REST API endpoints for timeline events

About timeline events

You can use the REST API to view different types of events triggered by timeline activity in issues and pull requests. For more information about the specific events that you can receive, see Issue event types. To view GitHub activity outside of issues and pull requests, see GitHub event types.

You can use timeline events to display information about issues and pull requests or determine who should be notified of issue comments.

Every pull request is an issue, but not every issue is a pull request. For this reason, "shared" actions for both features, like managing assignees, labels, and milestones, are provided within the Issues endpoints.

List timeline events for an issue

List all timeline events for an issue.

Fine-grained access tokens for "List timeline events for an issue"

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

The fine-grained token must have at least one of the following permission sets:

"Issues" repository permissions (read)
"Pull requests" repository permissions (read)

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

Parameters for "List timeline events for an issue"

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.
`issue_number` integer Required The number that identifies the issue.

Query parameters
Name, Type, Description
`per_page` integer The number of results per page (max 100). For more information, see "Using pagination in the REST API." Default: `30`
`page` integer The page number of the results to fetch. For more information, see "Using pagination in the REST API." Default: `1`

HTTP response status codes for "List timeline events for an issue"

Status code	Description
`200`	OK
`404`	Resource not found
`410`	Gone

Code samples for "List timeline events for an issue"

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}/issues/{issue_number}/timeline

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/issues/ISSUE_NUMBER/timeline

Response

Status: 200

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    "id": 6430295168,
    "node_id": "LOE_lADODwFebM5HwC0kzwAAAAF_RoSA",
    "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/github/roadmap/issues/events/6430295168",
    "actor": {
      "login": "github",
      "id": 9919,
      "node_id": "MDEyOk9yZ2FuaXphdGlvbjk5MTk=",
      "avatar_url": "https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/9919?v=4",
      "gravatar_id": "",
      "url": "https://api.github.com/users/github",
      "html_url": "https://github.com/github",
      "followers_url": "https://api.github.com/users/github/followers",
      "following_url": "https://api.github.com/users/github/following{/other_user}",
      "gists_url": "https://api.github.com/users/github/gists{/gist_id}",
      "starred_url": "https://api.github.com/users/github/starred{/owner}{/repo}",
      "subscriptions_url": "https://api.github.com/users/github/subscriptions",
      "organizations_url": "https://api.github.com/users/github/orgs",
      "repos_url": "https://api.github.com/users/github/repos",
      "events_url": "https://api.github.com/users/github/events{/privacy}",
      "received_events_url": "https://api.github.com/users/github/received_events",
      "type": "Organization",
      "site_admin": false
    },
    "event": "locked",
    "commit_id": null,
    "commit_url": null,
    "created_at": "2022-04-13T20:49:13Z",
    "lock_reason": null,
    "performed_via_github_app": null
  },
  {
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    "node_id": "LE_lADODwFebM5HwC0kzwAAAAF_Roqs",
    "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/github/roadmap/issues/events/6430296748",
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      "gravatar_id": "",
      "url": "https://api.github.com/users/github-product-roadmap",
      "html_url": "https://github.com/github-product-roadmap",
      "followers_url": "https://api.github.com/users/github-product-roadmap/followers",
      "following_url": "https://api.github.com/users/github-product-roadmap/following{/other_user}",
      "gists_url": "https://api.github.com/users/github-product-roadmap/gists{/gist_id}",
      "starred_url": "https://api.github.com/users/github-product-roadmap/starred{/owner}{/repo}",
      "subscriptions_url": "https://api.github.com/users/github-product-roadmap/subscriptions",
      "organizations_url": "https://api.github.com/users/github-product-roadmap/orgs",
      "repos_url": "https://api.github.com/users/github-product-roadmap/repos",
      "events_url": "https://api.github.com/users/github-product-roadmap/events{/privacy}",
      "received_events_url": "https://api.github.com/users/github-product-roadmap/received_events",
      "type": "User",
      "site_admin": false
    },
    "event": "labeled",
    "commit_id": null,
    "commit_url": null,
    "created_at": "2022-04-13T20:49:34Z",
    "label": {
      "name": "beta",
      "color": "99dd88"
    },
    "performed_via_github_app": null
  },
  {
    "id": 6635165802,
    "node_id": "RTE_lADODwFebM5HwC0kzwAAAAGLfJhq",
    "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/github/roadmap/issues/events/6635165802",
    "actor": {
      "login": "github-product-roadmap",
      "id": 67656570,
      "node_id": "MDQ6VXNlcjY3NjU2NTcw",
      "avatar_url": "https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/67656570?v=4",
      "gravatar_id": "",
      "url": "https://api.github.com/users/github-product-roadmap",
      "html_url": "https://github.com/github-product-roadmap",
      "followers_url": "https://api.github.com/users/github-product-roadmap/followers",
      "following_url": "https://api.github.com/users/github-product-roadmap/following{/other_user}",
      "gists_url": "https://api.github.com/users/github-product-roadmap/gists{/gist_id}",
      "starred_url": "https://api.github.com/users/github-product-roadmap/starred{/owner}{/repo}",
      "subscriptions_url": "https://api.github.com/users/github-product-roadmap/subscriptions",
      "organizations_url": "https://api.github.com/users/github-product-roadmap/orgs",
      "repos_url": "https://api.github.com/users/github-product-roadmap/repos",
      "events_url": "https://api.github.com/users/github-product-roadmap/events{/privacy}",
      "received_events_url": "https://api.github.com/users/github-product-roadmap/received_events",
      "type": "User",
      "site_admin": false
    },
    "event": "renamed",
    "commit_id": null,
    "commit_url": null,
    "created_at": "2022-05-18T19:29:01Z",
    "rename": {
      "from": "Secret scanning: dry-runs for enterprise-level custom patterns (cloud)",
      "to": "Secret scanning: dry-runs for enterprise-level custom patterns"
    },
    "performed_via_github_app": null
  },
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    "issue_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/github/roadmap/issues/493",
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    "node_id": "IC_kwDODwFebM5DZ8-5",
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      "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": true
    },
    "created_at": "2022-05-19T00:52:15Z",
    "updated_at": "2022-05-19T00:52:15Z",
    "author_association": "COLLABORATOR",
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    },
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      "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",
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      "site_admin": true
    }
  }
]