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Announcement
Use the REST API to manage the global announcement banner in your enterprise.
About announcements
You can use the REST API to manage the global announcement banner in your enterprise. For more information, see "Customizing user messages for your enterprise."
Get the global announcement banner
Gets the current message and expiration date of the global announcement banner in your enterprise.
HTTP response status codes
| Status code | Description |
|---|---|
200 | OK |
Code samples
curl \
-H "Accept: application/vnd.github+json" \
-H "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR-TOKEN>" \
http(s)://HOSTNAME/api/v3/enterprise/announcementAnnouncement banner
Status: 200{
"announcement": "Very **important** announcement about _something_.",
"expires_at": "2021-01-01T00:00:00.000+00:00",
"user_dismissible": false
}Set the global announcement banner
Sets the message and expiration time for the global announcement banner in your enterprise.
Parameters
| Headers |
|---|
| Name, Type, Description |
acceptstringSetting to |
| Body parameters |
| Name, Type, Description |
announcementstring or nullRequiredThe announcement text in GitHub Flavored Markdown. For more information about GitHub Flavored Markdown, see "Basic writing and formatting syntax." |
expires_atstring or nullThe time at which the announcement expires. This is a timestamp in ISO 8601 format: |
HTTP response status codes
| Status code | Description |
|---|---|
200 | OK |
Code samples
curl \
-X PATCH \
-H "Accept: application/vnd.github+json" \
-H "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR-TOKEN>" \
http(s)://HOSTNAME/api/v3/enterprise/announcement \
-d '{"announcement":"Very **important** announcement about _something_.","expires_at":"2021-01-01T00:00:00.000+00:00"}'Announcement banner
Status: 200{
"announcement": "Very **important** announcement about _something_.",
"expires_at": "2021-01-01T00:00:00.000+00:00",
"user_dismissible": false
}Remove the global announcement banner
Removes the global announcement banner in your enterprise.
HTTP response status codes
| Status code | Description |
|---|---|
204 | No Content |
Code samples
curl \
-X DELETE \
-H "Accept: application/vnd.github+json" \
-H "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR-TOKEN>" \
http(s)://HOSTNAME/api/v3/enterprise/announcementResponse
Status: 204