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Timeline events
The Timeline events API can return different types of events triggered by timeline activity in issues and pull requests.
About the Timeline events API
The Timeline events API can return different types of events triggered by timeline activity in issues and pull requests. For more information about the specific events that you can receive from the Issue Events API, see "Issue event types." An events API for GitHub activity outside of issues and pull requests is also available. For more information, see the "GitHub Events API."
You can use this API to display information about issues and pull request or determine who should be notified of issue comments.
Every pull request is an issue, but not every issue is a pull request. For this reason, "shared" actions for both features, like managing assignees, labels, and milestones, are provided within Issues API.
List timeline events for an issue
Parameters
| Headers |
|---|
| Name, Type, Description |
acceptstringSetting to |
| Path parameters |
| Name, Type, Description |
ownerstringRequiredThe account owner of the repository. The name is not case sensitive. |
repostringRequiredThe name of the repository. The name is not case sensitive. |
issue_numberintegerRequiredThe number that identifies the issue. |
| Query parameters |
| Name, Type, Description |
per_pageintegerThe number of results per page (max 100). Default: |
pageintegerPage number of the results to fetch. Default: |
HTTP response status codes
| Status code | Description |
|---|---|
200 | OK |
404 | Resource not found |
410 | Gone |
Code samples
curl \
-H "Accept: application/vnd.github+json" \
-H "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR-TOKEN>" \
http(s)://HOSTNAME/api/v3/repos/OWNER/REPO/issues/ISSUE_NUMBER/timelineResponse
Status: 200[
{
"id": 6430295168,
"node_id": "LOE_lADODwFebM5HwC0kzwAAAAF_RoSA",
"url": "https://api.github.com/repos/github/roadmap/issues/events/6430295168",
"actor": {
"login": "github",
"id": 9919,
"node_id": "MDEyOk9yZ2FuaXphdGlvbjk5MTk=",
"avatar_url": "https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/9919?v=4",
"gravatar_id": "",
"url": "https://api.github.com/users/github",
"html_url": "https://github.com/github",
"followers_url": "https://api.github.com/users/github/followers",
"following_url": "https://api.github.com/users/github/following{/other_user}",
"gists_url": "https://api.github.com/users/github/gists{/gist_id}",
"starred_url": "https://api.github.com/users/github/starred{/owner}{/repo}",
"subscriptions_url": "https://api.github.com/users/github/subscriptions",
"organizations_url": "https://api.github.com/users/github/orgs",
"repos_url": "https://api.github.com/users/github/repos",
"events_url": "https://api.github.com/users/github/events{/privacy}",
"received_events_url": "https://api.github.com/users/github/received_events",
"type": "Organization",
"site_admin": false
},
"event": "locked",
"commit_id": null,
"commit_url": null,
"created_at": "2022-04-13T20:49:13Z",
"lock_reason": null,
"performed_via_github_app": null
},
{
"id": 6430296748,
"node_id": "LE_lADODwFebM5HwC0kzwAAAAF_Roqs",
"url": "https://api.github.com/repos/github/roadmap/issues/events/6430296748",
"actor": {
"login": "github-product-roadmap",
"id": 67656570,
"node_id": "MDQ6VXNlcjY3NjU2NTcw",
"avatar_url": "https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/67656570?v=4",
"gravatar_id": "",
"url": "https://api.github.com/users/github-product-roadmap",
"html_url": "https://github.com/github-product-roadmap",
"followers_url": "https://api.github.com/users/github-product-roadmap/followers",
"following_url": "https://api.github.com/users/github-product-roadmap/following{/other_user}",
"gists_url": "https://api.github.com/users/github-product-roadmap/gists{/gist_id}",
"starred_url": "https://api.github.com/users/github-product-roadmap/starred{/owner}{/repo}",
"subscriptions_url": "https://api.github.com/users/github-product-roadmap/subscriptions",
"organizations_url": "https://api.github.com/users/github-product-roadmap/orgs",
"repos_url": "https://api.github.com/users/github-product-roadmap/repos",
"events_url": "https://api.github.com/users/github-product-roadmap/events{/privacy}",
"received_events_url": "https://api.github.com/users/github-product-roadmap/received_events",
"type": "User",
"site_admin": false
},
"event": "labeled",
"commit_id": null,
"commit_url": null,
"created_at": "2022-04-13T20:49:34Z",
"label": {
"name": "beta",
"color": "99dd88"
},
"performed_via_github_app": null
},
{
"id": 6635165802,
"node_id": "RTE_lADODwFebM5HwC0kzwAAAAGLfJhq",
"url": "https://api.github.com/repos/github/roadmap/issues/events/6635165802",
"actor": {
"login": "github-product-roadmap",
"id": 67656570,
"node_id": "MDQ6VXNlcjY3NjU2NTcw",
"avatar_url": "https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/67656570?v=4",
"gravatar_id": "",
"url": "https://api.github.com/users/github-product-roadmap",
"html_url": "https://github.com/github-product-roadmap",
"followers_url": "https://api.github.com/users/github-product-roadmap/followers",
"following_url": "https://api.github.com/users/github-product-roadmap/following{/other_user}",
"gists_url": "https://api.github.com/users/github-product-roadmap/gists{/gist_id}",
"starred_url": "https://api.github.com/users/github-product-roadmap/starred{/owner}{/repo}",
"subscriptions_url": "https://api.github.com/users/github-product-roadmap/subscriptions",
"organizations_url": "https://api.github.com/users/github-product-roadmap/orgs",
"repos_url": "https://api.github.com/users/github-product-roadmap/repos",
"events_url": "https://api.github.com/users/github-product-roadmap/events{/privacy}",
"received_events_url": "https://api.github.com/users/github-product-roadmap/received_events",
"type": "User",
"site_admin": false
},
"event": "renamed",
"commit_id": null,
"commit_url": null,
"created_at": "2022-05-18T19:29:01Z",
"rename": {
"from": "Secret scanning: dry-runs for enterprise-level custom patterns (cloud)",
"to": "Secret scanning: dry-runs for enterprise-level custom patterns"
},
"performed_via_github_app": null
},
{
"url": "https://api.github.com/repos/github/roadmap/issues/comments/1130876857",
"html_url": "https://github.com/github/roadmap/issues/493#issuecomment-1130876857",
"issue_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/github/roadmap/issues/493",
"id": 1130876857,
"node_id": "IC_kwDODwFebM5DZ8-5",
"user": {
"login": "octocat",
"id": 94867353,
"node_id": "U_kgDOBaePmQ",
"avatar_url": "https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/94867353?v=4",
"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": true
},
"created_at": "2022-05-19T00:52:15Z",
"updated_at": "2022-05-19T00:52:15Z",
"author_association": "COLLABORATOR",
"body": "🚢 Shipped to the cloud: https://github.blog/changelog/2022-05-12-secret-scanning-dry-runs-for-enterprise-level-custom-patterns/",
"reactions": {
"url": "https://api.github.com/repos/github/roadmap/issues/comments/1130876857/reactions",
"total_count": 0,
"+1": 0,
"-1": 0,
"laugh": 0,
"hooray": 0,
"confused": 0,
"heart": 0,
"rocket": 0,
"eyes": 0
},
"performed_via_github_app": null,
"event": "commented",
"actor": {
"login": "octocat",
"id": 94867353,
"node_id": "U_kgDOBaePmQ",
"avatar_url": "https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/94867353?v=4",
"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": true
}
}
]Preview notices
The API to get issue timeline events is currently available for developers to preview. During the preview period, the APIs may change without advance notice. Please 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.mockingbird-previewProject card details are now shown in REST API v3 responses for project-related issue and timeline events. This feature is now available for developers to preview. For details, see the blog post.
To receive the project_card attribute, project boards must be enabled for a repository, and you must provide a custom media type in the Accept header:
application/vnd.github.starfox-preview+json