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OAuth Apps
About the OAuth App API
You can use this API to manage the OAuth tokens an OAuth App uses to access people's accounts on your GitHub Enterprise Server instance.
Delete an app authorization
OAuth application owners can revoke a grant for their OAuth application and a specific user. You must use Basic Authentication when accessing this endpoint, using the OAuth application's client_id
and client_secret
as the username and password. You must also provide a valid OAuth access_token
as an input parameter and the grant for the token's owner will be deleted.
Deleting an OAuth application's grant will also delete all OAuth tokens associated with the application for the user. Once deleted, the application will have no access to the user's account and will no longer be listed on the application authorizations settings screen within GitHub.
Parameters
Headers |
---|
Name, Type, Description |
accept stringSetting to |
Path parameters |
Name, Type, Description |
client_id stringRequiredThe client ID of the GitHub app. |
Body parameters |
Name, Type, Description |
access_token stringRequiredThe OAuth access token used to authenticate to the GitHub API. |
HTTP response status codes
Status code | Description |
---|---|
204 | No Content |
422 | Validation failed, or the endpoint has been spammed. |
Code samples
curl \
-X DELETE \
-H "Accept: application/vnd.github+json" \
-H "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR-TOKEN>" \
http(s)://HOSTNAME/api/v3/applications/Iv1.8a61f9b3a7aba766/grant \
-d '{"access_token":"e72e16c7e42f292c6912e7710c838347ae178b4a"}'
Response
Status: 204
Revoke a grant for an application
Deprecation Notice: GitHub Enterprise Server will discontinue OAuth endpoints that contain access_token
in the path parameter. We have introduced new endpoints that allow you to securely manage tokens for OAuth Apps by moving access_token
to the request body. For more information, see the blog post.
OAuth application owners can revoke a grant for their OAuth application and a specific user. You must use Basic Authentication when accessing this endpoint, using the OAuth application's client_id
and client_secret
as the username and password. You must also provide a valid token as :access_token
and the grant for the token's owner will be deleted.
Deleting an OAuth application's grant will also delete all OAuth tokens associated with the application for the user. Once deleted, the application will have no access to the user's account and will no longer be listed on the Applications settings page under "Authorized OAuth Apps" on GitHub Enterprise Server.
Parameters
Headers |
---|
Name, Type, Description |
accept stringSetting to |
Path parameters |
Name, Type, Description |
client_id stringRequiredThe client ID of the GitHub app. |
access_token stringRequired |
HTTP response status codes
Status code | Description |
---|---|
204 | No Content |
Code samples
curl \
-X DELETE \
-H "Accept: application/vnd.github+json" \
-H "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR-TOKEN>" \
http(s)://HOSTNAME/api/v3/applications/Iv1.8a61f9b3a7aba766/grants/ACCESS_TOKEN
Response
Status: 204
Check a token
OAuth applications can use a special API method for checking OAuth token validity without exceeding the normal rate limits for failed login attempts. Authentication works differently with this particular endpoint. You must use Basic Authentication to use this endpoint, where the username is the OAuth application client_id
and the password is its client_secret
. Invalid tokens will return 404 NOT FOUND
.
Parameters
Headers |
---|
Name, Type, Description |
accept stringSetting to |
Path parameters |
Name, Type, Description |
client_id stringRequiredThe client ID of the GitHub app. |
Body parameters |
Name, Type, Description |
access_token stringRequiredThe access_token of the OAuth application. |
HTTP response status codes
Status code | Description |
---|---|
200 | OK |
404 | Resource not found |
422 | Validation failed, or the endpoint has been spammed. |
Code samples
curl \
-X POST \
-H "Accept: application/vnd.github+json" \
-H "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR-TOKEN>" \
http(s)://HOSTNAME/api/v3/applications/Iv1.8a61f9b3a7aba766/token \
-d '{"access_token":"e72e16c7e42f292c6912e7710c838347ae178b4a"}'
Response
Status: 200
{
"id": 1,
"url": "https://api.github.com/authorizations/1",
"scopes": [
"public_repo",
"user"
],
"token": "ghu_16C7e42F292c6912E7710c838347Ae178B4a",
"token_last_eight": "Ae178B4a",
"hashed_token": "25f94a2a5c7fbaf499c665bc73d67c1c87e496da8985131633ee0a95819db2e8",
"app": {
"url": "http://my-github-app.com",
"name": "my github app",
"client_id": "Iv1.8a61f9b3a7aba766"
},
"note": "optional note",
"note_url": "http://optional/note/url",
"updated_at": "2011-09-06T20:39:23Z",
"created_at": "2011-09-06T17:26:27Z",
"fingerprint": "jklmnop12345678",
"expires_at": "2011-09-08T17:26:27Z",
"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
}
}
Reset a token
OAuth applications can use this API method to reset a valid OAuth token without end-user involvement. Applications must save the "token" property in the response because changes take effect immediately. You must use Basic Authentication when accessing this endpoint, using the OAuth application's client_id
and client_secret
as the username and password. Invalid tokens will return 404 NOT FOUND
.
Parameters
Headers |
---|
Name, Type, Description |
accept stringSetting to |
Path parameters |
Name, Type, Description |
client_id stringRequiredThe client ID of the GitHub app. |
Body parameters |
Name, Type, Description |
access_token stringRequiredThe access_token of the OAuth application. |
HTTP response status codes
Status code | Description |
---|---|
200 | OK |
422 | Validation failed, or the endpoint has been spammed. |
Code samples
curl \
-X PATCH \
-H "Accept: application/vnd.github+json" \
-H "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR-TOKEN>" \
http(s)://HOSTNAME/api/v3/applications/Iv1.8a61f9b3a7aba766/token \
-d '{"access_token":"e72e16c7e42f292c6912e7710c838347ae178b4a"}'
Response
Status: 200
{
"id": 1,
"url": "https://api.github.com/authorizations/1",
"scopes": [
"public_repo",
"user"
],
"token": "ghu_16C7e42F292c6912E7710c838347Ae178B4a",
"token_last_eight": "Ae178B4a",
"hashed_token": "25f94a2a5c7fbaf499c665bc73d67c1c87e496da8985131633ee0a95819db2e8",
"app": {
"url": "http://my-github-app.com",
"name": "my github app",
"client_id": "Iv1.8a61f9b3a7aba766"
},
"note": "optional note",
"note_url": "http://optional/note/url",
"updated_at": "2011-09-06T20:39:23Z",
"created_at": "2011-09-06T17:26:27Z",
"fingerprint": "jklmnop12345678",
"expires_at": "2011-09-08T17:26:27Z",
"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
}
}
Delete an app token
OAuth application owners can revoke a single token for an OAuth application. You must use Basic Authentication when accessing this endpoint, using the OAuth application's client_id
and client_secret
as the username and password.
Parameters
Headers |
---|
Name, Type, Description |
accept stringSetting to |
Path parameters |
Name, Type, Description |
client_id stringRequiredThe client ID of the GitHub app. |
Body parameters |
Name, Type, Description |
access_token stringRequiredThe OAuth access token used to authenticate to the GitHub API. |
HTTP response status codes
Status code | Description |
---|---|
204 | No Content |
422 | Validation failed, or the endpoint has been spammed. |
Code samples
curl \
-X DELETE \
-H "Accept: application/vnd.github+json" \
-H "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR-TOKEN>" \
http(s)://HOSTNAME/api/v3/applications/Iv1.8a61f9b3a7aba766/token \
-d '{"access_token":"e72e16c7e42f292c6912e7710c838347ae178b4a"}'
Response
Status: 204
Create a scoped access token
Use a non-scoped user-to-server OAuth access token to create a repository scoped and/or permission scoped user-to-server OAuth access token. You can specify which repositories the token can access and which permissions are granted to the token. You must use Basic Authentication when accessing this endpoint, using the OAuth application's client_id
and client_secret
as the username and password. Invalid tokens will return 404 NOT FOUND
.
Parameters
Headers | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Name, Type, Description | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
accept stringSetting to | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Path parameters | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Name, Type, Description | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
client_id stringRequiredThe client ID of the GitHub app. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Body parameters | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Name, Type, Description | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
access_token stringRequiredThe OAuth access token used to authenticate to the GitHub API. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
target stringThe name of the user or organization to scope the user-to-server access token to. Required unless | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
target_id integerThe ID of the user or organization to scope the user-to-server access token to. Required unless | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
repositories array of stringsThe list of repository names to scope the user-to-server access token to. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
repository_ids array of integersThe list of repository IDs to scope the user-to-server access token to. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
permissions objectThe permissions granted to the user-to-server access token. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Properties of permissions
|
HTTP response status codes
Status code | Description |
---|---|
200 | OK |
401 | Requires authentication |
403 | Forbidden |
404 | Resource not found |
422 | Validation failed, or the endpoint has been spammed. |
Code samples
curl \
-X POST \
-H "Accept: application/vnd.github+json" \
-H "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR-TOKEN>" \
http(s)://HOSTNAME/api/v3/applications/Iv1.8a61f9b3a7aba766/token/scoped \
-d '{"access_token":"e72e16c7e42f292c6912e7710c838347ae178b4a","target":"octocat","permissions":{"metadata":"read","issues":"write","contents":"read"}}'
Response
Status: 200
{
"id": 1,
"url": "https://api.github.com/authorizations/1",
"scopes": [],
"token": "ghu_16C7e42F292c6912E7710c838347Ae178B4a",
"token_last_eight": "Ae178B4a",
"hashed_token": "25f94a2a5c7fbaf499c665bc73d67c1c87e496da8985131633ee0a95819db2e8",
"app": {
"url": "http://my-github-app.com",
"name": "my github app",
"client_id": "Iv1.8a61f9b3a7aba766"
},
"note": "optional note",
"note_url": "http://optional/note/url",
"updated_at": "2011-09-06T20:39:23Z",
"created_at": "2011-09-06T17:26:27Z",
"fingerprint": "jklmnop12345678",
"expires_at": "2011-09-08T17:26:27Z",
"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
},
"installation": {
"permissions": {
"metadata": "read",
"issues": "write",
"contents": "read"
},
"repository_selection": "selected",
"single_file_name": ".github/workflow.yml",
"repositories_url": "https://api.github.com/user/repos",
"account": {
"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
},
"has_multiple_single_files": false,
"single_file_paths": []
}
}
Check an authorization
Deprecation Notice: GitHub Enterprise Server will discontinue OAuth endpoints that contain access_token
in the path parameter. We have introduced new endpoints that allow you to securely manage tokens for OAuth Apps by moving access_token
to the request body. For more information, see the blog post.
OAuth applications can use a special API method for checking OAuth token validity without exceeding the normal rate limits for failed login attempts. Authentication works differently with this particular endpoint. You must use Basic Authentication when accessing this endpoint, using the OAuth application's client_id
and client_secret
as the username and password. Invalid tokens will return 404 NOT FOUND
.
Parameters
Headers |
---|
Name, Type, Description |
accept stringSetting to |
Path parameters |
Name, Type, Description |
client_id stringRequiredThe client ID of the GitHub app. |
access_token stringRequired |
HTTP response status codes
Status code | Description |
---|---|
200 | OK |
404 | Resource not found |
Code samples
curl \
-H "Accept: application/vnd.github+json" \
-H "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR-TOKEN>" \
http(s)://HOSTNAME/api/v3/applications/Iv1.8a61f9b3a7aba766/tokens/ACCESS_TOKEN
Response
Status: 200
{
"id": 1,
"url": "https://api.github.com/authorizations/1",
"scopes": [
"public_repo",
"user"
],
"token": "ghu_16C7e42F292c6912E7710c838347Ae178B4a",
"token_last_eight": "Ae178B4a",
"hashed_token": "25f94a2a5c7fbaf499c665bc73d67c1c87e496da8985131633ee0a95819db2e8",
"app": {
"url": "http://my-github-app.com",
"name": "my github app",
"client_id": "Iv1.8a61f9b3a7aba766"
},
"note": "optional note",
"note_url": "http://optional/note/url",
"updated_at": "2011-09-06T20:39:23Z",
"created_at": "2011-09-06T17:26:27Z",
"fingerprint": "jklmnop12345678",
"expires_at": "2011-09-08T17:26:27Z",
"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
}
}
Reset an authorization
Deprecation Notice: GitHub Enterprise Server will discontinue OAuth endpoints that contain access_token
in the path parameter. We have introduced new endpoints that allow you to securely manage tokens for OAuth Apps by moving access_token
to the request body. For more information, see the blog post.
OAuth applications can use this API method to reset a valid OAuth token without end-user involvement. Applications must save the "token" property in the response because changes take effect immediately. You must use Basic Authentication when accessing this endpoint, using the OAuth application's client_id
and client_secret
as the username and password. Invalid tokens will return 404 NOT FOUND
.
Parameters
Headers |
---|
Name, Type, Description |
accept stringSetting to |
Path parameters |
Name, Type, Description |
client_id stringRequiredThe client ID of the GitHub app. |
access_token stringRequired |
HTTP response status codes
Status code | Description |
---|---|
200 | OK |
Code samples
curl \
-X POST \
-H "Accept: application/vnd.github+json" \
-H "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR-TOKEN>" \
http(s)://HOSTNAME/api/v3/applications/Iv1.8a61f9b3a7aba766/tokens/ACCESS_TOKEN
Response
Status: 200
{
"id": 1,
"url": "https://api.github.com/authorizations/1",
"scopes": [
"public_repo",
"user"
],
"token": "ghu_16C7e42F292c6912E7710c838347Ae178B4a",
"token_last_eight": "Ae178B4a",
"hashed_token": "25f94a2a5c7fbaf499c665bc73d67c1c87e496da8985131633ee0a95819db2e8",
"app": {
"url": "http://my-github-app.com",
"name": "my github app",
"client_id": "Iv1.8a61f9b3a7aba766"
},
"note": "optional note",
"note_url": "http://optional/note/url",
"updated_at": "2011-09-06T20:39:23Z",
"created_at": "2011-09-06T17:26:27Z",
"fingerprint": "jklmnop12345678",
"expires_at": "2011-09-08T17:26:27Z",
"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
}
}
Revoke an authorization for an application
Deprecation Notice: GitHub Enterprise Server will discontinue OAuth endpoints that contain access_token
in the path parameter. We have introduced new endpoints that allow you to securely manage tokens for OAuth Apps by moving access_token
to the request body. For more information, see the blog post.
OAuth application owners can revoke a single token for an OAuth application. You must use Basic Authentication when accessing this endpoint, using the OAuth application's client_id
and client_secret
as the username and password.
Parameters
Headers |
---|
Name, Type, Description |
accept stringSetting to |
Path parameters |
Name, Type, Description |
client_id stringRequiredThe client ID of the GitHub app. |
access_token stringRequired |
HTTP response status codes
Status code | Description |
---|---|
204 | No Content |
Code samples
curl \
-X DELETE \
-H "Accept: application/vnd.github+json" \
-H "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR-TOKEN>" \
http(s)://HOSTNAME/api/v3/applications/Iv1.8a61f9b3a7aba766/tokens/ACCESS_TOKEN
Response
Status: 204