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REST API endpoints for enterprise licenses

Use the REST API to retrieve information about your Enterprise license.

These endpoints are only available to authenticated site administrators. Normal users will receive a 404 response.

These endpoints only support authentication using a personal access token (classic). For more information, see "Managing your personal access tokens."

List enterprise consumed licenses

Lists the license consumption information for all users, including those from connected servers, associated with an enterprise.

The authenticated user must be an enterprise admin to use this endpoint.

OAuth app tokens and personal access tokens (classic) need the read:enterprise scope to use this endpoint.

Fine-grained access tokens for "List enterprise consumed licenses"

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

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

  • "Enterprise administration" business permissions (read)

Parameters for "List enterprise consumed licenses"

Headers
Name, Type, Description
accept string

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

Path parameters
Name, Type, Description
enterprise string Required

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

Query parameters
Name, Type, Description
per_page integer

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

Default: 30

page integer

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

Default: 1

HTTP response status codes for "List enterprise consumed licenses"

Status codeDescription
200

Consumed Licenses Response

Code samples for "List enterprise consumed licenses"

If you access GitHub at GHE.com, replace api.github.com with your enterprise's dedicated subdomain at api.SUBDOMAIN.ghe.com.

Request example

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

Consumed Licenses Response

Status: 200
{ "total_seats_consumed": 5000, "total_seats_purchased": 4500, "users": [ { "github_com_login": "monalisa", "github_com_name": "Mona Lisa", "enterprise_server_user_ids": [ "example_host_name.com:123", "example_host_name_2:222" ], "github_com_user": true, "enterprise_server_user": true, "visual_studio_subscription_user": false, "license_type": "enterprise", "github_com_profile": "https://github.com/monalisa", "github_com_member_roles": [ "org1:Owner", "org2:Owner" ], "github_com_enterprise_roles": [ "owner" ], "github_com_verified_domain_emails": [ "monalisa@github.com" ], "github_com_saml_name_id": "monalisa", "github_com_orgs_with_pending_invites": [ "org1", "org2" ], "github_com_two_factor_auth": true, "enterprise_server_emails": [ "monalisa@github.com" ], "visual_studio_license_status": "", "visual_studio_subscription_email": "", "total_user_accounts": 3 }, { "github_com_login": "", "github_com_name": "", "enterprise_server_user_ids": [ "example_host_name:123" ], "github_com_user": false, "enterprise_server_user": true, "visual_studio_subscription_user": false, "license_type": "enterprise", "github_com_profile": "", "github_com_member_roles": [], "github_com_enterprise_role": "", "github_com_enterprise_roles": [], "github_com_verified_domain_emails": [], "github_com_saml_name_id": "", "github_com_orgs_with_pending_invites": [], "github_com_two_factor_auth": "", "enterprise_server_emails": [ "hubot@example.com" ], "visual_studio_license_status": "", "visual_studio_subscription_email": "", "total_user_accounts": 1 } ] }

Get a license sync status

Gets information about the status of a license sync job for an enterprise.

The authenticated user must be an enterprise admin to use this endpoint.

OAuth app tokens and personal access tokens (classic) need the read:enterprise scope to use this endpoint.

Fine-grained access tokens for "Get a license sync status"

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

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

  • "Enterprise administration" business permissions (read)

Parameters for "Get a license sync status"

Headers
Name, Type, Description
accept string

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

Path parameters
Name, Type, Description
enterprise string Required

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

HTTP response status codes for "Get a license sync status"

Status codeDescription
200

License Sync Status Response

Code samples for "Get a license sync status"

If you access GitHub at GHE.com, replace api.github.com with your enterprise's dedicated subdomain at api.SUBDOMAIN.ghe.com.

Request example

get/enterprises/{enterprise}/license-sync-status
curl -L \ -H "Accept: application/vnd.github+json" \ -H "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR-TOKEN>" \ -H "X-GitHub-Api-Version: 2022-11-28" \ https://api.github.com/enterprises/ENTERPRISE/license-sync-status

License Sync Status Response

Status: 200
{ "server_instances": [ { "server_id": "deadbeef1", "hostname": "github.example.com", "last_sync": { "date": "2020-01-01T00:00:00Z", "status": "success", "error": "" } }, { "server_id": "filetoffish1", "hostname": "github2.example.com", "last_sync": { "date": "2020-01-01T00:00:00Z", "status": "success", "error": "" } } ] }