GitHub event types

The Events API can return different types of events triggered by activity on GitHub. Each event response contains shared properties, but has a unique payload object determined by its event type. The Event object common properties describes the properties shared by all events, and each event type describes the payload properties that are unique to the specific event.

Event object common properties

The event objects returned from the Events API endpoints have the same structure.

Event API attribute name	Description
`id`	Unique identifier for the event.
`type`	The type of event. Events uses PascalCase for the name.
`actor`	The user that triggered the event.
`actor.id`	The unique identifier for the actor.
`actor.login`	The username of the actor.
`actor.display_login`	The specific display format of the username.
`actor.gravatar_id`	The unique identifier of the Gravatar profile for the actor.
`actor.url`	The REST API URL used to retrieve the user object, which includes additional user information.
`actor.avatar_url`	The URL of the actor's profile image.
`repo`	The repository object where the event occurred.
`repo.id`	The unique identifier of the repository.
`repo.name`	The name of the repository, which includes the owner and repository name. For example, `octocat/hello-world` is the name of the `hello-world` repository owned by the `octocat` user account.
`repo.url`	The REST API URL used to retrieve the repository object, which includes additional repository information.
`payload`	The event payload object is unique to the event type. See the event type below for the event API `payload` object.

Example WatchEvent event object

This example shows the format of the WatchEvent response when using the Events API.

HTTP/2 200
Link: <https://api.github.com/resource?page=2>; rel="next",
      <https://api.github.com/resource?page=5>; rel="last"

[
  {
    "type": "WatchEvent",
    "public": false,
    "payload": {
    },
    "repo": {
      "id": 3,
      "name": "octocat/Hello-World",
      "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World"
    },
    "actor": {
      "id": 1,
      "login": "octocat",
      "gravatar_id": "",
      "avatar_url": "https://github.com/images/error/octocat_happy.gif",
      "url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat"
    },
    "org": {
      "id": 1,
      "login": "github",
      "gravatar_id": "",
      "url": "https://api.github.com/orgs/github",
      "avatar_url": "https://github.com/images/error/octocat_happy.gif"
    },
    "created_at": "2011-09-06T17:26:27Z",
    "id": "12345"
  }
]

CommitCommentEvent

A commit comment is created. The type of activity is specified in the action property of the payload object. For more information, see the "commit comment" REST API.

The event object includes properties that are common for all events. Each event object includes a payload property and the value is unique to each event type. The payload object for this event is described below.

Key	Type	Description
`action`	`string`	The action performed. Can be `created`.
`comment`	`object`	The commit comment resource.

Key	Type	Description
`ref`	`string`	The `git ref` resource.
`ref_type`	`string`	The type of Git ref object created in the repository. Can be either `branch` or `tag`.
`master_branch`	`string`	The name of the repository's default branch (usually `master`).
`description`	`string`	The repository's current description.

Key	Type	Description
`pages`	`array`	The pages that were updated.
`pages[][page_name]`	`string`	The name of the page.
`pages[][title]`	`string`	The current page title.
`pages[][action]`	`string`	The action that was performed on the page. Can be `created` or `edited`.
`pages[][sha]`	`string`	The latest commit SHA of the page.
`pages[][html_url]`	`string`	Points to the HTML wiki page.

Key	Type	Description
`action`	`string`	The action that was performed on the comment. Can be one of `created`, `edited`, or `deleted`.
`changes`	`object`	The changes to the comment if the action was `edited`.
`changes[body][from]`	`string`	The previous version of the body if the action was `edited`.
`issue`	`object`	The issue the comment belongs to.
`comment`	`object`	The comment itself.

Key	Type	Description
`action`	`string`	The action that was performed. Can be one of `opened`, `closed`, `reopened`, `assigned`, `unassigned`, `labeled`, or `unlabeled`.
`issue`	`object`	The issue itself.
`changes`	`object`	The changes to the issue if the action was `edited`.
`changes[title][from]`	`string`	The previous version of the title if the action was `edited`.
`changes[body][from]`	`string`	The previous version of the body if the action was `edited`.
`assignee`	`object`	The optional user who was assigned or unassigned from the issue.
`label`	`object`	The optional label that was added or removed from the issue.

Key	Type	Description
`action`	`string`	The action that was performed. Can be `added` to indicate a user accepted an invitation to a repository.
`member`	`object`	The user that was added.
`changes`	`object`	The changes to the collaborator permissions if the action was `edited`.
`changes[old_permission][from]`	`string`	The previous permissions of the collaborator if the action was `edited`.

Key	Type	Description
`action`	`string`	The action that was performed. Can be `created`.
`pull_request`	`object`	The pull request the review pertains to.
`review`	`object`	The review that was affected.

Key	Type	Description
`push_id`	`integer`	Unique identifier for the push.
`size`	`integer`	The number of commits in the push.
`distinct_size`	`integer`	The number of distinct commits in the push.
`ref`	`string`	The full `git ref` that was pushed. Example: `refs/heads/main`.
`head`	`string`	The SHA of the most recent commit on `ref` after the push.
`before`	`string`	The SHA of the most recent commit on `ref` before the push.
`commits`	`array`	An array of commit objects describing the pushed commits. (The array includes a maximum of 20 commits. If necessary, you can use the Commits API to fetch additional commits. This limit is applied to timeline events only and isn't applied to webhook deliveries.)
`commits[][sha]`	`string`	The SHA of the commit.
`commits[][message]`	`string`	The commit message.
`commits[][author]`	`object`	The git author of the commit.
`commits[][author][name]`	`string`	The git author's name.
`commits[][author][email]`	`string`	The git author's email address.
`commits[][url]`	`url`	URL that points to the commit API resource.
`commits[][distinct]`	`boolean`	Whether this commit is distinct from any that have been pushed before.

Key	Type	Description
`action`	`string`	The action that was performed. Can be `published`.
`changes[body][from]`	`string`	The previous version of the body if the action was `edited`.
`changes[name][from]`	`string`	The previous version of the name if the action was `edited`.
`release`	`object`	The release object.

GitHub event types

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