REST API endpoints for team synchronization

About team synchronization

To use these endpoints, the authenticated user must be a team maintainer or an owner of the organization associated with the team. The token you use to authenticate will also need to be authorized for use with your IdP (SSO) provider. For more information, see "Authorizing a personal access token for use with SAML single sign-on."

You can manage GitHub Enterprise Cloud team members through your IdP with team synchronization. Team synchronization must be enabled to use these endpoints. For more information, see "Managing team synchronization for your organization."

Note: These endpoints cannot be used with Enterprise Managed Users. To learn more about managing an organization with managed users, see "REST API endpoints for external groups".

List IdP groups for an organization

Lists IdP groups available in an organization.

Fine-grained access tokens for "List IdP groups for an organization"

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

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

"Members" organization permissions (write)

Parameters for "List IdP groups for an organization"

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

Path parameters
Name, Type, Description
`org` string Required The organization name. The name is not case sensitive.

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` string Page token
`q` string Filters the results to return only those that begin with the value specified by this parameter. For example, a value of `ab` will return results that begin with "ab".

HTTP response status codes for "List IdP groups for an organization"

Status code	Description
`200`	OK

Code samples for "List IdP groups for an organization"

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/orgs/{org}/team-sync/groups

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/orgs/ORG/team-sync/groups

Response

Status: 200

{
  "groups": [
    {
      "group_id": "123",
      "group_name": "Octocat admins",
      "group_description": "The people who configure your octoworld."
    },
    {
      "group_id": "456",
      "group_name": "Octocat docs members",
      "group_description": "The people who make your octoworld come to life."
    }
  ]
}

List IdP groups for a team

List IdP groups connected to a team on GitHub Enterprise Cloud.

Team synchronization is available for organizations using GitHub Enterprise Cloud. For more information, see GitHub's products in the GitHub Help documentation.

Note

You can also specify a team by org_id and team_id using the route GET /organizations/{org_id}/team/{team_id}/team-sync/group-mappings.

Parameters for "List IdP groups for a team"

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

Path parameters
Name, Type, Description
`org` string Required The organization name. The name is not case sensitive.
`team_slug` string Required The slug of the team name.

HTTP response status codes for "List IdP groups for a team"

Status code	Description
`200`	OK

Code samples for "List IdP groups for a team"

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/orgs/{org}/teams/{team_slug}/team-sync/group-mappings

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/orgs/ORG/teams/TEAM_SLUG/team-sync/group-mappings

Response

Status: 200

{
  "groups": [
    {
      "group_id": "123",
      "group_name": "Octocat admins",
      "group_description": "The people who configure your octoworld."
    },
    {
      "group_id": "456",
      "group_name": "Octocat docs members",
      "group_description": "The people who make your octoworld come to life."
    }
  ]
}

Create or update IdP group connections

Creates, updates, or removes a connection between a team and an IdP group. When adding groups to a team, you must include all new and existing groups to avoid replacing existing groups with the new ones. Specifying an empty groups array will remove all connections for a team.

Team synchronization is available for organizations using GitHub Enterprise Cloud. For more information, see GitHub's products in the GitHub Help documentation.

Note

You can also specify a team by org_id and team_id using the route PATCH /organizations/{org_id}/team/{team_id}/team-sync/group-mappings.

Parameters for "Create or update IdP group connections"

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

Path parameters
Name, Type, Description
`org` string Required The organization name. The name is not case sensitive.
`team_slug` string Required The slug of the team name.

Name, Type, Description

groups array of objects

The IdP groups you want to connect to a GitHub team. When updating, the new groups object will replace the original one. You must include any existing groups that you don't want to remove.

Properties of groups

Name, Type, Description
`group_id` string Required ID of the IdP group.
`group_name` string Required Name of the IdP group.
`group_description` string Required Description of the IdP group.

HTTP response status codes for "Create or update IdP group connections"

Status code	Description
`200`	OK

Code samples for "Create or update IdP group connections"

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

Request example

patch/orgs/{org}/teams/{team_slug}/team-sync/group-mappings

curl -L \
  -X PATCH \
  -H "Accept: application/vnd.github+json" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR-TOKEN>" \
  -H "X-GitHub-Api-Version: 2022-11-28" \
  https://api.github.com/orgs/ORG/teams/TEAM_SLUG/team-sync/group-mappings \
  -d '{"groups":[{"group_id":"123","group_name":"Octocat admins","group_description":"string"}]}'

Response

Status: 200

{
  "groups": [
    {
      "group_id": "123",
      "group_name": "Octocat admins",
      "group_description": "The people who configure your octoworld."
    },
    {
      "group_id": "456",
      "group_name": "Octocat docs members",
      "group_description": "The people who make your octoworld come to life."
    }
  ]
}

List IdP groups for a team (Legacy)

Warning

Endpoint closing down notice: This endpoint route is closing down and will be removed from the Teams API. We recommend migrating your existing code to use the new List IdP groups for a team endpoint.

Team synchronization is available for organizations using GitHub Enterprise Cloud. For more information, see GitHub's products in the GitHub Help documentation.

List IdP groups connected to a team on GitHub Enterprise Cloud.

Parameters for "List IdP groups for a team (Legacy)"

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

Path parameters
Name, Type, Description
`team_id` integer Required The unique identifier of the team.

HTTP response status codes for "List IdP groups for a team (Legacy)"

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

Code samples for "List IdP groups for a team (Legacy)"

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/teams/{team_id}/team-sync/group-mappings

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/teams/TEAM_ID/team-sync/group-mappings

Response

Status: 200

{
  "groups": [
    {
      "group_id": "123",
      "group_name": "Octocat admins",
      "group_description": "The people who configure your octoworld."
    },
    {
      "group_id": "456",
      "group_name": "Octocat docs members",
      "group_description": "The people who make your octoworld come to life."
    }
  ]
}

Create or update IdP group connections (Legacy)

Warning

Endpoint closing down notice: This endpoint route is closing down and will be removed from the Teams API. We recommend migrating your existing code to use the new Create or update IdP group connections endpoint.

Team synchronization is available for organizations using GitHub Enterprise Cloud. For more information, see GitHub's products in the GitHub Help documentation.

Creates, updates, or removes a connection between a team and an IdP group. When adding groups to a team, you must include all new and existing groups to avoid replacing existing groups with the new ones. Specifying an empty groups array will remove all connections for a team.

Parameters for "Create or update IdP group connections (Legacy)"

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

Path parameters
Name, Type, Description
`team_id` integer Required The unique identifier of the team.

Name, Type, Description

groups array of objects Required

The IdP groups you want to connect to a GitHub team. When updating, the new groups object will replace the original one. You must include any existing groups that you don't want to remove.

Properties of groups

Name, Type, Description
`group_id` string Required ID of the IdP group.
`group_name` string Required Name of the IdP group.
`group_description` string Required Description of the IdP group.
`id` string
`name` string
`description` string

synced_at string

HTTP response status codes for "Create or update IdP group connections (Legacy)"

Status code	Description
`200`	OK
`403`	Forbidden
`422`	Validation failed, or the endpoint has been spammed.

Code samples for "Create or update IdP group connections (Legacy)"

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

Request example

patch/teams/{team_id}/team-sync/group-mappings

curl -L \
  -X PATCH \
  -H "Accept: application/vnd.github+json" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR-TOKEN>" \
  -H "X-GitHub-Api-Version: 2022-11-28" \
  https://api.github.com/teams/TEAM_ID/team-sync/group-mappings \
  -d '{"groups":[{"group_id":"123","group_name":"Octocat admins","description":"The people who configure your octoworld.","group_description":"string"}]}'

Response

Status: 200

{
  "groups": [
    {
      "group_id": "123",
      "group_name": "Octocat admins",
      "group_description": "The people who configure your octoworld."
    }
  ]
}