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Pulls

The Pulls API allows you to list, view, edit, create, and even merge pull requests.

About the Pulls API

The Pull Request API allows you to list, view, edit, create, and even merge pull requests. Comments on pull requests can be managed via the Issue Comments API.

Every pull request is an issue, but not every issue is a pull request. For this reason, "shared" actions for both features, like manipulating assignees, labels and milestones, are provided within the Issues API.

Custom media types for pull requests

These are the supported media types for pull requests.

application/vnd.github.VERSION.raw+json
application/vnd.github.VERSION.text+json
application/vnd.github.VERSION.html+json
application/vnd.github.VERSION.full+json
application/vnd.github.VERSION.diff
application/vnd.github.VERSION.patch

For more information, see "Custom media types."

If a diff is corrupt, contact your site administrator. Include the repository name and pull request ID in your message.

Pull Requests have these possible link relations:

NameDescription
selfThe API location of this Pull Request.
htmlThe HTML location of this Pull Request.
issueThe API location of this Pull Request's Issue.
commentsThe API location of this Pull Request's Issue comments.
review_commentsThe API location of this Pull Request's Review comments.
review_commentThe URL template to construct the API location for a Review comment in this Pull Request's repository.
commitsThe API location of this Pull Request's commits.
statusesThe API location of this Pull Request's commit statuses, which are the statuses of its head branch.

List pull requests

Works with GitHub Apps

Draft pull requests are available in public repositories with GitHub Free and GitHub Free for organizations, GitHub Pro, and legacy per-repository billing plans, and in public and private repositories with GitHub Team and GitHub Enterprise Cloud. For more information, see GitHub's products in the GitHub Help documentation.

Parameters

Headers
acceptstring

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

Path parameters
ownerstringRequired

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

repostringRequired

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

Query parameters
statestring

Either open, closed, or all to filter by state.

Default: open

Can be one of: open, closed, all

headstring

Filter pulls by head user or head organization and branch name in the format of user:ref-name or organization:ref-name. For example: github:new-script-format or octocat:test-branch.

basestring

Filter pulls by base branch name. Example: gh-pages.

sortstring

What to sort results by. popularity will sort by the number of comments. long-running will sort by date created and will limit the results to pull requests that have been open for more than a month and have had activity within the past month.

Default: created

Can be one of: created, updated, popularity, long-running

directionstring

The direction of the sort. Default: desc when sort is created or sort is not specified, otherwise asc.

Can be one of: asc, desc

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

422

Validation failed, or the endpoint has been spammed.

Code samples

get/repos/{owner}/{repo}/pulls
curl \ -H "Accept: application/vnd.github+json" \ -H "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR-TOKEN>" \ http(s)://HOSTNAME/api/v3/repos/OWNER/REPO/pulls

Response

Status: 200
[ { "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", 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"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, 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{ "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", "auto_merge": null, "draft": false } ]

Create a pull request

Works with GitHub Apps

Draft pull requests are available in public repositories with GitHub Free and GitHub Free for organizations, GitHub Pro, and legacy per-repository billing plans, and in public and private repositories with GitHub Team and GitHub Enterprise Cloud. For more information, see GitHub's products in the GitHub Help documentation.

To open or update a pull request in a public repository, you must have write access to the head or the source branch. For organization-owned repositories, you must be a member of the organization that owns the repository to open or update a pull request.

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

Parameters

Headers
acceptstring

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

Path parameters
ownerstringRequired

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

repostringRequired

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

Body parameters
titlestring

The title of the new pull request. Required unless issue is specified.

headstringRequired

The name of the branch where your changes are implemented. For cross-repository pull requests in the same network, namespace head with a user like this: username:branch.

basestringRequired

The name of the branch you want the changes pulled into. This should be an existing branch on the current repository. You cannot submit a pull request to one repository that requests a merge to a base of another repository.

bodystring

The contents of the pull request.

maintainer_can_modifyboolean

Indicates whether maintainers can modify the pull request.

draftboolean

Indicates whether the pull request is a draft. See "Draft Pull Requests" in the GitHub Help documentation to learn more.

issueinteger

An issue in the repository to convert to a pull request. The issue title, body, and comments will become the title, body, and comments on the new pull request. Required unless title is specified.

HTTP response status codes

Status codeDescription
201

Created

403

Forbidden

422

Validation failed, or the endpoint has been spammed.

Code samples

post/repos/{owner}/{repo}/pulls
curl \ -X POST \ -H "Accept: application/vnd.github+json" \ -H "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR-TOKEN>" \ http(s)://HOSTNAME/api/v3/repos/OWNER/REPO/pulls \ -d '{"title":"Amazing new feature","body":"Please pull these awesome changes in!","head":"octocat:new-feature","base":"master"}'

Response

Status: 201
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"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 }, "open_issues": 4, "closed_issues": 8, "created_at": "2011-04-10T20:09:31Z", "updated_at": "2014-03-03T18:58:10Z", "closed_at": "2013-02-12T13:22:01Z", "due_on": "2012-10-09T23:39:01Z" }, "active_lock_reason": "too heated", "created_at": "2011-01-26T19:01:12Z", "updated_at": "2011-01-26T19:01:12Z", "closed_at": "2011-01-26T19:01:12Z", "merged_at": "2011-01-26T19:01:12Z", "merge_commit_sha": "e5bd3914e2e596debea16f433f57875b5b90bcd6", "assignee": { "login": "octocat", "id": 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Get a pull request

Works with GitHub Apps

Draft pull requests are available in public repositories with GitHub Free and GitHub Free for organizations, GitHub Pro, and legacy per-repository billing plans, and in public and private repositories with GitHub Team and GitHub Enterprise Cloud. For more information, see GitHub's products in the GitHub Help documentation.

Lists details of a pull request by providing its number.

When you get, create, or edit a pull request, GitHub Enterprise Server creates a merge commit to test whether the pull request can be automatically merged into the base branch. This test commit is not added to the base branch or the head branch. You can review the status of the test commit using the mergeable key. For more information, see "Checking mergeability of pull requests".

The value of the mergeable attribute can be true, false, or null. If the value is null, then GitHub Enterprise Server has started a background job to compute the mergeability. After giving the job time to complete, resubmit the request. When the job finishes, you will see a non-null value for the mergeable attribute in the response. If mergeable is true, then merge_commit_sha will be the SHA of the test merge commit.

The value of the merge_commit_sha attribute changes depending on the state of the pull request. Before merging a pull request, the merge_commit_sha attribute holds the SHA of the test merge commit. After merging a pull request, the merge_commit_sha attribute changes depending on how you merged the pull request:

  • If merged as a merge commit, merge_commit_sha represents the SHA of the merge commit.
  • If merged via a squash, merge_commit_sha represents the SHA of the squashed commit on the base branch.
  • If rebased, merge_commit_sha represents the commit that the base branch was updated to.

Pass the appropriate media type to fetch diff and patch formats.

Parameters

Headers
acceptstring

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

Path parameters
ownerstringRequired

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

repostringRequired

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

pull_numberintegerRequired

The number that identifies the pull request.

HTTP response status codes

Status codeDescription
200

Pass the appropriate media type to fetch diff and patch formats.

304

Not modified

404

Resource not found

500

Internal Error

503

Service unavailable

Code samples

get/repos/{owner}/{repo}/pulls/{pull_number}
curl \ -H "Accept: application/vnd.github+json" \ -H "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR-TOKEN>" \ http(s)://HOSTNAME/api/v3/repos/OWNER/REPO/pulls/PULL_NUMBER

Pass the appropriate media type to fetch diff and patch formats.

Status: 200
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Update a pull request

Works with GitHub Apps

Draft pull requests are available in public repositories with GitHub Free and GitHub Free for organizations, GitHub Pro, and legacy per-repository billing plans, and in public and private repositories with GitHub Team and GitHub Enterprise Cloud. For more information, see GitHub's products in the GitHub Help documentation.

To open or update a pull request in a public repository, you must have write access to the head or the source branch. For organization-owned repositories, you must be a member of the organization that owns the repository to open or update a pull request.

Parameters

Headers
acceptstring

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

Path parameters
ownerstringRequired

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

repostringRequired

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

pull_numberintegerRequired

The number that identifies the pull request.

Body parameters
titlestring

The title of the pull request.

bodystring

The contents of the pull request.

statestring

State of this Pull Request. Either open or closed.

Can be one of: open, closed

basestring

The name of the branch you want your changes pulled into. This should be an existing branch on the current repository. You cannot update the base branch on a pull request to point to another repository.

maintainer_can_modifyboolean

Indicates whether maintainers can modify the pull request.

HTTP response status codes

Status codeDescription
200

OK

403

Forbidden

422

Validation failed, or the endpoint has been spammed.

Code samples

patch/repos/{owner}/{repo}/pulls/{pull_number}
curl \ -X PATCH \ -H "Accept: application/vnd.github+json" \ -H "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR-TOKEN>" \ http(s)://HOSTNAME/api/v3/repos/OWNER/REPO/pulls/PULL_NUMBER \ -d '{"title":"new title","body":"updated body","state":"open","base":"master"}'

Response

Status: 200
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"statuses": { "href": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/statuses/6dcb09b5b57875f334f61aebed695e2e4193db5e" } }, "author_association": "OWNER", "auto_merge": null, "draft": false, "merged": false, "mergeable": true, "rebaseable": true, "mergeable_state": "clean", "merged_by": { "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 }, "comments": 10, "review_comments": 0, "maintainer_can_modify": true, "commits": 3, "additions": 100, "deletions": 3, "changed_files": 5 }

List commits on a pull request

Works with GitHub Apps

Lists a maximum of 250 commits for a pull request. To receive a complete commit list for pull requests with more than 250 commits, use the List commits endpoint.

Parameters

Headers
acceptstring

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

Path parameters
ownerstringRequired

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

repostringRequired

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

pull_numberintegerRequired

The number that identifies the pull request.

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

Code samples

get/repos/{owner}/{repo}/pulls/{pull_number}/commits
curl \ -H "Accept: application/vnd.github+json" \ -H "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR-TOKEN>" \ http(s)://HOSTNAME/api/v3/repos/OWNER/REPO/pulls/PULL_NUMBER/commits

Response

Status: 200
[ { "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" } ] } ]

List pull requests files

Works with GitHub Apps

Note: Responses include a maximum of 3000 files. The paginated response returns 30 files per page by default.

Parameters

Headers
acceptstring

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

Path parameters
ownerstringRequired

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

repostringRequired

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

pull_numberintegerRequired

The number that identifies the pull request.

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

422

Validation failed, or the endpoint has been spammed.

500

Internal Error

503

Service unavailable

Code samples

get/repos/{owner}/{repo}/pulls/{pull_number}/files
curl \ -H "Accept: application/vnd.github+json" \ -H "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR-TOKEN>" \ http(s)://HOSTNAME/api/v3/repos/OWNER/REPO/pulls/PULL_NUMBER/files

Response

Status: 200
[ { "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" } ]

Check if a pull request has been merged

Works with GitHub Apps

Parameters

Headers
acceptstring

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

Path parameters
ownerstringRequired

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

repostringRequired

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

pull_numberintegerRequired

The number that identifies the pull request.

HTTP response status codes

Status codeDescription
204

Response if pull request has been merged

404

Not Found if pull request has not been merged

Code samples

get/repos/{owner}/{repo}/pulls/{pull_number}/merge
curl \ -H "Accept: application/vnd.github+json" \ -H "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR-TOKEN>" \ http(s)://HOSTNAME/api/v3/repos/OWNER/REPO/pulls/PULL_NUMBER/merge

Response if pull request has been merged

Status: 204

Merge a pull request

Works with GitHub Apps

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

Parameters

Headers
acceptstring

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

Path parameters
ownerstringRequired

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

repostringRequired

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

pull_numberintegerRequired

The number that identifies the pull request.

Body parameters
commit_titlestring

Title for the automatic commit message.

commit_messagestring

Extra detail to append to automatic commit message.

shastring

SHA that pull request head must match to allow merge.

merge_methodstring

The merge method to use.

Can be one of: merge, squash, rebase

HTTP response status codes

Status codeDescription
200

if merge was successful

403

Forbidden

404

Resource not found

405

Method Not Allowed if merge cannot be performed

409

Conflict if sha was provided and pull request head did not match

422

Validation failed, or the endpoint has been spammed.

Code samples

put/repos/{owner}/{repo}/pulls/{pull_number}/merge
curl \ -X PUT \ -H "Accept: application/vnd.github+json" \ -H "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR-TOKEN>" \ http(s)://HOSTNAME/api/v3/repos/OWNER/REPO/pulls/PULL_NUMBER/merge \ -d '{"commit_title":"Expand enum","commit_message":"Add a new value to the merge_method enum"}'

if merge was successful

Status: 200
{ "sha": "6dcb09b5b57875f334f61aebed695e2e4193db5e", "merged": true, "message": "Pull Request successfully merged" }

Update a pull request branch

Updates the pull request branch with the latest upstream changes by merging HEAD from the base branch into the pull request branch.

Parameters

Headers
acceptstring

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

See preview notice
Path parameters
ownerstringRequired

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

repostringRequired

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

pull_numberintegerRequired

The number that identifies the pull request.

Body parameters
expected_head_shastring

The expected SHA of the pull request's HEAD ref. This is the most recent commit on the pull request's branch. If the expected SHA does not match the pull request's HEAD, you will receive a 422 Unprocessable Entity status. You can use the "List commits" endpoint to find the most recent commit SHA. Default: SHA of the pull request's current HEAD ref.

HTTP response status codes

Status codeDescription
202

Accepted

403

Forbidden

422

Validation failed, or the endpoint has been spammed.

Code samples

put/repos/{owner}/{repo}/pulls/{pull_number}/update-branch
curl \ -X PUT \ -H "Accept: application/vnd.github+json" \ -H "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR-TOKEN>" \ http(s)://HOSTNAME/api/v3/repos/OWNER/REPO/pulls/PULL_NUMBER/update-branch \ -d '{"expected_head_sha":"6dcb09b5b57875f334f61aebed695e2e4193db5e"}'

Response

Status: 202
{ "message": "Updating pull request branch.", "url": "https://github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/pulls/53" }

Preview notice

Updating the pull request branch with latest upstream changes 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.lydian-preview+json