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REST API endpoints for organization interactions

Use the REST API to temporarily restrict which type of user can comment, open issues, or create pull requests in the organization's public repositories.

About organization interactions

Organization owners can temporarily restrict which type of user can comment, open issues, or create pull requests in the organization's public repositories. When restrictions are enabled, only the specified type of GitHub user will be able to participate in interactions. Restrictions automatically expire after a defined duration. Here's more about the types of GitHub users:

Existing users: When you limit interactions to existing_users, new users with accounts less than 24 hours old who have not previously contributed and are not collaborators will be temporarily restricted in the organization.
Contributors only: When you limit interactions to contributors_only, users who have not previously contributed and are not collaborators will be temporarily restricted in the organization.
Collaborators only: When you limit interactions to collaborators_only, users who are not collaborators will be temporarily restricted in the organization.

Setting the interaction limit at the organization level will overwrite any interaction limits that are set for individual repositories owned by the organization. To set different interaction limits for individual repositories owned by the organization, use the Repository interactions endpoints instead.

Get interaction restrictions for an organization

Shows which type of GitHub user can interact with this organization and when the restriction expires. If there is no restrictions, you will see an empty response.

Fine-grained access tokens for "Get interaction restrictions for an organization"

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

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

"Administration" organization permissions (read)

Parameters for "Get interaction restrictions for an organization"

Headers
Name, Type, Description
`accept` string Setting to `application/vnd.github+json` is recommended.

Path parameters
Name, Type, Description
`org` string Required The organization name. The name is not case sensitive.

HTTP response status codes for "Get interaction restrictions for an organization"

Status code	Description
`200`	OK

Code samples for "Get interaction restrictions for an organization"

Request example

get/orgs/{org}/interaction-limits

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/orgs/ORG/interaction-limits

Response

Status: 200

{
  "limit": "collaborators_only",
  "origin": "organization",
  "expires_at": "2018-08-17T04:18:39Z"
}

Set interaction restrictions for an organization

Temporarily restricts interactions to a certain type of GitHub user in any public repository in the given organization. You must be an organization owner to set these restrictions. Setting the interaction limit at the organization level will overwrite any interaction limits that are set for individual repositories owned by the organization.

Fine-grained access tokens for "Set interaction restrictions for an organization"

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

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

"Administration" organization permissions (write)

Parameters for "Set interaction restrictions for an organization"

Headers
Name, Type, Description
`accept` string Setting to `application/vnd.github+json` is recommended.

Path parameters
Name, Type, Description
`org` string Required The organization name. The name is not case sensitive.

Body parameters
Name, Type, Description
`limit` string Required The type of GitHub user that can comment, open issues, or create pull requests while the interaction limit is in effect. Can be one of: `existing_users`, `contributors_only`, `collaborators_only`
`expiry` string The duration of the interaction restriction. Default: `one_day`. Can be one of: `one_day`, `three_days`, `one_week`, `one_month`, `six_months`

HTTP response status codes for "Set interaction restrictions for an organization"

Status code	Description
`200`	OK
`422`	Validation failed, or the endpoint has been spammed.

Code samples for "Set interaction restrictions for an organization"

Request example

put/orgs/{org}/interaction-limits

curl -L \
  -X PUT \
  -H "Accept: application/vnd.github+json" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR-TOKEN>" \
  -H "X-GitHub-Api-Version: 2022-11-28" \
  https://api.github.com/orgs/ORG/interaction-limits \
  -d '{"limit":"collaborators_only","expiry":"one_month"}'

Response

Status: 200

{
  "limit": "collaborators_only",
  "origin": "organization",
  "expires_at": "2018-08-17T04:18:39Z"
}

Remove interaction restrictions for an organization

Removes all interaction restrictions from public repositories in the given organization. You must be an organization owner to remove restrictions.

Fine-grained access tokens for "Remove interaction restrictions for an organization"

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

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

"Administration" organization permissions (write)

Parameters for "Remove interaction restrictions for an organization"

Headers
Name, Type, Description
`accept` string Setting to `application/vnd.github+json` is recommended.

Path parameters
Name, Type, Description
`org` string Required The organization name. The name is not case sensitive.

HTTP response status codes for "Remove interaction restrictions for an organization"

Status code	Description
`204`	No Content

Code samples for "Remove interaction restrictions for an organization"

Request example

delete/orgs/{org}/interaction-limits

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/orgs/ORG/interaction-limits

Response

Status: 204