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This version of GitHub Enterprise was discontinued on 2022-02-16. No patch releases will be made, even for critical security issues. For better performance, improved security, and new features, upgrade to the latest version of GitHub Enterprise. For help with the upgrade, contact GitHub Enterprise support.

We've recently moved some of the REST API documentation. If you can't find what you're looking for, you might try the new Branches, Collaborators, Commits, Deployments, GitHub Pages, Releases, Metrics, Webhooks REST API pages.

Pages

In this article

The GitHub Pages API allows you to interact with GitHub Pages sites and build information.

The GitHub Pages API retrieves information about your GitHub Pages configuration, and the statuses of your builds. Information about the site and the builds can only be accessed by authenticated owners, even if the websites are public. For more information, see "About GitHub Pages."

In GitHub Pages API endpoints with a status key in their response, the value can be one of:

  • null: The site has yet to be built.
  • queued: The build has been requested but not yet begun.
  • building:The build is in progress.
  • built: The site has been built.
  • errored: Indicates an error occurred during the build.

In GitHub Pages API endpoints that return GitHub Pages site information, the JSON responses include these fields:

  • html_url: The absolute URL (including scheme) of the rendered Pages site. For example, https://username.github.io.
  • source: An object that contains the source branch and directory for the rendered Pages site. This includes:
    • branch: The repository branch used to publish your site's source files. For example, main or gh-pages.
    • path: The repository directory from which the site publishes. Will be either / or /docs.

Get a GitHub Enterprise Server Pages site 

get /repos/{owner}/{repo}/pages

Parameters

Name Type In Description
accept string header

Setting to application/vnd.github.v3+json is recommended.
owner string path
repo string path

Code samples

Shell
curl \
  -H "Accept: application/vnd.github.v3+json" \
  http(s)://{hostname}/api/v3/repos/octocat/hello-world/pages
JavaScript (@octokit/core.js)
await octokit.request('GET /repos/{owner}/{repo}/pages', {
  owner: 'octocat',
  repo: 'hello-world'
})

Response

Status: 200 OK
{
  "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/github/developer.github.com/pages",
  "status": "built",
  "cname": "developer.github.com",
  "custom_404": false,
  "html_url": "https://developer.github.com",
  "source": {
    "branch": "master",
    "path": "/"
  },
  "public": true,
  "https_certificate": {
    "state": "approved",
    "description": "Certificate is approved",
    "domains": [
      "developer.github.com"
    ],
    "expires_at": "2021-05-22"
  },
  "https_enforced": true
}

Resource not found

Status: 404 Not Found

Notes

Create a GitHub Enterprise Server Pages site

Configures a GitHub Enterprise Server Pages site. For more information, see "About GitHub Pages."

post /repos/{owner}/{repo}/pages

Parameters

Name Type In Description
accept string header

Setting to application/vnd.github.v3+json is recommended.See preview notice
owner string path
repo string path
source object body

Required. The source branch and directory used to publish your Pages site.
Name (Type) Description
branch (string)

Required. The repository branch used to publish your site's source files.
path (string)

The repository directory that includes the source files for the Pages site. Allowed paths are / or /docs. Default: /

Code samples

Shell
curl \
  -X POST \
  -H "Accept: application/vnd.github.v3+json" \
  http(s)://{hostname}/api/v3/repos/octocat/hello-world/pages \
  -d '{"source":{"branch":"branch","path":"path"}}'
JavaScript (@octokit/core.js)
await octokit.request('POST /repos/{owner}/{repo}/pages', {
  owner: 'octocat',
  repo: 'hello-world',
  source: {
    branch: 'branch',
    path: 'path'
  }
})

Response

Status: 201 Created
{
  "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/github/developer.github.com/pages",
  "status": "built",
  "cname": "developer.github.com",
  "custom_404": false,
  "html_url": "https://developer.github.com",
  "source": {
    "branch": "master",
    "path": "/"
  },
  "public": true,
  "https_certificate": {
    "state": "approved",
    "description": "Certificate is approved",
    "domains": [
      "developer.github.com"
    ],
    "expires_at": "2021-05-22"
  },
  "https_enforced": true
}

Conflict

Status: 409 Conflict

Validation failed

Status: 422 Unprocessable Entity

Notes

Preview notice

Enabling and disabling Pages in the Pages API is currently available for developers to preview. See the blog post preview for more details. To access the new endpoints during the preview period, you must provide a custom media type in the Accept header:

application/vnd.github.switcheroo-preview+json

Update information about a GitHub Enterprise Server Pages site

Updates information for a GitHub Enterprise Server Pages site. For more information, see "About GitHub Pages.

put /repos/{owner}/{repo}/pages

Parameters

Name Type In Description
accept string header

Setting to application/vnd.github.v3+json is recommended.
owner string path
repo string path
cname string or nullable body

Specify a custom domain for the repository. Sending a null value will remove the custom domain. For more about custom domains, see "Using a custom domain with GitHub Pages."
https_enforced boolean body

Specify whether HTTPS should be enforced for the repository.
public boolean body

Configures access controls for the GitHub Pages site. If public is set to true, the site is accessible to anyone on the internet. If set to false, the site will only be accessible to users who have at least read access to the repository that published the site. This includes anyone in your Enterprise if the repository is set to internal visibility. This feature is only available to repositories in an organization on an Enterprise plan.
source body

Code samples

Shell
curl \
  -X PUT \
  -H "Accept: application/vnd.github.v3+json" \
  http(s)://{hostname}/api/v3/repos/octocat/hello-world/pages \
  -d '{"cname":"cname"}'
JavaScript (@octokit/core.js)
await octokit.request('PUT /repos/{owner}/{repo}/pages', {
  owner: 'octocat',
  repo: 'hello-world',
  cname: 'cname'
})

Response

Status: 204 No Content

Bad Request

Status: 400 Bad Request

Validation failed

Status: 422 Unprocessable Entity

Notes

Delete a GitHub Enterprise Server Pages site 

delete /repos/{owner}/{repo}/pages

Parameters

Name Type In Description
accept string header

Setting to application/vnd.github.v3+json is recommended.See preview notice
owner string path
repo string path

Code samples

Shell
curl \
  -X DELETE \
  -H "Accept: application/vnd.github.v3+json" \
  http(s)://{hostname}/api/v3/repos/octocat/hello-world/pages
JavaScript (@octokit/core.js)
await octokit.request('DELETE /repos/{owner}/{repo}/pages', {
  owner: 'octocat',
  repo: 'hello-world'
})

Response

Status: 204 No Content

Resource not found

Status: 404 Not Found

Validation failed

Status: 422 Unprocessable Entity

Notes

Preview notice

Enabling and disabling Pages in the Pages API is currently available for developers to preview. See the blog post preview for more details. To access the new endpoints during the preview period, you must provide a custom media type in the Accept header:

application/vnd.github.switcheroo-preview+json

List GitHub Enterprise Server Pages builds 

get /repos/{owner}/{repo}/pages/builds

Parameters

Name Type In Description
accept string header

Setting to application/vnd.github.v3+json is recommended.
owner string path
repo string path
per_page integer query

Results per page (max 100)

Default: 30
page integer query

Page number of the results to fetch.

Default: 1

Code samples

Shell
curl \
  -H "Accept: application/vnd.github.v3+json" \
  http(s)://{hostname}/api/v3/repos/octocat/hello-world/pages/builds
JavaScript (@octokit/core.js)
await octokit.request('GET /repos/{owner}/{repo}/pages/builds', {
  owner: 'octocat',
  repo: 'hello-world'
})

Response

Status: 200 OK
[
  {
    "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/github/developer.github.com/pages/builds/5472601",
    "status": "built",
    "error": {
      "message": null
    },
    "pusher": {
      "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
    },
    "commit": "351391cdcb88ffae71ec3028c91f375a8036a26b",
    "duration": 2104,
    "created_at": "2014-02-10T19:00:49Z",
    "updated_at": "2014-02-10T19:00:51Z"
  }
]

Notes

Request a GitHub Enterprise Server Pages build

You can request that your site be built from the latest revision on the default branch. This has the same effect as pushing a commit to your default branch, but does not require an additional commit. Manually triggering page builds can be helpful when diagnosing build warnings and failures.

Build requests are limited to one concurrent build per repository and one concurrent build per requester. If you request a build while another is still in progress, the second request will be queued until the first completes.

post /repos/{owner}/{repo}/pages/builds

Parameters

Name Type In Description
accept string header

Setting to application/vnd.github.v3+json is recommended.
owner string path
repo string path

Code samples

Shell
curl \
  -X POST \
  -H "Accept: application/vnd.github.v3+json" \
  http(s)://{hostname}/api/v3/repos/octocat/hello-world/pages/builds
JavaScript (@octokit/core.js)
await octokit.request('POST /repos/{owner}/{repo}/pages/builds', {
  owner: 'octocat',
  repo: 'hello-world'
})

Response

Status: 201 Created
{
  "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/github/developer.github.com/pages/builds/latest",
  "status": "queued"
}

Notes

Get latest Pages build 

get /repos/{owner}/{repo}/pages/builds/latest

Parameters

Name Type In Description
accept string header

Setting to application/vnd.github.v3+json is recommended.
owner string path
repo string path

Code samples

Shell
curl \
  -H "Accept: application/vnd.github.v3+json" \
  http(s)://{hostname}/api/v3/repos/octocat/hello-world/pages/builds/latest
JavaScript (@octokit/core.js)
await octokit.request('GET /repos/{owner}/{repo}/pages/builds/latest', {
  owner: 'octocat',
  repo: 'hello-world'
})

Response

Status: 200 OK
{
  "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/github/developer.github.com/pages/builds/5472601",
  "status": "built",
  "error": {
    "message": null
  },
  "pusher": {
    "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
  },
  "commit": "351391cdcb88ffae71ec3028c91f375a8036a26b",
  "duration": 2104,
  "created_at": "2014-02-10T19:00:49Z",
  "updated_at": "2014-02-10T19:00:51Z"
}

Notes

Get GitHub Enterprise Server Pages build 

get /repos/{owner}/{repo}/pages/builds/{build_id}

Parameters

Name Type In Description
accept string header

Setting to application/vnd.github.v3+json is recommended.
owner string path
repo string path
build_id integer path

Code samples

Shell
curl \
  -H "Accept: application/vnd.github.v3+json" \
  http(s)://{hostname}/api/v3/repos/octocat/hello-world/pages/builds/42
JavaScript (@octokit/core.js)
await octokit.request('GET /repos/{owner}/{repo}/pages/builds/{build_id}', {
  owner: 'octocat',
  repo: 'hello-world',
  build_id: 42
})

Response

Status: 200 OK
{
  "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/github/developer.github.com/pages/builds/5472601",
  "status": "built",
  "error": {
    "message": null
  },
  "pusher": {
    "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
  },
  "commit": "351391cdcb88ffae71ec3028c91f375a8036a26b",
  "duration": 2104,
  "created_at": "2014-02-10T19:00:49Z",
  "updated_at": "2014-02-10T19:00:51Z"
}

Notes