REST API endpoints for SCIM

About SCIM

Note

This is an outdated, private beta version of SCIM for GitHub Enterprise Server. Customers must upgrade to 3.14 or newer and use the GitHub Enterprise Server SCIM beta in order for their SCIM feedback or bug reports to be considered.

Warning

The beta is exclusively for testing and feedback, and no support is available. GitHub recommends testing with a staging instance. For more information, see "Setting up a staging instance."

These endpoints only support authentication using a personal access token (classic). For more information, see "Managing your personal access tokens."

GitHub Enterprise Server provides endpoints for use by SCIM-enabled Identity Providers (IdPs). An integration on the IdP can use the REST API to automatically provision, manage, or deprovision user accounts on a GitHub Enterprise Server instance that uses SAML single sign-on (SSO) for authentication. See "Configuring user provisioning with SCIM on GitHub Enterprise Server."

These endpoints are based on SCIM 2.0. For more information, refer to your IdP's documentation or see the specification on the IETF website.

Root URLs

An IdP can use the following root URL to communicate with the endpoints in this category for a GitHub Enterprise Server instance.

http(s)://HOSTNAME/api/v3/scim/v2/

Do not include the enterprises/{enterprise}/ portion of the URLs provided in the endpoint documentation below. This part of the path is not applicable to GitHub Enterprise Server. In the future, this documentation will display the correct URLs for GitHub Enterprise Server.

Endpoints in this category are case-sensitive. For example, the first letter in the Users endpoint must be capitalized.

GET /scim/v2/Users/{scim_user_id}

Authentication

The SCIM integration on the IdP performs actions on behalf of an enterprise owner for the GitHub Enterprise Server instance. For more information, see "Roles in an enterprise."

To authenticate API requests, the person who configures SCIM on the IdP must use a personal access token (classic) with the admin:enterprise scope, which the IdP must provide in the request's Authorization header. For more information about personal access tokens (classic), see "Managing your personal access tokens".

Note: Enterprise owners must generate and use a personal access token (classic) for authentication of requests to endpoints in this category. Fine-grained personal access token and GitHub app callers are not supported at this time.

Mapping of SAML and SCIM data

The GitHub Enterprise Server instance links each user who authenticates successfully with SAML SSO to a SCIM identity. To link the identities successfully, the SAML IdP and the SCIM integration must use matching SAML NameID and SCIM userName values for each user.

Note: If the GitHub Enterprise Server uses Entra ID as a SAML IdP, GitHub Enterprise Server will also check the SCIM externalId claim and SAML http://schemas.microsoft.com/identity/claims/objectidentifier claim to match users first, instead of using NameID and userName.

Supported SCIM user attributes

User endpoints in this category support the following attributes within a request's parameters.

Name	Type	Description
`displayName`	String	Human-readable name for a user.
`name.formatted`	String	The user's full name, including all middle names, titles, and suffixes, formatted for display.
`name.givenName`	String	The first name of the user.
`name.familyName`	String	The last name of the user.
`userName`	String	The username for the user, generated by the IdP. Undergoes normalization before being used.
`emails`	Array	List of the user's emails.
`roles`	Array	List of the user's roles.
`externalId`	String	This identifier is generated by an IdP provider. You can find the `externalId` for a user either on the IdP, or by using the List SCIM provisioned identities endpoint and filtering on other known attributes, such as a user's username or email address on the GitHub Enterprise Server instance.
`id`	String	Identifier generated by the instance's SCIM endpoint.
`active`	Boolean	Indicates whether the identity is active (`true`) or should be suspended (`false`).

List provisioned SCIM groups for an enterprise

Note

The SCIM API endpoints for enterprise accounts are currently in private preview and are subject to change.

Lists provisioned SCIM groups in an enterprise.

You can improve query search time by using the excludedAttributes query parameter with a value of members to exclude members from the response.

Fine-grained access tokens for "List provisioned SCIM groups for an enterprise"

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

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

"Enterprise administration" business permissions (write)

Parameters for "List provisioned SCIM groups for an enterprise"

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

Path parameters
Name, Type, Description
`enterprise` string Required The slug version of the enterprise name. You can also substitute this value with the enterprise id.

Query parameters
Name, Type, Description
`filter` string If specified, only results that match the specified filter will be returned. Multiple filters are not supported. Possible filters are `externalId`, `id`, and `displayName`. For example, `?filter="externalId eq '9138790-10932-109120392-12321'"`.
`excludedAttributes` string Excludes the specified attribute from being returned in the results. Using this parameter can speed up response time.
`startIndex` integer Used for pagination: the starting index of the first result to return when paginating through values. Default: `1`
`count` integer Used for pagination: the number of results to return per page. Default: `30`

HTTP response status codes for "List provisioned SCIM groups for an enterprise"

Status code	Description
`200`	Success, either groups were found or not found
`400`	Bad request
`401`	Authorization failure
`403`	Permission denied
`429`	Too many requests
`500`	Internal server error

Code samples for "List provisioned SCIM groups for an enterprise"

Request example

get/scim/v2/enterprises/{enterprise}/Groups

curl -L \
  -H "Accept: application/scim+json" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR-TOKEN>" \
  -H "X-GitHub-Api-Version: 2022-11-28" \
  http(s)://HOSTNAME/api/v3/scim/v2/enterprises/ENTERPRISE/Groups

Success, either groups were found or not found

Status: 200

{
  "schemas": [
    "urn:ietf:params:scim:api:messages:2.0:ListResponse"
  ],
  "totalResults": 1,
  "Resources": [
    {
      "schemas": [
        "urn:ietf:params:scim:schemas:core:2.0:Group"
      ],
      "externalId": "8aa1a0c0-c4c3-4bc0-b4a5-2ef676900159",
      "id": "927fa2c08dcb4a7fae9e",
      "displayName": "Engineering",
      "members": [
        {
          "value": "879db59-3bdf-4490-ad68-ab880a2694745",
          "$+ref": "https://api.github.localhost/scim/v2/Users/879db59-3bdf-4490-ad68-ab880a2694745",
          "displayName": "User 1"
        },
        {
          "value": "0db508eb-91e2-46e4-809c-30dcbda0c685",
          "$+ref": "https://api.github.localhost/scim/v2/Users/0db508eb-91e2-46e4-809c-30dcbda0c685",
          "displayName": "User 2"
        }
      ],
      "meta": {
        "resourceType": "Group",
        "created": "2012-03-27T19:59:26.000Z",
        "lastModified": "2018-03-27T19:59:26.000Z",
        "location": "https://api.github.localhost/scim/v2/Groups/927fa2c08dcb4a7fae9e"
      }
    }
  ],
  "startIndex": 1,
  "itemsPerPage": 20
}

Provision a SCIM enterprise group

Note

The SCIM API endpoints for enterprise accounts are currently in private preview and are subject to change.

Creates a SCIM group for an enterprise.

If members are included as part of the group provisioning payload, they will be created as external group members. It is up to a provider to store a mapping between the externalId and id of each user.

Fine-grained access tokens for "Provision a SCIM enterprise group"

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

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

"Enterprise administration" business permissions (write)

Parameters for "Provision a SCIM enterprise group"

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

Path parameters
Name, Type, Description
`enterprise` string Required The slug version of the enterprise name. You can also substitute this value with the enterprise id.

Name, Type, Description

schemas array of strings Required

The URIs that are used to indicate the namespaces of the SCIM schemas. Supported values are: urn:ietf:params:scim:schemas:core:2.0:Group

externalId string Required

A unique identifier for the resource as defined by the provisioning client.

displayName string Required

A human-readable name for a security group.

members array of objects Required

The group members.

Properties of members

Name, Type, Description
`value` string Required The local unique identifier for the member
`displayName` string Required The display name associated with the member

HTTP response status codes for "Provision a SCIM enterprise group"

Status code	Description
`201`	Group has been created
`400`	Bad request
`401`	Authorization failure
`403`	Permission denied
`409`	Duplicate record detected
`429`	Too many requests
`500`	Internal server error

Code samples for "Provision a SCIM enterprise group"

Request example

post/scim/v2/enterprises/{enterprise}/Groups

curl -L \
  -X POST \
  -H "Accept: application/scim+json" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR-TOKEN>" \
  -H "X-GitHub-Api-Version: 2022-11-28" \
  http(s)://HOSTNAME/api/v3/scim/v2/enterprises/ENTERPRISE/Groups \
  -d '{"schemas":["urn:ietf:params:scim:schemas:core:2.0:Group"],"externalId":"8aa1a0c0-c4c3-4bc0-b4a5-2ef676900159","displayName":"Engineering"}'

Group has been created

Status: 201

{
  "schemas": [
    "urn:ietf:params:scim:schemas:core:2.0:Group"
  ],
  "id": "abcd27f8-a9aa-11ea-8221-f59b2be9cccc",
  "externalId": "8aa1a0c0-c4c3-4bc0-b4a5-2ef676900159",
  "displayName": "Engineering",
  "members": [
    {
      "value": "879db59-3bdf-4490-ad68-ab880a2694745",
      "$+ref": "https://api.github.localhost/scim/v2/Users/879db59-3bdf-4490-ad68-ab880a2694745",
      "displayName": "User 1"
    },
    {
      "value": "0db508eb-91e2-46e4-809c-30dcbda0c685",
      "$+ref": "https://api.github.localhost/scim/v2/Users/0db508eb-91e2-46e4-809c-30dcbda0c685",
      "displayName": "User 2"
    }
  ],
  "meta": {
    "resourceType": "Group",
    "created": "2012-03-27T19:59:26.000Z",
    "lastModified": "2018-03-27T19:59:26.000Z",
    "location": "https://api.github.localhost/scim/v2/Groups/927fa2c08dcb4a7fae9e"
  }
}

Get SCIM provisioning information for an enterprise group

Note

The SCIM API endpoints for enterprise accounts are currently in private preview and are subject to change.

Gets information about a SCIM group.

Fine-grained access tokens for "Get SCIM provisioning information for an enterprise group"

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

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

"Enterprise administration" business permissions (write)

Parameters for "Get SCIM provisioning information for an enterprise group"

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

Path parameters
Name, Type, Description
`scim_group_id` string Required A unique identifier of the SCIM group.
`enterprise` string Required The slug version of the enterprise name. You can also substitute this value with the enterprise id.

Query parameters
Name, Type, Description
`excludedAttributes` string Excludes the specified attribute from being returned in the results. Using this parameter can speed up response time.

HTTP response status codes for "Get SCIM provisioning information for an enterprise group"

Status code	Description
`200`	Success, a group was found
`400`	Bad request
`401`	Authorization failure
`403`	Permission denied
`404`	Resource not found
`429`	Too many requests
`500`	Internal server error

Code samples for "Get SCIM provisioning information for an enterprise group"

Request example

get/scim/v2/enterprises/{enterprise}/Groups/{scim_group_id}

curl -L \
  -H "Accept: application/scim+json" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR-TOKEN>" \
  -H "X-GitHub-Api-Version: 2022-11-28" \
  http(s)://HOSTNAME/api/v3/scim/v2/enterprises/ENTERPRISE/Groups/SCIM_GROUP_ID

Success, a group was found

Status: 200

{
  "schemas": [
    "urn:ietf:params:scim:schemas:core:2.0:Group"
  ],
  "id": "abcd27f8-a9aa-11ea-8221-f59b2be9cccc",
  "externalId": "8aa1a0c0-c4c3-4bc0-b4a5-2ef676900159",
  "displayName": "Engineering",
  "members": [
    {
      "value": "879db59-3bdf-4490-ad68-ab880a2694745",
      "$+ref": "https://api.github.localhost/scim/v2/Users/879db59-3bdf-4490-ad68-ab880a2694745",
      "displayName": "User 1"
    },
    {
      "value": "0db508eb-91e2-46e4-809c-30dcbda0c685",
      "$+ref": "https://api.github.localhost/scim/v2/Users/0db508eb-91e2-46e4-809c-30dcbda0c685",
      "displayName": "User 2"
    }
  ],
  "meta": {
    "resourceType": "Group",
    "created": "2012-03-27T19:59:26.000Z",
    "lastModified": "2018-03-27T19:59:26.000Z",
    "location": "https://api.github.localhost/scim/v2/Groups/927fa2c08dcb4a7fae9e"
  }
}

Set SCIM information for a provisioned enterprise group

Note

The SCIM API endpoints for enterprise accounts are currently in private preview and are subject to change.

Replaces an existing provisioned group’s information.

You must provide all the information required for the group as if you were provisioning it for the first time. Any existing group information that you don't provide will be removed, including group membership. If you want to only update a specific attribute, use the Update an attribute for a SCIM enterprise group endpoint instead.

Fine-grained access tokens for "Set SCIM information for a provisioned enterprise group"

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

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

"Enterprise administration" business permissions (write)

Parameters for "Set SCIM information for a provisioned enterprise group"

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

Path parameters
Name, Type, Description
`scim_group_id` string Required A unique identifier of the SCIM group.
`enterprise` string Required The slug version of the enterprise name. You can also substitute this value with the enterprise id.

Name, Type, Description

schemas array of strings Required

The URIs that are used to indicate the namespaces of the SCIM schemas. Supported values are: urn:ietf:params:scim:schemas:core:2.0:Group

externalId string Required

A unique identifier for the resource as defined by the provisioning client.

displayName string Required

A human-readable name for a security group.

members array of objects Required

The group members.

Properties of members

Name, Type, Description
`value` string Required The local unique identifier for the member
`displayName` string Required The display name associated with the member

HTTP response status codes for "Set SCIM information for a provisioned enterprise group"

Status code	Description
`200`	Group was updated
`400`	Bad request
`401`	Authorization failure
`403`	Permission denied
`404`	Resource not found
`409`	Duplicate record detected
`429`	Too many requests
`500`	Internal server error

Code samples for "Set SCIM information for a provisioned enterprise group"

Request examples

Select the example type

put/scim/v2/enterprises/{enterprise}/Groups/{scim_group_id}

curl -L \
  -X PUT \
  -H "Accept: application/scim+json" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR-TOKEN>" \
  -H "X-GitHub-Api-Version: 2022-11-28" \
  http(s)://HOSTNAME/api/v3/scim/v2/enterprises/ENTERPRISE/Groups/SCIM_GROUP_ID \
  -d '{"schemas":["urn:ietf:params:scim:schemas:core:2.0:Group"],"externalId":"8aa1a0c0-c4c3-4bc0-b4a5-2ef676900159","displayName":"Engineering"}'

Group was updated

Status: 200

{
  "schemas": [
    "urn:ietf:params:scim:schemas:core:2.0:Group"
  ],
  "id": "abcd27f8-a9aa-11ea-8221-f59b2be9cccc",
  "externalId": "8aa1a0c0-c4c3-4bc0-b4a5-2ef676900159",
  "displayName": "Engineering",
  "members": [
    {
      "value": "879db59-3bdf-4490-ad68-ab880a2694745",
      "$+ref": "https://api.github.localhost/scim/v2/Users/879db59-3bdf-4490-ad68-ab880a2694745",
      "displayName": "User 1"
    },
    {
      "value": "0db508eb-91e2-46e4-809c-30dcbda0c685",
      "$+ref": "https://api.github.localhost/scim/v2/Users/0db508eb-91e2-46e4-809c-30dcbda0c685",
      "displayName": "User 2"
    }
  ],
  "meta": {
    "resourceType": "Group",
    "created": "2012-03-27T19:59:26.000Z",
    "lastModified": "2018-03-27T19:59:26.000Z",
    "location": "https://api.github.localhost/scim/v2/Groups/927fa2c08dcb4a7fae9e"
  }
}

Update an attribute for a SCIM enterprise group

Note

The SCIM API endpoints for enterprise accounts are currently in private preview and are subject to change.

Update a provisioned group’s individual attributes.

To change a group’s values, you must provide a specific Operations JSON format that contains at least one of the add, remove, or replace operations. For examples and more information on the SCIM operations format, see the SCIM specification. Update can also be used to add group memberships.

Group memberships can be sent one at a time or in batches for faster performance. Note: The memberships are referenced through a local user id, and the user will need to be created before they are referenced here.

Fine-grained access tokens for "Update an attribute for a SCIM enterprise group"

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

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

"Enterprise administration" business permissions (write)

Parameters for "Update an attribute for a SCIM enterprise group"

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

Path parameters
Name, Type, Description
`scim_group_id` string Required A unique identifier of the SCIM group.
`enterprise` string Required The slug version of the enterprise name. You can also substitute this value with the enterprise id.

Name, Type, Description

Operations array of objects Required

patch operations list

Properties of Operations

Name, Type, Description
`op` string Required Can be one of: `add`, `replace`, `remove`
`path` string
`value` string Corresponding 'value' of that field specified by 'path'

schemas array of strings Required

undefinedSupported values are: urn:ietf:params:scim:api:messages:2.0:PatchOp

HTTP response status codes for "Update an attribute for a SCIM enterprise group"

Status code	Description
`200`	Success, group was updated
`204`	No Content
`400`	Bad request
`401`	Authorization failure
`403`	Permission denied
`404`	Resource not found
`409`	Duplicate record detected
`429`	Too many requests
`500`	Internal server error

Code samples for "Update an attribute for a SCIM enterprise group"

Request examples

Select the example type

patch/scim/v2/enterprises/{enterprise}/Groups/{scim_group_id}

curl -L \
  -X PATCH \
  -H "Accept: application/scim+json" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR-TOKEN>" \
  -H "X-GitHub-Api-Version: 2022-11-28" \
  http(s)://HOSTNAME/api/v3/scim/v2/enterprises/ENTERPRISE/Groups/SCIM_GROUP_ID \
  -d '{"schemas":["urn:ietf:params:scim:api:messages:2.0:PatchOp"],"Operations":[{"op":"replace","path":"displayName","value":"Employees"}]}'

Success, group was updated

Status: 200

{
  "schemas": [
    "urn:ietf:params:scim:schemas:core:2.0:Group"
  ],
  "id": "abcd27f8-a9aa-11ea-8221-f59b2be9cccc",
  "externalId": "8aa1a0c0-c4c3-4bc0-b4a5-2ef676900159",
  "displayName": "Engineering",
  "members": [
    {
      "value": "879db59-3bdf-4490-ad68-ab880a2694745",
      "$+ref": "https://api.github.localhost/scim/v2/Users/879db59-3bdf-4490-ad68-ab880a2694745",
      "displayName": "User 1"
    },
    {
      "value": "0db508eb-91e2-46e4-809c-30dcbda0c685",
      "$+ref": "https://api.github.localhost/scim/v2/Users/0db508eb-91e2-46e4-809c-30dcbda0c685",
      "displayName": "User 2"
    }
  ],
  "meta": {
    "resourceType": "Group",
    "created": "2012-03-27T19:59:26.000Z",
    "lastModified": "2018-03-27T19:59:26.000Z",
    "location": "https://api.github.localhost/scim/v2/Groups/927fa2c08dcb4a7fae9e"
  }
}

Delete a SCIM group from an enterprise

Note

The SCIM API endpoints for enterprise accounts are currently in private preview and are subject to change.

Deletes a SCIM group from an enterprise.

Fine-grained access tokens for "Delete a SCIM group from an enterprise"

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

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

"Enterprise administration" business permissions (write)

Parameters for "Delete a SCIM group from an enterprise"

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

Path parameters
Name, Type, Description
`scim_group_id` string Required A unique identifier of the SCIM group.
`enterprise` string Required The slug version of the enterprise name. You can also substitute this value with the enterprise id.

HTTP response status codes for "Delete a SCIM group from an enterprise"

Status code	Description
`204`	Group was deleted, no content
`400`	Bad request
`401`	Authorization failure
`403`	Permission denied
`404`	Resource not found
`429`	Too many requests
`500`	Internal server error

Code samples for "Delete a SCIM group from an enterprise"

Request example

delete/scim/v2/enterprises/{enterprise}/Groups/{scim_group_id}

curl -L \
  -X DELETE \
  -H "Accept: application/vnd.github+json" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR-TOKEN>" \
  -H "X-GitHub-Api-Version: 2022-11-28" \
  http(s)://HOSTNAME/api/v3/scim/v2/enterprises/ENTERPRISE/Groups/SCIM_GROUP_ID

Group was deleted, no content

Status: 204

List SCIM provisioned identities for an enterprise

Note

The SCIM API endpoints for enterprise accounts are currently in private preview and are subject to change.

Lists provisioned SCIM enterprise members.

When a user with a SCIM-provisioned external identity is removed from an enterprise through a patch with active flag set to false, the account's metadata is preserved to allow the user to re-join the enterprise in the future. However, the user's account will be suspended and the user will not be able to sign-in. In order to permanently suspend the users account with no ability to re-join the enterprise in the future, use the delete request. Users that were not permanently deleted will be visible in the returned results.

Fine-grained access tokens for "List SCIM provisioned identities for an enterprise"

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

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

"Enterprise administration" business permissions (write)

Parameters for "List SCIM provisioned identities for an enterprise"

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

Path parameters
Name, Type, Description
`enterprise` string Required The slug version of the enterprise name. You can also substitute this value with the enterprise id.

Query parameters
Name, Type, Description
`filter` string If specified, only results that match the specified filter will be returned. Multiple filters are not supported. Possible filters are `userName`, `externalId`, `id`, and `displayName`. For example, `?filter="externalId eq '9138790-10932-109120392-12321'"`.
`startIndex` integer Used for pagination: the starting index of the first result to return when paginating through values. Default: `1`
`count` integer Used for pagination: the number of results to return per page. Default: `30`

HTTP response status codes for "List SCIM provisioned identities for an enterprise"

Status code	Description
`200`	Success, either users were found or not found
`400`	Bad request
`401`	Authorization failure
`403`	Permission denied
`429`	Too many requests
`500`	Internal server error

Code samples for "List SCIM provisioned identities for an enterprise"

Request example

get/scim/v2/enterprises/{enterprise}/Users

curl -L \
  -H "Accept: application/scim+json" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR-TOKEN>" \
  -H "X-GitHub-Api-Version: 2022-11-28" \
  http(s)://HOSTNAME/api/v3/scim/v2/enterprises/ENTERPRISE/Users

Success, either users were found or not found

Status: 200

{
  "schemas": [
    "urn:ietf:params:scim:api:messages:2.0:ListResponse"
  ],
  "totalResults": 1,
  "Resources": [
    {
      "schemas": [
        "urn:ietf:params:scim:schemas:core:2.0:User"
      ],
      "externalId": "E012345",
      "id": "7fce0092-d52e-4f76-b727-3955bd72c939",
      "active": true,
      "userName": "E012345",
      "name": {
        "formatted": "Ms. Mona Lisa Octocat",
        "familyName": "Octocat",
        "givenName": "Mona",
        "middleName": "Lisa"
      },
      "displayName": "Mona Lisa",
      "emails": [
        {
          "value": "mlisa@example.com",
          "type": "work",
          "primary": true
        }
      ],
      "roles": [
        {
          "value": "User",
          "primary": false
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "startIndex": 1,
  "itemsPerPage": 20
}

Provision a SCIM enterprise user

Note

The SCIM API endpoints for enterprise accounts are currently in private preview and are subject to change.

Creates an external identity for a new SCIM enterprise user.

SCIM does not authenticate users, it only provisions them. The authentication of users is done by SAML. However, when SCIM is enabled, all users need to be provisioned through SCIM before a user can sign in through SAML. The matching of a user to a SCIM provisioned user is done when the SAML assertion is consumed. The user will be matched on SAML response NameID to SCIM userName.

When converting existing enterprise to use SCIM, the user handle (userName) from the SCIM payload will be used to match the provisioned user to an already existing user in the enterprise. Since the new identity record is created for newly provisioned users the matching for those records is done using a user's handle. Currently the matching will be performed to all of the users no matter if they were SAML JIT provisioned or created as local users.

Fine-grained access tokens for "Provision a SCIM enterprise user"

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

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

"Enterprise administration" business permissions (write)

Parameters for "Provision a SCIM enterprise user"

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

Path parameters
Name, Type, Description
`enterprise` string Required The slug version of the enterprise name. You can also substitute this value with the enterprise id.

Name, Type, Description

schemas array of strings Required

The URIs that are used to indicate the namespaces of the SCIM schemas. Supported values are: urn:ietf:params:scim:schemas:core:2.0:User

externalId string Required

A unique identifier for the resource as defined by the provisioning client.

active boolean Required

Whether the user active in the IdP.

userName string Required

The username for the user.

name object

Properties of name

Name, Type, Description
`formatted` string The full name, including all middle names, titles, and suffixes as appropriate, formatted for display.
`familyName` string Required The family name of the user.
`givenName` string Required The given name of the user.
`middleName` string The middle name(s) of the user.

displayName string Required

A human-readable name for the user.

emails array of objects Required

The emails for the user.

Properties of emails

Name, Type, Description
`value` string Required The email address.
`type` string Required The type of email address.
`primary` boolean Required Whether this email address is the primary address.

roles array of objects

The roles assigned to the user.

Properties of roles

Name, Type, Description
`display` string
`type` string
`value` string Required The role value representing a user role in GitHub. Can be one of: `user`, `27d9891d-2c17-4f45-a262-781a0e55c80a`, `guest_collaborator`, `1ebc4a02-e56c-43a6-92a5-02ee09b90824`, `enterprise_owner`, `981df190-8801-4618-a08a-d91f6206c954`, `ba4987ab-a1c3-412a-b58c-360fc407cb10`, `billing_manager`, `0e338b8c-cc7f-498a-928d-ea3470d7e7e3`, `e6be2762-e4ad-4108-b72d-1bbe884a0f91`
`primary` boolean Is the role a primary role for the user.

HTTP response status codes for "Provision a SCIM enterprise user"

Status code	Description
`201`	User has been created
`400`	Bad request
`401`	Authorization failure
`403`	Permission denied
`409`	Duplicate record detected
`429`	Too many requests
`500`	Internal server error

Code samples for "Provision a SCIM enterprise user"

Request examples

Select the example type

post/scim/v2/enterprises/{enterprise}/Users

curl -L \
  -X POST \
  -H "Accept: application/scim+json" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR-TOKEN>" \
  -H "X-GitHub-Api-Version: 2022-11-28" \
  http(s)://HOSTNAME/api/v3/scim/v2/enterprises/ENTERPRISE/Users \
  -d '{"schemas":["urn:ietf:params:scim:schemas:core:2.0:User"],"externalId":"E012345","active":true,"userName":"E012345","name":{"formatted":"Ms. Mona Lisa Octocat","familyName":"Octocat","givenName":"Mona","middleName":"Lisa"},"displayName":"Mona Lisa","emails":[{"value":"mlisa@example.com","type":"work","primary":true}],"roles":[{"value":"User","primary":false}]}'

User has been created

Status: 201

{
  "schemas": [
    "urn:ietf:params:scim:schemas:core:2.0:User"
  ],
  "id": "7fce0092-d52e-4f76-b727-3955bd72c939",
  "externalId": "E012345",
  "active": true,
  "userName": "E012345",
  "name": {
    "formatted": "Ms. Mona Lisa Octocat",
    "familyName": "Octocat",
    "givenName": "Mona",
    "middleName": "Lisa"
  },
  "displayName": "Mona Lisa",
  "emails": [
    {
      "value": "mlisa@example.com",
      "type": "work",
      "primary": true
    }
  ],
  "roles": [
    {
      "value": "User",
      "primary": false
    }
  ],
  "meta": {
    "resourceType": "User",
    "created": "2012-03-27T19:59:26.000Z",
    "lastModified": "2018-03-27T19:59:26.000Z",
    "location": "https://api.github.localhost/scim/v2/Users/7fce0092-d52e-4f76-b727-3955bd72c939"
  }
}

Get SCIM provisioning information for an enterprise user

Note

The SCIM API endpoints for enterprise accounts are currently in private preview and are subject to change.

Gets information about a SCIM user.

Fine-grained access tokens for "Get SCIM provisioning information for an enterprise user"

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

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

"Enterprise administration" business permissions (write)

Parameters for "Get SCIM provisioning information for an enterprise user"

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

Path parameters
Name, Type, Description
`scim_user_id` string Required The unique identifier of the SCIM user.
`enterprise` string Required The slug version of the enterprise name. You can also substitute this value with the enterprise id.

HTTP response status codes for "Get SCIM provisioning information for an enterprise user"

Status code	Description
`200`	Success, a user was found
`400`	Bad request
`401`	Authorization failure
`403`	Permission denied
`404`	Resource not found
`429`	Too many requests
`500`	Internal server error

Code samples for "Get SCIM provisioning information for an enterprise user"

Request example

get/scim/v2/enterprises/{enterprise}/Users/{scim_user_id}

curl -L \
  -H "Accept: application/scim+json" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR-TOKEN>" \
  -H "X-GitHub-Api-Version: 2022-11-28" \
  http(s)://HOSTNAME/api/v3/scim/v2/enterprises/ENTERPRISE/Users/SCIM_USER_ID

Success, a user was found

Status: 200

{
  "schemas": [
    "urn:ietf:params:scim:schemas:core:2.0:User"
  ],
  "id": "7fce0092-d52e-4f76-b727-3955bd72c939",
  "externalId": "E012345",
  "active": true,
  "userName": "E012345",
  "name": {
    "formatted": "Ms. Mona Lisa Octocat",
    "familyName": "Octocat",
    "givenName": "Mona",
    "middleName": "Lisa"
  },
  "displayName": "Mona Lisa",
  "emails": [
    {
      "value": "mlisa@example.com",
      "type": "work",
      "primary": true
    }
  ],
  "roles": [
    {
      "value": "User",
      "primary": false
    }
  ],
  "meta": {
    "resourceType": "User",
    "created": "2012-03-27T19:59:26.000Z",
    "lastModified": "2018-03-27T19:59:26.000Z",
    "location": "https://api.github.localhost/scim/v2/Users/7fce0092-d52e-4f76-b727-3955bd72c939"
  }
}

Set SCIM information for a provisioned enterprise user

Note

The SCIM API endpoints for enterprise accounts are currently in private preview and are subject to change.

Replaces an existing provisioned user's information.

You must provide all the information required for the user as if you were provisioning them for the first time. Any existing user information that you don't provide will be removed. If you want to only update a specific attribute, use the Update an attribute for a SCIM user endpoint instead.

Warning

Setting active: false will suspend a user and obfuscate the user handle and user email. Since the implementation is a generic SCIM implementation and does not differentiate yet between different IdP providers, for Okta, the user GDPR data will not be purged and the credentials will not be removed.

Fine-grained access tokens for "Set SCIM information for a provisioned enterprise user"

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

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

"Enterprise administration" business permissions (write)

Parameters for "Set SCIM information for a provisioned enterprise user"

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

Path parameters
Name, Type, Description
`scim_user_id` string Required The unique identifier of the SCIM user.
`enterprise` string Required The slug version of the enterprise name. You can also substitute this value with the enterprise id.

Name, Type, Description

schemas array of strings Required

The URIs that are used to indicate the namespaces of the SCIM schemas. Supported values are: urn:ietf:params:scim:schemas:core:2.0:User

externalId string Required

A unique identifier for the resource as defined by the provisioning client.

active boolean Required

Whether the user active in the IdP.

userName string Required

The username for the user.

name object

Properties of name

Name, Type, Description
`formatted` string The full name, including all middle names, titles, and suffixes as appropriate, formatted for display.
`familyName` string Required The family name of the user.
`givenName` string Required The given name of the user.
`middleName` string The middle name(s) of the user.

displayName string Required

A human-readable name for the user.

emails array of objects Required

The emails for the user.

Properties of emails

Name, Type, Description
`value` string Required The email address.
`type` string Required The type of email address.
`primary` boolean Required Whether this email address is the primary address.

roles array of objects

The roles assigned to the user.

Properties of roles

Name, Type, Description
`display` string
`type` string
`value` string Required The role value representing a user role in GitHub. Can be one of: `user`, `27d9891d-2c17-4f45-a262-781a0e55c80a`, `guest_collaborator`, `1ebc4a02-e56c-43a6-92a5-02ee09b90824`, `enterprise_owner`, `981df190-8801-4618-a08a-d91f6206c954`, `ba4987ab-a1c3-412a-b58c-360fc407cb10`, `billing_manager`, `0e338b8c-cc7f-498a-928d-ea3470d7e7e3`, `e6be2762-e4ad-4108-b72d-1bbe884a0f91`
`primary` boolean Is the role a primary role for the user.

HTTP response status codes for "Set SCIM information for a provisioned enterprise user"

Status code	Description
`200`	User was updated
`400`	Bad request
`401`	Authorization failure
`403`	Permission denied
`404`	Resource not found
`409`	Duplicate record detected
`429`	Too many requests
`500`	Internal server error

Code samples for "Set SCIM information for a provisioned enterprise user"

Request example

put/scim/v2/enterprises/{enterprise}/Users/{scim_user_id}

curl -L \
  -X PUT \
  -H "Accept: application/scim+json" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR-TOKEN>" \
  -H "X-GitHub-Api-Version: 2022-11-28" \
  http(s)://HOSTNAME/api/v3/scim/v2/enterprises/ENTERPRISE/Users/SCIM_USER_ID \
  -d '{"schemas":["urn:ietf:params:scim:schemas:core:2.0:User"],"externalId":"E012345","active":true,"userName":"E012345","name":{"formatted":"Ms. Mona Lisa Octocat","familyName":"Octocat","givenName":"Mona","middleName":"Lisa"},"displayName":"Mona Lisa","emails":[{"value":"mlisa@example.com","type":"work","primary":true}],"roles":[{"value":"User","primary":false}]}'

User was updated

Status: 200

{
  "schemas": [
    "urn:ietf:params:scim:schemas:core:2.0:User"
  ],
  "id": "7fce0092-d52e-4f76-b727-3955bd72c939",
  "externalId": "E012345",
  "active": true,
  "userName": "E012345",
  "name": {
    "formatted": "Ms. Mona Lisa Octocat",
    "familyName": "Octocat",
    "givenName": "Mona",
    "middleName": "Lisa"
  },
  "displayName": "Mona Lisa",
  "emails": [
    {
      "value": "mlisa@example.com",
      "type": "work",
      "primary": true
    }
  ],
  "roles": [
    {
      "value": "User",
      "primary": false
    }
  ],
  "meta": {
    "resourceType": "User",
    "created": "2012-03-27T19:59:26.000Z",
    "lastModified": "2018-03-27T19:59:26.000Z",
    "location": "https://api.github.localhost/scim/v2/Users/7fce0092-d52e-4f76-b727-3955bd72c939"
  }
}

Update an attribute for a SCIM enterprise user

Note

The SCIM API endpoints for enterprise accounts are currently in private preview and are subject to change.

Update a provisioned user's individual attributes.

To change a user's values, you must provide a specific Operations JSON format that contains at least one of the add, remove, or replace operations. For examples and more information on the SCIM operations format, see the SCIM specification.

Note

Complicated SCIM path selectors that include filters are not supported. For example, a path selector defined as "path": "emails[type eq \"work\"]" will not work.

Warning

Setting active: false will suspend a user and obfuscate the user handle and user email. Since the implementation is a generic SCIM implementation and does not differentiate yet between different IdP providers, for Okta, the user GDPR data will not be purged and the credentials will not be removed.

{
  "Operations":[{
    "op":"replace",
    "value":{
      "active":false
    }
  }]
}

Fine-grained access tokens for "Update an attribute for a SCIM enterprise user"

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

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

"Enterprise administration" business permissions (write)

Parameters for "Update an attribute for a SCIM enterprise user"

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

Path parameters
Name, Type, Description
`scim_user_id` string Required The unique identifier of the SCIM user.
`enterprise` string Required The slug version of the enterprise name. You can also substitute this value with the enterprise id.

Name, Type, Description

Operations array of objects Required

patch operations list

Properties of Operations

Name, Type, Description
`op` string Required Can be one of: `add`, `replace`, `remove`
`path` string
`value` string Corresponding 'value' of that field specified by 'path'

schemas array of strings Required

undefinedSupported values are: urn:ietf:params:scim:api:messages:2.0:PatchOp

HTTP response status codes for "Update an attribute for a SCIM enterprise user"

Status code	Description
`200`	Success, user was updated
`400`	Bad request
`401`	Authorization failure
`403`	Permission denied
`404`	Resource not found
`409`	Duplicate record detected
`429`	Too many requests
`500`	Internal server error

Code samples for "Update an attribute for a SCIM enterprise user"

Request examples

Select the example type

patch/scim/v2/enterprises/{enterprise}/Users/{scim_user_id}

curl -L \
  -X PATCH \
  -H "Accept: application/scim+json" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR-TOKEN>" \
  -H "X-GitHub-Api-Version: 2022-11-28" \
  http(s)://HOSTNAME/api/v3/scim/v2/enterprises/ENTERPRISE/Users/SCIM_USER_ID \
  -d '{"schemas":["urn:ietf:params:scim:api:messages:2.0:PatchOp"],"Operations":[{"op":"replace","path":"emails[type eq '\''work'\''].value","value":"updatedEmail@microsoft.com"},{"op":"replace","path":"name.familyName","value":"updatedFamilyName"}]}'

Success, user was updated

Status: 200

{
  "schemas": [
    "urn:ietf:params:scim:schemas:core:2.0:User"
  ],
  "id": "7fce0092-d52e-4f76-b727-3955bd72c939",
  "externalId": "E012345",
  "active": true,
  "userName": "E012345",
  "name": {
    "formatted": "Ms. Mona Lisa Octocat",
    "familyName": "Octocat",
    "givenName": "Mona",
    "middleName": "Lisa"
  },
  "displayName": "Mona Lisa",
  "emails": [
    {
      "value": "mlisa@example.com",
      "type": "work",
      "primary": true
    }
  ],
  "roles": [
    {
      "value": "User",
      "primary": false
    }
  ],
  "meta": {
    "resourceType": "User",
    "created": "2012-03-27T19:59:26.000Z",
    "lastModified": "2018-03-27T19:59:26.000Z",
    "location": "https://api.github.localhost/scim/v2/Users/7fce0092-d52e-4f76-b727-3955bd72c939"
  }
}

Delete a SCIM user from an enterprise

Note

The SCIM API endpoints for enterprise accounts are currently in private preview and are subject to change.

Permanently suspends a SCIM user from an enterprise, removes all data for the user, obfuscates the login, email, and display name of the user, removes all external-identity SCIM attributes, and deletes the emails, avatar, PATs, SSH keys, OAuth authorizations credentials, GPG keys, and SAML mappings for the user. You will not be able to undo this action.

Fine-grained access tokens for "Delete a SCIM user from an enterprise"

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

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

"Enterprise administration" business permissions (write)

Parameters for "Delete a SCIM user from an enterprise"

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

Path parameters
Name, Type, Description
`scim_user_id` string Required The unique identifier of the SCIM user.
`enterprise` string Required The slug version of the enterprise name. You can also substitute this value with the enterprise id.

HTTP response status codes for "Delete a SCIM user from an enterprise"

Status code	Description
`204`	User was deleted, no content
`400`	Bad request
`401`	Authorization failure
`403`	Permission denied
`404`	Resource not found
`429`	Too many requests
`500`	Internal server error

Code samples for "Delete a SCIM user from an enterprise"

Request example

delete/scim/v2/enterprises/{enterprise}/Users/{scim_user_id}

curl -L \
  -X DELETE \
  -H "Accept: application/vnd.github+json" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR-TOKEN>" \
  -H "X-GitHub-Api-Version: 2022-11-28" \
  http(s)://HOSTNAME/api/v3/scim/v2/enterprises/ENTERPRISE/Users/SCIM_USER_ID

User was deleted, no content

Status: 204