GitHub App webhooks

About the GitHub App webhooks API

A GitHub App's webhook allows you to receive HTTP POST payloads whenever certain events happen for an app. The webhook REST APIs enable you to manage repository, organization, and app webhooks. You can use this API to list webhook deliveries for a webhook, or get and redeliver an individual delivery for a webhook, which can be integrated into an external app or service. You can also use the REST API to change the configuration of the webhook. For example, you can modify the payload URL, content type, SSL verification, and secret. For more information, see:

Get a webhook configuration for an app

Returns the webhook configuration for a GitHub App. For more information about configuring a webhook for your app, see "Creating a GitHub App."

You must use a JWT to access this endpoint.

HTTP response status codes

Status code	Description
`200`	OK

Code samples

get/app/hook/config

curl \
  -H "Accept: application/vnd.github+json" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR-TOKEN>" \
  https://api.github.com/app/hook/config

Response

Status: 200

{
  "content_type": "json",
  "insecure_ssl": "0",
  "secret": "********",
  "url": "https://example.com/webhook"
}

Update a webhook configuration for an app

Updates the webhook configuration for a GitHub App. For more information about configuring a webhook for your app, see "Creating a GitHub App."

You must use a JWT to access this endpoint.

Parameters

Headers
Name, Type, Description
`accept`string Setting to `application/vnd.github+json` is recommended.
Body parameters
Name, Type, Description
`url`string The URL to which the payloads will be delivered.
`content_type`string The media type used to serialize the payloads. Supported values include `json` and `form`. The default is `form`.
`secret`string If provided, the `secret` will be used as the `key` to generate the HMAC hex digest value for delivery signature headers.
`insecure_ssl`string or number Determines whether the SSL certificate of the host for `url` will be verified when delivering payloads. Supported values include `0` (verification is performed) and `1` (verification is not performed). The default is `0`. We strongly recommend not setting this to `1` as you are subject to man-in-the-middle and other attacks.

HTTP response status codes

Status code	Description
`200`	OK

Code samples

patch/app/hook/config

curl \
  -X PATCH \
  -H "Accept: application/vnd.github+json" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR-TOKEN>" \
  https://api.github.com/app/hook/config \
  -d '{"content_type":"json","insecure_ssl":"0","secret":"********","url":"https://example.com/webhook"}'

Response

Status: 200

{
  "content_type": "json",
  "insecure_ssl": "0",
  "secret": "********",
  "url": "https://example.com/webhook"
}

List deliveries for an app webhook

Returns a list of webhook deliveries for the webhook configured for a GitHub App.

You must use a JWT to access this endpoint.

Parameters

Headers
Name, Type, Description
`accept`string Setting to `application/vnd.github+json` is recommended.
Query parameters
Name, Type, Description
`per_page`integer The number of results per page (max 100). Default: `30`
`cursor`string Used for pagination: the starting delivery from which the page of deliveries is fetched. Refer to the `link` header for the next and previous page cursors.

HTTP response status codes

Status code	Description
`200`	OK
`400`	Bad Request
`422`	Validation failed, or the endpoint has been spammed.

Code samples

get/app/hook/deliveries

curl \
  -H "Accept: application/vnd.github+json" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR-TOKEN>" \
  https://api.github.com/app/hook/deliveries

Response

Status: 200

[
  {
    "id": 12345678,
    "guid": "0b989ba4-242f-11e5-81e1-c7b6966d2516",
    "delivered_at": "2019-06-03T00:57:16Z",
    "redelivery": false,
    "duration": 0.27,
    "status": "OK",
    "status_code": 200,
    "event": "issues",
    "action": "opened",
    "installation_id": 123,
    "repository_id": 456
  },
  {
    "id": 123456789,
    "guid": "0b989ba4-242f-11e5-81e1-c7b6966d2516",
    "delivered_at": "2019-06-04T00:57:16Z",
    "redelivery": true,
    "duration": 0.28,
    "status": "OK",
    "status_code": 200,
    "event": "issues",
    "action": "opened",
    "installation_id": 123,
    "repository_id": 456
  }
]

Get a delivery for an app webhook

Returns a delivery for the webhook configured for a GitHub App.

You must use a JWT to access this endpoint.

Parameters

Headers
Name, Type, Description
`accept`string Setting to `application/vnd.github+json` is recommended.
Path parameters
Name, Type, Description
`delivery_id`integerRequired

HTTP response status codes

Status code	Description
`200`	OK
`400`	Bad Request
`422`	Validation failed, or the endpoint has been spammed.

Code samples

get/app/hook/deliveries/{delivery_id}

curl \
  -H "Accept: application/vnd.github+json" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR-TOKEN>" \
  https://api.github.com/app/hook/deliveries/DELIVERY_ID

Response

Status: 200

{
  "id": 12345678,
  "guid": "0b989ba4-242f-11e5-81e1-c7b6966d2516",
  "delivered_at": "2019-06-03T00:57:16Z",
  "redelivery": false,
  "duration": 0.27,
  "status": "OK",
  "status_code": 200,
  "event": "issues",
  "action": "opened",
  "installation_id": 123,
  "repository_id": 456,
  "url": "https://www.example.com",
  "request": {
    "headers": {
      "X-GitHub-Delivery": "0b989ba4-242f-11e5-81e1-c7b6966d2516",
      "X-Hub-Signature-256": "sha256=6dcb09b5b57875f334f61aebed695e2e4193db5e",
      "Accept": "*/*",
      "X-GitHub-Hook-ID": "42",
      "User-Agent": "GitHub-Hookshot/b8c71d8",
      "X-GitHub-Event": "issues",
      "X-GitHub-Hook-Installation-Target-ID": "123",
      "X-GitHub-Hook-Installation-Target-Type": "repository",
      "content-type": "application/json",
      "X-Hub-Signature": "sha1=a84d88e7554fc1fa21bcbc4efae3c782a70d2b9d"
    },
    "payload": {
      "action": "opened",
      "issue": {
        "body": "foo"
      },
      "repository": {
        "id": 123
      }
    }
  },
  "response": {
    "headers": {
      "Content-Type": "text/html;charset=utf-8"
    },
    "payload": "ok"
  }
}

Redeliver a delivery for an app webhook

Redeliver a delivery for the webhook configured for a GitHub App.

You must use a JWT to access this endpoint.

Parameters

Headers
Name, Type, Description
`accept`string Setting to `application/vnd.github+json` is recommended.
Path parameters
Name, Type, Description
`delivery_id`integerRequired

HTTP response status codes

Status code	Description
`202`	Accepted
`400`	Bad Request
`422`	Validation failed, or the endpoint has been spammed.

Code samples

post/app/hook/deliveries/{delivery_id}/attempts

curl \
  -X POST \
  -H "Accept: application/vnd.github+json" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR-TOKEN>" \
  https://api.github.com/app/hook/deliveries/DELIVERY_ID/attempts

Accepted

Status: 202