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Timeline events
Use the REST API to receive events triggered by timeline activity in issues and pull requests.
About timeline events
You can use the REST API to view different types of events triggered by timeline activity in issues and pull requests. For more information about the specific events that you can receive, see "Issue event types." To view GitHub activity outside of issues and pull requests, see "GitHub Events Types."
You can use timeline events to display information about issues and pull requests or determine who should be notified of issue comments.
Every pull request is an issue, but not every issue is a pull request. For this reason, "shared" actions for both features, like managing assignees, labels, and milestones, are provided within the Issues endpoints.
List timeline events for an issue
Works with GitHub Apps
Parameters
| Headers |
|---|
| Name, Type, Description |
acceptstringSetting to |
| Path parameters |
| Name, Type, Description |
ownerstringRequiredThe account owner of the repository. The name is not case sensitive. |
repostringRequiredThe name of the repository. The name is not case sensitive. |
issue_numberintegerRequiredThe number that identifies the issue. |
| Query parameters |
| Name, Type, Description |
per_pageintegerThe number of results per page (max 100). Default: |
pageintegerPage number of the results to fetch. Default: |
HTTP response status codes
| Status code | Description |
|---|---|
200 | OK |
404 | Resource not found |
410 | Gone |
Code samples
get/repos/{owner}/{repo}/issues/{issue_number}/timeline
curl \
-H "Accept: application/vnd.github+json" \
-H "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR-TOKEN>" \
http(s)://HOSTNAME/api/v3/repos/OWNER/REPO/issues/ISSUE_NUMBER/timelineResponse
Status: 200[
{
"id": 6430295168,
"node_id": "LOE_lADODwFebM5HwC0kzwAAAAF_RoSA",
"url": "https://api.github.com/repos/github/roadmap/issues/events/6430295168",
"actor": {
"login": "github",
"id": 9919,
"node_id": "MDEyOk9yZ2FuaXphdGlvbjk5MTk=",
"avatar_url": "https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/9919?v=4",
"gravatar_id": "",
"url": "https://api.github.com/users/github",
"html_url": "https://github.com/github",
"followers_url": "https://api.github.com/users/github/followers",
"following_url": "https://api.github.com/users/github/following{/other_user}",
"gists_url": "https://api.github.com/users/github/gists{/gist_id}",
"starred_url": "https://api.github.com/users/github/starred{/owner}{/repo}",
"subscriptions_url": "https://api.github.com/users/github/subscriptions",
"organizations_url": "https://api.github.com/users/github/orgs",
"repos_url": "https://api.github.com/users/github/repos",
"events_url": "https://api.github.com/users/github/events{/privacy}",
"received_events_url": "https://api.github.com/users/github/received_events",
"type": "Organization",
"site_admin": false
},
"event": "locked",
"commit_id": null,
"commit_url": null,
"created_at": "2022-04-13T20:49:13Z",
"lock_reason": null,
"performed_via_github_app": null
},
{
"id": 6430296748,
"node_id": "LE_lADODwFebM5HwC0kzwAAAAF_Roqs",
"url": "https://api.github.com/repos/github/roadmap/issues/events/6430296748",
"actor": {
"login": "github-product-roadmap",
"id": 67656570,
"node_id": "MDQ6VXNlcjY3NjU2NTcw",
"avatar_url": "https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/67656570?v=4",
"gravatar_id": "",
"url": "https://api.github.com/users/github-product-roadmap",
"html_url": "https://github.com/github-product-roadmap",
"followers_url": "https://api.github.com/users/github-product-roadmap/followers",
"following_url": "https://api.github.com/users/github-product-roadmap/following{/other_user}",
"gists_url": "https://api.github.com/users/github-product-roadmap/gists{/gist_id}",
"starred_url": "https://api.github.com/users/github-product-roadmap/starred{/owner}{/repo}",
"subscriptions_url": "https://api.github.com/users/github-product-roadmap/subscriptions",
"organizations_url": "https://api.github.com/users/github-product-roadmap/orgs",
"repos_url": "https://api.github.com/users/github-product-roadmap/repos",
"events_url": "https://api.github.com/users/github-product-roadmap/events{/privacy}",
"received_events_url": "https://api.github.com/users/github-product-roadmap/received_events",
"type": "User",
"site_admin": false
},
"event": "labeled",
"commit_id": null,
"commit_url": null,
"created_at": "2022-04-13T20:49:34Z",
"label": {
"name": "beta",
"color": "99dd88"
},
"performed_via_github_app": null
},
{
"id": 6635165802,
"node_id": "RTE_lADODwFebM5HwC0kzwAAAAGLfJhq",
"url": "https://api.github.com/repos/github/roadmap/issues/events/6635165802",
"actor": {
"login": "github-product-roadmap",
"id": 67656570,
"node_id": "MDQ6VXNlcjY3NjU2NTcw",
"avatar_url": "https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/67656570?v=4",
"gravatar_id": "",
"url": "https://api.github.com/users/github-product-roadmap",
"html_url": "https://github.com/github-product-roadmap",
"followers_url": "https://api.github.com/users/github-product-roadmap/followers",
"following_url": "https://api.github.com/users/github-product-roadmap/following{/other_user}",
"gists_url": "https://api.github.com/users/github-product-roadmap/gists{/gist_id}",
"starred_url": "https://api.github.com/users/github-product-roadmap/starred{/owner}{/repo}",
"subscriptions_url": "https://api.github.com/users/github-product-roadmap/subscriptions",
"organizations_url": "https://api.github.com/users/github-product-roadmap/orgs",
"repos_url": "https://api.github.com/users/github-product-roadmap/repos",
"events_url": "https://api.github.com/users/github-product-roadmap/events{/privacy}",
"received_events_url": "https://api.github.com/users/github-product-roadmap/received_events",
"type": "User",
"site_admin": false
},
"event": "renamed",
"commit_id": null,
"commit_url": null,
"created_at": "2022-05-18T19:29:01Z",
"rename": {
"from": "Secret scanning: dry-runs for enterprise-level custom patterns (cloud)",
"to": "Secret scanning: dry-runs for enterprise-level custom patterns"
},
"performed_via_github_app": null
},
{
"url": "https://api.github.com/repos/github/roadmap/issues/comments/1130876857",
"html_url": "https://github.com/github/roadmap/issues/493#issuecomment-1130876857",
"issue_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/github/roadmap/issues/493",
"id": 1130876857,
"node_id": "IC_kwDODwFebM5DZ8-5",
"user": {
"login": "octocat",
"id": 94867353,
"node_id": "U_kgDOBaePmQ",
"avatar_url": "https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/94867353?v=4",
"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": true
},
"created_at": "2022-05-19T00:52:15Z",
"updated_at": "2022-05-19T00:52:15Z",
"author_association": "COLLABORATOR",
"body": "🚢 Shipped to the cloud: https://github.blog/changelog/2022-05-12-secret-scanning-dry-runs-for-enterprise-level-custom-patterns/",
"reactions": {
"url": "https://api.github.com/repos/github/roadmap/issues/comments/1130876857/reactions",
"total_count": 0,
"+1": 0,
"-1": 0,
"laugh": 0,
"hooray": 0,
"confused": 0,
"heart": 0,
"rocket": 0,
"eyes": 0
},
"performed_via_github_app": null,
"event": "commented",
"actor": {
"login": "octocat",
"id": 94867353,
"node_id": "U_kgDOBaePmQ",
"avatar_url": "https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/94867353?v=4",
"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": true
}
}
]