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Code Scanning

Use the REST API to retrieve and update code scanning alerts from a repository.

About code scanning

You can retrieve and update code scanning alerts from a repository. You can use the endpoints to create automated reports for the code scanning alerts in an organization or upload analysis results generated using offline code scanning tools. For more information, see "Finding security vulnerabilities and errors in your code with code scanning."

Custom media type for code scanning

There is one supported custom media type for code scanning endpoints.

application/sarif+json

You can use this with GET requests sent to the /analyses/{analysis_id} endpoint. For more information about this operation, see "Get a code scanning analysis for a repository." When you use this media type with this operation, the response includes a subset of the actual data that was uploaded for the specified analysis, rather than the summary of the analysis that's returned when you use the default media type. The response also includes additional data such as the github/alertNumber and github/alertUrl properties. The data is formatted as SARIF version 2.1.0.

For more information, see "Media types."

List code scanning alerts for a repository

Works with GitHub Apps

Lists code scanning alerts.

To use this endpoint, you must use an access token with the security_events scope or, for alerts from public repositories only, an access token with the public_repo scope.

GitHub Apps must have the security_events read permission to use this endpoint.

The response includes a most_recent_instance object. This provides details of the most recent instance of this alert for the default branch (or for the specified Git reference if you used ref in the request).

Parameters for "List code scanning alerts 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
tool_name string

The name of a code scanning tool. Only results by this tool will be listed. You can specify the tool by using either tool_name or tool_guid, but not both.

tool_guid string or null

The GUID of a code scanning tool. Only results by this tool will be listed. Note that some code scanning tools may not include a GUID in their analysis data. You can specify the tool by using either tool_guid or tool_name, but not both.

page integer

Page number of the results to fetch.

Default: 1

per_page integer

The number of results per page (max 100).

Default: 30

ref string

The Git reference for the results you want to list. The ref for a branch can be formatted either as refs/heads/<branch name> or simply <branch name>. To reference a pull request use refs/pull/<number>/merge.

direction string

The direction to sort the results by.

Default: desc

Can be one of: asc, desc

sort string

The property by which to sort the results.

Default: created

Can be one of: created, updated

state string

If specified, only code scanning alerts with this state will be returned.

Can be one of: open, closed, dismissed, fixed

HTTP response status codes for "List code scanning alerts for a repository"

Status codeDescription
200

OK

304

Not modified

403

Response if GitHub Advanced Security is not enabled for this repository

404

Resource not found

503

Service unavailable

Code samples for "List code scanning alerts for a repository"

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

Response

Status: 200
[ { "number": 4, "created_at": "2020-02-13T12:29:18Z", "url": "https://HOSTNAME/repos/octocat/hello-world/code-scanning/alerts/4", "html_url": "https://github.com/octocat/hello-world/code-scanning/4", "state": "open", "fixed_at": null, "dismissed_by": null, "dismissed_at": null, "dismissed_reason": null, "rule": { "id": "js/zipslip", "severity": "error", "tags": [ "security", "external/cwe/cwe-022" ], "description": "Arbitrary file write during zip extraction", "name": "js/zipslip" }, "tool": { "name": "CodeQL", "guid": null, "version": "2.4.0" }, "most_recent_instance": { "ref": "refs/heads/main", "analysis_key": ".github/workflows/codeql-analysis.yml:CodeQL-Build", "category": ".github/workflows/codeql-analysis.yml:CodeQL-Build", "environment": "{}", "state": "open", "commit_sha": "39406e42cb832f683daa691dd652a8dc36ee8930", "message": { "text": "This path depends on a user-provided value." }, "location": { "path": "spec-main/api-session-spec.ts", "start_line": 917, "end_line": 917, "start_column": 7, "end_column": 18 }, "classifications": [ "test" ] }, "instances_url": "https://HOSTNAME/repos/octocat/hello-world/code-scanning/alerts/4/instances" }, { "number": 3, "created_at": "2020-02-13T12:29:18Z", "url": "https://HOSTNAME/repos/octocat/hello-world/code-scanning/alerts/3", "html_url": "https://github.com/octocat/hello-world/code-scanning/3", "state": "dismissed", "fixed_at": null, "dismissed_by": { "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 }, "dismissed_at": "2020-02-14T12:29:18Z", "dismissed_reason": "false positive", "rule": { "id": "js/zipslip", "severity": "error", "tags": [ "security", "external/cwe/cwe-022" ], "description": "Arbitrary file write during zip extraction", "name": "js/zipslip" }, "tool": { "name": "CodeQL", "guid": null, "version": "2.4.0" }, "most_recent_instance": { "ref": "refs/heads/main", "analysis_key": ".github/workflows/codeql-analysis.yml:CodeQL-Build", "category": ".github/workflows/codeql-analysis.yml:CodeQL-Build", "environment": "{}", "state": "open", "commit_sha": "39406e42cb832f683daa691dd652a8dc36ee8930", "message": { "text": "This path depends on a user-provided value." }, "location": { "path": "lib/ab12-gen.js", "start_line": 917, "end_line": 917, "start_column": 7, "end_column": 18 }, "classifications": [] }, "instances_url": "https://HOSTNAME/repos/octocat/hello-world/code-scanning/alerts/3/instances" } ]

Get a code scanning alert

Works with GitHub Apps

Gets a single code scanning alert. You must use an access token with the security_events scope to use this endpoint with private repos, the public_repo scope also grants permission to read security events on public repos only. GitHub Apps must have the security_events read permission to use this endpoint.

Deprecation notice: The instances field is deprecated and will, in future, not be included in the response for this endpoint. The example response reflects this change. The same information can now be retrieved via a GET request to the URL specified by instances_url.

Parameters for "Get a code scanning alert"

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.

alert_number integer Required

The number that identifies an alert. You can find this at the end of the URL for a code scanning alert within GitHub, and in the number field in the response from the GET /repos/{owner}/{repo}/code-scanning/alerts operation.

HTTP response status codes for "Get a code scanning alert"

Status codeDescription
200

OK

304

Not modified

403

Response if GitHub Advanced Security is not enabled for this repository

404

Resource not found

503

Service unavailable

Code samples for "Get a code scanning alert"

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

Response

Status: 200
{ "number": 42, "created_at": "2020-06-19T11:21:34Z", "url": "https://HOSTNAME/repos/octocat/hello-world/code-scanning/alerts/42", "html_url": "https://github.com/octocat/hello-world/code-scanning/42", "state": "dismissed", "dismissed_by": { "login": "octocat", "id": 54933897, "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 }, "dismissed_at": "2020-02-14T12:29:18Z", "dismissed_reason": "false positive", "rule": { "id": "js/zipslip", "severity": "error", "security_severity_level": "high", "description": "Arbitrary file write during zip extraction (\"Zip Slip\")", "name": "js/zipslip", "full_description": "Extracting files from a malicious zip archive without validating that the destination file path is within the destination directory can cause files outside the destination directory to be overwritten.", "tags": [ "security", "external/cwe/cwe-022" ], "help": "# Arbitrary file write during zip extraction (\"Zip Slip\")\\nExtracting files from a malicious zip archive without validating that the destination file path is within the destination directory can cause files outside the destination directory to be overwritten ...", "help_uri": "https://codeql.github.com/" }, "tool": { "name": "CodeQL", "guid": null, "version": "2.4.0" }, "most_recent_instance": { "ref": "refs/heads/main", "analysis_key": ".github/workflows/codeql-analysis.yml:CodeQL-Build", "category": ".github/workflows/codeql-analysis.yml:CodeQL-Build", "environment": "{}", "state": "dismissed", "commit_sha": "39406e42cb832f683daa691dd652a8dc36ee8930", "message": { "text": "This path depends on a user-provided value." }, "location": { "path": "spec-main/api-session-spec.ts", "start_line": 917, "end_line": 917, "start_column": 7, "end_column": 18 }, "classifications": [ "test" ] }, "instances_url": "https://HOSTNAME/repos/octocat/hello-world/code-scanning/alerts/42/instances" }

Update a code scanning alert

Works with GitHub Apps

Updates the status of a single code scanning alert. You must use an access token with the security_events scope to use this endpoint with private repositories. You can also use tokens with the public_repo scope for public repositories only. GitHub Apps must have the security_events write permission to use this endpoint.

Parameters for "Update a code scanning alert"

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.

alert_number integer Required

The number that identifies an alert. You can find this at the end of the URL for a code scanning alert within GitHub, and in the number field in the response from the GET /repos/{owner}/{repo}/code-scanning/alerts operation.

Body parameters
Name, Type, Description
state string Required

Sets the state of the code scanning alert. You must provide dismissed_reason when you set the state to dismissed.

Can be one of: open, dismissed

dismissed_reason string or null

Required when the state is dismissed. The reason for dismissing or closing the alert.

Can be one of: null, false positive, won't fix, used in tests

HTTP response status codes for "Update a code scanning alert"

Status codeDescription
200

OK

403

Response if the repository is archived or if GitHub Advanced Security is not enabled for this repository

404

Resource not found

503

Service unavailable

Code samples for "Update a code scanning alert"

patch/repos/{owner}/{repo}/code-scanning/alerts/{alert_number}
curl -L \ -X PATCH \ -H "Accept: application/vnd.github+json" \ -H "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR-TOKEN>" \ http(s)://HOSTNAME/api/v3/repos/OWNER/REPO/code-scanning/alerts/ALERT_NUMBER \ -d '{"state":"dismissed","dismissed_reason":"false positive","dismissed_comment":"This alert is not actually correct, because there'\''s a sanitizer included in the library."}'

Response

Status: 200
{ "number": 42, "created_at": "2020-08-25T21:28:36Z", "url": "https://HOSTNAME/repos/octocat/hello-world/code-scanning/alerts/42", "html_url": "https://github.com/octocat/hello-world/code-scanning/42", "state": "dismissed", "dismissed_by": { "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 }, "dismissed_at": "2020-09-02T22:34:56Z", "dismissed_reason": "false positive", "rule": { "id": "js/zipslip", "severity": "error", "security_severity_level": "high", "description": "Arbitrary file write during zip extraction (\"Zip Slip\")", "name": "js/zipslip", "full_description": "Extracting files from a malicious zip archive without validating that the destination file path is within the destination directory can cause files outside the destination directory to be overwritten.", "tags": [ "security", "external/cwe/cwe-022" ], "help": "# Arbitrary file write during zip extraction (\"Zip Slip\")\\nExtracting files from a malicious zip archive without validating that the destination file path is within the destination directory can cause files outside the destination directory to be overwritten ...", "help_uri": "https://codeql.github.com/" }, "tool": { "name": "CodeQL", "guid": null, "version": "2.4.0" }, "most_recent_instance": { "ref": "refs/heads/main", "analysis_key": ".github/workflows/codeql-analysis.yml:CodeQL-Build", "category": ".github/workflows/codeql-analysis.yml:CodeQL-Build", "environment": "{}", "state": "dismissed", "commit_sha": "39406e42cb832f683daa691dd652a8dc36ee8930", "message": { "text": "This path depends on a user-provided value." }, "location": { "path": "spec-main/api-session-spec.ts", "start_line": 917, "end_line": 917, "start_column": 7, "end_column": 18 }, "classifications": [ "test" ] }, "instances_url": "https://HOSTNAME/repos/octocat/hello-world/code-scanning/alerts/42/instances" }

List instances of a code scanning alert

Works with GitHub Apps

Lists all instances of the specified code scanning alert. You must use an access token with the security_events scope to use this endpoint with private repos, the public_repo scope also grants permission to read security events on public repos only. GitHub Apps must have the security_events read permission to use this endpoint.

Parameters for "List instances of a code scanning alert"

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.

alert_number integer Required

The number that identifies an alert. You can find this at the end of the URL for a code scanning alert within GitHub, and in the number field in the response from the GET /repos/{owner}/{repo}/code-scanning/alerts operation.

Query parameters
Name, Type, Description
page integer

Page number of the results to fetch.

Default: 1

per_page integer

The number of results per page (max 100).

Default: 30

ref string

The Git reference for the results you want to list. The ref for a branch can be formatted either as refs/heads/<branch name> or simply <branch name>. To reference a pull request use refs/pull/<number>/merge.

HTTP response status codes for "List instances of a code scanning alert"

Status codeDescription
200

OK

403

Response if GitHub Advanced Security is not enabled for this repository

404

Resource not found

503

Service unavailable

Code samples for "List instances of a code scanning alert"

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

Response

Status: 200
[ { "ref": "refs/heads/main", "analysis_key": ".github/workflows/codeql-analysis.yml:CodeQL-Build", "environment": "", "category": ".github/workflows/codeql-analysis.yml:CodeQL-Build", "state": "open", "fixed_at": null, "commit_sha": "39406e42cb832f683daa691dd652a8dc36ee8930", "message": { "text": "This path depends on a user-provided value." }, "location": { "path": "lib/ab12-gen.js", "start_line": 917, "end_line": 917, "start_column": 7, "end_column": 18 }, "classifications": [ "library" ] }, { "ref": "refs/pull/3740/merge", "analysis_key": ".github/workflows/codeql-analysis.yml:CodeQL-Build", "environment": "", "category": ".github/workflows/codeql-analysis.yml:CodeQL-Build", "state": "fixed", "fixed_at": "2020-02-14T12:29:18Z", "commit_sha": "b09da05606e27f463a2b49287684b4ae777092f2", "message": { "text": "This suffix check is missing a length comparison to correctly handle lastIndexOf returning -1." }, "location": { "path": "app/script.js", "start_line": 2, "end_line": 2, "start_column": 10, "end_column": 50 }, "classifications": [ "source" ] } ]

List code scanning analyses for a repository

Works with GitHub Apps

Lists the details of all code scanning analyses for a repository, starting with the most recent. The response is paginated and you can use the page and per_page parameters to list the analyses you're interested in. By default 30 analyses are listed per page.

The rules_count field in the response give the number of rules that were run in the analysis. For very old analyses this data is not available, and 0 is returned in this field.

You must use an access token with the security_events scope to use this endpoint with private repos, the public_repo scope also grants permission to read security events on public repos only. GitHub Apps must have the security_events read permission to use this endpoint.

Deprecation notice: The tool_name field is deprecated and will, in future, not be included in the response for this endpoint. The example response reflects this change. The tool name can now be found inside the tool field.

Parameters for "List code scanning analyses 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
tool_name string

The name of a code scanning tool. Only results by this tool will be listed. You can specify the tool by using either tool_name or tool_guid, but not both.

tool_guid string or null

The GUID of a code scanning tool. Only results by this tool will be listed. Note that some code scanning tools may not include a GUID in their analysis data. You can specify the tool by using either tool_guid or tool_name, but not both.

page integer

Page number of the results to fetch.

Default: 1

per_page integer

The number of results per page (max 100).

Default: 30

ref string

The Git reference for the analyses you want to list. The ref for a branch can be formatted either as refs/heads/<branch name> or simply <branch name>. To reference a pull request use refs/pull/<number>/merge.

sarif_id string

Filter analyses belonging to the same SARIF upload.

HTTP response status codes for "List code scanning analyses for a repository"

Status codeDescription
200

OK

403

Response if GitHub Advanced Security is not enabled for this repository

404

Resource not found

503

Service unavailable

Code samples for "List code scanning analyses for a repository"

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

Response

Status: 200
[ { "ref": "refs/heads/main", "commit_sha": "d99612c3e1f2970085cfbaeadf8f010ef69bad83", "analysis_key": ".github/workflows/codeql-analysis.yml:analyze", "environment": "{\"language\":\"python\"}", "error": "", "category": ".github/workflows/codeql-analysis.yml:analyze/language:python", "created_at": "2020-08-27T15:05:21Z", "results_count": 17, "rules_count": 49, "id": 201, "url": "https://HOSTNAME/repos/octocat/hello-world/code-scanning/analyses/201", "sarif_id": "6c81cd8e-b078-4ac3-a3be-1dad7dbd0b53", "tool": { "name": "CodeQL", "guid": null, "version": "2.4.0" }, "deletable": true, "warning": "" }, { "ref": "refs/heads/my-branch", "commit_sha": "c8cff6510d4d084fb1b4aa13b64b97ca12b07321", "analysis_key": ".github/workflows/shiftleft.yml:build", "environment": "{}", "error": "", "category": ".github/workflows/shiftleft.yml:build/", "created_at": "2020-08-31T22:46:44Z", "results_count": 17, "rules_count": 32, "id": 200, "url": "https://HOSTNAME/repos/octocat/hello-world/code-scanning/analyses/200", "sarif_id": "8981cd8e-b078-4ac3-a3be-1dad7dbd0b582", "tool": { "name": "Python Security Analysis", "guid": null, "version": "1.2.0" }, "deletable": true, "warning": "" } ]

Get a code scanning analysis for a repository

Works with GitHub Apps

Gets a specified code scanning analysis for a repository. You must use an access token with the security_events scope to use this endpoint with private repos, the public_repo scope also grants permission to read security events on public repos only. GitHub Apps must have the security_events read permission to use this endpoint.

The default JSON response contains fields that describe the analysis. This includes the Git reference and commit SHA to which the analysis relates, the datetime of the analysis, the name of the code scanning tool, and the number of alerts.

The rules_count field in the default response give the number of rules that were run in the analysis. For very old analyses this data is not available, and 0 is returned in this field.

If you use the Accept header application/sarif+json, the response contains the analysis data that was uploaded. This is formatted as SARIF version 2.1.0.

Parameters for "Get a code scanning analysis 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.

analysis_id integer Required

The ID of the analysis, as returned from the GET /repos/{owner}/{repo}/code-scanning/analyses operation.

HTTP response status codes for "Get a code scanning analysis for a repository"

Status codeDescription
200

OK

403

Response if GitHub Advanced Security is not enabled for this repository

404

Resource not found

503

Service unavailable

Code samples for "Get a code scanning analysis for a repository"

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

application/json response

Status: 200
{ "ref": "refs/heads/main", "commit_sha": "c18c69115654ff0166991962832dc2bd7756e655", "analysis_key": ".github/workflows/codeql-analysis.yml:analyze", "environment": "{\"language\":\"javascript\"}", "error": "", "category": ".github/workflows/codeql-analysis.yml:analyze/language:javascript", "created_at": "2021-01-13T11:55:49Z", "results_count": 3, "rules_count": 67, "id": 3602840, "url": "https://HOSTNAME/repos/octocat/hello-world/code-scanning/analyses/201", "sarif_id": "47177e22-5596-11eb-80a1-c1e54ef945c6", "tool": { "name": "CodeQL", "guid": null, "version": "2.4.0" }, "deletable": true, "warning": "" }

Delete a code scanning analysis from a repository

Works with GitHub Apps

Deletes a specified code scanning analysis from a repository. For private repositories, you must use an access token with the repo scope. For public repositories, you must use an access token with public_repo scope. GitHub Apps must have the security_events write permission to use this endpoint.

You can delete one analysis at a time. To delete a series of analyses, start with the most recent analysis and work backwards. Conceptually, the process is similar to the undo function in a text editor.

When you list the analyses for a repository, one or more will be identified as deletable in the response:

"deletable": true

An analysis is deletable when it's the most recent in a set of analyses. Typically, a repository will have multiple sets of analyses for each enabled code scanning tool, where a set is determined by a unique combination of analysis values:

  • ref
  • tool
  • category

If you attempt to delete an analysis that is not the most recent in a set, you'll get a 400 response with the message:

Analysis specified is not deletable.

The response from a successful DELETE operation provides you with two alternative URLs for deleting the next analysis in the set: next_analysis_url and confirm_delete_url. Use the next_analysis_url URL if you want to avoid accidentally deleting the final analysis in a set. This is a useful option if you want to preserve at least one analysis for the specified tool in your repository. Use the confirm_delete_url URL if you are content to remove all analyses for a tool. When you delete the last analysis in a set, the value of next_analysis_url and confirm_delete_url in the 200 response is null.

As an example of the deletion process, let's imagine that you added a workflow that configured a particular code scanning tool to analyze the code in a repository. This tool has added 15 analyses: 10 on the default branch, and another 5 on a topic branch. You therefore have two separate sets of analyses for this tool. You've now decided that you want to remove all of the analyses for the tool. To do this you must make 15 separate deletion requests. To start, you must find an analysis that's identified as deletable. Each set of analyses always has one that's identified as deletable. Having found the deletable analysis for one of the two sets, delete this analysis and then continue deleting the next analysis in the set until they're all deleted. Then repeat the process for the second set. The procedure therefore consists of a nested loop:

Outer loop:

  • List the analyses for the repository, filtered by tool.

  • Parse this list to find a deletable analysis. If found:

    Inner loop:

    • Delete the identified analysis.
    • Parse the response for the value of confirm_delete_url and, if found, use this in the next iteration.

The above process assumes that you want to remove all trace of the tool's analyses from the GitHub user interface, for the specified repository, and it therefore uses the confirm_delete_url value. Alternatively, you could use the next_analysis_url value, which would leave the last analysis in each set undeleted to avoid removing a tool's analysis entirely.

Parameters for "Delete a code scanning analysis from 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.

analysis_id integer Required

The ID of the analysis, as returned from the GET /repos/{owner}/{repo}/code-scanning/analyses operation.

Query parameters
Name, Type, Description
confirm_delete string or null

Allow deletion if the specified analysis is the last in a set. If you attempt to delete the final analysis in a set without setting this parameter to true, you'll get a 400 response with the message: Analysis is last of its type and deletion may result in the loss of historical alert data. Please specify confirm_delete.

HTTP response status codes for "Delete a code scanning analysis from a repository"

Status codeDescription
200

OK

400

Bad Request

403

Response if the repository is archived or if GitHub Advanced Security is not enabled for this repository

404

Resource not found

503

Service unavailable

Code samples for "Delete a code scanning analysis from a repository"

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

Default response

Status: 200
{ "next_analysis_url": "https://HOSTNAME/repos/octocat/hello-world/code-scanning/analyses/41", "confirm_delete_url": "https://HOSTNAME/repos/octocat/hello-world/code-scanning/analyses/41?confirm_delete" }

Upload an analysis as SARIF data

Works with GitHub Apps

Uploads SARIF data containing the results of a code scanning analysis to make the results available in a repository. You must use an access token with the security_events scope to use this endpoint for private repositories. You can also use tokens with the public_repo scope for public repositories only. GitHub Apps must have the security_events write permission to use this endpoint.

There are two places where you can upload code scanning results.

You must compress the SARIF-formatted analysis data that you want to upload, using gzip, and then encode it as a Base64 format string. For example:

gzip -c analysis-data.sarif | base64 -w0

SARIF upload supports a maximum number of entries per the following data objects, and an analysis will be rejected if any of these objects is above its maximum value. For some objects, there are additional values over which the entries will be ignored while keeping the most important entries whenever applicable. To get the most out of your analysis when it includes data above the supported limits, try to optimize the analysis configuration. For example, for the CodeQL tool, identify and remove the most noisy queries.
SARIF dataMaximum valuesAdditional limits
Runs per file15
Results per run25,000Only the top 5,000 results will be included, prioritized by severity.
Rules per run25,000
Thread Flow Locations per result10,000Only the top 1,000 Thread Flow Locations will be included, using prioritization.
Location per result1,000Only 100 locations will be included.

The 202 Accepted response includes an id value. You can use this ID to check the status of the upload by using it in the /sarifs/{sarif_id} endpoint. For more information, see "Get information about a SARIF upload."

Parameters for "Upload an analysis as SARIF data"

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.

Body parameters
Name, Type, Description
commit_sha string Required

The SHA of the commit to which the analysis you are uploading relates.

ref string Required

The full Git reference, formatted as refs/heads/<branch name>, refs/pull/<number>/merge, or refs/pull/<number>/head.

sarif string Required

A Base64 string representing the SARIF file to upload. You must first compress your SARIF file using gzip and then translate the contents of the file into a Base64 encoding string. For more information, see "SARIF support for code scanning."

checkout_uri string

The base directory used in the analysis, as it appears in the SARIF file. This property is used to convert file paths from absolute to relative, so that alerts can be mapped to their correct location in the repository.

started_at string

The time that the analysis run began. This is a timestamp in ISO 8601 format: YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM:SSZ.

tool_name string

The name of the tool used to generate the code scanning analysis. If this parameter is not used, the tool name defaults to "API". If the uploaded SARIF contains a tool GUID, this will be available for filtering using the tool_guid parameter of operations such as GET /repos/{owner}/{repo}/code-scanning/alerts.

HTTP response status codes for "Upload an analysis as SARIF data"

Status codeDescription
202

Accepted

400

Bad Request if the sarif field is invalid

403

Response if the repository is archived or if GitHub Advanced Security is not enabled for this repository

404

Resource not found

413

Payload Too Large if the sarif field is too large

503

Service unavailable

Code samples for "Upload an analysis as SARIF data"

post/repos/{owner}/{repo}/code-scanning/sarifs
curl -L \ -X POST \ -H "Accept: application/vnd.github+json" \ -H "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR-TOKEN>" \ http(s)://HOSTNAME/api/v3/repos/OWNER/REPO/code-scanning/sarifs \ -d '{"commit_sha":"4b6472266afd7b471e86085a6659e8c7f2b119da","ref":"refs/heads/master","sarif":"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"}'

Default response

Status: 202
{ "id": "47177e22-5596-11eb-80a1-c1e54ef945c6", "url": "https://HOSTNAME/repos/octocat/hello-world/code-scanning/sarifs/47177e22-5596-11eb-80a1-c1e54ef945c6" }

Get information about a SARIF upload

Works with GitHub Apps

Gets information about a SARIF upload, including the status and the URL of the analysis that was uploaded so that you can retrieve details of the analysis. For more information, see "Get a code scanning analysis for a repository." You must use an access token with the security_events scope to use this endpoint with private repos, the public_repo scope also grants permission to read security events on public repos only. GitHub Apps must have the security_events read permission to use this endpoint.

Parameters for "Get information about a SARIF upload"

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.

sarif_id string Required

The SARIF ID obtained after uploading.

HTTP response status codes for "Get information about a SARIF upload"

Status codeDescription
200

OK

403

Response if GitHub Advanced Security is not enabled for this repository

404

Not Found if the sarif id does not match any upload

503

Service unavailable

Code samples for "Get information about a SARIF upload"

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

Default response

Status: 200
{ "processing_status": "complete", "analyses_url": "https://HOSTNAME/repos/octocat/hello-world/code-scanning/analyses?sarif_id=47177e22-5596-11eb-80a1-c1e54ef945c6" }