": "https://github.com/octocat/Hello-World",
  "description": "This your first repo!",
  "fork": false,
  "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World",
  "archive_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/{archive_format}{/ref}",
  "assignees_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/assignees{/user}",
  "blobs_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/git/blobs{/sha}",
  "branches_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/branches{/branch}",
  "collaborators_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/collaborators{/collaborator}",
  "comments_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/comments{/number}",
  "commits_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/commits{/sha}",
  "compare_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/compare/{base}...{head}",
  "contents_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/contents/{+path}",
  "contributors_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/contributors",
  "deployments_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/deployments",
  "downloads_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/downloads",
  "events_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/events",
  "forks_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/forks",
  "git_commits_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/git/commits{/sha}",
  "git_refs_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/git/refs{/sha}",
  "git_tags_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/git/tags{/sha}",
  "git_url": "git:github.com/octocat/Hello-World.git",
  "issue_comment_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/issues/comments{/number}",
  "issue_events_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/issues/events{/number}",
  "issues_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/issues{/number}",
  "keys_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/keys{/key_id}",
  "labels_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/labels{/name}",
  "languages_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/languages",
  "merges_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/merges",
  "milestones_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/milestones{/number}",
  "notifications_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/notifications{?since,all,participating}",
  "pulls_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/pulls{/number}",
  "releases_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/releases{/id}",
  "ssh_url": "git@github.com:octocat/Hello-World.git",
  "stargazers_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/stargazers",
  "statuses_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/statuses/{sha}",
  "subscribers_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/subscribers",
  "subscription_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/subscription",
  "tags_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/tags",
  "teams_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/teams",
  "trees_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/git/trees{/sha}",
  "clone_url": "https://github.com/octocat/Hello-World.git",
  "mirror_url": "git:git.example.com/octocat/Hello-World",
  "hooks_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/hooks",
  "svn_url": "https://svn.github.com/octocat/Hello-World",
  "homepage": "https://github.com",
  "forks_count": 9,
  "forks": 9,
  "stargazers_count": 80,
  "watchers_count": 80,
  "watchers": 80,
  "size": 108,
  "default_branch": "master",
  "open_issues_count": 0,
  "open_issues": 0,
  "is_template": false,
  "topics": [
    "octocat",
    "atom",
    "electron",
    "api"
  ],
  "has_issues": true,
  "has_projects": true,
  "has_wiki": true,
  "has_pages": false,
  "has_downloads": true,
  "archived": false,
  "disabled": false,
  "visibility": "public",
  "pushed_at": "2011-01-26T19:06:43Z",
  "created_at": "2011-01-26T19:01:12Z",
  "updated_at": "2011-01-26T19:14:43Z",
  "permissions": {
    "admin": false,
    "push": false,
    "pull": true
  },
  "allow_rebase_merge": true,
  "license": {
    "key": "mit",
    "name": "MIT License",
    "url": "https://api.github.com/licenses/mit",
    "spdx_id": "MIT",
    "node_id": "MDc6TGljZW5zZW1pdA==",
    "html_url": "https://github.com/licenses/mit"
  },
  "anonymous_access_enabled": false,
  "template_repository": {
    "anonymous_access_enabled": false
  }
}

Preview notice

Creating and using repository templates is currently available for developers to preview. To access this new endpoint during the preview period, you must provide a custom media type in the Accept header:

application/vnd.github.baptiste-preview+json

☝️ This header is required.

List public repositories

Lists all public repositories in the order that they were created.

Notes:

For GitHub Enterprise Server and GitHub AE, this endpoint will only list repositories available to all users on the enterprise.
Pagination is powered exclusively by the since parameter. Use the Link header to get the URL for the next page of repositories.

get /repositories

Parameters

Name	Type	In	Description
`accept`	string	header	Setting to `application/vnd.github.v3+json` is recommended.
`since`	integer	query	A repository ID. Only return repositories with an ID greater than this ID.
`visibility`	string	query	Specifies the types of repositories to return. Can be one of `all` or `public`. Default: `public`. Note: For GitHub Enterprise Server and GitHub AE, this endpoint will only list repositories available to all users on the enterprise.

Code samples

Shell

curl \
  -H "Accept: application/vnd.github.v3+json" \
  http(s)://{hostname}/api/v3/repositories

JavaScript (@octokit/core.js)

await octokit.request('GET /repositories')

Default response

Status: 200 OK

[
  {
    "id": 1296269,
    "node_id": "MDEwOlJlcG9zaXRvcnkxMjk2MjY5",
    "name": "Hello-World",
    "full_name": "octocat/Hello-World",
    "owner": {
      "login": "octocat",
      "id": 1,
      "node_id": "MDQ6VXNlcjE=",
      "avatar_url": "https://github.com/images/error/octocat_happy.gif",
      "gravatar_id": "",
      "url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat",
      "html_url": "https://github.com/octocat",
      "followers_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/followers",
      "following_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/following{/other_user}",
      "gists_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/gists{/gist_id}",
      "starred_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/starred{/owner}{/repo}",
      "subscriptions_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/subscriptions",
      "organizations_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/orgs",
      "repos_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/repos",
      "events_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/events{/privacy}",
      "received_events_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/received_events",
      "type": "User",
      "site_admin": false
    },
    "private": false,
    "html_url": "https://github.com/octocat/Hello-World",
    "description": "This your first repo!",
    "fork": false,
    "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World",
    "archive_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/{archive_format}{/ref}",
    "assignees_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/assignees{/user}",
    "blobs_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/git/blobs{/sha}",
    "branches_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/branches{/branch}",
    "collaborators_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/collaborators{/collaborator}",
    "comments_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/comments{/number}",
    "commits_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/commits{/sha}",
    "compare_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/compare/{base}...{head}",
    "contents_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/contents/{+path}",
    "contributors_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/contributors",
    "deployments_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/deployments",
    "downloads_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/downloads",
    "events_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/events",
    "forks_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/forks",
    "git_commits_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/git/commits{/sha}",
    "git_refs_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/git/refs{/sha}",
    "git_tags_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/git/tags{/sha}",
    "git_url": "git:github.com/octocat/Hello-World.git",
    "issue_comment_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/issues/comments{/number}",
    "issue_events_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/issues/events{/number}",
    "issues_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/issues{/number}",
    "keys_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/keys{/key_id}",
    "labels_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/labels{/name}",
    "languages_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/languages",
    "merges_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/merges",
    "milestones_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/milestones{/number}",
    "notifications_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/notifications{?since,all,participating}",
    "pulls_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/pulls{/number}",
    "releases_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/releases{/id}",
    "ssh_url": "git@github.com:octocat/Hello-World.git",
    "stargazers_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/stargazers",
    "statuses_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/statuses/{sha}",
    "subscribers_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/subscribers",
    "subscription_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/subscription",
    "tags_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/tags",
    "teams_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/teams",
    "trees_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/git/trees{/sha}",
    "hooks_url": "http://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/hooks"
  }
]

Not modified

Status: 304 Not Modified

Validation failed

Status: 422 Unprocessable Entity

Notes

Works with GitHub Apps

List repositories for the authenticated user

Lists repositories that the authenticated user has explicit permission (:read, :write, or :admin) to access.

The authenticated user has explicit permission to access repositories they own, repositories where they are a collaborator, and repositories that they can access through an organization membership.

get /user/repos

Parameters

Name	Type	In	Description
`accept`	string	header	Setting to `application/vnd.github.v3+json` is recommended.
`visibility`	string	query	Can be one of `all`, `public`, or `private`. Note: For GitHub AE, can be one of `all`, `internal`, or `private`.
`affiliation`	string	query	Comma-separated list of values. Can include: * `owner`: Repositories that are owned by the authenticated user. * `collaborator`: Repositories that the user has been added to as a collaborator. * `organization_member`: Repositories that the user has access to through being a member of an organization. This includes every repository on every team that the user is on.
`type`	string	query	Can be one of `all`, `owner`, `public`, `private`, `member`. Note: For GitHub AE, can be one of `all`, `owner`, `internal`, `private`, `member`. Default: `all` Will cause a `422` error if used in the same request as visibility or affiliation. Will cause a `422` error if used in the same request as visibility or affiliation.
`sort`	string	query	Can be one of `created`, `updated`, `pushed`, `full_name`.
`direction`	string	query	Can be one of `asc` or `desc`. Default: `asc` when using `full_name`, otherwise `desc`
`per_page`	integer	query	Results per page (max 100).
`page`	integer	query	Page number of the results to fetch.
`since`	string	query	Only show notifications updated after the given time. This is a timestamp in ISO 8601 format: `YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM:SSZ`.
`before`	string	query	Only show notifications updated before the given time. This is a timestamp in ISO 8601 format: `YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM:SSZ`.

Code samples

Shell

curl \
  -H "Accept: application/vnd.github.v3+json" \
  http(s)://{hostname}/api/v3/user/repos

JavaScript (@octokit/core.js)

await octokit.request('GET /user/repos')

Default response

Status: 200 OK

[
  {
    "id": 1296269,
    "node_id": "MDEwOlJlcG9zaXRvcnkxMjk2MjY5",
    "name": "Hello-World",
    "full_name": "octocat/Hello-World",
    "owner": {
      "login": "octocat",
      "id": 1,
      "node_id": "MDQ6VXNlcjE=",
      "avatar_url": "https://github.com/images/error/octocat_happy.gif",
      "gravatar_id": "",
      "url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat",
      "html_url": "https://github.com/octocat",
      "followers_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/followers",
      "following_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/following{/other_user}",
      "gists_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/gists{/gist_id}",
      "starred_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/starred{/owner}{/repo}",
      "subscriptions_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/subscriptions",
      "organizations_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/orgs",
      "repos_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/repos",
      "events_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/events{/privacy}",
      "received_events_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/received_events",
      "type": "User",
      "site_admin": false
    },
    "private": false,
    "html_url": "https://github.com/octocat/Hello-World",
    "description": "This your first repo!",
    "fork": false,
    "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World",
    "archive_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/{archive_format}{/ref}",
    "assignees_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/assignees{/user}",
    "blobs_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/git/blobs{/sha}",
    "branches_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/branches{/branch}",
    "collaborators_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/collaborators{/collaborator}",
    "comments_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/comments{/number}",
    "commits_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/commits{/sha}",
    "compare_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/compare/{base}...{head}",
    "contents_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/contents/{+path}",
    "contributors_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/contributors",
    "deployments_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/deployments",
    "downloads_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/downloads",
    "events_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/events",
    "forks_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/forks",
    "git_commits_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/git/commits{/sha}",
    "git_refs_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/git/refs{/sha}",
    "git_tags_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/git/tags{/sha}",
    "git_url": "git:github.com/octocat/Hello-World.git",
    "issue_comment_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/issues/comments{/number}",
    "issue_events_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/issues/events{/number}",
    "issues_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/issues{/number}",
    "keys_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/keys{/key_id}",
    "labels_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/labels{/name}",
    "languages_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/languages",
    "merges_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/merges",
    "milestones_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/milestones{/number}",
    "notifications_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/notifications{?since,all,participating}",
    "pulls_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/pulls{/number}",
    "releases_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/releases{/id}",
    "ssh_url": "git@github.com:octocat/Hello-World.git",
    "stargazers_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/stargazers",
    "statuses_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/statuses/{sha}",
    "subscribers_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/subscribers",
    "subscription_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/subscription",
    "tags_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/tags",
    "teams_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/teams",
    "trees_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/git/trees{/sha}",
    "clone_url": "https://github.com/octocat/Hello-World.git",
    "mirror_url": "git:git.example.com/octocat/Hello-World",
    "hooks_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/hooks",
    "svn_url": "https://svn.github.com/octocat/Hello-World",
    "homepage": "https://github.com",
    "language": null,
    "forks_count": 9,
    "stargazers_count": 80,
    "watchers_count": 80,
    "size": 108,
    "default_branch": "master",
    "open_issues_count": 0,
    "is_template": true,
    "topics": [
      "octocat",
      "atom",
      "electron",
      "api"
    ],
    "has_issues": true,
    "has_projects": true,
    "has_wiki": true,
    "has_pages": false,
    "has_downloads": true,
    "archived": false,
    "disabled": false,
    "visibility": "public",
    "pushed_at": "2011-01-26T19:06:43Z",
    "created_at": "2011-01-26T19:01:12Z",
    "updated_at": "2011-01-26T19:14:43Z",
    "permissions": {
      "admin": false,
      "push": false,
      "pull": true
    },
    "allow_rebase_merge": true,
    "template_repository": null,
    "allow_squash_merge": true,
    "allow_merge_commit": true,
    "subscribers_count": 42,
    "network_count": 0,
    "anonymous_access_enabled": false
  }
]

Not modified

Status: 304 Not Modified

Requires authentication

Status: 401 Unauthorized

Forbidden

Status: 403 Forbidden

Validation failed

Status: 422 Unprocessable Entity

Create a repository for the authenticated user

Creates a new repository for the authenticated user.

OAuth scope requirements

When using OAuth, authorizations must include:

public_repo scope or repo scope to create a public repository. Note: For GitHub AE, use repo scope to create an internal repository.
repo scope to create a private repository.

post /user/repos

Parameters

Name	Type	In	Description
`accept`	string	header	Setting to `application/vnd.github.v3+json` is recommended. See preview notices
`name`	string	body	Required. The name of the repository.
`description`	string	body	A short description of the repository.
`homepage`	string	body	A URL with more information about the repository.
`private`	boolean	body	Whether the repository is private.
`has_issues`	boolean	body	Whether issues are enabled. Default: `true`
`has_projects`	boolean	body	Whether projects are enabled. Default: `true`
`has_wiki`	boolean	body	Whether the wiki is enabled. Default: `true`
`team_id`	integer	body	The id of the team that will be granted access to this repository. This is only valid when creating a repository in an organization.
`auto_init`	boolean	body	Whether the repository is initialized with a minimal README.
`gitignore_template`	string	body	The desired language or platform to apply to the .gitignore.
`license_template`	string	body	The license keyword of the open source license for this repository.
`allow_squash_merge`	boolean	body	Whether to allow squash merges for pull requests. Default: `true`
`allow_merge_commit`	boolean	body	Whether to allow merge commits for pull requests. Default: `true`
`allow_rebase_merge`	boolean	body	Whether to allow rebase merges for pull requests. Default: `true`
`delete_branch_on_merge`	boolean	body	Whether to delete head branches when pull requests are merged
`has_downloads`	boolean	body	Whether downloads are enabled. Default: `true`
`is_template`	boolean	body	Whether this repository acts as a template that can be used to generate new repositories.

Code samples

Shell

curl \
  -X POST \
  -H "Accept: application/vnd.github.v3+json" \
  http(s)://{hostname}/api/v3/user/repos \
  -d '{"name":"name"}'

JavaScript (@octokit/core.js)

await octokit.request('POST /user/repos', {
  name: 'name'
})

Default response

Status: 201 Created

{
  "id": 1296269,
  "node_id": "MDEwOlJlcG9zaXRvcnkxMjk2MjY5",
  "name": "Hello-World",
  "full_name": "octocat/Hello-World",
  "owner": {
    "login": "octocat",
    "id": 1,
    "node_id": "MDQ6VXNlcjE=",
    "avatar_url": "https://github.com/images/error/octocat_happy.gif",
    "gravatar_id": "",
    "url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat",
    "html_url": "https://github.com/octocat",
    "followers_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/followers",
    "following_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/following{/other_user}",
    "gists_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/gists{/gist_id}",
    "starred_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/starred{/owner}{/repo}",
    "subscriptions_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/subscriptions",
    "organizations_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/orgs",
    "repos_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/repos",
    "events_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/events{/privacy}",
    "received_events_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/received_events",
    "type": "User",
    "site_admin": false
  },
  "private": false,
  "html_url": "https://github.com/octocat/Hello-World",
  "description": "This your first repo!",
  "fork": false,
  "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World",
  "archive_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/{archive_format}{/ref}",
  "assignees_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/assignees{/user}",
  "blobs_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/git/blobs{/sha}",
  "branches_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/branches{/branch}",
  "collaborators_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/collaborators{/collaborator}",
  "comments_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/comments{/number}",
  "commits_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/commits{/sha}",
  "compare_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/compare/{base}...{head}",
  "contents_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/contents/{+path}",
  "contributors_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/contributors",
  "deployments_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/deployments",
  "downloads_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/downloads",
  "events_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/events",
  "forks_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/forks",
  "git_commits_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/git/commits{/sha}",
  "git_refs_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/git/refs{/sha}",
  "git_tags_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/git/tags{/sha}",
  "git_url": "git:github.com/octocat/Hello-World.git",
  "issue_comment_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/issues/comments{/number}",
  "issue_events_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/issues/events{/number}",
  "issues_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/issues{/number}",
  "keys_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/keys{/key_id}",
  "labels_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/labels{/name}",
  "languages_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/languages",
  "merges_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/merges",
  "milestones_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/milestones{/number}",
  "notifications_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/notifications{?since,all,participating}",
  "pulls_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/pulls{/number}",
  "releases_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/releases{/id}",
  "ssh_url": "git@github.com:octocat/Hello-World.git",
  "stargazers_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/stargazers",
  "statuses_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/statuses/{sha}",
  "subscribers_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/subscribers",
  "subscription_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/subscription",
  "tags_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/tags",
  "teams_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/teams",
  "trees_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/git/trees{/sha}",
  "clone_url": "https://github.com/octocat/Hello-World.git",
  "mirror_url": "git:git.example.com/octocat/Hello-World",
  "hooks_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/hooks",
  "svn_url": "https://svn.github.com/octocat/Hello-World",
  "homepage": "https://github.com",
  "forks": 9,
  "forks_count": 9,
  "stargazers_count": 80,
  "watchers_count": 80,
  "watchers": 80,
  "size": 108,
  "default_branch": "master",
  "open_issues": 0,
  "open_issues_count": 0,
  "is_template": true,
  "license": {
    "key": "mit",
    "name": "MIT License",
    "url": "https://api.github.com/licenses/mit",
    "spdx_id": "MIT",
    "node_id": "MDc6TGljZW5zZW1pdA==",
    "html_url": "https://api.github.com/licenses/mit"
  },
  "topics": [
    "octocat",
    "atom",
    "electron",
    "api"
  ],
  "has_issues": true,
  "has_projects": true,
  "has_wiki": true,
  "has_pages": false,
  "has_downloads": true,
  "archived": false,
  "disabled": false,
  "visibility": "public",
  "pushed_at": "2011-01-26T19:06:43Z",
  "created_at": "2011-01-26T19:01:12Z",
  "updated_at": "2011-01-26T19:14:43Z",
  "permissions": {
    "admin": false,
    "push": false,
    "pull": true
  },
  "allow_rebase_merge": true,
  "allow_squash_merge": true,
  "allow_merge_commit": true,
  "subscribers_count": 42,
  "network_count": 0,
  "anonymous_access_enabled": false
}

Not modified

Status: 304 Not Modified

Bad request

Status: 400 Bad Request

Requires authentication

Status: 401 Unauthorized

Forbidden

Status: 403 Forbidden

Resource not found

Status: 404 Not Found

Validation failed

Status: 422 Unprocessable Entity

Preview notices

To access repository visibility during the preview period, you must provide a custom media type in the Accept header:

application/vnd.github.nebula-preview+json

application/vnd.github.baptiste-preview+json

List repositories for a user

Lists public repositories for the specified user. Note: For GitHub AE, this endpoint will list internal repositories for the specified user.

get /users/{username}/repos

Parameters

Name	Type	In	Description
`accept`	string	header	Setting to `application/vnd.github.v3+json` is recommended. See preview notice
`username`	string	path
`type`	string	query	Can be one of `all`, `owner`, `member`.
`sort`	string	query	Can be one of `created`, `updated`, `pushed`, `full_name`.
`direction`	string	query	Can be one of `asc` or `desc`. Default: `asc` when using `full_name`, otherwise `desc`
`per_page`	integer	query	Results per page (max 100).
`page`	integer	query	Page number of the results to fetch.

Code samples

Shell

curl \
  -H "Accept: application/vnd.github.v3+json" \
  http(s)://{hostname}/api/v3/users/USERNAME/repos

JavaScript (@octokit/core.js)

await octokit.request('GET /users/{username}/repos', {
  username: 'username'
})

Default response

Status: 200 OK

[
  {
    "id": 1296269,
    "node_id": "MDEwOlJlcG9zaXRvcnkxMjk2MjY5",
    "name": "Hello-World",
    "full_name": "octocat/Hello-World",
    "owner": {
      "login": "octocat",
      "id": 1,
      "node_id": "MDQ6VXNlcjE=",
      "avatar_url": "https://github.com/images/error/octocat_happy.gif",
      "gravatar_id": "",
      "url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat",
      "html_url": "https://github.com/octocat",
      "followers_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/followers",
      "following_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/following{/other_user}",
      "gists_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/gists{/gist_id}",
      "starred_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/starred{/owner}{/repo}",
      "subscriptions_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/subscriptions",
      "organizations_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/orgs",
      "repos_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/repos",
      "events_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/events{/privacy}",
      "received_events_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/received_events",
      "type": "User",
      "site_admin": false
    },
    "private": false,
    "html_url": "https://github.com/octocat/Hello-World",
    "description": "This your first repo!",
    "fork": false,
    "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World",
    "archive_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/{archive_format}{/ref}",
    "assignees_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/assignees{/user}",
    "blobs_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/git/blobs{/sha}",
    "branches_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/branches{/branch}",
    "collaborators_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/collaborators{/collaborator}",
    "comments_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/comments{/number}",
    "commits_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/commits{/sha}",
    "compare_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/compare/{base}...{head}",
    "contents_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/contents/{+path}",
    "contributors_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/contributors",
    "deployments_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/deployments",
    "downloads_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/downloads",
    "events_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/events",
    "forks_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/forks",
    "git_commits_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/git/commits{/sha}",
    "git_refs_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/git/refs{/sha}",
    "git_tags_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/git/tags{/sha}",
    "git_url": "git:github.com/octocat/Hello-World.git",
    "issue_comment_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/issues/comments{/number}",
    "issue_events_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/issues/events{/number}",
    "issues_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/issues{/number}",
    "keys_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/keys{/key_id}",
    "labels_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/labels{/name}",
    "languages_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/languages",
    "merges_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/merges",
    "milestones_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/milestones{/number}",
    "notifications_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/notifications{?since,all,participating}",
    "pulls_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/pulls{/number}",
    "releases_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/releases{/id}",
    "ssh_url": "git@github.com:octocat/Hello-World.git",
    "stargazers_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/stargazers",
    "statuses_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/statuses/{sha}",
    "subscribers_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/subscribers",
    "subscription_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/subscription",
    "tags_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/tags",
    "teams_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/teams",
    "trees_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/git/trees{/sha}",
    "clone_url": "https://github.com/octocat/Hello-World.git",
    "mirror_url": "git:git.example.com/octocat/Hello-World",
    "hooks_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/hooks",
    "svn_url": "https://svn.github.com/octocat/Hello-World",
    "homepage": "https://github.com",
    "language": null,
    "forks_count": 9,
    "stargazers_count": 80,
    "watchers_count": 80,
    "size": 108,
    "default_branch": "master",
    "open_issues_count": 0,
    "is_template": true,
    "topics": [
      "octocat",
      "atom",
      "electron",
      "api"
    ],
    "has_issues": true,
    "has_projects": true,
    "has_wiki": true,
    "has_pages": false,
    "has_downloads": true,
    "archived": false,
    "disabled": false,
    "visibility": "public",
    "pushed_at": "2011-01-26T19:06:43Z",
    "created_at": "2011-01-26T19:01:12Z",
    "updated_at": "2011-01-26T19:14:43Z",
    "permissions": {
      "admin": false,
      "push": false,
      "pull": true
    },
    "template_repository": null,
    "subscribers_count": 42,
    "network_count": 0,
    "anonymous_access_enabled": false,
    "license": {
      "key": "mit",
      "name": "MIT License",
      "spdx_id": "MIT",
      "url": "https://api.github.com/licenses/mit",
      "node_id": "MDc6TGljZW5zZW1pdA=="
    }
  }
]

Notes

Works with GitHub Apps

Preview notice

To access repository visibility during the preview period, you must provide a custom media type in the Accept header:

application/vnd.github.nebula-preview+json

Branches

List branches

get /repos/{owner}/{repo}/branches

Parameters

Name	Type	In	Description
`accept`	string	header	Setting to `application/vnd.github.v3+json` is recommended.
`owner`	string	path
`repo`	string	path
`protected`	boolean	query	Setting to `true` returns only protected branches. When set to `false`, only unprotected branches are returned. Omitting this parameter returns all branches.
`per_page`	integer	query	Results per page (max 100).
`page`	integer	query	Page number of the results to fetch.

Code samples

Shell

curl \
  -H "Accept: application/vnd.github.v3+json" \
  http(s)://{hostname}/api/v3/repos/octocat/hello-world/branches

JavaScript (@octokit/core.js)

await octokit.request('GET /repos/{owner}/{repo}/branches', {
  owner: 'octocat',
  repo: 'hello-world'
})

Default response

Status: 200 OK

[
  {
    "name": "master",
    "commit": {
      "sha": "c5b97d5ae6c19d5c5df71a34c7fbeeda2479ccbc",
      "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/commits/c5b97d5ae6c19d5c5df71a34c7fbeeda2479ccbc"
    },
    "protected": true,
    "protection": {
      "enabled": true,
      "required_status_checks": {
        "enforcement_level": "non_admins",
        "contexts": [
          "ci-test",
          "linter"
        ]
      }
    },
    "protection_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/hello-world/branches/master/protection"
  }
]

Resource not found

Status: 404 Not Found

Notes

Works with GitHub Apps

Get a branch

get /repos/{owner}/{repo}/branches/{branch}

Parameters

Name	Type	In	Description
`accept`	string	header	Setting to `application/vnd.github.v3+json` is recommended.
`owner`	string	path
`repo`	string	path
`branch`	string	path	The name of the branch.

Code samples

Shell

curl \
  -H "Accept: application/vnd.github.v3+json" \
  http(s)://{hostname}/api/v3/repos/octocat/hello-world/branches/BRANCH

JavaScript (@octokit/core.js)

await octokit.request('GET /repos/{owner}/{repo}/branches/{branch}', {
  owner: 'octocat',
  repo: 'hello-world',
  branch: 'branch'
})

Default response

Status: 200 OK

{
  "name": "master",
  "commit": {
    "sha": "7fd1a60b01f91b314f59955a4e4d4e80d8edf11d",
    "node_id": "MDY6Q29tbWl0N2ZkMWE2MGIwMWY5MWIzMTRmNTk5NTVhNGU0ZDRlODBkOGVkZjExZA==",
    "commit": {
      "author": {
        "name": "The Octocat",
        "date": "2012-03-06T15:06:50-08:00",
        "email": "octocat@nowhere.com"
      },
      "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/git/commits/7fd1a60b01f91b314f59955a4e4d4e80d8edf11d",
      "message": "Merge pull request #6 from Spaceghost/patch-1\n\nNew line at end of file.",
      "tree": {
        "sha": "b4eecafa9be2f2006ce1b709d6857b07069b4608",
        "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/git/trees/b4eecafa9be2f2006ce1b709d6857b07069b4608"
      },
      "committer": {
        "name": "The Octocat",
        "date": "2012-03-06T15:06:50-08:00",
        "email": "octocat@nowhere.com"
      },
      "verification": {
        "verified": false,
        "reason": "unsigned",
        "signature": null,
        "payload": null
      },
      "comment_count": 0
    },
    "author": {
      "gravatar_id": "",
      "avatar_url": "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/7ad39074b0584bc555d0417ae3e7d974?d=https://a248.e.akamai.net/assets.github.com%2Fimages%2Fgravatars%2Fgravatar-140.png",
      "url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat",
      "id": 583231,
      "login": "octocat",
      "node_id": "MDQ6VXNlcjE=",
      "html_url": "https://github.com/octocat",
      "followers_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/followers",
      "following_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/following{/other_user}",
      "gists_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/gists{/gist_id}",
      "starred_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/starred{/owner}{/repo}",
      "subscriptions_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/subscriptions",
      "organizations_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/orgs",
      "repos_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/repos",
      "events_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/events{/privacy}",
      "received_events_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/received_events",
      "type": "User",
      "site_admin": true
    },
    "parents": [
      {
        "sha": "553c2077f0edc3d5dc5d17262f6aa498e69d6f8e",
        "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/commits/553c2077f0edc3d5dc5d17262f6aa498e69d6f8e"
      },
      {
        "sha": "762941318ee16e59dabbacb1b4049eec22f0d303",
        "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/commits/762941318ee16e59dabbacb1b4049eec22f0d303"
      }
    ],
    "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/commits/7fd1a60b01f91b314f59955a4e4d4e80d8edf11d",
    "committer": {
      "gravatar_id": "",
      "avatar_url": "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/7ad39074b0584bc555d0417ae3e7d974?d=https://a248.e.akamai.net/assets.github.com%2Fimages%2Fgravatars%2Fgravatar-140.png",
      "url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat",
      "id": 583231,
      "login": "octocat",
      "node_id": "MDQ6VXNlcjE=",
      "html_url": "https://github.com/octocat",
      "followers_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/followers",
      "following_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/following{/other_user}",
      "gists_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/gists{/gist_id}",
      "starred_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/starred{/owner}{/repo}",
      "subscriptions_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/subscriptions",
      "organizations_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/orgs",
      "repos_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/repos",
      "events_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/events{/privacy}",
      "received_events_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/received_events",
      "type": "User",
      "site_admin": true
    },
    "html_url": "https://github.com/octocat/Hello-World/commit/6dcb09b5b57875f334f61aebed695e2e4193db5e",
    "comments_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/commits/6dcb09b5b57875f334f61aebed695e2e4193db5e/comments"
  },
  "_links": {
    "html": "https://github.com/octocat/Hello-World/tree/master",
    "self": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/branches/master"
  },
  "protected": true,
  "protection": {
    "enabled": true,
    "required_status_checks": {
      "enforcement_level": "non_admins",
      "contexts": [
        "ci-test",
        "linter"
      ]
    }
  },
  "protection_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/hello-world/branches/master/protection"
}

Resource not found

Status: 404 Not Found

Preview header missing

Status: 415 Unsupported Media Type

Notes

Works with GitHub Apps

Get branch protection

Protected branches are available in public repositories with GitHub Free and GitHub Free for organizations, and in public and private repositories with GitHub Pro, GitHub Team, GitHub Enterprise Cloud, and GitHub Enterprise Server. For more information, see GitHub's products in the GitHub Help documentation.

get /repos/{owner}/{repo}/branches/{branch}/protection

Parameters

Name	Type	In	Description
`accept`	string	header	Setting to `application/vnd.github.v3+json` is recommended. See preview notice
`owner`	string	path
`repo`	string	path
`branch`	string	path	The name of the branch.

Code samples

Shell

curl \
  -H "Accept: application/vnd.github.v3+json" \
  http(s)://{hostname}/api/v3/repos/octocat/hello-world/branches/BRANCH/protection

JavaScript (@octokit/core.js)

await octokit.request('GET /repos/{owner}/{repo}/branches/{branch}/protection', {
  owner: 'octocat',
  repo: 'hello-world',
  branch: 'branch'
})

Default response

Status: 200 OK

{
  "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/branches/master/protection",
  "enabled": true,
  "required_status_checks": {
    "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/branches/master/protection/required_status_checks",
    "contexts": [
      "continuous-integration/travis-ci"
    ],
    "contexts_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/branches/master/protection/required_status_checks/contexts",
    "enforcement_level": "non_admins"
  },
  "enforce_admins": {
    "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/branches/master/protection/enforce_admins",
    "enabled": true
  },
  "required_pull_request_reviews": {
    "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/branches/master/protection/required_pull_request_reviews",
    "dismissal_restrictions": {
      "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/branches/master/protection/dismissal_restrictions",
      "users_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/branches/master/protection/dismissal_restrictions/users",
      "teams_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/branches/master/protection/dismissal_restrictions/teams",
      "users": [
        {
          "login": "octocat",
          "id": 1,
          "node_id": "MDQ6VXNlcjE=",
          "avatar_url": "https://github.com/images/error/octocat_happy.gif",
          "gravatar_id": "",
          "url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat",
          "html_url": "https://github.com/octocat",
          "followers_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/followers",
          "following_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/following{/other_user}",
          "gists_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/gists{/gist_id}",
          "starred_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/starred{/owner}{/repo}",
          "subscriptions_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/subscriptions",
          "organizations_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/orgs",
          "repos_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/repos",
          "events_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/events{/privacy}",
          "received_events_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/received_events",
          "type": "User",
          "site_admin": false
        }
      ],
      "teams": [
        {
          "id": 1,
          "node_id": "MDQ6VGVhbTE=",
          "url": "https://api.github.com/teams/1",
          "html_url": "https://github.com/orgs/github/teams/justice-league",
          "name": "Justice League",
          "slug": "justice-league",
          "description": "A great team.",
          "privacy": "closed",
          "permission": "admin",
          "members_url": "https://api.github.com/teams/1/members{/member}",
          "repositories_url": "https://api.github.com/teams/1/repos",
          "parent": null
        }
      ]
    },
    "dismiss_stale_reviews": true,
    "require_code_owner_reviews": true,
    "required_approving_review_count": 2
  },
  "restrictions": {
    "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/branches/master/protection/restrictions",
    "users_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/branches/master/protection/restrictions/users",
    "teams_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/branches/master/protection/restrictions/teams",
    "apps_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/branches/master/protection/restrictions/teams",
    "users": [
      {
        "login": "octocat",
        "id": 1,
        "node_id": "MDQ6VXNlcjE=",
        "avatar_url": "https://github.com/images/error/octocat_happy.gif",
        "gravatar_id": "",
        "url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat",
        "html_url": "https://github.com/octocat",
        "followers_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/followers",
        "following_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/following{/other_user}",
        "gists_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/gists{/gist_id}",
        "starred_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/starred{/owner}{/repo}",
        "subscriptions_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/subscriptions",
        "organizations_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/orgs",
        "repos_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/repos",
        "events_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/events{/privacy}",
        "received_events_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/received_events",
        "type": "User",
        "site_admin": false
      }
    ],
    "teams": [
      {
        "id": 1,
        "node_id": "MDQ6VGVhbTE=",
        "url": "https://api.github.com/teams/1",
        "html_url": "https://github.com/orgs/github/teams/justice-league",
        "name": "Justice League",
        "slug": "justice-league",
        "description": "A great team.",
        "privacy": "closed",
        "permission": "admin",
        "members_url": "https://api.github.com/teams/1/members{/member}",
        "repositories_url": "https://api.github.com/teams/1/repos",
        "parent": null
      }
    ],
    "apps": [
      {
        "id": 1,
        "slug": "octoapp",
        "node_id": "MDExOkludGVncmF0aW9uMQ==",
        "owner": {
          "login": "github",
          "id": 1,
          "node_id": "MDEyOk9yZ2FuaXphdGlvbjE=",
          "url": "https://api.github.com/orgs/github",
          "repos_url": "https://api.github.com/orgs/github/repos",
          "events_url": "https://api.github.com/orgs/github/events",
          "hooks_url": "https://api.github.com/orgs/github/hooks",
          "issues_url": "https://api.github.com/orgs/github/issues",
          "members_url": "https://api.github.com/orgs/github/members{/member}",
          "public_members_url": "https://api.github.com/orgs/github/public_members{/member}",
          "avatar_url": "https://github.com/images/error/octocat_happy.gif",
          "description": "A great organization"
        },
        "name": "Octocat App",
        "description": "",
        "external_url": "https://example.com",
        "html_url": "https://github.com/apps/octoapp",
        "created_at": "2017-07-08T16:18:44-04:00",
        "updated_at": "2017-07-08T16:18:44-04:00",
        "permissions": {
          "metadata": "read",
          "contents": "read",
          "issues": "write",
          "single_file": "write"
        },
        "events": [
          "push",
          "pull_request"
        ]
      }
    ]
  },
  "required_linear_history": {
    "enabled": true
  },
  "allow_force_pushes": {
    "enabled": true
  },
  "allow_deletions": {
    "enabled": true
  }
}

Resource not found

Status: 404 Not Found

Notes

Works with GitHub Apps

Preview notice

The Protected Branches API now has a setting for requiring a specified number of approving pull request reviews before merging. This feature is currently available for developers to preview. See the blog post for full details. To access the API during the preview period, you must provide a custom media type in the Accept header:

application/vnd.github.luke-cage-preview+json

Update branch protection

Protecting a branch requires admin or owner permissions to the repository.

Note: Passing new arrays of users and teams replaces their previous values.

Note: The list of users, apps, and teams in total is limited to 100 items.

put /repos/{owner}/{repo}/branches/{branch}/protection

Parameters

Name Type In Description

accept

string

header

Setting to application/vnd.github.v3+json is recommended. See preview notice

owner string path

repo string path

branch

string

path

The name of the branch.

required_status_checks

object or null

body

Required. Require status checks to pass before merging. Set to null to disable.

Properties of the `required_status_checks` object

`strict` (boolean)	Required. Require branches to be up to date before merging.
`contexts` (array of strings)	Required. The list of status checks to require in order to merge into this branch

enforce_admins

boolean or null

body

Required. Enforce all configured restrictions for administrators. Set to true to enforce required status checks for repository administrators. Set to null to disable.

required_pull_request_reviews

object or null

body

Required. Require at least one approving review on a pull request, before merging. Set to null to disable.

Properties of the `required_pull_request_reviews` object

`dismissal_restrictions` (object)	Specify which users and teams can dismiss pull request reviews. Pass an empty `dismissal_restrictions` object to disable. User and team `dismissal_restrictions` are only available for organization-owned repositories. Omit this parameter for personal repositories.
`dismiss_stale_reviews` (boolean)	Set to `true` if you want to automatically dismiss approving reviews when someone pushes a new commit.
`require_code_owner_reviews` (boolean)	Blocks merging pull requests until code owners review them.
`required_approving_review_count` (integer)	Specify the number of reviewers required to approve pull requests. Use a number between 1 and 6.

Properties of the `dismissal_restrictions` object

`users` (array of strings)	The list of user `login`s with dismissal access
`teams` (array of strings)	The list of team `slug`s with dismissal access

restrictions

object or null

body

Required. Restrict who can push to the protected branch. User, app, and team restrictions are only available for organization-owned repositories. Set to null to disable.

Properties of the `restrictions` object

`users` (array of strings)	Required. The list of user `login`s with push access
`teams` (array of strings)	Required. The list of team `slug`s with push access
`apps` (array of strings)	The list of app `slug`s with push access

required_linear_history

boolean

body

Enforces a linear commit Git history, which prevents anyone from pushing merge commits to a branch. Set to true to enforce a linear commit history. Set to false to disable a linear commit Git history. Your repository must allow squash merging or rebase merging before you can enable a linear commit history. Default: false. For more information, see "Requiring a linear commit history" in the GitHub Help documentation.

allow_force_pushes

boolean or null

body

Permits force pushes to the protected branch by anyone with write access to the repository. Set to true to allow force pushes. Set to false or null to block force pushes. Default: false. For more information, see "Enabling force pushes to a protected branch" in the GitHub Help documentation."

allow_deletions

boolean

body

Allows deletion of the protected branch by anyone with write access to the repository. Set to false to prevent deletion of the protected branch. Default: false. For more information, see "Enabling force pushes to a protected branch" in the GitHub Help documentation.

Code samples

Shell

curl \
  -X PUT \
  -H "Accept: application/vnd.github.v3+json" \
  http(s)://{hostname}/api/v3/repos/octocat/hello-world/branches/BRANCH/protection \
  -d '{"required_status_checks":{"strict":true,"contexts":["contexts"]},"enforce_admins":true,"required_pull_request_reviews":{"dismissal_restrictions":{"users":["users"],"teams":["teams"]},"dismiss_stale_reviews":true,"require_code_owner_reviews":true,"required_approving_review_count":42},"restrictions":{"users":["users"],"teams":["teams"],"apps":["apps"]}}'

JavaScript (@octokit/core.js)

await octokit.request('PUT /repos/{owner}/{repo}/branches/{branch}/protection', {
  owner: 'octocat',
  repo: 'hello-world',
  branch: 'branch',
  required_status_checks: {
    strict: true,
    contexts: [
      'contexts'
    ]
  },
  enforce_admins: true,
  required_pull_request_reviews: {
    dismissal_restrictions: {
      users: [
        'users'
      ],
      teams: [
        'teams'
      ]
    },
    dismiss_stale_reviews: true,
    require_code_owner_reviews: true,
    required_approving_review_count: 42
  },
  restrictions: {
    users: [
      'users'
    ],
    teams: [
      'teams'
    ],
    apps: [
      'apps'
    ]
  }
})

Response

Status: 200 OK

Forbidden

Status: 403 Forbidden

Resource not found

Status: 404 Not Found

Preview header missing

Status: 415 Unsupported Media Type

Validation failed

Status: 422 Unprocessable Entity

Notes

Works with GitHub Apps

Preview notice

application/vnd.github.luke-cage-preview+json

Delete branch protection

delete /repos/{owner}/{repo}/branches/{branch}/protection

Parameters

Name	Type	In	Description
`accept`	string	header	Setting to `application/vnd.github.v3+json` is recommended.
`owner`	string	path
`repo`	string	path
`branch`	string	path	The name of the branch.

Code samples

Shell

curl \
  -X DELETE \
  -H "Accept: application/vnd.github.v3+json" \
  http(s)://{hostname}/api/v3/repos/octocat/hello-world/branches/BRANCH/protection

JavaScript (@octokit/core.js)

await octokit.request('DELETE /repos/{owner}/{repo}/branches/{branch}/protection', {
  owner: 'octocat',
  repo: 'hello-world',
  branch: 'branch'
})

Response

Status: 204 No Content

Forbidden

Status: 403 Forbidden

Notes

Works with GitHub Apps

Get admin branch protection

get /repos/{owner}/{repo}/branches/{branch}/protection/enforce_admins

Parameters

Name	Type	In	Description
`accept`	string	header	Setting to `application/vnd.github.v3+json` is recommended.
`owner`	string	path
`repo`	string	path
`branch`	string	path	The name of the branch.

Code samples

Shell

curl \
  -H "Accept: application/vnd.github.v3+json" \
  http(s)://{hostname}/api/v3/repos/octocat/hello-world/branches/BRANCH/protection/enforce_admins

JavaScript (@octokit/core.js)

await octokit.request('GET /repos/{owner}/{repo}/branches/{branch}/protection/enforce_admins', {
  owner: 'octocat',
  repo: 'hello-world',
  branch: 'branch'
})

Default response

Status: 200 OK

{
  "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/branches/master/protection/enforce_admins",
  "enabled": true
}

Notes

Works with GitHub Apps

Set admin branch protection

Adding admin enforcement requires admin or owner permissions to the repository and branch protection to be enabled.

post /repos/{owner}/{repo}/branches/{branch}/protection/enforce_admins

Parameters

Name	Type	In	Description
`accept`	string	header	Setting to `application/vnd.github.v3+json` is recommended.
`owner`	string	path
`repo`	string	path
`branch`	string	path	The name of the branch.

Code samples

Shell

curl \
  -X POST \
  -H "Accept: application/vnd.github.v3+json" \
  http(s)://{hostname}/api/v3/repos/octocat/hello-world/branches/BRANCH/protection/enforce_admins

JavaScript (@octokit/core.js)

await octokit.request('POST /repos/{owner}/{repo}/branches/{branch}/protection/enforce_admins', {
  owner: 'octocat',
  repo: 'hello-world',
  branch: 'branch'
})

Default response

Status: 200 OK

{
  "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/branches/master/protection/enforce_admins",
  "enabled": true
}

Notes

Works with GitHub Apps

Delete admin branch protection

Removing admin enforcement requires admin or owner permissions to the repository and branch protection to be enabled.

delete /repos/{owner}/{repo}/branches/{branch}/protection/enforce_admins

Parameters

Name	Type	In	Description
`accept`	string	header	Setting to `application/vnd.github.v3+json` is recommended.
`owner`	string	path
`repo`	string	path
`branch`	string	path	The name of the branch.

Code samples

Shell

curl \
  -X DELETE \
  -H "Accept: application/vnd.github.v3+json" \
  http(s)://{hostname}/api/v3/repos/octocat/hello-world/branches/BRANCH/protection/enforce_admins

JavaScript (@octokit/core.js)

await octokit.request('DELETE /repos/{owner}/{repo}/branches/{branch}/protection/enforce_admins', {
  owner: 'octocat',
  repo: 'hello-world',
  branch: 'branch'
})

No content

Status: 204 No Content

Resource not found

Status: 404 Not Found

Notes

Works with GitHub Apps

Get pull request review protection

get /repos/{owner}/{repo}/branches/{branch}/protection/required_pull_request_reviews

Parameters

Name	Type	In	Description
`accept`	string	header	Setting to `application/vnd.github.v3+json` is recommended. See preview notice
`owner`	string	path
`repo`	string	path
`branch`	string	path	The name of the branch.

Code samples

Shell

curl \
  -H "Accept: application/vnd.github.v3+json" \
  http(s)://{hostname}/api/v3/repos/octocat/hello-world/branches/BRANCH/protection/required_pull_request_reviews

JavaScript (@octokit/core.js)

await octokit.request('GET /repos/{owner}/{repo}/branches/{branch}/protection/required_pull_request_reviews', {
  owner: 'octocat',
  repo: 'hello-world',
  branch: 'branch'
})

Response

Status: 200 OK

Notes

Works with GitHub Apps

Preview notice

application/vnd.github.luke-cage-preview+json

Update pull request review protection

Updating pull request review enforcement requires admin or owner permissions to the repository and branch protection to be enabled.

Note: Passing new arrays of users and teams replaces their previous values.

patch /repos/{owner}/{repo}/branches/{branch}/protection/required_pull_request_reviews

Parameters

Name Type In Description

accept

string

header

Setting to application/vnd.github.v3+json is recommended. See preview notice

owner string path

repo string path

branch

string

path

The name of the branch.

dismissal_restrictions

object

body

Specify which users and teams can dismiss pull request reviews. Pass an empty dismissal_restrictions object to disable. User and team dismissal_restrictions are only available for organization-owned repositories. Omit this parameter for personal repositories.

Properties of the `dismissal_restrictions` object

`users` (array of strings)	The list of user `login`s with dismissal access
`teams` (array of strings)	The list of team `slug`s with dismissal access

dismiss_stale_reviews

boolean

body

Set to true if you want to automatically dismiss approving reviews when someone pushes a new commit.

require_code_owner_reviews

boolean

body

Blocks merging pull requests until code owners have reviewed.

required_approving_review_count

integer

body

Specifies the number of reviewers required to approve pull requests. Use a number between 1 and 6.

Code samples

Shell

curl \
  -X PATCH \
  -H "Accept: application/vnd.github.v3+json" \
  http(s)://{hostname}/api/v3/repos/octocat/hello-world/branches/BRANCH/protection/required_pull_request_reviews \
  -d '{"dismissal_restrictions":{"users":["users"],"teams":["teams"]}}'

JavaScript (@octokit/core.js)

await octokit.request('PATCH /repos/{owner}/{repo}/branches/{branch}/protection/required_pull_request_reviews', {
  owner: 'octocat',
  repo: 'hello-world',
  branch: 'branch',
  dismissal_restrictions: {
    users: [
      'users'
    ],
    teams: [
      'teams'
    ]
  }
})

Default response

Status: 200 OK

{
  "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/branches/master/protection/required_pull_request_reviews",
  "dismissal_restrictions": {
    "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/branches/master/protection/dismissal_restrictions",
    "users_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/branches/master/protection/dismissal_restrictions/users",
    "teams_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/branches/master/protection/dismissal_restrictions/teams",
    "users": [
      {
        "login": "octocat",
        "id": 1,
        "node_id": "MDQ6VXNlcjE=",
        "avatar_url": "https://github.com/images/error/octocat_happy.gif",
        "gravatar_id": "",
        "url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat",
        "html_url": "https://github.com/octocat",
        "followers_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/followers",
        "following_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/following{/other_user}",
        "gists_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/gists{/gist_id}",
        "starred_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/starred{/owner}{/repo}",
        "subscriptions_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/subscriptions",
        "organizations_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/orgs",
        "repos_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/repos",
        "events_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/events{/privacy}",
        "received_events_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/received_events",
        "type": "User",
        "site_admin": false
      }
    ],
    "teams": [
      {
        "id": 1,
        "node_id": "MDQ6VGVhbTE=",
        "url": "https://api.github.com/teams/1",
        "html_url": "https://github.com/orgs/github/teams/justice-league",
        "name": "Justice League",
        "slug": "justice-league",
        "description": "A great team.",
        "privacy": "closed",
        "permission": "admin",
        "members_url": "https://api.github.com/teams/1/members{/member}",
        "repositories_url": "https://api.github.com/teams/1/repos",
        "parent": null
      }
    ]
  },
  "dismiss_stale_reviews": true,
  "require_code_owner_reviews": true,
  "required_approving_review_count": 2
}

Validation failed

Status: 422 Unprocessable Entity

Notes

Works with GitHub Apps

Preview notice

application/vnd.github.luke-cage-preview+json

Delete pull request review protection

delete /repos/{owner}/{repo}/branches/{branch}/protection/required_pull_request_reviews

Parameters

Name	Type	In	Description
`accept`	string	header	Setting to `application/vnd.github.v3+json` is recommended.
`owner`	string	path
`repo`	string	path
`branch`	string	path	The name of the branch.

Code samples

Shell

curl \
  -X DELETE \
  -H "Accept: application/vnd.github.v3+json" \
  http(s)://{hostname}/api/v3/repos/octocat/hello-world/branches/BRANCH/protection/required_pull_request_reviews

JavaScript (@octokit/core.js)

await octokit.request('DELETE /repos/{owner}/{repo}/branches/{branch}/protection/required_pull_request_reviews', {
  owner: 'octocat',
  repo: 'hello-world',
  branch: 'branch'
})

No content

Status: 204 No Content

Resource not found

Status: 404 Not Found

Notes

Works with GitHub Apps

Get commit signature protection

When authenticated with admin or owner permissions to the repository, you can use this endpoint to check whether a branch requires signed commits. An enabled status of true indicates you must sign commits on this branch. For more information, see Signing commits with GPG in GitHub Help.

Note: You must enable branch protection to require signed commits.

get /repos/{owner}/{repo}/branches/{branch}/protection/required_signatures

Parameters

Name	Type	In	Description
`accept`	string	header	This API is under preview and subject to change. See preview notice
`owner`	string	path
`repo`	string	path
`branch`	string	path	The name of the branch.

Code samples

Shell

curl \
  -H "Accept: application/vnd.github.zzzax-preview+json" \
  http(s)://{hostname}/api/v3/repos/octocat/hello-world/branches/BRANCH/protection/required_signatures

JavaScript (@octokit/core.js)

await octokit.request('GET /repos/{owner}/{repo}/branches/{branch}/protection/required_signatures', {
  owner: 'octocat',
  repo: 'hello-world',
  branch: 'branch',
  mediaType: {
    previews: [
      'zzzax'
    ]
  }
})

Default response

Status: 200 OK

{
  "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/branches/master/protection/required_signatures",
  "enabled": true
}

Resource not found

Status: 404 Not Found

Notes

Works with GitHub Apps

Preview notice

Protected Branches API can now manage a setting for requiring signed commits. This feature is currently available for developers to preview. See the blog post for full details. To access the API during the preview period, you must provide a custom media type in the Accept header:

application/vnd.github.zzzax-preview+json

☝️ This header is required.

Create commit signature protection

When authenticated with admin or owner permissions to the repository, you can use this endpoint to require signed commits on a branch. You must enable branch protection to require signed commits.

post /repos/{owner}/{repo}/branches/{branch}/protection/required_signatures

Parameters

Name	Type	In	Description
`accept`	string	header	This API is under preview and subject to change. See preview notice
`owner`	string	path
`repo`	string	path
`branch`	string	path	The name of the branch.

Code samples

Shell

curl \
  -X POST \
  -H "Accept: application/vnd.github.zzzax-preview+json" \
  http(s)://{hostname}/api/v3/repos/octocat/hello-world/branches/BRANCH/protection/required_signatures

JavaScript (@octokit/core.js)

await octokit.request('POST /repos/{owner}/{repo}/branches/{branch}/protection/required_signatures', {
  owner: 'octocat',
  repo: 'hello-world',
  branch: 'branch',
  mediaType: {
    previews: [
      'zzzax'
    ]
  }
})

Default response

Status: 200 OK

{
  "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/branches/master/protection/required_signatures",
  "enabled": true
}

Resource not found

Status: 404 Not Found

Notes

Works with GitHub Apps

Preview notice

application/vnd.github.zzzax-preview+json

☝️ This header is required.

Delete commit signature protection

When authenticated with admin or owner permissions to the repository, you can use this endpoint to disable required signed commits on a branch. You must enable branch protection to require signed commits.

delete /repos/{owner}/{repo}/branches/{branch}/protection/required_signatures

Parameters

Name	Type	In	Description
`accept`	string	header	This API is under preview and subject to change. See preview notice
`owner`	string	path
`repo`	string	path
`branch`	string	path	The name of the branch.

Code samples

Shell

curl \
  -X DELETE \
  -H "Accept: application/vnd.github.zzzax-preview+json" \
  http(s)://{hostname}/api/v3/repos/octocat/hello-world/branches/BRANCH/protection/required_signatures

JavaScript (@octokit/core.js)

await octokit.request('DELETE /repos/{owner}/{repo}/branches/{branch}/protection/required_signatures', {
  owner: 'octocat',
  repo: 'hello-world',
  branch: 'branch',
  mediaType: {
    previews: [
      'zzzax'
    ]
  }
})

No content

Status: 204 No Content

Resource not found

Status: 404 Not Found

Notes

Works with GitHub Apps

Preview notice

application/vnd.github.zzzax-preview+json

☝️ This header is required.

Get status checks protection

get /repos/{owner}/{repo}/branches/{branch}/protection/required_status_checks

Parameters

Name	Type	In	Description
`accept`	string	header	Setting to `application/vnd.github.v3+json` is recommended.
`owner`	string	path
`repo`	string	path
`branch`	string	path	The name of the branch.

Code samples

Shell

curl \
  -H "Accept: application/vnd.github.v3+json" \
  http(s)://{hostname}/api/v3/repos/octocat/hello-world/branches/BRANCH/protection/required_status_checks

JavaScript (@octokit/core.js)

await octokit.request('GET /repos/{owner}/{repo}/branches/{branch}/protection/required_status_checks', {
  owner: 'octocat',
  repo: 'hello-world',
  branch: 'branch'
})

Default response

Status: 200 OK

{
  "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/branches/master/protection/required_status_checks",
  "strict": true,
  "contexts": [
    "continuous-integration/travis-ci"
  ],
  "contexts_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/branches/master/protection/required_status_checks/contexts"
}

Resource not found

Status: 404 Not Found

Notes

Works with GitHub Apps

Update status check protection

Updating required status checks requires admin or owner permissions to the repository and branch protection to be enabled.

patch /repos/{owner}/{repo}/branches/{branch}/protection/required_status_checks

Parameters

Name	Type	In	Description
`accept`	string	header	Setting to `application/vnd.github.v3+json` is recommended.
`owner`	string	path
`repo`	string	path
`branch`	string	path	The name of the branch.
`strict`	boolean	body	Require branches to be up to date before merging.
`contexts`	array of strings	body	The list of status checks to require in order to merge into this branch

Code samples

Shell

curl \
  -X PATCH \
  -H "Accept: application/vnd.github.v3+json" \
  http(s)://{hostname}/api/v3/repos/octocat/hello-world/branches/BRANCH/protection/required_status_checks \
  -d '{"strict":true}'

JavaScript (@octokit/core.js)

await octokit.request('PATCH /repos/{owner}/{repo}/branches/{branch}/protection/required_status_checks', {
  owner: 'octocat',
  repo: 'hello-world',
  branch: 'branch',
  strict: true
})

Default response

Status: 200 OK

{
  "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/branches/master/protection/required_status_checks",
  "strict": true,
  "contexts": [
    "continuous-integration/travis-ci"
  ],
  "contexts_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/branches/master/protection/required_status_checks/contexts"
}

Resource not found

Status: 404 Not Found

Validation failed

Status: 422 Unprocessable Entity

Notes

Works with GitHub Apps

Remove status check protection

delete /repos/{owner}/{repo}/branches/{branch}/protection/required_status_checks

Parameters

Name	Type	In	Description
`accept`	string	header	Setting to `application/vnd.github.v3+json` is recommended.
`owner`	string	path
`repo`	string	path
`branch`	string	path	The name of the branch.

Code samples

Shell

curl \
  -X DELETE \
  -H "Accept: application/vnd.github.v3+json" \
  http(s)://{hostname}/api/v3/repos/octocat/hello-world/branches/BRANCH/protection/required_status_checks

JavaScript (@octokit/core.js)

await octokit.request('DELETE /repos/{owner}/{repo}/branches/{branch}/protection/required_status_checks', {
  owner: 'octocat',
  repo: 'hello-world',
  branch: 'branch'
})

No content

Status: 204 No Content

Notes

Works with GitHub Apps

Get all status check contexts

get /repos/{owner}/{repo}/branches/{branch}/protection/required_status_checks/contexts

Parameters

Name	Type	In	Description
`accept`	string	header	Setting to `application/vnd.github.v3+json` is recommended.
`owner`	string	path
`repo`	string	path
`branch`	string	path	The name of the branch.

Code samples

Shell

curl \
  -H "Accept: application/vnd.github.v3+json" \
  http(s)://{hostname}/api/v3/repos/octocat/hello-world/branches/BRANCH/protection/required_status_checks/contexts

JavaScript (@octokit/core.js)

await octokit.request('GET /repos/{owner}/{repo}/branches/{branch}/protection/required_status_checks/contexts', {
  owner: 'octocat',
  repo: 'hello-world',
  branch: 'branch'
})

Response

Status: 200 OK

[
  "continuous-integration/travis-ci"
]

Resource not found

Status: 404 Not Found

Notes

Works with GitHub Apps

Add status check contexts

post /repos/{owner}/{repo}/branches/{branch}/protection/required_status_checks/contexts

Parameters

Name	Type	In	Description
`accept`	string	header	Setting to `application/vnd.github.v3+json` is recommended.
`owner`	string	path
`repo`	string	path
`branch`	string	path	The name of the branch.
`contexts`	array of strings	body	Required. contexts parameter

Code samples

Shell

curl \
  -X POST \
  -H "Accept: application/vnd.github.v3+json" \
  http(s)://{hostname}/api/v3/repos/octocat/hello-world/branches/BRANCH/protection/required_status_checks/contexts \
  -d '{"contexts":{"contexts":["contexts"]}}'

JavaScript (@octokit/core.js)

await octokit.request('POST /repos/{owner}/{repo}/branches/{branch}/protection/required_status_checks/contexts', {
  owner: 'octocat',
  repo: 'hello-world',
  branch: 'branch',
  contexts: {
    contexts: [
      'contexts'
    ]
  }
})

Response

Status: 200 OK

[
  "continuous-integration/travis-ci",
  "continuous-integration/jenkins"
]

Forbidden

Status: 403 Forbidden

Resource not found

Status: 404 Not Found

Validation failed

Status: 422 Unprocessable Entity

Notes

Works with GitHub Apps

Set status check contexts

put /repos/{owner}/{repo}/branches/{branch}/protection/required_status_checks/contexts

Parameters

Name	Type	In	Description
`accept`	string	header	Setting to `application/vnd.github.v3+json` is recommended.
`owner`	string	path
`repo`	string	path
`branch`	string	path	The name of the branch.
`contexts`	array of strings	body	Required. contexts parameter

Code samples

Shell

curl \
  -X PUT \
  -H "Accept: application/vnd.github.v3+json" \
  http(s)://{hostname}/api/v3/repos/octocat/hello-world/branches/BRANCH/protection/required_status_checks/contexts \
  -d '{"contexts":{"contexts":["contexts"]}}'

JavaScript (@octokit/core.js)

await octokit.request('PUT /repos/{owner}/{repo}/branches/{branch}/protection/required_status_checks/contexts', {
  owner: 'octocat',
  repo: 'hello-world',
  branch: 'branch',
  contexts: {
    contexts: [
      'contexts'
    ]
  }
})

Response

Status: 200 OK

[
  "continuous-integration/travis-ci"
]

Resource not found

Status: 404 Not Found

Validation failed

Status: 422 Unprocessable Entity

Notes

Works with GitHub Apps

Remove status check contexts

delete /repos/{owner}/{repo}/branches/{branch}/protection/required_status_checks/contexts

Parameters

Name	Type	In	Description
`accept`	string	header	Setting to `application/vnd.github.v3+json` is recommended.
`owner`	string	path
`repo`	string	path
`branch`	string	path	The name of the branch.
`contexts`	array of strings	body	Required. contexts parameter

Code samples

Shell

curl \
  -X DELETE \
  -H "Accept: application/vnd.github.v3+json" \
  http(s)://{hostname}/api/v3/repos/octocat/hello-world/branches/BRANCH/protection/required_status_checks/contexts \
  -d '{"contexts":{"contexts":["contexts"]}}'

JavaScript (@octokit/core.js)

await octokit.request('DELETE /repos/{owner}/{repo}/branches/{branch}/protection/required_status_checks/contexts', {
  owner: 'octocat',
  repo: 'hello-world',
  branch: 'branch',
  contexts: {
    contexts: [
      'contexts'
    ]
  }
})

Response

Status: 200 OK

[
  "continuous-integration/travis-ci"
]

Resource not found

Status: 404 Not Found

Validation failed

Status: 422 Unprocessable Entity

Notes

Works with GitHub Apps

Get access restrictions

Lists who has access to this protected branch.

Note: Users, apps, and teams restrictions are only available for organization-owned repositories.

get /repos/{owner}/{repo}/branches/{branch}/protection/restrictions

Parameters

Name	Type	In	Description
`accept`	string	header	Setting to `application/vnd.github.v3+json` is recommended.
`owner`	string	path
`repo`	string	path
`branch`	string	path	The name of the branch.

Code samples

Shell

curl \
  -H "Accept: application/vnd.github.v3+json" \
  http(s)://{hostname}/api/v3/repos/octocat/hello-world/branches/BRANCH/protection/restrictions

JavaScript (@octokit/core.js)

await octokit.request('GET /repos/{owner}/{repo}/branches/{branch}/protection/restrictions', {
  owner: 'octocat',
  repo: 'hello-world',
  branch: 'branch'
})

Default response

Status: 200 OK

{
  "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/branches/master/protection/restrictions",
  "users_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/branches/master/protection/restrictions/users",
  "teams_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/branches/master/protection/restrictions/teams",
  "apps_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/branches/master/protection/restrictions/teams",
  "users": [
    {
      "login": "octocat",
      "id": 1,
      "node_id": "MDQ6VXNlcjE=",
      "avatar_url": "https://github.com/images/error/octocat_happy.gif",
      "gravatar_id": "",
      "url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat",
      "html_url": "https://github.com/octocat",
      "followers_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/followers",
      "following_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/following{/other_user}",
      "gists_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/gists{/gist_id}",
      "starred_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/starred{/owner}{/repo}",
      "subscriptions_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/subscriptions",
      "organizations_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/orgs",
      "repos_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/repos",
      "events_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/events{/privacy}",
      "received_events_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/received_events",
      "type": "User",
      "site_admin": false
    }
  ],
  "teams": [
    {
      "id": 1,
      "node_id": "MDQ6VGVhbTE=",
      "url": "https://api.github.com/teams/1",
      "html_url": "https://github.com/orgs/github/teams/justice-league",
      "name": "Justice League",
      "slug": "justice-league",
      "description": "A great team.",
      "privacy": "closed",
      "permission": "admin",
      "members_url": "https://api.github.com/teams/1/members{/member}",
      "repositories_url": "https://api.github.com/teams/1/repos",
      "parent": null
    }
  ],
  "apps": [
    {
      "id": 1,
      "slug": "octoapp",
      "node_id": "MDExOkludGVncmF0aW9uMQ==",
      "owner": {
        "login": "github",
        "id": 1,
        "node_id": "MDEyOk9yZ2FuaXphdGlvbjE=",
        "url": "https://api.github.com/orgs/github",
        "repos_url": "https://api.github.com/orgs/github/repos",
        "events_url": "https://api.github.com/orgs/github/events",
        "hooks_url": "https://api.github.com/orgs/github/hooks",
        "issues_url": "https://api.github.com/orgs/github/issues",
        "members_url": "https://api.github.com/orgs/github/members{/member}",
        "public_members_url": "https://api.github.com/orgs/github/public_members{/member}",
        "avatar_url": "https://github.com/images/error/octocat_happy.gif",
        "description": "A great organization"
      },
      "name": "Octocat App",
      "description": "",
      "external_url": "https://example.com",
      "html_url": "https://github.com/apps/octoapp",
      "created_at": "2017-07-08T16:18:44-04:00",
      "updated_at": "2017-07-08T16:18:44-04:00",
      "permissions": {
        "metadata": "read",
        "contents": "read",
        "issues": "write",
        "single_file": "write"
      },
      "events": [
        "push",
        "pull_request"
      ]
    }
  ]
}

Resource not found

Status: 404 Not Found

Notes

Works with GitHub Apps

Delete access restrictions

Disables the ability to restrict who can push to this branch.

delete /repos/{owner}/{repo}/branches/{branch}/protection/restrictions

Parameters

Name	Type	In	Description
`accept`	string	header	Setting to `application/vnd.github.v3+json` is recommended.
`owner`	string	path
`repo`	string	path
`branch`	string	path	The name of the branch.

Code samples

Shell

curl \
  -X DELETE \
  -H "Accept: application/vnd.github.v3+json" \
  http(s)://{hostname}/api/v3/repos/octocat/hello-world/branches/BRANCH/protection/restrictions

JavaScript (@octokit/core.js)

await octokit.request('DELETE /repos/{owner}/{repo}/branches/{branch}/protection/restrictions', {
  owner: 'octocat',
  repo: 'hello-world',
  branch: 'branch'
})

No content

Status: 204 No Content

Notes

Works with GitHub Apps

Get apps with access to the protected branch

Lists the GitHub Apps that have push access to this branch. Only installed GitHub Apps with write access to the contents permission can be added as authorized actors on a protected branch.

get /repos/{owner}/{repo}/branches/{branch}/protection/restrictions/apps

Parameters

Name	Type	In	Description
`accept`	string	header	Setting to `application/vnd.github.v3+json` is recommended.
`owner`	string	path
`repo`	string	path
`branch`	string	path	The name of the branch.

Code samples

Shell

curl \
  -H "Accept: application/vnd.github.v3+json" \
  http(s)://{hostname}/api/v3/repos/octocat/hello-world/branches/BRANCH/protection/restrictions/apps

JavaScript (@octokit/core.js)

await octokit.request('GET /repos/{owner}/{repo}/branches/{branch}/protection/restrictions/apps', {
  owner: 'octocat',
  repo: 'hello-world',
  branch: 'branch'
})

Default response

Status: 200 OK

[
  {
    "id": 1,
    "slug": "octoapp",
    "node_id": "MDExOkludGVncmF0aW9uMQ==",
    "owner": {
      "login": "github",
      "id": 1,
      "node_id": "MDEyOk9yZ2FuaXphdGlvbjE=",
      "url": "https://api.github.com/orgs/github",
      "repos_url": "https://api.github.com/orgs/github/repos",
      "events_url": "https://api.github.com/orgs/github/events",
      "avatar_url": "https://github.com/images/error/octocat_happy.gif",
      "gravatar_id": "",
      "html_url": "https://github.com/octocat",
      "followers_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/followers",
      "following_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/following{/other_user}",
      "gists_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/gists{/gist_id}",
      "starred_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/starred{/owner}{/repo}",
      "subscriptions_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/subscriptions",
      "organizations_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/orgs",
      "received_events_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/received_events",
      "type": "User",
      "site_admin": true
    },
    "name": "Octocat App",
    "description": "",
    "external_url": "https://example.com",
    "html_url": "https://github.com/apps/octoapp",
    "created_at": "2017-07-08T16:18:44-04:00",
    "updated_at": "2017-07-08T16:18:44-04:00",
    "permissions": {
      "metadata": "read",
      "contents": "read",
      "issues": "write",
      "single_file": "write"
    },
    "events": [
      "push",
      "pull_request"
    ]
  }
]

Resource not found

Status: 404 Not Found

Notes

Works with GitHub Apps

Add app access restrictions

Grants the specified apps push access for this branch. Only installed GitHub Apps with write access to the contents permission can be added as authorized actors on a protected branch.

Type	Description
`array`	The GitHub Apps that have push access to this branch. Use the app's `slug`. Note: The list of users, apps, and teams in total is limited to 100 items.

post /repos/{owner}/{repo}/branches/{branch}/protection/restrictions/apps

Parameters

Name	Type	In	Description
`accept`	string	header	Setting to `application/vnd.github.v3+json` is recommended.
`owner`	string	path
`repo`	string	path
`branch`	string	path	The name of the branch.
`apps`	array of strings	body	Required. apps parameter

Code samples

Shell

curl \
  -X POST \
  -H "Accept: application/vnd.github.v3+json" \
  http(s)://{hostname}/api/v3/repos/octocat/hello-world/branches/BRANCH/protection/restrictions/apps \
  -d '{"apps":{"apps":["apps"]}}'

JavaScript (@octokit/core.js)

await octokit.request('POST /repos/{owner}/{repo}/branches/{branch}/protection/restrictions/apps', {
  owner: 'octocat',
  repo: 'hello-world',
  branch: 'branch',
  apps: {
    apps: [
      'apps'
    ]
  }
})

Default response

Status: 200 OK

[
  {
    "id": 1,
    "slug": "octoapp",
    "node_id": "MDExOkludGVncmF0aW9uMQ==",
    "owner": {
      "login": "github",
      "id": 1,
      "node_id": "MDEyOk9yZ2FuaXphdGlvbjE=",
      "url": "https://api.github.com/orgs/github",
      "repos_url": "https://api.github.com/orgs/github/repos",
      "events_url": "https://api.github.com/orgs/github/events",
      "avatar_url": "https://github.com/images/error/octocat_happy.gif",
      "gravatar_id": "",
      "html_url": "https://github.com/octocat",
      "followers_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/followers",
      "following_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/following{/other_user}",
      "gists_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/gists{/gist_id}",
      "starred_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/starred{/owner}{/repo}",
      "subscriptions_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/subscriptions",
      "organizations_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/orgs",
      "received_events_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/received_events",
      "type": "User",
      "site_admin": true
    },
    "name": "Octocat App",
    "description": "",
    "external_url": "https://example.com",
    "html_url": "https://github.com/apps/octoapp",
    "created_at": "2017-07-08T16:18:44-04:00",
    "updated_at": "2017-07-08T16:18:44-04:00",
    "permissions": {
      "metadata": "read",
      "contents": "read",
      "issues": "write",
      "single_file": "write"
    },
    "events": [
      "push",
      "pull_request"
    ]
  }
]

Validation failed

Status: 422 Unprocessable Entity

Notes

Works with GitHub Apps

Set app access restrictions

Replaces the list of apps that have push access to this branch. This removes all apps that previously had push access and grants push access to the new list of apps. Only installed GitHub Apps with write access to the contents permission can be added as authorized actors on a protected branch.

Type	Description
`array`	The GitHub Apps that have push access to this branch. Use the app's `slug`. Note: The list of users, apps, and teams in total is limited to 100 items.

put /repos/{owner}/{repo}/branches/{branch}/protection/restrictions/apps

Parameters

Name	Type	In	Description
`accept`	string	header	Setting to `application/vnd.github.v3+json` is recommended.
`owner`	string	path
`repo`	string	path
`branch`	string	path	The name of the branch.
`apps`	array of strings	body	Required. apps parameter

Code samples

Shell

curl \
  -X PUT \
  -H "Accept: application/vnd.github.v3+json" \
  http(s)://{hostname}/api/v3/repos/octocat/hello-world/branches/BRANCH/protection/restrictions/apps \
  -d '{"apps":{"apps":["apps"]}}'

JavaScript (@octokit/core.js)

await octokit.request('PUT /repos/{owner}/{repo}/branches/{branch}/protection/restrictions/apps', {
  owner: 'octocat',
  repo: 'hello-world',
  branch: 'branch',
  apps: {
    apps: [
      'apps'
    ]
  }
})

Default response

Status: 200 OK

[
  {
    "id": 1,
    "slug": "octoapp",
    "node_id": "MDExOkludGVncmF0aW9uMQ==",
    "owner": {
      "login": "github",
      "id": 1,
      "node_id": "MDEyOk9yZ2FuaXphdGlvbjE=",
      "url": "https://api.github.com/orgs/github",
      "repos_url": "https://api.github.com/orgs/github/repos",
      "events_url": "https://api.github.com/orgs/github/events",
      "avatar_url": "https://github.com/images/error/octocat_happy.gif",
      "gravatar_id": "",
      "html_url": "https://github.com/octocat",
      "followers_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/followers",
      "following_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/following{/other_user}",
      "gists_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/gists{/gist_id}",
      "starred_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/starred{/owner}{/repo}",
      "subscriptions_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/subscriptions",
      "organizations_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/orgs",
      "received_events_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/received_events",
      "type": "User",
      "site_admin": true
    },
    "name": "Octocat App",
    "description": "",
    "external_url": "https://example.com",
    "html_url": "https://github.com/apps/octoapp",
    "created_at": "2017-07-08T16:18:44-04:00",
    "updated_at": "2017-07-08T16:18:44-04:00",
    "permissions": {
      "metadata": "read",
      "contents": "read",
      "issues": "write",
      "single_file": "write"
    },
    "events": [
      "push",
      "pull_request"
    ]
  }
]

Validation failed

Status: 422 Unprocessable Entity

Notes

Works with GitHub Apps

Remove app access restrictions

Removes the ability of an app to push to this branch. Only installed GitHub Apps with write access to the contents permission can be added as authorized actors on a protected branch.

Type	Description
`array`	The GitHub Apps that have push access to this branch. Use the app's `slug`. Note: The list of users, apps, and teams in total is limited to 100 items.

delete /repos/{owner}/{repo}/branches/{branch}/protection/restrictions/apps

Parameters

Name	Type	In	Description
`accept`	string	header	Setting to `application/vnd.github.v3+json` is recommended.
`owner`	string	path
`repo`	string	path
`branch`	string	path	The name of the branch.
`apps`	array of strings	body	Required. apps parameter

Code samples

Shell

curl \
  -X DELETE \
  -H "Accept: application/vnd.github.v3+json" \
  http(s)://{hostname}/api/v3/repos/octocat/hello-world/branches/BRANCH/protection/restrictions/apps \
  -d '{"apps":{"apps":["apps"]}}'

JavaScript (@octokit/core.js)

await octokit.request('DELETE /repos/{owner}/{repo}/branches/{branch}/protection/restrictions/apps', {
  owner: 'octocat',
  repo: 'hello-world',
  branch: 'branch',
  apps: {
    apps: [
      'apps'
    ]
  }
})

Default response

Status: 200 OK

[
  {
    "id": 1,
    "slug": "octoapp",
    "node_id": "MDExOkludGVncmF0aW9uMQ==",
    "owner": {
      "login": "github",
      "id": 1,
      "node_id": "MDEyOk9yZ2FuaXphdGlvbjE=",
      "url": "https://api.github.com/orgs/github",
      "repos_url": "https://api.github.com/orgs/github/repos",
      "events_url": "https://api.github.com/orgs/github/events",
      "avatar_url": "https://github.com/images/error/octocat_happy.gif",
      "gravatar_id": "",
      "html_url": "https://github.com/octocat",
      "followers_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/followers",
      "following_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/following{/other_user}",
      "gists_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/gists{/gist_id}",
      "starred_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/starred{/owner}{/repo}",
      "subscriptions_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/subscriptions",
      "organizations_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/orgs",
      "received_events_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/received_events",
      "type": "User",
      "site_admin": true
    },
    "name": "Octocat App",
    "description": "",
    "external_url": "https://example.com",
    "html_url": "https://github.com/apps/octoapp",
    "created_at": "2017-07-08T16:18:44-04:00",
    "updated_at": "2017-07-08T16:18:44-04:00",
    "permissions": {
      "metadata": "read",
      "contents": "read",
      "issues": "write",
      "single_file": "write"
    },
    "events": [
      "push",
      "pull_request"
    ]
  }
]

Validation failed

Status: 422 Unprocessable Entity

Notes

Works with GitHub Apps

Get teams with access to the protected branch

Lists the teams who have push access to this branch. The list includes child teams.

get /repos/{owner}/{repo}/branches/{branch}/protection/restrictions/teams

Parameters

Name	Type	In	Description
`accept`	string	header	Setting to `application/vnd.github.v3+json` is recommended.
`owner`	string	path
`repo`	string	path
`branch`	string	path	The name of the branch.

Code samples

Shell

curl \
  -H "Accept: application/vnd.github.v3+json" \
  http(s)://{hostname}/api/v3/repos/octocat/hello-world/branches/BRANCH/protection/restrictions/teams

JavaScript (@octokit/core.js)

await octokit.request('GET /repos/{owner}/{repo}/branches/{branch}/protection/restrictions/teams', {
  owner: 'octocat',
  repo: 'hello-world',
  branch: 'branch'
})

Default response

Status: 200 OK

[
  {
    "id": 1,
    "node_id": "MDQ6VGVhbTE=",
    "url": "https://api.github.com/teams/1",
    "html_url": "https://github.com/orgs/github/teams/justice-league",
    "name": "Justice League",
    "slug": "justice-league",
    "description": "A great team.",
    "privacy": "closed",
    "permission": "admin",
    "members_url": "https://api.github.com/teams/1/members{/member}",
    "repositories_url": "https://api.github.com/teams/1/repos",
    "parent": null
  }
]

Resource not found

Status: 404 Not Found

Notes

Works with GitHub Apps

Add team access restrictions

Grants the specified teams push access for this branch. You can also give push access to child teams.

Type	Description
`array`	The teams that can have push access. Use the team's `slug`. Note: The list of users, apps, and teams in total is limited to 100 items.

post /repos/{owner}/{repo}/branches/{branch}/protection/restrictions/teams

Parameters

Name	Type	In	Description
`accept`	string	header	Setting to `application/vnd.github.v3+json` is recommended.
`owner`	string	path
`repo`	string	path
`branch`	string	path	The name of the branch.
`teams`	array of strings	body	Required. teams parameter

Code samples

Shell

curl \
  -X POST \
  -H "Accept: application/vnd.github.v3+json" \
  http(s)://{hostname}/api/v3/repos/octocat/hello-world/branches/BRANCH/protection/restrictions/teams \
  -d '{"teams":{"teams":["teams"]}}'

JavaScript (@octokit/core.js)

await octokit.request('POST /repos/{owner}/{repo}/branches/{branch}/protection/restrictions/teams', {
  owner: 'octocat',
  repo: 'hello-world',
  branch: 'branch',
  teams: {
    teams: [
      'teams'
    ]
  }
})

Default response

Status: 200 OK

[
  {
    "id": 1,
    "node_id": "MDQ6VGVhbTE=",
    "url": "https://api.github.com/teams/1",
    "html_url": "https://github.com/orgs/github/teams/justice-league",
    "name": "Justice League",
    "slug": "justice-league",
    "description": "A great team.",
    "privacy": "closed",
    "permission": "admin",
    "members_url": "https://api.github.com/teams/1/members{/member}",
    "repositories_url": "https://api.github.com/teams/1/repos",
    "parent": null
  }
]

Validation failed

Status: 422 Unprocessable Entity

Notes

Works with GitHub Apps

Set team access restrictions

Replaces the list of teams that have push access to this branch. This removes all teams that previously had push access and grants push access to the new list of teams. Team restrictions include child teams.

Type	Description
`array`	The teams that can have push access. Use the team's `slug`. Note: The list of users, apps, and teams in total is limited to 100 items.

put /repos/{owner}/{repo}/branches/{branch}/protection/restrictions/teams

Parameters

Name	Type	In	Description
`accept`	string	header	Setting to `application/vnd.github.v3+json` is recommended.
`owner`	string	path
`repo`	string	path
`branch`	string	path	The name of the branch.
`teams`	array of strings	body	Required. teams parameter

Code samples

Shell

curl \
  -X PUT \
  -H "Accept: application/vnd.github.v3+json" \
  http(s)://{hostname}/api/v3/repos/octocat/hello-world/branches/BRANCH/protection/restrictions/teams \
  -d '{"teams":{"teams":["teams"]}}'

JavaScript (@octokit/core.js)

await octokit.request('PUT /repos/{owner}/{repo}/branches/{branch}/protection/restrictions/teams', {
  owner: 'octocat',
  repo: 'hello-world',
  branch: 'branch',
  teams: {
    teams: [
      'teams'
    ]
  }
})

Default response

Status: 200 OK

[
  {
    "id": 1,
    "node_id": "MDQ6VGVhbTE=",
    "url": "https://api.github.com/teams/1",
    "html_url": "https://github.com/orgs/github/teams/justice-league",
    "name": "Justice League",
    "slug": "justice-league",
    "description": "A great team.",
    "privacy": "closed",
    "permission": "admin",
    "members_url": "https://api.github.com/teams/1/members{/member}",
    "repositories_url": "https://api.github.com/teams/1/repos",
    "parent": null
  }
]

Validation failed

Status: 422 Unprocessable Entity

Notes

Works with GitHub Apps

Remove team access restrictions

Removes the ability of a team to push to this branch. You can also remove push access for child teams.

Type	Description
`array`	Teams that should no longer have push access. Use the team's `slug`. Note: The list of users, apps, and teams in total is limited to 100 items.

delete /repos/{owner}/{repo}/branches/{branch}/protection/restrictions/teams

Parameters

Name	Type	In	Description
`accept`	string	header	Setting to `application/vnd.github.v3+json` is recommended.
`owner`	string	path
`repo`	string	path
`branch`	string	path	The name of the branch.
`teams`	array of strings	body	Required. teams parameter

Code samples

Shell

curl \
  -X DELETE \
  -H "Accept: application/vnd.github.v3+json" \
  http(s)://{hostname}/api/v3/repos/octocat/hello-world/branches/BRANCH/protection/restrictions/teams \
  -d '{"teams":{"teams":["teams"]}}'

JavaScript (@octokit/core.js)

await octokit.request('DELETE /repos/{owner}/{repo}/branches/{branch}/protection/restrictions/teams', {
  owner: 'octocat',
  repo: 'hello-world',
  branch: 'branch',
  teams: {
    teams: [
      'teams'
    ]
  }
})

Default response

Status: 200 OK

[
  {
    "id": 1,
    "node_id": "MDQ6VGVhbTE=",
    "url": "https://api.github.com/teams/1",
    "html_url": "https://github.com/orgs/github/teams/justice-league",
    "name": "Justice League",
    "slug": "justice-league",
    "description": "A great team.",
    "privacy": "closed",
    "permission": "admin",
    "members_url": "https://api.github.com/teams/1/members{/member}",
    "repositories_url": "https://api.github.com/teams/1/repos",
    "parent": null
  }
]

Validation failed

Status: 422 Unprocessable Entity

Notes

Works with GitHub Apps

Get users with access to the protected branch

Lists the people who have push access to this branch.

get /repos/{owner}/{repo}/branches/{branch}/protection/restrictions/users

Parameters

Name	Type	In	Description
`accept`	string	header	Setting to `application/vnd.github.v3+json` is recommended.
`owner`	string	path
`repo`	string	path
`branch`	string	path	The name of the branch.

Code samples

Shell

curl \
  -H "Accept: application/vnd.github.v3+json" \
  http(s)://{hostname}/api/v3/repos/octocat/hello-world/branches/BRANCH/protection/restrictions/users

JavaScript (@octokit/core.js)

await octokit.request('GET /repos/{owner}/{repo}/branches/{branch}/protection/restrictions/users', {
  owner: 'octocat',
  repo: 'hello-world',
  branch: 'branch'
})

Default response

Status: 200 OK

[
  {
    "login": "octocat",
    "id": 1,
    "node_id": "MDQ6VXNlcjE=",
    "avatar_url": "https://github.com/images/error/octocat_happy.gif",
    "gravatar_id": "",
    "url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat",
    "html_url": "https://github.com/octocat",
    "followers_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/followers",
    "following_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/following{/other_user}",
    "gists_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/gists{/gist_id}",
    "starred_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/starred{/owner}{/repo}",
    "subscriptions_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/subscriptions",
    "organizations_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/orgs",
    "repos_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/repos",
    "events_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/events{/privacy}",
    "received_events_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/received_events",
    "type": "User",
    "site_admin": false
  }
]

Resource not found

Status: 404 Not Found

Notes

Works with GitHub Apps

Add user access restrictions

Grants the specified people push access for this branch.

Type	Description
`array`	Usernames for people who can have push access. Note: The list of users, apps, and teams in total is limited to 100 items.

post /repos/{owner}/{repo}/branches/{branch}/protection/restrictions/users

Parameters

Name	Type	In	Description
`accept`	string	header	Setting to `application/vnd.github.v3+json` is recommended.
`owner`	string	path
`repo`	string	path
`branch`	string	path	The name of the branch.
`users`	array of strings	body	Required. users parameter

Code samples

Shell

curl \
  -X POST \
  -H "Accept: application/vnd.github.v3+json" \
  http(s)://{hostname}/api/v3/repos/octocat/hello-world/branches/BRANCH/protection/restrictions/users \
  -d '{"users":{"users":["users"]}}'

JavaScript (@octokit/core.js)

await octokit.request('POST /repos/{owner}/{repo}/branches/{branch}/protection/restrictions/users', {
  owner: 'octocat',
  repo: 'hello-world',
  branch: 'branch',
  users: {
    users: [
      'users'
    ]
  }
})

Default response

Status: 200 OK

[
  {
    "login": "octocat",
    "id": 1,
    "node_id": "MDQ6VXNlcjE=",
    "avatar_url": "https://github.com/images/error/octocat_happy.gif",
    "gravatar_id": "",
    "url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat",
    "html_url": "https://github.com/octocat",
    "followers_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/followers",
    "following_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/following{/other_user}",
    "gists_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/gists{/gist_id}",
    "starred_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/starred{/owner}{/repo}",
    "subscriptions_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/subscriptions",
    "organizations_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/orgs",
    "repos_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/repos",
    "events_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/events{/privacy}",
    "received_events_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/received_events",
    "type": "User",
    "site_admin": false
  }
]

Validation failed

Status: 422 Unprocessable Entity

Notes

Works with GitHub Apps

Set user access restrictions

Replaces the list of people that have push access to this branch. This removes all people that previously had push access and grants push access to the new list of people.

Type	Description
`array`	Usernames for people who can have push access. Note: The list of users, apps, and teams in total is limited to 100 items.

put /repos/{owner}/{repo}/branches/{branch}/protection/restrictions/users

Parameters

Name	Type	In	Description
`accept`	string	header	Setting to `application/vnd.github.v3+json` is recommended.
`owner`	string	path
`repo`	string	path
`branch`	string	path	The name of the branch.
`users`	array of strings	body	Required. users parameter

Code samples

Shell

curl \
  -X PUT \
  -H "Accept: application/vnd.github.v3+json" \
  http(s)://{hostname}/api/v3/repos/octocat/hello-world/branches/BRANCH/protection/restrictions/users \
  -d '{"users":{"users":["users"]}}'

JavaScript (@octokit/core.js)

await octokit.request('PUT /repos/{owner}/{repo}/branches/{branch}/protection/restrictions/users', {
  owner: 'octocat',
  repo: 'hello-world',
  branch: 'branch',
  users: {
    users: [
      'users'
    ]
  }
})

Default response

Status: 200 OK

[
  {
    "login": "octocat",
    "id": 1,
    "node_id": "MDQ6VXNlcjE=",
    "avatar_url": "https://github.com/images/error/octocat_happy.gif",
    "gravatar_id": "",
    "url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat",
    "html_url": "https://github.com/octocat",
    "followers_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/followers",
    "following_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/following{/other_user}",
    "gists_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/gists{/gist_id}",
    "starred_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/starred{/owner}{/repo}",
    "subscriptions_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/subscriptions",
    "organizations_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/orgs",
    "repos_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/repos",
    "events_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/events{/privacy}",
    "received_events_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/received_events",
    "type": "User",
    "site_admin": false
  }
]

Validation failed

Status: 422 Unprocessable Entity

Notes

Works with GitHub Apps

Remove user access restrictions

Removes the ability of a user to push to this branch.

Type	Description
`array`	Usernames of the people who should no longer have push access. Note: The list of users, apps, and teams in total is limited to 100 items.

delete /repos/{owner}/{repo}/branches/{branch}/protection/restrictions/users

Parameters

Name	Type	In	Description
`accept`	string	header	Setting to `application/vnd.github.v3+json` is recommended.
`owner`	string	path
`repo`	string	path
`branch`	string	path	The name of the branch.
`users`	array of strings	body	Required. users parameter

Code samples

Shell

curl \
  -X DELETE \
  -H "Accept: application/vnd.github.v3+json" \
  http(s)://{hostname}/api/v3/repos/octocat/hello-world/branches/BRANCH/protection/restrictions/users \
  -d '{"users":{"users":["users"]}}'

JavaScript (@octokit/core.js)

await octokit.request('DELETE /repos/{owner}/{repo}/branches/{branch}/protection/restrictions/users', {
  owner: 'octocat',
  repo: 'hello-world',
  branch: 'branch',
  users: {
    users: [
      'users'
    ]
  }
})

Default response

Status: 200 OK

[
  {
    "login": "octocat",
    "id": 1,
    "node_id": "MDQ6VXNlcjE=",
    "avatar_url": "https://github.com/images/error/octocat_happy.gif",
    "gravatar_id": "",
    "url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat",
    "html_url": "https://github.com/octocat",
    "followers_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/followers",
    "following_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/following{/other_user}",
    "gists_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/gists{/gist_id}",
    "starred_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/starred{/owner}{/repo}",
    "subscriptions_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/subscriptions",
    "organizations_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/orgs",
    "repos_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/repos",
    "events_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/events{/privacy}",
    "received_events_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/received_events",
    "type": "User",
    "site_admin": false
  }
]

Validation failed

Status: 422 Unprocessable Entity

Notes

Works with GitHub Apps

Mitarbeiter

List repository collaborators

For organization-owned repositories, the list of collaborators includes outside collaborators, organization members that are direct collaborators, organization members with access through team memberships, organization members with access through default organization permissions, and organization owners.

Team members will include the members of child teams.

get /repos/{owner}/{repo}/collaborators

Parameters

Name	Type	In	Description
`accept`	string	header	Setting to `application/vnd.github.v3+json` is recommended.
`owner`	string	path
`repo`	string	path
`affiliation`	string	query	Filter collaborators returned by their affiliation. Can be one of: * `outside`: All outside collaborators of an organization-owned repository. * `direct`: All collaborators with permissions to an organization-owned repository, regardless of organization membership status. * `all`: All collaborators the authenticated user can see.
`per_page`	integer	query	Results per page (max 100).
`page`	integer	query	Page number of the results to fetch.

Code samples

Shell

curl \
  -H "Accept: application/vnd.github.v3+json" \
  http(s)://{hostname}/api/v3/repos/octocat/hello-world/collaborators

JavaScript (@octokit/core.js)

await octokit.request('GET /repos/{owner}/{repo}/collaborators', {
  owner: 'octocat',
  repo: 'hello-world'
})

Default response

Status: 200 OK

[
  {
    "login": "octocat",
    "id": 1,
    "node_id": "MDQ6VXNlcjE=",
    "avatar_url": "https://github.com/images/error/octocat_happy.gif",
    "gravatar_id": "",
    "url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat",
    "html_url": "https://github.com/octocat",
    "followers_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/followers",
    "following_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/following{/other_user}",
    "gists_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/gists{/gist_id}",
    "starred_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/starred{/owner}{/repo}",
    "subscriptions_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/subscriptions",
    "organizations_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/orgs",
    "repos_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/repos",
    "events_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/events{/privacy}",
    "received_events_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/received_events",
    "type": "User",
    "site_admin": false,
    "permissions": {
      "pull": true,
      "push": true,
      "admin": false
    }
  }
]

Resource not found

Status: 404 Not Found

Notes

Works with GitHub Apps

Check if a user is a repository collaborator

Team members will include the members of child teams.

get /repos/{owner}/{repo}/collaborators/{username}

Parameters

Name	Type	In	Description
`accept`	string	header	Setting to `application/vnd.github.v3+json` is recommended.
`owner`	string	path
`repo`	string	path
`username`	string	path

Code samples

Shell

curl \
  -H "Accept: application/vnd.github.v3+json" \
  http(s)://{hostname}/api/v3/repos/octocat/hello-world/collaborators/USERNAME

JavaScript (@octokit/core.js)

await octokit.request('GET /repos/{owner}/{repo}/collaborators/{username}', {
  owner: 'octocat',
  repo: 'hello-world',
  username: 'username'
})

Response if user is a collaborator

Status: 204 No Content

Response if user is not a collaborator

Status: 404 Not Found

Notes

Works with GitHub Apps

Add a repository collaborator

This endpoint triggers notifications. Creating content too quickly using this endpoint may result in abuse rate limiting. See "Abuse rate limits" and "Dealing with abuse rate limits" for details.

For more information the permission levels, see "Repository permission levels for an organization".

Note that, if you choose not to pass any parameters, you'll need to set Content-Length to zero when calling out to this endpoint. For more information, see "HTTP verbs."

The invitee will receive a notification that they have been invited to the repository, which they must accept or decline. They may do this via the notifications page, the email they receive, or by using the repository invitations API endpoints.

Rate limits

To prevent abuse, you are limited to sending 50 invitations to a repository per 24 hour period. Note there is no limit if you are inviting organization members to an organization repository.

put /repos/{owner}/{repo}/collaborators/{username}

Parameters

Name	Type	In	Description
`accept`	string	header	Setting to `application/vnd.github.v3+json` is recommended.
`owner`	string	path
`repo`	string	path
`username`	string	path
`permission`	string	body	The permission to grant the collaborator. Only valid on organization-owned repositories. Can be one of: * `pull` - can pull, but not push to or administer this repository. * `push` - can pull and push, but not administer this repository. * `admin` - can pull, push and administer this repository. * `maintain` - Recommended for project managers who need to manage the repository without access to sensitive or destructive actions. * `triage` - Recommended for contributors who need to proactively manage issues and pull requests without write access. Default: `push`
`permissions`	string	body	undefined

Code samples

Shell

curl \
  -X PUT \
  -H "Accept: application/vnd.github.v3+json" \
  http(s)://{hostname}/api/v3/repos/octocat/hello-world/collaborators/USERNAME \
  -d '{"permission":"permission"}'

JavaScript (@octokit/core.js)

await octokit.request('PUT /repos/{owner}/{repo}/collaborators/{username}', {
  owner: 'octocat',
  repo: 'hello-world',
  username: 'username',
  permission: 'permission'
})

Response when a new invitation is created

Status: 201 Created

{
  "id": 1,
  "node_id": "MDEwOlJlcG9zaXRvcnkxMjk2MjY5",
  "repository": {
    "id": 1296269,
    "node_id": "MDEwOlJlcG9zaXRvcnkxMjk2MjY5",
    "name": "Hello-World",
    "full_name": "octocat/Hello-World",
    "owner": {
      "login": "octocat",
      "id": 1,
      "node_id": "MDQ6VXNlcjE=",
      "avatar_url": "https://github.com/images/error/octocat_happy.gif",
      "gravatar_id": "",
      "url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat",
      "html_url": "https://github.com/octocat",
      "followers_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/followers",
      "following_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/following{/other_user}",
      "gists_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/gists{/gist_id}",
      "starred_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/starred{/owner}{/repo}",
      "subscriptions_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/subscriptions",
      "organizations_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/orgs",
      "repos_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/repos",
      "events_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/events{/privacy}",
      "received_events_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/received_events",
      "type": "User",
      "site_admin": false
    },
    "private": false,
    "html_url": "https://github.com/octocat/Hello-World",
    "description": "This your first repo!",
    "fork": false,
    "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World",
    "archive_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/{archive_format}{/ref}",
    "assignees_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/assignees{/user}",
    "blobs_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/git/blobs{/sha}",
    "branches_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/branches{/branch}",
    "collaborators_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/collaborators{/collaborator}",
    "comments_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/comments{/number}",
    "commits_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/commits{/sha}",
    "compare_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/compare/{base}...{head}",
    "contents_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/contents/{+path}",
    "contributors_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/contributors",
    "deployments_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/deployments",
    "downloads_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/downloads",
    "events_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/events",
    "forks_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/forks",
    "git_commits_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/git/commits{/sha}",
    "git_refs_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/git/refs{/sha}",
    "git_tags_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/git/tags{/sha}",
    "git_url": "git:github.com/octocat/Hello-World.git",
    "issue_comment_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/issues/comments{/number}",
    "issue_events_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/issues/events{/number}",
    "issues_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/issues{/number}",
    "keys_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/keys{/key_id}",
    "labels_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/labels{/name}",
    "languages_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/languages",
    "merges_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/merges",
    "milestones_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/milestones{/number}",
    "notifications_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/notifications{?since,all,participating}",
    "pulls_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/pulls{/number}",
    "releases_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/releases{/id}",
    "ssh_url": "git@github.com:octocat/Hello-World.git",
    "stargazers_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/stargazers",
    "statuses_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/statuses/{sha}",
    "subscribers_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/subscribers",
    "subscription_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/subscription",
    "tags_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/tags",
    "teams_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/teams",
    "trees_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/git/trees{/sha}",
    "hooks_url": "http://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/hooks"
  },
  "invitee": {
    "login": "octocat",
    "id": 1,
    "node_id": "MDQ6VXNlcjE=",
    "avatar_url": "https://github.com/images/error/octocat_happy.gif",
    "gravatar_id": "",
    "url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat",
    "html_url": "https://github.com/octocat",
    "followers_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/followers",
    "following_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/following{/other_user}",
    "gists_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/gists{/gist_id}",
    "starred_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/starred{/owner}{/repo}",
    "subscriptions_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/subscriptions",
    "organizations_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/orgs",
    "repos_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/repos",
    "events_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/events{/privacy}",
    "received_events_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/received_events",
    "type": "User",
    "site_admin": false
  },
  "inviter": {
    "login": "octocat",
    "id": 1,
    "node_id": "MDQ6VXNlcjE=",
    "avatar_url": "https://github.com/images/error/octocat_happy.gif",
    "gravatar_id": "",
    "url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat",
    "html_url": "https://github.com/octocat",
    "followers_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/followers",
    "following_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/following{/other_user}",
    "gists_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/gists{/gist_id}",
    "starred_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/starred{/owner}{/repo}",
    "subscriptions_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/subscriptions",
    "organizations_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/orgs",
    "repos_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/repos",
    "events_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/events{/privacy}",
    "received_events_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/received_events",
    "type": "User",
    "site_admin": false
  },
  "permissions": "write",
  "created_at": "2016-06-13T14:52:50-05:00",
  "url": "https://api.github.com/user/repository_invitations/1296269",
  "html_url": "https://github.com/octocat/Hello-World/invitations"
}

Response when person is already a collaborator

Status: 204 No Content

Forbidden

Status: 403 Forbidden

Validation failed

Status: 422 Unprocessable Entity

Notes

Works with GitHub Apps

Remove a repository collaborator

delete /repos/{owner}/{repo}/collaborators/{username}

Parameters

Name	Type	In	Description
`accept`	string	header	Setting to `application/vnd.github.v3+json` is recommended.
`owner`	string	path
`repo`	string	path
`username`	string	path

Code samples

Shell

curl \
  -X DELETE \
  -H "Accept: application/vnd.github.v3+json" \
  http(s)://{hostname}/api/v3/repos/octocat/hello-world/collaborators/USERNAME

JavaScript (@octokit/core.js)

await octokit.request('DELETE /repos/{owner}/{repo}/collaborators/{username}', {
  owner: 'octocat',
  repo: 'hello-world',
  username: 'username'
})

Response

Status: 204 No Content

Notes

Works with GitHub Apps

Get repository permissions for a user

Checks the repository permission of a collaborator. The possible repository permissions are admin, write, read, and none.

get /repos/{owner}/{repo}/collaborators/{username}/permission

Parameters

Name	Type	In	Description
`accept`	string	header	Setting to `application/vnd.github.v3+json` is recommended.
`owner`	string	path
`repo`	string	path
`username`	string	path

Code samples

Shell

curl \
  -H "Accept: application/vnd.github.v3+json" \
  http(s)://{hostname}/api/v3/repos/octocat/hello-world/collaborators/USERNAME/permission

JavaScript (@octokit/core.js)

await octokit.request('GET /repos/{owner}/{repo}/collaborators/{username}/permission', {
  owner: 'octocat',
  repo: 'hello-world',
  username: 'username'
})

Response if user has admin permissions

Status: 200 OK

{
  "permission": "admin",
  "user": {
    "login": "octocat",
    "id": 1,
    "node_id": "MDQ6VXNlcjE=",
    "avatar_url": "https://github.com/images/error/octocat_happy.gif",
    "gravatar_id": "",
    "url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat",
    "html_url": "https://github.com/octocat",
    "followers_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/followers",
    "following_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/following{/other_user}",
    "gists_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/gists{/gist_id}",
    "starred_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/starred{/owner}{/repo}",
    "subscriptions_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/subscriptions",
    "organizations_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/orgs",
    "repos_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/repos",
    "events_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/events{/privacy}",
    "received_events_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/received_events",
    "type": "User",
    "site_admin": false
  }
}

Resource not found

Status: 404 Not Found

Notes

Works with GitHub Apps

Kommentare

Custom media types for commit comments

These are the supported media types for commit comments. You can read more about the use of media types in the API here.

application/vnd.github-commitcomment.raw+json
application/vnd.github-commitcomment.text+json
application/vnd.github-commitcomment.html+json
application/vnd.github-commitcomment.full+json

For more information, see "Custom media types."

List commit comments for a repository

Commit Comments use these custom media types. You can read more about the use of media types in the API here.

Comments are ordered by ascending ID.

get /repos/{owner}/{repo}/comments

Parameters

Name	Type	In	Description
`accept`	string	header	Setting to `application/vnd.github.v3+json` is recommended. See preview notice
`owner`	string	path
`repo`	string	path
`per_page`	integer	query	Results per page (max 100).
`page`	integer	query	Page number of the results to fetch.

Code samples

Shell

curl \
  -H "Accept: application/vnd.github.v3+json" \
  http(s)://{hostname}/api/v3/repos/octocat/hello-world/comments

JavaScript (@octokit/core.js)

await octokit.request('GET /repos/{owner}/{repo}/comments', {
  owner: 'octocat',
  repo: 'hello-world'
})

Default response

Status: 200 OK

[
  {
    "html_url": "https://github.com/octocat/Hello-World/commit/6dcb09b5b57875f334f61aebed695e2e4193db5e#commitcomment-1",
    "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/comments/1",
    "id": 1,
    "node_id": "MDEzOkNvbW1pdENvbW1lbnQx",
    "body": "Great stuff",
    "path": "file1.txt",
    "position": 4,
    "line": 14,
    "commit_id": "6dcb09b5b57875f334f61aebed695e2e4193db5e",
    "user": {
      "login": "octocat",
      "id": 1,
      "node_id": "MDQ6VXNlcjE=",
      "avatar_url": "https://github.com/images/error/octocat_happy.gif",
      "gravatar_id": "",
      "url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat",
      "html_url": "https://github.com/octocat",
      "followers_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/followers",
      "following_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/following{/other_user}",
      "gists_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/gists{/gist_id}",
      "starred_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/starred{/owner}{/repo}",
      "subscriptions_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/subscriptions",
      "organizations_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/orgs",
      "repos_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/repos",
      "events_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/events{/privacy}",
      "received_events_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/received_events",
      "type": "User",
      "site_admin": false
    },
    "created_at": "2011-04-14T16:00:49Z",
    "updated_at": "2011-04-14T16:00:49Z",
    "author_association": "COLLABORATOR"
  }
]

Notes

Works with GitHub Apps

Preview notice

An additional reactions object in the issue comment payload is currently available for developers to preview. During the preview period, the APIs may change without advance notice. Please see the blog post for full details.

To access the API you must provide a custom media type in the Accept header:

application/vnd.github.squirrel-girl-preview

The reactions key will have the following payload where url can be used to construct the API location for listing and creating reactions.

Get a commit comment

get /repos/{owner}/{repo}/comments/{comment_id}

Parameters

Name	Type	In	Description
`accept`	string	header	Setting to `application/vnd.github.v3+json` is recommended. See preview notice
`owner`	string	path
`repo`	string	path
`comment_id`	integer	path	comment_id parameter

Code samples

Shell

curl \
  -H "Accept: application/vnd.github.v3+json" \
  http(s)://{hostname}/api/v3/repos/octocat/hello-world/comments/42

JavaScript (@octokit/core.js)

await octokit.request('GET /repos/{owner}/{repo}/comments/{comment_id}', {
  owner: 'octocat',
  repo: 'hello-world',
  comment_id: 42
})

Default response

Status: 200 OK

{
  "html_url": "https://github.com/octocat/Hello-World/commit/6dcb09b5b57875f334f61aebed695e2e4193db5e#commitcomment-1",
  "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/comments/1",
  "id": 1,
  "node_id": "MDEzOkNvbW1pdENvbW1lbnQx",
  "body": "Great stuff",
  "path": "file1.txt",
  "position": 4,
  "line": 14,
  "commit_id": "6dcb09b5b57875f334f61aebed695e2e4193db5e",
  "author_association": "COLLABORATOR",
  "user": {
    "login": "octocat",
    "id": 1,
    "node_id": "MDQ6VXNlcjE=",
    "avatar_url": "https://github.com/images/error/octocat_happy.gif",
    "gravatar_id": "",
    "url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat",
    "html_url": "https://github.com/octocat",
    "followers_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/followers",
    "following_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/following{/other_user}",
    "gists_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/gists{/gist_id}",
    "starred_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/starred{/owner}{/repo}",
    "subscriptions_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/subscriptions",
    "organizations_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/orgs",
    "repos_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/repos",
    "events_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/events{/privacy}",
    "received_events_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/received_events",
    "type": "User",
    "site_admin": false
  },
  "created_at": "2011-04-14T16:00:49Z",
  "updated_at": "2011-04-14T16:00:49Z"
}

Resource not found

Status: 404 Not Found

Notes

Works with GitHub Apps

Preview notice

To access the API you must provide a custom media type in the Accept header:

application/vnd.github.squirrel-girl-preview

The reactions key will have the following payload where url can be used to construct the API location for listing and creating reactions.

Update a commit comment

patch /repos/{owner}/{repo}/comments/{comment_id}

Parameters

Name	Type	In	Description
`accept`	string	header	Setting to `application/vnd.github.v3+json` is recommended.
`owner`	string	path
`repo`	string	path
`comment_id`	integer	path	comment_id parameter
`body`	string	body	Required. The contents of the comment

Code samples

Shell

curl \
  -X PATCH \
  -H "Accept: application/vnd.github.v3+json" \
  http(s)://{hostname}/api/v3/repos/octocat/hello-world/comments/42 \
  -d '{"body":"body"}'

JavaScript (@octokit/core.js)

await octokit.request('PATCH /repos/{owner}/{repo}/comments/{comment_id}', {
  owner: 'octocat',
  repo: 'hello-world',
  comment_id: 42,
  body: 'body'
})

Default response

Status: 200 OK

{
  "html_url": "https://github.com/octocat/Hello-World/commit/6dcb09b5b57875f334f61aebed695e2e4193db5e#commitcomment-1",
  "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/comments/1",
  "id": 1,
  "node_id": "MDEzOkNvbW1pdENvbW1lbnQx",
  "body": "Nice change",
  "path": "file1.txt",
  "position": 4,
  "line": 14,
  "commit_id": "6dcb09b5b57875f334f61aebed695e2e4193db5e",
  "author_association": "COLLABORATOR",
  "user": {
    "login": "octocat",
    "id": 1,
    "node_id": "MDQ6VXNlcjE=",
    "avatar_url": "https://github.com/images/error/octocat_happy.gif",
    "gravatar_id": "",
    "url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat",
    "html_url": "https://github.com/octocat",
    "followers_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/followers",
    "following_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/following{/other_user}",
    "gists_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/gists{/gist_id}",
    "starred_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/starred{/owner}{/repo}",
    "subscriptions_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/subscriptions",
    "organizations_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/orgs",
    "repos_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/repos",
    "events_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/events{/privacy}",
    "received_events_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/received_events",
    "type": "User",
    "site_admin": false
  },
  "created_at": "2011-04-14T16:00:49Z",
  "updated_at": "2011-04-14T16:00:49Z"
}

Resource not found

Status: 404 Not Found

Notes

Works with GitHub Apps

Delete a commit comment

delete /repos/{owner}/{repo}/comments/{comment_id}

Parameters

Name	Type	In	Description
`accept`	string	header	Setting to `application/vnd.github.v3+json` is recommended.
`owner`	string	path
`repo`	string	path
`comment_id`	integer	path	comment_id parameter

Code samples

Shell

curl \
  -X DELETE \
  -H "Accept: application/vnd.github.v3+json" \
  http(s)://{hostname}/api/v3/repos/octocat/hello-world/comments/42

JavaScript (@octokit/core.js)

await octokit.request('DELETE /repos/{owner}/{repo}/comments/{comment_id}', {
  owner: 'octocat',
  repo: 'hello-world',
  comment_id: 42
})

Response

Status: 204 No Content

Resource not found

Status: 404 Not Found

Notes

Works with GitHub Apps

List commit comments

Use the :commit_sha to specify the commit that will have its comments listed.

get /repos/{owner}/{repo}/commits/{commit_sha}/comments

Parameters

Name	Type	In	Description
`accept`	string	header	Setting to `application/vnd.github.v3+json` is recommended. See preview notice
`owner`	string	path
`repo`	string	path
`commit_sha`	string	path	commit_sha parameter
`per_page`	integer	query	Results per page (max 100).
`page`	integer	query	Page number of the results to fetch.

Code samples

Shell

curl \
  -H "Accept: application/vnd.github.v3+json" \
  http(s)://{hostname}/api/v3/repos/octocat/hello-world/commits/COMMIT_SHA/comments

JavaScript (@octokit/core.js)

await octokit.request('GET /repos/{owner}/{repo}/commits/{commit_sha}/comments', {
  owner: 'octocat',
  repo: 'hello-world',
  commit_sha: 'commit_sha'
})

Default response

Status: 200 OK

[
  {
    "html_url": "https://github.com/octocat/Hello-World/commit/6dcb09b5b57875f334f61aebed695e2e4193db5e#commitcomment-1",
    "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/comments/1",
    "id": 1,
    "node_id": "MDEzOkNvbW1pdENvbW1lbnQx",
    "body": "Great stuff",
    "path": "file1.txt",
    "position": 4,
    "line": 14,
    "commit_id": "6dcb09b5b57875f334f61aebed695e2e4193db5e",
    "user": {
      "login": "octocat",
      "id": 1,
      "node_id": "MDQ6VXNlcjE=",
      "avatar_url": "https://github.com/images/error/octocat_happy.gif",
      "gravatar_id": "",
      "url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat",
      "html_url": "https://github.com/octocat",
      "followers_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/followers",
      "following_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/following{/other_user}",
      "gists_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/gists{/gist_id}",
      "starred_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/starred{/owner}{/repo}",
      "subscriptions_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/subscriptions",
      "organizations_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/orgs",
      "repos_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/repos",
      "events_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/events{/privacy}",
      "received_events_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/received_events",
      "type": "User",
      "site_admin": false
    },
    "created_at": "2011-04-14T16:00:49Z",
    "updated_at": "2011-04-14T16:00:49Z",
    "author_association": "COLLABORATOR"
  }
]

Notes

Works with GitHub Apps

Preview notice

To access the API you must provide a custom media type in the Accept header:

application/vnd.github.squirrel-girl-preview

The reactions key will have the following payload where url can be used to construct the API location for listing and creating reactions.

Create a commit comment

Create a comment for a commit using its :commit_sha.

This endpoint triggers notifications. Creating content too quickly using this endpoint may result in abuse rate limiting. See "Abuse rate limits" and "Dealing with abuse rate limits" for details.

post /repos/{owner}/{repo}/commits/{commit_sha}/comments

Parameters

Name	Type	In	Description
`accept`	string	header	Setting to `application/vnd.github.v3+json` is recommended.
`owner`	string	path
`repo`	string	path
`commit_sha`	string	path	commit_sha parameter
`body`	string	body	Required. The contents of the comment.
`path`	string	body	Relative path of the file to comment on.
`position`	integer	body	Line index in the diff to comment on.
`line`	integer	body	Deprecated. Use position parameter instead. Line number in the file to comment on.

Code samples

Shell

curl \
  -X POST \
  -H "Accept: application/vnd.github.v3+json" \
  http(s)://{hostname}/api/v3/repos/octocat/hello-world/commits/COMMIT_SHA/comments \
  -d '{"body":"body"}'

JavaScript (@octokit/core.js)

await octokit.request('POST /repos/{owner}/{repo}/commits/{commit_sha}/comments', {
  owner: 'octocat',
  repo: 'hello-world',
  commit_sha: 'commit_sha',
  body: 'body'
})

Default response

Status: 201 Created

{
  "html_url": "https://github.com/octocat/Hello-World/commit/6dcb09b5b57875f334f61aebed695e2e4193db5e#commitcomment-1",
  "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/comments/1",
  "id": 1,
  "node_id": "MDEzOkNvbW1pdENvbW1lbnQx",
  "body": "Great stuff",
  "path": "file1.txt",
  "position": 4,
  "line": 14,
  "commit_id": "6dcb09b5b57875f334f61aebed695e2e4193db5e",
  "author_association": "COLLABORATOR",
  "user": {
    "login": "octocat",
    "id": 1,
    "node_id": "MDQ6VXNlcjE=",
    "avatar_url": "https://github.com/images/error/octocat_happy.gif",
    "gravatar_id": "",
    "url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat",
    "html_url": "https://github.com/octocat",
    "followers_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/followers",
    "following_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/following{/other_user}",
    "gists_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/gists{/gist_id}",
    "starred_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/starred{/owner}{/repo}",
    "subscriptions_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/subscriptions",
    "organizations_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/orgs",
    "repos_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/repos",
    "events_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/events{/privacy}",
    "received_events_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/received_events",
    "type": "User",
    "site_admin": false
  },
  "created_at": "2011-04-14T16:00:49Z",
  "updated_at": "2011-04-14T16:00:49Z"
}

Forbidden

Status: 403 Forbidden

Validation failed

Status: 422 Unprocessable Entity

Notes

Works with GitHub Apps

Commits

The Repo Commits API supports listing, viewing, and comparing commits in a repository.

List commits

Signature verification object

The response will include a verification object that describes the result of verifying the commit's signature. The following fields are included in the verification object:

Name	Type	Description
`verified`	`boolean`	Indicates whether GitHub considers the signature in this commit to be verified.
`reason`	`string`	The reason for verified value. Possible values and their meanings are enumerated in table below.
`signature`	`string`	The signature that was extracted from the commit.
`payload`	`string`	The value that was signed.

These are the possible values for reason in the verification object:

Value	Description
`expired_key`	The key that made the signature is expired.
`not_signing_key`	The "signing" flag is not among the usage flags in the GPG key that made the signature.
`gpgverify_error`	There was an error communicating with the signature verification service.
`gpgverify_unavailable`	The signature verification service is currently unavailable.
`unsigned`	The object does not include a signature.
`unknown_signature_type`	A non-PGP signature was found in the commit.
`no_user`	No user was associated with the `committer` email address in the commit.
`unverified_email`	The `committer` email address in the commit was associated with a user, but the email address is not verified on her/his account.
`bad_email`	The `committer` email address in the commit is not included in the identities of the PGP key that made the signature.
`unknown_key`	The key that made the signature has not been registered with any user's account.
`malformed_signature`	There was an error parsing the signature.
`invalid`	The signature could not be cryptographically verified using the key whose key-id was found in the signature.
`valid`	None of the above errors applied, so the signature is considered to be verified.

get /repos/{owner}/{repo}/commits

Parameters

Name	Type	In	Description
`accept`	string	header	Setting to `application/vnd.github.v3+json` is recommended.
`owner`	string	path
`repo`	string	path
`sha`	string	query	SHA or branch to start listing commits from. Default: the repository’s default branch (usually `master`).
`path`	string	query	Only commits containing this file path will be returned.
`author`	string	query	GitHub login or email address by which to filter by commit author.
`since`	string	query	Only show notifications updated after the given time. This is a timestamp in ISO 8601 format: `YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM:SSZ`.
`until`	string	query	Only commits before this date will be returned. This is a timestamp in ISO 8601 format: `YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM:SSZ`.
`per_page`	integer	query	Results per page (max 100).
`page`	integer	query	Page number of the results to fetch.
`top`	string	query	legacy parameter for pagination.
`last_sha`	string	query	legacy parameter for pagination.

Code samples

Shell

curl \
  -H "Accept: application/vnd.github.v3+json" \
  http(s)://{hostname}/api/v3/repos/octocat/hello-world/commits

JavaScript (@octokit/core.js)

await octokit.request('GET /repos/{owner}/{repo}/commits', {
  owner: 'octocat',
  repo: 'hello-world'
})

Default response

Status: 200 OK

[
  {
    "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/commits/6dcb09b5b57875f334f61aebed695e2e4193db5e",
    "sha": "6dcb09b5b57875f334f61aebed695e2e4193db5e",
    "node_id": "MDY6Q29tbWl0NmRjYjA5YjViNTc4NzVmMzM0ZjYxYWViZWQ2OTVlMmU0MTkzZGI1ZQ==",
    "html_url": "https://github.com/octocat/Hello-World/commit/6dcb09b5b57875f334f61aebed695e2e4193db5e",
    "comments_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/commits/6dcb09b5b57875f334f61aebed695e2e4193db5e/comments",
    "commit": {
      "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/git/commits/6dcb09b5b57875f334f61aebed695e2e4193db5e",
      "author": {
        "name": "Monalisa Octocat",
        "email": "support@github.com",
        "date": "2011-04-14T16:00:49Z"
      },
      "committer": {
        "name": "Monalisa Octocat",
        "email": "support@github.com",
        "date": "2011-04-14T16:00:49Z"
      },
      "message": "Fix all the bugs",
      "tree": {
        "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/tree/6dcb09b5b57875f334f61aebed695e2e4193db5e",
        "sha": "6dcb09b5b57875f334f61aebed695e2e4193db5e"
      },
      "comment_count": 0,
      "verification": {
        "verified": false,
        "reason": "unsigned",
        "signature": null,
        "payload": null
      }
    },
    "author": {
      "login": "octocat",
      "id": 1,
      "node_id": "MDQ6VXNlcjE=",
      "avatar_url": "https://github.com/images/error/octocat_happy.gif",
      "gravatar_id": "",
      "url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat",
      "html_url": "https://github.com/octocat",
      "followers_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/followers",
      "following_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/following{/other_user}",
      "gists_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/gists{/gist_id}",
      "starred_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/starred{/owner}{/repo}",
      "subscriptions_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/subscriptions",
      "organizations_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/orgs",
      "repos_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/repos",
      "events_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/events{/privacy}",
      "received_events_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/received_events",
      "type": "User",
      "site_admin": false
    },
    "committer": {
      "login": "octocat",
      "id": 1,
      "node_id": "MDQ6VXNlcjE=",
      "avatar_url": "https://github.com/images/error/octocat_happy.gif",
      "gravatar_id": "",
      "url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat",
      "html_url": "https://github.com/octocat",
      "followers_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/followers",
      "following_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/following{/other_user}",
      "gists_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/gists{/gist_id}",
      "starred_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/starred{/owner}{/repo}",
      "subscriptions_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/subscriptions",
      "organizations_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/orgs",
      "repos_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/repos",
      "events_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/events{/privacy}",
      "received_events_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/received_events",
      "type": "User",
      "site_admin": false
    },
    "parents": [
      {
        "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/commits/6dcb09b5b57875f334f61aebed695e2e4193db5e",
        "sha": "6dcb09b5b57875f334f61aebed695e2e4193db5e"
      }
    ]
  }
]

Bad request

Status: 400 Bad Request

Resource not found

Status: 404 Not Found

Conflict

Status: 409 Conflict

Internal error

Status: 500 Internal Server Error

Notes

Works with GitHub Apps

List branches for HEAD commit

Returns all branches where the given commit SHA is the HEAD, or latest commit for the branch.

get /repos/{owner}/{repo}/commits/{commit_sha}/branches-where-head

Parameters

Name	Type	In	Description
`accept`	string	header	This API is under preview and subject to change. See preview notice
`owner`	string	path
`repo`	string	path
`commit_sha`	string	path	commit_sha parameter

Code samples

Shell

curl \
  -H "Accept: application/vnd.github.groot-preview+json" \
  http(s)://{hostname}/api/v3/repos/octocat/hello-world/commits/COMMIT_SHA/branches-where-head

JavaScript (@octokit/core.js)

await octokit.request('GET /repos/{owner}/{repo}/commits/{commit_sha}/branches-where-head', {
  owner: 'octocat',
  repo: 'hello-world',
  commit_sha: 'commit_sha',
  mediaType: {
    previews: [
      'groot'
    ]
  }
})

Default response

Status: 200 OK

[
  {
    "name": "branch_5",
    "commit": {
      "sha": "c5b97d5ae6c19d5c5df71a34c7fbeeda2479ccbc",
      "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/commits/c5b97d5ae6c19d5c5df71a34c7fbeeda2479ccbc"
    },
    "protected": false
  }
]

Preview header missing

Status: 415 Unsupported Media Type

Validation failed

Status: 422 Unprocessable Entity

Notes

Works with GitHub Apps

Preview notice

Listing branches or pull requests for a commit in the Commits API is currently available for developers to preview. See the blog post for more details. To access the new endpoints during the preview period, you must provide a custom media type in the Accept header:

application/vnd.github.groot-preview+json

☝️ This header is required.

List pull requests associated with a commit

Lists all pull requests containing the provided commit SHA, which can be from any point in the commit history. The results will include open and closed pull requests. Additional preview headers may be required to see certain details for associated pull requests, such as whether a pull request is in a draft state. For more information about previews that might affect this endpoint, see the List pull requests endpoint.

get /repos/{owner}/{repo}/commits/{commit_sha}/pulls

Parameters

Name	Type	In	Description
`accept`	string	header	This API is under preview and subject to change. See preview notice
`owner`	string	path
`repo`	string	path
`commit_sha`	string	path	commit_sha parameter
`per_page`	integer	query	Results per page (max 100).
`page`	integer	query	Page number of the results to fetch.

Code samples

Shell

curl \
  -H "Accept: application/vnd.github.groot-preview+json" \
  http(s)://{hostname}/api/v3/repos/octocat/hello-world/commits/COMMIT_SHA/pulls

JavaScript (@octokit/core.js)

await octokit.request('GET /repos/{owner}/{repo}/commits/{commit_sha}/pulls', {
  owner: 'octocat',
  repo: 'hello-world',
  commit_sha: 'commit_sha',
  mediaType: {
    previews: [
      'groot'
    ]
  }
})

Default response

Status: 200 OK

[
  {
    "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/pulls/1347",
    "id": 1,
    "node_id": "MDExOlB1bGxSZXF1ZXN0MQ==",
    "html_url": "https://github.com/octocat/Hello-World/pull/1347",
    "diff_url": "https://github.com/octocat/Hello-World/pull/1347.diff",
    "patch_url": "https://github.com/octocat/Hello-World/pull/1347.patch",
    "issue_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/issues/1347",
    "commits_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/pulls/1347/commits",
    "review_comments_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/pulls/1347/comments",
    "review_comment_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/pulls/comments{/number}",
    "comments_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/issues/1347/comments",
    "statuses_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/statuses/6dcb09b5b57875f334f61aebed695e2e4193db5e",
    "number": 1347,
    "state": "open",
    "locked": true,
    "title": "Amazing new feature",
    "user": {
      "login": "octocat",
      "id": 1,
      "node_id": "MDQ6VXNlcjE=",
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        "trees_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/git/trees{/sha}",
        "clone_url": "https://github.com/octocat/Hello-World.git",
        "mirror_url": "git:git.example.com/octocat/Hello-World",
        "hooks_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/hooks",
        "svn_url": "https://svn.github.com/octocat/Hello-World",
        "homepage": "https://github.com",
        "language": null,
        "forks_count": 9,
        "stargazers_count": 80,
        "watchers_count": 80,
        "size": 108,
        "default_branch": "master",
        "open_issues_count": 0,
        "is_template": true,
        "topics": [
          "octocat",
          "atom",
          "electron",
          "api"
        ],
        "has_issues": true,
        "has_projects": true,
        "has_wiki": true,
        "has_pages": false,
        "has_downloads": true,
        "archived": false,
        "disabled": false,
        "visibility": "public",
        "pushed_at": "2011-01-26T19:06:43Z",
        "created_at": "2011-01-26T19:01:12Z",
        "updated_at": "2011-01-26T19:14:43Z",
        "permissions": {
          "admin": false,
          "push": false,
          "pull": true
        },
        "allow_rebase_merge": true,
        "template_repository": null,
        "allow_squash_merge": true,
        "allow_merge_commit": true,
        "subscribers_count": 42,
        "network_count": 0,
        "anonymous_access_enabled": false
      }
    },
    "_links": {
      "self": {
        "href": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/pulls/1347"
      },
      "html": {
        "href": "https://github.com/octocat/Hello-World/pull/1347"
      },
      "issue": {
        "href": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/issues/1347"
      },
      "comments": {
        "href": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/issues/1347/comments"
      },
      "review_comments": {
        "href": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/pulls/1347/comments"
      },
      "review_comment": {
        "href": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/pulls/comments{/number}"
      },
      "commits": {
        "href": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/pulls/1347/commits"
      },
      "statuses": {
        "href": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/statuses/6dcb09b5b57875f334f61aebed695e2e4193db5e"
      }
    },
    "author_association": "OWNER",
    "draft": false
  }
]

Preview header missing

Status: 415 Unsupported Media Type

Notes

Works with GitHub Apps

Preview notice

application/vnd.github.groot-preview+json

☝️ This header is required.

Get a commit

Returns the contents of a single commit reference. You must have read access for the repository to use this endpoint.

Note: If there are more than 300 files in the commit diff, the response will include pagination link headers for the remaining files, up to a limit of 3000 files. Each page contains the static commit information, and the only changes are to the file listing.

You can pass the appropriate media type to fetch diff and patch formats. Diffs with binary data will have no patch property.

To return only the SHA-1 hash of the commit reference, you can provide the sha custom media type in the Accept header. You can use this endpoint to check if a remote reference's SHA-1 hash is the same as your local reference's SHA-1 hash by providing the local SHA-1 reference as the ETag.

Signature verification object

The response will include a verification object that describes the result of verifying the commit's signature. The following fields are included in the verification object:

Name	Type	Description
`verified`	`boolean`	Indicates whether GitHub considers the signature in this commit to be verified.
`reason`	`string`	The reason for verified value. Possible values and their meanings are enumerated in table below.
`signature`	`string`	The signature that was extracted from the commit.
`payload`	`string`	The value that was signed.

These are the possible values for reason in the verification object:

Value	Description
`expired_key`	The key that made the signature is expired.
`not_signing_key`	The "signing" flag is not among the usage flags in the GPG key that made the signature.
`gpgverify_error`	There was an error communicating with the signature verification service.
`gpgverify_unavailable`	The signature verification service is currently unavailable.
`unsigned`	The object does not include a signature.
`unknown_signature_type`	A non-PGP signature was found in the commit.
`no_user`	No user was associated with the `committer` email address in the commit.
`unverified_email`	The `committer` email address in the commit was associated with a user, but the email address is not verified on her/his account.
`bad_email`	The `committer` email address in the commit is not included in the identities of the PGP key that made the signature.
`unknown_key`	The key that made the signature has not been registered with any user's account.
`malformed_signature`	There was an error parsing the signature.
`invalid`	The signature could not be cryptographically verified using the key whose key-id was found in the signature.
`valid`	None of the above errors applied, so the signature is considered to be verified.

get /repos/{owner}/{repo}/commits/{ref}

Parameters

Name	Type	In	Description
`accept`	string	header	Setting to `application/vnd.github.v3+json` is recommended.
`owner`	string	path
`repo`	string	path
`page`	integer	query	Page number of the results to fetch.
`per_page`	integer	query	Results per page (max 100).
`ref`	string	path	ref parameter

Code samples

Shell

curl \
  -H "Accept: application/vnd.github.v3+json" \
  http(s)://{hostname}/api/v3/repos/octocat/hello-world/commits/REF

JavaScript (@octokit/core.js)

await octokit.request('GET /repos/{owner}/{repo}/commits/{ref}', {
  owner: 'octocat',
  repo: 'hello-world',
  ref: 'ref'
})

Default response

Status: 200 OK

{
  "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/commits/6dcb09b5b57875f334f61aebed695e2e4193db5e",
  "sha": "6dcb09b5b57875f334f61aebed695e2e4193db5e",
  "node_id": "MDY6Q29tbWl0NmRjYjA5YjViNTc4NzVmMzM0ZjYxYWViZWQ2OTVlMmU0MTkzZGI1ZQ==",
  "html_url": "https://github.com/octocat/Hello-World/commit/6dcb09b5b57875f334f61aebed695e2e4193db5e",
  "comments_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/commits/6dcb09b5b57875f334f61aebed695e2e4193db5e/comments",
  "commit": {
    "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/git/commits/6dcb09b5b57875f334f61aebed695e2e4193db5e",
    "author": {
      "name": "Monalisa Octocat",
      "email": "mona@github.com",
      "date": "2011-04-14T16:00:49Z"
    },
    "committer": {
      "name": "Monalisa Octocat",
      "email": "mona@github.com",
      "date": "2011-04-14T16:00:49Z"
    },
    "message": "Fix all the bugs",
    "tree": {
      "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/tree/6dcb09b5b57875f334f61aebed695e2e4193db5e",
      "sha": "6dcb09b5b57875f334f61aebed695e2e4193db5e"
    },
    "comment_count": 0,
    "verification": {
      "verified": false,
      "reason": "unsigned",
      "signature": null,
      "payload": null
    }
  },
  "author": {
    "login": "octocat",
    "id": 1,
    "node_id": "MDQ6VXNlcjE=",
    "avatar_url": "https://github.com/images/error/octocat_happy.gif",
    "gravatar_id": "",
    "url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat",
    "html_url": "https://github.com/octocat",
    "followers_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/followers",
    "following_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/following{/other_user}",
    "gists_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/gists{/gist_id}",
    "starred_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/starred{/owner}{/repo}",
    "subscriptions_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/subscriptions",
    "organizations_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/orgs",
    "repos_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/repos",
    "events_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/events{/privacy}",
    "received_events_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/received_events",
    "type": "User",
    "site_admin": false
  },
  "committer": {
    "login": "octocat",
    "id": 1,
    "node_id": "MDQ6VXNlcjE=",
    "avatar_url": "https://github.com/images/error/octocat_happy.gif",
    "gravatar_id": "",
    "url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat",
    "html_url": "https://github.com/octocat",
    "followers_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/followers",
    "following_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/following{/other_user}",
    "gists_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/gists{/gist_id}",
    "starred_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/starred{/owner}{/repo}",
    "subscriptions_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/subscriptions",
    "organizations_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/orgs",
    "repos_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/repos",
    "events_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/events{/privacy}",
    "received_events_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/received_events",
    "type": "User",
    "site_admin": false
  },
  "parents": [
    {
      "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/commits/6dcb09b5b57875f334f61aebed695e2e4193db5e",
      "sha": "6dcb09b5b57875f334f61aebed695e2e4193db5e"
    }
  ],
  "stats": {
    "additions": 104,
    "deletions": 4,
    "total": 108
  },
  "files": [
    {
      "filename": "file1.txt",
      "additions": 10,
      "deletions": 2,
      "changes": 12,
      "status": "modified",
      "raw_url": "https://github.com/octocat/Hello-World/raw/7ca483543807a51b6079e54ac4cc392bc29ae284/file1.txt",
      "blob_url": "https://github.com/octocat/Hello-World/blob/7ca483543807a51b6079e54ac4cc392bc29ae284/file1.txt",
      "patch": "@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@\n....."
    }
  ]
}

Resource not found

Status: 404 Not Found

Validation failed

Status: 422 Unprocessable Entity

Internal error

Status: 500 Internal Server Error

Notes

Works with GitHub Apps

Compare two commits

Both :base and :head must be branch names in :repo. To compare branches across other repositories in the same network as :repo, use the format <USERNAME>:branch.

The response from the API is equivalent to running the git log base..head command; however, commits are returned in chronological order. Pass the appropriate media type to fetch diff and patch formats.

The response also includes details on the files that were changed between the two commits. This includes the status of the change (for example, if a file was added, removed, modified, or renamed), and details of the change itself. For example, files with a renamed status have a previous_filename field showing the previous filename of the file, and files with a modified status have a patch field showing the changes made to the file.

Working with large comparisons

The response will include a comparison of up to 250 commits. If you are working with a larger commit range, you can use the List commits to enumerate all commits in the range.

For comparisons with extremely large diffs, you may receive an error response indicating that the diff took too long to generate. You can typically resolve this error by using a smaller commit range.

Signature verification object

The response will include a verification object that describes the result of verifying the commit's signature. The following fields are included in the verification object:

Name	Type	Description
`verified`	`boolean`	Indicates whether GitHub considers the signature in this commit to be verified.
`reason`	`string`	The reason for verified value. Possible values and their meanings are enumerated in table below.
`signature`	`string`	The signature that was extracted from the commit.
`payload`	`string`	The value that was signed.

These are the possible values for reason in the verification object:

Value	Description
`expired_key`	The key that made the signature is expired.
`not_signing_key`	The "signing" flag is not among the usage flags in the GPG key that made the signature.
`gpgverify_error`	There was an error communicating with the signature verification service.
`gpgverify_unavailable`	The signature verification service is currently unavailable.
`unsigned`	The object does not include a signature.
`unknown_signature_type`	A non-PGP signature was found in the commit.
`no_user`	No user was associated with the `committer` email address in the commit.
`unverified_email`	The `committer` email address in the commit was associated with a user, but the email address is not verified on her/his account.
`bad_email`	The `committer` email address in the commit is not included in the identities of the PGP key that made the signature.
`unknown_key`	The key that made the signature has not been registered with any user's account.
`malformed_signature`	There was an error parsing the signature.
`invalid`	The signature could not be cryptographically verified using the key whose key-id was found in the signature.
`valid`	None of the above errors applied, so the signature is considered to be verified.

get /repos/{owner}/{repo}/compare/{base}...{head}

Parameters

Name	Type	In	Description
`accept`	string	header	Setting to `application/vnd.github.v3+json` is recommended.
`owner`	string	path
`repo`	string	path
`base`	string	path
`head`	string	path

Code samples

Shell

curl \
  -H "Accept: application/vnd.github.v3+json" \
  http(s)://{hostname}/api/v3/repos/octocat/hello-world/compare/BASE...HEAD

JavaScript (@octokit/core.js)

await octokit.request('GET /repos/{owner}/{repo}/compare/{base}...{head}', {
  owner: 'octocat',
  repo: 'hello-world',
  base: 'base',
  head: 'head'
})

Default response

Status: 200 OK

{
  "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/compare/master...topic",
  "html_url": "https://github.com/octocat/Hello-World/compare/master...topic",
  "permalink_url": "https://github.com/octocat/Hello-World/compare/octocat:bbcd538c8e72b8c175046e27cc8f907076331401...octocat:0328041d1152db8ae77652d1618a02e57f745f17",
  "diff_url": "https://github.com/octocat/Hello-World/compare/master...topic.diff",
  "patch_url": "https://github.com/octocat/Hello-World/compare/master...topic.patch",
  "base_commit": {
    "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/commits/6dcb09b5b57875f334f61aebed695e2e4193db5e",
    "sha": "6dcb09b5b57875f334f61aebed695e2e4193db5e",
    "node_id": "MDY6Q29tbWl0NmRjYjA5YjViNTc4NzVmMzM0ZjYxYWViZWQ2OTVlMmU0MTkzZGI1ZQ==",
    "html_url": "https://github.com/octocat/Hello-World/commit/6dcb09b5b57875f334f61aebed695e2e4193db5e",
    "comments_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/commits/6dcb09b5b57875f334f61aebed695e2e4193db5e/comments",
    "commit": {
      "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/git/commits/6dcb09b5b57875f334f61aebed695e2e4193db5e",
      "author": {
        "name": "Monalisa Octocat",
        "email": "mona@github.com",
        "date": "2011-04-14T16:00:49Z"
      },
      "committer": {
        "name": "Monalisa Octocat",
        "email": "mona@github.com",
        "date": "2011-04-14T16:00:49Z"
      },
      "message": "Fix all the bugs",
      "tree": {
        "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/tree/6dcb09b5b57875f334f61aebed695e2e4193db5e",
        "sha": "6dcb09b5b57875f334f61aebed695e2e4193db5e"
      },
      "comment_count": 0,
      "verification": {
        "verified": false,
        "reason": "unsigned",
        "signature": null,
        "payload": null
      }
    },
    "author": {
      "login": "octocat",
      "id": 1,
      "node_id": "MDQ6VXNlcjE=",
      "avatar_url": "https://github.com/images/error/octocat_happy.gif",
      "gravatar_id": "",
      "url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat",
      "html_url": "https://github.com/octocat",
      "followers_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/followers",
      "following_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/following{/other_user}",
      "gists_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/gists{/gist_id}",
      "starred_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/starred{/owner}{/repo}",
      "subscriptions_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/subscriptions",
      "organizations_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/orgs",
      "repos_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/repos",
      "events_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/events{/privacy}",
      "received_events_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/received_events",
      "type": "User",
      "site_admin": false
    },
    "committer": {
      "login": "octocat",
      "id": 1,
      "node_id": "MDQ6VXNlcjE=",
      "avatar_url": "https://github.com/images/error/octocat_happy.gif",
      "gravatar_id": "",
      "url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat",
      "html_url": "https://github.com/octocat",
      "followers_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/followers",
      "following_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/following{/other_user}",
      "gists_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/gists{/gist_id}",
      "starred_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/starred{/owner}{/repo}",
      "subscriptions_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/subscriptions",
      "organizations_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/orgs",
      "repos_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/repos",
      "events_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/events{/privacy}",
      "received_events_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/received_events",
      "type": "User",
      "site_admin": false
    },
    "parents": [
      {
        "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/commits/6dcb09b5b57875f334f61aebed695e2e4193db5e",
        "sha": "6dcb09b5b57875f334f61aebed695e2e4193db5e"
      }
    ]
  },
  "merge_base_commit": {
    "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/commits/6dcb09b5b57875f334f61aebed695e2e4193db5e",
    "sha": "6dcb09b5b57875f334f61aebed695e2e4193db5e",
    "node_id": "MDY6Q29tbWl0NmRjYjA5YjViNTc4NzVmMzM0ZjYxYWViZWQ2OTVlMmU0MTkzZGI1ZQ==",
    "html_url": "https://github.com/octocat/Hello-World/commit/6dcb09b5b57875f334f61aebed695e2e4193db5e",
    "comments_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/commits/6dcb09b5b57875f334f61aebed695e2e4193db5e/comments",
    "commit": {
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        "email": "mona@github.com",
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      },
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        "name": "Monalisa Octocat",
        "email": "mona@github.com",
        "date": "2011-04-14T16:00:49Z"
      },
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      "tree": {
        "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/tree/6dcb09b5b57875f334f61aebed695e2e4193db5e",
        "sha": "6dcb09b5b57875f334f61aebed695e2e4193db5e"
      },
      "comment_count": 0,
      "verification": {
        "verified": false,
        "reason": "unsigned",
        "signature": null,
        "payload": null
      }
    },
    "author": {
      "login": "octocat",
      "id": 1,
      "node_id": "MDQ6VXNlcjE=",
      "avatar_url": "https://github.com/images/error/octocat_happy.gif",
      "gravatar_id": "",
      "url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat",
      "html_url": "https://github.com/octocat",
      "followers_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/followers",
      "following_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/following{/other_user}",
      "gists_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/gists{/gist_id}",
      "starred_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/starred{/owner}{/repo}",
      "subscriptions_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/subscriptions",
      "organizations_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/orgs",
      "repos_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/repos",
      "events_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/events{/privacy}",
      "received_events_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/received_events",
      "type": "User",
      "site_admin": false
    },
    "committer": {
      "login": "octocat",
      "id": 1,
      "node_id": "MDQ6VXNlcjE=",
      "avatar_url": "https://github.com/images/error/octocat_happy.gif",
      "gravatar_id": "",
      "url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat",
      "html_url": "https://github.com/octocat",
      "followers_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/followers",
      "following_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/following{/other_user}",
      "gists_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/gists{/gist_id}",
      "starred_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/starred{/owner}{/repo}",
      "subscriptions_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/subscriptions",
      "organizations_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/orgs",
      "repos_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/repos",
      "events_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/events{/privacy}",
      "received_events_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/received_events",
      "type": "User",
      "site_admin": false
    },
    "parents": [
      {
        "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/commits/6dcb09b5b57875f334f61aebed695e2e4193db5e",
        "sha": "6dcb09b5b57875f334f61aebed695e2e4193db5e"
      }
    ]
  },
  "status": "behind",
  "ahead_by": 1,
  "behind_by": 2,
  "total_commits": 1,
  "commits": [
    {
      "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/commits/6dcb09b5b57875f334f61aebed695e2e4193db5e",
      "sha": "6dcb09b5b57875f334f61aebed695e2e4193db5e",
      "node_id": "MDY6Q29tbWl0NmRjYjA5YjViNTc4NzVmMzM0ZjYxYWViZWQ2OTVlMmU0MTkzZGI1ZQ==",
      "html_url": "https://github.com/octocat/Hello-World/commit/6dcb09b5b57875f334f61aebed695e2e4193db5e",
      "comments_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/commits/6dcb09b5b57875f334f61aebed695e2e4193db5e/comments",
      "commit": {
        "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/git/commits/6dcb09b5b57875f334f61aebed695e2e4193db5e",
        "author": {
          "name": "Monalisa Octocat",
          "email": "mona@github.com",
          "date": "2011-04-14T16:00:49Z"
        },
        "committer": {
          "name": "Monalisa Octocat",
          "email": "mona@github.com",
          "date": "2011-04-14T16:00:49Z"
        },
        "message": "Fix all the bugs",
        "tree": {
          "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/tree/6dcb09b5b57875f334f61aebed695e2e4193db5e",
          "sha": "6dcb09b5b57875f334f61aebed695e2e4193db5e"
        },
        "comment_count": 0,
        "verification": {
          "verified": false,
          "reason": "unsigned",
          "signature": null,
          "payload": null
        }
      },
      "author": {
        "login": "octocat",
        "id": 1,
        "node_id": "MDQ6VXNlcjE=",
        "avatar_url": "https://github.com/images/error/octocat_happy.gif",
        "gravatar_id": "",
        "url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat",
        "html_url": "https://github.com/octocat",
        "followers_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/followers",
        "following_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/following{/other_user}",
        "gists_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/gists{/gist_id}",
        "starred_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/starred{/owner}{/repo}",
        "subscriptions_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/subscriptions",
        "organizations_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/orgs",
        "repos_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/repos",
        "events_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/events{/privacy}",
        "received_events_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/received_events",
        "type": "User",
        "site_admin": false
      },
      "committer": {
        "login": "octocat",
        "id": 1,
        "node_id": "MDQ6VXNlcjE=",
        "avatar_url": "https://github.com/images/error/octocat_happy.gif",
        "gravatar_id": "",
        "url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat",
        "html_url": "https://github.com/octocat",
        "followers_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/followers",
        "following_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/following{/other_user}",
        "gists_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/gists{/gist_id}",
        "starred_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/starred{/owner}{/repo}",
        "subscriptions_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/subscriptions",
        "organizations_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/orgs",
        "repos_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/repos",
        "events_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/events{/privacy}",
        "received_events_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/received_events",
        "type": "User",
        "site_admin": false
      },
      "parents": [
        {
          "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/commits/6dcb09b5b57875f334f61aebed695e2e4193db5e",
          "sha": "6dcb09b5b57875f334f61aebed695e2e4193db5e"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "files": [
    {
      "sha": "bbcd538c8e72b8c175046e27cc8f907076331401",
      "filename": "file1.txt",
      "status": "added",
      "additions": 103,
      "deletions": 21,
      "changes": 124,
      "blob_url": "https://github.com/octocat/Hello-World/blob/6dcb09b5b57875f334f61aebed695e2e4193db5e/file1.txt",
      "raw_url": "https://github.com/octocat/Hello-World/raw/6dcb09b5b57875f334f61aebed695e2e4193db5e/file1.txt",
      "contents_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/contents/file1.txt?ref=6dcb09b5b57875f334f61aebed695e2e4193db5e",
      "patch": "@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ module Test @@ -1000,7 +1000,7 @@ module Test"
    }
  ]
}

Resource not found

Status: 404 Not Found

Internal error

Status: 500 Internal Server Error

Notes

Works with GitHub Apps

These API endpoints let you create, modify, and delete Base64 encoded content in a repository. To request the raw format or rendered HTML (when supported), use custom media types for repository contents.

Custom media types for repository contents

READMEs, files, and symlinks support the following custom media types:

application/vnd.github.VERSION.raw
application/vnd.github.VERSION.html

Use the .raw media type to retrieve the contents of the file.

For markup files such as Markdown or AsciiDoc, you can retrieve the rendered HTML using the .html media type. Markup languages are rendered to HTML using our open-source Markup library.

All objects support the following custom media type:

application/vnd.github.VERSION.object

Use the object media type parameter to retrieve the contents in a consistent object format regardless of the content type. For example, instead of an array of objects for a directory, the response will be an object with an entries attribute containing the array of objects.

You can read more about the use of media types in the API here.

Get repository content

Gets the contents of a file or directory in a repository. Specify the file path or directory in :path. If you omit :path, you will receive the contents of the repository's root directory. See the description below regarding what the API response includes for directories.

Files and symlinks support a custom media type for retrieving the raw content or rendered HTML (when supported). All content types support a custom media type to ensure the content is returned in a consistent object format.

Note:

To get a repository's contents recursively, you can recursively get the tree.
This API has an upper limit of 1,000 files for a directory. If you need to retrieve more files, use the Git Trees API.
This API supports files up to 1 megabyte in size.

If the content is a directory

The response will be an array of objects, one object for each item in the directory. When listing the contents of a directory, submodules have their "type" specified as "file". Logically, the value should be "submodule". This behavior exists in API v3 for backwards compatibility purposes. In the next major version of the API, the type will be returned as "submodule".

If the content is a symlink

If the requested :path points to a symlink, and the symlink's target is a normal file in the repository, then the API responds with the content of the file (in the format shown in the example. Otherwise, the API responds with an object describing the symlink itself.

If the content is a submodule

The submodule_git_url identifies the location of the submodule repository, and the sha identifies a specific commit within the submodule repository. Git uses the given URL when cloning the submodule repository, and checks out the submodule at that specific commit.

If the submodule repository is not hosted on github.com, the Git URLs (git_url and _links["git"]) and the github.com URLs (html_url and _links["html"]) will have null values.

get /repos/{owner}/{repo}/contents/{path}

Parameters

Name	Type	In	Description
`accept`	string	header	Setting to `application/vnd.github.v3+json` is recommended.
`owner`	string	path
`repo`	string	path
`path`	string	path	path parameter
`ref`	string	query	The name of the commit/branch/tag. Default: the repository’s default branch (usually `master`)

Code samples

Shell

curl \
  -H "Accept: application/vnd.github.v3+json" \
  http(s)://{hostname}/api/v3/repos/octocat/hello-world/contents/PATH

JavaScript (@octokit/core.js)

await octokit.request('GET /repos/{owner}/{repo}/contents/{path}', {
  owner: 'octocat',
  repo: 'hello-world',
  path: 'path'
})

Response if content is a file

Status: 200 OK

{
  "type": "file",
  "encoding": "base64",
  "size": 5362,
  "name": "README.md",
  "path": "README.md",
  "content": "encoded content ...",
  "sha": "3d21ec53a331a6f037a91c368710b99387d012c1",
  "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octokit/octokit.rb/contents/README.md",
  "git_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octokit/octokit.rb/git/blobs/3d21ec53a331a6f037a91c368710b99387d012c1",
  "html_url": "https://github.com/octokit/octokit.rb/blob/master/README.md",
  "download_url": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/octokit/octokit.rb/master/README.md",
  "_links": {
    "git": "https://api.github.com/repos/octokit/octokit.rb/git/blobs/3d21ec53a331a6f037a91c368710b99387d012c1",
    "self": "https://api.github.com/repos/octokit/octokit.rb/contents/README.md",
    "html": "https://github.com/octokit/octokit.rb/blob/master/README.md"
  }
}

Response if content is a directory

Status: 200 OK

[
  {
    "type": "file",
    "size": 625,
    "name": "octokit.rb",
    "path": "lib/octokit.rb",
    "sha": "fff6fe3a23bf1c8ea0692b4a883af99bee26fd3b",
    "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octokit/octokit.rb/contents/lib/octokit.rb",
    "git_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octokit/octokit.rb/git/blobs/fff6fe3a23bf1c8ea0692b4a883af99bee26fd3b",
    "html_url": "https://github.com/octokit/octokit.rb/blob/master/lib/octokit.rb",
    "download_url": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/octokit/octokit.rb/master/lib/octokit.rb",
    "_links": {
      "self": "https://api.github.com/repos/octokit/octokit.rb/contents/lib/octokit.rb",
      "git": "https://api.github.com/repos/octokit/octokit.rb/git/blobs/fff6fe3a23bf1c8ea0692b4a883af99bee26fd3b",
      "html": "https://github.com/octokit/octokit.rb/blob/master/lib/octokit.rb"
    }
  },
  {
    "type": "dir",
    "size": 0,
    "name": "octokit",
    "path": "lib/octokit",
    "sha": "a84d88e7554fc1fa21bcbc4efae3c782a70d2b9d",
    "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octokit/octokit.rb/contents/lib/octokit",
    "git_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octokit/octokit.rb/git/trees/a84d88e7554fc1fa21bcbc4efae3c782a70d2b9d",
    "html_url": "https://github.com/octokit/octokit.rb/tree/master/lib/octokit",
    "download_url": null,
    "_links": {
      "self": "https://api.github.com/repos/octokit/octokit.rb/contents/lib/octokit",
      "git": "https://api.github.com/repos/octokit/octokit.rb/git/trees/a84d88e7554fc1fa21bcbc4efae3c782a70d2b9d",
      "html": "https://github.com/octokit/octokit.rb/tree/master/lib/octokit"
    }
  }
]

Response if content is a symlink

Status: 200 OK

{
  "type": "symlink",
  "target": "/path/to/symlink/target",
  "size": 23,
  "name": "some-symlink",
  "path": "bin/some-symlink",
  "sha": "452a98979c88e093d682cab404a3ec82babebb48",
  "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octokit/octokit.rb/contents/bin/some-symlink",
  "git_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octokit/octokit.rb/git/blobs/452a98979c88e093d682cab404a3ec82babebb48",
  "html_url": "https://github.com/octokit/octokit.rb/blob/master/bin/some-symlink",
  "download_url": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/octokit/octokit.rb/master/bin/some-symlink",
  "_links": {
    "git": "https://api.github.com/repos/octokit/octokit.rb/git/blobs/452a98979c88e093d682cab404a3ec82babebb48",
    "self": "https://api.github.com/repos/octokit/octokit.rb/contents/bin/some-symlink",
    "html": "https://github.com/octokit/octokit.rb/blob/master/bin/some-symlink"
  }
}

Response if content is a submodule

Status: 200 OK

{
  "type": "submodule",
  "submodule_git_url": "git://github.com/jquery/qunit.git",
  "size": 0,
  "name": "qunit",
  "path": "test/qunit",
  "sha": "6ca3721222109997540bd6d9ccd396902e0ad2f9",
  "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/jquery/jquery/contents/test/qunit?ref=master",
  "git_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/jquery/qunit/git/trees/6ca3721222109997540bd6d9ccd396902e0ad2f9",
  "html_url": "https://github.com/jquery/qunit/tree/6ca3721222109997540bd6d9ccd396902e0ad2f9",
  "download_url": null,
  "_links": {
    "git": "https://api.github.com/repos/jquery/qunit/git/trees/6ca3721222109997540bd6d9ccd396902e0ad2f9",
    "self": "https://api.github.com/repos/jquery/jquery/contents/test/qunit?ref=master",
    "html": "https://github.com/jquery/qunit/tree/6ca3721222109997540bd6d9ccd396902e0ad2f9"
  }
}

Found

Status: 302 Found

Forbidden

Status: 403 Forbidden

Resource not found

Status: 404 Not Found

Notes

Works with GitHub Apps

Create or update file contents

Creates a new file or replaces an existing file in a repository.

put /repos/{owner}/{repo}/contents/{path}

Parameters

Name Type In Description

accept

string

header

Setting to application/vnd.github.v3+json is recommended.

owner string path

repo string path

path

string

path

path parameter

message

string

body

Required. The commit message.

content

string

body

Required. The new file content, using Base64 encoding.

sha

string

body

Required if you are updating a file. The blob SHA of the file being replaced.

branch

string

body

The branch name. Default: the repository’s default branch (usually master)

committer

object

body

The person that committed the file. Default: the authenticated user.

Properties of the `committer` object

`name` (string)	Required. The name of the author or committer of the commit. You'll receive a `422` status code if `name` is omitted.
`email` (string)	Required. The email of the author or committer of the commit. You'll receive a `422` status code if `email` is omitted.
`date` (string)	undefined

author

object

body

The author of the file. Default: The committer or the authenticated user if you omit committer.

Properties of the `author` object

`name` (string)	Required. The name of the author or committer of the commit. You'll receive a `422` status code if `name` is omitted.
`email` (string)	Required. The email of the author or committer of the commit. You'll receive a `422` status code if `email` is omitted.
`date` (string)	undefined

Code samples

Shell

curl \
  -X PUT \
  -H "Accept: application/vnd.github.v3+json" \
  http(s)://{hostname}/api/v3/repos/octocat/hello-world/contents/PATH \
  -d '{"message":"message","content":"content"}'

JavaScript (@octokit/core.js)

await octokit.request('PUT /repos/{owner}/{repo}/contents/{path}', {
  owner: 'octocat',
  repo: 'hello-world',
  path: 'path',
  message: 'message',
  content: 'content'
})

Example for updating a file

Status: 200 OK

{
  "content": {
    "name": "hello.txt",
    "path": "notes/hello.txt",
    "sha": "a56507ed892d05a37c6d6128c260937ea4d287bd",
    "size": 9,
    "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/contents/notes/hello.txt",
    "html_url": "https://github.com/octocat/Hello-World/blob/master/notes/hello.txt",
    "git_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/git/blobs/a56507ed892d05a37c6d6128c260937ea4d287bd",
    "download_url": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/octocat/HelloWorld/master/notes/hello.txt",
    "type": "file",
    "_links": {
      "self": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/contents/notes/hello.txt",
      "git": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/git/blobs/a56507ed892d05a37c6d6128c260937ea4d287bd",
      "html": "https://github.com/octocat/Hello-World/blob/master/notes/hello.txt"
    }
  },
  "commit": {
    "sha": "18a43cd8e1e3a79c786e3d808a73d23b6d212b16",
    "node_id": "MDY6Q29tbWl0MThhNDNjZDhlMWUzYTc5Yzc4NmUzZDgwOGE3M2QyM2I2ZDIxMmIxNg==",
    "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/git/commits/18a43cd8e1e3a79c786e3d808a73d23b6d212b16",
    "html_url": "https://github.com/octocat/Hello-World/git/commit/18a43cd8e1e3a79c786e3d808a73d23b6d212b16",
    "author": {
      "date": "2014-11-07T22:01:45Z",
      "name": "Monalisa Octocat",
      "email": "octocat@github.com"
    },
    "committer": {
      "date": "2014-11-07T22:01:45Z",
      "name": "Monalisa Octocat",
      "email": "octocat@github.com"
    },
    "message": "my commit message",
    "tree": {
      "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/git/trees/9a21f8e2018f42ffcf369b24d2cd20bc25c9e66f",
      "sha": "9a21f8e2018f42ffcf369b24d2cd20bc25c9e66f"
    },
    "parents": [
      {
        "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/git/commits/da5a433788da5c255edad7979b328b67d79f53f6",
        "html_url": "https://github.com/octocat/Hello-World/git/commit/da5a433788da5c255edad7979b328b67d79f53f6",
        "sha": "da5a433788da5c255edad7979b328b67d79f53f6"
      }
    ],
    "verification": {
      "verified": false,
      "reason": "unsigned",
      "signature": null,
      "payload": null
    }
  }
}

Example for creating a file

Status: 201 Created

{
  "content": {
    "name": "hello.txt",
    "path": "notes/hello.txt",
    "sha": "95b966ae1c166bd92f8ae7d1c313e738c731dfc3",
    "size": 9,
    "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/contents/notes/hello.txt",
    "html_url": "https://github.com/octocat/Hello-World/blob/master/notes/hello.txt",
    "git_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/git/blobs/95b966ae1c166bd92f8ae7d1c313e738c731dfc3",
    "download_url": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/octocat/HelloWorld/master/notes/hello.txt",
    "type": "file",
    "_links": {
      "self": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/contents/notes/hello.txt",
      "git": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/git/blobs/95b966ae1c166bd92f8ae7d1c313e738c731dfc3",
      "html": "https://github.com/octocat/Hello-World/blob/master/notes/hello.txt"
    }
  },
  "commit": {
    "sha": "7638417db6d59f3c431d3e1f261cc637155684cd",
    "node_id": "MDY6Q29tbWl0NzYzODQxN2RiNmQ1OWYzYzQzMWQzZTFmMjYxY2M2MzcxNTU2ODRjZA==",
    "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/git/commits/7638417db6d59f3c431d3e1f261cc637155684cd",
    "html_url": "https://github.com/octocat/Hello-World/git/commit/7638417db6d59f3c431d3e1f261cc637155684cd",
    "author": {
      "date": "2014-11-07T22:01:45Z",
      "name": "Monalisa Octocat",
      "email": "octocat@github.com"
    },
    "committer": {
      "date": "2014-11-07T22:01:45Z",
      "name": "Monalisa Octocat",
      "email": "octocat@github.com"
    },
    "message": "my commit message",
    "tree": {
      "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/git/trees/691272480426f78a0138979dd3ce63b77f706feb",
      "sha": "691272480426f78a0138979dd3ce63b77f706feb"
    },
    "parents": [
      {
        "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/git/commits/1acc419d4d6a9ce985db7be48c6349a0475975b5",
        "html_url": "https://github.com/octocat/Hello-World/git/commit/1acc419d4d6a9ce985db7be48c6349a0475975b5",
        "sha": "1acc419d4d6a9ce985db7be48c6349a0475975b5"
      }
    ],
    "verification": {
      "verified": false,
      "reason": "unsigned",
      "signature": null,
      "payload": null
    }
  }
}

Resource not found

Status: 404 Not Found

Conflict

Status: 409 Conflict

Validation failed

Status: 422 Unprocessable Entity

Notes

Works with GitHub Apps

Delete a file

Deletes a file in a repository.

You can provide an additional committer parameter, which is an object containing information about the committer. Or, you can provide an author parameter, which is an object containing information about the author.

The author section is optional and is filled in with the committer information if omitted. If the committer information is omitted, the authenticated user's information is used.

You must provide values for both name and email, whether you choose to use author or committer. Otherwise, you'll receive a 422 status code.

delete /repos/{owner}/{repo}/contents/{path}

Parameters

Name Type In Description

accept

string

header

Setting to application/vnd.github.v3+json is recommended.

owner string path

repo string path

path

string

path

path parameter

message

string

body

Required. The commit message.

sha

string

body

Required. The blob SHA of the file being replaced.

branch

string

body

The branch name. Default: the repository’s default branch (usually master)

committer

object

body

object containing information about the committer.

Properties of the `committer` object

`name` (string)	The name of the author (or committer) of the commit
`email` (string)	The email of the author (or committer) of the commit

author

object

body

object containing information about the author.

Properties of the `author` object

`name` (string)	The name of the author (or committer) of the commit
`email` (string)	The email of the author (or committer) of the commit

Code samples

Shell

curl \
  -X DELETE \
  -H "Accept: application/vnd.github.v3+json" \
  http(s)://{hostname}/api/v3/repos/octocat/hello-world/contents/PATH \
  -d '{"message":"message","sha":"sha"}'

JavaScript (@octokit/core.js)

await octokit.request('DELETE /repos/{owner}/{repo}/contents/{path}', {
  owner: 'octocat',
  repo: 'hello-world',
  path: 'path',
  message: 'message',
  sha: 'sha'
})

Default response

Status: 200 OK

{
  "content": null,
  "commit": {
    "sha": "7638417db6d59f3c431d3e1f261cc637155684cd",
    "node_id": "MDY6Q29tbWl0NzYzODQxN2RiNmQ1OWYzYzQzMWQzZTFmMjYxY2M2MzcxNTU2ODRjZA==",
    "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/git/commits/7638417db6d59f3c431d3e1f261cc637155684cd",
    "html_url": "https://github.com/octocat/Hello-World/git/commit/7638417db6d59f3c431d3e1f261cc637155684cd",
    "author": {
      "date": "2014-11-07T22:01:45Z",
      "name": "Monalisa Octocat",
      "email": "octocat@github.com"
    },
    "committer": {
      "date": "2014-11-07T22:01:45Z",
      "name": "Monalisa Octocat",
      "email": "octocat@github.com"
    },
    "message": "my commit message",
    "tree": {
      "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/git/trees/691272480426f78a0138979dd3ce63b77f706feb",
      "sha": "691272480426f78a0138979dd3ce63b77f706feb"
    },
    "parents": [
      {
        "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/git/commits/1acc419d4d6a9ce985db7be48c6349a0475975b5",
        "html_url": "https://github.com/octocat/Hello-World/git/commit/1acc419d4d6a9ce985db7be48c6349a0475975b5",
        "sha": "1acc419d4d6a9ce985db7be48c6349a0475975b5"
      }
    ],
    "verification": {
      "verified": false,
      "reason": "unsigned",
      "signature": null,
      "payload": null
    }
  }
}

Resource not found

Status: 404 Not Found

Conflict

Status: 409 Conflict

Validation failed

Status: 422 Unprocessable Entity

Service unavailable

Status: 503 Service Unavailable

Notes

Works with GitHub Apps

Get a repository README

Gets the preferred README for a repository.

READMEs support custom media types for retrieving the raw content or rendered HTML.

get /repos/{owner}/{repo}/readme

Parameters

Name	Type	In	Description
`accept`	string	header	Setting to `application/vnd.github.v3+json` is recommended.
`owner`	string	path
`repo`	string	path
`ref`	string	query	The name of the commit/branch/tag. Default: the repository’s default branch (usually `master`)

Code samples

Shell

curl \
  -H "Accept: application/vnd.github.v3+json" \
  http(s)://{hostname}/api/v3/repos/octocat/hello-world/readme

JavaScript (@octokit/core.js)

await octokit.request('GET /repos/{owner}/{repo}/readme', {
  owner: 'octocat',
  repo: 'hello-world'
})

Default response

Status: 200 OK

{
  "type": "file",
  "encoding": "base64",
  "size": 5362,
  "name": "README.md",
  "path": "README.md",
  "content": "encoded content ...",
  "sha": "3d21ec53a331a6f037a91c368710b99387d012c1",
  "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octokit/octokit.rb/contents/README.md",
  "git_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octokit/octokit.rb/git/blobs/3d21ec53a331a6f037a91c368710b99387d012c1",
  "html_url": "https://github.com/octokit/octokit.rb/blob/master/README.md",
  "download_url": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/octokit/octokit.rb/master/README.md",
  "_links": {
    "git": "https://api.github.com/repos/octokit/octokit.rb/git/blobs/3d21ec53a331a6f037a91c368710b99387d012c1",
    "self": "https://api.github.com/repos/octokit/octokit.rb/contents/README.md",
    "html": "https://github.com/octokit/octokit.rb/blob/master/README.md"
  }
}

Resource not found

Status: 404 Not Found

Validation failed

Status: 422 Unprocessable Entity

Notes

Works with GitHub Apps

Get a repository README

Gets the preferred README for a repository.

READMEs support custom media types for retrieving the raw content or rendered HTML.

get /repos/{owner}/{repo}/readme/{dir}

Parameters

Name	Type	In	Description
`accept`	string	header	Setting to `application/vnd.github.v3+json` is recommended.
`owner`	string	path
`repo`	string	path
`dir`	string	path	The alternate path to look for a README file
`ref`	string	query	The name of the commit/branch/tag. Default: the repository’s default branch (usually `master`)

Code samples

Shell

curl \
  -H "Accept: application/vnd.github.v3+json" \
  http(s)://{hostname}/api/v3/repos/octocat/hello-world/readme/DIR

JavaScript (@octokit/core.js)

await octokit.request('GET /repos/{owner}/{repo}/readme/{dir}', {
  owner: 'octocat',
  repo: 'hello-world',
  dir: 'dir'
})

Default response

Status: 200 OK

{
  "type": "file",
  "encoding": "base64",
  "size": 5362,
  "name": "README.md",
  "path": "README.md",
  "content": "encoded content ...",
  "sha": "3d21ec53a331a6f037a91c368710b99387d012c1",
  "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octokit/octokit.rb/contents/README.md",
  "git_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octokit/octokit.rb/git/blobs/3d21ec53a331a6f037a91c368710b99387d012c1",
  "html_url": "https://github.com/octokit/octokit.rb/blob/master/README.md",
  "download_url": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/octokit/octokit.rb/master/README.md",
  "_links": {
    "git": "https://api.github.com/repos/octokit/octokit.rb/git/blobs/3d21ec53a331a6f037a91c368710b99387d012c1",
    "self": "https://api.github.com/repos/octokit/octokit.rb/contents/README.md",
    "html": "https://github.com/octokit/octokit.rb/blob/master/README.md"
  }
}

Resource not found

Status: 404 Not Found

Validation failed

Status: 422 Unprocessable Entity

Notes

Works with GitHub Apps

Download a repository archive (tar)

Gets a redirect URL to download a tar archive for a repository. If you omit :ref, the repository’s default branch (usually master) will be used. Please make sure your HTTP framework is configured to follow redirects or you will need to use the Location header to make a second GET request. Note: For private repositories, these links are temporary and expire after five minutes.

get /repos/{owner}/{repo}/tarball/{ref}

Parameters

Name	Type	In	Description
`accept`	string	header	Setting to `application/vnd.github.v3+json` is recommended.
`owner`	string	path
`repo`	string	path
`ref`	string	path

Code samples

Shell

curl \
  -H "Accept: application/vnd.github.v3+json" \
  http(s)://{hostname}/api/v3/repos/octocat/hello-world/tarball/REF

JavaScript (@octokit/core.js)

await octokit.request('GET /repos/{owner}/{repo}/tarball/{ref}', {
  owner: 'octocat',
  repo: 'hello-world',
  ref: 'ref'
})

Response

Status: 302 Found

Notes

Works with GitHub Apps

Download a repository archive (zip)

Gets a redirect URL to download a zip archive for a repository. If you omit :ref, the repository’s default branch (usually master) will be used. Please make sure your HTTP framework is configured to follow redirects or you will need to use the Location header to make a second GET request. Note: For private repositories, these links are temporary and expire after five minutes.

get /repos/{owner}/{repo}/zipball/{ref}

Parameters

Name	Type	In	Description
`accept`	string	header	Setting to `application/vnd.github.v3+json` is recommended.
`owner`	string	path
`repo`	string	path
`ref`	string	path

Code samples

Shell

curl \
  -H "Accept: application/vnd.github.v3+json" \
  http(s)://{hostname}/api/v3/repos/octocat/hello-world/zipball/REF

JavaScript (@octokit/core.js)

await octokit.request('GET /repos/{owner}/{repo}/zipball/{ref}', {
  owner: 'octocat',
  repo: 'hello-world',
  ref: 'ref'
})

Response

Status: 302 Found

Notes

Works with GitHub Apps

Deployment-Schlüssel

You can launch projects from a GitHub Enterprise Server repository to your server by using a deploy key, which is an SSH key that grants access to a single repository. GitHub Enterprise Server attaches the public part of the key directly to your repository instead of a personal user account, and the private part of the key remains on your server. For more information, see "Delivering deployments."

Deploy keys can either be setup using the following API endpoints, or by using GitHub. To learn how to set deploy keys up in GitHub, see "Managing deploy keys."

List deploy keys

get /repos/{owner}/{repo}/keys

Parameters

Name	Type	In	Description
`accept`	string	header	Setting to `application/vnd.github.v3+json` is recommended.
`owner`	string	path
`repo`	string	path
`per_page`	integer	query	Results per page (max 100).
`page`	integer	query	Page number of the results to fetch.

Code samples

Shell

curl \
  -H "Accept: application/vnd.github.v3+json" \
  http(s)://{hostname}/api/v3/repos/octocat/hello-world/keys

JavaScript (@octokit/core.js)

await octokit.request('GET /repos/{owner}/{repo}/keys', {
  owner: 'octocat',
  repo: 'hello-world'
})

Default response

Status: 200 OK

[
  {
    "id": 1,
    "key": "ssh-rsa AAA...",
    "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/keys/1",
    "title": "octocat@octomac",
    "verified": true,
    "created_at": "2014-12-10T15:53:42Z",
    "read_only": true
  }
]

Notes

Works with GitHub Apps

Create a deploy key

You can create a read-only deploy key.

post /repos/{owner}/{repo}/keys

Parameters

Name	Type	In	Description
`accept`	string	header	Setting to `application/vnd.github.v3+json` is recommended.
`owner`	string	path
`repo`	string	path
`title`	string	body	A name for the key.
`key`	string	body	Required. The contents of the key.
`read_only`	boolean	body	If `true`, the key will only be able to read repository contents. Otherwise, the key will be able to read and write. Deploy keys with write access can perform the same actions as an organization member with admin access, or a collaborator on a personal repository. For more information, see "Repository permission levels for an organization" and "Permission levels for a user account repository."

Code samples

Shell

curl \
  -X POST \
  -H "Accept: application/vnd.github.v3+json" \
  http(s)://{hostname}/api/v3/repos/octocat/hello-world/keys \
  -d '{"key":"key"}'

JavaScript (@octokit/core.js)

await octokit.request('POST /repos/{owner}/{repo}/keys', {
  owner: 'octocat',
  repo: 'hello-world',
  key: 'key'
})

Default response

Status: 201 Created

{
  "id": 1,
  "key": "ssh-rsa AAA...",
  "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/keys/1",
  "title": "octocat@octomac",
  "verified": true,
  "created_at": "2014-12-10T15:53:42Z",
  "read_only": true
}

Validation failed

Status: 422 Unprocessable Entity

Notes

Works with GitHub Apps

Get a deploy key

get /repos/{owner}/{repo}/keys/{key_id}

Parameters

Name	Type	In	Description
`accept`	string	header	Setting to `application/vnd.github.v3+json` is recommended.
`owner`	string	path
`repo`	string	path
`key_id`	integer	path	key_id parameter

Code samples

Shell

curl \
  -H "Accept: application/vnd.github.v3+json" \
  http(s)://{hostname}/api/v3/repos/octocat/hello-world/keys/42

JavaScript (@octokit/core.js)

await octokit.request('GET /repos/{owner}/{repo}/keys/{key_id}', {
  owner: 'octocat',
  repo: 'hello-world',
  key_id: 42
})

Default response

Status: 200 OK

{
  "id": 1,
  "key": "ssh-rsa AAA...",
  "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/keys/1",
  "title": "octocat@octomac",
  "verified": true,
  "created_at": "2014-12-10T15:53:42Z",
  "read_only": true
}

Resource not found

Status: 404 Not Found

Notes

Works with GitHub Apps

Delete a deploy key

Deploy keys are immutable. If you need to update a key, remove the key and create a new one instead.

delete /repos/{owner}/{repo}/keys/{key_id}

Parameters

Name	Type	In	Description
`accept`	string	header	Setting to `application/vnd.github.v3+json` is recommended.
`owner`	string	path
`repo`	string	path
`key_id`	integer	path	key_id parameter

Code samples

Shell

curl \
  -X DELETE \
  -H "Accept: application/vnd.github.v3+json" \
  http(s)://{hostname}/api/v3/repos/octocat/hello-world/keys/42

JavaScript (@octokit/core.js)

await octokit.request('DELETE /repos/{owner}/{repo}/keys/{key_id}', {
  owner: 'octocat',
  repo: 'hello-world',
  key_id: 42
})

Response

Status: 204 No Content

Notes

Works with GitHub Apps

Bereitstellungen

Deployments are requests to deploy a specific ref (branch, SHA, tag). GitHub dispatches a deployment event that external services can listen for and act on when new deployments are created. Deployments enable developers and organizations to build loosely coupled tooling around deployments, without having to worry about the implementation details of delivering different types of applications (e.g., web, native).

Deployment statuses allow external services to mark deployments with an error, failure, pending, in_progress, queued, or success state that systems listening to deployment_status events can consume.

Deployment statuses can also include an optional description and log_url, which are highly recommended because they make deployment statuses more useful. The log_url is the full URL to the deployment output, and the description is a high-level summary of what happened with the deployment.

GitHub dispatches deployment and deployment_status events when new deployments and deployment statuses are created. These events allows third-party integrations to receive respond to deployment requests and update the status of a deployment as progress is made.

Below is a simple sequence diagram for how these interactions would work.

+---------+             +--------+            +-----------+        +-------------+
| Tooling |             | GitHub |            | 3rd Party |        | Your Server |
+---------+             +--------+            +-----------+        +-------------+
     |                      |                       |                     |
     |  Create Deployment   |                       |                     |
     |--------------------->|                       |                     |
     |                      |                       |                     |
     |  Deployment Created  |                       |                     |
     |<---------------------|                       |                     |
     |                      |                       |                     |
     |                      |   Deployment Event    |                     |
     |                      |---------------------->|                     |
     |                      |                       |     SSH+Deploys     |
     |                      |                       |-------------------->|
     |                      |                       |                     |
     |                      |   Deployment Status   |                     |
     |                      |<----------------------|                     |
     |                      |                       |                     |
     |                      |                       |   Deploy Completed  |
     |                      |                       |<--------------------|
     |                      |                       |                     |
     |                      |   Deployment Status   |                     |
     |                      |<----------------------|                     |
     |                      |                       |                     |

Keep in mind that GitHub is never actually accessing your servers. It's up to your third-party integration to interact with deployment events. Multiple systems can listen for deployment events, and it's up to each of those systems to decide whether they're responsible for pushing the code out to your servers, building native code, etc.

Note that the repo_deployment OAuth scope grants targeted access to deployments and deployment statuses without granting access to repository code, while the public_repo and repo scopes grant permission to code as well.

Inactive deployments

When you set the state of a deployment to success, then all prior non-transient, non-production environment deployments in the same repository to the same environment name will become inactive. To avoid this, you can set auto_inactive to false when creating the deployment status.

You can communicate that a transient environment no longer exists by setting its state to inactive. Setting the state to inactive shows the deployment as destroyed in GitHub and removes access to it.

List deployments

Simple filtering of deployments is available via query parameters:

get /repos/{owner}/{repo}/deployments

Parameters

Name	Type	In	Description
`accept`	string	header	Setting to `application/vnd.github.v3+json` is recommended. See preview notice
`owner`	string	path
`repo`	string	path
`sha`	string	query	The SHA recorded at creation time.
`ref`	string	query	The name of the ref. This can be a branch, tag, or SHA.
`task`	string	query	The name of the task for the deployment (e.g., `deploy` or `deploy:migrations`).
`environment`	string	query	The name of the environment that was deployed to (e.g., `staging` or `production`).
`per_page`	integer	query	Results per page (max 100).
`page`	integer	query	Page number of the results to fetch.

Code samples

Shell

curl \
  -H "Accept: application/vnd.github.v3+json" \
  http(s)://{hostname}/api/v3/repos/octocat/hello-world/deployments

JavaScript (@octokit/core.js)

await octokit.request('GET /repos/{owner}/{repo}/deployments', {
  owner: 'octocat',
  repo: 'hello-world'
})

Default response

Status: 200 OK

[
  {
    "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/example/deployments/1",
    "id": 1,
    "node_id": "MDEwOkRlcGxveW1lbnQx",
    "sha": "a84d88e7554fc1fa21bcbc4efae3c782a70d2b9d",
    "ref": "topic-branch",
    "task": "deploy",
    "payload": {},
    "original_environment": "staging",
    "environment": "production",
    "description": "Deploy request from hubot",
    "creator": {
      "login": "octocat",
      "id": 1,
      "node_id": "MDQ6VXNlcjE=",
      "avatar_url": "https://github.com/images/error/octocat_happy.gif",
      "gravatar_id": "",
      "url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat",
      "html_url": "https://github.com/octocat",
      "followers_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/followers",
      "following_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/following{/other_user}",
      "gists_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/gists{/gist_id}",
      "starred_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/starred{/owner}{/repo}",
      "subscriptions_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/subscriptions",
      "organizations_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/orgs",
      "repos_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/repos",
      "events_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/events{/privacy}",
      "received_events_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/received_events",
      "type": "User",
      "site_admin": false
    },
    "created_at": "2012-07-20T01:19:13Z",
    "updated_at": "2012-07-20T01:19:13Z",
    "statuses_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/example/deployments/1/statuses",
    "repository_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/example",
    "transient_environment": false,
    "production_environment": true
  }
]

Notes

Works with GitHub Apps

Preview notice

The inactive state and the log_url, environment_url, and auto_inactive parameters are currently available for developers to preview. Please see the blog post for full details.

To access the API during the preview period, you must provide a custom media type in the Accept header:

application/vnd.github.ant-man-preview+json

Create a deployment

Deployments offer a few configurable parameters with certain defaults.

The ref parameter can be any named branch, tag, or SHA. At GitHub Enterprise Server we often deploy branches and verify them before we merge a pull request.

The environment parameter allows deployments to be issued to different runtime environments. Teams often have multiple environments for verifying their applications, such as production, staging, and qa. This parameter makes it easier to track which environments have requested deployments. The default environment is production.

The auto_merge parameter is used to ensure that the requested ref is not behind the repository's default branch. If the ref is behind the default branch for the repository, we will attempt to merge it for you. If the merge succeeds, the API will return a successful merge commit. If merge conflicts prevent the merge from succeeding, the API will return a failure response.

By default, commit statuses for every submitted context must be in a success state. The required_contexts parameter allows you to specify a subset of contexts that must be success, or to specify contexts that have not yet been submitted. You are not required to use commit statuses to deploy. If you do not require any contexts or create any commit statuses, the deployment will always succeed.

The payload parameter is available for any extra information that a deployment system might need. It is a JSON text field that will be passed on when a deployment event is dispatched.

The task parameter is used by the deployment system to allow different execution paths. In the web world this might be deploy:migrations to run schema changes on the system. In the compiled world this could be a flag to compile an application with debugging enabled.

Users with repo or repo_deployment scopes can create a deployment for a given ref.

Merged branch response

You will see this response when GitHub automatically merges the base branch into the topic branch instead of creating a deployment. This auto-merge happens when:

Auto-merge option is enabled in the repository
Topic branch does not include the latest changes on the base branch, which is master in the response example
There are no merge conflicts

If there are no new commits in the base branch, a new request to create a deployment should give a successful response.

Merge conflict response

This error happens when the auto_merge option is enabled and when the default branch (in this case master), can't be merged into the branch that's being deployed (in this case topic-branch), due to merge conflicts.

Failed commit status checks

This error happens when the required_contexts parameter indicates that one or more contexts need to have a success status for the commit to be deployed, but one or more of the required contexts do not have a state of success.

post /repos/{owner}/{repo}/deployments

Parameters

Name	Type	In	Description
`accept`	string	header	Setting to `application/vnd.github.v3+json` is recommended. See preview notice
`owner`	string	path
`repo`	string	path
`ref`	string	body	Required. The ref to deploy. This can be a branch, tag, or SHA.
`task`	string	body	Specifies a task to execute (e.g., `deploy` or `deploy:migrations`). Default: `deploy`
`auto_merge`	boolean	body	Attempts to automatically merge the default branch into the requested ref, if it's behind the default branch. Default: `true`
`required_contexts`	array of strings	body	The status contexts to verify against commit status checks. If you omit this parameter, GitHub verifies all unique contexts before creating a deployment. To bypass checking entirely, pass an empty array. Defaults to all unique contexts.
`payload`		body	undefined
`environment`	string	body	Name for the target deployment environment (e.g., `production`, `staging`, `qa`). Default: `production`
`description`	string or null	body	Short description of the deployment. Default:
`transient_environment`	boolean	body	Specifies if the given environment is specific to the deployment and will no longer exist at some point in the future. Default: `false` Note: This parameter requires you to use the `application/vnd.github.ant-man-preview+json` custom media type. Note: This parameter requires you to use the `application/vnd.github.ant-man-preview+json` custom media type.
`production_environment`	boolean	body	Specifies if the given environment is one that end-users directly interact with. Default: `true` when `environment` is `production` and `false` otherwise. Note: This parameter requires you to use the `application/vnd.github.ant-man-preview+json` custom media type.
`created_at`	string	body	undefined

Code samples

Shell

curl \
  -X POST \
  -H "Accept: application/vnd.github.v3+json" \
  http(s)://{hostname}/api/v3/repos/octocat/hello-world/deployments \
  -d '{"ref":"ref"}'

JavaScript (@octokit/core.js)

await octokit.request('POST /repos/{owner}/{repo}/deployments', {
  owner: 'octocat',
  repo: 'hello-world',
  ref: 'ref'
})

Simple example

Status: 201 Created

{
  "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/example/deployments/1",
  "id": 1,
  "node_id": "MDEwOkRlcGxveW1lbnQx",
  "sha": "a84d88e7554fc1fa21bcbc4efae3c782a70d2b9d",
  "ref": "topic-branch",
  "task": "deploy",
  "payload": {},
  "original_environment": "staging",
  "environment": "production",
  "description": "Deploy request from hubot",
  "creator": {
    "login": "octocat",
    "id": 1,
    "node_id": "MDQ6VXNlcjE=",
    "avatar_url": "https://github.com/images/error/octocat_happy.gif",
    "gravatar_id": "",
    "url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat",
    "html_url": "https://github.com/octocat",
    "followers_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/followers",
    "following_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/following{/other_user}",
    "gists_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/gists{/gist_id}",
    "starred_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/starred{/owner}{/repo}",
    "subscriptions_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/subscriptions",
    "organizations_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/orgs",
    "repos_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/repos",
    "events_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/events{/privacy}",
    "received_events_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/received_events",
    "type": "User",
    "site_admin": false
  },
  "created_at": "2012-07-20T01:19:13Z",
  "updated_at": "2012-07-20T01:19:13Z",
  "statuses_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/example/deployments/1/statuses",
  "repository_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/example",
  "transient_environment": false,
  "production_environment": true
}

Merged branch response

Status: 202 Accepted

{
  "message": "Auto-merged master into topic-branch on deployment."
}

Response when there is a merge conflict or the commit s status checks failed

Status: 409 Conflict

Validation failed

Status: 422 Unprocessable Entity

Notes

Works with GitHub Apps

Preview notice

The inactive state and the log_url, environment_url, and auto_inactive parameters are currently available for developers to preview. Please see the blog post for full details.

To access the API during the preview period, you must provide a custom media type in the Accept header:

application/vnd.github.ant-man-preview+json

Get a deployment

get /repos/{owner}/{repo}/deployments/{deployment_id}

Parameters

Name	Type	In	Description
`accept`	string	header	Setting to `application/vnd.github.v3+json` is recommended. See preview notices
`owner`	string	path
`repo`	string	path
`deployment_id`	integer	path	deployment_id parameter

Code samples

Shell

curl \
  -H "Accept: application/vnd.github.v3+json" \
  http(s)://{hostname}/api/v3/repos/octocat/hello-world/deployments/42

JavaScript (@octokit/core.js)

await octokit.request('GET /repos/{owner}/{repo}/deployments/{deployment_id}', {
  owner: 'octocat',
  repo: 'hello-world',
  deployment_id: 42
})

Default response

Status: 200 OK

{
  "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/example/deployments/1",
  "id": 1,
  "node_id": "MDEwOkRlcGxveW1lbnQx",
  "sha": "a84d88e7554fc1fa21bcbc4efae3c782a70d2b9d",
  "ref": "topic-branch",
  "task": "deploy",
  "payload": {},
  "original_environment": "staging",
  "environment": "production",
  "description": "Deploy request from hubot",
  "creator": {
    "login": "octocat",
    "id": 1,
    "node_id": "MDQ6VXNlcjE=",
    "avatar_url": "https://github.com/images/error/octocat_happy.gif",
    "gravatar_id": "",
    "url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat",
    "html_url": "https://github.com/octocat",
    "followers_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/followers",
    "following_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/following{/other_user}",
    "gists_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/gists{/gist_id}",
    "starred_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/starred{/owner}{/repo}",
    "subscriptions_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/subscriptions",
    "organizations_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/orgs",
    "repos_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/repos",
    "events_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/events{/privacy}",
    "received_events_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/received_events",
    "type": "User",
    "site_admin": false
  },
  "created_at": "2012-07-20T01:19:13Z",
  "updated_at": "2012-07-20T01:19:13Z",
  "statuses_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/example/deployments/1/statuses",
  "repository_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/example",
  "transient_environment": false,
  "production_environment": true
}

Resource not found

Status: 404 Not Found

Notes

Works with GitHub Apps

Preview notices

If an issue event is created via a GitHub App, the response will include the performed_via_github_app object with information about the GitHub App. For more information, see the related blog post. To receive the performed_via_github_app object in the response, you must provide a custom media type in the Accept header:

application/vnd.github.machine-man-preview

The inactive state and the log_url, environment_url, and auto_inactive parameters are currently available for developers to preview. Please see the blog post for full details.

To access the API during the preview period, you must provide a custom media type in the Accept header:

application/vnd.github.ant-man-preview+json

List deployment statuses

Users with pull access can view deployment statuses for a deployment:

get /repos/{owner}/{repo}/deployments/{deployment_id}/statuses

Parameters

Name	Type	In	Description
`accept`	string	header	Setting to `application/vnd.github.v3+json` is recommended. See preview notices
`owner`	string	path
`repo`	string	path
`deployment_id`	integer	path	deployment_id parameter
`per_page`	integer	query	Results per page (max 100).
`page`	integer	query	Page number of the results to fetch.

Code samples

Shell

curl \
  -H "Accept: application/vnd.github.v3+json" \
  http(s)://{hostname}/api/v3/repos/octocat/hello-world/deployments/42/statuses

JavaScript (@octokit/core.js)

await octokit.request('GET /repos/{owner}/{repo}/deployments/{deployment_id}/statuses', {
  owner: 'octocat',
  repo: 'hello-world',
  deployment_id: 42
})

Default response

Status: 200 OK

[
  {
    "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/example/deployments/42/statuses/1",
    "id": 1,
    "node_id": "MDE2OkRlcGxveW1lbnRTdGF0dXMx",
    "state": "success",
    "creator": {
      "login": "octocat",
      "id": 1,
      "node_id": "MDQ6VXNlcjE=",
      "avatar_url": "https://github.com/images/error/octocat_happy.gif",
      "gravatar_id": "",
      "url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat",
      "html_url": "https://github.com/octocat",
      "followers_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/followers",
      "following_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/following{/other_user}",
      "gists_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/gists{/gist_id}",
      "starred_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/starred{/owner}{/repo}",
      "subscriptions_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/subscriptions",
      "organizations_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/orgs",
      "repos_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/repos",
      "events_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/events{/privacy}",
      "received_events_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/received_events",
      "type": "User",
      "site_admin": false
    },
    "description": "Deployment finished successfully.",
    "environment": "production",
    "target_url": "https://example.com/deployment/42/output",
    "created_at": "2012-07-20T01:19:13Z",
    "updated_at": "2012-07-20T01:19:13Z",
    "deployment_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/example/deployments/42",
    "repository_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/example",
    "environment_url": "https://test-branch.lab.acme.com",
    "log_url": "https://example.com/deployment/42/output"
  }
]

Resource not found

Status: 404 Not Found

Notes

Works with GitHub Apps

Preview notices

New features in the Deployments API on GitHub are currently available during a public beta. Please see the blog post for full details.

To access the new environment parameter, the two new values for the state parameter (in_progress and queued), and use auto_inactive on production deployments during the public beta period, you must provide the following custom media type in the Accept header:

application/vnd.github.flash-preview+json

The inactive state and the log_url, environment_url, and auto_inactive parameters are currently available for developers to preview. Please see the blog post for full details.

To access the API during the preview period, you must provide a custom media type in the Accept header:

application/vnd.github.ant-man-preview+json

Create a deployment status

Users with push access can create deployment statuses for a given deployment.

GitHub Apps require read & write access to "Deployments" and read-only access to "Repo contents" (for private repos). OAuth Apps require the repo_deployment scope.

post /repos/{owner}/{repo}/deployments/{deployment_id}/statuses

Parameters

Name	Type	In	Description
`accept`	string	header	Setting to `application/vnd.github.v3+json` is recommended. See preview notices
`owner`	string	path
`repo`	string	path
`deployment_id`	integer	path	deployment_id parameter
`state`	string	body	Required. The state of the status. Can be one of `error`, `failure`, `inactive`, `in_progress`, `queued` `pending`, or `success`. Note: To use the `inactive` state, you must provide the `application/vnd.github.ant-man-preview+json` custom media type. To use the `in_progress` and `queued` states, you must provide the `application/vnd.github.flash-preview+json` custom media type. When you set a transient deployment to `inactive`, the deployment will be shown as `destroyed` in GitHub.
`target_url`	string	body	The target URL to associate with this status. This URL should contain output to keep the user updated while the task is running or serve as historical information for what happened in the deployment. Note: It's recommended to use the `log_url` parameter, which replaces `target_url`. Default:
`log_url`	string	body	The full URL of the deployment's output. This parameter replaces `target_url`. We will continue to accept `target_url` to support legacy uses, but we recommend replacing `target_url` with `log_url`. Setting `log_url` will automatically set `target_url` to the same value. Default: `""` Note: This parameter requires you to use the `application/vnd.github.ant-man-preview+json` custom media type. Note: This parameter requires you to use the `application/vnd.github.ant-man-preview+json` custom media type. Default:
`description`	string	body	A short description of the status. The maximum description length is 140 characters. Default:
`environment`	string	body	Name for the target deployment environment, which can be changed when setting a deploy status. For example, `production`, `staging`, or `qa`. Note: This parameter requires you to use the `application/vnd.github.flash-preview+json` custom media type.
`environment_url`	string	body	Sets the URL for accessing your environment. Default: `""` Note: This parameter requires you to use the `application/vnd.github.ant-man-preview+json` custom media type. Note: This parameter requires you to use the `application/vnd.github.ant-man-preview+json` custom media type. Default:
`auto_inactive`	boolean	body	Adds a new `inactive` status to all prior non-transient, non-production environment deployments with the same repository and `environment` name as the created status's deployment. An `inactive` status is only added to deployments that had a `success` state. Default: `true` Note: To add an `inactive` status to `production` environments, you must use the `application/vnd.github.flash-preview+json` custom media type. Note: This parameter requires you to use the `application/vnd.github.ant-man-preview+json` custom media type.

Code samples

Shell

curl \
  -X POST \
  -H "Accept: application/vnd.github.v3+json" \
  http(s)://{hostname}/api/v3/repos/octocat/hello-world/deployments/42/statuses \
  -d '{"state":"state"}'

JavaScript (@octokit/core.js)

await octokit.request('POST /repos/{owner}/{repo}/deployments/{deployment_id}/statuses', {
  owner: 'octocat',
  repo: 'hello-world',
  deployment_id: 42,
  state: 'state'
})

Default response

Status: 201 Created

{
  "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/example/deployments/42/statuses/1",
  "id": 1,
  "node_id": "MDE2OkRlcGxveW1lbnRTdGF0dXMx",
  "state": "success",
  "creator": {
    "login": "octocat",
    "id": 1,
    "node_id": "MDQ6VXNlcjE=",
    "avatar_url": "https://github.com/images/error/octocat_happy.gif",
    "gravatar_id": "",
    "url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat",
    "html_url": "https://github.com/octocat",
    "followers_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/followers",
    "following_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/following{/other_user}",
    "gists_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/gists{/gist_id}",
    "starred_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/starred{/owner}{/repo}",
    "subscriptions_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/subscriptions",
    "organizations_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/orgs",
    "repos_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/repos",
    "events_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/events{/privacy}",
    "received_events_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/received_events",
    "type": "User",
    "site_admin": false
  },
  "description": "Deployment finished successfully.",
  "environment": "production",
  "target_url": "https://example.com/deployment/42/output",
  "created_at": "2012-07-20T01:19:13Z",
  "updated_at": "2012-07-20T01:19:13Z",
  "deployment_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/example/deployments/42",
  "repository_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/example",
  "environment_url": "https://test-branch.lab.acme.com",
  "log_url": "https://example.com/deployment/42/output"
}

Validation failed

Status: 422 Unprocessable Entity

Notes

Works with GitHub Apps

Preview notices

New features in the Deployments API on GitHub are currently available during a public beta. Please see the blog post for full details.

application/vnd.github.flash-preview+json

The inactive state and the log_url, environment_url, and auto_inactive parameters are currently available for developers to preview. Please see the blog post for full details.

To access the API during the preview period, you must provide a custom media type in the Accept header:

application/vnd.github.ant-man-preview+json

Get a deployment status

Users with pull access can view a deployment status for a deployment:

get /repos/{owner}/{repo}/deployments/{deployment_id}/statuses/{status_id}

Parameters

Name	Type	In	Description
`accept`	string	header	Setting to `application/vnd.github.v3+json` is recommended. See preview notices
`owner`	string	path
`repo`	string	path
`deployment_id`	integer	path	deployment_id parameter
`status_id`	integer	path

Code samples

Shell

curl \
  -H "Accept: application/vnd.github.v3+json" \
  http(s)://{hostname}/api/v3/repos/octocat/hello-world/deployments/42/statuses/42

JavaScript (@octokit/core.js)

await octokit.request('GET /repos/{owner}/{repo}/deployments/{deployment_id}/statuses/{status_id}', {
  owner: 'octocat',
  repo: 'hello-world',
  deployment_id: 42,
  status_id: 42
})

Default response

Status: 200 OK

{
  "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/example/deployments/42/statuses/1",
  "id": 1,
  "node_id": "MDE2OkRlcGxveW1lbnRTdGF0dXMx",
  "state": "success",
  "creator": {
    "login": "octocat",
    "id": 1,
    "node_id": "MDQ6VXNlcjE=",
    "avatar_url": "https://github.com/images/error/octocat_happy.gif",
    "gravatar_id": "",
    "url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat",
    "html_url": "https://github.com/octocat",
    "followers_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/followers",
    "following_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/following{/other_user}",
    "gists_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/gists{/gist_id}",
    "starred_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/starred{/owner}{/repo}",
    "subscriptions_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/subscriptions",
    "organizations_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/orgs",
    "repos_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/repos",
    "events_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/events{/privacy}",
    "received_events_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/received_events",
    "type": "User",
    "site_admin": false
  },
  "description": "Deployment finished successfully.",
  "environment": "production",
  "target_url": "https://example.com/deployment/42/output",
  "created_at": "2012-07-20T01:19:13Z",
  "updated_at": "2012-07-20T01:19:13Z",
  "deployment_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/example/deployments/42",
  "repository_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/example",
  "environment_url": "https://test-branch.lab.acme.com",
  "log_url": "https://example.com/deployment/42/output"
}

Resource not found

Status: 404 Not Found

Preview header missing

Status: 415 Unsupported Media Type

Notes

Works with GitHub Apps

Preview notices

application/vnd.github.machine-man-preview

New features in the Deployments API on GitHub are currently available during a public beta. Please see the blog post for full details.

application/vnd.github.flash-preview+json

The inactive state and the log_url, environment_url, and auto_inactive parameters are currently available for developers to preview. Please see the blog post for full details.

To access the API during the preview period, you must provide a custom media type in the Accept header:

application/vnd.github.ant-man-preview+json

Forks

List forks

get /repos/{owner}/{repo}/forks

Parameters

Name	Type	In	Description
`accept`	string	header	Setting to `application/vnd.github.v3+json` is recommended.
`owner`	string	path
`repo`	string	path
`sort`	string	query	The sort order. Can be either `newest`, `oldest`, or `stargazers`.
`per_page`	integer	query	Results per page (max 100).
`page`	integer	query	Page number of the results to fetch.
`org`	string	query	legacy query parameter for specifying the org.
`organization`	string	query	legacy query parameter for specifying the org.

Code samples

Shell

curl \
  -H "Accept: application/vnd.github.v3+json" \
  http(s)://{hostname}/api/v3/repos/octocat/hello-world/forks

JavaScript (@octokit/core.js)

await octokit.request('GET /repos/{owner}/{repo}/forks', {
  owner: 'octocat',
  repo: 'hello-world'
})

Default response

Status: 200 OK

[
  {
    "id": 1296269,
    "node_id": "MDEwOlJlcG9zaXRvcnkxMjk2MjY5",
    "name": "Hello-World",
    "full_name": "octocat/Hello-World",
    "owner": {
      "login": "octocat",
      "id": 1,
      "node_id": "MDQ6VXNlcjE=",
      "avatar_url": "https://github.com/images/error/octocat_happy.gif",
      "gravatar_id": "",
      "url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat",
      "html_url": "https://github.com/octocat",
      "followers_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/followers",
      "following_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/following{/other_user}",
      "gists_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/gists{/gist_id}",
      "starred_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/starred{/owner}{/repo}",
      "subscriptions_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/subscriptions",
      "organizations_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/orgs",
      "repos_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/repos",
      "events_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/events{/privacy}",
      "received_events_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/received_events",
      "type": "User",
      "site_admin": false
    },
    "private": false,
    "html_url": "https://github.com/octocat/Hello-World",
    "description": "This your first repo!",
    "fork": true,
    "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World",
    "archive_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/{archive_format}{/ref}",
    "assignees_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/assignees{/user}",
    "blobs_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/git/blobs{/sha}",
    "branches_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/branches{/branch}",
    "collaborators_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/collaborators{/collaborator}",
    "comments_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/comments{/number}",
    "commits_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/commits{/sha}",
    "compare_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/compare/{base}...{head}",
    "contents_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/contents/{+path}",
    "contributors_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/contributors",
    "deployments_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/deployments",
    "downloads_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/downloads",
    "events_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/events",
    "forks_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/forks",
    "git_commits_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/git/commits{/sha}",
    "git_refs_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/git/refs{/sha}",
    "git_tags_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/git/tags{/sha}",
    "git_url": "git:github.com/octocat/Hello-World.git",
    "issue_comment_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/issues/comments{/number}",
    "issue_events_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/issues/events{/number}",
    "issues_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/issues{/number}",
    "keys_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/keys{/key_id}",
    "labels_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/labels{/name}",
    "languages_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/languages",
    "merges_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/merges",
    "milestones_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/milestones{/number}",
    "notifications_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/notifications{?since,all,participating}",
    "pulls_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/pulls{/number}",
    "releases_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/releases{/id}",
    "ssh_url": "git@github.com:octocat/Hello-World.git",
    "stargazers_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/stargazers",
    "statuses_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/statuses/{sha}",
    "subscribers_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/subscribers",
    "subscription_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/subscription",
    "tags_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/tags",
    "teams_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/teams",
    "trees_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/git/trees{/sha}",
    "clone_url": "https://github.com/octocat/Hello-World.git",
    "mirror_url": "git:git.example.com/octocat/Hello-World",
    "hooks_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/hooks",
    "svn_url": "https://svn.github.com/octocat/Hello-World",
    "homepage": "https://github.com",
    "language": null,
    "forks_count": 9,
    "stargazers_count": 80,
    "watchers_count": 80,
    "size": 108,
    "default_branch": "master",
    "open_issues_count": 0,
    "is_template": true,
    "topics": [
      "octocat",
      "atom",
      "electron",
      "api"
    ],
    "has_issues": true,
    "has_projects": true,
    "has_wiki": true,
    "has_pages": false,
    "has_downloads": true,
    "archived": false,
    "disabled": false,
    "visibility": "public",
    "pushed_at": "2011-01-26T19:06:43Z",
    "created_at": "2011-01-26T19:01:12Z",
    "updated_at": "2011-01-26T19:14:43Z",
    "permissions": {
      "admin": false,
      "push": false,
      "pull": true
    },
    "template_repository": null,
    "subscribers_count": 42,
    "network_count": 0,
    "anonymous_access_enabled": false,
    "license": {
      "key": "mit",
      "name": "MIT License",
      "spdx_id": "MIT",
      "url": "https://api.github.com/licenses/mit",
      "node_id": "MDc6TGljZW5zZW1pdA=="
    }
  }
]

Bad request

Status: 400 Bad Request

Notes

Works with GitHub Apps

Create a fork

Create a fork for the authenticated user.

Note: Forking a Repository happens asynchronously. You may have to wait a short period of time before you can access the git objects. If this takes longer than 5 minutes, be sure to contact GitHub Enterprise Server Support or GitHub Enterprise Server Premium Support.

post /repos/{owner}/{repo}/forks

Parameters

Name	Type	In	Description
`accept`	string	header	Setting to `application/vnd.github.v3+json` is recommended.
`owner`	string	path
`repo`	string	path
`org`	string	query	legacy query parameter for specifying the org.
`organization`	string	query	legacy query parameter for specifying the org.
`organization`	string	body	Optional parameter to specify the organization name if forking into an organization.

Code samples

Shell

curl \
  -X POST \
  -H "Accept: application/vnd.github.v3+json" \
  http(s)://{hostname}/api/v3/repos/octocat/hello-world/forks \
  -d '{"organization":"organization"}'

JavaScript (@octokit/core.js)

await octokit.request('POST /repos/{owner}/{repo}/forks', {
  owner: 'octocat',
  repo: 'hello-world',
  organization: 'organization'
})

Default response

Status: 202 Accepted

{
  "id": 1296269,
  "node_id": "MDEwOlJlcG9zaXRvcnkxMjk2MjY5",
  "name": "Hello-World",
  "full_name": "octocat/Hello-World",
  "owner": {
    "login": "octocat",
    "id": 1,
    "node_id": "MDQ6VXNlcjE=",
    "avatar_url": "https://github.com/images/error/octocat_happy.gif",
    "gravatar_id": "",
    "url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat",
    "html_url": "https://github.com/octocat",
    "followers_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/followers",
    "following_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/following{/other_user}",
    "gists_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/gists{/gist_id}",
    "starred_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/starred{/owner}{/repo}",
    "subscriptions_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/subscriptions",
    "organizations_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/orgs",
    "repos_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/repos",
    "events_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/events{/privacy}",
    "received_events_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/received_events",
    "type": "User",
    "site_admin": false
  },
  "private": false,
  "html_url": "https://github.com/octocat/Hello-World",
  "description": "This your first repo!",
  "fork": false,
  "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World",
  "archive_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/{archive_format}{/ref}",
  "assignees_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/assignees{/user}",
  "blobs_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/git/blobs{/sha}",
  "branches_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/branches{/branch}",
  "collaborators_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/collaborators{/collaborator}",
  "comments_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/comments{/number}",
  "commits_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/commits{/sha}",
  "compare_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/compare/{base}...{head}",
  "contents_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/contents/{+path}",
  "contributors_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/contributors",
  "deployments_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/deployments",
  "downloads_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/downloads",
  "events_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/events",
  "forks_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/forks",
  "git_commits_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/git/commits{/sha}",
  "git_refs_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/git/refs{/sha}",
  "git_tags_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/git/tags{/sha}",
  "git_url": "git:github.com/octocat/Hello-World.git",
  "issue_comment_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/issues/comments{/number}",
  "issue_events_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/issues/events{/number}",
  "issues_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/issues{/number}",
  "keys_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/keys{/key_id}",
  "labels_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/labels{/name}",
  "languages_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/languages",
  "merges_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/merges",
  "milestones_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/milestones{/number}",
  "notifications_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/notifications{?since,all,participating}",
  "pulls_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/pulls{/number}",
  "releases_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/releases{/id}",
  "ssh_url": "git@github.com:octocat/Hello-World.git",
  "stargazers_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/stargazers",
  "statuses_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/statuses/{sha}",
  "subscribers_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/subscribers",
  "subscription_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/subscription",
  "tags_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/tags",
  "teams_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/teams",
  "trees_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/git/trees{/sha}",
  "clone_url": "https://github.com/octocat/Hello-World.git",
  "mirror_url": "git:git.example.com/octocat/Hello-World",
  "hooks_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/hooks",
  "svn_url": "https://svn.github.com/octocat/Hello-World",
  "homepage": "https://github.com",
  "forks": 9,
  "forks_count": 9,
  "stargazers_count": 80,
  "watchers_count": 80,
  "watchers": 80,
  "size": 108,
  "default_branch": "master",
  "open_issues": 0,
  "open_issues_count": 0,
  "is_template": true,
  "license": {
    "key": "mit",
    "name": "MIT License",
    "url": "https://api.github.com/licenses/mit",
    "spdx_id": "MIT",
    "node_id": "MDc6TGljZW5zZW1pdA==",
    "html_url": "https://api.github.com/licenses/mit"
  },
  "topics": [
    "octocat",
    "atom",
    "electron",
    "api"
  ],
  "has_issues": true,
  "has_projects": true,
  "has_wiki": true,
  "has_pages": false,
  "has_downloads": true,
  "archived": false,
  "disabled": false,
  "visibility": "public",
  "pushed_at": "2011-01-26T19:06:43Z",
  "created_at": "2011-01-26T19:01:12Z",
  "updated_at": "2011-01-26T19:14:43Z",
  "permissions": {
    "admin": false,
    "push": false,
    "pull": true
  },
  "allow_rebase_merge": true,
  "allow_squash_merge": true,
  "allow_merge_commit": true,
  "subscribers_count": 42,
  "network_count": 0,
  "anonymous_access_enabled": false
}

Bad request

Status: 400 Bad Request

Forbidden

Status: 403 Forbidden

Resource not found

Status: 404 Not Found

Validation failed

Status: 422 Unprocessable Entity

Notes

Works with GitHub Apps

Invitations

The Repository Invitations API allows users or external services to invite other users to collaborate on a repo. The invited users (or external services on behalf of invited users) can choose to accept or decline the invitations.

Note that the repo:invite OAuth scope grants targeted access to invitations without also granting access to repository code, while the repo scope grants permission to code as well as invitations.

Invite a user to a repository

Use the API endpoint for adding a collaborator. For more information, see "Add a repository collaborator."

List repository invitations

When authenticating as a user with admin rights to a repository, this endpoint will list all currently open repository invitations.

get /repos/{owner}/{repo}/invitations

Parameters

Name	Type	In	Description
`accept`	string	header	Setting to `application/vnd.github.v3+json` is recommended.
`owner`	string	path
`repo`	string	path
`per_page`	integer	query	Results per page (max 100).
`page`	integer	query	Page number of the results to fetch.

Code samples

Shell

curl \
  -H "Accept: application/vnd.github.v3+json" \
  http(s)://{hostname}/api/v3/repos/octocat/hello-world/invitations

JavaScript (@octokit/core.js)

await octokit.request('GET /repos/{owner}/{repo}/invitations', {
  owner: 'octocat',
  repo: 'hello-world'
})

Default response

Status: 200 OK

[
  {
    "id": 1,
    "repository": {
      "id": 1296269,
      "node_id": "MDEwOlJlcG9zaXRvcnkxMjk2MjY5",
      "name": "Hello-World",
      "full_name": "octocat/Hello-World",
      "owner": {
        "login": "octocat",
        "id": 1,
        "node_id": "MDQ6VXNlcjE=",
        "avatar_url": "https://github.com/images/error/octocat_happy.gif",
        "gravatar_id": "",
        "url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat",
        "html_url": "https://github.com/octocat",
        "followers_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/followers",
        "following_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/following{/other_user}",
        "gists_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/gists{/gist_id}",
        "starred_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/starred{/owner}{/repo}",
        "subscriptions_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/subscriptions",
        "organizations_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/orgs",
        "repos_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/repos",
        "events_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/events{/privacy}",
        "received_events_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/received_events",
        "type": "User",
        "site_admin": false
      },
      "private": false,
      "html_url": "https://github.com/octocat/Hello-World",
      "description": "This your first repo!",
      "fork": false,
      "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World",
      "archive_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/{archive_format}{/ref}",
      "assignees_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/assignees{/user}",
      "blobs_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/git/blobs{/sha}",
      "branches_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/branches{/branch}",
      "collaborators_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/collaborators{/collaborator}",
      "comments_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/comments{/number}",
      "commits_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/commits{/sha}",
      "compare_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/compare/{base}...{head}",
      "contents_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/contents/{+path}",
      "contributors_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/contributors",
      "deployments_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/deployments",
      "downloads_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/downloads",
      "events_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/events",
      "forks_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/forks",
      "git_commits_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/git/commits{/sha}",
      "git_refs_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/git/refs{/sha}",
      "git_tags_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/git/tags{/sha}",
      "git_url": "git:github.com/octocat/Hello-World.git",
      "issue_comment_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/issues/comments{/number}",
      "issue_events_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/issues/events{/number}",
      "issues_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/issues{/number}",
      "keys_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/keys{/key_id}",
      "labels_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/labels{/name}",
      "languages_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/languages",
      "merges_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/merges",
      "milestones_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/milestones{/number}",
      "notifications_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/notifications{?since,all,participating}",
      "pulls_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/pulls{/number}",
      "releases_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/releases{/id}",
      "ssh_url": "git@github.com:octocat/Hello-World.git",
      "stargazers_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/stargazers",
      "statuses_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/statuses/{sha}",
      "subscribers_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/subscribers",
      "subscription_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/subscription",
      "tags_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/tags",
      "teams_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/teams",
      "trees_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/git/trees{/sha}",
      "hooks_url": "http://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/hooks"
    },
    "invitee": {
      "login": "octocat",
      "id": 1,
      "node_id": "MDQ6VXNlcjE=",
      "avatar_url": "https://github.com/images/error/octocat_happy.gif",
      "gravatar_id": "",
      "url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat",
      "html_url": "https://github.com/octocat",
      "followers_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/followers",
      "following_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/following{/other_user}",
      "gists_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/gists{/gist_id}",
      "starred_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/starred{/owner}{/repo}",
      "subscriptions_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/subscriptions",
      "organizations_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/orgs",
      "repos_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/repos",
      "events_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/events{/privacy}",
      "received_events_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/received_events",
      "type": "User",
      "site_admin": false
    },
    "inviter": {
      "login": "octocat",
      "id": 1,
      "node_id": "MDQ6VXNlcjE=",
      "avatar_url": "https://github.com/images/error/octocat_happy.gif",
      "gravatar_id": "",
      "url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat",
      "html_url": "https://github.com/octocat",
      "followers_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/followers",
      "following_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/following{/other_user}",
      "gists_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/gists{/gist_id}",
      "starred_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/starred{/owner}{/repo}",
      "subscriptions_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/subscriptions",
      "organizations_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/orgs",
      "repos_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/repos",
      "events_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/events{/privacy}",
      "received_events_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/received_events",
      "type": "User",
      "site_admin": false
    },
    "permissions": "write",
    "created_at": "2016-06-13T14:52:50-05:00",
    "url": "https://api.github.com/user/repository_invitations/1296269",
    "html_url": "https://github.com/octocat/Hello-World/invitations",
    "node_id": "MDQ6VXNlcjE="
  }
]

Notes

Works with GitHub Apps

Update a repository invitation

patch /repos/{owner}/{repo}/invitations/{invitation_id}

Parameters

Name	Type	In	Description
`accept`	string	header	Setting to `application/vnd.github.v3+json` is recommended.
`owner`	string	path
`repo`	string	path
`invitation_id`	integer	path	invitation_id parameter
`permissions`	string	body	The permissions that the associated user will have on the repository. Valid values are `read`, `write`, `maintain`, `triage`, and `admin`.

Code samples

Shell

curl \
  -X PATCH \
  -H "Accept: application/vnd.github.v3+json" \
  http(s)://{hostname}/api/v3/repos/octocat/hello-world/invitations/42 \
  -d '{"permissions":"permissions"}'

JavaScript (@octokit/core.js)

await octokit.request('PATCH /repos/{owner}/{repo}/invitations/{invitation_id}', {
  owner: 'octocat',
  repo: 'hello-world',
  invitation_id: 42,
  permissions: 'permissions'
})

Default response

Status: 200 OK

{
  "id": 1,
  "node_id": "MDEwOlJlcG9zaXRvcnkxMjk2MjY5",
  "repository": {
    "id": 1296269,
    "node_id": "MDEwOlJlcG9zaXRvcnkxMjk2MjY5",
    "name": "Hello-World",
    "full_name": "octocat/Hello-World",
    "owner": {
      "login": "octocat",
      "id": 1,
      "node_id": "MDQ6VXNlcjE=",
      "avatar_url": "https://github.com/images/error/octocat_happy.gif",
      "gravatar_id": "",
      "url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat",
      "html_url": "https://github.com/octocat",
      "followers_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/followers",
      "following_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/following{/other_user}",
      "gists_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/gists{/gist_id}",
      "starred_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/starred{/owner}{/repo}",
      "subscriptions_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/subscriptions",
      "organizations_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/orgs",
      "repos_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/repos",
      "events_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/events{/privacy}",
      "received_events_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/received_events",
      "type": "User",
      "site_admin": false
    },
    "private": false,
    "html_url": "https://github.com/octocat/Hello-World",
    "description": "This your first repo!",
    "fork": false,
    "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World",
    "archive_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/{archive_format}{/ref}",
    "assignees_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/assignees{/user}",
    "blobs_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/git/blobs{/sha}",
    "branches_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/branches{/branch}",
    "collaborators_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/collaborators{/collaborator}",
    "comments_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/comments{/number}",
    "commits_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/commits{/sha}",
    "compare_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/compare/{base}...{head}",
    "contents_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/contents/{+path}",
    "contributors_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/contributors",
    "deployments_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/deployments",
    "downloads_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/downloads",
    "events_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/events",
    "forks_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/forks",
    "git_commits_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/git/commits{/sha}",
    "git_refs_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/git/refs{/sha}",
    "git_tags_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/git/tags{/sha}",
    "git_url": "git:github.com/octocat/Hello-World.git",
    "issue_comment_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/issues/comments{/number}",
    "issue_events_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/issues/events{/number}",
    "issues_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/issues{/number}",
    "keys_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/keys{/key_id}",
    "labels_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/labels{/name}",
    "languages_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/languages",
    "merges_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/merges",
    "milestones_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/milestones{/number}",
    "notifications_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/notifications{?since,all,participating}",
    "pulls_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/pulls{/number}",
    "releases_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/releases{/id}",
    "ssh_url": "git@github.com:octocat/Hello-World.git",
    "stargazers_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/stargazers",
    "statuses_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/statuses/{sha}",
    "subscribers_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/subscribers",
    "subscription_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/subscription",
    "tags_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/tags",
    "teams_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/teams",
    "trees_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/git/trees{/sha}",
    "hooks_url": "http://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/hooks"
  },
  "invitee": {
    "login": "octocat",
    "id": 1,
    "node_id": "MDQ6VXNlcjE=",
    "avatar_url": "https://github.com/images/error/octocat_happy.gif",
    "gravatar_id": "",
    "url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat",
    "html_url": "https://github.com/octocat",
    "followers_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/followers",
    "following_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/following{/other_user}",
    "gists_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/gists{/gist_id}",
    "starred_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/starred{/owner}{/repo}",
    "subscriptions_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/subscriptions",
    "organizations_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/orgs",
    "repos_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/repos",
    "events_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/events{/privacy}",
    "received_events_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/received_events",
    "type": "User",
    "site_admin": false
  },
  "inviter": {
    "login": "octocat",
    "id": 1,
    "node_id": "MDQ6VXNlcjE=",
    "avatar_url": "https://github.com/images/error/octocat_happy.gif",
    "gravatar_id": "",
    "url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat",
    "html_url": "https://github.com/octocat",
    "followers_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/followers",
    "following_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/following{/other_user}",
    "gists_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/gists{/gist_id}",
    "starred_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/starred{/owner}{/repo}",
    "subscriptions_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/subscriptions",
    "organizations_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/orgs",
    "repos_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/repos",
    "events_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/events{/privacy}",
    "received_events_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/received_events",
    "type": "User",
    "site_admin": false
  },
  "permissions": "write",
  "created_at": "2016-06-13T14:52:50-05:00",
  "expired": false,
  "url": "https://api.github.com/user/repository_invitations/1296269",
  "html_url": "https://github.com/octocat/Hello-World/invitations"
}

Notes

Works with GitHub Apps

Delete a repository invitation

delete /repos/{owner}/{repo}/invitations/{invitation_id}

Parameters

Name	Type	In	Description
`accept`	string	header	Setting to `application/vnd.github.v3+json` is recommended.
`owner`	string	path
`repo`	string	path
`invitation_id`	integer	path	invitation_id parameter

Code samples

Shell

curl \
  -X DELETE \
  -H "Accept: application/vnd.github.v3+json" \
  http(s)://{hostname}/api/v3/repos/octocat/hello-world/invitations/42

JavaScript (@octokit/core.js)

await octokit.request('DELETE /repos/{owner}/{repo}/invitations/{invitation_id}', {
  owner: 'octocat',
  repo: 'hello-world',
  invitation_id: 42
})

Response

Status: 204 No Content

Notes

Works with GitHub Apps

List repository invitations for the authenticated user

When authenticating as a user, this endpoint will list all currently open repository invitations for that user.

get /user/repository_invitations

Parameters

Name	Type	In	Description
`accept`	string	header	Setting to `application/vnd.github.v3+json` is recommended.
`per_page`	integer	query	Results per page (max 100).
`page`	integer	query	Page number of the results to fetch.

Code samples

Shell

curl \
  -H "Accept: application/vnd.github.v3+json" \
  http(s)://{hostname}/api/v3/user/repository_invitations

JavaScript (@octokit/core.js)

await octokit.request('GET /user/repository_invitations')

Default response

Status: 200 OK

[
  {
    "id": 1,
    "repository": {
      "id": 1296269,
      "node_id": "MDEwOlJlcG9zaXRvcnkxMjk2MjY5",
      "name": "Hello-World",
      "full_name": "octocat/Hello-World",
      "owner": {
        "login": "octocat",
        "id": 1,
        "node_id": "MDQ6VXNlcjE=",
        "avatar_url": "https://github.com/images/error/octocat_happy.gif",
        "gravatar_id": "",
        "url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat",
        "html_url": "https://github.com/octocat",
        "followers_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/followers",
        "following_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/following{/other_user}",
        "gists_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/gists{/gist_id}",
        "starred_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/starred{/owner}{/repo}",
        "subscriptions_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/subscriptions",
        "organizations_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/orgs",
        "repos_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/repos",
        "events_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/events{/privacy}",
        "received_events_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/received_events",
        "type": "User",
        "site_admin": false
      },
      "private": false,
      "html_url": "https://github.com/octocat/Hello-World",
      "description": "This your first repo!",
      "fork": false,
      "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World",
      "archive_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/{archive_format}{/ref}",
      "assignees_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/assignees{/user}",
      "blobs_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/git/blobs{/sha}",
      "branches_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/branches{/branch}",
      "collaborators_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/collaborators{/collaborator}",
      "comments_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/comments{/number}",
      "commits_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/commits{/sha}",
      "compare_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/compare/{base}...{head}",
      "contents_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/contents/{+path}",
      "contributors_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/contributors",
      "deployments_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/deployments",
      "downloads_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/downloads",
      "events_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/events",
      "forks_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/forks",
      "git_commits_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/git/commits{/sha}",
      "git_refs_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/git/refs{/sha}",
      "git_tags_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/git/tags{/sha}",
      "git_url": "git:github.com/octocat/Hello-World.git",
      "issue_comment_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/issues/comments{/number}",
      "issue_events_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/issues/events{/number}",
      "issues_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/issues{/number}",
      "keys_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/keys{/key_id}",
      "labels_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/labels{/name}",
      "languages_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/languages",
      "merges_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/merges",
      "milestones_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/milestones{/number}",
      "notifications_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/notifications{?since,all,participating}",
      "pulls_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/pulls{/number}",
      "releases_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/releases{/id}",
      "ssh_url": "git@github.com:octocat/Hello-World.git",
      "stargazers_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/stargazers",
      "statuses_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/statuses/{sha}",
      "subscribers_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/subscribers",
      "subscription_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/subscription",
      "tags_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/tags",
      "teams_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/teams",
      "trees_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/git/trees{/sha}",
      "hooks_url": "http://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/hooks"
    },
    "invitee": {
      "login": "octocat",
      "id": 1,
      "node_id": "MDQ6VXNlcjE=",
      "avatar_url": "https://github.com/images/error/octocat_happy.gif",
      "gravatar_id": "",
      "url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat",
      "html_url": "https://github.com/octocat",
      "followers_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/followers",
      "following_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/following{/other_user}",
      "gists_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/gists{/gist_id}",
      "starred_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/starred{/owner}{/repo}",
      "subscriptions_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/subscriptions",
      "organizations_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/orgs",
      "repos_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/repos",
      "events_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/events{/privacy}",
      "received_events_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/received_events",
      "type": "User",
      "site_admin": false
    },
    "inviter": {
      "login": "octocat",
      "id": 1,
      "node_id": "MDQ6VXNlcjE=",
      "avatar_url": "https://github.com/images/error/octocat_happy.gif",
      "gravatar_id": "",
      "url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat",
      "html_url": "https://github.com/octocat",
      "followers_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/followers",
      "following_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/following{/other_user}",
      "gists_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/gists{/gist_id}",
      "starred_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/starred{/owner}{/repo}",
      "subscriptions_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/subscriptions",
      "organizations_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/orgs",
      "repos_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/repos",
      "events_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/events{/privacy}",
      "received_events_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/received_events",
      "type": "User",
      "site_admin": false
    },
    "permissions": "write",
    "created_at": "2016-06-13T14:52:50-05:00",
    "url": "https://api.github.com/user/repository_invitations/1296269",
    "html_url": "https://github.com/octocat/Hello-World/invitations",
    "node_id": "MDQ6VXNlcjE="
  }
]

Not modified

Status: 304 Not Modified

Requires authentication

Status: 401 Unauthorized

Forbidden

Status: 403 Forbidden

Resource not found

Status: 404 Not Found

Accept a repository invitation

patch /user/repository_invitations/{invitation_id}

Parameters

Name	Type	In	Description
`accept`	string	header	Setting to `application/vnd.github.v3+json` is recommended.
`invitation_id`	integer	path	invitation_id parameter

Code samples

Shell

curl \
  -X PATCH \
  -H "Accept: application/vnd.github.v3+json" \
  http(s)://{hostname}/api/v3/user/repository_invitations/42

JavaScript (@octokit/core.js)

await octokit.request('PATCH /user/repository_invitations/{invitation_id}', {
  invitation_id: 42
})

Response

Status: 204 No Content

Not modified

Status: 304 Not Modified

Forbidden

Status: 403 Forbidden

Resource not found

Status: 404 Not Found

Conflict

Status: 409 Conflict

Decline a repository invitation

delete /user/repository_invitations/{invitation_id}

Parameters

Name	Type	In	Description
`accept`	string	header	Setting to `application/vnd.github.v3+json` is recommended.
`invitation_id`	integer	path	invitation_id parameter

Code samples

Shell

curl \
  -X DELETE \
  -H "Accept: application/vnd.github.v3+json" \
  http(s)://{hostname}/api/v3/user/repository_invitations/42

JavaScript (@octokit/core.js)

await octokit.request('DELETE /user/repository_invitations/{invitation_id}', {
  invitation_id: 42
})

Response

Status: 204 No Content

Not modified

Status: 304 Not Modified

Forbidden

Status: 403 Forbidden

Resource not found

Status: 404 Not Found

Conflict

Status: 409 Conflict

Merging

The Repo Merging API supports merging branches in a repository. This accomplishes essentially the same thing as merging one branch into another in a local repository and then pushing to GitHub Enterprise Server. The benefit is that the merge is done on the server side and a local repository is not needed. This makes it more appropriate for automation and other tools where maintaining local repositories would be cumbersome and inefficient.

The authenticated user will be the author of any merges done through this endpoint.

Merge a branch

post /repos/{owner}/{repo}/merges

Parameters

Name	Type	In	Description
`accept`	string	header	Setting to `application/vnd.github.v3+json` is recommended.
`owner`	string	path
`repo`	string	path
`base`	string	body	Required. The name of the base branch that the head will be merged into.
`head`	string	body	Required. The head to merge. This can be a branch name or a commit SHA1.
`commit_message`	string	body	Commit message to use for the merge commit. If omitted, a default message will be used.

Code samples

Shell

curl \
  -X POST \
  -H "Accept: application/vnd.github.v3+json" \
  http(s)://{hostname}/api/v3/repos/octocat/hello-world/merges \
  -d '{"base":"base","head":"head"}'

JavaScript (@octokit/core.js)

await octokit.request('POST /repos/{owner}/{repo}/merges', {
  owner: 'octocat',
  repo: 'hello-world',
  base: 'base',
  head: 'head'
})

Default response

Status: 201 Created

{
  "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/commits/6dcb09b5b57875f334f61aebed695e2e4193db5e",
  "sha": "6dcb09b5b57875f334f61aebed695e2e4193db5e",
  "node_id": "MDY6Q29tbWl0NmRjYjA5YjViNTc4NzVmMzM0ZjYxYWViZWQ2OTVlMmU0MTkzZGI1ZQ==",
  "html_url": "https://github.com/octocat/Hello-World/commit/6dcb09b5b57875f334f61aebed695e2e4193db5e",
  "comments_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/commits/6dcb09b5b57875f334f61aebed695e2e4193db5e/comments",
  "commit": {
    "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/git/commits/6dcb09b5b57875f334f61aebed695e2e4193db5e",
    "author": {
      "name": "Monalisa Octocat",
      "email": "mona@github.com",
      "date": "2011-04-14T16:00:49Z"
    },
    "committer": {
      "name": "Monalisa Octocat",
      "email": "mona@github.com",
      "date": "2011-04-14T16:00:49Z"
    },
    "message": "Fix all the bugs",
    "tree": {
      "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/tree/6dcb09b5b57875f334f61aebed695e2e4193db5e",
      "sha": "6dcb09b5b57875f334f61aebed695e2e4193db5e"
    },
    "comment_count": 0,
    "verification": {
      "verified": false,
      "reason": "unsigned",
      "signature": null,
      "payload": null
    }
  },
  "author": {
    "login": "octocat",
    "id": 1,
    "node_id": "MDQ6VXNlcjE=",
    "avatar_url": "https://github.com/images/error/octocat_happy.gif",
    "gravatar_id": "",
    "url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat",
    "html_url": "https://github.com/octocat",
    "followers_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/followers",
    "following_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/following{/other_user}",
    "gists_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/gists{/gist_id}",
    "starred_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/starred{/owner}{/repo}",
    "subscriptions_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/subscriptions",
    "organizations_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/orgs",
    "repos_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/repos",
    "events_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/events{/privacy}",
    "received_events_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/received_events",
    "type": "User",
    "site_admin": false
  },
  "committer": {
    "login": "octocat",
    "id": 1,
    "node_id": "MDQ6VXNlcjE=",
    "avatar_url": "https://github.com/images/error/octocat_happy.gif",
    "gravatar_id": "",
    "url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat",
    "html_url": "https://github.com/octocat",
    "followers_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/followers",
    "following_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/following{/other_user}",
    "gists_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/gists{/gist_id}",
    "starred_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/starred{/owner}{/repo}",
    "subscriptions_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/subscriptions",
    "organizations_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/orgs",
    "repos_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/repos",
    "events_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/events{/privacy}",
    "received_events_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/received_events",
    "type": "User",
    "site_admin": false
  },
  "parents": [
    {
      "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/commits/6dcb09b5b57875f334f61aebed695e2e4193db5e",
      "sha": "6dcb09b5b57875f334f61aebed695e2e4193db5e"
    }
  ],
  "stats": {
    "additions": 104,
    "deletions": 4,
    "total": 108
  },
  "files": [
    {
      "filename": "file1.txt",
      "additions": 10,
      "deletions": 2,
      "changes": 12,
      "status": "modified",
      "raw_url": "https://github.com/octocat/Hello-World/raw/7ca483543807a51b6079e54ac4cc392bc29ae284/file1.txt",
      "blob_url": "https://github.com/octocat/Hello-World/blob/7ca483543807a51b6079e54ac4cc392bc29ae284/file1.txt",
      "patch": "@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@\n....."
    }
  ]
}

Forbidden

Status: 403 Forbidden

Response when the base or head does not exist

Status: 404 Not Found

Response when there is a merge conflict

Status: 409 Conflict

Validation failed

Status: 422 Unprocessable Entity

Notes

Works with GitHub Apps

Pages

The GitHub Pages API retrieves information about your GitHub Pages configuration, and the statuses of your builds. Information about the site and the builds can only be accessed by authenticated owners, even though the websites are public. For more information, see "About GitHub Pages."

In GitHub Pages API endpoints with a status key in their response, the value can be one of:

null: The site has yet to be built.
queued: The build has been requested but not yet begun.
building:The build is in progress.
built: The site has been built.
errored: Indicates an error occurred during the build.

In GitHub Pages API endpoints that return GitHub Pages site information, the JSON responses include these fields:

html_url: The absolute URL (including scheme) of the rendered Pages site. For example, https://username.github.io.
source: An object that contains the source branch and directory for the rendered Pages site. This includes:
- branch: The repository branch used to publish your site's source files. For example, main or gh-pages.
- path: The repository directory from which the site publishes. Will be either / or /docs.

Get a GitHub Enterprise Server Pages site

get /repos/{owner}/{repo}/pages

Parameters

Name	Type	In	Description
`accept`	string	header	Setting to `application/vnd.github.v3+json` is recommended.
`owner`	string	path
`repo`	string	path

Code samples

Shell

curl \
  -H "Accept: application/vnd.github.v3+json" \
  http(s)://{hostname}/api/v3/repos/octocat/hello-world/pages

JavaScript (@octokit/core.js)

await octokit.request('GET /repos/{owner}/{repo}/pages', {
  owner: 'octocat',
  repo: 'hello-world'
})

Default response

Status: 200 OK

{
  "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/github/developer.github.com/pages",
  "status": "built",
  "cname": "developer.github.com",
  "custom_404": false,
  "html_url": "https://developer.github.com",
  "source": {
    "branch": "master",
    "path": "/"
  },
  "public": true
}

Resource not found

Status: 404 Not Found

Notes

Works with GitHub Apps

Create a GitHub Pages site

Configures a GitHub Enterprise Server Pages site. For more information, see "About GitHub Pages."

post /repos/{owner}/{repo}/pages

Parameters

Name Type In Description

accept

string

header

This API is under preview and subject to change. See preview notice

owner string path

repo string path

source

object

body

Required. The source branch and directory used to publish your Pages site.

Properties of the `source` object

`branch` (string)	Required. The repository branch used to publish your site's source files. Can be either `master` or `gh-pages`.
`path` (string)	The repository directory that includes the source files for the Pages site. When `branch` is `master`, you can change `path` to `/docs`. When `branch` is `gh-pages`, you are unable to specify a `path` other than `/`.

Code samples

Shell

curl \
  -X POST \
  -H "Accept: application/vnd.github.switcheroo-preview+json" \
  http(s)://{hostname}/api/v3/repos/octocat/hello-world/pages \
  -d '{"source":{"branch":"branch","path":"path"}}'

JavaScript (@octokit/core.js)

await octokit.request('POST /repos/{owner}/{repo}/pages', {
  owner: 'octocat',
  repo: 'hello-world',
  source: {
    branch: 'branch',
    path: 'path'
  },
  mediaType: {
    previews: [
      'switcheroo'
    ]
  }
})

Default response

Status: 201 Created

{
  "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/github/developer.github.com/pages",
  "status": "built",
  "cname": "developer.github.com",
  "custom_404": false,
  "html_url": "https://developer.github.com",
  "source": {
    "branch": "master",
    "path": "/"
  },
  "public": true
}

Conflict

Status: 409 Conflict

Preview header missing

Status: 415 Unsupported Media Type

Validation failed

Status: 422 Unprocessable Entity

Notes

Works with GitHub Apps

Preview notice

Enabling and disabling Pages in the Pages API is currently available for developers to preview. See the blog post preview for more details. To access the new endpoints during the preview period, you must provide a custom media type in the Accept header:

application/vnd.github.switcheroo-preview+json

☝️ This header is required.

Update information about a GitHub Pages site

Updates information for a GitHub Enterprise Server Pages site. For more information, see "About GitHub Pages.

put /repos/{owner}/{repo}/pages

Parameters

Name	Type	In	Description
`accept`	string	header	Setting to `application/vnd.github.v3+json` is recommended.
`owner`	string	path
`repo`	string	path
`public`	boolean	body	Configures access controls for the GitHub Pages site. If public is set to `true`, the site is accessible to anyone on the internet. If set to `false`, the site will only be accessible to users who have at least `read` access to the repository that published the site. This includes anyone in your Enterprise if the repository is set to `internal` visibility. This feature is only available to repositories in an organization on an Enterprise plan.
`source`	string	body	Update the source for the repository. Must include the branch name, and may optionally specify the subdirectory `/docs`. Possible values are `"gh-pages"`, `"master"`, and `"master /docs"`.

Code samples

Shell

curl \
  -X PUT \
  -H "Accept: application/vnd.github.v3+json" \
  http(s)://{hostname}/api/v3/repos/octocat/hello-world/pages \
  -d '{"public":true}'

JavaScript (@octokit/core.js)

await octokit.request('PUT /repos/{owner}/{repo}/pages', {
  owner: 'octocat',
  repo: 'hello-world',
  'public': true
})

Response

Status: 204 No Content

Bad request

Status: 400 Bad Request

Validation failed

Status: 422 Unprocessable Entity

Notes

Works with GitHub Apps

Delete a GitHub Enterprise Server Pages site

delete /repos/{owner}/{repo}/pages

Parameters

Name	Type	In	Description
`accept`	string	header	This API is under preview and subject to change. See preview notice
`owner`	string	path
`repo`	string	path

Code samples

Shell

curl \
  -X DELETE \
  -H "Accept: application/vnd.github.switcheroo-preview+json" \
  http(s)://{hostname}/api/v3/repos/octocat/hello-world/pages

JavaScript (@octokit/core.js)

await octokit.request('DELETE /repos/{owner}/{repo}/pages', {
  owner: 'octocat',
  repo: 'hello-world',
  mediaType: {
    previews: [
      'switcheroo'
    ]
  }
})

Response

Status: 204 No Content

Resource not found

Status: 404 Not Found

Preview header missing

Status: 415 Unsupported Media Type

Validation failed

Status: 422 Unprocessable Entity

Notes

Works with GitHub Apps

Preview notice

application/vnd.github.switcheroo-preview+json

☝️ This header is required.

List GitHub Enterprise Server Pages builds

get /repos/{owner}/{repo}/pages/builds

Parameters

Name	Type	In	Description
`accept`	string	header	Setting to `application/vnd.github.v3+json` is recommended.
`owner`	string	path
`repo`	string	path
`per_page`	integer	query	Results per page (max 100).
`page`	integer	query	Page number of the results to fetch.

Code samples

Shell

curl \
  -H "Accept: application/vnd.github.v3+json" \
  http(s)://{hostname}/api/v3/repos/octocat/hello-world/pages/builds

JavaScript (@octokit/core.js)

await octokit.request('GET /repos/{owner}/{repo}/pages/builds', {
  owner: 'octocat',
  repo: 'hello-world'
})

Default response

Status: 200 OK

[
  {
    "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/github/developer.github.com/pages/builds/5472601",
    "status": "built",
    "error": {
      "message": null
    },
    "pusher": {
      "login": "octocat",
      "id": 1,
      "node_id": "MDQ6VXNlcjE=",
      "avatar_url": "https://github.com/images/error/octocat_happy.gif",
      "gravatar_id": "",
      "url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat",
      "html_url": "https://github.com/octocat",
      "followers_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/followers",
      "following_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/following{/other_user}",
      "gists_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/gists{/gist_id}",
      "starred_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/starred{/owner}{/repo}",
      "subscriptions_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/subscriptions",
      "organizations_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/orgs",
      "repos_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/repos",
      "events_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/events{/privacy}",
      "received_events_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/received_events",
      "type": "User",
      "site_admin": false
    },
    "commit": "351391cdcb88ffae71ec3028c91f375a8036a26b",
    "duration": 2104,
    "created_at": "2014-02-10T19:00:49Z",
    "updated_at": "2014-02-10T19:00:51Z"
  }
]

Notes

Works with GitHub Apps

Request a GitHub Enterprise Server Pages build

You can request that your site be built from the latest revision on the default branch. This has the same effect as pushing a commit to your default branch, but does not require an additional commit. Manually triggering page builds can be helpful when diagnosing build warnings and failures.

Build requests are limited to one concurrent build per repository and one concurrent build per requester. If you request a build while another is still in progress, the second request will be queued until the first completes.

post /repos/{owner}/{repo}/pages/builds

Parameters

Name	Type	In	Description
`accept`	string	header	Setting to `application/vnd.github.v3+json` is recommended.
`owner`	string	path
`repo`	string	path

Code samples

Shell

curl \
  -X POST \
  -H "Accept: application/vnd.github.v3+json" \
  http(s)://{hostname}/api/v3/repos/octocat/hello-world/pages/builds

JavaScript (@octokit/core.js)

await octokit.request('POST /repos/{owner}/{repo}/pages/builds', {
  owner: 'octocat',
  repo: 'hello-world'
})

Default response

Status: 201 Created

{
  "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/github/developer.github.com/pages/builds/latest",
  "status": "queued"
}

Notes

Works with GitHub Apps

Get latest Pages build

get /repos/{owner}/{repo}/pages/builds/latest

Parameters

Name	Type	In	Description
`accept`	string	header	Setting to `application/vnd.github.v3+json` is recommended.
`owner`	string	path
`repo`	string	path

Code samples

Shell

curl \
  -H "Accept: application/vnd.github.v3+json" \
  http(s)://{hostname}/api/v3/repos/octocat/hello-world/pages/builds/latest

JavaScript (@octokit/core.js)

await octokit.request('GET /repos/{owner}/{repo}/pages/builds/latest', {
  owner: 'octocat',
  repo: 'hello-world'
})

Default response

Status: 200 OK

{
  "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/github/developer.github.com/pages/builds/5472601",
  "status": "built",
  "error": {
    "message": null
  },
  "pusher": {
    "login": "octocat",
    "id": 1,
    "node_id": "MDQ6VXNlcjE=",
    "avatar_url": "https://github.com/images/error/octocat_happy.gif",
    "gravatar_id": "",
    "url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat",
    "html_url": "https://github.com/octocat",
    "followers_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/followers",
    "following_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/following{/other_user}",
    "gists_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/gists{/gist_id}",
    "starred_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/starred{/owner}{/repo}",
    "subscriptions_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/subscriptions",
    "organizations_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/orgs",
    "repos_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/repos",
    "events_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/events{/privacy}",
    "received_events_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/received_events",
    "type": "User",
    "site_admin": false
  },
  "commit": "351391cdcb88ffae71ec3028c91f375a8036a26b",
  "duration": 2104,
  "created_at": "2014-02-10T19:00:49Z",
  "updated_at": "2014-02-10T19:00:51Z"
}

Notes

Works with GitHub Apps

Get GitHub Enterprise Server Pages build

get /repos/{owner}/{repo}/pages/builds/{build_id}

Parameters

Name	Type	In	Description
`accept`	string	header	Setting to `application/vnd.github.v3+json` is recommended.
`owner`	string	path
`repo`	string	path
`build_id`	integer	path

Code samples

Shell

curl \
  -H "Accept: application/vnd.github.v3+json" \
  http(s)://{hostname}/api/v3/repos/octocat/hello-world/pages/builds/42

JavaScript (@octokit/core.js)

await octokit.request('GET /repos/{owner}/{repo}/pages/builds/{build_id}', {
  owner: 'octocat',
  repo: 'hello-world',
  build_id: 42
})

Default response

Status: 200 OK

{
  "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/github/developer.github.com/pages/builds/5472601",
  "status": "built",
  "error": {
    "message": null
  },
  "pusher": {
    "login": "octocat",
    "id": 1,
    "node_id": "MDQ6VXNlcjE=",
    "avatar_url": "https://github.com/images/error/octocat_happy.gif",
    "gravatar_id": "",
    "url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat",
    "html_url": "https://github.com/octocat",
    "followers_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/followers",
    "following_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/following{/other_user}",
    "gists_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/gists{/gist_id}",
    "starred_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/starred{/owner}{/repo}",
    "subscriptions_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/subscriptions",
    "organizations_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/orgs",
    "repos_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/repos",
    "events_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/events{/privacy}",
    "received_events_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/received_events",
    "type": "User",
    "site_admin": false
  },
  "commit": "351391cdcb88ffae71ec3028c91f375a8036a26b",
  "duration": 2104,
  "created_at": "2014-02-10T19:00:49Z",
  "updated_at": "2014-02-10T19:00:51Z"
}

Notes

Works with GitHub Apps

Veröffentlichungen

Note: The Releases API replaces the Downloads API. You can retrieve the download count and browser download URL from the endpoints in this API that return releases and release assets.

List releases

This returns a list of releases, which does not include regular Git tags that have not been associated with a release. To get a list of Git tags, use the Repository Tags API.

Information about published releases are available to everyone. Only users with push access will receive listings for draft releases.

get /repos/{owner}/{repo}/releases

Parameters

Name	Type	In	Description
`accept`	string	header	Setting to `application/vnd.github.v3+json` is recommended.
`owner`	string	path
`repo`	string	path
`per_page`	integer	query	Results per page (max 100).
`page`	integer	query	Page number of the results to fetch.

Code samples

Shell

curl \
  -H "Accept: application/vnd.github.v3+json" \
  http(s)://{hostname}/api/v3/repos/octocat/hello-world/releases

JavaScript (@octokit/core.js)

await octokit.request('GET /repos/{owner}/{repo}/releases', {
  owner: 'octocat',
  repo: 'hello-world'
})

Default response

Status: 200 OK

[
  {
    "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/releases/1",
    "html_url": "https://github.com/octocat/Hello-World/releases/v1.0.0",
    "assets_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/releases/1/assets",
    "upload_url": "https://uploads.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/releases/1/assets{?name,label}",
    "tarball_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/tarball/v1.0.0",
    "zipball_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/zipball/v1.0.0",
    "id": 1,
    "node_id": "MDc6UmVsZWFzZTE=",
    "tag_name": "v1.0.0",
    "target_commitish": "master",
    "name": "v1.0.0",
    "body": "Description of the release",
    "draft": false,
    "prerelease": false,
    "created_at": "2013-02-27T19:35:32Z",
    "published_at": "2013-02-27T19:35:32Z",
    "author": {
      "login": "octocat",
      "id": 1,
      "node_id": "MDQ6VXNlcjE=",
      "avatar_url": "https://github.com/images/error/octocat_happy.gif",
      "gravatar_id": "",
      "url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat",
      "html_url": "https://github.com/octocat",
      "followers_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/followers",
      "following_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/following{/other_user}",
      "gists_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/gists{/gist_id}",
      "starred_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/starred{/owner}{/repo}",
      "subscriptions_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/subscriptions",
      "organizations_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/orgs",
      "repos_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/repos",
      "events_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/events{/privacy}",
      "received_events_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/received_events",
      "type": "User",
      "site_admin": false
    },
    "assets": [
      {
        "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/releases/assets/1",
        "browser_download_url": "https://github.com/octocat/Hello-World/releases/download/v1.0.0/example.zip",
        "id": 1,
        "node_id": "MDEyOlJlbGVhc2VBc3NldDE=",
        "name": "example.zip",
        "label": "short description",
        "state": "uploaded",
        "content_type": "application/zip",
        "size": 1024,
        "download_count": 42,
        "created_at": "2013-02-27T19:35:32Z",
        "updated_at": "2013-02-27T19:35:32Z",
        "uploader": {
          "login": "octocat",
          "id": 1,
          "node_id": "MDQ6VXNlcjE=",
          "avatar_url": "https://github.com/images/error/octocat_happy.gif",
          "gravatar_id": "",
          "url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat",
          "html_url": "https://github.com/octocat",
          "followers_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/followers",
          "following_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/following{/other_user}",
          "gists_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/gists{/gist_id}",
          "starred_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/starred{/owner}{/repo}",
          "subscriptions_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/subscriptions",
          "organizations_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/orgs",
          "repos_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/repos",
          "events_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/events{/privacy}",
          "received_events_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/received_events",
          "type": "User",
          "site_admin": false
        }
      }
    ]
  }
]

Resource not found

Status: 404 Not Found

Notes

Works with GitHub Apps

Create a release

Users with push access to the repository can create a release.

This endpoint triggers notifications. Creating content too quickly using this endpoint may result in abuse rate limiting. See "Abuse rate limits" and "Dealing with abuse rate limits" for details.

post /repos/{owner}/{repo}/releases

Parameters

Name	Type	In	Description
`accept`	string	header	Setting to `application/vnd.github.v3+json` is recommended.
`owner`	string	path
`repo`	string	path
`tag_name`	string	body	Required. The name of the tag.
`target_commitish`	string	body	Specifies the commitish value that determines where the Git tag is created from. Can be any branch or commit SHA. Unused if the Git tag already exists. Default: the repository's default branch (usually `master`).
`name`	string	body	The name of the release.
`body`	string	body	Text describing the contents of the tag.
`draft`	boolean	body	`true` to create a draft (unpublished) release, `false` to create a published one.
`prerelease`	boolean	body	`true` to identify the release as a prerelease. `false` to identify the release as a full release.

Code samples

Shell

curl \
  -X POST \
  -H "Accept: application/vnd.github.v3+json" \
  http(s)://{hostname}/api/v3/repos/octocat/hello-world/releases \
  -d '{"tag_name":"tag_name"}'

JavaScript (@octokit/core.js)

await octokit.request('POST /repos/{owner}/{repo}/releases', {
  owner: 'octocat',
  repo: 'hello-world',
  tag_name: 'tag_name'
})

Default response

Status: 201 Created

{
  "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/releases/1",
  "html_url": "https://github.com/octocat/Hello-World/releases/v1.0.0",
  "assets_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/releases/1/assets",
  "upload_url": "https://uploads.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/releases/1/assets{?name,label}",
  "tarball_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/tarball/v1.0.0",
  "zipball_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/zipball/v1.0.0",
  "id": 1,
  "node_id": "MDc6UmVsZWFzZTE=",
  "tag_name": "v1.0.0",
  "target_commitish": "master",
  "name": "v1.0.0",
  "body": "Description of the release",
  "draft": false,
  "prerelease": false,
  "created_at": "2013-02-27T19:35:32Z",
  "published_at": "2013-02-27T19:35:32Z",
  "author": {
    "login": "octocat",
    "id": 1,
    "node_id": "MDQ6VXNlcjE=",
    "avatar_url": "https://github.com/images/error/octocat_happy.gif",
    "gravatar_id": "",
    "url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat",
    "html_url": "https://github.com/octocat",
    "followers_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/followers",
    "following_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/following{/other_user}",
    "gists_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/gists{/gist_id}",
    "starred_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/starred{/owner}{/repo}",
    "subscriptions_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/subscriptions",
    "organizations_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/orgs",
    "repos_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/repos",
    "events_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/events{/privacy}",
    "received_events_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/received_events",
    "type": "User",
    "site_admin": false
  },
  "assets": [
    {
      "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/releases/assets/1",
      "browser_download_url": "https://github.com/octocat/Hello-World/releases/download/v1.0.0/example.zip",
      "id": 1,
      "node_id": "MDEyOlJlbGVhc2VBc3NldDE=",
      "name": "example.zip",
      "label": "short description",
      "state": "uploaded",
      "content_type": "application/zip",
      "size": 1024,
      "download_count": 42,
      "created_at": "2013-02-27T19:35:32Z",
      "updated_at": "2013-02-27T19:35:32Z",
      "uploader": {
        "login": "octocat",
        "id": 1,
        "node_id": "MDQ6VXNlcjE=",
        "avatar_url": "https://github.com/images/error/octocat_happy.gif",
        "gravatar_id": "",
        "url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat",
        "html_url": "https://github.com/octocat",
        "followers_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/followers",
        "following_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/following{/other_user}",
        "gists_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/gists{/gist_id}",
        "starred_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/starred{/owner}{/repo}",
        "subscriptions_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/subscriptions",
        "organizations_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/orgs",
        "repos_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/repos",
        "events_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/events{/privacy}",
        "received_events_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/received_events",
        "type": "User",
        "site_admin": false
      }
    }
  ]
}

Validation failed

Status: 422 Unprocessable Entity

Notes

Works with GitHub Apps

Get a release asset

To download the asset's binary content, set the Accept header of the request to application/octet-stream. The API will either redirect the client to the location, or stream it directly if possible. API clients should handle both a 200 or 302 response.

get /repos/{owner}/{repo}/releases/assets/{asset_id}

Parameters

Name	Type	In	Description
`accept`	string	header	Setting to `application/vnd.github.v3+json` is recommended.
`owner`	string	path
`repo`	string	path
`asset_id`	integer	path	asset_id parameter

Code samples

Shell

curl \
  -H "Accept: application/vnd.github.v3+json" \
  http(s)://{hostname}/api/v3/repos/octocat/hello-world/releases/assets/42

JavaScript (@octokit/core.js)

await octokit.request('GET /repos/{owner}/{repo}/releases/assets/{asset_id}', {
  owner: 'octocat',
  repo: 'hello-world',
  asset_id: 42
})

Default response

Status: 200 OK

{
  "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/releases/assets/1",
  "browser_download_url": "https://github.com/octocat/Hello-World/releases/download/v1.0.0/example.zip",
  "id": 1,
  "node_id": "MDEyOlJlbGVhc2VBc3NldDE=",
  "name": "example.zip",
  "label": "short description",
  "state": "uploaded",
  "content_type": "application/zip",
  "size": 1024,
  "download_count": 42,
  "created_at": "2013-02-27T19:35:32Z",
  "updated_at": "2013-02-27T19:35:32Z",
  "uploader": {
    "login": "octocat",
    "id": 1,
    "node_id": "MDQ6VXNlcjE=",
    "avatar_url": "https://github.com/images/error/octocat_happy.gif",
    "gravatar_id": "",
    "url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat",
    "html_url": "https://github.com/octocat",
    "followers_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/followers",
    "following_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/following{/other_user}",
    "gists_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/gists{/gist_id}",
    "starred_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/starred{/owner}{/repo}",
    "subscriptions_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/subscriptions",
    "organizations_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/orgs",
    "repos_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/repos",
    "events_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/events{/privacy}",
    "received_events_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/received_events",
    "type": "User",
    "site_admin": false
  }
}

Found

Status: 302 Found

Resource not found

Status: 404 Not Found

Preview header missing

Status: 415 Unsupported Media Type

Notes

Works with GitHub Apps

Update a release asset

Users with push access to the repository can edit a release asset.

patch /repos/{owner}/{repo}/releases/assets/{asset_id}

Parameters

Name	Type	In	Description
`accept`	string	header	Setting to `application/vnd.github.v3+json` is recommended.
`owner`	string	path
`repo`	string	path
`asset_id`	integer	path	asset_id parameter
`name`	string	body	The file name of the asset.
`label`	string	body	An alternate short description of the asset. Used in place of the filename.
`state`	string	body	undefined

Code samples

Shell

curl \
  -X PATCH \
  -H "Accept: application/vnd.github.v3+json" \
  http(s)://{hostname}/api/v3/repos/octocat/hello-world/releases/assets/42 \
  -d '{"name":"name"}'

JavaScript (@octokit/core.js)

await octokit.request('PATCH /repos/{owner}/{repo}/releases/assets/{asset_id}', {
  owner: 'octocat',
  repo: 'hello-world',
  asset_id: 42,
  name: 'name'
})

Default response

Status: 200 OK

{
  "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/releases/assets/1",
  "browser_download_url": "https://github.com/octocat/Hello-World/releases/download/v1.0.0/example.zip",
  "id": 1,
  "node_id": "MDEyOlJlbGVhc2VBc3NldDE=",
  "name": "example.zip",
  "label": "short description",
  "state": "uploaded",
  "content_type": "application/zip",
  "size": 1024,
  "download_count": 42,
  "created_at": "2013-02-27T19:35:32Z",
  "updated_at": "2013-02-27T19:35:32Z",
  "uploader": {
    "login": "octocat",
    "id": 1,
    "node_id": "MDQ6VXNlcjE=",
    "avatar_url": "https://github.com/images/error/octocat_happy.gif",
    "gravatar_id": "",
    "url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat",
    "html_url": "https://github.com/octocat",
    "followers_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/followers",
    "following_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/following{/other_user}",
    "gists_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/gists{/gist_id}",
    "starred_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/starred{/owner}{/repo}",
    "subscriptions_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/subscriptions",
    "organizations_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/orgs",
    "repos_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/repos",
    "events_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/events{/privacy}",
    "received_events_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/received_events",
    "type": "User",
    "site_admin": false
  }
}

Notes

Works with GitHub Apps

Delete a release asset

delete /repos/{owner}/{repo}/releases/assets/{asset_id}

Parameters

Name	Type	In	Description
`accept`	string	header	Setting to `application/vnd.github.v3+json` is recommended.
`owner`	string	path
`repo`	string	path
`asset_id`	integer	path	asset_id parameter

Code samples

Shell

curl \
  -X DELETE \
  -H "Accept: application/vnd.github.v3+json" \
  http(s)://{hostname}/api/v3/repos/octocat/hello-world/releases/assets/42

JavaScript (@octokit/core.js)

await octokit.request('DELETE /repos/{owner}/{repo}/releases/assets/{asset_id}', {
  owner: 'octocat',
  repo: 'hello-world',
  asset_id: 42
})

Response

Status: 204 No Content

Notes

Works with GitHub Apps

Get the latest release

View the latest published full release for the repository.

The latest release is the most recent non-prerelease, non-draft release, sorted by the created_at attribute. The created_at attribute is the date of the commit used for the release, and not the date when the release was drafted or published.

get /repos/{owner}/{repo}/releases/latest

Parameters

Name	Type	In	Description
`accept`	string	header	Setting to `application/vnd.github.v3+json` is recommended.
`owner`	string	path
`repo`	string	path

Code samples

Shell

curl \
  -H "Accept: application/vnd.github.v3+json" \
  http(s)://{hostname}/api/v3/repos/octocat/hello-world/releases/latest

JavaScript (@octokit/core.js)

await octokit.request('GET /repos/{owner}/{repo}/releases/latest', {
  owner: 'octocat',
  repo: 'hello-world'
})

Default response

Status: 200 OK

{
  "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/releases/1",
  "html_url": "https://github.com/octocat/Hello-World/releases/v1.0.0",
  "assets_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/releases/1/assets",
  "upload_url": "https://uploads.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/releases/1/assets{?name,label}",
  "tarball_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/tarball/v1.0.0",
  "zipball_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/zipball/v1.0.0",
  "id": 1,
  "node_id": "MDc6UmVsZWFzZTE=",
  "tag_name": "v1.0.0",
  "target_commitish": "master",
  "name": "v1.0.0",
  "body": "Description of the release",
  "draft": false,
  "prerelease": false,
  "created_at": "2013-02-27T19:35:32Z",
  "published_at": "2013-02-27T19:35:32Z",
  "author": {
    "login": "octocat",
    "id": 1,
    "node_id": "MDQ6VXNlcjE=",
    "avatar_url": "https://github.com/images/error/octocat_happy.gif",
    "gravatar_id": "",
    "url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat",
    "html_url": "https://github.com/octocat",
    "followers_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/followers",
    "following_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/following{/other_user}",
    "gists_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/gists{/gist_id}",
    "starred_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/starred{/owner}{/repo}",
    "subscriptions_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/subscriptions",
    "organizations_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/orgs",
    "repos_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/repos",
    "events_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/events{/privacy}",
    "received_events_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/received_events",
    "type": "User",
    "site_admin": false
  },
  "assets": [
    {
      "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/releases/assets/1",
      "browser_download_url": "https://github.com/octocat/Hello-World/releases/download/v1.0.0/example.zip",
      "id": 1,
      "node_id": "MDEyOlJlbGVhc2VBc3NldDE=",
      "name": "example.zip",
      "label": "short description",
      "state": "uploaded",
      "content_type": "application/zip",
      "size": 1024,
      "download_count": 42,
      "created_at": "2013-02-27T19:35:32Z",
      "updated_at": "2013-02-27T19:35:32Z",
      "uploader": {
        "login": "octocat",
        "id": 1,
        "node_id": "MDQ6VXNlcjE=",
        "avatar_url": "https://github.com/images/error/octocat_happy.gif",
        "gravatar_id": "",
        "url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat",
        "html_url": "https://github.com/octocat",
        "followers_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/followers",
        "following_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/following{/other_user}",
        "gists_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/gists{/gist_id}",
        "starred_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/starred{/owner}{/repo}",
        "subscriptions_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/subscriptions",
        "organizations_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/orgs",
        "repos_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/repos",
        "events_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/events{/privacy}",
        "received_events_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/received_events",
        "type": "User",
        "site_admin": false
      }
    }
  ]
}

Notes

Works with GitHub Apps

Get a release by tag name

Get a published release with the specified tag.

get /repos/{owner}/{repo}/releases/tags/{tag}

Parameters

Name	Type	In	Description
`accept`	string	header	Setting to `application/vnd.github.v3+json` is recommended.
`owner`	string	path
`repo`	string	path
`tag`	string	path	tag parameter

Code samples

Shell

curl \
  -H "Accept: application/vnd.github.v3+json" \
  http(s)://{hostname}/api/v3/repos/octocat/hello-world/releases/tags/TAG

JavaScript (@octokit/core.js)

await octokit.request('GET /repos/{owner}/{repo}/releases/tags/{tag}', {
  owner: 'octocat',
  repo: 'hello-world',
  tag: 'tag'
})

Default response

Status: 200 OK

{
  "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/releases/1",
  "html_url": "https://github.com/octocat/Hello-World/releases/v1.0.0",
  "assets_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/releases/1/assets",
  "upload_url": "https://uploads.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/releases/1/assets{?name,label}",
  "tarball_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/tarball/v1.0.0",
  "zipball_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/zipball/v1.0.0",
  "id": 1,
  "node_id": "MDc6UmVsZWFzZTE=",
  "tag_name": "v1.0.0",
  "target_commitish": "master",
  "name": "v1.0.0",
  "body": "Description of the release",
  "draft": false,
  "prerelease": false,
  "created_at": "2013-02-27T19:35:32Z",
  "published_at": "2013-02-27T19:35:32Z",
  "author": {
    "login": "octocat",
    "id": 1,
    "node_id": "MDQ6VXNlcjE=",
    "avatar_url": "https://github.com/images/error/octocat_happy.gif",
    "gravatar_id": "",
    "url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat",
    "html_url": "https://github.com/octocat",
    "followers_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/followers",
    "following_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/following{/other_user}",
    "gists_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/gists{/gist_id}",
    "starred_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/starred{/owner}{/repo}",
    "subscriptions_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/subscriptions",
    "organizations_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/orgs",
    "repos_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/repos",
    "events_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/events{/privacy}",
    "received_events_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/received_events",
    "type": "User",
    "site_admin": false
  },
  "assets": [
    {
      "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/releases/assets/1",
      "browser_download_url": "https://github.com/octocat/Hello-World/releases/download/v1.0.0/example.zip",
      "id": 1,
      "node_id": "MDEyOlJlbGVhc2VBc3NldDE=",
      "name": "example.zip",
      "label": "short description",
      "state": "uploaded",
      "content_type": "application/zip",
      "size": 1024,
      "download_count": 42,
      "created_at": "2013-02-27T19:35:32Z",
      "updated_at": "2013-02-27T19:35:32Z",
      "uploader": {
        "login": "octocat",
        "id": 1,
        "node_id": "MDQ6VXNlcjE=",
        "avatar_url": "https://github.com/images/error/octocat_happy.gif",
        "gravatar_id": "",
        "url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat",
        "html_url": "https://github.com/octocat",
        "followers_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/followers",
        "following_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/following{/other_user}",
        "gists_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/gists{/gist_id}",
        "starred_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/starred{/owner}{/repo}",
        "subscriptions_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/subscriptions",
        "organizations_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/orgs",
        "repos_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/repos",
        "events_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/events{/privacy}",
        "received_events_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/received_events",
        "type": "User",
        "site_admin": false
      }
    }
  ]
}

Resource not found

Status: 404 Not Found

Notes

Works with GitHub Apps

Get a release

Note: This returns an upload_url key corresponding to the endpoint for uploading release assets. This key is a hypermedia resource.

get /repos/{owner}/{repo}/releases/{release_id}

Parameters

Name	Type	In	Description
`accept`	string	header	Setting to `application/vnd.github.v3+json` is recommended.
`owner`	string	path
`repo`	string	path
`release_id`	integer	path	release_id parameter

Code samples

Shell

curl \
  -H "Accept: application/vnd.github.v3+json" \
  http(s)://{hostname}/api/v3/repos/octocat/hello-world/releases/42

JavaScript (@octokit/core.js)

await octokit.request('GET /repos/{owner}/{repo}/releases/{release_id}', {
  owner: 'octocat',
  repo: 'hello-world',
  release_id: 42
})

Default response

Status: 200 OK

{
  "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/releases/1",
  "html_url": "https://github.com/octocat/Hello-World/releases/v1.0.0",
  "assets_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/releases/1/assets",
  "upload_url": "https://uploads.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/releases/1/assets{?name,label}",
  "tarball_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/tarball/v1.0.0",
  "zipball_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/zipball/v1.0.0",
  "id": 1,
  "node_id": "MDc6UmVsZWFzZTE=",
  "tag_name": "v1.0.0",
  "target_commitish": "master",
  "name": "v1.0.0",
  "body": "Description of the release",
  "draft": false,
  "prerelease": false,
  "created_at": "2013-02-27T19:35:32Z",
  "published_at": "2013-02-27T19:35:32Z",
  "author": {
    "login": "octocat",
    "id": 1,
    "node_id": "MDQ6VXNlcjE=",
    "avatar_url": "https://github.com/images/error/octocat_happy.gif",
    "gravatar_id": "",
    "url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat",
    "html_url": "https://github.com/octocat",
    "followers_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/followers",
    "following_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/following{/other_user}",
    "gists_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/gists{/gist_id}",
    "starred_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/starred{/owner}{/repo}",
    "subscriptions_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/subscriptions",
    "organizations_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/orgs",
    "repos_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/repos",
    "events_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/events{/privacy}",
    "received_events_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/received_events",
    "type": "User",
    "site_admin": false
  },
  "assets": [
    {
      "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/releases/assets/1",
      "browser_download_url": "https://github.com/octocat/Hello-World/releases/download/v1.0.0/example.zip",
      "id": 1,
      "node_id": "MDEyOlJlbGVhc2VBc3NldDE=",
      "name": "example.zip",
      "label": "short description",
      "state": "uploaded",
      "content_type": "application/zip",
      "size": 1024,
      "download_count": 42,
      "created_at": "2013-02-27T19:35:32Z",
      "updated_at": "2013-02-27T19:35:32Z",
      "uploader": {
        "login": "octocat",
        "id": 1,
        "node_id": "MDQ6VXNlcjE=",
        "avatar_url": "https://github.com/images/error/octocat_happy.gif",
        "gravatar_id": "",
        "url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat",
        "html_url": "https://github.com/octocat",
        "followers_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/followers",
        "following_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/following{/other_user}",
        "gists_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/gists{/gist_id}",
        "starred_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/starred{/owner}{/repo}",
        "subscriptions_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/subscriptions",
        "organizations_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/orgs",
        "repos_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/repos",
        "events_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/events{/privacy}",
        "received_events_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/received_events",
        "type": "User",
        "site_admin": false
      }
    }
  ]
}

Resource not found

Status: 404 Not Found

Notes

Works with GitHub Apps

Update a release

Users with push access to the repository can edit a release.

patch /repos/{owner}/{repo}/releases/{release_id}

Parameters

Name	Type	In	Description
`accept`	string	header	Setting to `application/vnd.github.v3+json` is recommended.
`owner`	string	path
`repo`	string	path
`release_id`	integer	path	release_id parameter
`tag_name`	string	body	The name of the tag.
`target_commitish`	string	body	Specifies the commitish value that determines where the Git tag is created from. Can be any branch or commit SHA. Unused if the Git tag already exists. Default: the repository's default branch (usually `master`).
`name`	string	body	The name of the release.
`body`	string	body	Text describing the contents of the tag.
`draft`	boolean	body	`true` makes the release a draft, and `false` publishes the release.
`prerelease`	boolean	body	`true` to identify the release as a prerelease, `false` to identify the release as a full release.

Code samples

Shell

curl \
  -X PATCH \
  -H "Accept: application/vnd.github.v3+json" \
  http(s)://{hostname}/api/v3/repos/octocat/hello-world/releases/42 \
  -d '{"tag_name":"tag_name"}'

JavaScript (@octokit/core.js)

await octokit.request('PATCH /repos/{owner}/{repo}/releases/{release_id}', {
  owner: 'octocat',
  repo: 'hello-world',
  release_id: 42,
  tag_name: 'tag_name'
})

Default response

Status: 200 OK

{
  "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/releases/1",
  "html_url": "https://github.com/octocat/Hello-World/releases/v1.0.0",
  "assets_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/releases/1/assets",
  "upload_url": "https://uploads.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/releases/1/assets{?name,label}",
  "tarball_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/tarball/v1.0.0",
  "zipball_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/zipball/v1.0.0",
  "id": 1,
  "node_id": "MDc6UmVsZWFzZTE=",
  "tag_name": "v1.0.0",
  "target_commitish": "master",
  "name": "v1.0.0",
  "body": "Description of the release",
  "draft": false,
  "prerelease": false,
  "created_at": "2013-02-27T19:35:32Z",
  "published_at": "2013-02-27T19:35:32Z",
  "author": {
    "login": "octocat",
    "id": 1,
    "node_id": "MDQ6VXNlcjE=",
    "avatar_url": "https://github.com/images/error/octocat_happy.gif",
    "gravatar_id": "",
    "url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat",
    "html_url": "https://github.com/octocat",
    "followers_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/followers",
    "following_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/following{/other_user}",
    "gists_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/gists{/gist_id}",
    "starred_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/starred{/owner}{/repo}",
    "subscriptions_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/subscriptions",
    "organizations_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/orgs",
    "repos_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/repos",
    "events_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/events{/privacy}",
    "received_events_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/received_events",
    "type": "User",
    "site_admin": false
  },
  "assets": [
    {
      "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/releases/assets/1",
      "browser_download_url": "https://github.com/octocat/Hello-World/releases/download/v1.0.0/example.zip",
      "id": 1,
      "node_id": "MDEyOlJlbGVhc2VBc3NldDE=",
      "name": "example.zip",
      "label": "short description",
      "state": "uploaded",
      "content_type": "application/zip",
      "size": 1024,
      "download_count": 42,
      "created_at": "2013-02-27T19:35:32Z",
      "updated_at": "2013-02-27T19:35:32Z",
      "uploader": {
        "login": "octocat",
        "id": 1,
        "node_id": "MDQ6VXNlcjE=",
        "avatar_url": "https://github.com/images/error/octocat_happy.gif",
        "gravatar_id": "",
        "url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat",
        "html_url": "https://github.com/octocat",
        "followers_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/followers",
        "following_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/following{/other_user}",
        "gists_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/gists{/gist_id}",
        "starred_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/starred{/owner}{/repo}",
        "subscriptions_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/subscriptions",
        "organizations_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/orgs",
        "repos_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/repos",
        "events_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/events{/privacy}",
        "received_events_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/received_events",
        "type": "User",
        "site_admin": false
      }
    }
  ]
}

Notes

Works with GitHub Apps

Delete a release

Users with push access to the repository can delete a release.

delete /repos/{owner}/{repo}/releases/{release_id}

Parameters

Name	Type	In	Description
`accept`	string	header	Setting to `application/vnd.github.v3+json` is recommended.
`owner`	string	path
`repo`	string	path
`release_id`	integer	path	release_id parameter

Code samples

Shell

curl \
  -X DELETE \
  -H "Accept: application/vnd.github.v3+json" \
  http(s)://{hostname}/api/v3/repos/octocat/hello-world/releases/42

JavaScript (@octokit/core.js)

await octokit.request('DELETE /repos/{owner}/{repo}/releases/{release_id}', {
  owner: 'octocat',
  repo: 'hello-world',
  release_id: 42
})

Response

Status: 204 No Content

Notes

Works with GitHub Apps

List release assets

get /repos/{owner}/{repo}/releases/{release_id}/assets

Parameters

Name	Type	In	Description
`accept`	string	header	Setting to `application/vnd.github.v3+json` is recommended.
`owner`	string	path
`repo`	string	path
`release_id`	integer	path	release_id parameter
`per_page`	integer	query	Results per page (max 100).
`page`	integer	query	Page number of the results to fetch.

Code samples

Shell

curl \
  -H "Accept: application/vnd.github.v3+json" \
  http(s)://{hostname}/api/v3/repos/octocat/hello-world/releases/42/assets

JavaScript (@octokit/core.js)

await octokit.request('GET /repos/{owner}/{repo}/releases/{release_id}/assets', {
  owner: 'octocat',
  repo: 'hello-world',
  release_id: 42
})

Default response

Status: 200 OK

[
  {
    "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/releases/assets/1",
    "browser_download_url": "https://github.com/octocat/Hello-World/releases/download/v1.0.0/example.zip",
    "id": 1,
    "node_id": "MDEyOlJlbGVhc2VBc3NldDE=",
    "name": "example.zip",
    "label": "short description",
    "state": "uploaded",
    "content_type": "application/zip",
    "size": 1024,
    "download_count": 42,
    "created_at": "2013-02-27T19:35:32Z",
    "updated_at": "2013-02-27T19:35:32Z",
    "uploader": {
      "login": "octocat",
      "id": 1,
      "node_id": "MDQ6VXNlcjE=",
      "avatar_url": "https://github.com/images/error/octocat_happy.gif",
      "gravatar_id": "",
      "url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat",
      "html_url": "https://github.com/octocat",
      "followers_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/followers",
      "following_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/following{/other_user}",
      "gists_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/gists{/gist_id}",
      "starred_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/starred{/owner}{/repo}",
      "subscriptions_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/subscriptions",
      "organizations_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/orgs",
      "repos_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/repos",
      "events_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/events{/privacy}",
      "received_events_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/received_events",
      "type": "User",
      "site_admin": false
    }
  }
]

Notes

Works with GitHub Apps

Upload a release asset

This endpoint makes use of a Hypermedia relation to determine which URL to access. The endpoint you call to upload release assets is specific to your release. Use the upload_url returned in the response of the Create a release endpoint to upload a release asset.

You need to use an HTTP client which supports SNI to make calls to this endpoint.

Most libraries will set the required Content-Length header automatically. Use the required Content-Type header to provide the media type of the asset. For a list of media types, see Media Types. For example:

application/zip

GitHub Enterprise Server expects the asset data in its raw binary form, rather than JSON. You will send the raw binary content of the asset as the request body. Everything else about the endpoint is the same as the rest of the API. For example, you'll still need to pass your authentication to be able to upload an asset.

When an upstream failure occurs, you will receive a 502 Bad Gateway status. This may leave an empty asset with a state of starter. It can be safely deleted.

Notes:

GitHub Enterprise Server renames asset filenames that have special characters, non-alphanumeric characters, and leading or trailing periods. The "List assets for a release" endpoint lists the renamed filenames. For more information and help, contact GitHub Enterprise Server Support.
If you upload an asset with the same filename as another uploaded asset, you'll receive an error and must delete the old file before you can re-upload the new asset.

post /repos/{owner}/{repo}/releases/{release_id}/assets

Parameters

Name	Type	In	Description
`accept`	string	header	Setting to `application/vnd.github.v3+json` is recommended.
`owner`	string	path
`repo`	string	path
`release_id`	integer	path	release_id parameter
`name`	string	query
`label`	string	query

Code samples

Shell

curl \
  -X POST \
  -H "Accept: application/vnd.github.v3+json" \
  http(s)://{hostname}/api/v3/repos/octocat/hello-world/releases/42/assets

JavaScript (@octokit/core.js)

await octokit.request('POST /repos/{owner}/{repo}/releases/{release_id}/assets', {
  owner: 'octocat',
  repo: 'hello-world',
  release_id: 42
})

Response for successful upload

Status: 201 Created

{
  "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/releases/assets/1",
  "browser_download_url": "https://github.com/octocat/Hello-World/releases/download/v1.0.0/example.zip",
  "id": 1,
  "node_id": "MDEyOlJlbGVhc2VBc3NldDE=",
  "name": "example.zip",
  "label": "short description",
  "state": "uploaded",
  "content_type": "application/zip",
  "size": 1024,
  "download_count": 42,
  "created_at": "2013-02-27T19:35:32Z",
  "updated_at": "2013-02-27T19:35:32Z",
  "uploader": {
    "login": "octocat",
    "id": 1,
    "node_id": "MDQ6VXNlcjE=",
    "avatar_url": "https://github.com/images/error/octocat_happy.gif",
    "gravatar_id": "",
    "url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat",
    "html_url": "https://github.com/octocat",
    "followers_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/followers",
    "following_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/following{/other_user}",
    "gists_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/gists{/gist_id}",
    "starred_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/starred{/owner}{/repo}",
    "subscriptions_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/subscriptions",
    "organizations_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/orgs",
    "repos_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/repos",
    "events_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/events{/privacy}",
    "received_events_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/received_events",
    "type": "User",
    "site_admin": false
  }
}

Notes

Works with GitHub Apps

Statistics

The Repository Statistics API allows you to fetch the data that GitHub Enterprise Server uses for visualizing different types of repository activity.

A word about caching

Computing repository statistics is an expensive operation, so we try to return cached data whenever possible. If the data hasn't been cached when you query a repository's statistics, you'll receive a 202 response; a background job is also fired to start compiling these statistics. Give the job a few moments to complete, and then submit the request again. If the job has completed, that request will receive a 200 response with the statistics in the response body.

Repository statistics are cached by the SHA of the repository's default branch; pushing to the default branch resets the statistics cache.

Statistics exclude some types of commits

The statistics exposed by the API match the statistics shown by different repository graphs.

To summarize:

All statistics exclude merge commits.
Contributor statistics also exclude empty commits.

Get the weekly commit activity

Returns a weekly aggregate of the number of additions and deletions pushed to a repository.

get /repos/{owner}/{repo}/stats/code_frequency

Parameters

Name	Type	In	Description
`accept`	string	header	Setting to `application/vnd.github.v3+json` is recommended.
`owner`	string	path
`repo`	string	path

Code samples

Shell

curl \
  -H "Accept: application/vnd.github.v3+json" \
  http(s)://{hostname}/api/v3/repos/octocat/hello-world/stats/code_frequency

JavaScript (@octokit/core.js)

await octokit.request('GET /repos/{owner}/{repo}/stats/code_frequency', {
  owner: 'octocat',
  repo: 'hello-world'
})

Default response

Status: 200 OK

[
  [
    1302998400,
    1124,
    -435
  ]
]

Notes

Works with GitHub Apps

Get the last year of commit activity

Returns the last year of commit activity grouped by week. The days array is a group of commits per day, starting on Sunday.

get /repos/{owner}/{repo}/stats/commit_activity

Parameters

Name	Type	In	Description
`accept`	string	header	Setting to `application/vnd.github.v3+json` is recommended.
`owner`	string	path
`repo`	string	path

Code samples

Shell

curl \
  -H "Accept: application/vnd.github.v3+json" \
  http(s)://{hostname}/api/v3/repos/octocat/hello-world/stats/commit_activity

JavaScript (@octokit/core.js)

await octokit.request('GET /repos/{owner}/{repo}/stats/commit_activity', {
  owner: 'octocat',
  repo: 'hello-world'
})

Default response

Status: 200 OK

[
  {
    "days": [
      0,
      3,
      26,
      20,
      39,
      1,
      0
    ],
    "total": 89,
    "week": 1336280400
  }
]

Notes

Works with GitHub Apps

Get all contributor commit activity

Returns the total number of commits authored by the contributor. In addition, the response includes a Weekly Hash (weeks array) with the following information:

w - Start of the week, given as a Unix timestamp.
a - Number of additions
d - Number of deletions
c - Number of commits

get /repos/{owner}/{repo}/stats/contributors

Parameters

Name	Type	In	Description
`accept`	string	header	Setting to `application/vnd.github.v3+json` is recommended.
`owner`	string	path
`repo`	string	path

Code samples

Shell

curl \
  -H "Accept: application/vnd.github.v3+json" \
  http(s)://{hostname}/api/v3/repos/octocat/hello-world/stats/contributors

JavaScript (@octokit/core.js)

await octokit.request('GET /repos/{owner}/{repo}/stats/contributors', {
  owner: 'octocat',
  repo: 'hello-world'
})

Default response

Status: 200 OK

[
  {
    "author": {
      "login": "octocat",
      "id": 1,
      "node_id": "MDQ6VXNlcjE=",
      "avatar_url": "https://github.com/images/error/octocat_happy.gif",
      "gravatar_id": "",
      "url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat",
      "html_url": "https://github.com/octocat",
      "followers_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/followers",
      "following_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/following{/other_user}",
      "gists_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/gists{/gist_id}",
      "starred_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/starred{/owner}{/repo}",
      "subscriptions_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/subscriptions",
      "organizations_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/orgs",
      "repos_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/repos",
      "events_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/events{/privacy}",
      "received_events_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/received_events",
      "type": "User",
      "site_admin": false
    },
    "total": 135,
    "weeks": [
      {
        "w": "1367712000",
        "a": 6898,
        "d": 77,
        "c": 10
      }
    ]
  }
]

Notes

Works with GitHub Apps

Get the weekly commit count

Returns the total commit counts for the owner and total commit counts in all. all is everyone combined, including the owner in the last 52 weeks. If you'd like to get the commit counts for non-owners, you can subtract owner from all.

The array order is oldest week (index 0) to most recent week.

get /repos/{owner}/{repo}/stats/participation

Parameters

Name	Type	In	Description
`accept`	string	header	Setting to `application/vnd.github.v3+json` is recommended.
`owner`	string	path
`repo`	string	path

Code samples

Shell

curl \
  -H "Accept: application/vnd.github.v3+json" \
  http(s)://{hostname}/api/v3/repos/octocat/hello-world/stats/participation

JavaScript (@octokit/core.js)

await octokit.request('GET /repos/{owner}/{repo}/stats/participation', {
  owner: 'octocat',
  repo: 'hello-world'
})

Default response

Status: 200 OK

Resource not found

Status: 404 Not Found

Notes

Works with GitHub Apps

Get the hourly commit count for each day

Each array contains the day number, hour number, and number of commits:

0-6: Sunday - Saturday
0-23: Hour of day
Number of commits

For example, [2, 14, 25] indicates that there were 25 total commits, during the 2:00pm hour on Tuesdays. All times are based on the time zone of individual commits.

get /repos/{owner}/{repo}/stats/punch_card

Parameters

Name	Type	In	Description
`accept`	string	header	Setting to `application/vnd.github.v3+json` is recommended.
`owner`	string	path
`repo`	string	path

Code samples

Shell

curl \
  -H "Accept: application/vnd.github.v3+json" \
  http(s)://{hostname}/api/v3/repos/octocat/hello-world/stats/punch_card

JavaScript (@octokit/core.js)

await octokit.request('GET /repos/{owner}/{repo}/stats/punch_card', {
  owner: 'octocat',
  repo: 'hello-world'
})

Default response

Status: 200 OK

Notes

Works with GitHub Apps

Status

The status API allows external services to mark commits with an error, failure, pending, or success state, which is then reflected in pull requests involving those commits.

Statuses can also include an optional description and target_url, and we highly recommend providing them as they make statuses much more useful in the GitHub UI.

As an example, one common use is for continuous integration services to mark commits as passing or failing builds using status. The target_url would be the full URL to the build output, and the description would be the high level summary of what happened with the build.

Statuses can include a context to indicate what service is providing that status. For example, you may have your continuous integration service push statuses with a context of ci, and a security audit tool push statuses with a context of security. You can then use the Get the combined status for a specific reference to retrieve the whole status for a commit.

Note that the repo:status OAuth scope grants targeted access to statuses without also granting access to repository code, while the repo scope grants permission to code as well as statuses.

If you are developing a GitHub App and want to provide more detailed information about an external service, you may want to use the Checks API.

Get the combined status for a specific reference

Users with pull access in a repository can access a combined view of commit statuses for a given ref. The ref can be a SHA, a branch name, or a tag name.

The most recent status for each context is returned, up to 100. This field paginates if there are over 100 contexts.

Additionally, a combined state is returned. The state is one of:

failure if any of the contexts report as error or failure
pending if there are no statuses or a context is pending
success if the latest status for all contexts is success

get /repos/{owner}/{repo}/commits/{ref}/status

Parameters

Name	Type	In	Description
`accept`	string	header	Setting to `application/vnd.github.v3+json` is recommended.
`owner`	string	path
`repo`	string	path
`ref`	string	path	ref parameter
`per_page`	integer	query	Results per page (max 100).
`page`	integer	query	Page number of the results to fetch.

Code samples

Shell

curl \
  -H "Accept: application/vnd.github.v3+json" \
  http(s)://{hostname}/api/v3/repos/octocat/hello-world/commits/REF/status

JavaScript (@octokit/core.js)

await octokit.request('GET /repos/{owner}/{repo}/commits/{ref}/status', {
  owner: 'octocat',
  repo: 'hello-world',
  ref: 'ref'
})

Default response

Status: 200 OK

{
  "state": "success",
  "statuses": [
    {
      "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/statuses/6dcb09b5b57875f334f61aebed695e2e4193db5e",
      "avatar_url": "https://github.com/images/error/hubot_happy.gif",
      "id": 1,
      "node_id": "MDY6U3RhdHVzMQ==",
      "state": "success",
      "description": "Build has completed successfully",
      "target_url": "https://ci.example.com/1000/output",
      "context": "continuous-integration/jenkins",
      "created_at": "2012-07-20T01:19:13Z",
      "updated_at": "2012-07-20T01:19:13Z"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/statuses/6dcb09b5b57875f334f61aebed695e2e4193db5e",
      "avatar_url": "https://github.com/images/error/other_user_happy.gif",
      "id": 2,
      "node_id": "MDY6U3RhdHVzMg==",
      "state": "success",
      "description": "Testing has completed successfully",
      "target_url": "https://ci.example.com/2000/output",
      "context": "security/brakeman",
      "created_at": "2012-08-20T01:19:13Z",
      "updated_at": "2012-08-20T01:19:13Z"
    }
  ],
  "sha": "6dcb09b5b57875f334f61aebed695e2e4193db5e",
  "total_count": 2,
  "repository": {
    "id": 1296269,
    "node_id": "MDEwOlJlcG9zaXRvcnkxMjk2MjY5",
    "name": "Hello-World",
    "full_name": "octocat/Hello-World",
    "owner": {
      "login": "octocat",
      "id": 1,
      "node_id": "MDQ6VXNlcjE=",
      "avatar_url": "https://github.com/images/error/octocat_happy.gif",
      "gravatar_id": "",
      "url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat",
      "html_url": "https://github.com/octocat",
      "followers_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/followers",
      "following_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/following{/other_user}",
      "gists_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/gists{/gist_id}",
      "starred_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/starred{/owner}{/repo}",
      "subscriptions_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/subscriptions",
      "organizations_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/orgs",
      "repos_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/repos",
      "events_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/events{/privacy}",
      "received_events_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/received_events",
      "type": "User",
      "site_admin": false
    },
    "private": false,
    "html_url": "https://github.com/octocat/Hello-World",
    "description": "This your first repo!",
    "fork": false,
    "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World",
    "archive_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/{archive_format}{/ref}",
    "assignees_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/assignees{/user}",
    "blobs_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/git/blobs{/sha}",
    "branches_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/branches{/branch}",
    "collaborators_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/collaborators{/collaborator}",
    "comments_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/comments{/number}",
    "commits_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/commits{/sha}",
    "compare_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/compare/{base}...{head}",
    "contents_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/contents/{+path}",
    "contributors_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/contributors",
    "deployments_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/deployments",
    "downloads_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/downloads",
    "events_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/events",
    "forks_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/forks",
    "git_commits_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/git/commits{/sha}",
    "git_refs_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/git/refs{/sha}",
    "git_tags_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/git/tags{/sha}",
    "git_url": "git:github.com/octocat/Hello-World.git",
    "issue_comment_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/issues/comments{/number}",
    "issue_events_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/issues/events{/number}",
    "issues_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/issues{/number}",
    "keys_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/keys{/key_id}",
    "labels_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/labels{/name}",
    "languages_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/languages",
    "merges_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/merges",
    "milestones_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/milestones{/number}",
    "notifications_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/notifications{?since,all,participating}",
    "pulls_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/pulls{/number}",
    "releases_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/releases{/id}",
    "ssh_url": "git@github.com:octocat/Hello-World.git",
    "stargazers_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/stargazers",
    "statuses_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/statuses/{sha}",
    "subscribers_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/subscribers",
    "subscription_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/subscription",
    "tags_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/tags",
    "teams_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/teams",
    "trees_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/git/trees{/sha}",
    "hooks_url": "http://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/hooks"
  },
  "commit_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/6dcb09b5b57875f334f61aebed695e2e4193db5e",
  "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/6dcb09b5b57875f334f61aebed695e2e4193db5e/status"
}

Resource not found

Status: 404 Not Found

Notes

Works with GitHub Apps

List commit statuses for a reference

Users with pull access in a repository can view commit statuses for a given ref. The ref can be a SHA, a branch name, or a tag name. Statuses are returned in reverse chronological order. The first status in the list will be the latest one.

This resource is also available via a legacy route: GET /repos/:owner/:repo/statuses/:ref.

get /repos/{owner}/{repo}/commits/{ref}/statuses

Parameters

Name	Type	In	Description
`accept`	string	header	Setting to `application/vnd.github.v3+json` is recommended.
`owner`	string	path
`repo`	string	path
`ref`	string	path	ref parameter
`per_page`	integer	query	Results per page (max 100).
`page`	integer	query	Page number of the results to fetch.

Code samples

Shell

curl \
  -H "Accept: application/vnd.github.v3+json" \
  http(s)://{hostname}/api/v3/repos/octocat/hello-world/commits/REF/statuses

JavaScript (@octokit/core.js)

await octokit.request('GET /repos/{owner}/{repo}/commits/{ref}/statuses', {
  owner: 'octocat',
  repo: 'hello-world',
  ref: 'ref'
})

Default response

Status: 200 OK

[
  {
    "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/statuses/6dcb09b5b57875f334f61aebed695e2e4193db5e",
    "avatar_url": "https://github.com/images/error/hubot_happy.gif",
    "id": 1,
    "node_id": "MDY6U3RhdHVzMQ==",
    "state": "success",
    "description": "Build has completed successfully",
    "target_url": "https://ci.example.com/1000/output",
    "context": "continuous-integration/jenkins",
    "created_at": "2012-07-20T01:19:13Z",
    "updated_at": "2012-07-20T01:19:13Z",
    "creator": {
      "login": "octocat",
      "id": 1,
      "node_id": "MDQ6VXNlcjE=",
      "avatar_url": "https://github.com/images/error/octocat_happy.gif",
      "gravatar_id": "",
      "url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat",
      "html_url": "https://github.com/octocat",
      "followers_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/followers",
      "following_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/following{/other_user}",
      "gists_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/gists{/gist_id}",
      "starred_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/starred{/owner}{/repo}",
      "subscriptions_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/subscriptions",
      "organizations_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/orgs",
      "repos_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/repos",
      "events_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/events{/privacy}",
      "received_events_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/received_events",
      "type": "User",
      "site_admin": false
    }
  }
]

Moved permanently

Status: 301 Moved Permanently

Notes

Works with GitHub Apps

Create a commit status

Users with push access in a repository can create commit statuses for a given SHA.

Note: there is a limit of 1000 statuses per sha and context within a repository. Attempts to create more than 1000 statuses will result in a validation error.

post /repos/{owner}/{repo}/statuses/{sha}

Parameters

Name	Type	In	Description
`accept`	string	header	Setting to `application/vnd.github.v3+json` is recommended.
`owner`	string	path
`repo`	string	path
`sha`	string	path
`state`	string	body	Required. The state of the status. Can be one of `error`, `failure`, `pending`, or `success`.
`target_url`	string	body	The target URL to associate with this status. This URL will be linked from the GitHub UI to allow users to easily see the source of the status. For example, if your continuous integration system is posting build status, you would want to provide the deep link for the build output for this specific SHA: `http://ci.example.com/user/repo/build/sha`
`description`	string	body	A short description of the status.
`context`	string	body	A string label to differentiate this status from the status of other systems. This field is case-insensitive. Default: `default`

Code samples

Shell

curl \
  -X POST \
  -H "Accept: application/vnd.github.v3+json" \
  http(s)://{hostname}/api/v3/repos/octocat/hello-world/statuses/SHA \
  -d '{"state":"state"}'

JavaScript (@octokit/core.js)

await octokit.request('POST /repos/{owner}/{repo}/statuses/{sha}', {
  owner: 'octocat',
  repo: 'hello-world',
  sha: 'sha',
  state: 'state'
})

Default response

Status: 201 Created

{
  "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/statuses/6dcb09b5b57875f334f61aebed695e2e4193db5e",
  "avatar_url": "https://github.com/images/error/hubot_happy.gif",
  "id": 1,
  "node_id": "MDY6U3RhdHVzMQ==",
  "state": "success",
  "description": "Build has completed successfully",
  "target_url": "https://ci.example.com/1000/output",
  "context": "continuous-integration/jenkins",
  "created_at": "2012-07-20T01:19:13Z",
  "updated_at": "2012-07-20T01:19:13Z",
  "creator": {
    "login": "octocat",
    "id": 1,
    "node_id": "MDQ6VXNlcjE=",
    "avatar_url": "https://github.com/images/error/octocat_happy.gif",
    "gravatar_id": "",
    "url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat",
    "html_url": "https://github.com/octocat",
    "followers_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/followers",
    "following_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/following{/other_user}",
    "gists_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/gists{/gist_id}",
    "starred_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/starred{/owner}{/repo}",
    "subscriptions_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/subscriptions",
    "organizations_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/orgs",
    "repos_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/repos",
    "events_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/events{/privacy}",
    "received_events_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/received_events",
    "type": "User",
    "site_admin": false
  }
}

Notes

Works with GitHub Apps

Webhooks

The Repository Webhooks API allows repository admins to manage the post-receive hooks for a repository. Webhooks can be managed using the JSON HTTP API, or the PubSubHubbub API.

If you would like to set up a single webhook to receive events from all of your organization's repositories, see our API documentation for Organization Webhooks.

List repository webhooks

get /repos/{owner}/{repo}/hooks

Parameters

Name	Type	In	Description
`accept`	string	header	Setting to `application/vnd.github.v3+json` is recommended.
`owner`	string	path
`repo`	string	path
`per_page`	integer	query	Results per page (max 100).
`page`	integer	query	Page number of the results to fetch.

Code samples

Shell

curl \
  -H "Accept: application/vnd.github.v3+json" \
  http(s)://{hostname}/api/v3/repos/octocat/hello-world/hooks

JavaScript (@octokit/core.js)

await octokit.request('GET /repos/{owner}/{repo}/hooks', {
  owner: 'octocat',
  repo: 'hello-world'
})

Default response

Status: 200 OK

[
  {
    "type": "Repository",
    "id": 12345678,
    "name": "web",
    "active": true,
    "events": [
      "push",
      "pull_request"
    ],
    "config": {
      "content_type": "json",
      "insecure_ssl": "0",
      "url": "https://example.com/webhook"
    },
    "updated_at": "2019-06-03T00:57:16Z",
    "created_at": "2019-06-03T00:57:16Z",
    "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/hooks/12345678",
    "test_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/hooks/12345678/test",
    "ping_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/hooks/12345678/pings",
    "last_response": {
      "code": null,
      "status": "unused",
      "message": null
    }
  }
]

Resource not found

Status: 404 Not Found

Notes

Works with GitHub Apps

Create a repository webhook

Repositories can have multiple webhooks installed. Each webhook should have a unique config. Multiple webhooks can share the same config as long as those webhooks do not have any events that overlap.

post /repos/{owner}/{repo}/hooks

Parameters

Name Type In Description

accept

string

header

Setting to application/vnd.github.v3+json is recommended.

owner string path

repo string path

name

string

body

Use web to create a webhook. Default: web. This parameter only accepts the value web.

config

object

body

Required. Key/value pairs to provide settings for this webhook. These are defined below.

Properties of the `config` object

`url` (string)	Required. The URL to which the payloads will be delivered.
`content_type` (string)	The media type used to serialize the payloads. Supported values include `json` and `form`. The default is `form`.
`secret` (string)	If provided, the `secret` will be used as the `key` to generate the HMAC hex digest value for delivery signature headers.
`insecure_ssl` (string)	Determines whether the SSL certificate of the host for `url` will be verified when delivering payloads. Supported values include `0` (verification is performed) and `1` (verification is not performed). The default is `0`. We strongly recommend not setting this to `1` as you are subject to man-in-the-middle and other attacks.
`token` (string)	undefined
`digest` (string)	undefined

events

array of strings

body

Determines what events the hook is triggered for.

Default: push

active

boolean

body

Determines if notifications are sent when the webhook is triggered. Set to true to send notifications.

Default: true

Code samples

Shell

curl \
  -X POST \
  -H "Accept: application/vnd.github.v3+json" \
  http(s)://{hostname}/api/v3/repos/octocat/hello-world/hooks \
  -d '{"config":{"url":"url","content_type":"content_type","secret":"secret","insecure_ssl":"insecure_ssl","token":"token","digest":"digest"}}'

JavaScript (@octokit/core.js)

await octokit.request('POST /repos/{owner}/{repo}/hooks', {
  owner: 'octocat',
  repo: 'hello-world',
  config: {
    url: 'url',
    content_type: 'content_type',
    secret: 'secret',
    insecure_ssl: 'insecure_ssl',
    token: 'token',
    digest: 'digest'
  }
})

Default response

Status: 201 Created

{
  "type": "Repository",
  "id": 12345678,
  "name": "web",
  "active": true,
  "events": [
    "push",
    "pull_request"
  ],
  "config": {
    "content_type": "json",
    "insecure_ssl": "0",
    "url": "https://example.com/webhook"
  },
  "updated_at": "2019-06-03T00:57:16Z",
  "created_at": "2019-06-03T00:57:16Z",
  "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/hooks/12345678",
  "test_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/hooks/12345678/test",
  "ping_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/hooks/12345678/pings",
  "last_response": {
    "code": null,
    "status": "unused",
    "message": null
  }
}

Forbidden

Status: 403 Forbidden

Resource not found

Status: 404 Not Found

Validation failed

Status: 422 Unprocessable Entity

Notes

Works with GitHub Apps

Get a repository webhook

Returns a webhook configured in a repository. To get only the webhook config properties, see "Get a webhook configuration for a repository."

get /repos/{owner}/{repo}/hooks/{hook_id}

Parameters

Name	Type	In	Description
`accept`	string	header	Setting to `application/vnd.github.v3+json` is recommended.
`owner`	string	path
`repo`	string	path
`hook_id`	integer	path

Code samples

Shell

curl \
  -H "Accept: application/vnd.github.v3+json" \
  http(s)://{hostname}/api/v3/repos/octocat/hello-world/hooks/42

JavaScript (@octokit/core.js)

await octokit.request('GET /repos/{owner}/{repo}/hooks/{hook_id}', {
  owner: 'octocat',
  repo: 'hello-world',
  hook_id: 42
})

Default response

Status: 200 OK

{
  "type": "Repository",
  "id": 12345678,
  "name": "web",
  "active": true,
  "events": [
    "push",
    "pull_request"
  ],
  "config": {
    "content_type": "json",
    "insecure_ssl": "0",
    "url": "https://example.com/webhook"
  },
  "updated_at": "2019-06-03T00:57:16Z",
  "created_at": "2019-06-03T00:57:16Z",
  "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/hooks/12345678",
  "test_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/hooks/12345678/test",
  "ping_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/hooks/12345678/pings",
  "last_response": {
    "code": null,
    "status": "unused",
    "message": null
  }
}

Resource not found

Status: 404 Not Found

Notes

Works with GitHub Apps

Update a repository webhook

Updates a webhook configured in a repository. If you previously had a secret set, you must provide the same secret or set a new secret or the secret will be removed. If you are only updating individual webhook config properties, use "Update a webhook configuration for a repository."

patch /repos/{owner}/{repo}/hooks/{hook_id}

Parameters

Name Type In Description

accept

string

header

Setting to application/vnd.github.v3+json is recommended.

owner string path

repo string path

hook_id integer path

config

object

body

Key/value pairs to provide settings for this webhook. These are defined below.

Properties of the `config` object

`url` (string)	Required. The URL to which the payloads will be delivered.
`content_type` (string)	The media type used to serialize the payloads. Supported values include `json` and `form`. The default is `form`.
`secret` (string)	If provided, the `secret` will be used as the `key` to generate the HMAC hex digest value for delivery signature headers.
`insecure_ssl` (string)	Determines whether the SSL certificate of the host for `url` will be verified when delivering payloads. Supported values include `0` (verification is performed) and `1` (verification is not performed). The default is `0`. We strongly recommend not setting this to `1` as you are subject to man-in-the-middle and other attacks.
`address` (string)	undefined
`room` (string)	undefined

events

array of strings

body

Determines what events the hook is triggered for. This replaces the entire array of events.

Default: push

add_events

array of strings

body

Determines a list of events to be added to the list of events that the Hook triggers for.

remove_events

array of strings

body

Determines a list of events to be removed from the list of events that the Hook triggers for.

active

boolean

body

Determines if notifications are sent when the webhook is triggered. Set to true to send notifications.

Default: true

Code samples

Shell

curl \
  -X PATCH \
  -H "Accept: application/vnd.github.v3+json" \
  http(s)://{hostname}/api/v3/repos/octocat/hello-world/hooks/42 \
  -d '{"config":{"url":"url","content_type":"content_type","secret":"secret","insecure_ssl":"insecure_ssl","address":"address","room":"room"}}'

JavaScript (@octokit/core.js)

await octokit.request('PATCH /repos/{owner}/{repo}/hooks/{hook_id}', {
  owner: 'octocat',
  repo: 'hello-world',
  hook_id: 42,
  config: {
    url: 'url',
    content_type: 'content_type',
    secret: 'secret',
    insecure_ssl: 'insecure_ssl',
    address: 'address',
    room: 'room'
  }
})

Default response

Status: 200 OK

{
  "type": "Repository",
  "id": 12345678,
  "name": "web",
  "active": true,
  "events": [
    "push",
    "pull_request"
  ],
  "config": {
    "content_type": "json",
    "insecure_ssl": "0",
    "url": "https://example.com/webhook"
  },
  "updated_at": "2019-06-03T00:57:16Z",
  "created_at": "2019-06-03T00:57:16Z",
  "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/hooks/12345678",
  "test_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/hooks/12345678/test",
  "ping_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/hooks/12345678/pings",
  "last_response": {
    "code": null,
    "status": "unused",
    "message": null
  }
}

Resource not found

Status: 404 Not Found

Validation failed

Status: 422 Unprocessable Entity

Notes

Works with GitHub Apps

Delete a repository webhook

delete /repos/{owner}/{repo}/hooks/{hook_id}

Parameters

Name	Type	In	Description
`accept`	string	header	Setting to `application/vnd.github.v3+json` is recommended.
`owner`	string	path
`repo`	string	path
`hook_id`	integer	path

Code samples

Shell

curl \
  -X DELETE \
  -H "Accept: application/vnd.github.v3+json" \
  http(s)://{hostname}/api/v3/repos/octocat/hello-world/hooks/42

JavaScript (@octokit/core.js)

await octokit.request('DELETE /repos/{owner}/{repo}/hooks/{hook_id}', {
  owner: 'octocat',
  repo: 'hello-world',
  hook_id: 42
})

Response

Status: 204 No Content

Resource not found

Status: 404 Not Found

Notes

Works with GitHub Apps

Ping a repository webhook

This will trigger a ping event to be sent to the hook.

post /repos/{owner}/{repo}/hooks/{hook_id}/pings

Parameters

Name	Type	In	Description
`accept`	string	header	Setting to `application/vnd.github.v3+json` is recommended.
`owner`	string	path
`repo`	string	path
`hook_id`	integer	path

Code samples

Shell

curl \
  -X POST \
  -H "Accept: application/vnd.github.v3+json" \
  http(s)://{hostname}/api/v3/repos/octocat/hello-world/hooks/42/pings

JavaScript (@octokit/core.js)

await octokit.request('POST /repos/{owner}/{repo}/hooks/{hook_id}/pings', {
  owner: 'octocat',
  repo: 'hello-world',
  hook_id: 42
})

Response

Status: 204 No Content

Resource not found

Status: 404 Not Found

Notes

Works with GitHub Apps

Test the push repository webhook

This will trigger the hook with the latest push to the current repository if the hook is subscribed to push events. If the hook is not subscribed to push events, the server will respond with 204 but no test POST will be generated.

Note: Previously /repos/:owner/:repo/hooks/:hook_id/test

post /repos/{owner}/{repo}/hooks/{hook_id}/tests

Parameters

Name	Type	In	Description
`accept`	string	header	Setting to `application/vnd.github.v3+json` is recommended.
`owner`	string	path
`repo`	string	path
`hook_id`	integer	path

Code samples

Shell

curl \
  -X POST \
  -H "Accept: application/vnd.github.v3+json" \
  http(s)://{hostname}/api/v3/repos/octocat/hello-world/hooks/42/tests

JavaScript (@octokit/core.js)

await octokit.request('POST /repos/{owner}/{repo}/hooks/{hook_id}/tests', {
  owner: 'octocat',
  repo: 'hello-world',
  hook_id: 42
})

Response

Status: 204 No Content

Resource not found

Status: 404 Not Found

Notes

Works with GitHub Apps

Receiving Webhooks

In order for GitHub Enterprise Server to send webhook payloads, your server needs to be accessible from the Internet. We also highly suggest using SSL so that we can send encrypted payloads over HTTPS.

Webhook headers

GitHub Enterprise Server will send along several HTTP headers to differentiate between event types and payload identifiers. See webhook headers for details.

PubSubHubbub

GitHub can also serve as a PubSubHubbub hub for all repositories. PSHB is a simple publish/subscribe protocol that lets servers register to receive updates when a topic is updated. The updates are sent with an HTTP POST request to a callback URL. Topic URLs for a GitHub repository's pushes are in this format:

https://github.com/{owner}/{repo}/events/{event}

The event can be any available webhook event. For more information, see "Webhook events and payloads."

Response format

The default format is what existing post-receive hooks should expect: A JSON body sent as the payload parameter in a POST. You can also specify to receive the raw JSON body with either an Accept header, or a .json extension.

Accept: application/json
https://github.com/{owner}/{repo}/events/push.json

Callback URLs

Callback URLs can use the http:// protocol.

# Send updates to postbin.org
http://postbin.org/123

Subscribing

The GitHub PubSubHubbub endpoint is: http(s)://[hostname]/api/v3/hub. A successful request with curl looks like:

curl -u "user" -i \
  http(s)://[hostname]/api/v3/hub \
  -F "hub.mode=subscribe" \
  -F "hub.topic=https://github.com/{owner}/{repo}/events/push" \
  -F "hub.callback=http://postbin.org/123"

PubSubHubbub requests can be sent multiple times. If the hook already exists, it will be modified according to the request.

Parameters

Name	Typ	Beschreibung
`hub.mode`	`string`	Required. Either `subscribe` or `unsubscribe`.
`hub.topic`	`string`	Required. The URI of the GitHub repository to subscribe to. The path must be in the format of `/{owner}/{repo}/events/{event}`.
`hub.callback`	`string`	The URI to receive the updates to the topic.
`hub.secret`	`string`	A shared secret key that generates a SHA1 HMAC of the outgoing body content. You can verify a push came from GitHub by comparing the raw request body with the contents of the `X-Hub-Signature` header. You can see the PubSubHubbub documentation for more details.