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REST API endpoints for enterprise billing

Use the REST API to retrieve the billing information for a GitHub Enterprise Server instance.

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

The manage_billing:enterprise scope is required for personal access tokens (classic) to access these endpoints.

Get GitHub Actions billing for an enterprise

Gets the summary of the free and paid GitHub Actions minutes used.

Paid minutes only apply to workflows in private repositories that use GitHub-hosted runners. Minutes used is listed for each GitHub-hosted runner operating system. Any job re-runs are also included in the usage. The usage does not include the multiplier for macOS and Windows runners and is not rounded up to the nearest whole minute. For more information, see "Managing billing for GitHub Actions".

The authenticated user must be an enterprise admin.

Fine-grained access tokens for "Get GitHub Actions billing for an enterprise"

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

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

  • "Enterprise administration" business permissions (write)

Parameters for "Get GitHub Actions billing for an enterprise"

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 GitHub Actions billing for an enterprise"

Status codeDescription
200

OK

Code samples for "Get GitHub Actions billing for an enterprise"

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}/settings/billing/actions
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/settings/billing/actions

Response

Status: 200
{ "total_minutes_used": 305, "total_paid_minutes_used": 0, "included_minutes": 3000, "minutes_used_breakdown": { "UBUNTU": 205, "MACOS": 10, "WINDOWS": 90 } }

Get GitHub Advanced Security active committers for an enterprise

Gets the GitHub Advanced Security active committers for an enterprise per repository.

Each distinct user login across all repositories is counted as a single Advanced Security seat, so the total_advanced_security_committers is not the sum of active_users for each repository.

The total number of repositories with committer information is tracked by the total_count field.

Fine-grained access tokens for "Get GitHub Advanced Security active committers for an enterprise"

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

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

  • "Enterprise administration" business permissions (write)

Parameters for "Get GitHub Advanced Security active committers for an enterprise"

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 "Get GitHub Advanced Security active committers for an enterprise"

Status codeDescription
200

Success

Code samples for "Get GitHub Advanced Security active committers for an enterprise"

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}/settings/billing/advanced-security
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/settings/billing/advanced-security

Success

Status: 200
{ "total_advanced_security_committers": 2, "total_count": 2, "maximum_advanced_security_committers": 4, "purchased_advanced_security_committers": 4, "repositories": [ { "name": "octocat-org/Hello-World", "advanced_security_committers": 2, "advanced_security_committers_breakdown": [ { "user_login": "octocat", "last_pushed_date": "2021-11-03", "last_pushed_email": "octocat@github.com" }, { "user_login": "octokitten", "last_pushed_date": "2021-10-25", "last_pushed_email": "octokitten@github.com" } ] }, { "name": "octocat-org/server", "advanced_security_committers": 1, "advanced_security_committers_breakdown": [ { "user_login": "octokitten", "last_pushed_date": "2021-10-26", "last_pushed_email": "octokitten@github.com" } ] } ] }

Get all cost centers for an enterprise

Gets a list of all the cost centers for an enterprise.

Fine-grained access tokens for "Get all cost centers for an enterprise"

This endpoint does not work with GitHub App user access tokens, GitHub App installation access tokens, or fine-grained personal access tokens.

Parameters for "Get all cost centers for an enterprise"

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 all cost centers for an enterprise"

Status codeDescription
200

Response when getting cost centers

400

Bad Request

403

Forbidden

500

Internal Error

503

Service unavailable

Code samples for "Get all cost centers for an enterprise"

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}/settings/billing/cost-centers
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/settings/billing/cost-centers

Response when getting cost centers

Status: 200
{ "costCenters": [ { "id": "2eeb8ffe-6903-11ee-8c99-0242ac120002", "name": "Cost Center Name", "resources": [ { "type": "User", "name": "Monalisa" } ] } ] }

Add users to a cost center

Adds users to a cost center.

The usage for the users will be charged to the cost center's budget. The authenticated user must be an enterprise admin in order to use this endpoint.

Fine-grained access tokens for "Add users to a cost center"

This endpoint does not work with GitHub App user access tokens, GitHub App installation access tokens, or fine-grained personal access tokens.

Parameters for "Add users to a cost center"

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.

cost_center_id string Required

The ID corresponding to the cost center.

Body parameters
Name, Type, Description
users array of strings Required

The usernames of the users to add to the cost center.

HTTP response status codes for "Add users to a cost center"

Status codeDescription
200

Response when adding resources to a cost center

400

Bad Request

403

Forbidden

409

Conflict

500

Internal Error

503

Service unavailable

Code samples for "Add users to a cost center"

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

Request example

post/enterprises/{enterprise}/settings/billing/cost-centers/{cost_center_id}/resource
curl -L \ -X POST \ -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/settings/billing/cost-centers/COST_CENTER_ID/resource \ -d '{"users":["monalisa"]}'

Response when adding resources to a cost center

Status: 200
{ "message": "Resources successfully added to the cost center." }

Remove users from a cost center

Remove users from a cost center.

The usage for the users will no longer be charged to the cost center's budget. The authenticated user must be an enterprise admin in order to use this endpoint.

Fine-grained access tokens for "Remove users from a cost center"

This endpoint does not work with GitHub App user access tokens, GitHub App installation access tokens, or fine-grained personal access tokens.

Parameters for "Remove users from a cost center"

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.

cost_center_id string Required

The ID corresponding to the cost center.

Body parameters
Name, Type, Description
users array of strings Required

The usernames of the users to remove from the cost center.

HTTP response status codes for "Remove users from a cost center"

Status codeDescription
200

Response when removing resources from a cost center

400

Bad Request

403

Forbidden

500

Internal Error

503

Service unavailable

Code samples for "Remove users from a cost center"

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

Request example

delete/enterprises/{enterprise}/settings/billing/cost-centers/{cost_center_id}/resource
curl -L \ -X DELETE \ -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/settings/billing/cost-centers/COST_CENTER_ID/resource \ -d '{"users":["monalisa"]}'

Response when removing resources from a cost center

Status: 200
{ "message": "Resources successfully removed from the cost center." }

Get GitHub Packages billing for an enterprise

Gets the free and paid storage used for GitHub Packages in gigabytes.

Paid minutes only apply to packages stored for private repositories. For more information, see "Managing billing for GitHub Packages."

The authenticated user must be an enterprise admin.

Fine-grained access tokens for "Get GitHub Packages billing for an enterprise"

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

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

  • "Enterprise administration" business permissions (write)

Parameters for "Get GitHub Packages billing for an enterprise"

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 GitHub Packages billing for an enterprise"

Status codeDescription
200

OK

Code samples for "Get GitHub Packages billing for an enterprise"

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}/settings/billing/packages
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/settings/billing/packages

Response

Status: 200
{ "total_gigabytes_bandwidth_used": 50, "total_paid_gigabytes_bandwidth_used": 40, "included_gigabytes_bandwidth": 10 }

Get shared storage billing for an enterprise

Gets the estimated paid and estimated total storage used for GitHub Actions and GitHub Packages.

Paid minutes only apply to packages stored for private repositories. For more information, see "Managing billing for GitHub Packages."

The authenticated user must be an enterprise admin.

Fine-grained access tokens for "Get shared storage billing for an enterprise"

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

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

  • "Enterprise administration" business permissions (write)

Parameters for "Get shared storage billing for an enterprise"

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 shared storage billing for an enterprise"

Status codeDescription
200

OK

Code samples for "Get shared storage billing for an enterprise"

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}/settings/billing/shared-storage
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/settings/billing/shared-storage

Response

Status: 200
{ "days_left_in_billing_cycle": 20, "estimated_paid_storage_for_month": 15, "estimated_storage_for_month": 40 }

Get billing usage report for an enterprise

Gets a report of usage by cost center for an enterprise. To use this endpoint, you must be an administrator or billing manager of the enterprise. By default this endpoint will return usage that does not have a cost center.

Note: This endpoint is only available to enterprises with access to the enhanced billing platform. For more information, see "About the enhanced billing platform for enterprises."

Fine-grained access tokens for "Get billing usage report for an enterprise"

This endpoint does not work with GitHub App user access tokens, GitHub App installation access tokens, or fine-grained personal access tokens.

Parameters for "Get billing usage report for an enterprise"

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
year integer

If specified, only return results for a single year. The value of year is an integer with four digits representing a year. For example, 2024. Default value is the current year.

month integer

If specified, only return results for a single month. The value of month is an integer between 1 and 12.

day integer

If specified, only return results for a single day. The value of day is an integer between 1 and 31.

hour integer

If specified, only return results for a single hour. The value of hour is an integer between 0 and 23.

cost_center_id string

The ID corresponding to a cost center. The default value is no cost center.

HTTP response status codes for "Get billing usage report for an enterprise"

Status codeDescription
200

Response when getting a billing usage report

400

Bad Request

403

Forbidden

500

Internal Error

503

Service unavailable

Code samples for "Get billing usage report for an enterprise"

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}/settings/billing/usage
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/settings/billing/usage

Response when getting a billing usage report

Status: 200
{ "usageItems": [ { "date": "2023-08-01", "product": "Actions", "sku": "Actions Linux", "quantity": 100, "unitType": "minutes", "pricePerUnit": 0.008, "grossAmount": 0.8, "discountAmount": 0, "netAmount": 0.8, "organizationName": "GitHub", "repositoryName": "github/example" } ] }