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REST API endpoints for issue events
Use the REST API to retrieve events triggered by activity in issues and pull requests.
About events
You can use the REST API to view different types of events triggered by activity in issues and pull requests. For more information about the specific events that you can receive, see "Issue event types." To view GitHub activity outside of issues and pull requests, you can use the Events endpoints.
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 the Issues endpoints.
List issue events for a repository
Lists events for a repository.
Parameters for "List issue events for a repository"
Name, Type, Description |
---|
accept string Setting to |
Name, Type, Description |
---|
owner string RequiredThe account owner of the repository. The name is not case sensitive. |
repo string RequiredThe name of the repository without the |
Name, Type, Description |
---|
per_page integer The number of results per page (max 100). For more information, see "Using pagination in the REST API." Default: |
page integer The page number of the results to fetch. For more information, see "Using pagination in the REST API." Default: |
HTTP response status codes for "List issue events for a repository"
Status code | Description |
---|---|
200 | OK |
422 | Validation failed, or the endpoint has been spammed. |
Code samples for "List issue events for a repository"
Request example
curl -L \
-H "Accept: application/vnd.github+json" \
-H "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR-TOKEN>" \
-H "X-GitHub-Api-Version: 2022-11-28" \
http(s)://HOSTNAME/api/v3/repos/OWNER/REPO/issues/events
Response
Status: 200
[
{
"id": 1,
"node_id": "MDEwOklzc3VlRXZlbnQx",
"url": "https://HOSTNAME/repos/octocat/Hello-World/issues/events/1",
"actor": {
"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
},
"event": "closed",
"commit_id": "6dcb09b5b57875f334f61aebed695e2e4193db5e",
"commit_url": "https://HOSTNAME/repos/octocat/Hello-World/commits/6dcb09b5b57875f334f61aebed695e2e4193db5e",
"created_at": "2011-04-14T16:00:49Z",
"issue": {
"id": 1,
"node_id": "MDU6SXNzdWUx",
"url": "https://HOSTNAME/repos/octocat/Hello-World/issues/1347",
"repository_url": "https://HOSTNAME/repos/octocat/Hello-World",
"labels_url": "https://HOSTNAME/repos/octocat/Hello-World/issues/1347/labels{/name}",
"comments_url": "https://HOSTNAME/repos/octocat/Hello-World/issues/1347/comments",
"events_url": "https://HOSTNAME/repos/octocat/Hello-World/issues/1347/events",
"html_url": "https://github.com/octocat/Hello-World/issues/1347",
"number": 1347,
"state": "open",
"title": "Found a bug",
"body": "I'm having a problem with this.",
"user": {
"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
},
"labels": [
{
"id": 208045946,
"node_id": "MDU6TGFiZWwyMDgwNDU5NDY=",
"url": "https://HOSTNAME/repos/octocat/Hello-World/labels/bug",
"name": "bug",
"description": "Something isn't working",
"color": "f29513",
"default": true
}
],
"assignee": {
"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
},
"assignees": [
{
"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
}
],
"milestone": {
"url": "https://HOSTNAME/repos/octocat/Hello-World/milestones/1",
"html_url": "https://github.com/octocat/Hello-World/milestones/v1.0",
"labels_url": "https://HOSTNAME/repos/octocat/Hello-World/milestones/1/labels",
"id": 1002604,
"node_id": "MDk6TWlsZXN0b25lMTAwMjYwNA==",
"number": 1,
"state": "open",
"title": "v1.0",
"description": "Tracking milestone for version 1.0",
"creator": {
"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
},
"open_issues": 4,
"closed_issues": 8,
"created_at": "2011-04-10T20:09:31Z",
"updated_at": "2014-03-03T18:58:10Z",
"closed_at": "2013-02-12T13:22:01Z",
"due_on": "2012-10-09T23:39:01Z"
},
"locked": true,
"active_lock_reason": "too heated",
"comments": 0,
"pull_request": {
"url": "https://HOSTNAME/repos/octocat/Hello-World/pulls/1347",
"html_url": "https://github.com/octocat/Hello-World/pull/1347",
"diff_url": "https://github.com/octocat/Hello-World/pull/1347.diff",
"patch_url": "https://github.com/octocat/Hello-World/pull/1347.patch"
},
"closed_at": null,
"created_at": "2011-04-22T13:33:48Z",
"updated_at": "2011-04-22T13:33:48Z",
"author_association": "COLLABORATOR",
"state_reason": "completed"
}
}
]
Get an issue event
Gets a single event by the event id.
Parameters for "Get an issue event"
Name, Type, Description |
---|
accept string Setting to |
Name, Type, Description |
---|
owner string RequiredThe account owner of the repository. The name is not case sensitive. |
repo string RequiredThe name of the repository without the |
event_id integer Required |
HTTP response status codes for "Get an issue event"
Status code | Description |
---|---|
200 | OK |
403 | Forbidden |
404 | Resource not found |
410 | Gone |
Code samples for "Get an issue event"
Request example
curl -L \
-H "Accept: application/vnd.github+json" \
-H "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR-TOKEN>" \
-H "X-GitHub-Api-Version: 2022-11-28" \
http(s)://HOSTNAME/api/v3/repos/OWNER/REPO/issues/events/EVENT_ID
Response
Status: 200
{
"id": 1,
"node_id": "MDEwOklzc3VlRXZlbnQx",
"url": "https://HOSTNAME/repos/octocat/Hello-World/issues/events/1",
"actor": {
"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
},
"event": "closed",
"commit_id": "6dcb09b5b57875f334f61aebed695e2e4193db5e",
"commit_url": "https://HOSTNAME/repos/octocat/Hello-World/commits/6dcb09b5b57875f334f61aebed695e2e4193db5e",
"created_at": "2011-04-14T16:00:49Z",
"issue": {
"id": 1,
"node_id": "MDU6SXNzdWUx",
"url": "https://HOSTNAME/repos/octocat/Hello-World/issues/1347",
"repository_url": "https://HOSTNAME/repos/octocat/Hello-World",
"labels_url": "https://HOSTNAME/repos/octocat/Hello-World/issues/1347/labels{/name}",
"comments_url": "https://HOSTNAME/repos/octocat/Hello-World/issues/1347/comments",
"events_url": "https://HOSTNAME/repos/octocat/Hello-World/issues/1347/events",
"html_url": "https://github.com/octocat/Hello-World/issues/1347",
"number": 1347,
"state": "open",
"title": "Found a bug",
"body": "I'm having a problem with this.",
"user": {
"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
},
"labels": [
{
"id": 208045946,
"node_id": "MDU6TGFiZWwyMDgwNDU5NDY=",
"url": "https://HOSTNAME/repos/octocat/Hello-World/labels/bug",
"name": "bug",
"description": "Something isn't working",
"color": "f29513",
"default": true
}
],
"assignee": {
"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
},
"assignees": [
{
"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
}
],
"milestone": {
"url": "https://HOSTNAME/repos/octocat/Hello-World/milestones/1",
"html_url": "https://github.com/octocat/Hello-World/milestones/v1.0",
"labels_url": "https://HOSTNAME/repos/octocat/Hello-World/milestones/1/labels",
"id": 1002604,
"node_id": "MDk6TWlsZXN0b25lMTAwMjYwNA==",
"number": 1,
"state": "open",
"title": "v1.0",
"description": "Tracking milestone for version 1.0",
"creator": {
"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
},
"open_issues": 4,
"closed_issues": 8,
"created_at": "2011-04-10T20:09:31Z",
"updated_at": "2014-03-03T18:58:10Z",
"closed_at": "2013-02-12T13:22:01Z",
"due_on": "2012-10-09T23:39:01Z"
},
"locked": true,
"performed_via_github_app": {
"id": 1,
"slug": "octoapp",
"node_id": "MDExOkludGVncmF0aW9uMQ==",
"owner": {
"login": "github",
"id": 1,
"node_id": "MDEyOk9yZ2FuaXphdGlvbjE=",
"url": "https://HOSTNAME/orgs/github",
"repos_url": "https://HOSTNAME/orgs/github/repos",
"events_url": "https://HOSTNAME/orgs/github/events",
"avatar_url": "https://github.com/images/error/octocat_happy.gif",
"gravatar_id": "",
"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",
"received_events_url": "https://HOSTNAME/users/octocat/received_events",
"type": "User",
"site_admin": true
},
"name": "Octocat App",
"description": "",
"external_url": "https://example.com",
"html_url": "https://github.com/apps/octoapp",
"created_at": "2017-07-08T16:18:44-04:00",
"updated_at": "2017-07-08T16:18:44-04:00",
"permissions": {
"metadata": "read",
"contents": "read",
"issues": "write",
"single_file": "write"
},
"events": [
"push",
"pull_request"
]
},
"comments": 0,
"pull_request": {
"url": "https://HOSTNAME/repos/octocat/Hello-World/pulls/1347",
"html_url": "https://github.com/octocat/Hello-World/pull/1347",
"diff_url": "https://github.com/octocat/Hello-World/pull/1347.diff",
"patch_url": "https://github.com/octocat/Hello-World/pull/1347.patch"
},
"closed_at": null,
"created_at": "2011-04-22T13:33:48Z",
"updated_at": "2011-04-22T13:33:48Z",
"author_association": "COLLABORATOR",
"state_reason": "completed"
}
}
List issue events
Lists all events for an issue.
Parameters for "List issue events"
Name, Type, Description |
---|
accept string Setting to |
Name, Type, Description |
---|
owner string RequiredThe account owner of the repository. The name is not case sensitive. |
repo string RequiredThe name of the repository without the |
issue_number integer RequiredThe number that identifies the issue. |
Name, Type, Description |
---|
per_page integer The number of results per page (max 100). For more information, see "Using pagination in the REST API." Default: |
page integer The page number of the results to fetch. For more information, see "Using pagination in the REST API." Default: |
HTTP response status codes for "List issue events"
Status code | Description |
---|---|
200 | OK |
410 | Gone |
Code samples for "List issue events"
Request example
curl -L \
-H "Accept: application/vnd.github+json" \
-H "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR-TOKEN>" \
-H "X-GitHub-Api-Version: 2022-11-28" \
http(s)://HOSTNAME/api/v3/repos/OWNER/REPO/issues/ISSUE_NUMBER/events
Response
Status: 200
[
{
"id": 1,
"node_id": "MDEwOklzc3VlRXZlbnQx",
"url": "https://HOSTNAME/repos/octocat/Hello-World/issues/events/1",
"actor": {
"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
},
"event": "closed",
"commit_id": "6dcb09b5b57875f334f61aebed695e2e4193db5e",
"commit_url": "https://HOSTNAME/repos/octocat/Hello-World/commits/6dcb09b5b57875f334f61aebed695e2e4193db5e",
"created_at": "2011-04-14T16:00:49Z",
"performed_via_github_app": null,
"label": {
"name": "label",
"color": "red"
}
}
]