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Reactions

In this article

Reaction types

When creating a reaction, the allowed values for the content parameter are as follows (with the corresponding emoji for reference):

contentemoji
+1👍
-1👎
laugh😄
confused😕
heart❤️
hooray🎉
rocket🚀
eyes👀

Delete a reaction

OAuth access tokens require the write:discussion scope, when deleting a team discussion or team discussion comment.

delete /reactions/{reaction_id}

Parameters

Name Type In Description
accept string header

Setting to application/vnd.github.v3+json is recommended. See preview notice

accept string header

This API is under preview and subject to change.
reaction_id integer path

Code samples

Shell 
curl \
  -X DELETE \
  -H "Accept: application/vnd.github.v3+json" \
  https://api.github.com/reactions/42
JavaScript (@octokit/core.js) 
await octokit.request('DELETE /reactions/{reaction_id}', {
  reaction_id: 42
})

Default Response

Status: 204 No Content

Notes

Preview notice

An additional reactions object in the issue comment payload is currently available for developers to preview. During the preview period, the APIs may change without advance notice. Please see the blog post for full details.

To access the API you must provide a custom media type in the Accept header:

application/vnd.github.squirrel-girl-preview

The reactions key will have the following payload where url can be used to construct the API location for listing and creating reactions.

get /repos/{owner}/{repo}/comments/{comment_id}/reactions

Parameters

Name Type In Description
accept string header

This API is under preview and subject to change. See preview notice

owner string path
repo string path
comment_id integer path

comment_id parameter
content string query

Returns a single reaction type. Omit this parameter to list all reactions to a commit comment.
per_page integer query

Results per page (max 100)
page integer query

Page number of the results to fetch.

Code samples

Shell 
curl \
  -H "Accept: application/vnd.github.squirrel-girl-preview+json" \
  https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/hello-world/comments/42/reactions
JavaScript (@octokit/core.js) 
await octokit.request('GET /repos/{owner}/{repo}/comments/{comment_id}/reactions', {
  owner: 'octocat',
  repo: 'hello-world',
  comment_id: 42,
  mediaType: {
    previews: [
      'squirrel-girl'
    ]
  }
})

Default response

Status: 200 OK
[
  {
    "id": 1,
    "node_id": "MDg6UmVhY3Rpb24x",
    "user": {
      "login": "octocat",
      "id": 1,
      "node_id": "MDQ6VXNlcjE=",
      "avatar_url": "https://github.com/images/error/octocat_happy.gif",
      "gravatar_id": "",
      "url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat",
      "html_url": "https://github.com/octocat",
      "followers_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/followers",
      "following_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/following{/other_user}",
      "gists_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/gists{/gist_id}",
      "starred_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/starred{/owner}{/repo}",
      "subscriptions_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/subscriptions",
      "organizations_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/orgs",
      "repos_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/repos",
      "events_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/events{/privacy}",
      "received_events_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/received_events",
      "type": "User",
      "site_admin": false
    },
    "content": "heart",
    "created_at": "2016-05-20T20:09:31Z"
  }
]

Resource not found

Status: 404 Not Found

Preview header missing

Status: 415 Unsupported Media Type

Notes

Preview notice

An additional reactions object in the issue comment payload is currently available for developers to preview. During the preview period, the APIs may change without advance notice. Please see the blog post for full details.

To access the API you must provide a custom media type in the Accept header:

application/vnd.github.squirrel-girl-preview

The reactions key will have the following payload where url can be used to construct the API location for listing and creating reactions.

☝️ This header is required.

Create reaction for a commit comment

Create a reaction to a commit comment. A response with a Status: 200 OK means that you already added the reaction type to this commit comment.

post /repos/{owner}/{repo}/comments/{comment_id}/reactions

Parameters

Name Type In Description
accept string header

This API is under preview and subject to change. See preview notice

owner string path
repo string path
comment_id integer path

comment_id parameter
content string body

Required. The reaction type to add to the commit comment.

Code samples

Shell 
curl \
  -X POST \
  -H "Accept: application/vnd.github.squirrel-girl-preview+json" \
  https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/hello-world/comments/42/reactions \
  -d '{"content":"content"}'
JavaScript (@octokit/core.js) 
await octokit.request('POST /repos/{owner}/{repo}/comments/{comment_id}/reactions', {
  owner: 'octocat',
  repo: 'hello-world',
  comment_id: 42,
  content: 'content',
  mediaType: {
    previews: [
      'squirrel-girl'
    ]
  }
})

Default response

Status: 200 OK
{
  "id": 1,
  "node_id": "MDg6UmVhY3Rpb24x",
  "user": {
    "login": "octocat",
    "id": 1,
    "node_id": "MDQ6VXNlcjE=",
    "avatar_url": "https://github.com/images/error/octocat_happy.gif",
    "gravatar_id": "",
    "url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat",
    "html_url": "https://github.com/octocat",
    "followers_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/followers",
    "following_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/following{/other_user}",
    "gists_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/gists{/gist_id}",
    "starred_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/starred{/owner}{/repo}",
    "subscriptions_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/subscriptions",
    "organizations_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/orgs",
    "repos_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/repos",
    "events_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/events{/privacy}",
    "received_events_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/received_events",
    "type": "User",
    "site_admin": false
  },
  "content": "heart",
  "created_at": "2016-05-20T20:09:31Z"
}

Default response

Status: 201 Created
{
  "id": 1,
  "node_id": "MDg6UmVhY3Rpb24x",
  "user": {
    "login": "octocat",
    "id": 1,
    "node_id": "MDQ6VXNlcjE=",
    "avatar_url": "https://github.com/images/error/octocat_happy.gif",
    "gravatar_id": "",
    "url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat",
    "html_url": "https://github.com/octocat",
    "followers_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/followers",
    "following_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/following{/other_user}",
    "gists_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/gists{/gist_id}",
    "starred_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/starred{/owner}{/repo}",
    "subscriptions_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/subscriptions",
    "organizations_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/orgs",
    "repos_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/repos",
    "events_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/events{/privacy}",
    "received_events_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/received_events",
    "type": "User",
    "site_admin": false
  },
  "content": "heart",
  "created_at": "2016-05-20T20:09:31Z"
}

Preview header missing

Status: 415 Unsupported Media Type

Validation failed

Status: 422 Unprocessable Entity

Notes

Preview notice

An additional reactions object in the issue comment payload is currently available for developers to preview. During the preview period, the APIs may change without advance notice. Please see the blog post for full details.

To access the API you must provide a custom media type in the Accept header:

application/vnd.github.squirrel-girl-preview

The reactions key will have the following payload where url can be used to construct the API location for listing and creating reactions.

☝️ This header is required. 
get /repos/{owner}/{repo}/issues/comments/{comment_id}/reactions

Parameters

Name Type In Description
accept string header

This API is under preview and subject to change. See preview notice

owner string path
repo string path
comment_id integer path

comment_id parameter
content string query

Returns a single reaction type. Omit this parameter to list all reactions to an issue comment.
per_page integer query

Results per page (max 100)
page integer query

Page number of the results to fetch.

Code samples

Shell 
curl \
  -H "Accept: application/vnd.github.squirrel-girl-preview+json" \
  https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/hello-world/issues/comments/42/reactions
JavaScript (@octokit/core.js) 
await octokit.request('GET /repos/{owner}/{repo}/issues/comments/{comment_id}/reactions', {
  owner: 'octocat',
  repo: 'hello-world',
  comment_id: 42,
  mediaType: {
    previews: [
      'squirrel-girl'
    ]
  }
})

Default response

Status: 200 OK
[
  {
    "id": 1,
    "node_id": "MDg6UmVhY3Rpb24x",
    "user": {
      "login": "octocat",
      "id": 1,
      "node_id": "MDQ6VXNlcjE=",
      "avatar_url": "https://github.com/images/error/octocat_happy.gif",
      "gravatar_id": "",
      "url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat",
      "html_url": "https://github.com/octocat",
      "followers_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/followers",
      "following_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/following{/other_user}",
      "gists_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/gists{/gist_id}",
      "starred_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/starred{/owner}{/repo}",
      "subscriptions_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/subscriptions",
      "organizations_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/orgs",
      "repos_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/repos",
      "events_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/events{/privacy}",
      "received_events_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/received_events",
      "type": "User",
      "site_admin": false
    },
    "content": "heart",
    "created_at": "2016-05-20T20:09:31Z"
  }
]

Resource not found

Status: 404 Not Found

Preview header missing

Status: 415 Unsupported Media Type

Notes

Preview notice

An additional reactions object in the issue comment payload is currently available for developers to preview. During the preview period, the APIs may change without advance notice. Please see the blog post for full details.

To access the API you must provide a custom media type in the Accept header:

application/vnd.github.squirrel-girl-preview

The reactions key will have the following payload where url can be used to construct the API location for listing and creating reactions.

☝️ This header is required.

Create reaction for an issue comment

Create a reaction to an issue comment. A response with a Status: 200 OK means that you already added the reaction type to this issue comment.

post /repos/{owner}/{repo}/issues/comments/{comment_id}/reactions

Parameters

Name Type In Description
accept string header

This API is under preview and subject to change. See preview notice

owner string path
repo string path
comment_id integer path

comment_id parameter
content string body

Required. The reaction type to add to the issue comment.

Code samples

Shell 
curl \
  -X POST \
  -H "Accept: application/vnd.github.squirrel-girl-preview+json" \
  https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/hello-world/issues/comments/42/reactions \
  -d '{"content":"content"}'
JavaScript (@octokit/core.js) 
await octokit.request('POST /repos/{owner}/{repo}/issues/comments/{comment_id}/reactions', {
  owner: 'octocat',
  repo: 'hello-world',
  comment_id: 42,
  content: 'content',
  mediaType: {
    previews: [
      'squirrel-girl'
    ]
  }
})

Default response

Status: 200 OK
{
  "id": 1,
  "node_id": "MDg6UmVhY3Rpb24x",
  "user": {
    "login": "octocat",
    "id": 1,
    "node_id": "MDQ6VXNlcjE=",
    "avatar_url": "https://github.com/images/error/octocat_happy.gif",
    "gravatar_id": "",
    "url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat",
    "html_url": "https://github.com/octocat",
    "followers_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/followers",
    "following_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/following{/other_user}",
    "gists_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/gists{/gist_id}",
    "starred_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/starred{/owner}{/repo}",
    "subscriptions_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/subscriptions",
    "organizations_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/orgs",
    "repos_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/repos",
    "events_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/events{/privacy}",
    "received_events_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/received_events",
    "type": "User",
    "site_admin": false
  },
  "content": "heart",
  "created_at": "2016-05-20T20:09:31Z"
}

Default response

Status: 201 Created
{
  "id": 1,
  "node_id": "MDg6UmVhY3Rpb24x",
  "user": {
    "login": "octocat",
    "id": 1,
    "node_id": "MDQ6VXNlcjE=",
    "avatar_url": "https://github.com/images/error/octocat_happy.gif",
    "gravatar_id": "",
    "url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat",
    "html_url": "https://github.com/octocat",
    "followers_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/followers",
    "following_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/following{/other_user}",
    "gists_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/gists{/gist_id}",
    "starred_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/starred{/owner}{/repo}",
    "subscriptions_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/subscriptions",
    "organizations_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/orgs",
    "repos_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/repos",
    "events_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/events{/privacy}",
    "received_events_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/received_events",
    "type": "User",
    "site_admin": false
  },
  "content": "heart",
  "created_at": "2016-05-20T20:09:31Z"
}

Preview header missing

Status: 415 Unsupported Media Type

Validation failed

Status: 422 Unprocessable Entity

Notes

Preview notice

An additional reactions object in the issue comment payload is currently available for developers to preview. During the preview period, the APIs may change without advance notice. Please see the blog post for full details.

To access the API you must provide a custom media type in the Accept header:

application/vnd.github.squirrel-girl-preview

The reactions key will have the following payload where url can be used to construct the API location for listing and creating reactions.

☝️ This header is required.

List reactions for an issue

List the reactions to an issue.

get /repos/{owner}/{repo}/issues/{issue_number}/reactions

Parameters

Name Type In Description
accept string header

This API is under preview and subject to change. See preview notice

owner string path
repo string path
issue_number integer path

issue_number parameter
content string query

Returns a single reaction type. Omit this parameter to list all reactions to an issue.
per_page integer query

Results per page (max 100)
page integer query

Page number of the results to fetch.

Code samples

Shell 
curl \
  -H "Accept: application/vnd.github.squirrel-girl-preview+json" \
  https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/hello-world/issues/42/reactions
JavaScript (@octokit/core.js) 
await octokit.request('GET /repos/{owner}/{repo}/issues/{issue_number}/reactions', {
  owner: 'octocat',
  repo: 'hello-world',
  issue_number: 42,
  mediaType: {
    previews: [
      'squirrel-girl'
    ]
  }
})

Default response

Status: 200 OK
[
  {
    "id": 1,
    "node_id": "MDg6UmVhY3Rpb24x",
    "user": {
      "login": "octocat",
      "id": 1,
      "node_id": "MDQ6VXNlcjE=",
      "avatar_url": "https://github.com/images/error/octocat_happy.gif",
      "gravatar_id": "",
      "url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat",
      "html_url": "https://github.com/octocat",
      "followers_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/followers",
      "following_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/following{/other_user}",
      "gists_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/gists{/gist_id}",
      "starred_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/starred{/owner}{/repo}",
      "subscriptions_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/subscriptions",
      "organizations_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/orgs",
      "repos_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/repos",
      "events_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/events{/privacy}",
      "received_events_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/received_events",
      "type": "User",
      "site_admin": false
    },
    "content": "heart",
    "created_at": "2016-05-20T20:09:31Z"
  }
]

Resource not found

Status: 404 Not Found

Gone

Status: 410 Gone

Preview header missing

Status: 415 Unsupported Media Type

Notes

Preview notice

An additional reactions object in the issue comment payload is currently available for developers to preview. During the preview period, the APIs may change without advance notice. Please see the blog post for full details.

To access the API you must provide a custom media type in the Accept header:

application/vnd.github.squirrel-girl-preview

The reactions key will have the following payload where url can be used to construct the API location for listing and creating reactions.

☝️ This header is required.

Create reaction for an issue

Create a reaction to an issue. A response with a Status: 200 OK means that you already added the reaction type to this issue.

post /repos/{owner}/{repo}/issues/{issue_number}/reactions

Parameters

Name Type In Description
accept string header

This API is under preview and subject to change. See preview notice

owner string path
repo string path
issue_number integer path

issue_number parameter
content string body

Required. The reaction type to add to the issue.

Code samples

Shell 
curl \
  -X POST \
  -H "Accept: application/vnd.github.squirrel-girl-preview+json" \
  https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/hello-world/issues/42/reactions \
  -d '{"content":"content"}'
JavaScript (@octokit/core.js) 
await octokit.request('POST /repos/{owner}/{repo}/issues/{issue_number}/reactions', {
  owner: 'octocat',
  repo: 'hello-world',
  issue_number: 42,
  content: 'content',
  mediaType: {
    previews: [
      'squirrel-girl'
    ]
  }
})

Default response

Status: 201 Created
{
  "id": 1,
  "node_id": "MDg6UmVhY3Rpb24x",
  "user": {
    "login": "octocat",
    "id": 1,
    "node_id": "MDQ6VXNlcjE=",
    "avatar_url": "https://github.com/images/error/octocat_happy.gif",
    "gravatar_id": "",
    "url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat",
    "html_url": "https://github.com/octocat",
    "followers_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/followers",
    "following_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/following{/other_user}",
    "gists_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/gists{/gist_id}",
    "starred_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/starred{/owner}{/repo}",
    "subscriptions_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/subscriptions",
    "organizations_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/orgs",
    "repos_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/repos",
    "events_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/events{/privacy}",
    "received_events_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/received_events",
    "type": "User",
    "site_admin": false
  },
  "content": "heart",
  "created_at": "2016-05-20T20:09:31Z"
}

Preview header missing

Status: 415 Unsupported Media Type

Validation failed

Status: 422 Unprocessable Entity

Preview notice

An additional reactions object in the issue comment payload is currently available for developers to preview. During the preview period, the APIs may change without advance notice. Please see the blog post for full details.

To access the API you must provide a custom media type in the Accept header:

application/vnd.github.squirrel-girl-preview

The reactions key will have the following payload where url can be used to construct the API location for listing and creating reactions.

☝️ This header is required. 
get /repos/{owner}/{repo}/pulls/comments/{comment_id}/reactions

Parameters

Name Type In Description
accept string header

This API is under preview and subject to change. See preview notice

owner string path
repo string path
comment_id integer path

comment_id parameter
content string query

Returns a single reaction type. Omit this parameter to list all reactions to a pull request review comment.
per_page integer query

Results per page (max 100)
page integer query

Page number of the results to fetch.

Code samples

Shell 
curl \
  -H "Accept: application/vnd.github.squirrel-girl-preview+json" \
  https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/hello-world/pulls/comments/42/reactions
JavaScript (@octokit/core.js) 
await octokit.request('GET /repos/{owner}/{repo}/pulls/comments/{comment_id}/reactions', {
  owner: 'octocat',
  repo: 'hello-world',
  comment_id: 42,
  mediaType: {
    previews: [
      'squirrel-girl'
    ]
  }
})

Default response

Status: 200 OK
[
  {
    "id": 1,
    "node_id": "MDg6UmVhY3Rpb24x",
    "user": {
      "login": "octocat",
      "id": 1,
      "node_id": "MDQ6VXNlcjE=",
      "avatar_url": "https://github.com/images/error/octocat_happy.gif",
      "gravatar_id": "",
      "url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat",
      "html_url": "https://github.com/octocat",
      "followers_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/followers",
      "following_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/following{/other_user}",
      "gists_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/gists{/gist_id}",
      "starred_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/starred{/owner}{/repo}",
      "subscriptions_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/subscriptions",
      "organizations_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/orgs",
      "repos_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/repos",
      "events_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/events{/privacy}",
      "received_events_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/received_events",
      "type": "User",
      "site_admin": false
    },
    "content": "heart",
    "created_at": "2016-05-20T20:09:31Z"
  }
]

Resource not found

Status: 404 Not Found

Preview header missing

Status: 415 Unsupported Media Type

Notes

Preview notice

An additional reactions object in the issue comment payload is currently available for developers to preview. During the preview period, the APIs may change without advance notice. Please see the blog post for full details.

To access the API you must provide a custom media type in the Accept header:

application/vnd.github.squirrel-girl-preview

The reactions key will have the following payload where url can be used to construct the API location for listing and creating reactions.

☝️ This header is required.

Create reaction for a pull request review comment

Create a reaction to a pull request review comment. A response with a Status: 200 OK means that you already added the reaction type to this pull request review comment.

post /repos/{owner}/{repo}/pulls/comments/{comment_id}/reactions

Parameters

Name Type In Description
accept string header

This API is under preview and subject to change. See preview notice

owner string path
repo string path
comment_id integer path

comment_id parameter
content string body

Required. The reaction type to add to the pull request review comment.

Code samples

Shell 
curl \
  -X POST \
  -H "Accept: application/vnd.github.squirrel-girl-preview+json" \
  https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/hello-world/pulls/comments/42/reactions \
  -d '{"content":"content"}'
JavaScript (@octokit/core.js) 
await octokit.request('POST /repos/{owner}/{repo}/pulls/comments/{comment_id}/reactions', {
  owner: 'octocat',
  repo: 'hello-world',
  comment_id: 42,
  content: 'content',
  mediaType: {
    previews: [
      'squirrel-girl'
    ]
  }
})

Default response

Status: 200 OK
{
  "id": 1,
  "node_id": "MDg6UmVhY3Rpb24x",
  "user": {
    "login": "octocat",
    "id": 1,
    "node_id": "MDQ6VXNlcjE=",
    "avatar_url": "https://github.com/images/error/octocat_happy.gif",
    "gravatar_id": "",
    "url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat",
    "html_url": "https://github.com/octocat",
    "followers_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/followers",
    "following_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/following{/other_user}",
    "gists_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/gists{/gist_id}",
    "starred_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/starred{/owner}{/repo}",
    "subscriptions_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/subscriptions",
    "organizations_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/orgs",
    "repos_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/repos",
    "events_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/events{/privacy}",
    "received_events_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/received_events",
    "type": "User",
    "site_admin": false
  },
  "content": "heart",
  "created_at": "2016-05-20T20:09:31Z"
}

Default response

Status: 201 Created
{
  "id": 1,
  "node_id": "MDg6UmVhY3Rpb24x",
  "user": {
    "login": "octocat",
    "id": 1,
    "node_id": "MDQ6VXNlcjE=",
    "avatar_url": "https://github.com/images/error/octocat_happy.gif",
    "gravatar_id": "",
    "url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat",
    "html_url": "https://github.com/octocat",
    "followers_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/followers",
    "following_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/following{/other_user}",
    "gists_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/gists{/gist_id}",
    "starred_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/starred{/owner}{/repo}",
    "subscriptions_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/subscriptions",
    "organizations_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/orgs",
    "repos_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/repos",
    "events_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/events{/privacy}",
    "received_events_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/received_events",
    "type": "User",
    "site_admin": false
  },
  "content": "heart",
  "created_at": "2016-05-20T20:09:31Z"
}

Preview header missing

Status: 415 Unsupported Media Type

Validation failed

Status: 422 Unprocessable Entity

Notes

Preview notice

An additional reactions object in the issue comment payload is currently available for developers to preview. During the preview period, the APIs may change without advance notice. Please see the blog post for full details.

To access the API you must provide a custom media type in the Accept header:

application/vnd.github.squirrel-girl-preview

The reactions key will have the following payload where url can be used to construct the API location for listing and creating reactions.

☝️ This header is required.

List reactions for a team discussion comment

List the reactions to a team discussion comment. OAuth access tokens require the read:discussion scope.

get /teams/{team_id}/discussions/{discussion_number}/comments/{comment_number}/reactions

Parameters

Name Type In Description
accept string header

Setting to application/vnd.github.v3+json is recommended. See preview notice

accept string header

This API is under preview and subject to change.
team_id integer path
discussion_number integer path
comment_number integer path
content string query

Returns a single reaction type. Omit this parameter to list all reactions to a team discussion comment.
per_page integer query

Results per page (max 100)
page integer query

Page number of the results to fetch.

Code samples

Shell 
curl \
  -H "Accept: application/vnd.github.v3+json" \
  https://api.github.com/teams/42/discussions/42/comments/42/reactions
JavaScript (@octokit/core.js) 
await octokit.request('GET /teams/{team_id}/discussions/{discussion_number}/comments/{comment_number}/reactions', {
  team_id: 42,
  discussion_number: 42,
  comment_number: 42
})

Default response

Status: 200 OK
[
  {
    "id": 1,
    "node_id": "MDg6UmVhY3Rpb24x",
    "user": {
      "login": "octocat",
      "id": 1,
      "node_id": "MDQ6VXNlcjE=",
      "avatar_url": "https://github.com/images/error/octocat_happy.gif",
      "gravatar_id": "",
      "url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat",
      "html_url": "https://github.com/octocat",
      "followers_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/followers",
      "following_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/following{/other_user}",
      "gists_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/gists{/gist_id}",
      "starred_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/starred{/owner}{/repo}",
      "subscriptions_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/subscriptions",
      "organizations_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/orgs",
      "repos_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/repos",
      "events_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/events{/privacy}",
      "received_events_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/received_events",
      "type": "User",
      "site_admin": false
    },
    "content": "heart",
    "created_at": "2016-05-20T20:09:31Z"
  }
]

Notes

Preview notice

An additional reactions object in the issue comment payload is currently available for developers to preview. During the preview period, the APIs may change without advance notice. Please see the blog post for full details.

To access the API you must provide a custom media type in the Accept header:

application/vnd.github.squirrel-girl-preview

The reactions key will have the following payload where url can be used to construct the API location for listing and creating reactions.

Create reaction for a team discussion comment

Create a reaction to a team discussion comment. OAuth access tokens require the write:discussion scope. A response with a Status: 200 OK means that you already added the reaction type to this team discussion comment.

post /teams/{team_id}/discussions/{discussion_number}/comments/{comment_number}/reactions

Parameters

Name Type In Description
accept string header

Setting to application/vnd.github.v3+json is recommended. See preview notice

accept string header

This API is under preview and subject to change.
team_id integer path
discussion_number integer path
comment_number integer path
content string body

Required. The reaction type to add to the team discussion comment.

Code samples

Shell 
curl \
  -X POST \
  -H "Accept: application/vnd.github.v3+json" \
  https://api.github.com/teams/42/discussions/42/comments/42/reactions \
  -d '{"content":"content"}'
JavaScript (@octokit/core.js) 
await octokit.request('POST /teams/{team_id}/discussions/{discussion_number}/comments/{comment_number}/reactions', {
  team_id: 42,
  discussion_number: 42,
  comment_number: 42,
  content: 'content'
})

Default response

Status: 201 Created
{
  "id": 1,
  "node_id": "MDg6UmVhY3Rpb24x",
  "user": {
    "login": "octocat",
    "id": 1,
    "node_id": "MDQ6VXNlcjE=",
    "avatar_url": "https://github.com/images/error/octocat_happy.gif",
    "gravatar_id": "",
    "url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat",
    "html_url": "https://github.com/octocat",
    "followers_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/followers",
    "following_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/following{/other_user}",
    "gists_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/gists{/gist_id}",
    "starred_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/starred{/owner}{/repo}",
    "subscriptions_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/subscriptions",
    "organizations_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/orgs",
    "repos_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/repos",
    "events_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/events{/privacy}",
    "received_events_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/received_events",
    "type": "User",
    "site_admin": false
  },
  "content": "heart",
  "created_at": "2016-05-20T20:09:31Z"
}

Notes

Preview notice

An additional reactions object in the issue comment payload is currently available for developers to preview. During the preview period, the APIs may change without advance notice. Please see the blog post for full details.

To access the API you must provide a custom media type in the Accept header:

application/vnd.github.squirrel-girl-preview

The reactions key will have the following payload where url can be used to construct the API location for listing and creating reactions.

List reactions for a team discussion

List the reactions to a team discussion. OAuth access tokens require the read:discussion scope.

get /teams/{team_id}/discussions/{discussion_number}/reactions

Parameters

Name Type In Description
accept string header

Setting to application/vnd.github.v3+json is recommended. See preview notice

accept string header

This API is under preview and subject to change.
team_id integer path
discussion_number integer path
content string query

Returns a single reaction type. Omit this parameter to list all reactions to a team discussion.
per_page integer query

Results per page (max 100)
page integer query

Page number of the results to fetch.

Code samples

Shell 
curl \
  -H "Accept: application/vnd.github.v3+json" \
  https://api.github.com/teams/42/discussions/42/reactions
JavaScript (@octokit/core.js) 
await octokit.request('GET /teams/{team_id}/discussions/{discussion_number}/reactions', {
  team_id: 42,
  discussion_number: 42
})

Default response

Status: 200 OK
[
  {
    "id": 1,
    "node_id": "MDg6UmVhY3Rpb24x",
    "user": {
      "login": "octocat",
      "id": 1,
      "node_id": "MDQ6VXNlcjE=",
      "avatar_url": "https://github.com/images/error/octocat_happy.gif",
      "gravatar_id": "",
      "url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat",
      "html_url": "https://github.com/octocat",
      "followers_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/followers",
      "following_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/following{/other_user}",
      "gists_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/gists{/gist_id}",
      "starred_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/starred{/owner}{/repo}",
      "subscriptions_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/subscriptions",
      "organizations_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/orgs",
      "repos_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/repos",
      "events_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/events{/privacy}",
      "received_events_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/received_events",
      "type": "User",
      "site_admin": false
    },
    "content": "heart",
    "created_at": "2016-05-20T20:09:31Z"
  }
]

Notes

Preview notice

An additional reactions object in the issue comment payload is currently available for developers to preview. During the preview period, the APIs may change without advance notice. Please see the blog post for full details.

To access the API you must provide a custom media type in the Accept header:

application/vnd.github.squirrel-girl-preview

The reactions key will have the following payload where url can be used to construct the API location for listing and creating reactions.

Create reaction for a team discussion

Create a reaction to a team discussion. OAuth access tokens require the write:discussion scope. A response with a Status: 200 OK means that you already added the reaction type to this team discussion.

post /teams/{team_id}/discussions/{discussion_number}/reactions

Parameters

Name Type In Description
accept string header

Setting to application/vnd.github.v3+json is recommended. See preview notice

accept string header

This API is under preview and subject to change.
team_id integer path
discussion_number integer path
content string body

Required. The reaction type to add to the team discussion.

Code samples

Shell 
curl \
  -X POST \
  -H "Accept: application/vnd.github.v3+json" \
  https://api.github.com/teams/42/discussions/42/reactions \
  -d '{"content":"content"}'
JavaScript (@octokit/core.js) 
await octokit.request('POST /teams/{team_id}/discussions/{discussion_number}/reactions', {
  team_id: 42,
  discussion_number: 42,
  content: 'content'
})

Default response

Status: 201 Created
{
  "id": 1,
  "node_id": "MDg6UmVhY3Rpb24x",
  "user": {
    "login": "octocat",
    "id": 1,
    "node_id": "MDQ6VXNlcjE=",
    "avatar_url": "https://github.com/images/error/octocat_happy.gif",
    "gravatar_id": "",
    "url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat",
    "html_url": "https://github.com/octocat",
    "followers_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/followers",
    "following_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/following{/other_user}",
    "gists_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/gists{/gist_id}",
    "starred_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/starred{/owner}{/repo}",
    "subscriptions_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/subscriptions",
    "organizations_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/orgs",
    "repos_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/repos",
    "events_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/events{/privacy}",
    "received_events_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/received_events",
    "type": "User",
    "site_admin": false
  },
  "content": "heart",
  "created_at": "2016-05-20T20:09:31Z"
}

Preview notice

An additional reactions object in the issue comment payload is currently available for developers to preview. During the preview period, the APIs may change without advance notice. Please see the blog post for full details.

To access the API you must provide a custom media type in the Accept header:

application/vnd.github.squirrel-girl-preview

The reactions key will have the following payload where url can be used to construct the API location for listing and creating reactions.

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