Dependency submission
The Dependency submission API allows you to submit dependencies for projects, such as the dependencies resolved when a project is built or compiled.
About the Dependency submission API
Note: The Dependency submission API is currently in public beta and subject to change.
The Dependency submission API lets you submit dependencies for a project. This enables you to add dependencies, such as those resolved when software is compiled or built, to GitHub's dependency graph feature, providing a more complete picture of all of your project's dependencies.
The dependency graph shows any dependencies you submit using the API in addition to any dependencies that are identified from manifest or lock files in the repository (for example, a package-lock.json
file in a JavaScript project). For more information about viewing the dependency graph, see "Exploring the dependencies of a repository."
Submitted dependencies will receive Dependabot alerts and Dependabot security updates for any known vulnerabilities. You will only get Dependabot alerts for dependencies that are from one of the supported ecosystems of the GitHub Advisory Database. Submitted dependencies will not be surfaced in dependency review or your organization's dependency insights.
Dependencies are submitted to the dependency submission API in the form of a snapshot. A snapshot is a set of dependencies associated with a commit SHA and other metadata, that reflects the current state of your repository for a commit. You can choose to use pre-made actions or create your own actions to submit your dependencies to the dependency submission API in the required format each time your project is built. For more information about using the Dependency submission API, see "Using the Dependency submission API."
You can submit multiple sets of dependencies to the Dependency submission API to be included in your dependency graph. The API uses the job.correlator
property and the detector.name
category of the snapshot to ensure the latest submissions for each workflow get shown. The correlator
property itself is the primary field you will use to keep independent submissions distinct. An example correlator
could be a simple combination of two variables available in actions runs: <GITHUB_WORKFLOW> <GITHUB_JOB>
.
Create a snapshot of dependencies for a repository
Create a new snapshot of a repository's dependencies. You must authenticate using an access token with the repo
scope to use this endpoint for a repository that the requesting user has access to.
Parameters
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accept stringSetting to | ||||||||||||||||||||
Path parameters | ||||||||||||||||||||
Name, Type, Description | ||||||||||||||||||||
owner stringRequiredThe account owner of the repository. The name is not case sensitive. | ||||||||||||||||||||
repo stringRequiredThe name of the repository. The name is not case sensitive. | ||||||||||||||||||||
Body parameters | ||||||||||||||||||||
Name, Type, Description | ||||||||||||||||||||
version integerRequiredThe version of the repository snapshot submission. | ||||||||||||||||||||
job objectRequired | ||||||||||||||||||||
Properties of the |
Name, Type, Description |
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id stringRequiredThe external ID of the job. |
correlator stringRequiredCorrelator provides a key that is used to group snapshots submitted over time. Only the "latest" submitted snapshot for a given combination of |
html_url stringThe url for the job. |
sha
stringRequiredThe commit SHA associated with this dependency snapshot.
ref
stringRequiredThe repository branch that triggered this snapshot.
detector
objectRequiredA description of the detector used.
Properties of thedetector
object
Name, Type, Description |
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name stringRequiredThe name of the detector used. |
version stringRequiredThe version of the detector used. |
url stringRequiredThe url of the detector used. |
metadata
objectUser-defined metadata to store domain-specific information limited to 8 keys with scalar values.
manifests
objectA collection of package manifests
Properties of themanifests
object
Name, Type, Description |
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key stringA user-defined key to represent an item in |
Properties of thekey
object
Name, Type, Description |
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name stringRequiredThe name of the manifest. |
file object |
metadata objectUser-defined metadata to store domain-specific information limited to 8 keys with scalar values. |
resolved |
Properties of thefile
object
Name, Type, Description |
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source_location stringThe path of the manifest file relative to the root of the Git repository. |
Properties of theresolved
Name, Type, Description |
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key stringA user-defined key to represent an item in |
Properties of thekey
object
Name, Type, Description |
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package_url stringPackage-url (PURL) of dependency. See https://github.com/package-url/purl-spec for more details. |
metadata objectUser-defined metadata to store domain-specific information limited to 8 keys with scalar values. |
relationship stringA notation of whether a dependency is requested directly by this manifest or is a dependency of another dependency. Can be one of: |
scope stringA notation of whether the dependency is required for the primary build artifact (runtime) or is only used for development. Future versions of this specification may allow for more granular scopes. Can be one of: |
dependencies array of stringsArray of package-url (PURLs) of direct child dependencies. |
scanned
stringRequiredThe time at which the snapshot was scanned.
HTTP response status codes
Status code | Description |
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201 | Created |
Code samples
curl \
-X POST \
-H "Accept: application/vnd.github+json" \
-H "Authorization: token <TOKEN>" \
https://api.github.com/repos/OWNER/REPO/dependency-graph/snapshots \
-d '{"version":0,"sha":"ce587453ced02b1526dfb4cb910479d431683101","ref":"refs/heads/main","job":{"correlator":"yourworkflowname_youractionname","id":"yourrunid"},"detector":{"name":"octo-detector","version":"0.0.1","url":"https://github.com/octo-org/octo-repo"},"scanned":"2022-06-14T20:25:00Z","manifests":{"package-lock.json":{"name":"package-lock.json","file":{"source_location":"src/package-lock.json"},"resolved":{"@actions/core":{"package_url":"pkg:/npm/%40actions/core@1.1.9","dependencies":["@actions/http-client"]},"@actions/http-client":{"package_url":"pkg:/npm/%40actions/http-client@1.0.7","dependencies":["tunnel"]},"tunnel":{"package_url":"pkg:/npm/tunnel@0.0.6"}}}}}'
Response
Status: 201
{
"id": 12345,
"created_at": "2018-05-04T01:14:52Z",
"message": "Dependency results for the repo have been successfully updated.",
"result": "SUCCESS"
}