LDAP

You can use the LDAP API to update account relationships between a GitHub Enterprise Server user or team and its linked LDAP entry or queue a new synchronization.

With the LDAP mapping endpoints, you're able to update the Distinguished Name (DN) that a user or team maps to. Note that the LDAP endpoints are generally only effective if your GitHub Enterprise Server appliance has LDAP Sync enabled. The Update LDAP mapping for a user endpoint can be used when LDAP is enabled, even if LDAP Sync is disabled.

Update LDAP mapping for a team

Updates the distinguished name (DN) of the LDAP entry to map to a team. LDAP synchronization must be enabled to map LDAP entries to a team. Use the Create a team endpoint to create a team with LDAP mapping.

If you pass the hellcat-preview media type, you can also update the LDAP mapping of a child team.

Parameters

Headers
Name, Type, Description
`accept`string Setting to `application/vnd.github.v3+json` is recommended. See preview notice
Path parameters
Name, Type, Description
`team_id`integerRequired The unique identifier of the team.
Body parameters
Name, Type, Description
`ldap_dn`stringRequired The distinguished name (DN) of the LDAP entry to map to a team.

HTTP response status codes

Status code	Description
`200`	OK

Code samples

patch/admin/ldap/teams/{team_id}/mapping

curl \
  -X PATCH \
  -H "Accept: application/vnd.github.v3+json" \ 
  -H "Authorization: token <TOKEN>" \
  http(s)://HOSTNAME/api/v3/admin/ldap/teams/TEAM_ID/mapping \
  -d '{"ldap_dn":"cn=Enterprise Ops,ou=teams,dc=github,dc=com"}'

Response

Status: 200

{
  "ldap_dn": "cn=Enterprise Ops,ou=teams,dc=github,dc=com",
  "id": 1,
  "node_id": "MDQ6VGVhbTE=",
  "url": "https://api.github.com/teams/1",
  "html_url": "https://github.com/orgs/github/teams/justice-league",
  "name": "Justice League",
  "slug": "justice-league",
  "description": "A great team.",
  "privacy": "closed",
  "permission": "admin",
  "members_url": "https://api.github.com/teams/1/members{/member}",
  "repositories_url": "https://api.github.com/teams/1/repos",
  "parent": null
}

Preview notice

The Nested Teams API is currently available for developers to preview. See the blog post for full details. To access the API, you must provide a custom media type in the Accept header:

application/vnd.github.hellcat-preview+json

Sync LDAP mapping for a team

Note that this API call does not automatically initiate an LDAP sync. Rather, if a 201 is returned, the sync job is queued successfully, and is performed when the instance is ready.

Parameters

Headers
Name, Type, Description
`accept`string Setting to `application/vnd.github.v3+json` is recommended.
Path parameters
Name, Type, Description
`team_id`integerRequired The unique identifier of the team.

HTTP response status codes

Status code	Description
`201`	Created

Code samples

post/admin/ldap/teams/{team_id}/sync

curl \
  -X POST \
  -H "Accept: application/vnd.github.v3+json" \ 
  -H "Authorization: token <TOKEN>" \
  http(s)://HOSTNAME/api/v3/admin/ldap/teams/TEAM_ID/sync

Response

Status: 201

{
  "status": "queued"
}

Update LDAP mapping for a user

Parameters

Headers
Name, Type, Description
`accept`string Setting to `application/vnd.github.v3+json` is recommended.
Path parameters
Name, Type, Description
`username`stringRequired The handle for the GitHub user account.
Body parameters
Name, Type, Description
`ldap_dn`stringRequired The distinguished name (DN) of the LDAP entry to map to a team.

HTTP response status codes

Status code	Description
`200`	OK

Code samples

patch/admin/ldap/users/{username}/mapping

curl \
  -X PATCH \
  -H "Accept: application/vnd.github.v3+json" \ 
  -H "Authorization: token <TOKEN>" \
  http(s)://HOSTNAME/api/v3/admin/ldap/users/USERNAME/mapping \
  -d '{"ldap_dn":"uid=asdf,ou=users,dc=github,dc=com"}'

Response

Status: 200

{
  "ldap_dn": "uid=asdf,ou=users,dc=github,dc=com",
  "login": "octocat",
  "id": 1,
  "node_id": "MDQ6VXNlcjE=",
  "avatar_url": "https://github.com/images/error/octocat_happy.gif",
  "gravatar_id": "",
  "url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat",
  "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": false,
  "name": "monalisa octocat",
  "company": "GitHub",
  "blog": "https://github.com/blog",
  "location": "San Francisco",
  "email": "octocat@github.com",
  "hireable": false,
  "bio": "There once was...",
  "twitter_username": "monatheoctocat",
  "public_repos": 2,
  "public_gists": 1,
  "followers": 20,
  "following": 0,
  "created_at": "2008-01-14T04:33:35Z",
  "updated_at": "2008-01-14T04:33:35Z",
  "private_gists": 81,
  "total_private_repos": 100,
  "owned_private_repos": 100,
  "disk_usage": 10000,
  "collaborators": 8,
  "two_factor_authentication": true,
  "plan": {
    "name": "Medium",
    "space": 400,
    "private_repos": 20,
    "collaborators": 0
  }
}

Sync LDAP mapping for a user

Note that this API call does not automatically initiate an LDAP sync. Rather, if a 201 is returned, the sync job is queued successfully, and is performed when the instance is ready.

Parameters

Headers
Name, Type, Description
`accept`string Setting to `application/vnd.github.v3+json` is recommended.
Path parameters
Name, Type, Description
`username`stringRequired The handle for the GitHub user account.

HTTP response status codes

Status code	Description
`201`	Created

Code samples

post/admin/ldap/users/{username}/sync

curl \
  -X POST \
  -H "Accept: application/vnd.github.v3+json" \ 
  -H "Authorization: token <TOKEN>" \
  http(s)://HOSTNAME/api/v3/admin/ldap/users/USERNAME/sync

Response

Status: 201

{
  "status": "queued"
}