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Secret scanning

Use the REST API to retrieve and update secret alerts from a repository.

Note: The endpoints to manage secret scanning are currently in beta and subject to change.

About secret scanning

You can use the API to:

  • Enable or disable secret scanning and push protection for a repository. For more information, see "Repositories" and expand the "Properties of the security_and_analysis object" section in the REST API documentation.
  • Retrieve and update secret scanning alerts from a repository. For further details, see the sections below.

For more information about secret scanning, see "About secret scanning."

List secret scanning alerts for an enterprise

Lists secret scanning alerts for eligible repositories in an enterprise, from newest to oldest. To use this endpoint, you must be a member of the enterprise, and you must use an access token with the repo scope or security_events scope. Alerts are only returned for organizations in the enterprise for which you are an organization owner or a security manager.

Parameters for "List secret scanning alerts for an enterprise"

Headers
accept string

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

Path parameters
enterprise string Required

The slug version of the enterprise name. You can also substitute this value with the enterprise id.

Query parameters
state string

Set to open or resolved to only list secret scanning alerts in a specific state.

Can be one of: open, resolved

secret_type string

A comma-separated list of secret types to return. By default all secret types are returned. See "Secret scanning patterns" for a complete list of secret types.

resolution string

A comma-separated list of resolutions. Only secret scanning alerts with one of these resolutions are listed. Valid resolutions are false_positive, wont_fix, revoked, pattern_edited, pattern_deleted or used_in_tests.

sort string

The property to sort the results by. created means when the alert was created. updated means when the alert was updated or resolved.

Default: created

Can be one of: created, updated

direction string

The direction to sort the results by.

Default: desc

Can be one of: asc, desc

per_page integer

The number of results per page (max 100).

Default: 30

before string

A cursor, as given in the Link header. If specified, the query only searches for results before this cursor.

after string

A cursor, as given in the Link header. If specified, the query only searches for results after this cursor.

HTTP response status codes for "List secret scanning alerts for an enterprise"

Status codeDescription
200

OK

404

Resource not found

503

Service unavailable

Code samples for "List secret scanning alerts for an enterprise"

get/enterprises/{enterprise}/secret-scanning/alerts
curl -L \ -H "Accept: application/vnd.github+json" \ -H "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR-TOKEN>" \ http(s)://HOSTNAME/api/v3/enterprises/ENTERPRISE/secret-scanning/alerts

Response

Status: 200
[ { "number": 2, "created_at": "2020-11-06T18:48:51Z", "url": "https://HOSTNAME/repos/owner/private-repo/secret-scanning/alerts/2", "html_url": "https://github.com/owner/private-repo/security/secret-scanning/2", "locations_url": "https://HOSTNAME/repos/owner/private-repo/secret-scanning/alerts/2/locations", "state": "resolved", "resolution": "false_positive", "resolved_at": "2020-11-07T02:47:13Z", "resolved_by": { "login": "monalisa", "id": 2, "node_id": "MDQ6VXNlcjI=", "avatar_url": "https://alambic.github.com/avatars/u/2?", "gravatar_id": "", "url": "https://HOSTNAME/users/monalisa", "html_url": "https://github.com/monalisa", "followers_url": "https://HOSTNAME/users/monalisa/followers", "following_url": "https://HOSTNAME/users/monalisa/following{/other_user}", "gists_url": "https://HOSTNAME/users/monalisa/gists{/gist_id}", "starred_url": "https://HOSTNAME/users/monalisa/starred{/owner}{/repo}", "subscriptions_url": "https://HOSTNAME/users/monalisa/subscriptions", "organizations_url": "https://HOSTNAME/users/monalisa/orgs", "repos_url": "https://HOSTNAME/users/monalisa/repos", "events_url": "https://HOSTNAME/users/monalisa/events{/privacy}", "received_events_url": "https://HOSTNAME/users/monalisa/received_events", "type": "User", "site_admin": true }, "secret_type": "adafruit_io_key", "secret_type_display_name": "Adafruit IO Key", "secret": "aio_XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX", "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://HOSTNAME/users/octocat", "html_url": "https://github.com/octocat", "followers_url": "https://HOSTNAME/users/octocat/followers", "following_url": "https://HOSTNAME/users/octocat/following{/other_user}", "gists_url": "https://HOSTNAME/users/octocat/gists{/gist_id}", "starred_url": "https://HOSTNAME/users/octocat/starred{/owner}{/repo}", "subscriptions_url": "https://HOSTNAME/users/octocat/subscriptions", "organizations_url": "https://HOSTNAME/users/octocat/orgs", "repos_url": "https://HOSTNAME/users/octocat/repos", "events_url": "https://HOSTNAME/users/octocat/events{/privacy}", "received_events_url": "https://HOSTNAME/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://HOSTNAME/repos/octocat/Hello-World", "archive_url": "https://HOSTNAME/repos/octocat/Hello-World/{archive_format}{/ref}", "assignees_url": "https://HOSTNAME/repos/octocat/Hello-World/assignees{/user}", "blobs_url": "https://HOSTNAME/repos/octocat/Hello-World/git/blobs{/sha}", "branches_url": "https://HOSTNAME/repos/octocat/Hello-World/branches{/branch}", "collaborators_url": "https://HOSTNAME/repos/octocat/Hello-World/collaborators{/collaborator}", "comments_url": "https://HOSTNAME/repos/octocat/Hello-World/comments{/number}", "commits_url": "https://HOSTNAME/repos/octocat/Hello-World/commits{/sha}", "compare_url": "https://HOSTNAME/repos/octocat/Hello-World/compare/{base}...{head}", "contents_url": "https://HOSTNAME/repos/octocat/Hello-World/contents/{+path}", "contributors_url": "https://HOSTNAME/repos/octocat/Hello-World/contributors", "deployments_url": "https://HOSTNAME/repos/octocat/Hello-World/deployments", "downloads_url": "https://HOSTNAME/repos/octocat/Hello-World/downloads", "events_url": "https://HOSTNAME/repos/octocat/Hello-World/events", "forks_url": "https://HOSTNAME/repos/octocat/Hello-World/forks", "git_commits_url": "https://HOSTNAME/repos/octocat/Hello-World/git/commits{/sha}", "git_refs_url": "https://HOSTNAME/repos/octocat/Hello-World/git/refs{/sha}", "git_tags_url": "https://HOSTNAME/repos/octocat/Hello-World/git/tags{/sha}", "issue_comment_url": "https://HOSTNAME/repos/octocat/Hello-World/issues/comments{/number}", "issue_events_url": "https://HOSTNAME/repos/octocat/Hello-World/issues/events{/number}", "issues_url": "https://HOSTNAME/repos/octocat/Hello-World/issues{/number}", "keys_url": "https://HOSTNAME/repos/octocat/Hello-World/keys{/key_id}", "labels_url": "https://HOSTNAME/repos/octocat/Hello-World/labels{/name}", "languages_url": "https://HOSTNAME/repos/octocat/Hello-World/languages", "merges_url": "https://HOSTNAME/repos/octocat/Hello-World/merges", "milestones_url": "https://HOSTNAME/repos/octocat/Hello-World/milestones{/number}", "notifications_url": "https://HOSTNAME/repos/octocat/Hello-World/notifications{?since,all,participating}", "pulls_url": "https://HOSTNAME/repos/octocat/Hello-World/pulls{/number}", "releases_url": "https://HOSTNAME/repos/octocat/Hello-World/releases{/id}", "stargazers_url": "https://HOSTNAME/repos/octocat/Hello-World/stargazers", "statuses_url": "https://HOSTNAME/repos/octocat/Hello-World/statuses/{sha}", "subscribers_url": "https://HOSTNAME/repos/octocat/Hello-World/subscribers", "subscription_url": "https://HOSTNAME/repos/octocat/Hello-World/subscription", "tags_url": "https://HOSTNAME/repos/octocat/Hello-World/tags", "teams_url": "https://HOSTNAME/repos/octocat/Hello-World/teams", "trees_url": "https://HOSTNAME/repos/octocat/Hello-World/git/trees{/sha}", "hooks_url": "https://HOSTNAME/repos/octocat/Hello-World/hooks" }, "push_protection_bypassed_by": { "login": "monalisa", "id": 2, "node_id": "MDQ6VXNlcjI=", "avatar_url": "https://alambic.github.com/avatars/u/2?", "gravatar_id": "", "url": "https://HOSTNAME/users/monalisa", "html_url": "https://github.com/monalisa", "followers_url": "https://HOSTNAME/users/monalisa/followers", "following_url": "https://HOSTNAME/users/monalisa/following{/other_user}", "gists_url": "https://HOSTNAME/users/monalisa/gists{/gist_id}", "starred_url": "https://HOSTNAME/users/monalisa/starred{/owner}{/repo}", "subscriptions_url": "https://HOSTNAME/users/monalisa/subscriptions", "organizations_url": "https://HOSTNAME/users/monalisa/orgs", "repos_url": "https://HOSTNAME/users/monalisa/repos", "events_url": "https://HOSTNAME/users/monalisa/events{/privacy}", "received_events_url": "https://HOSTNAME/users/monalisa/received_events", "type": "User", "site_admin": true }, "push_protection_bypassed": true, "push_protection_bypassed_at": "2020-11-06T21:48:51Z" }, { "number": 1, "created_at": "2020-11-06T18:18:30Z", "url": "https://HOSTNAME/repos/owner/repo/secret-scanning/alerts/1", "html_url": "https://github.com/owner/repo/security/secret-scanning/1", "locations_url": "https://HOSTNAME/repos/owner/private-repo/secret-scanning/alerts/1/locations", "state": "open", "resolution": null, "resolved_at": null, "resolved_by": null, "secret_type": "mailchimp_api_key", "secret_type_display_name": "Mailchimp API Key", "secret": "XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX-us2", "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://HOSTNAME/users/octocat", "html_url": "https://github.com/octocat", "followers_url": "https://HOSTNAME/users/octocat/followers", "following_url": "https://HOSTNAME/users/octocat/following{/other_user}", "gists_url": "https://HOSTNAME/users/octocat/gists{/gist_id}", "starred_url": "https://HOSTNAME/users/octocat/starred{/owner}{/repo}", "subscriptions_url": "https://HOSTNAME/users/octocat/subscriptions", "organizations_url": "https://HOSTNAME/users/octocat/orgs", "repos_url": "https://HOSTNAME/users/octocat/repos", "events_url": "https://HOSTNAME/users/octocat/events{/privacy}", "received_events_url": "https://HOSTNAME/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://HOSTNAME/repos/octocat/Hello-World", "archive_url": "https://HOSTNAME/repos/octocat/Hello-World/{archive_format}{/ref}", "assignees_url": "https://HOSTNAME/repos/octocat/Hello-World/assignees{/user}", "blobs_url": "https://HOSTNAME/repos/octocat/Hello-World/git/blobs{/sha}", "branches_url": "https://HOSTNAME/repos/octocat/Hello-World/branches{/branch}", "collaborators_url": "https://HOSTNAME/repos/octocat/Hello-World/collaborators{/collaborator}", "comments_url": "https://HOSTNAME/repos/octocat/Hello-World/comments{/number}", "commits_url": "https://HOSTNAME/repos/octocat/Hello-World/commits{/sha}", "compare_url": "https://HOSTNAME/repos/octocat/Hello-World/compare/{base}...{head}", "contents_url": "https://HOSTNAME/repos/octocat/Hello-World/contents/{+path}", "contributors_url": "https://HOSTNAME/repos/octocat/Hello-World/contributors", "deployments_url": "https://HOSTNAME/repos/octocat/Hello-World/deployments", "downloads_url": "https://HOSTNAME/repos/octocat/Hello-World/downloads", "events_url": "https://HOSTNAME/repos/octocat/Hello-World/events", "forks_url": "https://HOSTNAME/repos/octocat/Hello-World/forks", "git_commits_url": "https://HOSTNAME/repos/octocat/Hello-World/git/commits{/sha}", "git_refs_url": "https://HOSTNAME/repos/octocat/Hello-World/git/refs{/sha}", "git_tags_url": "https://HOSTNAME/repos/octocat/Hello-World/git/tags{/sha}", "issue_comment_url": "https://HOSTNAME/repos/octocat/Hello-World/issues/comments{/number}", "issue_events_url": "https://HOSTNAME/repos/octocat/Hello-World/issues/events{/number}", "issues_url": "https://HOSTNAME/repos/octocat/Hello-World/issues{/number}", "keys_url": "https://HOSTNAME/repos/octocat/Hello-World/keys{/key_id}", "labels_url": "https://HOSTNAME/repos/octocat/Hello-World/labels{/name}", "languages_url": "https://HOSTNAME/repos/octocat/Hello-World/languages", "merges_url": "https://HOSTNAME/repos/octocat/Hello-World/merges", "milestones_url": "https://HOSTNAME/repos/octocat/Hello-World/milestones{/number}", "notifications_url": "https://HOSTNAME/repos/octocat/Hello-World/notifications{?since,all,participating}", "pulls_url": "https://HOSTNAME/repos/octocat/Hello-World/pulls{/number}", "releases_url": "https://HOSTNAME/repos/octocat/Hello-World/releases{/id}", "stargazers_url": "https://HOSTNAME/repos/octocat/Hello-World/stargazers", "statuses_url": "https://HOSTNAME/repos/octocat/Hello-World/statuses/{sha}", "subscribers_url": "https://HOSTNAME/repos/octocat/Hello-World/subscribers", "subscription_url": "https://HOSTNAME/repos/octocat/Hello-World/subscription", "tags_url": "https://HOSTNAME/repos/octocat/Hello-World/tags", "teams_url": "https://HOSTNAME/repos/octocat/Hello-World/teams", "trees_url": "https://HOSTNAME/repos/octocat/Hello-World/git/trees{/sha}", "hooks_url": "https://HOSTNAME/repos/octocat/Hello-World/hooks" }, "push_protection_bypassed_by": null, "push_protection_bypassed": false, "push_protection_bypassed_at": null } ]

List secret scanning alerts for an organization

Works with GitHub Apps

Lists secret scanning alerts for eligible repositories in an organization, from newest to oldest. To use this endpoint, you must be an administrator or security manager for the organization, and you must use an access token with the repo scope or security_events scope. For public repositories, you may instead use the public_repo scope.

GitHub Apps must have the secret_scanning_alerts read permission to use this endpoint.

Parameters for "List secret scanning alerts for an organization"

Headers
accept string

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

Path parameters
org string Required

The organization name. The name is not case sensitive.

Query parameters
state string

Set to open or resolved to only list secret scanning alerts in a specific state.

Can be one of: open, resolved

secret_type string

A comma-separated list of secret types to return. By default all secret types are returned. See "Secret scanning patterns" for a complete list of secret types.

resolution string

A comma-separated list of resolutions. Only secret scanning alerts with one of these resolutions are listed. Valid resolutions are false_positive, wont_fix, revoked, pattern_edited, pattern_deleted or used_in_tests.

sort string

The property to sort the results by. created means when the alert was created. updated means when the alert was updated or resolved.

Default: created

Can be one of: created, updated

direction string

The direction to sort the results by.

Default: desc

Can be one of: asc, desc

page integer

Page number of the results to fetch.

Default: 1

per_page integer

The number of results per page (max 100).

Default: 30

HTTP response status codes for "List secret scanning alerts for an organization"

Status codeDescription
200

OK

404

Resource not found

503

Service unavailable

Code samples for "List secret scanning alerts for an organization"

get/orgs/{org}/secret-scanning/alerts
curl -L \ -H "Accept: application/vnd.github+json" \ -H "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR-TOKEN>" \ http(s)://HOSTNAME/api/v3/orgs/ORG/secret-scanning/alerts

Response

Status: 200
[ { "number": 2, "created_at": "2020-11-06T18:48:51Z", "url": "https://HOSTNAME/repos/owner/private-repo/secret-scanning/alerts/2", "html_url": "https://github.com/owner/private-repo/security/secret-scanning/2", "locations_url": "https://HOSTNAME/repos/owner/private-repo/secret-scanning/alerts/2/locations", "state": "resolved", "resolution": "false_positive", "resolved_at": "2020-11-07T02:47:13Z", "resolved_by": { "login": "monalisa", "id": 2, "node_id": "MDQ6VXNlcjI=", "avatar_url": "https://alambic.github.com/avatars/u/2?", "gravatar_id": "", "url": "https://HOSTNAME/users/monalisa", "html_url": "https://github.com/monalisa", "followers_url": "https://HOSTNAME/users/monalisa/followers", "following_url": "https://HOSTNAME/users/monalisa/following{/other_user}", "gists_url": "https://HOSTNAME/users/monalisa/gists{/gist_id}", "starred_url": "https://HOSTNAME/users/monalisa/starred{/owner}{/repo}", "subscriptions_url": "https://HOSTNAME/users/monalisa/subscriptions", "organizations_url": "https://HOSTNAME/users/monalisa/orgs", "repos_url": "https://HOSTNAME/users/monalisa/repos", "events_url": "https://HOSTNAME/users/monalisa/events{/privacy}", "received_events_url": "https://HOSTNAME/users/monalisa/received_events", "type": "User", "site_admin": true }, "secret_type": "adafruit_io_key", "secret_type_display_name": "Adafruit IO Key", "secret": "aio_XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX", "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://HOSTNAME/users/octocat", "html_url": "https://github.com/octocat", "followers_url": "https://HOSTNAME/users/octocat/followers", "following_url": "https://HOSTNAME/users/octocat/following{/other_user}", "gists_url": "https://HOSTNAME/users/octocat/gists{/gist_id}", "starred_url": "https://HOSTNAME/users/octocat/starred{/owner}{/repo}", "subscriptions_url": "https://HOSTNAME/users/octocat/subscriptions", "organizations_url": "https://HOSTNAME/users/octocat/orgs", "repos_url": "https://HOSTNAME/users/octocat/repos", "events_url": "https://HOSTNAME/users/octocat/events{/privacy}", "received_events_url": "https://HOSTNAME/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://HOSTNAME/repos/octocat/Hello-World", "archive_url": "https://HOSTNAME/repos/octocat/Hello-World/{archive_format}{/ref}", "assignees_url": "https://HOSTNAME/repos/octocat/Hello-World/assignees{/user}", "blobs_url": "https://HOSTNAME/repos/octocat/Hello-World/git/blobs{/sha}", "branches_url": "https://HOSTNAME/repos/octocat/Hello-World/branches{/branch}", "collaborators_url": "https://HOSTNAME/repos/octocat/Hello-World/collaborators{/collaborator}", "comments_url": "https://HOSTNAME/repos/octocat/Hello-World/comments{/number}", "commits_url": "https://HOSTNAME/repos/octocat/Hello-World/commits{/sha}", "compare_url": "https://HOSTNAME/repos/octocat/Hello-World/compare/{base}...{head}", "contents_url": "https://HOSTNAME/repos/octocat/Hello-World/contents/{+path}", "contributors_url": "https://HOSTNAME/repos/octocat/Hello-World/contributors", "deployments_url": "https://HOSTNAME/repos/octocat/Hello-World/deployments", "downloads_url": "https://HOSTNAME/repos/octocat/Hello-World/downloads", "events_url": "https://HOSTNAME/repos/octocat/Hello-World/events", "forks_url": "https://HOSTNAME/repos/octocat/Hello-World/forks", "git_commits_url": "https://HOSTNAME/repos/octocat/Hello-World/git/commits{/sha}", "git_refs_url": "https://HOSTNAME/repos/octocat/Hello-World/git/refs{/sha}", "git_tags_url": "https://HOSTNAME/repos/octocat/Hello-World/git/tags{/sha}", "issue_comment_url": "https://HOSTNAME/repos/octocat/Hello-World/issues/comments{/number}", "issue_events_url": "https://HOSTNAME/repos/octocat/Hello-World/issues/events{/number}", "issues_url": "https://HOSTNAME/repos/octocat/Hello-World/issues{/number}", "keys_url": "https://HOSTNAME/repos/octocat/Hello-World/keys{/key_id}", "labels_url": "https://HOSTNAME/repos/octocat/Hello-World/labels{/name}", "languages_url": "https://HOSTNAME/repos/octocat/Hello-World/languages", "merges_url": "https://HOSTNAME/repos/octocat/Hello-World/merges", "milestones_url": "https://HOSTNAME/repos/octocat/Hello-World/milestones{/number}", "notifications_url": "https://HOSTNAME/repos/octocat/Hello-World/notifications{?since,all,participating}", "pulls_url": "https://HOSTNAME/repos/octocat/Hello-World/pulls{/number}", "releases_url": "https://HOSTNAME/repos/octocat/Hello-World/releases{/id}", "stargazers_url": "https://HOSTNAME/repos/octocat/Hello-World/stargazers", "statuses_url": "https://HOSTNAME/repos/octocat/Hello-World/statuses/{sha}", "subscribers_url": "https://HOSTNAME/repos/octocat/Hello-World/subscribers", "subscription_url": "https://HOSTNAME/repos/octocat/Hello-World/subscription", "tags_url": "https://HOSTNAME/repos/octocat/Hello-World/tags", "teams_url": "https://HOSTNAME/repos/octocat/Hello-World/teams", "trees_url": "https://HOSTNAME/repos/octocat/Hello-World/git/trees{/sha}", "hooks_url": "https://HOSTNAME/repos/octocat/Hello-World/hooks" }, "push_protection_bypassed_by": { "login": "monalisa", "id": 2, "node_id": "MDQ6VXNlcjI=", "avatar_url": "https://alambic.github.com/avatars/u/2?", "gravatar_id": "", "url": "https://HOSTNAME/users/monalisa", "html_url": "https://github.com/monalisa", "followers_url": "https://HOSTNAME/users/monalisa/followers", "following_url": "https://HOSTNAME/users/monalisa/following{/other_user}", "gists_url": "https://HOSTNAME/users/monalisa/gists{/gist_id}", "starred_url": "https://HOSTNAME/users/monalisa/starred{/owner}{/repo}", "subscriptions_url": "https://HOSTNAME/users/monalisa/subscriptions", "organizations_url": "https://HOSTNAME/users/monalisa/orgs", "repos_url": "https://HOSTNAME/users/monalisa/repos", "events_url": "https://HOSTNAME/users/monalisa/events{/privacy}", "received_events_url": "https://HOSTNAME/users/monalisa/received_events", "type": "User", "site_admin": true }, "push_protection_bypassed": true, "push_protection_bypassed_at": "2020-11-06T21:48:51Z" }, { "number": 1, "created_at": "2020-11-06T18:18:30Z", "url": "https://HOSTNAME/repos/owner/repo/secret-scanning/alerts/1", "html_url": "https://github.com/owner/repo/security/secret-scanning/1", "locations_url": "https://HOSTNAME/repos/owner/private-repo/secret-scanning/alerts/1/locations", "state": "open", "resolution": null, "resolved_at": null, "resolved_by": null, "secret_type": "mailchimp_api_key", "secret_type_display_name": "Mailchimp API Key", "secret": "XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX-us2", "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://HOSTNAME/users/octocat", "html_url": "https://github.com/octocat", "followers_url": "https://HOSTNAME/users/octocat/followers", "following_url": "https://HOSTNAME/users/octocat/following{/other_user}", "gists_url": "https://HOSTNAME/users/octocat/gists{/gist_id}", "starred_url": "https://HOSTNAME/users/octocat/starred{/owner}{/repo}", "subscriptions_url": "https://HOSTNAME/users/octocat/subscriptions", "organizations_url": "https://HOSTNAME/users/octocat/orgs", "repos_url": "https://HOSTNAME/users/octocat/repos", "events_url": "https://HOSTNAME/users/octocat/events{/privacy}", "received_events_url": "https://HOSTNAME/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://HOSTNAME/repos/octocat/Hello-World", "archive_url": "https://HOSTNAME/repos/octocat/Hello-World/{archive_format}{/ref}", "assignees_url": "https://HOSTNAME/repos/octocat/Hello-World/assignees{/user}", "blobs_url": "https://HOSTNAME/repos/octocat/Hello-World/git/blobs{/sha}", "branches_url": "https://HOSTNAME/repos/octocat/Hello-World/branches{/branch}", "collaborators_url": "https://HOSTNAME/repos/octocat/Hello-World/collaborators{/collaborator}", "comments_url": "https://HOSTNAME/repos/octocat/Hello-World/comments{/number}", "commits_url": "https://HOSTNAME/repos/octocat/Hello-World/commits{/sha}", "compare_url": "https://HOSTNAME/repos/octocat/Hello-World/compare/{base}...{head}", "contents_url": "https://HOSTNAME/repos/octocat/Hello-World/contents/{+path}", "contributors_url": "https://HOSTNAME/repos/octocat/Hello-World/contributors", "deployments_url": "https://HOSTNAME/repos/octocat/Hello-World/deployments", "downloads_url": "https://HOSTNAME/repos/octocat/Hello-World/downloads", "events_url": "https://HOSTNAME/repos/octocat/Hello-World/events", "forks_url": "https://HOSTNAME/repos/octocat/Hello-World/forks", "git_commits_url": "https://HOSTNAME/repos/octocat/Hello-World/git/commits{/sha}", "git_refs_url": "https://HOSTNAME/repos/octocat/Hello-World/git/refs{/sha}", "git_tags_url": "https://HOSTNAME/repos/octocat/Hello-World/git/tags{/sha}", "issue_comment_url": "https://HOSTNAME/repos/octocat/Hello-World/issues/comments{/number}", "issue_events_url": "https://HOSTNAME/repos/octocat/Hello-World/issues/events{/number}", "issues_url": "https://HOSTNAME/repos/octocat/Hello-World/issues{/number}", "keys_url": "https://HOSTNAME/repos/octocat/Hello-World/keys{/key_id}", "labels_url": "https://HOSTNAME/repos/octocat/Hello-World/labels{/name}", "languages_url": "https://HOSTNAME/repos/octocat/Hello-World/languages", "merges_url": "https://HOSTNAME/repos/octocat/Hello-World/merges", "milestones_url": "https://HOSTNAME/repos/octocat/Hello-World/milestones{/number}", "notifications_url": "https://HOSTNAME/repos/octocat/Hello-World/notifications{?since,all,participating}", "pulls_url": "https://HOSTNAME/repos/octocat/Hello-World/pulls{/number}", "releases_url": "https://HOSTNAME/repos/octocat/Hello-World/releases{/id}", "stargazers_url": "https://HOSTNAME/repos/octocat/Hello-World/stargazers", "statuses_url": "https://HOSTNAME/repos/octocat/Hello-World/statuses/{sha}", "subscribers_url": "https://HOSTNAME/repos/octocat/Hello-World/subscribers", "subscription_url": "https://HOSTNAME/repos/octocat/Hello-World/subscription", "tags_url": "https://HOSTNAME/repos/octocat/Hello-World/tags", "teams_url": "https://HOSTNAME/repos/octocat/Hello-World/teams", "trees_url": "https://HOSTNAME/repos/octocat/Hello-World/git/trees{/sha}", "hooks_url": "https://HOSTNAME/repos/octocat/Hello-World/hooks" }, "push_protection_bypassed_by": null, "push_protection_bypassed": false, "push_protection_bypassed_at": null } ]

List secret scanning alerts for a repository

Works with GitHub Apps

Lists secret scanning alerts for an eligible repository, from newest to oldest. To use this endpoint, you must be an administrator for the repository or for the organization that owns the repository, and you must use a personal access token with the repo scope or security_events scope. For public repositories, you may instead use the public_repo scope.

GitHub Apps must have the secret_scanning_alerts read permission to use this endpoint.

Parameters for "List secret scanning alerts for a repository"

Headers
accept string

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

Path parameters
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
state string

Set to open or resolved to only list secret scanning alerts in a specific state.

Can be one of: open, resolved

secret_type string

A comma-separated list of secret types to return. By default all secret types are returned. See "Secret scanning patterns" for a complete list of secret types.

resolution string

A comma-separated list of resolutions. Only secret scanning alerts with one of these resolutions are listed. Valid resolutions are false_positive, wont_fix, revoked, pattern_edited, pattern_deleted or used_in_tests.

sort string

The property to sort the results by. created means when the alert was created. updated means when the alert was updated or resolved.

Default: created

Can be one of: created, updated

direction string

The direction to sort the results by.

Default: desc

Can be one of: asc, desc

page integer

Page number of the results to fetch.

Default: 1

per_page integer

The number of results per page (max 100).

Default: 30

HTTP response status codes for "List secret scanning alerts for a repository"

Status codeDescription
200

OK

404

Repository is public or secret scanning is disabled for the repository

503

Service unavailable

Code samples for "List secret scanning alerts for a repository"

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

Response

Status: 200
[ { "number": 2, "created_at": "2020-11-06T18:48:51Z", "url": "https://HOSTNAME/repos/owner/private-repo/secret-scanning/alerts/2", "html_url": "https://github.com/owner/private-repo/security/secret-scanning/2", "locations_url": "https://HOSTNAME/repos/owner/private-repo/secret-scanning/alerts/2/locations", "state": "resolved", "resolution": "false_positive", "resolved_at": "2020-11-07T02:47:13Z", "resolved_by": { "login": "monalisa", "id": 2, "node_id": "MDQ6VXNlcjI=", "avatar_url": "https://alambic.github.com/avatars/u/2?", "gravatar_id": "", "url": "https://HOSTNAME/users/monalisa", "html_url": "https://github.com/monalisa", "followers_url": "https://HOSTNAME/users/monalisa/followers", "following_url": "https://HOSTNAME/users/monalisa/following{/other_user}", "gists_url": "https://HOSTNAME/users/monalisa/gists{/gist_id}", "starred_url": "https://HOSTNAME/users/monalisa/starred{/owner}{/repo}", "subscriptions_url": "https://HOSTNAME/users/monalisa/subscriptions", "organizations_url": "https://HOSTNAME/users/monalisa/orgs", "repos_url": "https://HOSTNAME/users/monalisa/repos", "events_url": "https://HOSTNAME/users/monalisa/events{/privacy}", "received_events_url": "https://HOSTNAME/users/monalisa/received_events", "type": "User", "site_admin": true }, "secret_type": "adafruit_io_key", "secret_type_display_name": "Adafruit IO Key", "secret": "aio_XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX", "push_protection_bypassed_by": { "login": "monalisa", "id": 2, "node_id": "MDQ6VXNlcjI=", "avatar_url": "https://alambic.github.com/avatars/u/2?", "gravatar_id": "", "url": "https://HOSTNAME/users/monalisa", "html_url": "https://github.com/monalisa", "followers_url": "https://HOSTNAME/users/monalisa/followers", "following_url": "https://HOSTNAME/users/monalisa/following{/other_user}", "gists_url": "https://HOSTNAME/users/monalisa/gists{/gist_id}", "starred_url": "https://HOSTNAME/users/monalisa/starred{/owner}{/repo}", "subscriptions_url": "https://HOSTNAME/users/monalisa/subscriptions", "organizations_url": "https://HOSTNAME/users/monalisa/orgs", "repos_url": "https://HOSTNAME/users/monalisa/repos", "events_url": "https://HOSTNAME/users/monalisa/events{/privacy}", "received_events_url": "https://HOSTNAME/users/monalisa/received_events", "type": "User", "site_admin": true }, "push_protection_bypassed": true, "push_protection_bypassed_at": "2020-11-06T21:48:51Z" }, { "number": 1, "created_at": "2020-11-06T18:18:30Z", "url": "https://HOSTNAME/repos/owner/repo/secret-scanning/alerts/1", "html_url": "https://github.com/owner/repo/security/secret-scanning/1", "locations_url": "https://HOSTNAME/repos/owner/private-repo/secret-scanning/alerts/1/locations", "state": "open", "resolution": null, "resolved_at": null, "resolved_by": null, "secret_type": "mailchimp_api_key", "secret_type_display_name": "Mailchimp API Key", "secret": "XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX-us2", "push_protection_bypassed_by": null, "push_protection_bypassed": false, "push_protection_bypassed_at": null } ]

Get a secret scanning alert

Works with GitHub Apps

Gets a single secret scanning alert detected in an eligible repository. To use this endpoint, you must be an administrator for the repository or for the organization that owns the repository, and you must use a personal access token with the repo scope or security_events scope. For public repositories, you may instead use the public_repo scope.

GitHub Apps must have the secret_scanning_alerts read permission to use this endpoint.

Parameters for "Get a secret scanning alert"

Headers
accept string

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

Path parameters
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.

alert_number integer Required

The number that identifies an alert. You can find this at the end of the URL for a code scanning alert within GitHub, and in the number field in the response from the GET /repos/{owner}/{repo}/code-scanning/alerts operation.

HTTP response status codes for "Get a secret scanning alert"

Status codeDescription
200

OK

304

Not modified

404

Repository is public, or secret scanning is disabled for the repository, or the resource is not found

503

Service unavailable

Code samples for "Get a secret scanning alert"

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

Response

Status: 200
{ "number": 42, "created_at": "2020-11-06T18:18:30Z", "url": "https://HOSTNAME/repos/owner/private-repo/secret-scanning/alerts/42", "html_url": "https://github.com/owner/private-repo/security/secret-scanning/42", "locations_url": "https://HOSTNAME/repos/owner/private-repo/secret-scanning/alerts/42/locations", "state": "open", "secret_type": "mailchimp_api_key", "secret_type_display_name": "Mailchimp API Key", "secret": "XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX-us2", "push_protection_bypassed": false }

Update a secret scanning alert

Works with GitHub Apps

Updates the status of a secret scanning alert in an eligible repository. To use this endpoint, you must be an administrator for the repository or for the organization that owns the repository, and you must use a personal access token with the repo scope or security_events scope. For public repositories, you may instead use the public_repo scope.

GitHub Apps must have the secret_scanning_alerts write permission to use this endpoint.

Parameters for "Update a secret scanning alert"

Headers
accept string

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

Path parameters
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.

alert_number integer Required

The number that identifies an alert. You can find this at the end of the URL for a code scanning alert within GitHub, and in the number field in the response from the GET /repos/{owner}/{repo}/code-scanning/alerts operation.

Body parameters
state string Required

Sets the state of the secret scanning alert. You must provide resolution when you set the state to resolved.

Can be one of: open, resolved

resolution string or null

Required when the state is resolved. The reason for resolving the alert.

Can be one of: false_positive, wont_fix, revoked, used_in_tests, null

HTTP response status codes for "Update a secret scanning alert"

Status codeDescription
200

OK

404

Repository is public, or secret scanning is disabled for the repository, or the resource is not found

422

State does not match the resolution

503

Service unavailable

Code samples for "Update a secret scanning alert"

patch/repos/{owner}/{repo}/secret-scanning/alerts/{alert_number}
curl -L \ -X PATCH \ -H "Accept: application/vnd.github+json" \ -H "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR-TOKEN>" \ http(s)://HOSTNAME/api/v3/repos/OWNER/REPO/secret-scanning/alerts/ALERT_NUMBER \ -d '{"state":"resolved","resolution":"false_positive"}'

Response

Status: 200
{ "number": 42, "created_at": "2020-11-06T18:18:30Z", "url": "https://HOSTNAME/repos/owner/private-repo/secret-scanning/alerts/42", "html_url": "https://github.com/owner/private-repo/security/secret-scanning/42", "locations_url": "https://HOSTNAME/repos/owner/private-repo/secret-scanning/alerts/42/locations", "state": "resolved", "resolution": "used_in_tests", "resolved_at": "2020-11-16T22:42:07Z", "resolved_by": { "login": "monalisa", "id": 2, "node_id": "MDQ6VXNlcjI=", "avatar_url": "https://alambic.github.com/avatars/u/2?", "gravatar_id": "", "url": "https://HOSTNAME/users/monalisa", "html_url": "https://github.com/monalisa", "followers_url": "https://HOSTNAME/users/monalisa/followers", "following_url": "https://HOSTNAME/users/monalisa/following{/other_user}", "gists_url": "https://HOSTNAME/users/monalisa/gists{/gist_id}", "starred_url": "https://HOSTNAME/users/monalisa/starred{/owner}{/repo}", "subscriptions_url": "https://HOSTNAME/users/monalisa/subscriptions", "organizations_url": "https://HOSTNAME/users/monalisa/orgs", "repos_url": "https://HOSTNAME/users/monalisa/repos", "events_url": "https://HOSTNAME/users/monalisa/events{/privacy}", "received_events_url": "https://HOSTNAME/users/monalisa/received_events", "type": "User", "site_admin": true }, "secret_type": "mailchimp_api_key", "secret_type_display_name": "Mailchimp API Key", "secret": "XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX-us2", "push_protection_bypassed": false }

List locations for a secret scanning alert

Works with GitHub Apps

Lists all locations for a given secret scanning alert for an eligible repository. To use this endpoint, you must be an administrator for the repository or for the organization that owns the repository, and you must use a personal access token with the repo scope or security_events scope. For public repositories, you may instead use the public_repo scope.

GitHub Apps must have the secret_scanning_alerts read permission to use this endpoint.

Parameters for "List locations for a secret scanning alert"

Headers
accept string

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

Path parameters
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.

alert_number integer Required

The number that identifies an alert. You can find this at the end of the URL for a code scanning alert within GitHub, and in the number field in the response from the GET /repos/{owner}/{repo}/code-scanning/alerts operation.

Query parameters
page integer

Page number of the results to fetch.

Default: 1

per_page integer

The number of results per page (max 100).

Default: 30

HTTP response status codes for "List locations for a secret scanning alert"

Status codeDescription
200

OK

404

Repository is public, or secret scanning is disabled for the repository, or the resource is not found

503

Service unavailable

Code samples for "List locations for a secret scanning alert"

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

Response

Status: 200
[ { "type": "commit", "details": { "path": "/example/secrets.txt", "start_line": 1, "end_line": 1, "start_column": 1, "end_column": 64, "blob_sha": "af5626b4a114abcb82d63db7c8082c3c4756e51b", "blob_url": "https://HOSTNAME/repos/octocat/hello-world/git/blobs/af5626b4a114abcb82d63db7c8082c3c4756e51b", "commit_sha": "f14d7debf9775f957cf4f1e8176da0786431f72b", "commit_url": "https://HOSTNAME/repos/octocat/hello-world/git/commits/f14d7debf9775f957cf4f1e8176da0786431f72b" } }, { "type": "commit", "details": { "path": "/example/secrets.txt", "start_line": 5, "end_line": 5, "start_column": 1, "end_column": 64, "blob_sha": "9def38117ab2d8355b982429aa924e268b4b0065", "blob_url": "https://HOSTNAME/repos/octocat/hello-world/git/blobs/9def38117ab2d8355b982429aa924e268b4b0065", "commit_sha": "588483b99a46342501d99e3f10630cfc1219ea32", "commit_url": "https://HOSTNAME/repos/octocat/hello-world/git/commits/588483b99a46342501d99e3f10630cfc1219ea32" } }, { "type": "commit", "details": { "path": "/example/secrets.txt", "start_line": 12, "end_line": 12, "start_column": 1, "end_column": 64, "blob_sha": "0b33e9c66e19f7fb15137a82ff1c04c10cba6caf", "blob_url": "https://HOSTNAME/repos/octocat/hello-world/git/blobs/0b33e9c66e19f7fb15137a82ff1c04c10cba6caf", "commit_sha": "9def38117ab2d8355b982429aa924e268b4b0065", "commit_url": "https://HOSTNAME/repos/octocat/hello-world/git/commits/9def38117ab2d8355b982429aa924e268b4b0065" } } ]