REST API endpoints for dependency review

About dependency review

You can use the REST API to view dependency changes, and the security impact of these changes, before you add them to your environment. You can view the diff of dependencies between two commits of a repository, including vulnerability data for any version updates with known vulnerabilities. For more information about dependency review, see About dependency review.

Get a diff of the dependencies between commits

Gets the diff of the dependency changes between two commits of a repository, based on the changes to the dependency manifests made in those commits.

Fine-grained access tokens for "Get a diff of the dependencies between commits"

This endpoint works with the following fine-grained token types:

The fine-grained token must have the following permission set:

"Contents" repository permissions (read)

This endpoint can be used without authentication or the aforementioned permissions if only public resources are requested.

Parameters for "Get a diff of the dependencies between commits"

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

Path parameters
Name, Type, Description
`owner` string Required The account owner of the repository. The name is not case sensitive.
`repo` string Required The name of the repository without the `.git` extension. The name is not case sensitive.
`basehead` string Required The base and head Git revisions to compare. The Git revisions will be resolved to commit SHAs. Named revisions will be resolved to their corresponding HEAD commits, and an appropriate merge base will be determined. This parameter expects the format `{base}...{head}`.

Query parameters
Name, Type, Description
`name` string The full path, relative to the repository root, of the dependency manifest file.

HTTP response status codes for "Get a diff of the dependencies between commits"

Status code	Description
`200`	OK
`403`	Response if GitHub Advanced Security is not enabled for this repository
`404`	Resource not found

Code samples for "Get a diff of the dependencies between commits"

If you access GitHub at GHE.com, replace api.github.com with your enterprise's dedicated subdomain at api.SUBDOMAIN.ghe.com.

Request example

get/repos/{owner}/{repo}/dependency-graph/compare/{basehead}

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/dependency-graph/compare/BASEHEAD

Response

Status: 200

[
  {
    "change_type": "removed",
    "manifest": "package.json",
    "ecosystem": "npm",
    "name": "helmet",
    "version": "4.6.0",
    "package_url": "pkg:npm/helmet@4.6.0",
    "license": "MIT",
    "source_repository_url": "https://github.com/helmetjs/helmet",
    "vulnerabilities": []
  },
  {
    "change_type": "added",
    "manifest": "package.json",
    "ecosystem": "npm",
    "name": "helmet",
    "version": "5.0.0",
    "package_url": "pkg:npm/helmet@5.0.0",
    "license": "MIT",
    "source_repository_url": "https://github.com/helmetjs/helmet",
    "vulnerabilities": []
  },
  {
    "change_type": "added",
    "manifest": "Gemfile",
    "ecosystem": "rubygems",
    "name": "ruby-openid",
    "version": "2.7.0",
    "package_url": "pkg:gem/ruby-openid@2.7.0",
    "license": null,
    "source_repository_url": "https://github.com/openid/ruby-openid",
    "vulnerabilities": [
      {
        "severity": "critical",
        "advisory_ghsa_id": "GHSA-fqfj-cmh6-hj49",
        "advisory_summary": "Ruby OpenID",
        "advisory_url": "https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-fqfj-cmh6-hj49"
      }
    ]
  }
]