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REST API endpoints for Projects (classic)

Use the REST API to create and manage projects (classic) in a repository.

Note

Projects (classic) has been removed. You can read more about this change on the GitHub Blog.

The new and improved Projects experience is available. For more information, see "About Projects."

These endpoints only interact with projects (classic). To manage Projects, use the GraphQL API. For more information, see "Using the API to manage Projects."

The REST API to manage projects (classic) only supports authentication using a personal access token (classic). For more information, see "Managing your personal access tokens."

List organization projects

Lists the projects in an organization. Returns a 404 Not Found status if projects are disabled in the organization. If you do not have sufficient privileges to perform this action, a 401 Unauthorized or 410 Gone status is returned.

Fine-grained access tokens for "List organization projects"

This endpoint works with the following fine-grained token types:

The fine-grained token must have the following permission set:

  • "Projects" organization permissions (read)

Parameters for "List organization projects"

Headers
Name, Type, Description
accept string

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

Path parameters
Name, Type, Description
org string Required

The organization name. The name is not case sensitive.

Query parameters
Name, Type, Description
state string

Indicates the state of the projects to return.

Default: open

Can be one of: open, closed, all

per_page integer

The number of results per page (max 100). For more information, see "Using pagination in the REST API."

Default: 30

page integer

The page number of the results to fetch. For more information, see "Using pagination in the REST API."

Default: 1

HTTP response status codes for "List organization projects"

Status codeDescription
200

OK

422

Validation failed, or the endpoint has been spammed.

Code samples for "List organization projects"

Request example

get/orgs/{org}/projects
curl -L \ -H "Accept: application/vnd.github+json" \ -H "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR-TOKEN>" \ -H "X-GitHub-Api-Version: 2022-11-28" \ https://api.github.com/orgs/ORG/projects

Response

Status: 200
[ { "owner_url": "https://api.github.com/orgs/octocat", "url": "https://api.github.com/projects/1002605", "html_url": "https://github.com/orgs/api-playground/projects/1", "columns_url": "https://api.github.com/projects/1002605/columns", "id": 1002605, "node_id": "MDc6UHJvamVjdDEwMDI2MDU=", "name": "Organization Roadmap", "body": "High-level roadmap for the upcoming year.", "number": 1, "state": "open", "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": "2011-04-11T20:09:31Z", "updated_at": "2014-03-04T18:58:10Z", "organization_permission": "write", "private": true } ]

Create an organization project

Creates an organization project board. Returns a 410 Gone status if projects are disabled in the organization or if the organization does not have existing classic projects. If you do not have sufficient privileges to perform this action, a 401 Unauthorized or 410 Gone status is returned.

Fine-grained access tokens for "Create an organization project"

This endpoint works with the following fine-grained token types:

The fine-grained token must have the following permission set:

  • "Projects" organization permissions (write)

Parameters for "Create an organization project"

Headers
Name, Type, Description
accept string

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

Path parameters
Name, Type, Description
org string Required

The organization name. The name is not case sensitive.

Body parameters
Name, Type, Description
name string Required

The name of the project.

body string

The description of the project.

HTTP response status codes for "Create an organization project"

Status codeDescription
201

Created

401

Requires authentication

403

Forbidden

404

Resource not found

410

Gone

422

Validation failed, or the endpoint has been spammed.

Code samples for "Create an organization project"

Request example

post/orgs/{org}/projects
curl -L \ -X POST \ -H "Accept: application/vnd.github+json" \ -H "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR-TOKEN>" \ -H "X-GitHub-Api-Version: 2022-11-28" \ https://api.github.com/orgs/ORG/projects \ -d '{"name":"Organization Roadmap","body":"High-level roadmap for the upcoming year."}'

Response

Status: 201
{ "owner_url": "https://api.github.com/orgs/octocat", "url": "https://api.github.com/projects/1002605", "html_url": "https://github.com/orgs/api-playground/projects/1", "columns_url": "https://api.github.com/projects/1002605/columns", "id": 1002605, "node_id": "MDc6UHJvamVjdDEwMDI2MDU=", "name": "Organization Roadmap", "body": "High-level roadmap for the upcoming year.", "number": 1, "state": "open", "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": "2011-04-11T20:09:31Z", "updated_at": "2014-03-04T18:58:10Z" }

Get a project

Gets a project by its id. Returns a 404 Not Found status if projects are disabled. If you do not have sufficient privileges to perform this action, a 401 Unauthorized or 410 Gone status is returned.

Fine-grained access tokens for "Get a project"

This endpoint works with the following fine-grained token types:

The fine-grained token must have at least one of the following permission sets:

  • "Projects" repository permissions (read)
  • "Projects" organization permissions (read)

This endpoint can be used without authentication or the aforementioned permissions if only public resources are requested.

Parameters for "Get a project"

Headers
Name, Type, Description
accept string

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

Path parameters
Name, Type, Description
project_id integer Required

The unique identifier of the project.

HTTP response status codes for "Get a project"

Status codeDescription
200

OK

304

Not modified

401

Requires authentication

403

Forbidden

Code samples for "Get a project"

Request example

get/projects/{project_id}
curl -L \ -H "Accept: application/vnd.github+json" \ -H "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR-TOKEN>" \ -H "X-GitHub-Api-Version: 2022-11-28" \ https://api.github.com/projects/PROJECT_ID

Response

Status: 200
{ "owner_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/api-playground/projects-test", "url": "https://api.github.com/projects/1002604", "html_url": "https://github.com/api-playground/projects-test/projects/1", "columns_url": "https://api.github.com/projects/1002604/columns", "id": 1002604, "node_id": "MDc6UHJvamVjdDEwMDI2MDQ=", "name": "Projects Documentation", "body": "Developer documentation project for the developer site.", "number": 1, "state": "open", "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": "2011-04-10T20:09:31Z", "updated_at": "2014-03-03T18:58:10Z" }

Update a project

Updates a project board's information. Returns a 404 Not Found status if projects are disabled. If you do not have sufficient privileges to perform this action, a 401 Unauthorized or 410 Gone status is returned.

Fine-grained access tokens for "Update a project"

This endpoint works with the following fine-grained token types:

The fine-grained token must have at least one of the following permission sets:

  • "Projects" repository permissions (write)
  • "Projects" organization permissions (write)

Parameters for "Update a project"

Headers
Name, Type, Description
accept string

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

Path parameters
Name, Type, Description
project_id integer Required

The unique identifier of the project.

Body parameters
Name, Type, Description
name string

Name of the project

body string or null

Body of the project

state string

State of the project; either 'open' or 'closed'

organization_permission string

The baseline permission that all organization members have on this project

Can be one of: read, write, admin, none

private boolean

Whether or not this project can be seen by everyone.

HTTP response status codes for "Update a project"

Status codeDescription
200

OK

304

Not modified

401

Requires authentication

403

Forbidden

404

Not Found if the authenticated user does not have access to the project

410

Gone

422

Validation failed, or the endpoint has been spammed.

Code samples for "Update a project"

Request example

patch/projects/{project_id}
curl -L \ -X PATCH \ -H "Accept: application/vnd.github+json" \ -H "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR-TOKEN>" \ -H "X-GitHub-Api-Version: 2022-11-28" \ https://api.github.com/projects/PROJECT_ID \ -d '{"name":"Week One Sprint","state":"open","organization_permission":"write"}'

Response

Status: 200
{ "owner_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/api-playground/projects-test", "url": "https://api.github.com/projects/1002604", "html_url": "https://github.com/api-playground/projects-test/projects/1", "columns_url": "https://api.github.com/projects/1002604/columns", "id": 1002604, "node_id": "MDc6UHJvamVjdDEwMDI2MDQ=", "name": "Projects Documentation", "body": "Developer documentation project for the developer site.", "number": 1, "state": "open", "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": "2011-04-10T20:09:31Z", "updated_at": "2014-03-03T18:58:10Z" }

Delete a project

Deletes a project board. Returns a 404 Not Found status if projects are disabled.

Fine-grained access tokens for "Delete a project"

This endpoint works with the following fine-grained token types:

The fine-grained token must have at least one of the following permission sets:

  • "Projects" repository permissions (write)
  • "Projects" organization permissions (write)

Parameters for "Delete a project"

Headers
Name, Type, Description
accept string

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

Path parameters
Name, Type, Description
project_id integer Required

The unique identifier of the project.

HTTP response status codes for "Delete a project"

Status codeDescription
204

Delete Success

304

Not modified

401

Requires authentication

403

Forbidden

404

Resource not found

410

Gone

Code samples for "Delete a project"

Request example

delete/projects/{project_id}
curl -L \ -X DELETE \ -H "Accept: application/vnd.github+json" \ -H "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR-TOKEN>" \ -H "X-GitHub-Api-Version: 2022-11-28" \ https://api.github.com/projects/PROJECT_ID

Delete Success

Status: 204

List repository projects

Lists the projects in a repository. Returns a 404 Not Found status if projects are disabled in the repository. If you do not have sufficient privileges to perform this action, a 401 Unauthorized or 410 Gone status is returned.

Fine-grained access tokens for "List repository projects"

This endpoint works with the following fine-grained token types:

The fine-grained token must have the following permission set:

  • "Projects" repository permissions (read)

This endpoint can be used without authentication or the aforementioned permissions if only public resources are requested.

Parameters for "List repository projects"

Headers
Name, Type, Description
accept string

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

Path parameters
Name, Type, Description
owner string Required

The account owner of the repository. The name is not case sensitive.

repo string Required

The name of the repository without the .git extension. The name is not case sensitive.

Query parameters
Name, Type, Description
state string

Indicates the state of the projects to return.

Default: open

Can be one of: open, closed, all

per_page integer

The number of results per page (max 100). For more information, see "Using pagination in the REST API."

Default: 30

page integer

The page number of the results to fetch. For more information, see "Using pagination in the REST API."

Default: 1

HTTP response status codes for "List repository projects"

Status codeDescription
200

OK

401

Requires authentication

403

Forbidden

404

Resource not found

410

Gone

422

Validation failed, or the endpoint has been spammed.

Code samples for "List repository projects"

Request example

get/repos/{owner}/{repo}/projects
curl -L \ -H "Accept: application/vnd.github+json" \ -H "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR-TOKEN>" \ -H "X-GitHub-Api-Version: 2022-11-28" \ https://api.github.com/repos/OWNER/REPO/projects

Response

Status: 200
[ { "owner_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/api-playground/projects-test", "url": "https://api.github.com/projects/1002604", "html_url": "https://github.com/api-playground/projects-test/projects/1", "columns_url": "https://api.github.com/projects/1002604/columns", "id": 1002604, "node_id": "MDc6UHJvamVjdDEwMDI2MDQ=", "name": "Projects Documentation", "body": "Developer documentation project for the developer site.", "number": 1, "state": "open", "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": "2011-04-10T20:09:31Z", "updated_at": "2014-03-03T18:58:10Z" } ]

Create a repository project

Creates a repository project board. Returns a 410 Gone status if projects are disabled in the repository or if the repository does not have existing classic projects. If you do not have sufficient privileges to perform this action, a 401 Unauthorized or 410 Gone status is returned.

Fine-grained access tokens for "Create a repository project"

This endpoint works with the following fine-grained token types:

The fine-grained token must have the following permission set:

  • "Projects" repository permissions (write)

Parameters for "Create a repository project"

Headers
Name, Type, Description
accept string

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

Path parameters
Name, Type, Description
owner string Required

The account owner of the repository. The name is not case sensitive.

repo string Required

The name of the repository without the .git extension. The name is not case sensitive.

Body parameters
Name, Type, Description
name string Required

The name of the project.

body string

The description of the project.

HTTP response status codes for "Create a repository project"

Status codeDescription
201

Created

401

Requires authentication

403

Forbidden

404

Resource not found

410

Gone

422

Validation failed, or the endpoint has been spammed.

Code samples for "Create a repository project"

Request example

post/repos/{owner}/{repo}/projects
curl -L \ -X POST \ -H "Accept: application/vnd.github+json" \ -H "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR-TOKEN>" \ -H "X-GitHub-Api-Version: 2022-11-28" \ https://api.github.com/repos/OWNER/REPO/projects \ -d '{"name":"Projects Documentation","body":"Developer documentation project for the developer site."}'

Response

Status: 201
{ "owner_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/api-playground/projects-test", "url": "https://api.github.com/projects/1002604", "html_url": "https://github.com/api-playground/projects-test/projects/1", "columns_url": "https://api.github.com/projects/1002604/columns", "id": 1002604, "node_id": "MDc6UHJvamVjdDEwMDI2MDQ=", "name": "Projects Documentation", "body": "Developer documentation project for the developer site.", "number": 1, "state": "open", "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": "2011-04-10T20:09:31Z", "updated_at": "2014-03-03T18:58:10Z" }

Create a user project

Creates a user project board. Returns a 410 Gone status if the user does not have existing classic projects. If you do not have sufficient privileges to perform this action, a 401 Unauthorized or 410 Gone status is returned.

Fine-grained access tokens for "Create a user project"

This endpoint does not work with GitHub App user access tokens, GitHub App installation access tokens, or fine-grained personal access tokens.

Parameters for "Create a user project"

Headers
Name, Type, Description
accept string

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

Body parameters
Name, Type, Description
name string Required

Name of the project

body string or null

Body of the project

HTTP response status codes for "Create a user project"

Status codeDescription
201

Created

304

Not modified

401

Requires authentication

403

Forbidden

422

Validation failed, or the endpoint has been spammed.

Code samples for "Create a user project"

Request example

post/user/projects
curl -L \ -X POST \ -H "Accept: application/vnd.github+json" \ -H "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR-TOKEN>" \ -H "X-GitHub-Api-Version: 2022-11-28" \ https://api.github.com/user/projects \ -d '{"name":"My Projects","body":"A board to manage my personal projects."}'

Response

Status: 201
{ "owner_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat", "url": "https://api.github.com/projects/1002603", "html_url": "https://github.com/users/octocat/projects/1", "columns_url": "https://api.github.com/projects/1002603/columns", "id": 1002603, "node_id": "MDc6UHJvamVjdDEwMDI2MDM=", "name": "My Projects", "body": "A board to manage my personal projects.", "number": 1, "state": "open", "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": "2011-04-10T20:09:31Z", "updated_at": "2014-03-03T18:58:10Z" }

List user projects

Lists projects for a user.

Fine-grained access tokens for "List user projects"

This endpoint does not work with GitHub App user access tokens, GitHub App installation access tokens, or fine-grained personal access tokens.

Parameters for "List user projects"

Headers
Name, Type, Description
accept string

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

Path parameters
Name, Type, Description
username string Required

The handle for the GitHub user account.

Query parameters
Name, Type, Description
state string

Indicates the state of the projects to return.

Default: open

Can be one of: open, closed, all

per_page integer

The number of results per page (max 100). For more information, see "Using pagination in the REST API."

Default: 30

page integer

The page number of the results to fetch. For more information, see "Using pagination in the REST API."

Default: 1

HTTP response status codes for "List user projects"

Status codeDescription
200

OK

422

Validation failed, or the endpoint has been spammed.

Code samples for "List user projects"

Request example

get/users/{username}/projects
curl -L \ -H "Accept: application/vnd.github+json" \ -H "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR-TOKEN>" \ -H "X-GitHub-Api-Version: 2022-11-28" \ https://api.github.com/users/USERNAME/projects

Response

Status: 200
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