REST API endpoints for organization migrations

About organization migrations

These endpoints are only available to authenticated organization owners. For more information, see Roles in an organization and Authenticating to the REST API.

You can use these endpoints to export one or more repositories so you can move them to another GitHub Enterprise Server instance. For more information, see Exporting migration data from GitHub.com.

List organization migrations

Lists the most recent migrations, including both exports (which can be started through the REST API) and imports (which cannot be started using the REST API).

A list of repositories is only returned for export migrations.

Fine-grained access tokens for "List organization migrations"

This endpoint does not work with GitHub App user access tokens, GitHub App installation access tokens, or fine-grained personal access tokens.

Parameters for "List organization migrations"

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` integer The page number of the results to fetch. For more information, see "Using pagination in the REST API." Default: `1`
`exclude` array Exclude attributes from the API response to improve performance

HTTP response status codes for "List organization migrations"

Status code	Description
`200`	OK

Code samples for "List organization migrations"

Request example

get/orgs/{org}/migrations

curl -L \
  -H "Accept: application/vnd.github+json" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR-TOKEN>" \
  -H "X-GitHub-Api-Version: 2022-11-28" \
  http(s)://HOSTNAME/api/v3/orgs/ORG/migrations

Response

Status: 200

[
  {
    "id": 79,
    "owner": {
      "login": "github",
      "id": 1,
      "node_id": "MDEyOk9yZ2FuaXphdGlvbjE=",
      "url": "https://HOSTNAME/orgs/github",
      "repos_url": "https://HOSTNAME/orgs/github/repos",
      "events_url": "https://HOSTNAME/orgs/github/events",
      "avatar_url": "https://github.com/images/error/octocat_happy.gif",
      "gravatar_id": "",
      "html_url": "https://github.com/octocat",
      "followers_url": "https://HOSTNAME/users/octocat/followers",
      "following_url": "https://HOSTNAME/users/octocat/following{/other_user}",
      "gists_url": "https://HOSTNAME/users/octocat/gists{/gist_id}",
      "starred_url": "https://HOSTNAME/users/octocat/starred{/owner}{/repo}",
      "subscriptions_url": "https://HOSTNAME/users/octocat/subscriptions",
      "organizations_url": "https://HOSTNAME/users/octocat/orgs",
      "received_events_url": "https://HOSTNAME/users/octocat/received_events",
      "type": "User",
      "site_admin": true
    },
    "guid": "0b989ba4-242f-11e5-81e1-c7b6966d2516",
    "state": "pending",
    "lock_repositories": true,
    "exclude_attachments": false,
    "exclude_releases": false,
    "exclude_owner_projects": false,
    "repositories": [
      {
        "id": 1296269,
        "node_id": "MDEwOlJlcG9zaXRvcnkxMjk2MjY5",
        "name": "Hello-World",
        "full_name": "octocat/Hello-World",
        "owner": {
          "login": "octocat",
          "id": 1,
          "node_id": "MDQ6VXNlcjE=",
          "avatar_url": "https://github.com/images/error/octocat_happy.gif",
          "gravatar_id": "",
          "url": "https://HOSTNAME/users/octocat",
          "html_url": "https://github.com/octocat",
          "followers_url": "https://HOSTNAME/users/octocat/followers",
          "following_url": "https://HOSTNAME/users/octocat/following{/other_user}",
          "gists_url": "https://HOSTNAME/users/octocat/gists{/gist_id}",
          "starred_url": "https://HOSTNAME/users/octocat/starred{/owner}{/repo}",
          "subscriptions_url": "https://HOSTNAME/users/octocat/subscriptions",
          "organizations_url": "https://HOSTNAME/users/octocat/orgs",
          "repos_url": "https://HOSTNAME/users/octocat/repos",
          "events_url": "https://HOSTNAME/users/octocat/events{/privacy}",
          "received_events_url": "https://HOSTNAME/users/octocat/received_events",
          "type": "User",
          "site_admin": false
        },
        "private": false,
        "html_url": "https://github.com/octocat/Hello-World",
        "description": "This your first repo!",
        "fork": false,
        "url": "https://HOSTNAME/repos/octocat/Hello-World",
        "archive_url": "https://HOSTNAME/repos/octocat/Hello-World/{archive_format}{/ref}",
        "assignees_url": "https://HOSTNAME/repos/octocat/Hello-World/assignees{/user}",
        "blobs_url": "https://HOSTNAME/repos/octocat/Hello-World/git/blobs{/sha}",
        "branches_url": "https://HOSTNAME/repos/octocat/Hello-World/branches{/branch}",
        "collaborators_url": "https://HOSTNAME/repos/octocat/Hello-World/collaborators{/collaborator}",
        "comments_url": "https://HOSTNAME/repos/octocat/Hello-World/comments{/number}",
        "commits_url": "https://HOSTNAME/repos/octocat/Hello-World/commits{/sha}",
        "compare_url": "https://HOSTNAME/repos/octocat/Hello-World/compare/{base}...{head}",
        "contents_url": "https://HOSTNAME/repos/octocat/Hello-World/contents/{+path}",
        "contributors_url": "https://HOSTNAME/repos/octocat/Hello-World/contributors",
        "deployments_url": "https://HOSTNAME/repos/octocat/Hello-World/deployments",
        "downloads_url": "https://HOSTNAME/repos/octocat/Hello-World/downloads",
        "events_url": "https://HOSTNAME/repos/octocat/Hello-World/events",
        "forks_url": "https://HOSTNAME/repos/octocat/Hello-World/forks",
        "git_commits_url": "https://HOSTNAME/repos/octocat/Hello-World/git/commits{/sha}",
        "git_refs_url": "https://HOSTNAME/repos/octocat/Hello-World/git/refs{/sha}",
        "git_tags_url": "https://HOSTNAME/repos/octocat/Hello-World/git/tags{/sha}",
        "git_url": "git:github.com/octocat/Hello-World.git",
        "issue_comment_url": "https://HOSTNAME/repos/octocat/Hello-World/issues/comments{/number}",
        "issue_events_url": "https://HOSTNAME/repos/octocat/Hello-World/issues/events{/number}",
        "issues_url": "https://HOSTNAME/repos/octocat/Hello-World/issues{/number}",
        "keys_url": "https://HOSTNAME/repos/octocat/Hello-World/keys{/key_id}",
        "labels_url": "https://HOSTNAME/repos/octocat/Hello-World/labels{/name}",
        "languages_url": "https://HOSTNAME/repos/octocat/Hello-World/languages",
        "merges_url": "https://HOSTNAME/repos/octocat/Hello-World/merges",
        "milestones_url": "https://HOSTNAME/repos/octocat/Hello-World/milestones{/number}",
        "notifications_url": "https://HOSTNAME/repos/octocat/Hello-World/notifications{?since,all,participating}",
        "pulls_url": "https://HOSTNAME/repos/octocat/Hello-World/pulls{/number}",
        "releases_url": "https://HOSTNAME/repos/octocat/Hello-World/releases{/id}",
        "ssh_url": "git@github.com:octocat/Hello-World.git",
        "stargazers_url": "https://HOSTNAME/repos/octocat/Hello-World/stargazers",
        "statuses_url": "https://HOSTNAME/repos/octocat/Hello-World/statuses/{sha}",
        "subscribers_url": "https://HOSTNAME/repos/octocat/Hello-World/subscribers",
        "subscription_url": "https://HOSTNAME/repos/octocat/Hello-World/subscription",
        "tags_url": "https://HOSTNAME/repos/octocat/Hello-World/tags",
        "teams_url": "https://HOSTNAME/repos/octocat/Hello-World/teams",
        "trees_url": "https://HOSTNAME/repos/octocat/Hello-World/git/trees{/sha}",
        "clone_url": "https://github.com/octocat/Hello-World.git",
        "mirror_url": "git:git.example.com/octocat/Hello-World",
        "hooks_url": "https://HOSTNAME/repos/octocat/Hello-World/hooks",
        "svn_url": "https://svn.github.com/octocat/Hello-World",
        "homepage": "https://github.com",
        "language": null,
        "forks_count": 9,
        "stargazers_count": 80,
        "watchers_count": 80,
        "size": 108,
        "default_branch": "master",
        "open_issues_count": 0,
        "is_template": true,
        "topics": [
          "octocat",
          "atom",
          "electron",
          "api"
        ],
        "has_issues": true,
        "has_projects": true,
        "has_wiki": true,
        "has_pages": false,
        "has_downloads": true,
        "archived": false,
        "disabled": false,
        "visibility": "public",
        "pushed_at": "2011-01-26T19:06:43Z",
        "created_at": "2011-01-26T19:01:12Z",
        "updated_at": "2011-01-26T19:14:43Z",
        "permissions": {
          "admin": false,
          "push": false,
          "pull": true
        },
        "allow_rebase_merge": true,
        "template_repository": null,
        "temp_clone_token": "ABTLWHOULUVAXGTRYU7OC2876QJ2O",
        "allow_squash_merge": true,
        "allow_auto_merge": false,
        "delete_branch_on_merge": true,
        "allow_merge_commit": true,
        "subscribers_count": 42,
        "network_count": 0,
        "license": {
          "key": "mit",
          "name": "MIT License",
          "url": "https://HOSTNAME/licenses/mit",
          "spdx_id": "MIT",
          "node_id": "MDc6TGljZW5zZW1pdA==",
          "html_url": "https://HOSTNAME/licenses/mit"
        },
        "forks": 1,
        "open_issues": 1,
        "watchers": 1
      }
    ],
    "url": "https://HOSTNAME/orgs/octo-org/migrations/79",
    "created_at": "2015-07-06T15:33:38-07:00",
    "updated_at": "2015-07-06T15:33:38-07:00",
    "node_id": "MDQ6VXNlcjE="
  }
]

Start an organization migration

Initiates the generation of a migration archive.

Before you can use this endpoint, you must configure a blob storage provider in the "Migrations" section in the Management Console. For more details, see "Migrating repositories from GitHub Enterprise Server to GitHub Enterprise Cloud."

Fine-grained access tokens for "Start an organization migration"

This endpoint does not work with GitHub App user access tokens, GitHub App installation access tokens, or fine-grained personal access tokens.

Parameters for "Start an organization migration"

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.

Body parameters
Name, Type, Description
`repositories` array of strings Required A list of arrays indicating which repositories should be migrated.
`lock_repositories` boolean Indicates whether repositories should be locked (to prevent manipulation) while migrating data. Default: `false`
`exclude_metadata` boolean Indicates whether metadata should be excluded and only git source should be included for the migration. Default: `false`
`exclude_git_data` boolean Indicates whether the repository git data should be excluded from the migration. Default: `false`
`exclude_attachments` boolean Indicates whether attachments should be excluded from the migration (to reduce migration archive file size). Default: `false`
`exclude_releases` boolean Indicates whether releases should be excluded from the migration (to reduce migration archive file size). Default: `false`
`exclude_owner_projects` boolean Indicates whether projects owned by the organization or users should be excluded. from the migration. Default: `false`
`org_metadata_only` boolean Indicates whether this should only include organization metadata (repositories array should be empty and will ignore other flags). Default: `false`
`exclude` array of strings Exclude related items from being returned in the response in order to improve performance of the request. Supported values are: `repositories`

HTTP response status codes for "Start an organization migration"

Status code	Description
`201`	Created
`404`	Resource not found
`422`	Validation failed, or the endpoint has been spammed.

Code samples for "Start an organization migration"

Request example

post/orgs/{org}/migrations

curl -L \
  -X POST \
  -H "Accept: application/vnd.github+json" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR-TOKEN>" \
  -H "X-GitHub-Api-Version: 2022-11-28" \
  http(s)://HOSTNAME/api/v3/orgs/ORG/migrations \
  -d '{"repositories":["github/Hello-World"],"lock_repositories":true}'

Response

Status: 201

{
  "id": 79,
  "node_id": "MDEyOk9yZ2FuaXphdGlvbjE=",
  "owner": {
    "login": "github",
    "id": 1,
    "node_id": "MDEyOk9yZ2FuaXphdGlvbjE=",
    "url": "https://HOSTNAME/orgs/github",
    "repos_url": "https://HOSTNAME/orgs/github/repos",
    "events_url": "https://HOSTNAME/orgs/github/events",
    "avatar_url": "https://github.com/images/error/octocat_happy.gif",
    "gravatar_id": "",
    "html_url": "https://github.com/octocat",
    "followers_url": "https://HOSTNAME/users/octocat/followers",
    "following_url": "https://HOSTNAME/users/octocat/following{/other_user}",
    "gists_url": "https://HOSTNAME/users/octocat/gists{/gist_id}",
    "starred_url": "https://HOSTNAME/users/octocat/starred{/owner}{/repo}",
    "subscriptions_url": "https://HOSTNAME/users/octocat/subscriptions",
    "organizations_url": "https://HOSTNAME/users/octocat/orgs",
    "received_events_url": "https://HOSTNAME/users/octocat/received_events",
    "type": "User",
    "site_admin": true
  },
  "guid": "0b989ba4-242f-11e5-81e1-c7b6966d2516",
  "state": "pending",
  "lock_repositories": true,
  "exclude_attachments": false,
  "exclude_releases": false,
  "exclude_owner_projects": false,
  "repositories": [
    {
      "id": 1296269,
      "node_id": "MDEwOlJlcG9zaXRvcnkxMjk2MjY5",
      "name": "Hello-World",
      "full_name": "octocat/Hello-World",
      "owner": {
        "login": "octocat",
        "id": 1,
        "node_id": "MDQ6VXNlcjE=",
        "avatar_url": "https://github.com/images/error/octocat_happy.gif",
        "gravatar_id": "",
        "url": "https://HOSTNAME/users/octocat",
        "html_url": "https://github.com/octocat",
        "followers_url": "https://HOSTNAME/users/octocat/followers",
        "following_url": "https://HOSTNAME/users/octocat/following{/other_user}",
        "gists_url": "https://HOSTNAME/users/octocat/gists{/gist_id}",
        "starred_url": "https://HOSTNAME/users/octocat/starred{/owner}{/repo}",
        "subscriptions_url": "https://HOSTNAME/users/octocat/subscriptions",
        "organizations_url": "https://HOSTNAME/users/octocat/orgs",
        "repos_url": "https://HOSTNAME/users/octocat/repos",
        "events_url": "https://HOSTNAME/users/octocat/events{/privacy}",
        "received_events_url": "https://HOSTNAME/users/octocat/received_events",
        "type": "User",
        "site_admin": false
      },
      "private": false,
      "html_url": "https://github.com/octocat/Hello-World",
      "description": "This your first repo!",
      "fork": false,
      "url": "https://HOSTNAME/repos/octocat/Hello-World",
      "archive_url": "https://HOSTNAME/repos/octocat/Hello-World/{archive_format}{/ref}",
      "assignees_url": "https://HOSTNAME/repos/octocat/Hello-World/assignees{/user}",
      "blobs_url": "https://HOSTNAME/repos/octocat/Hello-World/git/blobs{/sha}",
      "branches_url": "https://HOSTNAME/repos/octocat/Hello-World/branches{/branch}",
      "collaborators_url": "https://HOSTNAME/repos/octocat/Hello-World/collaborators{/collaborator}",
      "comments_url": "https://HOSTNAME/repos/octocat/Hello-World/comments{/number}",
      "commits_url": "https://HOSTNAME/repos/octocat/Hello-World/commits{/sha}",
      "compare_url": "https://HOSTNAME/repos/octocat/Hello-World/compare/{base}...{head}",
      "contents_url": "https://HOSTNAME/repos/octocat/Hello-World/contents/{+path}",
      "contributors_url": "https://HOSTNAME/repos/octocat/Hello-World/contributors",
      "deployments_url": "https://HOSTNAME/repos/octocat/Hello-World/deployments",
      "downloads_url": "https://HOSTNAME/repos/octocat/Hello-World/downloads",
      "events_url": "https://HOSTNAME/repos/octocat/Hello-World/events",
      "forks_url": "https://HOSTNAME/repos/octocat/Hello-World/forks",
      "git_commits_url": "https://HOSTNAME/repos/octocat/Hello-World/git/commits{/sha}",
      "git_refs_url": "https://HOSTNAME/repos/octocat/Hello-World/git/refs{/sha}",
      "git_tags_url": "https://HOSTNAME/repos/octocat/Hello-World/git/tags{/sha}",
      "git_url": "git:github.com/octocat/Hello-World.git",
      "issue_comment_url": "https://HOSTNAME/repos/octocat/Hello-World/issues/comments{/number}",
      "issue_events_url": "https://HOSTNAME/repos/octocat/Hello-World/issues/events{/number}",
      "issues_url": "https://HOSTNAME/repos/octocat/Hello-World/issues{/number}",
      "keys_url": "https://HOSTNAME/repos/octocat/Hello-World/keys{/key_id}",
      "labels_url": "https://HOSTNAME/repos/octocat/Hello-World/labels{/name}",
      "languages_url": "https://HOSTNAME/repos/octocat/Hello-World/languages",
      "merges_url": "https://HOSTNAME/repos/octocat/Hello-World/merges",
      "milestones_url": "https://HOSTNAME/repos/octocat/Hello-World/milestones{/number}",
      "notifications_url": "https://HOSTNAME/repos/octocat/Hello-World/notifications{?since,all,participating}",
      "pulls_url": "https://HOSTNAME/repos/octocat/Hello-World/pulls{/number}",
      "releases_url": "https://HOSTNAME/repos/octocat/Hello-World/releases{/id}",
      "ssh_url": "git@github.com:octocat/Hello-World.git",
      "stargazers_url": "https://HOSTNAME/repos/octocat/Hello-World/stargazers",
      "statuses_url": "https://HOSTNAME/repos/octocat/Hello-World/statuses/{sha}",
      "subscribers_url": "https://HOSTNAME/repos/octocat/Hello-World/subscribers",
      "subscription_url": "https://HOSTNAME/repos/octocat/Hello-World/subscription",
      "tags_url": "https://HOSTNAME/repos/octocat/Hello-World/tags",
      "teams_url": "https://HOSTNAME/repos/octocat/Hello-World/teams",
      "trees_url": "https://HOSTNAME/repos/octocat/Hello-World/git/trees{/sha}",
      "clone_url": "https://github.com/octocat/Hello-World.git",
      "mirror_url": "git:git.example.com/octocat/Hello-World",
      "hooks_url": "https://HOSTNAME/repos/octocat/Hello-World/hooks",
      "svn_url": "https://svn.github.com/octocat/Hello-World",
      "homepage": "https://github.com",
      "language": null,
      "forks_count": 9,
      "stargazers_count": 80,
      "watchers_count": 80,
      "size": 108,
      "default_branch": "master",
      "open_issues_count": 0,
      "is_template": true,
      "topics": [
        "octocat",
        "atom",
        "electron",
        "api"
      ],
      "has_issues": true,
      "has_projects": true,
      "has_wiki": true,
      "has_pages": false,
      "has_downloads": true,
      "archived": false,
      "disabled": false,
      "visibility": "public",
      "pushed_at": "2011-01-26T19:06:43Z",
      "created_at": "2011-01-26T19:01:12Z",
      "updated_at": "2011-01-26T19:14:43Z",
      "permissions": {
        "admin": false,
        "push": false,
        "pull": true
      },
      "allow_rebase_merge": true,
      "template_repository": null,
      "temp_clone_token": "ABTLWHOULUVAXGTRYU7OC2876QJ2O",
      "allow_squash_merge": true,
      "allow_auto_merge": false,
      "delete_branch_on_merge": true,
      "allow_merge_commit": true,
      "subscribers_count": 42,
      "network_count": 0,
      "license": {
        "key": "mit",
        "name": "MIT License",
        "url": "https://HOSTNAME/licenses/mit",
        "spdx_id": "MIT",
        "node_id": "MDc6TGljZW5zZW1pdA==",
        "html_url": "https://HOSTNAME/licenses/mit"
      },
      "forks": 1,
      "open_issues": 1,
      "watchers": 1
    }
  ],
  "url": "https://HOSTNAME/orgs/octo-org/migrations/79",
  "created_at": "2015-07-06T15:33:38-07:00",
  "updated_at": "2015-07-06T15:33:38-07:00"
}

Get an organization migration status

Fetches the status of a migration.

The state of a migration can be one of the following values:

pending, which means the migration hasn't started yet.
exporting, which means the migration is in progress.
exported, which means the migration finished successfully.
failed, which means the migration failed.

Fine-grained access tokens for "Get an organization migration status"

This endpoint does not work with GitHub App user access tokens, GitHub App installation access tokens, or fine-grained personal access tokens.

Parameters for "Get an organization migration status"

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.
`migration_id` integer Required The unique identifier of the migration.

Query parameters
Name, Type, Description
`exclude` array Exclude attributes from the API response to improve performance

HTTP response status codes for "Get an organization migration status"

Status code	Description
`200`	`pending`, which means the migration hasn't started yet. `exporting`, which means the migration is in progress. `exported`, which means the migration finished successfully. `failed`, which means the migration failed.
`404`	Resource not found

Code samples for "Get an organization migration status"

Request example

get/orgs/{org}/migrations/{migration_id}

curl -L \
  -H "Accept: application/vnd.github+json" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR-TOKEN>" \
  -H "X-GitHub-Api-Version: 2022-11-28" \
  http(s)://HOSTNAME/api/v3/orgs/ORG/migrations/MIGRATION_ID

`pending`, which means the migration hasn't started yet.

`exporting`, which means the migration is in progress.

`exported`, which means the migration finished successfully.

`failed`, which means the migration failed.

Status: 200

{
  "id": 79,
  "node_id": "MDEyOk9yZ2FuaXphdGlvbjE=",
  "owner": {
    "login": "github",
    "id": 1,
    "node_id": "MDEyOk9yZ2FuaXphdGlvbjE=",
    "url": "https://HOSTNAME/orgs/github",
    "repos_url": "https://HOSTNAME/orgs/github/repos",
    "events_url": "https://HOSTNAME/orgs/github/events",
    "avatar_url": "https://github.com/images/error/octocat_happy.gif",
    "gravatar_id": "",
    "html_url": "https://github.com/octocat",
    "followers_url": "https://HOSTNAME/users/octocat/followers",
    "following_url": "https://HOSTNAME/users/octocat/following{/other_user}",
    "gists_url": "https://HOSTNAME/users/octocat/gists{/gist_id}",
    "starred_url": "https://HOSTNAME/users/octocat/starred{/owner}{/repo}",
    "subscriptions_url": "https://HOSTNAME/users/octocat/subscriptions",
    "organizations_url": "https://HOSTNAME/users/octocat/orgs",
    "received_events_url": "https://HOSTNAME/users/octocat/received_events",
    "type": "User",
    "site_admin": true
  },
  "guid": "0b989ba4-242f-11e5-81e1-c7b6966d2516",
  "state": "exported",
  "lock_repositories": true,
  "exclude_attachments": false,
  "exclude_releases": false,
  "exclude_owner_projects": false,
  "repositories": [
    {
      "id": 1296269,
      "node_id": "MDEwOlJlcG9zaXRvcnkxMjk2MjY5",
      "name": "Hello-World",
      "full_name": "octocat/Hello-World",
      "owner": {
        "login": "octocat",
        "id": 1,
        "node_id": "MDQ6VXNlcjE=",
        "avatar_url": "https://github.com/images/error/octocat_happy.gif",
        "gravatar_id": "",
        "url": "https://HOSTNAME/users/octocat",
        "html_url": "https://github.com/octocat",
        "followers_url": "https://HOSTNAME/users/octocat/followers",
        "following_url": "https://HOSTNAME/users/octocat/following{/other_user}",
        "gists_url": "https://HOSTNAME/users/octocat/gists{/gist_id}",
        "starred_url": "https://HOSTNAME/users/octocat/starred{/owner}{/repo}",
        "subscriptions_url": "https://HOSTNAME/users/octocat/subscriptions",
        "organizations_url": "https://HOSTNAME/users/octocat/orgs",
        "repos_url": "https://HOSTNAME/users/octocat/repos",
        "events_url": "https://HOSTNAME/users/octocat/events{/privacy}",
        "received_events_url": "https://HOSTNAME/users/octocat/received_events",
        "type": "User",
        "site_admin": false
      },
      "private": false,
      "html_url": "https://github.com/octocat/Hello-World",
      "description": "This your first repo!",
      "fork": false,
      "url": "https://HOSTNAME/repos/octocat/Hello-World",
      "archive_url": "https://HOSTNAME/repos/octocat/Hello-World/{archive_format}{/ref}",
      "assignees_url": "https://HOSTNAME/repos/octocat/Hello-World/assignees{/user}",
      "blobs_url": "https://HOSTNAME/repos/octocat/Hello-World/git/blobs{/sha}",
      "branches_url": "https://HOSTNAME/repos/octocat/Hello-World/branches{/branch}",
      "collaborators_url": "https://HOSTNAME/repos/octocat/Hello-World/collaborators{/collaborator}",
      "comments_url": "https://HOSTNAME/repos/octocat/Hello-World/comments{/number}",
      "commits_url": "https://HOSTNAME/repos/octocat/Hello-World/commits{/sha}",
      "compare_url": "https://HOSTNAME/repos/octocat/Hello-World/compare/{base}...{head}",
      "contents_url": "https://HOSTNAME/repos/octocat/Hello-World/contents/{+path}",
      "contributors_url": "https://HOSTNAME/repos/octocat/Hello-World/contributors",
      "deployments_url": "https://HOSTNAME/repos/octocat/Hello-World/deployments",
      "downloads_url": "https://HOSTNAME/repos/octocat/Hello-World/downloads",
      "events_url": "https://HOSTNAME/repos/octocat/Hello-World/events",
      "forks_url": "https://HOSTNAME/repos/octocat/Hello-World/forks",
      "git_commits_url": "https://HOSTNAME/repos/octocat/Hello-World/git/commits{/sha}",
      "git_refs_url": "https://HOSTNAME/repos/octocat/Hello-World/git/refs{/sha}",
      "git_tags_url": "https://HOSTNAME/repos/octocat/Hello-World/git/tags{/sha}",
      "git_url": "git:github.com/octocat/Hello-World.git",
      "issue_comment_url": "https://HOSTNAME/repos/octocat/Hello-World/issues/comments{/number}",
      "issue_events_url": "https://HOSTNAME/repos/octocat/Hello-World/issues/events{/number}",
      "issues_url": "https://HOSTNAME/repos/octocat/Hello-World/issues{/number}",
      "keys_url": "https://HOSTNAME/repos/octocat/Hello-World/keys{/key_id}",
      "labels_url": "https://HOSTNAME/repos/octocat/Hello-World/labels{/name}",
      "languages_url": "https://HOSTNAME/repos/octocat/Hello-World/languages",
      "merges_url": "https://HOSTNAME/repos/octocat/Hello-World/merges",
      "milestones_url": "https://HOSTNAME/repos/octocat/Hello-World/milestones{/number}",
      "notifications_url": "https://HOSTNAME/repos/octocat/Hello-World/notifications{?since,all,participating}",
      "pulls_url": "https://HOSTNAME/repos/octocat/Hello-World/pulls{/number}",
      "releases_url": "https://HOSTNAME/repos/octocat/Hello-World/releases{/id}",
      "ssh_url": "git@github.com:octocat/Hello-World.git",
      "stargazers_url": "https://HOSTNAME/repos/octocat/Hello-World/stargazers",
      "statuses_url": "https://HOSTNAME/repos/octocat/Hello-World/statuses/{sha}",
      "subscribers_url": "https://HOSTNAME/repos/octocat/Hello-World/subscribers",
      "subscription_url": "https://HOSTNAME/repos/octocat/Hello-World/subscription",
      "tags_url": "https://HOSTNAME/repos/octocat/Hello-World/tags",
      "teams_url": "https://HOSTNAME/repos/octocat/Hello-World/teams",
      "trees_url": "https://HOSTNAME/repos/octocat/Hello-World/git/trees{/sha}",
      "clone_url": "https://github.com/octocat/Hello-World.git",
      "mirror_url": "git:git.example.com/octocat/Hello-World",
      "hooks_url": "https://HOSTNAME/repos/octocat/Hello-World/hooks",
      "svn_url": "https://svn.github.com/octocat/Hello-World",
      "homepage": "https://github.com",
      "language": null,
      "forks_count": 9,
      "stargazers_count": 80,
      "watchers_count": 80,
      "size": 108,
      "default_branch": "master",
      "open_issues_count": 0,
      "is_template": true,
      "topics": [
        "octocat",
        "atom",
        "electron",
        "api"
      ],
      "has_issues": true,
      "has_projects": true,
      "has_wiki": true,
      "has_pages": false,
      "has_downloads": true,
      "archived": false,
      "disabled": false,
      "visibility": "public",
      "pushed_at": "2011-01-26T19:06:43Z",
      "created_at": "2011-01-26T19:01:12Z",
      "updated_at": "2011-01-26T19:14:43Z",
      "permissions": {
        "admin": false,
        "push": false,
        "pull": true
      },
      "allow_rebase_merge": true,
      "template_repository": null,
      "temp_clone_token": "ABTLWHOULUVAXGTRYU7OC2876QJ2O",
      "allow_squash_merge": true,
      "allow_auto_merge": false,
      "delete_branch_on_merge": true,
      "allow_merge_commit": true,
      "subscribers_count": 42,
      "network_count": 0,
      "license": {
        "key": "mit",
        "name": "MIT License",
        "url": "https://HOSTNAME/licenses/mit",
        "spdx_id": "MIT",
        "node_id": "MDc6TGljZW5zZW1pdA==",
        "html_url": "https://HOSTNAME/licenses/mit"
      },
      "forks": 1,
      "open_issues": 1,
      "watchers": 1
    }
  ],
  "url": "https://HOSTNAME/orgs/octo-org/migrations/79",
  "created_at": "2015-07-06T15:33:38-07:00",
  "updated_at": "2015-07-06T15:33:38-07:00"
}

Download an organization migration archive

Fetches the URL to a migration archive.

Fine-grained access tokens for "Download an organization migration archive"

This endpoint does not work with GitHub App user access tokens, GitHub App installation access tokens, or fine-grained personal access tokens.

Parameters for "Download an organization migration archive"

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.
`migration_id` integer Required The unique identifier of the migration.

HTTP response status codes for "Download an organization migration archive"

Status code	Description
`302`	Found
`404`	Resource not found

Code samples for "Download an organization migration archive"

Request example

get/orgs/{org}/migrations/{migration_id}/archive

curl -L \
  -H "Accept: application/vnd.github+json" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR-TOKEN>" \
  -H "X-GitHub-Api-Version: 2022-11-28" \
  http(s)://HOSTNAME/api/v3/orgs/ORG/migrations/MIGRATION_ID/archive

Response

Status: 302

Delete an organization migration archive

Deletes a previous migration archive. Migration archives are automatically deleted after seven days.

Fine-grained access tokens for "Delete an organization migration archive"

This endpoint does not work with GitHub App user access tokens, GitHub App installation access tokens, or fine-grained personal access tokens.

Parameters for "Delete an organization migration archive"

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.
`migration_id` integer Required The unique identifier of the migration.

HTTP response status codes for "Delete an organization migration archive"

Status code	Description
`204`	No Content
`404`	Resource not found

Code samples for "Delete an organization migration archive"

Request example

delete/orgs/{org}/migrations/{migration_id}/archive

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/orgs/ORG/migrations/MIGRATION_ID/archive

Response

Status: 204

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.
`migration_id` integer Required The unique identifier of the migration.
`repo_name` string Required repo_name parameter

HTTP response status codes for "Unlock an organization repository"

Status code	Description
`204`	No Content
`404`	Resource not found

Code samples for "Unlock an organization repository"

Request example

delete/orgs/{org}/migrations/{migration_id}/repos/{repo_name}/lock

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/orgs/ORG/migrations/MIGRATION_ID/repos/REPO_NAME/lock

Response

Status: 204

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.
`migration_id` integer Required The unique identifier of the migration.

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` integer The page number of the results to fetch. For more information, see "Using pagination in the REST API." Default: `1`

HTTP response status codes for "List repositories in an organization migration"

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

Code samples for "List repositories in an organization migration"

Request example

get/orgs/{org}/migrations/{migration_id}/repositories

curl -L \
  -H "Accept: application/vnd.github+json" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR-TOKEN>" \
  -H "X-GitHub-Api-Version: 2022-11-28" \
  http(s)://HOSTNAME/api/v3/orgs/ORG/migrations/MIGRATION_ID/repositories

Response

Status: 200

[
  {
    "id": 1296269,
    "node_id": "MDEwOlJlcG9zaXRvcnkxMjk2MjY5",
    "name": "Hello-World",
    "full_name": "octocat/Hello-World",
    "owner": {
      "login": "octocat",
      "id": 1,
      "node_id": "MDQ6VXNlcjE=",
      "avatar_url": "https://github.com/images/error/octocat_happy.gif",
      "gravatar_id": "",
      "url": "https://HOSTNAME/users/octocat",
      "html_url": "https://github.com/octocat",
      "followers_url": "https://HOSTNAME/users/octocat/followers",
      "following_url": "https://HOSTNAME/users/octocat/following{/other_user}",
      "gists_url": "https://HOSTNAME/users/octocat/gists{/gist_id}",
      "starred_url": "https://HOSTNAME/users/octocat/starred{/owner}{/repo}",
      "subscriptions_url": "https://HOSTNAME/users/octocat/subscriptions",
      "organizations_url": "https://HOSTNAME/users/octocat/orgs",
      "repos_url": "https://HOSTNAME/users/octocat/repos",
      "events_url": "https://HOSTNAME/users/octocat/events{/privacy}",
      "received_events_url": "https://HOSTNAME/users/octocat/received_events",
      "type": "User",
      "site_admin": false
    },
    "private": false,
    "html_url": "https://github.com/octocat/Hello-World",
    "description": "This your first repo!",
    "fork": false,
    "url": "https://HOSTNAME/repos/octocat/Hello-World",
    "archive_url": "https://HOSTNAME/repos/octocat/Hello-World/{archive_format}{/ref}",
    "assignees_url": "https://HOSTNAME/repos/octocat/Hello-World/assignees{/user}",
    "blobs_url": "https://HOSTNAME/repos/octocat/Hello-World/git/blobs{/sha}",
    "branches_url": "https://HOSTNAME/repos/octocat/Hello-World/branches{/branch}",
    "collaborators_url": "https://HOSTNAME/repos/octocat/Hello-World/collaborators{/collaborator}",
    "comments_url": "https://HOSTNAME/repos/octocat/Hello-World/comments{/number}",
    "commits_url": "https://HOSTNAME/repos/octocat/Hello-World/commits{/sha}",
    "compare_url": "https://HOSTNAME/repos/octocat/Hello-World/compare/{base}...{head}",
    "contents_url": "https://HOSTNAME/repos/octocat/Hello-World/contents/{+path}",
    "contributors_url": "https://HOSTNAME/repos/octocat/Hello-World/contributors",
    "deployments_url": "https://HOSTNAME/repos/octocat/Hello-World/deployments",
    "downloads_url": "https://HOSTNAME/repos/octocat/Hello-World/downloads",
    "events_url": "https://HOSTNAME/repos/octocat/Hello-World/events",
    "forks_url": "https://HOSTNAME/repos/octocat/Hello-World/forks",
    "git_commits_url": "https://HOSTNAME/repos/octocat/Hello-World/git/commits{/sha}",
    "git_refs_url": "https://HOSTNAME/repos/octocat/Hello-World/git/refs{/sha}",
    "git_tags_url": "https://HOSTNAME/repos/octocat/Hello-World/git/tags{/sha}",
    "git_url": "git:github.com/octocat/Hello-World.git",
    "issue_comment_url": "https://HOSTNAME/repos/octocat/Hello-World/issues/comments{/number}",
    "issue_events_url": "https://HOSTNAME/repos/octocat/Hello-World/issues/events{/number}",
    "issues_url": "https://HOSTNAME/repos/octocat/Hello-World/issues{/number}",
    "keys_url": "https://HOSTNAME/repos/octocat/Hello-World/keys{/key_id}",
    "labels_url": "https://HOSTNAME/repos/octocat/Hello-World/labels{/name}",
    "languages_url": "https://HOSTNAME/repos/octocat/Hello-World/languages",
    "merges_url": "https://HOSTNAME/repos/octocat/Hello-World/merges",
    "milestones_url": "https://HOSTNAME/repos/octocat/Hello-World/milestones{/number}",
    "notifications_url": "https://HOSTNAME/repos/octocat/Hello-World/notifications{?since,all,participating}",
    "pulls_url": "https://HOSTNAME/repos/octocat/Hello-World/pulls{/number}",
    "releases_url": "https://HOSTNAME/repos/octocat/Hello-World/releases{/id}",
    "ssh_url": "git@github.com:octocat/Hello-World.git",
    "stargazers_url": "https://HOSTNAME/repos/octocat/Hello-World/stargazers",
    "statuses_url": "https://HOSTNAME/repos/octocat/Hello-World/statuses/{sha}",
    "subscribers_url": "https://HOSTNAME/repos/octocat/Hello-World/subscribers",
    "subscription_url": "https://HOSTNAME/repos/octocat/Hello-World/subscription",
    "tags_url": "https://HOSTNAME/repos/octocat/Hello-World/tags",
    "teams_url": "https://HOSTNAME/repos/octocat/Hello-World/teams",
    "trees_url": "https://HOSTNAME/repos/octocat/Hello-World/git/trees{/sha}",
    "clone_url": "https://github.com/octocat/Hello-World.git",
    "mirror_url": "git:git.example.com/octocat/Hello-World",
    "hooks_url": "https://HOSTNAME/repos/octocat/Hello-World/hooks",
    "svn_url": "https://svn.github.com/octocat/Hello-World",
    "homepage": "https://github.com",
    "language": null,
    "forks_count": 9,
    "stargazers_count": 80,
    "watchers_count": 80,
    "size": 108,
    "default_branch": "master",
    "open_issues_count": 0,
    "is_template": false,
    "topics": [
      "octocat",
      "atom",
      "electron",
      "api"
    ],
    "has_issues": true,
    "has_projects": true,
    "has_wiki": true,
    "has_pages": false,
    "has_downloads": true,
    "has_discussions": false,
    "archived": false,
    "disabled": false,
    "visibility": "public",
    "pushed_at": "2011-01-26T19:06:43Z",
    "created_at": "2011-01-26T19:01:12Z",
    "updated_at": "2011-01-26T19:14:43Z",
    "permissions": {
      "admin": false,
      "push": false,
      "pull": true
    },
    "security_and_analysis": {
      "advanced_security": {
        "status": "enabled"
      },
      "secret_scanning": {
        "status": "enabled"
      },
      "secret_scanning_push_protection": {
        "status": "disabled"
      },
      "secret_scanning_non_provider_patterns": {
        "status": "disabled"
      }
    }
  }
]

REST API endpoints for organization migrations

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pending, which means the migration hasn't started yet. exporting, which means the migration is in progress. exported, which means the migration finished successfully. failed, which means the migration failed.

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`pending`, which means the migration hasn't started yet.

`exporting`, which means the migration is in progress.

`exported`, which means the migration finished successfully.

`failed`, which means the migration failed.