Apps

The GitHub Apps API enables you to get high-level information about a GitHub App as well as specific information about installations of the app. To learn more about GitHub Apps, see "Authenticating as a GitHub App."

This page lists endpoints that you can access while authenticated as a GitHub App. See "Authenticating as a GitHub App" to learn more.

When authenticated as a GitHub App, the GitHub Apps API enables you to get high-level information about a GitHub App as well as specific information about installations of an app.

You can access REST API v3 endpoints while authenticated as a GitHub App. These endpoints have a "Notes" section that contains a bullet point that says "Works with GitHub Apps." You can also access these endpoints while authenticated as a user.

A subset of REST API v3 endpoints requires authenticating as a GitHub App installation. See Installations for a list of these endpoints.

Get the authenticated app

Returns the GitHub App associated with the authentication credentials used. To see how many app installations are associated with this GitHub App, see the installations_count in the response. For more details about your app's installations, see the "List installations for the authenticated app" endpoint.

You must use a JWT to access this endpoint.

get /app

Code samples

Shell

curl \
  -H "Accept: application/vnd.github.machine-man-preview+json" \
  http(s)://{hostname}/api/v3/app

JavaScript (@octokit/core.js)

await octokit.request('GET /app', {
  mediaType: {
    previews: [
      'machine-man'
    ]
  }
})

Response

Status: 200 OK

{
  "id": 1,
  "slug": "octoapp",
  "node_id": "MDExOkludGVncmF0aW9uMQ==",
  "owner": {
    "login": "github",
    "id": 1,
    "node_id": "MDEyOk9yZ2FuaXphdGlvbjE=",
    "url": "https://api.github.com/orgs/github",
    "repos_url": "https://api.github.com/orgs/github/repos",
    "events_url": "https://api.github.com/orgs/github/events",
    "avatar_url": "https://github.com/images/error/octocat_happy.gif",
    "gravatar_id": "",
    "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",
    "received_events_url": "https://api.github.com/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"
  ]
}

Notes

Works with GitHub Apps

Preview notice

To access the API with your GitHub App, you must provide a custom media type in the Accept Header for your requests. shell application/vnd.github.machine-man-preview+json

☝️This header is required.

Create a GitHub App from a manifest

Use this endpoint to complete the handshake necessary when implementing the GitHub App Manifest flow. When you create a GitHub App with the manifest flow, you receive a temporary code used to retrieve the GitHub App's id, pem (private key), and webhook_secret.

post /app-manifests/{code}/conversions

Parameters

Name	Type	In	Description
`accept`	string	header	Setting to `application/vnd.github.v3+json` is recommended.
`code`	string	path

Code samples

Shell

curl \
  -X POST \
  -H "Accept: application/vnd.github.v3+json" \
  http(s)://{hostname}/api/v3/app-manifests/CODE/conversions

JavaScript (@octokit/core.js)

await octokit.request('POST /app-manifests/{code}/conversions', {
  code: 'code'
})

Response

Status: 201 Created

{
  "id": 1,
  "slug": "octoapp",
  "node_id": "MDxOkludGVncmF0aW9uMQ==",
  "owner": {
    "login": "github",
    "id": 1,
    "node_id": "MDEyOk9yZ2FuaXphdGlvbjE=",
    "url": "https://api.github.com/orgs/github",
    "repos_url": "https://api.github.com/orgs/github/repos",
    "events_url": "https://api.github.com/orgs/github/events",
    "avatar_url": "https://github.com/images/error/octocat_happy.gif",
    "gravatar_id": "",
    "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",
    "received_events_url": "https://api.github.com/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"
  ],
  "client_id": "Iv1.8a61f9b3a7aba766",
  "client_secret": "1726be1638095a19edd134c77bde3aa2ece1e5d8",
  "webhook_secret": "e340154128314309424b7c8e90325147d99fdafa",
  "pem": "-----BEGIN RSA PRIVATE KEY-----\nMIIEowIBAAKCAQEAuEPzOUE+kiEH1WLiMeBytTEF856j0hOVcSUSUkZxKvqczkWM\n9vo1gDyC7ZXhdH9fKh32aapba3RSsp4ke+giSmYTk2mGR538ShSDxh0OgpJmjiKP\nX0Bj4j5sFqfXuCtl9SkH4iueivv4R53ktqM+n6hk98l6hRwC39GVIblAh2lEM4L/\n6WvYwuQXPMM5OG2Ryh2tDZ1WS5RKfgq+9ksNJ5Q9UtqtqHkO+E63N5OK9sbzpUUm\noNaOl3udTlZD3A8iqwMPVxH4SxgATBPAc+bmjk6BMJ0qIzDcVGTrqrzUiywCTLma\nszdk8GjzXtPDmuBgNn+o6s02qVGpyydgEuqmTQIDAQABAoIBACL6AvkjQVVLn8kJ\ndBYznJJ4M8ECo+YEgaFwgAHODT0zRQCCgzd+Vxl4YwHmKV2Lr+y2s0drZt8GvYva\nKOK8NYYZyi15IlwFyRXmvvykF1UBpSXluYFDH7KaVroWMgRreHcIys5LqVSIb6Bo\ngDmK0yBLPp8qR29s2b7ScZRtLaqGJiX+j55rNzrZwxHkxFHyG9OG+u9IsBElcKCP\nkYCVE8ZdYexfnKOZbgn2kZB9qu0T/Mdvki8yk3I2bI6xYO24oQmhnT36qnqWoCBX\nNuCNsBQgpYZeZET8mEAUmo9d+ABmIHIvSs005agK8xRaP4+6jYgy6WwoejJRF5yd\nNBuF7aECgYEA50nZ4FiZYV0vcJDxFYeY3kYOvVuKn8OyW+2rg7JIQTremIjv8FkE\nZnwuF9ZRxgqLxUIfKKfzp/5l5LrycNoj2YKfHKnRejxRWXqG+ZETfxxlmlRns0QG\nJ4+BYL0CoanDSeA4fuyn4Bv7cy/03TDhfg/Uq0Aeg+hhcPE/vx3ebPsCgYEAy/Pv\neDLssOSdeyIxf0Brtocg6aPXIVaLdus+bXmLg77rJIFytAZmTTW8SkkSczWtucI3\nFI1I6sei/8FdPzAl62/JDdlf7Wd9K7JIotY4TzT7Tm7QU7xpfLLYIP1bOFjN81rk\n77oOD4LsXcosB/U6s1blPJMZ6AlO2EKs10UuR1cCgYBipzuJ2ADEaOz9RLWwi0AH\nPza2Sj+c2epQD9ZivD7Zo/Sid3ZwvGeGF13JyR7kLEdmAkgsHUdu1rI7mAolXMaB\n1pdrsHureeLxGbRM6za3tzMXWv1Il7FQWoPC8ZwXvMOR1VQDv4nzq7vbbA8z8c+c\n57+8tALQHOTDOgQIzwK61QKBgERGVc0EJy4Uag+VY8J4m1ZQKBluqo7TfP6DQ7O8\nM5MX73maB/7yAX8pVO39RjrhJlYACRZNMbK+v/ckEQYdJSSKmGCVe0JrGYDuPtic\nI9+IGfSorf7KHPoMmMN6bPYQ7Gjh7a++tgRFTMEc8956Hnt4xGahy9NcglNtBpVN\n6G8jAoGBAMCh028pdzJa/xeBHLLaVB2sc0Fe7993WlsPmnVE779dAz7qMscOtXJK\nfgtriltLSSD6rTA9hUAsL/X62rY0wdXuNdijjBb/qvrx7CAV6i37NK1CjABNjsfG\nZM372Ac6zc1EqSrid2IjET1YqyIW2KGLI1R2xbQc98UGlt48OdWu\n-----END RSA PRIVATE KEY-----\n"
}

Resource not found

Status: 404 Not Found

Validation failed

Status: 422 Unprocessable Entity

List installations for the authenticated app

You must use a JWT to access this endpoint.

The permissions the installation has are included under the permissions key.

get /app/installations

Parameters

Name	Type	In	Description
`accept`	string	header	This API is under preview and subject to change.See preview notice
`accept`	string	header	This API is under preview and subject to change. Default: `application/vnd.github.machine-man-preview+json`
`per_page`	integer	query	Results per page (max 100) Default: `30`
`page`	integer	query	Page number of the results to fetch. Default: `1`

Code samples

Shell

curl \
  -H "Accept: application/vnd.github.machine-man-preview+json" \
  http(s)://{hostname}/api/v3/app/installations

JavaScript (@octokit/core.js)

await octokit.request('GET /app/installations', {
  mediaType: {
    previews: [
      'machine-man'
    ]
  }
})

The permissions the installation has are included under the `permissions` key.

Status: 200 OK

[
  {
    "id": 1,
    "account": {
      "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
    },
    "access_tokens_url": "https://api.github.com/installations/1/access_tokens",
    "repositories_url": "https://api.github.com/installation/repositories",
    "html_url": "https://github.com/organizations/github/settings/installations/1",
    "app_id": 1,
    "target_id": 1,
    "target_type": "Organization",
    "permissions": {
      "checks": "write",
      "metadata": "read",
      "contents": "read"
    },
    "events": [
      "push",
      "pull_request"
    ],
    "single_file_name": "config.yaml",
    "repository_selection": "selected",
    "created_at": "2017-07-08T16:18:44-04:00",
    "updated_at": "2017-07-08T16:18:44-04:00",
    "app_slug": "github-actions"
  }
]

Notes

Works with GitHub Apps

Preview notice

To access the API with your GitHub App, you must provide a custom media type in the Accept Header for your requests. shell application/vnd.github.machine-man-preview+json

☝️This header is required.

Get an installation for the authenticated app

Enables an authenticated GitHub App to find an installation's information using the installation id. The installation's account type (target_type) will be either an organization or a user account, depending which account the repository belongs to.

You must use a JWT to access this endpoint.

get /app/installations/{installation_id}

Parameters

Name	Type	In	Description
`accept`	string	header	This API is under preview and subject to change.See preview notice
`accept`	string	header	This API is under preview and subject to change. Default: `application/vnd.github.machine-man-preview+json`
`installation_id`	integer	path	installation_id parameter

Code samples

Shell

curl \
  -H "Accept: application/vnd.github.machine-man-preview+json" \
  http(s)://{hostname}/api/v3/app/installations/42

JavaScript (@octokit/core.js)

await octokit.request('GET /app/installations/{installation_id}', {
  installation_id: 42,
  mediaType: {
    previews: [
      'machine-man'
    ]
  }
})

Response

Status: 200 OK

{
  "id": 1,
  "account": {
    "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
  },
  "access_tokens_url": "https://api.github.com/installations/1/access_tokens",
  "repositories_url": "https://api.github.com/installation/repositories",
  "html_url": "https://github.com/organizations/github/settings/installations/1",
  "app_id": 1,
  "target_id": 1,
  "target_type": "Organization",
  "permissions": {
    "checks": "write",
    "metadata": "read",
    "contents": "read"
  },
  "events": [
    "push",
    "pull_request"
  ],
  "single_file_name": "config.yaml",
  "repository_selection": "selected",
  "created_at": "2017-07-08T16:18:44-04:00",
  "updated_at": "2017-07-08T16:18:44-04:00",
  "app_slug": "github-actions"
}

Resource not found

Status: 404 Not Found

Preview header missing

Status: 415 Unsupported Media Type

Notes

Works with GitHub Apps

Preview notice

To access the API with your GitHub App, you must provide a custom media type in the Accept Header for your requests. shell application/vnd.github.machine-man-preview+json

☝️This header is required.

Delete an installation for the authenticated app

Uninstalls a GitHub App on a user, organization, or business account. You must use a JWT to access this endpoint.

delete /app/installations/{installation_id}

Parameters

Name	Type	In	Description
`accept`	string	header	This API is under preview and subject to change.See preview notice
`accept`	string	header	This API is under preview and subject to change. Default: `application/vnd.github.machine-man-preview+json`
`installation_id`	integer	path	installation_id parameter

Code samples

Shell

curl \
  -X DELETE \
  -H "Accept: application/vnd.github.machine-man-preview+json" \
  http(s)://{hostname}/api/v3/app/installations/42

JavaScript (@octokit/core.js)

await octokit.request('DELETE /app/installations/{installation_id}', {
  installation_id: 42,
  mediaType: {
    previews: [
      'machine-man'
    ]
  }
})

Response

Status: 204 No Content

Resource not found

Status: 404 Not Found

Preview notice

To access the API with your GitHub App, you must provide a custom media type in the Accept Header for your requests. shell application/vnd.github.machine-man-preview+json

☝️This header is required.

Create an installation access token for an app

Creates an installation access token that enables a GitHub App to make authenticated API requests for the app's installation on an organization or individual account. Installation tokens expire one hour from the time you create them. Using an expired token produces a status code of 401 - Unauthorized, and requires creating a new installation token. By default the installation token has access to all repositories that the installation can access. To restrict the access to specific repositories, you can provide the repository_ids when creating the token. When you omit repository_ids, the response does not contain the repositories key.

You must use a JWT to access this endpoint.

post /app/installations/{installation_id}/access_tokens

Parameters

Name Type In Description

accept

string

header

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

accept

string

header

This API is under preview and subject to change.

Default: application/vnd.github.machine-man-preview+json

installation_id

integer

path

installation_id parameter

repositories

array of strings

body

List of repository names that the token should have access to

repository_ids

array of integers

body

List of repository IDs that the token should have access to

permissions

object

body

The permissions granted to the user-to-server access token.

Properties of the permissions object

`actions` (string)	The level of permission to grant the access token for GitHub Actions workflows, workflow runs, and artifacts. Can be one of: `read` or `write`.
`administration` (string)	The level of permission to grant the access token for repository creation, deletion, settings, teams, and collaborators creation. Can be one of: `read` or `write`.
`checks` (string)	The level of permission to grant the access token for checks on code. Can be one of: `read` or `write`.
`content_references` (string)	The level of permission to grant the access token for notification of content references and creation content attachments. Can be one of: `read` or `write`.
`contents` (string)	The level of permission to grant the access token for repository contents, commits, branches, downloads, releases, and merges. Can be one of: `read` or `write`.
`deployments` (string)	The level of permission to grant the access token for deployments and deployment statuses. Can be one of: `read` or `write`.
`environments` (string)	The level of permission to grant the access token for managing repository environments. Can be one of: `read` or `write`.
`issues` (string)	The level of permission to grant the access token for issues and related comments, assignees, labels, and milestones. Can be one of: `read` or `write`.
`metadata` (string)	The level of permission to grant the access token to search repositories, list collaborators, and access repository metadata. Can be one of: `read` or `write`.
`packages` (string)	The level of permission to grant the access token for packages published to GitHub Packages. Can be one of: `read` or `write`.
`pages` (string)	The level of permission to grant the access token to retrieve Pages statuses, configuration, and builds, as well as create new builds. Can be one of: `read` or `write`.
`pull_requests` (string)	The level of permission to grant the access token for pull requests and related comments, assignees, labels, milestones, and merges. Can be one of: `read` or `write`.
`repository_hooks` (string)	The level of permission to grant the access token to manage the post-receive hooks for a repository. Can be one of: `read` or `write`.
`repository_projects` (string)	The level of permission to grant the access token to manage repository projects, columns, and cards. Can be one of: `read`, `write`, or `admin`.
`secret_scanning_alerts` (string)	The level of permission to grant the access token to view and manage secret scanning alerts. Can be one of: `read` or `write`.
`secrets` (string)	The level of permission to grant the access token to manage repository secrets. Can be one of: `read` or `write`.
`security_events` (string)	The level of permission to grant the access token to view and manage security events like code scanning alerts. Can be one of: `read` or `write`.
`single_file` (string)	The level of permission to grant the access token to manage just a single file. Can be one of: `read` or `write`.
`statuses` (string)	The level of permission to grant the access token for commit statuses. Can be one of: `read` or `write`.
`vulnerability_alerts` (string)	The level of permission to grant the access token to retrieve Dependabot alerts. Can be one of: `read`.
`workflows` (string)	The level of permission to grant the access token to update GitHub Actions workflow files. Can be one of: `write`.
`members` (string)	The level of permission to grant the access token for organization teams and members. Can be one of: `read` or `write`.
`organization_administration` (string)	The level of permission to grant the access token to manage access to an organization. Can be one of: `read` or `write`.
`organization_hooks` (string)	The level of permission to grant the access token to manage the post-receive hooks for an organization. Can be one of: `read` or `write`.
`organization_plan` (string)	The level of permission to grant the access token for viewing an organization's plan. Can be one of: `read`.
`organization_projects` (string)	The level of permission to grant the access token to manage organization projects, columns, and cards. Can be one of: `read`, `write`, or `admin`.
`organization_packages` (string)	The level of permission to grant the access token for organization packages published to GitHub Packages. Can be one of: `read` or `write`.
`organization_secrets` (string)	The level of permission to grant the access token to manage organization secrets. Can be one of: `read` or `write`.
`organization_self_hosted_runners` (string)	The level of permission to grant the access token to view and manage GitHub Actions self-hosted runners available to an organization. Can be one of: `read` or `write`.
`organization_user_blocking` (string)	The level of permission to grant the access token to view and manage users blocked by the organization. Can be one of: `read` or `write`.
`team_discussions` (string)	The level of permission to grant the access token to manage team discussions and related comments. Can be one of: `read` or `write`.

Code samples

Shell

curl \
  -X POST \
  -H "Accept: application/vnd.github.machine-man-preview+json" \
  http(s)://{hostname}/api/v3/app/installations/42/access_tokens \
  -d '{"repositories":["repositories"]}'

JavaScript (@octokit/core.js)

await octokit.request('POST /app/installations/{installation_id}/access_tokens', {
  installation_id: 42,
  repositories: [
    'repositories'
  ],
  mediaType: {
    previews: [
      'machine-man'
    ]
  }
})

Response

Status: 201 Created

{
  "token": "ghs_16C7e42F292c6912E7710c838347Ae178B4a",
  "expires_at": "2016-07-11T22:14:10Z",
  "permissions": {
    "issues": "write",
    "contents": "read"
  },
  "repository_selection": "selected",
  "repositories": [
    {
      "id": 1296269,
      "node_id": "MDEwOlJlcG9zaXRvcnkxMjk2MjY5",
      "name": "Hello-World",
      "full_name": "octocat/Hello-World",
      "owner": {
        "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
      },
      "private": false,
      "html_url": "https://github.com/octocat/Hello-World",
      "description": "This your first repo!",
      "fork": false,
      "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World",
      "archive_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/{archive_format}{/ref}",
      "assignees_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/assignees{/user}",
      "blobs_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/git/blobs{/sha}",
      "branches_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/branches{/branch}",
      "collaborators_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/collaborators{/collaborator}",
      "comments_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/comments{/number}",
      "commits_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/commits{/sha}",
      "compare_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/compare/{base}...{head}",
      "contents_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/contents/{+path}",
      "contributors_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/contributors",
      "deployments_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/deployments",
      "downloads_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/downloads",
      "events_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/events",
      "forks_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/forks",
      "git_commits_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/git/commits{/sha}",
      "git_refs_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/git/refs{/sha}",
      "git_tags_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/git/tags{/sha}",
      "git_url": "git:github.com/octocat/Hello-World.git",
      "issue_comment_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/issues/comments{/number}",
      "issue_events_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/issues/events{/number}",
      "issues_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/issues{/number}",
      "keys_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/keys{/key_id}",
      "labels_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/labels{/name}",
      "languages_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/languages",
      "merges_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/merges",
      "milestones_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/milestones{/number}",
      "notifications_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/notifications{?since,all,participating}",
      "pulls_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/pulls{/number}",
      "releases_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/releases{/id}",
      "ssh_url": "git@github.com:octocat/Hello-World.git",
      "stargazers_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/stargazers",
      "statuses_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/statuses/{sha}",
      "subscribers_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/subscribers",
      "subscription_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/subscription",
      "tags_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/tags",
      "teams_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/teams",
      "trees_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/git/trees{/sha}",
      "clone_url": "https://github.com/octocat/Hello-World.git",
      "mirror_url": "git:git.example.com/octocat/Hello-World",
      "hooks_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/hooks",
      "svn_url": "https://svn.github.com/octocat/Hello-World",
      "homepage": "https://github.com",
      "language": null,
      "forks_count": 9,
      "stargazers_count": 80,
      "watchers_count": 80,
      "size": 108,
      "default_branch": "master",
      "open_issues_count": 0,
      "is_template": true,
      "topics": [
        "octocat",
        "atom",
        "electron",
        "api"
      ],
      "has_issues": true,
      "has_projects": true,
      "has_wiki": true,
      "has_pages": false,
      "has_downloads": true,
      "archived": false,
      "disabled": false,
      "visibility": "public",
      "pushed_at": "2011-01-26T19:06:43Z",
      "created_at": "2011-01-26T19:01:12Z",
      "updated_at": "2011-01-26T19:14:43Z",
      "permissions": {
        "admin": false,
        "push": false,
        "pull": true
      },
      "allow_rebase_merge": true,
      "template_repository": null,
      "temp_clone_token": "ABTLWHOULUVAXGTRYU7OC2876QJ2O",
      "allow_squash_merge": true,
      "delete_branch_on_merge": true,
      "allow_merge_commit": true,
      "subscribers_count": 42,
      "network_count": 0,
      "license": {
        "key": "mit",
        "name": "MIT License",
        "url": "https://api.github.com/licenses/mit",
        "spdx_id": "MIT",
        "node_id": "MDc6TGljZW5zZW1pdA==",
        "html_url": "https://github.com/licenses/mit"
      },
      "forks": 1,
      "open_issues": 1,
      "watchers": 1
    }
  ]
}

Requires authentication

Status: 401 Unauthorized

Forbidden

Status: 403 Forbidden

Resource not found

Status: 404 Not Found

Preview header missing

Status: 415 Unsupported Media Type

Validation failed

Status: 422 Unprocessable Entity

Notes

Works with GitHub Apps

Preview notice

To access the API with your GitHub App, you must provide a custom media type in the Accept Header for your requests. shell application/vnd.github.machine-man-preview+json

☝️This header is required.

Get an app

Note: The :app_slug is just the URL-friendly name of your GitHub App. You can find this on the settings page for your GitHub App (e.g., https://github.com/settings/apps/:app_slug).

If the GitHub App you specify is public, you can access this endpoint without authenticating. If the GitHub App you specify is private, you must authenticate with a personal access token or an installation access token to access this endpoint.

get /apps/{app_slug}

Parameters

Name	Type	In	Description
`accept`	string	header	This API is under preview and subject to change.See preview notice
`app_slug`	string	path

Code samples

Shell

curl \
  -H "Accept: application/vnd.github.machine-man-preview+json" \
  http(s)://{hostname}/api/v3/apps/APP_SLUG

JavaScript (@octokit/core.js)

await octokit.request('GET /apps/{app_slug}', {
  app_slug: 'app_slug',
  mediaType: {
    previews: [
      'machine-man'
    ]
  }
})

Response

Status: 200 OK

{
  "id": 1,
  "slug": "octoapp",
  "node_id": "MDExOkludGVncmF0aW9uMQ==",
  "owner": {
    "login": "github",
    "id": 1,
    "node_id": "MDEyOk9yZ2FuaXphdGlvbjE=",
    "url": "https://api.github.com/orgs/github",
    "repos_url": "https://api.github.com/orgs/github/repos",
    "events_url": "https://api.github.com/orgs/github/events",
    "avatar_url": "https://github.com/images/error/octocat_happy.gif",
    "gravatar_id": "",
    "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",
    "received_events_url": "https://api.github.com/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"
  ]
}

Forbidden

Status: 403 Forbidden

Resource not found

Status: 404 Not Found

Preview header missing

Status: 415 Unsupported Media Type

Notes

Works with GitHub Apps

Preview notice

To access the API with your GitHub App, you must provide a custom media type in the Accept Header for your requests. shell application/vnd.github.machine-man-preview+json

☝️This header is required.

Get an organization installation for the authenticated app

Enables an authenticated GitHub App to find the organization's installation information.

You must use a JWT to access this endpoint.

get /orgs/{org}/installation

Parameters

Name	Type	In	Description
`accept`	string	header	This API is under preview and subject to change.See preview notice
`accept`	string	header	This API is under preview and subject to change. Default: `application/vnd.github.machine-man-preview+json`
`org`	string	path

Code samples

Shell

curl \
  -H "Accept: application/vnd.github.machine-man-preview+json" \
  http(s)://{hostname}/api/v3/orgs/ORG/installation

JavaScript (@octokit/core.js)

await octokit.request('GET /orgs/{org}/installation', {
  org: 'org',
  mediaType: {
    previews: [
      'machine-man'
    ]
  }
})

Response

Status: 200 OK

{
  "id": 1,
  "account": {
    "login": "github",
    "id": 1,
    "node_id": "MDEyOk9yZ2FuaXphdGlvbjE=",
    "avatar_url": "https://github.com/images/error/hubot_happy.gif",
    "gravatar_id": "",
    "url": "https://api.github.com/orgs/github",
    "html_url": "https://github.com/github",
    "followers_url": "https://api.github.com/users/github/followers",
    "following_url": "https://api.github.com/users/github/following{/other_user}",
    "gists_url": "https://api.github.com/users/github/gists{/gist_id}",
    "starred_url": "https://api.github.com/users/github/starred{/owner}{/repo}",
    "subscriptions_url": "https://api.github.com/users/github/subscriptions",
    "organizations_url": "https://api.github.com/users/github/orgs",
    "repos_url": "https://api.github.com/orgs/github/repos",
    "events_url": "https://api.github.com/orgs/github/events",
    "received_events_url": "https://api.github.com/users/github/received_events",
    "type": "Organization",
    "site_admin": false
  },
  "repository_selection": "all",
  "access_tokens_url": "https://api.github.com/installations/1/access_tokens",
  "repositories_url": "https://api.github.com/installation/repositories",
  "html_url": "https://github.com/organizations/github/settings/installations/1",
  "app_id": 1,
  "target_id": 1,
  "target_type": "Organization",
  "permissions": {
    "checks": "write",
    "metadata": "read",
    "contents": "read"
  },
  "events": [
    "push",
    "pull_request"
  ],
  "created_at": "2018-02-09T20:51:14Z",
  "updated_at": "2018-02-09T20:51:14Z",
  "single_file_name": "config.yml",
  "app_slug": "github-actions"
}

Preview notice

To access the API with your GitHub App, you must provide a custom media type in the Accept Header for your requests. shell application/vnd.github.machine-man-preview+json

☝️This header is required.

Get a repository installation for the authenticated app

Enables an authenticated GitHub App to find the repository's installation information. The installation's account type will be either an organization or a user account, depending which account the repository belongs to.

You must use a JWT to access this endpoint.

get /repos/{owner}/{repo}/installation

Parameters

Name	Type	In	Description
`accept`	string	header	This API is under preview and subject to change.See preview notice
`accept`	string	header	This API is under preview and subject to change. Default: `application/vnd.github.machine-man-preview+json`
`owner`	string	path
`repo`	string	path

Code samples

Shell

curl \
  -H "Accept: application/vnd.github.machine-man-preview+json" \
  http(s)://{hostname}/api/v3/repos/octocat/hello-world/installation

JavaScript (@octokit/core.js)

await octokit.request('GET /repos/{owner}/{repo}/installation', {
  owner: 'octocat',
  repo: 'hello-world',
  mediaType: {
    previews: [
      'machine-man'
    ]
  }
})

Response

Status: 200 OK

{
  "id": 1,
  "account": {
    "login": "github",
    "id": 1,
    "node_id": "MDEyOk9yZ2FuaXphdGlvbjE=",
    "avatar_url": "https://github.com/images/error/hubot_happy.gif",
    "gravatar_id": "",
    "url": "https://api.github.com/orgs/github",
    "html_url": "https://github.com/github",
    "followers_url": "https://api.github.com/users/github/followers",
    "following_url": "https://api.github.com/users/github/following{/other_user}",
    "gists_url": "https://api.github.com/users/github/gists{/gist_id}",
    "starred_url": "https://api.github.com/users/github/starred{/owner}{/repo}",
    "subscriptions_url": "https://api.github.com/users/github/subscriptions",
    "organizations_url": "https://api.github.com/users/github/orgs",
    "repos_url": "https://api.github.com/orgs/github/repos",
    "events_url": "https://api.github.com/orgs/github/events",
    "received_events_url": "https://api.github.com/users/github/received_events",
    "type": "Organization",
    "site_admin": false
  },
  "repository_selection": "all",
  "access_tokens_url": "https://api.github.com/installations/1/access_tokens",
  "repositories_url": "https://api.github.com/installation/repositories",
  "html_url": "https://github.com/organizations/github/settings/installations/1",
  "app_id": 1,
  "target_id": 1,
  "target_type": "Organization",
  "permissions": {
    "checks": "write",
    "metadata": "read",
    "contents": "read"
  },
  "events": [
    "push",
    "pull_request"
  ],
  "created_at": "2018-02-09T20:51:14Z",
  "updated_at": "2018-02-09T20:51:14Z",
  "single_file_name": "config.yml",
  "app_slug": "github-actions"
}

Moved permanently

Status: 301 Moved Permanently

Resource not found

Status: 404 Not Found

Preview notice

To access the API with your GitHub App, you must provide a custom media type in the Accept Header for your requests. shell application/vnd.github.machine-man-preview+json

☝️This header is required.

Get a user installation for the authenticated app

Enables an authenticated GitHub App to find the user’s installation information.

You must use a JWT to access this endpoint.

get /users/{username}/installation

Parameters

Name	Type	In	Description
`accept`	string	header	This API is under preview and subject to change.See preview notice
`accept`	string	header	This API is under preview and subject to change. Default: `application/vnd.github.machine-man-preview+json`
`username`	string	path

Code samples

Shell

curl \
  -H "Accept: application/vnd.github.machine-man-preview+json" \
  http(s)://{hostname}/api/v3/users/USERNAME/installation

JavaScript (@octokit/core.js)

await octokit.request('GET /users/{username}/installation', {
  username: 'username',
  mediaType: {
    previews: [
      'machine-man'
    ]
  }
})

Response

Status: 200 OK

{
  "id": 1,
  "account": {
    "login": "github",
    "id": 1,
    "node_id": "MDEyOk9yZ2FuaXphdGlvbjE=",
    "avatar_url": "https://github.com/images/error/hubot_happy.gif",
    "gravatar_id": "",
    "url": "https://api.github.com/orgs/github",
    "html_url": "https://github.com/github",
    "followers_url": "https://api.github.com/users/github/followers",
    "following_url": "https://api.github.com/users/github/following{/other_user}",
    "gists_url": "https://api.github.com/users/github/gists{/gist_id}",
    "starred_url": "https://api.github.com/users/github/starred{/owner}{/repo}",
    "subscriptions_url": "https://api.github.com/users/github/subscriptions",
    "organizations_url": "https://api.github.com/users/github/orgs",
    "repos_url": "https://api.github.com/orgs/github/repos",
    "events_url": "https://api.github.com/orgs/github/events",
    "received_events_url": "https://api.github.com/users/github/received_events",
    "type": "Organization",
    "site_admin": false
  },
  "repository_selection": "all",
  "access_tokens_url": "https://api.github.com/installations/1/access_tokens",
  "repositories_url": "https://api.github.com/installation/repositories",
  "html_url": "https://github.com/organizations/github/settings/installations/1",
  "app_id": 1,
  "target_id": 1,
  "target_type": "Organization",
  "permissions": {
    "checks": "write",
    "metadata": "read",
    "contents": "read"
  },
  "events": [
    "push",
    "pull_request"
  ],
  "created_at": "2018-02-09T20:51:14Z",
  "updated_at": "2018-02-09T20:51:14Z",
  "single_file_name": "config.yml",
  "app_slug": "github-actions"
}

Preview notice

To access the API with your GitHub App, you must provide a custom media type in the Accept Header for your requests. shell application/vnd.github.machine-man-preview+json

☝️This header is required.

OAuth Applications API

You can use this API to manage the OAuth tokens an OAuth application uses to access people's GitHub accounts.

Delete an app authorization

OAuth application owners can revoke a grant for their OAuth application and a specific user. You must use Basic Authentication when accessing this endpoint, using the OAuth application's client_id and client_secret as the username and password. You must also provide a valid OAuth access_token as an input parameter and the grant for the token's owner will be deleted. Deleting an OAuth application's grant will also delete all OAuth tokens associated with the application for the user. Once deleted, the application will have no access to the user's account and will no longer be listed on the application authorizations settings screen within GitHub.

delete /applications/{client_id}/grant

Parameters

Name	Type	In	Description
`accept`	string	header	Setting to `application/vnd.github.v3+json` is recommended.
`client_id`	string	path	The client ID of your GitHub app.
`access_token`	string	body	The OAuth access token used to authenticate to the GitHub API.

Code samples

Shell

curl \
  -X DELETE \
  -H "Accept: application/vnd.github.v3+json" \
  http(s)://{hostname}/api/v3/applications/CLIENT_ID/grant \
  -d '{"access_token":"access_token"}'

JavaScript (@octokit/core.js)

await octokit.request('DELETE /applications/{client_id}/grant', {
  client_id: 'client_id',
  access_token: 'access_token'
})

Response

Status: 204 No Content

Validation failed

Status: 422 Unprocessable Entity

Revoke a grant for an application

Deprecation Notice: GitHub Enterprise Server will discontinue OAuth endpoints that contain access_token in the path parameter. We have introduced new endpoints that allow you to securely manage tokens for OAuth Apps by moving access_token to the request body. For more information, see the blog post.

OAuth application owners can revoke a grant for their OAuth application and a specific user. You must use Basic Authentication when accessing this endpoint, using the OAuth application's client_id and client_secret as the username and password. You must also provide a valid token as :access_token and the grant for the token's owner will be deleted.

Deleting an OAuth application's grant will also delete all OAuth tokens associated with the application for the user. Once deleted, the application will have no access to the user's account and will no longer be listed on the Applications settings page under "Authorized OAuth Apps" on GitHub Enterprise Server.

delete /applications/{client_id}/grants/{access_token}

Parameters

Name	Type	In	Description
`accept`	string	header	Setting to `application/vnd.github.v3+json` is recommended.
`client_id`	string	path	The client ID of your GitHub app.
`access_token`	string	path

Code samples

Shell

curl \
  -X DELETE \
  -H "Accept: application/vnd.github.v3+json" \
  http(s)://{hostname}/api/v3/applications/CLIENT_ID/grants/ACCESS_TOKEN

JavaScript (@octokit/core.js)

await octokit.request('DELETE /applications/{client_id}/grants/{access_token}', {
  client_id: 'client_id',
  access_token: 'access_token'
})

Response

Status: 204 No Content

Check a token

OAuth applications can use a special API method for checking OAuth token validity without exceeding the normal rate limits for failed login attempts. Authentication works differently with this particular endpoint. You must use Basic Authentication to use this endpoint, where the username is the OAuth application client_id and the password is its client_secret. Invalid tokens will return 404 NOT FOUND.

post /applications/{client_id}/token

Parameters

Name	Type	In	Description
`accept`	string	header	Setting to `application/vnd.github.v3+json` is recommended.
`client_id`	string	path	The client ID of your GitHub app.
`access_token`	string	body	Required. The access_token of the OAuth application.

Code samples

Shell

curl \
  -X POST \
  -H "Accept: application/vnd.github.v3+json" \
  http(s)://{hostname}/api/v3/applications/CLIENT_ID/token \
  -d '{"access_token":"access_token"}'

JavaScript (@octokit/core.js)

await octokit.request('POST /applications/{client_id}/token', {
  client_id: 'client_id',
  access_token: 'access_token'
})

Response

Status: 200 OK

{
  "id": 1,
  "url": "https://api.github.com/authorizations/1",
  "scopes": [
    "public_repo",
    "user"
  ],
  "token": "ghu_16C7e42F292c6912E7710c838347Ae178B4a",
  "token_last_eight": "Ae178B4a",
  "hashed_token": "25f94a2a5c7fbaf499c665bc73d67c1c87e496da8985131633ee0a95819db2e8",
  "app": {
    "url": "http://my-github-app.com",
    "name": "my github app",
    "client_id": "abcde12345fghij67890"
  },
  "note": "optional note",
  "note_url": "http://optional/note/url",
  "updated_at": "2011-09-06T20:39:23Z",
  "created_at": "2011-09-06T17:26:27Z",
  "fingerprint": "jklmnop12345678",
  "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
  }
}

Resource not found

Status: 404 Not Found

Validation failed

Status: 422 Unprocessable Entity

Reset a token

OAuth applications can use this API method to reset a valid OAuth token without end-user involvement. Applications must save the "token" property in the response because changes take effect immediately. You must use Basic Authentication when accessing this endpoint, using the OAuth application's client_id and client_secret as the username and password. Invalid tokens will return 404 NOT FOUND.

patch /applications/{client_id}/token

Parameters

Name	Type	In	Description
`accept`	string	header	Setting to `application/vnd.github.v3+json` is recommended.
`client_id`	string	path	The client ID of your GitHub app.
`access_token`	string	body	Required. The access_token of the OAuth application.

Code samples

Shell

curl \
  -X PATCH \
  -H "Accept: application/vnd.github.v3+json" \
  http(s)://{hostname}/api/v3/applications/CLIENT_ID/token \
  -d '{"access_token":"access_token"}'

JavaScript (@octokit/core.js)

await octokit.request('PATCH /applications/{client_id}/token', {
  client_id: 'client_id',
  access_token: 'access_token'
})

Response

Status: 200 OK

{
  "id": 1,
  "url": "https://api.github.com/authorizations/1",
  "scopes": [
    "public_repo",
    "user"
  ],
  "token": "ghu_16C7e42F292c6912E7710c838347Ae178B4a",
  "token_last_eight": "Ae178B4a",
  "hashed_token": "25f94a2a5c7fbaf499c665bc73d67c1c87e496da8985131633ee0a95819db2e8",
  "app": {
    "url": "http://my-github-app.com",
    "name": "my github app",
    "client_id": "abcde12345fghij67890"
  },
  "note": "optional note",
  "note_url": "http://optional/note/url",
  "updated_at": "2011-09-06T20:39:23Z",
  "created_at": "2011-09-06T17:26:27Z",
  "fingerprint": "jklmnop12345678",
  "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
  }
}

Validation failed

Status: 422 Unprocessable Entity

Delete an app token

OAuth application owners can revoke a single token for an OAuth application. You must use Basic Authentication when accessing this endpoint, using the OAuth application's client_id and client_secret as the username and password.

delete /applications/{client_id}/token

Parameters

Name	Type	In	Description
`accept`	string	header	Setting to `application/vnd.github.v3+json` is recommended.
`client_id`	string	path	The client ID of your GitHub app.
`access_token`	string	body	Required. The OAuth access token used to authenticate to the GitHub API.

Code samples

Shell

curl \
  -X DELETE \
  -H "Accept: application/vnd.github.v3+json" \
  http(s)://{hostname}/api/v3/applications/CLIENT_ID/token \
  -d '{"access_token":"access_token"}'

JavaScript (@octokit/core.js)

await octokit.request('DELETE /applications/{client_id}/token', {
  client_id: 'client_id',
  access_token: 'access_token'
})

Response

Status: 204 No Content

Validation failed

Status: 422 Unprocessable Entity

Check an authorization

Deprecation Notice: GitHub Enterprise Server will discontinue OAuth endpoints that contain access_token in the path parameter. We have introduced new endpoints that allow you to securely manage tokens for OAuth Apps by moving access_token to the request body. For more information, see the blog post.

OAuth applications can use a special API method for checking OAuth token validity without exceeding the normal rate limits for failed login attempts. Authentication works differently with this particular endpoint. You must use Basic Authentication when accessing this endpoint, using the OAuth application's client_id and client_secret as the username and password. Invalid tokens will return 404 NOT FOUND.

get /applications/{client_id}/tokens/{access_token}

Parameters

Name	Type	In	Description
`accept`	string	header	Setting to `application/vnd.github.v3+json` is recommended.
`client_id`	string	path	The client ID of your GitHub app.
`access_token`	string	path

Code samples

Shell

curl \
  -H "Accept: application/vnd.github.v3+json" \
  http(s)://{hostname}/api/v3/applications/CLIENT_ID/tokens/ACCESS_TOKEN

JavaScript (@octokit/core.js)

await octokit.request('GET /applications/{client_id}/tokens/{access_token}', {
  client_id: 'client_id',
  access_token: 'access_token'
})

Response

Status: 200 OK

{
  "id": 1,
  "url": "https://api.github.com/authorizations/1",
  "scopes": [
    "public_repo",
    "user"
  ],
  "token": "ghu_16C7e42F292c6912E7710c838347Ae178B4a",
  "token_last_eight": "Ae178B4a",
  "hashed_token": "25f94a2a5c7fbaf499c665bc73d67c1c87e496da8985131633ee0a95819db2e8",
  "app": {
    "url": "http://my-github-app.com",
    "name": "my github app",
    "client_id": "abcde12345fghij67890"
  },
  "note": "optional note",
  "note_url": "http://optional/note/url",
  "updated_at": "2011-09-06T20:39:23Z",
  "created_at": "2011-09-06T17:26:27Z",
  "fingerprint": "jklmnop12345678",
  "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
  }
}

Resource not found

Status: 404 Not Found

Reset an authorization

Deprecation Notice: GitHub Enterprise Server will discontinue OAuth endpoints that contain access_token in the path parameter. We have introduced new endpoints that allow you to securely manage tokens for OAuth Apps by moving access_token to the request body. For more information, see the blog post.

OAuth applications can use this API method to reset a valid OAuth token without end-user involvement. Applications must save the "token" property in the response because changes take effect immediately. You must use Basic Authentication when accessing this endpoint, using the OAuth application's client_id and client_secret as the username and password. Invalid tokens will return 404 NOT FOUND.

post /applications/{client_id}/tokens/{access_token}

Parameters

Name	Type	In	Description
`accept`	string	header	Setting to `application/vnd.github.v3+json` is recommended.
`client_id`	string	path	The client ID of your GitHub app.
`access_token`	string	path

Code samples

Shell

curl \
  -X POST \
  -H "Accept: application/vnd.github.v3+json" \
  http(s)://{hostname}/api/v3/applications/CLIENT_ID/tokens/ACCESS_TOKEN

JavaScript (@octokit/core.js)

await octokit.request('POST /applications/{client_id}/tokens/{access_token}', {
  client_id: 'client_id',
  access_token: 'access_token'
})

Response

Status: 200 OK

{
  "id": 1,
  "url": "https://api.github.com/authorizations/1",
  "scopes": [
    "public_repo",
    "user"
  ],
  "token": "ghu_16C7e42F292c6912E7710c838347Ae178B4a",
  "token_last_eight": "Ae178B4a",
  "hashed_token": "25f94a2a5c7fbaf499c665bc73d67c1c87e496da8985131633ee0a95819db2e8",
  "app": {
    "url": "http://my-github-app.com",
    "name": "my github app",
    "client_id": "abcde12345fghij67890"
  },
  "note": "optional note",
  "note_url": "http://optional/note/url",
  "updated_at": "2011-09-06T20:39:23Z",
  "created_at": "2011-09-06T17:26:27Z",
  "fingerprint": "jklmnop12345678",
  "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
  }
}

Revoke an authorization for an application

Deprecation Notice: GitHub Enterprise Server will discontinue OAuth endpoints that contain access_token in the path parameter. We have introduced new endpoints that allow you to securely manage tokens for OAuth Apps by moving access_token to the request body. For more information, see the blog post.

OAuth application owners can revoke a single token for an OAuth application. You must use Basic Authentication when accessing this endpoint, using the OAuth application's client_id and client_secret as the username and password.

delete /applications/{client_id}/tokens/{access_token}

Parameters

Name	Type	In	Description
`accept`	string	header	Setting to `application/vnd.github.v3+json` is recommended.
`client_id`	string	path	The client ID of your GitHub app.
`access_token`	string	path

Code samples

Shell

curl \
  -X DELETE \
  -H "Accept: application/vnd.github.v3+json" \
  http(s)://{hostname}/api/v3/applications/CLIENT_ID/tokens/ACCESS_TOKEN

JavaScript (@octokit/core.js)

await octokit.request('DELETE /applications/{client_id}/tokens/{access_token}', {
  client_id: 'client_id',
  access_token: 'access_token'
})

Response

Status: 204 No Content

Installations

The Installations API enables you to get information about installations of your GitHub App and perform actions within those installations. An installation refers to any user or organization account that has installed the app. For information on how to authenticate as an installation and limit access to specific repositories, see "Authenticating as an installation."

To list all GitHub App installations for an organization, see "List app installations for an organization."

List repositories accessible to the app installation

List repositories that an app installation can access.

You must use an installation access token to access this endpoint.

get /installation/repositories

Parameters

Name	Type	In	Description
`accept`	string	header	This API is under preview and subject to change.See preview notices
`accept`	string	header	This API is under preview and subject to change. Default: `application/vnd.github.machine-man-preview+json`
`per_page`	integer	query	Results per page (max 100) Default: `30`
`page`	integer	query	Page number of the results to fetch. Default: `1`

Code samples

Shell

curl \
  -H "Accept: application/vnd.github.machine-man-preview+json" \
  http(s)://{hostname}/api/v3/installation/repositories

JavaScript (@octokit/core.js)

await octokit.request('GET /installation/repositories', {
  mediaType: {
    previews: [
      'machine-man'
    ]
  }
})

Response

Status: 200 OK

{
  "total_count": 1,
  "repositories": [
    {
      "id": 1296269,
      "node_id": "MDEwOlJlcG9zaXRvcnkxMjk2MjY5",
      "name": "Hello-World",
      "full_name": "octocat/Hello-World",
      "owner": {
        "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
      },
      "private": false,
      "html_url": "https://github.com/octocat/Hello-World",
      "description": "This your first repo!",
      "fork": false,
      "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World",
      "archive_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/{archive_format}{/ref}",
      "assignees_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/assignees{/user}",
      "blobs_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/git/blobs{/sha}",
      "branches_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/branches{/branch}",
      "collaborators_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/collaborators{/collaborator}",
      "comments_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/comments{/number}",
      "commits_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/commits{/sha}",
      "compare_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/compare/{base}...{head}",
      "contents_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/contents/{+path}",
      "contributors_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/contributors",
      "deployments_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/deployments",
      "downloads_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/downloads",
      "events_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/events",
      "forks_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/forks",
      "git_commits_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/git/commits{/sha}",
      "git_refs_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/git/refs{/sha}",
      "git_tags_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/git/tags{/sha}",
      "git_url": "git:github.com/octocat/Hello-World.git",
      "issue_comment_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/issues/comments{/number}",
      "issue_events_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/issues/events{/number}",
      "issues_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/issues{/number}",
      "keys_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/keys{/key_id}",
      "labels_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/labels{/name}",
      "languages_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/languages",
      "merges_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/merges",
      "milestones_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/milestones{/number}",
      "notifications_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/notifications{?since,all,participating}",
      "pulls_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/pulls{/number}",
      "releases_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/releases{/id}",
      "ssh_url": "git@github.com:octocat/Hello-World.git",
      "stargazers_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/stargazers",
      "statuses_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/statuses/{sha}",
      "subscribers_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/subscribers",
      "subscription_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/subscription",
      "tags_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/tags",
      "teams_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/teams",
      "trees_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/git/trees{/sha}",
      "clone_url": "https://github.com/octocat/Hello-World.git",
      "mirror_url": "git:git.example.com/octocat/Hello-World",
      "hooks_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/hooks",
      "svn_url": "https://svn.github.com/octocat/Hello-World",
      "homepage": "https://github.com",
      "language": null,
      "forks_count": 9,
      "stargazers_count": 80,
      "watchers_count": 80,
      "size": 108,
      "default_branch": "master",
      "open_issues_count": 0,
      "is_template": true,
      "topics": [
        "octocat",
        "atom",
        "electron",
        "api"
      ],
      "has_issues": true,
      "has_projects": true,
      "has_wiki": true,
      "has_pages": false,
      "has_downloads": true,
      "archived": false,
      "disabled": false,
      "visibility": "public",
      "pushed_at": "2011-01-26T19:06:43Z",
      "created_at": "2011-01-26T19:01:12Z",
      "updated_at": "2011-01-26T19:14:43Z",
      "allow_rebase_merge": true,
      "template_repository": null,
      "temp_clone_token": "ABTLWHOULUVAXGTRYU7OC2876QJ2O",
      "allow_squash_merge": true,
      "delete_branch_on_merge": true,
      "allow_merge_commit": true,
      "subscribers_count": 42,
      "network_count": 0,
      "license": {
        "key": "mit",
        "name": "MIT License",
        "url": "https://api.github.com/licenses/mit",
        "spdx_id": "MIT",
        "node_id": "MDc6TGljZW5zZW1pdA==",
        "html_url": "https://github.com/licenses/mit"
      },
      "forks": 1,
      "open_issues": 1,
      "watchers": 1
    }
  ]
}

Not modified

Status: 304 Not Modified

Requires authentication

Status: 401 Unauthorized

Forbidden

Status: 403 Forbidden

Notes

Works with GitHub Apps

Preview notices

To access the API with your GitHub App, you must provide a custom media type in the Accept Header for your requests. shell application/vnd.github.machine-man-preview+json

☝️This header is required.

The topics property for repositories on GitHub is currently available for developers to preview. To view the topics property in calls that return repository results, you must provide a custom media type in the Accept header:

application/vnd.github.mercy-preview+json

Revoke an installation access token

Revokes the installation token you're using to authenticate as an installation and access this endpoint.

Once an installation token is revoked, the token is invalidated and cannot be used. Other endpoints that require the revoked installation token must have a new installation token to work. You can create a new token using the "Create an installation access token for an app" endpoint.

You must use an installation access token to access this endpoint.

delete /installation/token

Code samples

Shell

curl \
  -X DELETE \
  -H "Accept: application/vnd.github.v3+json" \
  http(s)://{hostname}/api/v3/installation/token

JavaScript (@octokit/core.js)

await octokit.request('DELETE /installation/token')

Response

Status: 204 No Content

Notes

Works with GitHub Apps

Create a content attachment

Creates an attachment under a content reference URL in the body or comment of an issue or pull request. Use the id and repository full_name of the content reference from the content_reference event to create an attachment.

The app must create a content attachment within six hours of the content reference URL being posted. See "Using content attachments" for details about content attachments.

You must use an installation access token to access this endpoint.

post /repos/{owner}/{repo}/content_references/{content_reference_id}/attachments

Parameters

Name	Type	In	Description
`accept`	string	header	This API is under preview and subject to change.See preview notice
`owner`	string	path	The owner of the repository. Determined from the `repository` `full_name` of the `content_reference` event.
`repo`	string	path	The name of the repository. Determined from the `repository` `full_name` of the `content_reference` event.
`content_reference_id`	integer	path	The `id` of the `content_reference` event.
`title`	string	body	Required. The title of the attachment
`body`	string	body	Required. The body of the attachment

Code samples

Shell

curl \
  -X POST \
  -H "Accept: application/vnd.github.corsair-preview+json" \
  http(s)://{hostname}/api/v3/repos/octocat/hello-world/content_references/42/attachments \
  -d '{"title":"title","body":"body"}'

JavaScript (@octokit/core.js)

await octokit.request('POST /repos/{owner}/{repo}/content_references/{content_reference_id}/attachments', {
  owner: 'octocat',
  repo: 'hello-world',
  content_reference_id: 42,
  title: 'title',
  body: 'body',
  mediaType: {
    previews: [
      'corsair'
    ]
  }
})

Response

Status: 200 OK

{
  "id": 101,
  "title": "[A-1234] Error found in core/models.py file'",
  "body": "You have used an email that already exists for the user_email_uniq field.\n ## DETAILS:\n\nThe (email)=(Octocat@github.com) already exists.\n\n The error was found in core/models.py in get_or_create_user at line 62.\n\n self.save()"
}

Not modified

Status: 304 Not Modified

Forbidden

Status: 403 Forbidden

Resource not found

Status: 404 Not Found

Gone

Status: 410 Gone

Preview header missing

Status: 415 Unsupported Media Type

Validation failed

Status: 422 Unprocessable Entity

Notes

Works with GitHub Apps

Preview notice

To access the Content Attachments API during the preview period, you must provide a custom media type in the Accept header:

application/vnd.github.corsair-preview+json

☝️This header is required.

List app installations accessible to the user access token

Lists installations of your GitHub App that the authenticated user has explicit permission (:read, :write, or :admin) to access.

You must use a user-to-server OAuth access token, created for a user who has authorized your GitHub App, to access this endpoint.

The authenticated user has explicit permission to access repositories they own, repositories where they are a collaborator, and repositories that they can access through an organization membership.

You can find the permissions for the installation under the permissions key.

get /user/installations

Parameters

Name	Type	In	Description
`accept`	string	header	This API is under preview and subject to change.See preview notice
`accept`	string	header	This API is under preview and subject to change. Default: `application/vnd.github.machine-man-preview+json`
`per_page`	integer	query	Results per page (max 100) Default: `30`
`page`	integer	query	Page number of the results to fetch. Default: `1`

Code samples

Shell

curl \
  -H "Accept: application/vnd.github.machine-man-preview+json" \
  http(s)://{hostname}/api/v3/user/installations

JavaScript (@octokit/core.js)

await octokit.request('GET /user/installations', {
  mediaType: {
    previews: [
      'machine-man'
    ]
  }
})

You can find the permissions for the installation under the `permissions` key.

Status: 200 OK

{
  "total_count": 2,
  "installations": [
    {
      "id": 1,
      "account": {
        "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
      },
      "access_tokens_url": "https://api.github.com/installations/1/access_tokens",
      "repositories_url": "https://api.github.com/installation/repositories",
      "html_url": "https://github.com/organizations/github/settings/installations/1",
      "app_id": 1,
      "target_id": 1,
      "target_type": "Organization",
      "permissions": {
        "checks": "write",
        "metadata": "read",
        "contents": "read"
      },
      "events": [
        "push",
        "pull_request"
      ],
      "single_file_name": "config.yaml",
      "repository_selection": "all",
      "created_at": "2017-07-08T16:18:44-04:00",
      "updated_at": "2017-07-08T16:18:44-04:00",
      "app_slug": "github-actions"
    },
    {
      "id": 3,
      "account": {
        "login": "octocat",
        "id": 2,
        "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
      },
      "access_tokens_url": "https://api.github.com/installations/1/access_tokens",
      "repositories_url": "https://api.github.com/installation/repositories",
      "html_url": "https://github.com/organizations/github/settings/installations/1",
      "app_id": 1,
      "target_id": 1,
      "target_type": "Organization",
      "permissions": {
        "checks": "write",
        "metadata": "read",
        "contents": "read"
      },
      "events": [
        "push",
        "pull_request"
      ],
      "single_file_name": "config.yaml",
      "repository_selection": "all",
      "created_at": "2017-07-08T16:18:44-04:00",
      "updated_at": "2017-07-08T16:18:44-04:00",
      "app_slug": "github-actions"
    }
  ]
}

Not modified

Status: 304 Not Modified

Requires authentication

Status: 401 Unauthorized

Forbidden

Status: 403 Forbidden

Preview header missing

Status: 415 Unsupported Media Type

Preview notice

To access the API with your GitHub App, you must provide a custom media type in the Accept Header for your requests. shell application/vnd.github.machine-man-preview+json

☝️This header is required.

List repositories accessible to the user access token

List repositories that the authenticated user has explicit permission (:read, :write, or :admin) to access for an installation.

The authenticated user has explicit permission to access repositories they own, repositories where they are a collaborator, and repositories that they can access through an organization membership.

You must use a user-to-server OAuth access token, created for a user who has authorized your GitHub App, to access this endpoint.

The access the user has to each repository is included in the hash under the permissions key.

get /user/installations/{installation_id}/repositories

Parameters

Name	Type	In	Description
`accept`	string	header	This API is under preview and subject to change.See preview notices
`accept`	string	header	This API is under preview and subject to change. Default: `application/vnd.github.machine-man-preview+json`
`installation_id`	integer	path	installation_id parameter
`per_page`	integer	query	Results per page (max 100) Default: `30`
`page`	integer	query	Page number of the results to fetch. Default: `1`

Code samples

Shell

curl \
  -H "Accept: application/vnd.github.machine-man-preview+json" \
  http(s)://{hostname}/api/v3/user/installations/42/repositories

JavaScript (@octokit/core.js)

await octokit.request('GET /user/installations/{installation_id}/repositories', {
  installation_id: 42,
  mediaType: {
    previews: [
      'machine-man'
    ]
  }
})

The access the user has to each repository is included in the hash under the `permissions` key.

Status: 200 OK

{
  "total_count": 1,
  "repositories": [
    {
      "id": 1296269,
      "node_id": "MDEwOlJlcG9zaXRvcnkxMjk2MjY5",
      "name": "Hello-World",
      "full_name": "octocat/Hello-World",
      "owner": {
        "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
      },
      "private": false,
      "html_url": "https://github.com/octocat/Hello-World",
      "description": "This your first repo!",
      "fork": false,
      "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World",
      "archive_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/{archive_format}{/ref}",
      "assignees_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/assignees{/user}",
      "blobs_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/git/blobs{/sha}",
      "branches_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/branches{/branch}",
      "collaborators_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/collaborators{/collaborator}",
      "comments_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/comments{/number}",
      "commits_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/commits{/sha}",
      "compare_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/compare/{base}...{head}",
      "contents_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/contents/{+path}",
      "contributors_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/contributors",
      "deployments_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/deployments",
      "downloads_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/downloads",
      "events_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/events",
      "forks_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/forks",
      "git_commits_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/git/commits{/sha}",
      "git_refs_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/git/refs{/sha}",
      "git_tags_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/git/tags{/sha}",
      "git_url": "git:github.com/octocat/Hello-World.git",
      "issue_comment_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/issues/comments{/number}",
      "issue_events_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/issues/events{/number}",
      "issues_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/issues{/number}",
      "keys_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/keys{/key_id}",
      "labels_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/labels{/name}",
      "languages_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/languages",
      "merges_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/merges",
      "milestones_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/milestones{/number}",
      "notifications_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/notifications{?since,all,participating}",
      "pulls_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/pulls{/number}",
      "releases_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/releases{/id}",
      "ssh_url": "git@github.com:octocat/Hello-World.git",
      "stargazers_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/stargazers",
      "statuses_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/statuses/{sha}",
      "subscribers_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/subscribers",
      "subscription_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/subscription",
      "tags_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/tags",
      "teams_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/teams",
      "trees_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/git/trees{/sha}",
      "clone_url": "https://github.com/octocat/Hello-World.git",
      "mirror_url": "git:git.example.com/octocat/Hello-World",
      "hooks_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/hooks",
      "svn_url": "https://svn.github.com/octocat/Hello-World",
      "homepage": "https://github.com",
      "language": null,
      "forks_count": 9,
      "stargazers_count": 80,
      "watchers_count": 80,
      "size": 108,
      "default_branch": "master",
      "open_issues_count": 0,
      "is_template": true,
      "topics": [
        "octocat",
        "atom",
        "electron",
        "api"
      ],
      "has_issues": true,
      "has_projects": true,
      "has_wiki": true,
      "has_pages": false,
      "has_downloads": true,
      "archived": false,
      "disabled": false,
      "visibility": "public",
      "pushed_at": "2011-01-26T19:06:43Z",
      "created_at": "2011-01-26T19:01:12Z",
      "updated_at": "2011-01-26T19:14:43Z",
      "permissions": {
        "admin": false,
        "push": false,
        "pull": true
      },
      "allow_rebase_merge": true,
      "template_repository": null,
      "temp_clone_token": "ABTLWHOULUVAXGTRYU7OC2876QJ2O",
      "allow_squash_merge": true,
      "delete_branch_on_merge": true,
      "allow_merge_commit": true,
      "subscribers_count": 42,
      "network_count": 0,
      "license": {
        "key": "mit",
        "name": "MIT License",
        "url": "https://api.github.com/licenses/mit",
        "spdx_id": "MIT",
        "node_id": "MDc6TGljZW5zZW1pdA==",
        "html_url": "https://github.com/licenses/mit"
      },
      "forks": 1,
      "open_issues": 1,
      "watchers": 1
    }
  ]
}

Not modified

Status: 304 Not Modified

Forbidden

Status: 403 Forbidden

Resource not found

Status: 404 Not Found

Preview notices

To access the API with your GitHub App, you must provide a custom media type in the Accept Header for your requests. shell application/vnd.github.machine-man-preview+json

☝️This header is required.

The topics property for repositories on GitHub is currently available for developers to preview. To view the topics property in calls that return repository results, you must provide a custom media type in the Accept header:

application/vnd.github.mercy-preview+json

Add a repository to an app installation

Add a single repository to an installation. The authenticated user must have admin access to the repository.

You must use a personal access token (which you can create via the command line or Basic Authentication) to access this endpoint.

put /user/installations/{installation_id}/repositories/{repository_id}

Parameters

Name	Type	In	Description
`accept`	string	header	This API is under preview and subject to change.See preview notice
`installation_id`	integer	path	installation_id parameter
`repository_id`	integer	path

Code samples

Shell

curl \
  -X PUT \
  -H "Accept: application/vnd.github.machine-man-preview+json" \
  http(s)://{hostname}/api/v3/user/installations/42/repositories/42

JavaScript (@octokit/core.js)

await octokit.request('PUT /user/installations/{installation_id}/repositories/{repository_id}', {
  installation_id: 42,
  repository_id: 42,
  mediaType: {
    previews: [
      'machine-man'
    ]
  }
})

Response

Status: 204 No Content

Not modified

Status: 304 Not Modified

Forbidden

Status: 403 Forbidden

Resource not found

Status: 404 Not Found

Preview notice

To access the API with your GitHub App, you must provide a custom media type in the Accept Header for your requests. shell application/vnd.github.machine-man-preview+json

☝️This header is required.

Remove a repository from an app installation

Remove a single repository from an installation. The authenticated user must have admin access to the repository.

You must use a personal access token (which you can create via the command line or Basic Authentication) to access this endpoint.

delete /user/installations/{installation_id}/repositories/{repository_id}

Parameters

Name	Type	In	Description
`accept`	string	header	This API is under preview and subject to change.See preview notice
`installation_id`	integer	path	installation_id parameter
`repository_id`	integer	path

Code samples

Shell

curl \
  -X DELETE \
  -H "Accept: application/vnd.github.machine-man-preview+json" \
  http(s)://{hostname}/api/v3/user/installations/42/repositories/42

JavaScript (@octokit/core.js)

await octokit.request('DELETE /user/installations/{installation_id}/repositories/{repository_id}', {
  installation_id: 42,
  repository_id: 42,
  mediaType: {
    previews: [
      'machine-man'
    ]
  }
})

Response

Status: 204 No Content

Not modified

Status: 304 Not Modified

Forbidden

Status: 403 Forbidden

Resource not found

Status: 404 Not Found

Preview notice

To access the API with your GitHub App, you must provide a custom media type in the Accept Header for your requests. shell application/vnd.github.machine-man-preview+json

☝️This header is required.