REST API endpoints for repository autolinks

About repository autolinks

To help streamline your workflow, you can use the REST API to add autolinks to external resources like JIRA issues and Zendesk tickets. For more information, see Configuring autolinks to reference external resources.

GitHub Apps require repository administration permissions with read or write access to use these endpoints.

Get all autolinks of a repository

Gets all autolinks that are configured for a repository.

Information about autolinks are only available to repository administrators.

Fine-grained access tokens for "Get all autolinks of a repository"

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

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

"Administration" repository permissions (read)

Parameters for "Get all autolinks of a repository"

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.

HTTP response status codes for "Get all autolinks of a repository"

Status code	Description
`200`	OK

Code samples for "Get all autolinks of a repository"

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}/autolinks

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/autolinks

Response

Status: 200

[
  {
    "id": 1,
    "key_prefix": "TICKET-",
    "url_template": "https://example.com/TICKET?query=<num>",
    "is_alphanumeric": true
  }
]

Create an autolink reference for a repository

Users with admin access to the repository can create an autolink.

Fine-grained access tokens for "Create an autolink reference for a repository"

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

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

"Administration" repository permissions (write)

Parameters for "Create an autolink reference for a repository"

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.

Body parameters
Name, Type, Description
`key_prefix` string Required This prefix appended by certain characters will generate a link any time it is found in an issue, pull request, or commit.
`url_template` string Required The URL must contain `<num>` for the reference number. `<num>` matches different characters depending on the value of `is_alphanumeric`.
`is_alphanumeric` boolean Whether this autolink reference matches alphanumeric characters. If true, the `<num>` parameter of the `url_template` matches alphanumeric characters `A-Z` (case insensitive), `0-9`, and `-`. If false, this autolink reference only matches numeric characters. Default: `true`

HTTP response status codes for "Create an autolink reference for a repository"

Status code	Description
`201`	Created
`422`	Validation failed, or the endpoint has been spammed.

Code samples for "Create an autolink reference for a repository"

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

Request example

post/repos/{owner}/{repo}/autolinks

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/autolinks \
  -d '{"key_prefix":"TICKET-","url_template":"https://example.com/TICKET?query=<num>","is_alphanumeric":true}'

response

Status: 201

{
  "id": 1,
  "key_prefix": "TICKET-",
  "url_template": "https://example.com/TICKET?query=<num>",
  "is_alphanumeric": true
}

Get an autolink reference of a repository

This returns a single autolink reference by ID that was configured for the given repository.

Information about autolinks are only available to repository administrators.

Fine-grained access tokens for "Get an autolink reference of a repository"

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

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

"Administration" repository permissions (read)

Parameters for "Get an autolink reference of a repository"

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.
`autolink_id` integer Required The unique identifier of the autolink.

HTTP response status codes for "Get an autolink reference of a repository"

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

Code samples for "Get an autolink reference of a repository"

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}/autolinks/{autolink_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/autolinks/AUTOLINK_ID

Response

Status: 200

{
  "id": 1,
  "key_prefix": "TICKET-",
  "url_template": "https://example.com/TICKET?query=<num>",
  "is_alphanumeric": true
}

Delete an autolink reference from a repository

This deletes a single autolink reference by ID that was configured for the given repository.

Information about autolinks are only available to repository administrators.

Fine-grained access tokens for "Delete an autolink reference from a repository"

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

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

"Administration" repository permissions (write)

Parameters for "Delete an autolink reference from a repository"

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.
`autolink_id` integer Required The unique identifier of the autolink.

HTTP response status codes for "Delete an autolink reference from a repository"

Status code	Description
`204`	No Content
`404`	Resource not found

Code samples for "Delete an autolink reference from a repository"

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

Request example

delete/repos/{owner}/{repo}/autolinks/{autolink_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/autolinks/AUTOLINK_ID

Response

Status: 204