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Organization Pre-receive Hooks

Use the REST API to view and modify enforcement of the pre-receive hooks that are available to an organization.

About organization pre-receive hooks

Object attributes

NameTypeDescription
namestringThe name of the hook.
enforcementstringThe state of enforcement for the hook on this repository.
allow_downstream_configurationbooleanWhether repositories can override enforcement.
configuration_urlstringURL for the endpoint where enforcement is set.

Possible values for enforcement are enabled, disabled andtesting. disabled indicates the pre-receive hook will not run. enabled indicates it will run and reject any pushes that result in a non-zero status. testing means the script will run but will not cause any pushes to be rejected.

configuration_url may be a link to this endpoint or this hook's global configuration. Only site admins are able to access the global configuration.

List pre-receive hooks for an organization

Works with GitHub Apps

List all pre-receive hooks that are enabled or testing for this organization as well as any disabled hooks that can be configured at the organization level. Globally disabled pre-receive hooks that do not allow downstream configuration are not listed.

Parameters

Headers
Name, Type, Description
acceptstring

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

Path parameters
Name, Type, Description
orgstringRequired

The organization name. The name is not case sensitive.

Query parameters
Name, Type, Description
per_pageinteger

The number of results per page (max 100).

Default: 30

pageinteger

Page number of the results to fetch.

Default: 1

directionstring

The direction to sort the results by.

Default: desc

Can be one of: asc, desc

sortstring

The sort order for the response collection.

Default: created

Can be one of: created, updated, name

HTTP response status codes

Status codeDescription
200

OK

Code samples

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

Response

Status: 200
[ { "id": 42, "name": "Check Commits", "enforcement": "disabled", "configuration_url": "https://github.example.com/api/v3/admin/pre-receive-hooks/42", "allow_downstream_configuration": true } ]

Get a pre-receive hook for an organization

Works with GitHub Apps

Parameters

Headers
Name, Type, Description
acceptstring

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

Path parameters
Name, Type, Description
orgstringRequired

The organization name. The name is not case sensitive.

pre_receive_hook_idintegerRequired

The unique identifier of the pre-receive hook.

HTTP response status codes

Status codeDescription
200

OK

Code samples

get/orgs/{org}/pre-receive-hooks/{pre_receive_hook_id}
curl \ -H "Accept: application/vnd.github+json" \ -H "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR-TOKEN>" \ http(s)://HOSTNAME/api/v3/orgs/ORG/pre-receive-hooks/PRE_RECEIVE_HOOK_ID

Response

Status: 200
{ "id": 42, "name": "Check Commits", "enforcement": "disabled", "configuration_url": "https://github.example.com/api/v3/admin/pre-receive-hooks/42", "allow_downstream_configuration": true }

Update pre-receive hook enforcement for an organization

Works with GitHub Apps

For pre-receive hooks which are allowed to be configured at the org level, you can set enforcement and allow_downstream_configuration

Parameters

Headers
Name, Type, Description
acceptstring

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

Path parameters
Name, Type, Description
orgstringRequired

The organization name. The name is not case sensitive.

pre_receive_hook_idintegerRequired

The unique identifier of the pre-receive hook.

Body parameters
Name, Type, Description
enforcementstring

The state of enforcement for the hook on this repository.

allow_downstream_configurationboolean

Whether repositories can override enforcement.

HTTP response status codes

Status codeDescription
200

OK

Code samples

patch/orgs/{org}/pre-receive-hooks/{pre_receive_hook_id}
curl \ -X PATCH \ -H "Accept: application/vnd.github+json" \ -H "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR-TOKEN>" \ http(s)://HOSTNAME/api/v3/orgs/ORG/pre-receive-hooks/PRE_RECEIVE_HOOK_ID \ -d '{"enforcement":"enabled","allow_downstream_configuration":false}'

Response

Status: 200
{ "id": 42, "name": "Check Commits", "enforcement": "enabled", "configuration_url": "https://github.example.com/api/v3/orgs/octocat/pre-receive-hooks/42", "allow_downstream_configuration": false }

Remove pre-receive hook enforcement for an organization

Works with GitHub Apps

Removes any overrides for this hook at the org level for this org.

Parameters

Headers
Name, Type, Description
acceptstring

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

Path parameters
Name, Type, Description
orgstringRequired

The organization name. The name is not case sensitive.

pre_receive_hook_idintegerRequired

The unique identifier of the pre-receive hook.

HTTP response status codes

Status codeDescription
200

OK

Code samples

delete/orgs/{org}/pre-receive-hooks/{pre_receive_hook_id}
curl \ -X DELETE \ -H "Accept: application/vnd.github+json" \ -H "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR-TOKEN>" \ http(s)://HOSTNAME/api/v3/orgs/ORG/pre-receive-hooks/PRE_RECEIVE_HOOK_ID

Response

Status: 200
{ "id": 42, "name": "Check Commits", "enforcement": "disabled", "configuration_url": "https://github.example.com/api/v3/admin/pre-receive-hooks/42", "allow_downstream_configuration": true }