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Global Webhooks
Use the REST API to manage global webhooks for your enterprise.
About global webhooks
These endpoints are only available to authenticated site administrators Normal users will receive a 404
response. To learn how to configure global webhooks, see About global webhooks.
Global webhooks are automatically installed on your enterprise. You can use global webhooks to automatically monitor, respond to, or enforce rules for users, organizations, teams, and repositories on your enterprise.
Global webhooks can subscribe to the organization, user, repository, team, member, membership, fork, and ping event types.
List global webhooks
Parameters for "List global webhooks"
Headers |
---|
Name, Type, Description |
accept string Setting to |
Query parameters |
Name, Type, Description |
per_page integer The number of results per page (max 100). Default: |
page integer Page number of the results to fetch. Default: |
HTTP response status codes for "List global webhooks"
Status code | Description |
---|---|
200 | OK |
Code samples for "List global webhooks"
curl -L \
-H "Accept: application/vnd.github+json" \
-H "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR-TOKEN>" \
http(s)://HOSTNAME/api/v3/admin/hooks
Response
Status: 200
[
{
"type": "Global",
"id": 1,
"name": "web",
"active": true,
"events": [
"organization",
"user"
],
"config": {
"url": "https://example.com",
"content_type": "json",
"insecure_ssl": "0",
"secret": "********"
},
"updated_at": "2017-12-07T00:14:59Z",
"created_at": "2017-12-07T00:14:59Z",
"url": "https://HOSTNAME/admin/hooks/1",
"ping_url": "https://HOSTNAME/admin/hooks/1/pings"
}
]
Create a global webhook
Parameters for "Create a global webhook"
Headers | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Name, Type, Description | |||||
accept string Setting to | |||||
Body parameters | |||||
Name, Type, Description | |||||
name string RequiredMust be passed as "web". | |||||
config object RequiredKey/value pairs to provide settings for this webhook. | |||||
Properties of |
Name, Type, Description |
---|
url string RequiredThe URL to which the payloads will be delivered. |
content_type string The media type used to serialize the payloads. Supported values include |
secret string If provided, the |
insecure_ssl string Determines whether the SSL certificate of the host for |
events
array of strings The events that trigger this webhook. A global webhook can be triggered by user
and organization
events. Default: user
and organization
.
active
boolean Determines if notifications are sent when the webhook is triggered. Set to true
to send notifications.
Default: true
HTTP response status codes for "Create a global webhook"
Status code | Description |
---|---|
201 | Created |
Code samples for "Create a global webhook"
curl -L \
-X POST \
-H "Accept: application/vnd.github+json" \
-H "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR-TOKEN>" \
http(s)://HOSTNAME/api/v3/admin/hooks \
-d '{"name":"web","events":["organization","user"],"config":{"url":"https://example.com/webhook","content_type":"json","secret":"secret"}}'
Response
Status: 201
{
"type": "Global",
"id": 1,
"name": "web",
"active": true,
"events": [
"organization",
"user"
],
"config": {
"url": "https://example.com",
"content_type": "json",
"insecure_ssl": "0",
"secret": "********"
},
"updated_at": "2017-12-07T00:14:59Z",
"created_at": "2017-12-07T00:14:59Z",
"url": "https://HOSTNAME/admin/hooks/1",
"ping_url": "https://HOSTNAME/admin/hooks/1/pings"
}
Get a global webhook
Parameters for "Get a global webhook"
Headers |
---|
Name, Type, Description |
accept string Setting to |
Path parameters |
Name, Type, Description |
hook_id integer RequiredThe unique identifier of the hook. |
HTTP response status codes for "Get a global webhook"
Status code | Description |
---|---|
200 | OK |
Code samples for "Get a global webhook"
curl -L \
-H "Accept: application/vnd.github+json" \
-H "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR-TOKEN>" \
http(s)://HOSTNAME/api/v3/admin/hooks/HOOK_ID
Response
Status: 200
{
"type": "Global",
"id": 1,
"name": "web",
"active": true,
"events": [
"organization",
"user"
],
"config": {
"url": "https://example.com",
"content_type": "json",
"insecure_ssl": "0",
"secret": "********"
},
"updated_at": "2017-12-07T00:14:59Z",
"created_at": "2017-12-07T00:14:59Z",
"url": "https://HOSTNAME/admin/hooks/1",
"ping_url": "https://HOSTNAME/admin/hooks/1/pings"
}
Update a global webhook
Parameters that are not provided will be overwritten with the default value or removed if no default exists.
Parameters for "Update a global webhook"
Headers | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Name, Type, Description | |||||
accept string Setting to | |||||
Path parameters | |||||
Name, Type, Description | |||||
hook_id integer RequiredThe unique identifier of the hook. | |||||
Body parameters | |||||
Name, Type, Description | |||||
config object Key/value pairs to provide settings for this webhook. | |||||
Properties of |
Name, Type, Description |
---|
url string RequiredThe URL to which the payloads will be delivered. |
content_type string The media type used to serialize the payloads. Supported values include |
secret string If provided, the |
insecure_ssl string Determines whether the SSL certificate of the host for |
events
array of strings The events that trigger this webhook. A global webhook can be triggered by user
and organization
events. Default: user
and organization
.
active
boolean Determines if notifications are sent when the webhook is triggered. Set to true
to send notifications.
Default: true
HTTP response status codes for "Update a global webhook"
Status code | Description |
---|---|
200 | OK |
Code samples for "Update a global webhook"
curl -L \
-X PATCH \
-H "Accept: application/vnd.github+json" \
-H "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR-TOKEN>" \
http(s)://HOSTNAME/api/v3/admin/hooks/HOOK_ID \
-d '{"events":["organization"],"config":{"url":"https://example.com/webhook"}}'
Response
Status: 200
{
"type": "Global",
"id": 1,
"name": "web",
"active": true,
"events": [
"organization"
],
"config": {
"url": "https://example.com",
"content_type": "form",
"insecure_ssl": "0"
},
"updated_at": "2017-12-07T00:14:59Z",
"created_at": "2017-12-07T00:14:59Z",
"url": "https://HOSTNAME/admin/hooks/1",
"ping_url": "https://HOSTNAME/admin/hooks/1/pings"
}
Delete a global webhook
Parameters for "Delete a global webhook"
Headers |
---|
Name, Type, Description |
accept string Setting to |
Path parameters |
Name, Type, Description |
hook_id integer RequiredThe unique identifier of the hook. |
HTTP response status codes for "Delete a global webhook"
Status code | Description |
---|---|
204 | No Content |
Code samples for "Delete a global webhook"
curl -L \
-X DELETE \
-H "Accept: application/vnd.github+json" \
-H "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR-TOKEN>" \
http(s)://HOSTNAME/api/v3/admin/hooks/HOOK_ID
Response
Status: 204
Ping a global webhook
This will trigger a ping event to be sent to the webhook.
Parameters for "Ping a global webhook"
Headers |
---|
Name, Type, Description |
accept string Setting to |
Path parameters |
Name, Type, Description |
hook_id integer RequiredThe unique identifier of the hook. |
HTTP response status codes for "Ping a global webhook"
Status code | Description |
---|---|
204 | No Content |
Code samples for "Ping a global webhook"
curl -L \
-X POST \
-H "Accept: application/vnd.github+json" \
-H "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR-TOKEN>" \
http(s)://HOSTNAME/api/v3/admin/hooks/HOOK_ID/pings
Response
Status: 204