GitHub Actions Artifacts

The GitHub Actions Artifacts API allows you to download, delete, and retrieve information about workflow artifacts.

About the Artifacts API

The GitHub Actions Artifacts API allows you to download, delete, and retrieve information about workflow artifacts. Artifacts enable you to share data between jobs in a workflow and store data once that workflow has completed. For more information, see "Persisting workflow data using artifacts."

This API is available for authenticated users, OAuth Apps, and GitHub Apps. Access tokens require repo scope for private repositories and public_repo scope for public repositories. GitHub Apps must have the actions permission to use this API.

List artifacts for a repository

Works with GitHub Apps

Lists all artifacts for a repository. Anyone with read access to the repository can use this endpoint. If the repository is private you must use an access token with the repo scope. GitHub Apps must have the actions:read permission to use this endpoint.

Parameters

Headers
Name, Type, Description
`accept`string Setting to `application/vnd.github.v3+json` is recommended.
Path parameters
Name, Type, Description
`owner`stringRequired The account owner of the repository. The name is not case sensitive.
`repo`stringRequired The name of the repository. The name is not case sensitive.
Query parameters
Name, Type, Description
`per_page`integer The number of results per page (max 100). Default: `30`
`page`integer Page number of the results to fetch. Default: `1`

HTTP response status codes

Status code	Description
`200`	OK

Code samples

get/repos/{owner}/{repo}/actions/artifacts

curl \
  -H "Accept: application/vnd.github.v3+json" \ 
  -H "Authorization: token <TOKEN>" \
  http(s)://HOSTNAME/api/v3/repos/OWNER/REPO/actions/artifacts

Response

Status: 200

{
  "total_count": 2,
  "artifacts": [
    {
      "id": 11,
      "node_id": "MDg6QXJ0aWZhY3QxMQ==",
      "name": "Rails",
      "size_in_bytes": 556,
      "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octo-org/octo-docs/actions/artifacts/11",
      "archive_download_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octo-org/octo-docs/actions/artifacts/11/zip",
      "expired": false,
      "created_at": "2020-01-10T14:59:22Z",
      "expires_at": "2020-03-21T14:59:22Z",
      "updated_at": "2020-02-21T14:59:22Z"
    },
    {
      "id": 13,
      "node_id": "MDg6QXJ0aWZhY3QxMw==",
      "name": "Test output",
      "size_in_bytes": 453,
      "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octo-org/octo-docs/actions/artifacts/13",
      "archive_download_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octo-org/octo-docs/actions/artifacts/13/zip",
      "expired": false,
      "created_at": "2020-01-10T14:59:22Z",
      "expires_at": "2020-03-21T14:59:22Z",
      "updated_at": "2020-02-21T14:59:22Z"
    }
  ]
}

Get an artifact

Works with GitHub Apps

Gets a specific artifact for a workflow run. Anyone with read access to the repository can use this endpoint. If the repository is private you must use an access token with the repo scope. GitHub Apps must have the actions:read permission to use this endpoint.

Parameters

Headers
Name, Type, Description
`accept`string Setting to `application/vnd.github.v3+json` is recommended.
Path parameters
Name, Type, Description
`owner`stringRequired The account owner of the repository. The name is not case sensitive.
`repo`stringRequired The name of the repository. The name is not case sensitive.
`artifact_id`integerRequired The unique identifier of the artifact.

HTTP response status codes

Status code	Description
`200`	OK

Code samples

get/repos/{owner}/{repo}/actions/artifacts/{artifact_id}

curl \
  -H "Accept: application/vnd.github.v3+json" \ 
  -H "Authorization: token <TOKEN>" \
  http(s)://HOSTNAME/api/v3/repos/OWNER/REPO/actions/artifacts/ARTIFACT_ID

Response

Status: 200

{
  "id": 11,
  "node_id": "MDg6QXJ0aWZhY3QxMQ==",
  "name": "Rails",
  "size_in_bytes": 556,
  "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octo-org/octo-docs/actions/artifacts/11",
  "archive_download_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octo-org/octo-docs/actions/artifacts/11/zip",
  "expired": false,
  "created_at": "2020-01-10T14:59:22Z",
  "expires_at": "2020-01-21T14:59:22Z",
  "updated_at": "2020-01-21T14:59:22Z"
}

Delete an artifact

Works with GitHub Apps

Deletes an artifact for a workflow run. You must authenticate using an access token with the repo scope to use this endpoint. GitHub Apps must have the actions:write permission to use this endpoint.

Parameters

Headers
Name, Type, Description
`accept`string Setting to `application/vnd.github.v3+json` is recommended.
Path parameters
Name, Type, Description
`owner`stringRequired The account owner of the repository. The name is not case sensitive.
`repo`stringRequired The name of the repository. The name is not case sensitive.
`artifact_id`integerRequired The unique identifier of the artifact.

HTTP response status codes

Status code	Description
`204`	No Content

Code samples

delete/repos/{owner}/{repo}/actions/artifacts/{artifact_id}

curl \
  -X DELETE \
  -H "Accept: application/vnd.github.v3+json" \ 
  -H "Authorization: token <TOKEN>" \
  http(s)://HOSTNAME/api/v3/repos/OWNER/REPO/actions/artifacts/ARTIFACT_ID

Response

Status: 204

Download an artifact

Works with GitHub Apps

Gets a redirect URL to download an archive for a repository. This URL expires after 1 minute. Look for Location: in the response header to find the URL for the download. The :archive_format must be zip. Anyone with read access to the repository can use this endpoint. If the repository is private you must use an access token with the repo scope. GitHub Apps must have the actions:read permission to use this endpoint.

Parameters

Headers
Name, Type, Description
`accept`string Setting to `application/vnd.github.v3+json` is recommended.
Path parameters
Name, Type, Description
`owner`stringRequired The account owner of the repository. The name is not case sensitive.
`repo`stringRequired The name of the repository. The name is not case sensitive.
`artifact_id`integerRequired The unique identifier of the artifact.
`archive_format`stringRequired

HTTP response status codes

Status code	Description
`302`	Found
`410`	Gone

Code samples

get/repos/{owner}/{repo}/actions/artifacts/{artifact_id}/{archive_format}

curl \
  -H "Accept: application/vnd.github.v3+json" \ 
  -H "Authorization: token <TOKEN>" \
  http(s)://HOSTNAME/api/v3/repos/OWNER/REPO/actions/artifacts/ARTIFACT_ID/ARCHIVE_FORMAT

Response

Status: 302

List workflow run artifacts

Works with GitHub Apps

Lists artifacts for a workflow run. Anyone with read access to the repository can use this endpoint. If the repository is private you must use an access token with the repo scope. GitHub Apps must have the actions:read permission to use this endpoint.

Parameters

Headers
Name, Type, Description
`accept`string Setting to `application/vnd.github.v3+json` is recommended.
Path parameters
Name, Type, Description
`owner`stringRequired The account owner of the repository. The name is not case sensitive.
`repo`stringRequired The name of the repository. The name is not case sensitive.
`run_id`integerRequired The unique identifier of the workflow run.
Query parameters
Name, Type, Description
`per_page`integer The number of results per page (max 100). Default: `30`
`page`integer Page number of the results to fetch. Default: `1`

HTTP response status codes

Status code	Description
`200`	OK

Code samples

get/repos/{owner}/{repo}/actions/runs/{run_id}/artifacts

curl \
  -H "Accept: application/vnd.github.v3+json" \ 
  -H "Authorization: token <TOKEN>" \
  http(s)://HOSTNAME/api/v3/repos/OWNER/REPO/actions/runs/RUN_ID/artifacts

Response

Status: 200

{
  "total_count": 2,
  "artifacts": [
    {
      "id": 11,
      "node_id": "MDg6QXJ0aWZhY3QxMQ==",
      "name": "Rails",
      "size_in_bytes": 556,
      "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octo-org/octo-docs/actions/artifacts/11",
      "archive_download_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octo-org/octo-docs/actions/artifacts/11/zip",
      "expired": false,
      "created_at": "2020-01-10T14:59:22Z",
      "expires_at": "2020-03-21T14:59:22Z",
      "updated_at": "2020-02-21T14:59:22Z"
    },
    {
      "id": 13,
      "node_id": "MDg6QXJ0aWZhY3QxMw==",
      "name": "Test output",
      "size_in_bytes": 453,
      "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octo-org/octo-docs/actions/artifacts/13",
      "archive_download_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octo-org/octo-docs/actions/artifacts/13/zip",
      "expired": false,
      "created_at": "2020-01-10T14:59:22Z",
      "expires_at": "2020-03-21T14:59:22Z",
      "updated_at": "2020-02-21T14:59:22Z"
    }
  ]
}