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After a site administrator upgrades your Enterprise Server instance to Enterprise Server 3.9 or later, the REST API will be versioned. To learn how to find your instance's version, see "About versions of GitHub Docs". For more information, see "About API versioning."

GitHub Actions Artifacts

Use the REST API to interact with artifacts in GitHub Actions.

About artifacts in GitHub Actions

You can use the REST API to download, delete, and retrieve information about workflow artifacts in GitHub Actions. Artifacts enable you to share data between jobs in a workflow and store data once that workflow has completed. For more information, see "Storing workflow data as artifacts."

These endpoints are available for authenticated users, OAuth apps, and GitHub Apps. Access tokens require repo scope for private repositories and public_repo scope for public repositories. GitHub Apps must have the actions permission to use these endpoints.

List artifacts for a repository

Works with GitHub Apps

Lists all artifacts for a repository. Anyone with read access to the repository can use this endpoint. If the repository is private you must use an access token with the repo scope. GitHub Apps must have the actions:read permission to use this endpoint.

Parameters for "List artifacts for a repository"

Headers
Name, Type, Description
accept string

Setting to application/vnd.github+json is recommended.

Path parameters
Name, Type, Description
owner string Required

The account owner of the repository. The name is not case sensitive.

repo string Required

The name of the repository without the .git extension. The name is not case sensitive.

Query parameters
Name, Type, Description
per_page integer

The number of results per page (max 100).

Default: 30

page integer

Page number of the results to fetch.

Default: 1

HTTP response status codes for "List artifacts for a repository"

Status codeDescription
200

OK

Code samples for "List artifacts for a repository"

get/repos/{owner}/{repo}/actions/artifacts
curl -L \ -H "Accept: application/vnd.github+json" \ -H "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR-TOKEN>" \ http(s)://HOSTNAME/api/v3/repos/OWNER/REPO/actions/artifacts

Response

Status: 200
{ "total_count": 2, "artifacts": [ { "id": 11, "node_id": "MDg6QXJ0aWZhY3QxMQ==", "name": "Rails", "size_in_bytes": 556, "url": "https://HOSTNAME/repos/octo-org/octo-docs/actions/artifacts/11", "archive_download_url": "https://HOSTNAME/repos/octo-org/octo-docs/actions/artifacts/11/zip", "expired": false, "created_at": "2020-01-10T14:59:22Z", "expires_at": "2020-03-21T14:59:22Z", "updated_at": "2020-02-21T14:59:22Z" }, { "id": 13, "node_id": "MDg6QXJ0aWZhY3QxMw==", "name": "Test output", "size_in_bytes": 453, "url": "https://HOSTNAME/repos/octo-org/octo-docs/actions/artifacts/13", "archive_download_url": "https://HOSTNAME/repos/octo-org/octo-docs/actions/artifacts/13/zip", "expired": false, "created_at": "2020-01-10T14:59:22Z", "expires_at": "2020-03-21T14:59:22Z", "updated_at": "2020-02-21T14:59:22Z" } ] }

Get an artifact

Works with GitHub Apps

Gets a specific artifact for a workflow run. Anyone with read access to the repository can use this endpoint. If the repository is private you must use an access token with the repo scope. GitHub Apps must have the actions:read permission to use this endpoint.

Parameters for "Get an artifact"

Headers
Name, Type, Description
accept string

Setting to application/vnd.github+json is recommended.

Path parameters
Name, Type, Description
owner string Required

The account owner of the repository. The name is not case sensitive.

repo string Required

The name of the repository without the .git extension. The name is not case sensitive.

artifact_id integer Required

The unique identifier of the artifact.

HTTP response status codes for "Get an artifact"

Status codeDescription
200

OK

Code samples for "Get an artifact"

get/repos/{owner}/{repo}/actions/artifacts/{artifact_id}
curl -L \ -H "Accept: application/vnd.github+json" \ -H "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR-TOKEN>" \ http(s)://HOSTNAME/api/v3/repos/OWNER/REPO/actions/artifacts/ARTIFACT_ID

Response

Status: 200
{ "id": 11, "node_id": "MDg6QXJ0aWZhY3QxMQ==", "name": "Rails", "size_in_bytes": 556, "url": "https://HOSTNAME/repos/octo-org/octo-docs/actions/artifacts/11", "archive_download_url": "https://HOSTNAME/repos/octo-org/octo-docs/actions/artifacts/11/zip", "expired": false, "created_at": "2020-01-10T14:59:22Z", "expires_at": "2020-01-21T14:59:22Z", "updated_at": "2020-01-21T14:59:22Z" }

Delete an artifact

Works with GitHub Apps

Deletes an artifact for a workflow run. You must authenticate using an access token with the repo scope to use this endpoint. GitHub Apps must have the actions:write permission to use this endpoint.

Parameters for "Delete an artifact"

Headers
Name, Type, Description
accept string

Setting to application/vnd.github+json is recommended.

Path parameters
Name, Type, Description
owner string Required

The account owner of the repository. The name is not case sensitive.

repo string Required

The name of the repository without the .git extension. The name is not case sensitive.

artifact_id integer Required

The unique identifier of the artifact.

HTTP response status codes for "Delete an artifact"

Status codeDescription
204

No Content

Code samples for "Delete an artifact"

delete/repos/{owner}/{repo}/actions/artifacts/{artifact_id}
curl -L \ -X DELETE \ -H "Accept: application/vnd.github+json" \ -H "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR-TOKEN>" \ http(s)://HOSTNAME/api/v3/repos/OWNER/REPO/actions/artifacts/ARTIFACT_ID

Response

Status: 204

Download an artifact

Works with GitHub Apps

Gets a redirect URL to download an archive for a repository. This URL expires after 1 minute. Look for Location: in the response header to find the URL for the download. The :archive_format must be zip. Anyone with read access to the repository can use this endpoint. If the repository is private you must use an access token with the repo scope. GitHub Apps must have the actions:read permission to use this endpoint.

Parameters for "Download an artifact"

Headers
Name, Type, Description
accept string

Setting to application/vnd.github+json is recommended.

Path parameters
Name, Type, Description
owner string Required

The account owner of the repository. The name is not case sensitive.

repo string Required

The name of the repository without the .git extension. The name is not case sensitive.

artifact_id integer Required

The unique identifier of the artifact.

archive_format string Required

HTTP response status codes for "Download an artifact"

Status codeDescription
302

Found

410

Gone

Code samples for "Download an artifact"

get/repos/{owner}/{repo}/actions/artifacts/{artifact_id}/{archive_format}
curl -L \ -H "Accept: application/vnd.github+json" \ -H "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR-TOKEN>" \ http(s)://HOSTNAME/api/v3/repos/OWNER/REPO/actions/artifacts/ARTIFACT_ID/ARCHIVE_FORMAT

Response

Status: 302

List workflow run artifacts

Works with GitHub Apps

Lists artifacts for a workflow run. Anyone with read access to the repository can use this endpoint. If the repository is private you must use an access token with the repo scope. GitHub Apps must have the actions:read permission to use this endpoint.

Parameters for "List workflow run artifacts"

Headers
Name, Type, Description
accept string

Setting to application/vnd.github+json is recommended.

Path parameters
Name, Type, Description
owner string Required

The account owner of the repository. The name is not case sensitive.

repo string Required

The name of the repository without the .git extension. The name is not case sensitive.

run_id integer Required

The unique identifier of the workflow run.

Query parameters
Name, Type, Description
per_page integer

The number of results per page (max 100).

Default: 30

page integer

Page number of the results to fetch.

Default: 1

HTTP response status codes for "List workflow run artifacts"

Status codeDescription
200

OK

Code samples for "List workflow run artifacts"

get/repos/{owner}/{repo}/actions/runs/{run_id}/artifacts
curl -L \ -H "Accept: application/vnd.github+json" \ -H "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR-TOKEN>" \ http(s)://HOSTNAME/api/v3/repos/OWNER/REPO/actions/runs/RUN_ID/artifacts

Response

Status: 200
{ "total_count": 2, "artifacts": [ { "id": 11, "node_id": "MDg6QXJ0aWZhY3QxMQ==", "name": "Rails", "size_in_bytes": 556, "url": "https://HOSTNAME/repos/octo-org/octo-docs/actions/artifacts/11", "archive_download_url": "https://HOSTNAME/repos/octo-org/octo-docs/actions/artifacts/11/zip", "expired": false, "created_at": "2020-01-10T14:59:22Z", "expires_at": "2020-03-21T14:59:22Z", "updated_at": "2020-02-21T14:59:22Z" }, { "id": 13, "node_id": "MDg6QXJ0aWZhY3QxMw==", "name": "Test output", "size_in_bytes": 453, "url": "https://HOSTNAME/repos/octo-org/octo-docs/actions/artifacts/13", "archive_download_url": "https://HOSTNAME/repos/octo-org/octo-docs/actions/artifacts/13/zip", "expired": false, "created_at": "2020-01-10T14:59:22Z", "expires_at": "2020-03-21T14:59:22Z", "updated_at": "2020-02-21T14:59:22Z" } ] }