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Die REST-API verfügt jetzt über eine Versionskontrolle. Weitere Informationen findest du unter Informationen zur API-Versionsverwaltung.

REST-API-Endpunkte für Releases

Mit der REST-API können Sie Releases und Releaseressourcen erstellen, ändern und löschen.

Hinweis: Diese Endpunkte ersetzen die Endpunkte zum Verwalten von Downloads. Du kannst die Downloadanzahl und die Browserdownload-URL von diesen Endpunkten abrufen.

List releases

This returns a list of releases, which does not include regular Git tags that have not been associated with a release. To get a list of Git tags, use the Repository Tags API.

Information about published releases are available to everyone. Only users with push access will receive listings for draft releases.

Differenzierte Zugriffstoken für "List releases"

Dieser Endpunkt funktioniert mit den folgenden Tokentypen.:

Das Token muss einen der folgenden Berechtigungssätze aufweisen.:

  • contents:read

Dieser Endpunkt kann ohne Authentifizierung oder die zuvor erwähnten Berechtigungen verwendet werden, wenn nur öffentliche Ressourcen angefordert werden.

Parameter für „List releases“

Header
Name, type, BESCHREIBUNG
accept string

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

Pfadparameter
Name, type, BESCHREIBUNG
owner string Erforderlich

The account owner of the repository. The name is not case sensitive.

repo string Erforderlich

The name of the repository without the .git extension. The name is not case sensitive.

Abfrageparameter
Name, type, BESCHREIBUNG
per_page integer

The number of results per page (max 100). For more information, see "Using pagination in the REST API."

Standard: 30

page integer

The page number of the results to fetch. For more information, see "Using pagination in the REST API."

Standard: 1

HTTP-Antwortstatuscodes für „List releases“

StatuscodeBESCHREIBUNG
200

OK

404

Resource not found

Codebeispiele für „List releases“

Beispiel für eine Anfrage

get/repos/{owner}/{repo}/releases
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/repos/OWNER/REPO/releases

Response

Status: 200
[ { "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/releases/1", "html_url": "https://github.com/octocat/Hello-World/releases/v1.0.0", "assets_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/releases/1/assets", "upload_url": "https://uploads.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/releases/1/assets{?name,label}", "tarball_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/tarball/v1.0.0", "zipball_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/zipball/v1.0.0", "id": 1, "node_id": "MDc6UmVsZWFzZTE=", "tag_name": "v1.0.0", "target_commitish": "master", "name": "v1.0.0", "body": "Description of the release", "draft": false, "prerelease": false, "created_at": "2013-02-27T19:35:32Z", "published_at": "2013-02-27T19:35:32Z", "author": { "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 }, "assets": [ { "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/releases/assets/1", "browser_download_url": "https://github.com/octocat/Hello-World/releases/download/v1.0.0/example.zip", "id": 1, "node_id": "MDEyOlJlbGVhc2VBc3NldDE=", "name": "example.zip", "label": "short description", "state": "uploaded", "content_type": "application/zip", "size": 1024, "download_count": 42, "created_at": "2013-02-27T19:35:32Z", "updated_at": "2013-02-27T19:35:32Z", "uploader": { "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 } } ] } ]

Create a release

Users with push access to the repository can create a release.

This endpoint triggers notifications. Creating content too quickly using this endpoint may result in secondary rate limiting. For more information, see "Rate limits for the API" and "Best practices for using the REST API."

Differenzierte Zugriffstoken für "Create a release"

Dieser Endpunkt funktioniert mit den folgenden Tokentypen.:

Das Token muss mindestens einen der folgenden Berechtigungssätze aufweisen.:

  • contents:write
  • contents:write and workflows:write

Parameter für „Create a release“

Header
Name, type, BESCHREIBUNG
accept string

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

Pfadparameter
Name, type, BESCHREIBUNG
owner string Erforderlich

The account owner of the repository. The name is not case sensitive.

repo string Erforderlich

The name of the repository without the .git extension. The name is not case sensitive.

Textparameter
Name, type, BESCHREIBUNG
tag_name string Erforderlich

The name of the tag.

target_commitish string

Specifies the commitish value that determines where the Git tag is created from. Can be any branch or commit SHA. Unused if the Git tag already exists. Default: the repository's default branch.

name string

The name of the release.

body string

Text describing the contents of the tag.

draft boolean

true to create a draft (unpublished) release, false to create a published one.

Standard: false

prerelease boolean

true to identify the release as a prerelease. false to identify the release as a full release.

Standard: false

discussion_category_name string

If specified, a discussion of the specified category is created and linked to the release. The value must be a category that already exists in the repository. For more information, see "Managing categories for discussions in your repository."

generate_release_notes boolean

Whether to automatically generate the name and body for this release. If name is specified, the specified name will be used; otherwise, a name will be automatically generated. If body is specified, the body will be pre-pended to the automatically generated notes.

Standard: false

make_latest string

Specifies whether this release should be set as the latest release for the repository. Drafts and prereleases cannot be set as latest. Defaults to true for newly published releases. legacy specifies that the latest release should be determined based on the release creation date and higher semantic version.

Standard: true

Kann eine der Folgenden sein: true, false, legacy

HTTP-Antwortstatuscodes für „Create a release“

StatuscodeBESCHREIBUNG
201

Created

404

Not Found if the discussion category name is invalid

422

Validation failed, or the endpoint has been spammed.

Codebeispiele für „Create a release“

Beispiel für eine Anfrage

post/repos/{owner}/{repo}/releases
curl -L \ -X POST \ -H "Accept: application/vnd.github+json" \ -H "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR-TOKEN>" \ -H "X-GitHub-Api-Version: 2022-11-28" \ https://api.github.com/repos/OWNER/REPO/releases \ -d '{"tag_name":"v1.0.0","target_commitish":"master","name":"v1.0.0","body":"Description of the release","draft":false,"prerelease":false,"generate_release_notes":false}'

Response

Status: 201
{ "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/releases/1", "html_url": "https://github.com/octocat/Hello-World/releases/v1.0.0", "assets_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/releases/1/assets", "upload_url": "https://uploads.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/releases/1/assets{?name,label}", "tarball_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/tarball/v1.0.0", "zipball_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/zipball/v1.0.0", "discussion_url": "https://github.com/octocat/Hello-World/discussions/90", "id": 1, "node_id": "MDc6UmVsZWFzZTE=", "tag_name": "v1.0.0", "target_commitish": "master", "name": "v1.0.0", "body": "Description of the release", "draft": false, "prerelease": false, "created_at": "2013-02-27T19:35:32Z", "published_at": "2013-02-27T19:35:32Z", "author": { "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 }, "assets": [ { "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/releases/assets/1", "browser_download_url": "https://github.com/octocat/Hello-World/releases/download/v1.0.0/example.zip", "id": 1, "node_id": "MDEyOlJlbGVhc2VBc3NldDE=", "name": "example.zip", "label": "short description", "state": "uploaded", "content_type": "application/zip", "size": 1024, "download_count": 42, "created_at": "2013-02-27T19:35:32Z", "updated_at": "2013-02-27T19:35:32Z", "uploader": { "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 } } ] }

Generate release notes content for a release

Generate a name and body describing a release. The body content will be markdown formatted and contain information like the changes since last release and users who contributed. The generated release notes are not saved anywhere. They are intended to be generated and used when creating a new release.

Differenzierte Zugriffstoken für "Generate release notes content for a release"

Dieser Endpunkt funktioniert mit den folgenden Tokentypen.:

Das Token muss einen der folgenden Berechtigungssätze aufweisen.:

  • contents:write

Parameter für „Generate release notes content for a release“

Header
Name, type, BESCHREIBUNG
accept string

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

Pfadparameter
Name, type, BESCHREIBUNG
owner string Erforderlich

The account owner of the repository. The name is not case sensitive.

repo string Erforderlich

The name of the repository without the .git extension. The name is not case sensitive.

Textparameter
Name, type, BESCHREIBUNG
tag_name string Erforderlich

The tag name for the release. This can be an existing tag or a new one.

target_commitish string

Specifies the commitish value that will be the target for the release's tag. Required if the supplied tag_name does not reference an existing tag. Ignored if the tag_name already exists.

previous_tag_name string

The name of the previous tag to use as the starting point for the release notes. Use to manually specify the range for the set of changes considered as part this release.

configuration_file_path string

Specifies a path to a file in the repository containing configuration settings used for generating the release notes. If unspecified, the configuration file located in the repository at '.github/release.yml' or '.github/release.yaml' will be used. If that is not present, the default configuration will be used.

HTTP-Antwortstatuscodes für „Generate release notes content for a release“

StatuscodeBESCHREIBUNG
200

Name and body of generated release notes

404

Resource not found

Codebeispiele für „Generate release notes content for a release“

Beispiel für eine Anfrage

post/repos/{owner}/{repo}/releases/generate-notes
curl -L \ -X POST \ -H "Accept: application/vnd.github+json" \ -H "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR-TOKEN>" \ -H "X-GitHub-Api-Version: 2022-11-28" \ https://api.github.com/repos/OWNER/REPO/releases/generate-notes \ -d '{"tag_name":"v1.0.0","target_commitish":"main","previous_tag_name":"v0.9.2","configuration_file_path":".github/custom_release_config.yml"}'

Name and body of generated release notes

Status: 200
{ "name": "Release v1.0.0 is now available!", "body": "##Changes in Release v1.0.0 ... ##Contributors @monalisa" }

Get the latest release

View the latest published full release for the repository.

The latest release is the most recent non-prerelease, non-draft release, sorted by the created_at attribute. The created_at attribute is the date of the commit used for the release, and not the date when the release was drafted or published.

Differenzierte Zugriffstoken für "Get the latest release"

Dieser Endpunkt funktioniert mit den folgenden Tokentypen.:

Das Token muss einen der folgenden Berechtigungssätze aufweisen.:

  • contents:read

Dieser Endpunkt kann ohne Authentifizierung oder die zuvor erwähnten Berechtigungen verwendet werden, wenn nur öffentliche Ressourcen angefordert werden.

Parameter für „Get the latest release“

Header
Name, type, BESCHREIBUNG
accept string

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

Pfadparameter
Name, type, BESCHREIBUNG
owner string Erforderlich

The account owner of the repository. The name is not case sensitive.

repo string Erforderlich

The name of the repository without the .git extension. The name is not case sensitive.

HTTP-Antwortstatuscodes für „Get the latest release“

StatuscodeBESCHREIBUNG
200

OK

Codebeispiele für „Get the latest release“

Beispiel für eine Anfrage

get/repos/{owner}/{repo}/releases/latest
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/repos/OWNER/REPO/releases/latest

Response

Status: 200
{ "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/releases/1", "html_url": "https://github.com/octocat/Hello-World/releases/v1.0.0", "assets_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/releases/1/assets", "upload_url": "https://uploads.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/releases/1/assets{?name,label}", "tarball_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/tarball/v1.0.0", "zipball_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/zipball/v1.0.0", "discussion_url": "https://github.com/octocat/Hello-World/discussions/90", "id": 1, "node_id": "MDc6UmVsZWFzZTE=", "tag_name": "v1.0.0", "target_commitish": "master", "name": "v1.0.0", "body": "Description of the release", "draft": false, "prerelease": false, "created_at": "2013-02-27T19:35:32Z", "published_at": "2013-02-27T19:35:32Z", "author": { "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 }, "assets": [ { "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/releases/assets/1", "browser_download_url": "https://github.com/octocat/Hello-World/releases/download/v1.0.0/example.zip", "id": 1, "node_id": "MDEyOlJlbGVhc2VBc3NldDE=", "name": "example.zip", "label": "short description", "state": "uploaded", "content_type": "application/zip", "size": 1024, "download_count": 42, "created_at": "2013-02-27T19:35:32Z", "updated_at": "2013-02-27T19:35:32Z", "uploader": { "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 } } ] }

Get a release by tag name

Get a published release with the specified tag.

Differenzierte Zugriffstoken für "Get a release by tag name"

Dieser Endpunkt funktioniert mit den folgenden Tokentypen.:

Das Token muss einen der folgenden Berechtigungssätze aufweisen.:

  • contents:read

Dieser Endpunkt kann ohne Authentifizierung oder die zuvor erwähnten Berechtigungen verwendet werden, wenn nur öffentliche Ressourcen angefordert werden.

Parameter für „Get a release by tag name“

Header
Name, type, BESCHREIBUNG
accept string

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

Pfadparameter
Name, type, BESCHREIBUNG
owner string Erforderlich

The account owner of the repository. The name is not case sensitive.

repo string Erforderlich

The name of the repository without the .git extension. The name is not case sensitive.

tag string Erforderlich

tag parameter

HTTP-Antwortstatuscodes für „Get a release by tag name“

StatuscodeBESCHREIBUNG
200

OK

404

Resource not found

Codebeispiele für „Get a release by tag name“

Beispiel für eine Anfrage

get/repos/{owner}/{repo}/releases/tags/{tag}
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/repos/OWNER/REPO/releases/tags/TAG

Response

Status: 200
{ "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/releases/1", "html_url": "https://github.com/octocat/Hello-World/releases/v1.0.0", "assets_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/releases/1/assets", "upload_url": "https://uploads.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/releases/1/assets{?name,label}", "tarball_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/tarball/v1.0.0", "zipball_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/zipball/v1.0.0", "discussion_url": "https://github.com/octocat/Hello-World/discussions/90", "id": 1, "node_id": "MDc6UmVsZWFzZTE=", "tag_name": "v1.0.0", "target_commitish": "master", "name": "v1.0.0", "body": "Description of the release", "draft": false, "prerelease": false, "created_at": "2013-02-27T19:35:32Z", "published_at": "2013-02-27T19:35:32Z", "author": { "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 }, "assets": [ { "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/releases/assets/1", "browser_download_url": "https://github.com/octocat/Hello-World/releases/download/v1.0.0/example.zip", "id": 1, "node_id": "MDEyOlJlbGVhc2VBc3NldDE=", "name": "example.zip", "label": "short description", "state": "uploaded", "content_type": "application/zip", "size": 1024, "download_count": 42, "created_at": "2013-02-27T19:35:32Z", "updated_at": "2013-02-27T19:35:32Z", "uploader": { "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 } } ] }

Get a release

Gets a public release with the specified release ID.

Note: This returns an upload_url key corresponding to the endpoint for uploading release assets. This key is a hypermedia resource. For more information, see "Getting started with the REST API."

Differenzierte Zugriffstoken für "Get a release"

Dieser Endpunkt funktioniert mit den folgenden Tokentypen.:

Das Token muss einen der folgenden Berechtigungssätze aufweisen.:

  • contents:read

Dieser Endpunkt kann ohne Authentifizierung oder die zuvor erwähnten Berechtigungen verwendet werden, wenn nur öffentliche Ressourcen angefordert werden.

Parameter für „Get a release“

Header
Name, type, BESCHREIBUNG
accept string

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

Pfadparameter
Name, type, BESCHREIBUNG
owner string Erforderlich

The account owner of the repository. The name is not case sensitive.

repo string Erforderlich

The name of the repository without the .git extension. The name is not case sensitive.

release_id integer Erforderlich

The unique identifier of the release.

HTTP-Antwortstatuscodes für „Get a release“

StatuscodeBESCHREIBUNG
200

Note: This returns an upload_url key corresponding to the endpoint for uploading release assets. This key is a hypermedia resource. For more information, see "Getting started with the REST API."

401

Unauthorized

Codebeispiele für „Get a release“

Beispiel für eine Anfrage

get/repos/{owner}/{repo}/releases/{release_id}
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/repos/OWNER/REPO/releases/RELEASE_ID

Note: This returns an upload_url key corresponding to the endpoint for uploading release assets. This key is a hypermedia resource. For more information, see "Getting started with the REST API."

Status: 200
{ "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/releases/1", "html_url": "https://github.com/octocat/Hello-World/releases/v1.0.0", "assets_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/releases/1/assets", "upload_url": "https://uploads.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/releases/1/assets{?name,label}", "tarball_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/tarball/v1.0.0", "zipball_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/zipball/v1.0.0", "discussion_url": "https://github.com/octocat/Hello-World/discussions/90", "id": 1, "node_id": "MDc6UmVsZWFzZTE=", "tag_name": "v1.0.0", "target_commitish": "master", "name": "v1.0.0", "body": "Description of the release", "draft": false, "prerelease": false, "created_at": "2013-02-27T19:35:32Z", "published_at": "2013-02-27T19:35:32Z", "author": { "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 }, "assets": [ { "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/releases/assets/1", "browser_download_url": "https://github.com/octocat/Hello-World/releases/download/v1.0.0/example.zip", "id": 1, "node_id": "MDEyOlJlbGVhc2VBc3NldDE=", "name": "example.zip", "label": "short description", "state": "uploaded", "content_type": "application/zip", "size": 1024, "download_count": 42, "created_at": "2013-02-27T19:35:32Z", "updated_at": "2013-02-27T19:35:32Z", "uploader": { "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 } } ] }

Update a release

Users with push access to the repository can edit a release.

Differenzierte Zugriffstoken für "Update a release"

Dieser Endpunkt funktioniert mit den folgenden Tokentypen.:

Das Token muss einen der folgenden Berechtigungssätze aufweisen.:

  • contents:write

Parameter für „Update a release“

Header
Name, type, BESCHREIBUNG
accept string

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

Pfadparameter
Name, type, BESCHREIBUNG
owner string Erforderlich

The account owner of the repository. The name is not case sensitive.

repo string Erforderlich

The name of the repository without the .git extension. The name is not case sensitive.

release_id integer Erforderlich

The unique identifier of the release.

Textparameter
Name, type, BESCHREIBUNG
tag_name string

The name of the tag.

target_commitish string

Specifies the commitish value that determines where the Git tag is created from. Can be any branch or commit SHA. Unused if the Git tag already exists. Default: the repository's default branch.

name string

The name of the release.

body string

Text describing the contents of the tag.

draft boolean

true makes the release a draft, and false publishes the release.

prerelease boolean

true to identify the release as a prerelease, false to identify the release as a full release.

make_latest string

Specifies whether this release should be set as the latest release for the repository. Drafts and prereleases cannot be set as latest. Defaults to true for newly published releases. legacy specifies that the latest release should be determined based on the release creation date and higher semantic version.

Standard: true

Kann eine der Folgenden sein: true, false, legacy

discussion_category_name string

If specified, a discussion of the specified category is created and linked to the release. The value must be a category that already exists in the repository. If there is already a discussion linked to the release, this parameter is ignored. For more information, see "Managing categories for discussions in your repository."

HTTP-Antwortstatuscodes für „Update a release“

StatuscodeBESCHREIBUNG
200

OK

404

Not Found if the discussion category name is invalid

Codebeispiele für „Update a release“

Beispiel für eine Anfrage

patch/repos/{owner}/{repo}/releases/{release_id}
curl -L \ -X PATCH \ -H "Accept: application/vnd.github+json" \ -H "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR-TOKEN>" \ -H "X-GitHub-Api-Version: 2022-11-28" \ https://api.github.com/repos/OWNER/REPO/releases/RELEASE_ID \ -d '{"tag_name":"v1.0.0","target_commitish":"master","name":"v1.0.0","body":"Description of the release","draft":false,"prerelease":false}'

Response

Status: 200
{ "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/releases/1", "html_url": "https://github.com/octocat/Hello-World/releases/v1.0.0", "assets_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/releases/1/assets", "upload_url": "https://uploads.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/releases/1/assets{?name,label}", "tarball_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/tarball/v1.0.0", "zipball_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/zipball/v1.0.0", "discussion_url": "https://github.com/octocat/Hello-World/discussions/90", "id": 1, "node_id": "MDc6UmVsZWFzZTE=", "tag_name": "v1.0.0", "target_commitish": "master", "name": "v1.0.0", "body": "Description of the release", "draft": false, "prerelease": false, "created_at": "2013-02-27T19:35:32Z", "published_at": "2013-02-27T19:35:32Z", "author": { "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 }, "assets": [ { "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/releases/assets/1", "browser_download_url": "https://github.com/octocat/Hello-World/releases/download/v1.0.0/example.zip", "id": 1, "node_id": "MDEyOlJlbGVhc2VBc3NldDE=", "name": "example.zip", "label": "short description", "state": "uploaded", "content_type": "application/zip", "size": 1024, "download_count": 42, "created_at": "2013-02-27T19:35:32Z", "updated_at": "2013-02-27T19:35:32Z", "uploader": { "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 } } ] }

Delete a release

Users with push access to the repository can delete a release.

Differenzierte Zugriffstoken für "Delete a release"

Dieser Endpunkt funktioniert mit den folgenden Tokentypen.:

Das Token muss einen der folgenden Berechtigungssätze aufweisen.:

  • contents:write

Parameter für „Delete a release“

Header
Name, type, BESCHREIBUNG
accept string

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

Pfadparameter
Name, type, BESCHREIBUNG
owner string Erforderlich

The account owner of the repository. The name is not case sensitive.

repo string Erforderlich

The name of the repository without the .git extension. The name is not case sensitive.

release_id integer Erforderlich

The unique identifier of the release.

HTTP-Antwortstatuscodes für „Delete a release“

StatuscodeBESCHREIBUNG
204

No Content

Codebeispiele für „Delete a release“

Beispiel für eine Anfrage

delete/repos/{owner}/{repo}/releases/{release_id}
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/repos/OWNER/REPO/releases/RELEASE_ID

Response

Status: 204