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Project board columns

The project board columns API lets you create and manage columns on a project board.

Get a project column

Works with GitHub Apps

Parameters

Headers
acceptstring

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

See preview notice
Path parameters
column_idintegerRequired

The unique identifier of the column.

HTTP response status codes

Status codeDescription
200

OK

304

Not modified

401

Requires authentication

403

Forbidden

404

Resource not found

Code samples

get/projects/columns/{column_id}
curl \ -H "Accept: application/vnd.github+json" \ -H "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR-TOKEN>" \ http(s)://HOSTNAME/api/v3/projects/columns/COLUMN_ID

Response

Status: 200
{ "url": "https://api.github.com/projects/columns/367", "project_url": "https://api.github.com/projects/120", "cards_url": "https://api.github.com/projects/columns/367/cards", "id": 367, "node_id": "MDEzOlByb2plY3RDb2x1bW4zNjc=", "name": "To Do", "created_at": "2016-09-05T14:18:44Z", "updated_at": "2016-09-05T14:22:28Z" }

Preview notice

The Projects API is currently available for developers to preview. During the preview period, the API may change without advance notice. 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.inertia-preview+json

Update an existing project column

Works with GitHub Apps

Parameters

Headers
acceptstring

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

See preview notice
Path parameters
column_idintegerRequired

The unique identifier of the column.

Body parameters
namestringRequired

Name of the project column

HTTP response status codes

Status codeDescription
200

OK

304

Not modified

401

Requires authentication

403

Forbidden

Code samples

patch/projects/columns/{column_id}
curl \ -X PATCH \ -H "Accept: application/vnd.github+json" \ -H "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR-TOKEN>" \ http(s)://HOSTNAME/api/v3/projects/columns/COLUMN_ID \ -d '{"name":"To Do"}'

Response

Status: 200
{ "url": "https://api.github.com/projects/columns/367", "project_url": "https://api.github.com/projects/120", "cards_url": "https://api.github.com/projects/columns/367/cards", "id": 367, "node_id": "MDEzOlByb2plY3RDb2x1bW4zNjc=", "name": "To Do", "created_at": "2016-09-05T14:18:44Z", "updated_at": "2016-09-05T14:22:28Z" }

Preview notice

The Projects API is currently available for developers to preview. During the preview period, the API may change without advance notice. 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.inertia-preview+json

Delete a project column

Works with GitHub Apps

Parameters

Headers
acceptstring

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

See preview notice
Path parameters
column_idintegerRequired

The unique identifier of the column.

HTTP response status codes

Status codeDescription
204

No Content

304

Not modified

401

Requires authentication

403

Forbidden

Code samples

delete/projects/columns/{column_id}
curl \ -X DELETE \ -H "Accept: application/vnd.github+json" \ -H "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR-TOKEN>" \ http(s)://HOSTNAME/api/v3/projects/columns/COLUMN_ID

Response

Status: 204

Preview notice

The Projects API is currently available for developers to preview. During the preview period, the API may change without advance notice. 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.inertia-preview+json

Move a project column

Works with GitHub Apps

Parameters

Headers
acceptstring

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

See preview notice
Path parameters
column_idintegerRequired

The unique identifier of the column.

Body parameters
positionstringRequired

The position of the column in a project. Can be one of: first, last, or after:<column_id> to place after the specified column.

HTTP response status codes

Status codeDescription
201

Created

304

Not modified

401

Requires authentication

403

Forbidden

422

Validation failed, or the endpoint has been spammed.

Code samples

post/projects/columns/{column_id}/moves
curl \ -X POST \ -H "Accept: application/vnd.github+json" \ -H "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR-TOKEN>" \ http(s)://HOSTNAME/api/v3/projects/columns/COLUMN_ID/moves \ -d '{"position":"last"}'

Response

Status: 201

Preview notice

The Projects API is currently available for developers to preview. During the preview period, the API may change without advance notice. 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.inertia-preview+json

List project columns

Works with GitHub Apps

Parameters

Headers
acceptstring

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

See preview notice
Path parameters
project_idintegerRequired

The unique identifier of the project.

Query parameters
per_pageinteger

The number of results per page (max 100).

Default: 30

pageinteger

Page number of the results to fetch.

Default: 1

HTTP response status codes

Status codeDescription
200

OK

304

Not modified

401

Requires authentication

403

Forbidden

Code samples

get/projects/{project_id}/columns
curl \ -H "Accept: application/vnd.github+json" \ -H "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR-TOKEN>" \ http(s)://HOSTNAME/api/v3/projects/PROJECT_ID/columns

Response

Status: 200
[ { "url": "https://api.github.com/projects/columns/367", "project_url": "https://api.github.com/projects/120", "cards_url": "https://api.github.com/projects/columns/367/cards", "id": 367, "node_id": "MDEzOlByb2plY3RDb2x1bW4zNjc=", "name": "To Do", "created_at": "2016-09-05T14:18:44Z", "updated_at": "2016-09-05T14:22:28Z" } ]

Preview notice

The Projects API is currently available for developers to preview. During the preview period, the API may change without advance notice. 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.inertia-preview+json

Create a project column

Works with GitHub Apps

Parameters

Headers
acceptstring

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

See preview notice
Path parameters
project_idintegerRequired

The unique identifier of the project.

Body parameters
namestringRequired

Name of the project column

HTTP response status codes

Status codeDescription
201

Created

304

Not modified

401

Requires authentication

403

Forbidden

422

Validation failed, or the endpoint has been spammed.

Code samples

post/projects/{project_id}/columns
curl \ -X POST \ -H "Accept: application/vnd.github+json" \ -H "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR-TOKEN>" \ http(s)://HOSTNAME/api/v3/projects/PROJECT_ID/columns \ -d '{"name":"Remaining tasks"}'

Response

Status: 201
{ "url": "https://api.github.com/projects/columns/367", "project_url": "https://api.github.com/projects/120", "cards_url": "https://api.github.com/projects/columns/367/cards", "id": 367, "node_id": "MDEzOlByb2plY3RDb2x1bW4zNjc=", "name": "To Do", "created_at": "2016-09-05T14:18:44Z", "updated_at": "2016-09-05T14:22:28Z" }

Preview notice

The Projects API is currently available for developers to preview. During the preview period, the API may change without advance notice. 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.inertia-preview+json