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Organizations
Use the REST API to create organizations on your enterprise.
About organization administration
These endpoints are only available to authenticated site administrators. Normal users will receive a 404 response.
Create an organization
Parameters
| Headers |
|---|
| Name, Type, Description |
acceptstringSetting to |
| Body parameters |
| Name, Type, Description |
loginstringRequiredThe organization's username. |
adminstringRequiredThe login of the user who will manage this organization. |
profile_namestringThe organization's display name. |
HTTP response status codes
| Status code | Description |
|---|---|
201 | Created |
Code samples
curl \
-X POST \
-H "Accept: application/vnd.github+json" \
-H "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR-TOKEN>" \
http(s)://HOSTNAME/api/v3/admin/organizations \
-d '{"login":"github","profile_name":"GitHub, Inc.","admin":"monalisaoctocat"}'Response
Status: 201{
"login": "github",
"id": 1,
"node_id": "MDEyOk9yZ2FuaXphdGlvbjE=",
"url": "https://api.github.com/orgs/github",
"repos_url": "https://api.github.com/orgs/github/repos",
"events_url": "https://api.github.com/orgs/github/events",
"hooks_url": "https://api.github.com/orgs/github/hooks",
"issues_url": "https://api.github.com/orgs/github/issues",
"members_url": "https://api.github.com/orgs/github/members{/member}",
"public_members_url": "https://api.github.com/orgs/github/public_members{/member}",
"avatar_url": "https://github.com/images/error/octocat_happy.gif",
"description": "A great organization"
}Update an organization name
Parameters
| Headers |
|---|
| Name, Type, Description |
acceptstringSetting to |
| Path parameters |
| Name, Type, Description |
orgstringRequiredThe organization name. The name is not case sensitive. |
| Body parameters |
| Name, Type, Description |
loginstringRequiredThe organization's new name. |
HTTP response status codes
| Status code | Description |
|---|---|
202 | Accepted |
Code samples
curl \
-X PATCH \
-H "Accept: application/vnd.github+json" \
-H "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR-TOKEN>" \
http(s)://HOSTNAME/api/v3/admin/organizations/ORG \
-d '{"login":"the-new-octocats"}'Response
Status: 202{
"message": "Job queued to rename organization. It may take a few minutes to complete.",
"url": "https://<hostname>/api/v3/organizations/1"
}