Events

Use the REST API to interact with GitHub events.

About GitHub events

GitHub events power the various activity streams on the site.

You can use the REST API to return different types of events triggered by activity on GitHub AE. For more information about the specific events that you can receive, see "GitHub event types." Endpoints for repository issues are also available. For more information, see "Issues."

Events are optimized for polling with the "ETag" header. If no new events have been triggered, you will see a "304 Not Modified" response, and your current rate limit will be untouched. There is also an "X-Poll-Interval" header that specifies how often (in seconds) you are allowed to poll. In times of high server load, the time may increase. Please obey the header.

$ curl -I https://<em>HOSTNAME</em>/api/v3/users/tater/events
> HTTP/2 200
> X-Poll-Interval: 60
> ETag: "a18c3bded88eb5dbb5c849a489412bf3"

# The quotes around the ETag value are important
$ curl -I https://<em>HOSTNAME</em>/api/v3/users/tater/events \
$    -H 'If-None-Match: "a18c3bded88eb5dbb5c849a489412bf3"'
> HTTP/2 304
> X-Poll-Interval: 60

Only events created within the past 90 days will be included in timelines. Events older than 90 days will not be included (even if the total number of events in the timeline is less than 300).

List repository events

Works with GitHub Apps

Note: This API is not built to serve real-time use cases. Depending on the time of day, event latency can be anywhere from 30s to 6h.

Parameters for "List repository events"

Headers
Name, Type, Description
`accept` string Setting to `application/vnd.github+json` is recommended.

Path parameters
Name, Type, Description
`owner` string Required The account owner of the repository. The name is not case sensitive.
`repo` string Required The name of the repository without the `.git` extension. The name is not case sensitive.

Query parameters
Name, Type, Description
`per_page` integer The number of results per page (max 100). Default: `30`
`page` integer Page number of the results to fetch. Default: `1`

HTTP response status codes for "List repository events"

Status code	Description
`200`	OK

Code samples for "List repository events"

get/repos/{owner}/{repo}/events

curl -L \
  -H "Accept: application/vnd.github+json" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR-TOKEN>" \
  https://HOSTNAME/api/v3/repos/OWNER/REPO/events

Response

Status: 200

[
  {
    "id": "22249084964",
    "type": "PushEvent",
    "actor": {
      "id": 583231,
      "login": "octocat",
      "display_login": "octocat",
      "gravatar_id": "",
      "url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat",
      "avatar_url": "https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/583231?v=4"
    },
    "repo": {
      "id": 1296269,
      "name": "octocat/Hello-World",
      "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World"
    },
    "payload": {
      "push_id": 10115855396,
      "size": 1,
      "distinct_size": 1,
      "ref": "refs/heads/master",
      "head": "7a8f3ac80e2ad2f6842cb86f576d4bfe2c03e300",
      "before": "883efe034920928c47fe18598c01249d1a9fdabd",
      "commits": [
        {
          "sha": "7a8f3ac80e2ad2f6842cb86f576d4bfe2c03e300",
          "author": {
            "email": "octocat@github.com",
            "name": "Monalisa Octocat"
          },
          "message": "commit",
          "distinct": true,
          "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/commits/7a8f3ac80e2ad2f6842cb86f576d4bfe2c03e300"
        }
      ]
    },
    "public": true,
    "created_at": "2022-06-09T12:47:28Z"
  },
  {
    "id": "22237752260",
    "type": "WatchEvent",
    "actor": {
      "id": 583231,
      "login": "octocat",
      "display_login": "octocat",
      "gravatar_id": "",
      "url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat",
      "avatar_url": "https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/583231?v=4"
    },
    "repo": {
      "id": 1296269,
      "name": "octocat/Hello-World",
      "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World"
    },
    "payload": {
      "action": "started"
    },
    "public": true,
    "created_at": "2022-06-08T23:29:25Z"
  }
]

List events for the authenticated user

Works with GitHub Apps

If you are authenticated as the given user, you will see your private events. Otherwise, you'll only see public events.

Parameters for "List events for the authenticated user"

Headers
Name, Type, Description
`accept` string Setting to `application/vnd.github+json` is recommended.

Path parameters
Name, Type, Description
`username` string Required The handle for the GitHub user account.

Query parameters
Name, Type, Description
`per_page` integer The number of results per page (max 100). Default: `30`
`page` integer Page number of the results to fetch. Default: `1`

HTTP response status codes for "List events for the authenticated user"

Status code	Description
`200`	OK

Code samples for "List events for the authenticated user"

get/users/{username}/events

curl -L \
  -H "Accept: application/vnd.github+json" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR-TOKEN>" \
  https://HOSTNAME/api/v3/users/USERNAME/events

Response

Status: 200

[
  {
    "id": "22249084947",
    "type": "WatchEvent",
    "actor": {
      "id": 583231,
      "login": "octocat",
      "display_login": "octocat",
      "gravatar_id": "",
      "url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat",
      "avatar_url": "https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/583231?v=4"
    },
    "repo": {
      "id": 1296269,
      "name": "octocat/Hello-World",
      "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World"
    },
    "payload": {
      "action": "started"
    },
    "public": true,
    "created_at": "2022-06-09T12:47:28Z"
  },
  {
    "id": "22249084964",
    "type": "PushEvent",
    "actor": {
      "id": 583231,
      "login": "octocat",
      "display_login": "octocat",
      "gravatar_id": "",
      "url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat",
      "avatar_url": "https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/583231?v=4"
    },
    "repo": {
      "id": 1296269,
      "name": "octocat/Hello-World",
      "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World"
    },
    "payload": {
      "push_id": 10115855396,
      "size": 1,
      "distinct_size": 1,
      "ref": "refs/heads/master",
      "head": "7a8f3ac80e2ad2f6842cb86f576d4bfe2c03e300",
      "before": "883efe034920928c47fe18598c01249d1a9fdabd",
      "commits": [
        {
          "sha": "7a8f3ac80e2ad2f6842cb86f576d4bfe2c03e300",
          "author": {
            "email": "octocat@github.com",
            "name": "Monalisa Octocat"
          },
          "message": "commit",
          "distinct": true,
          "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/commits/7a8f3ac80e2ad2f6842cb86f576d4bfe2c03e300"
        }
      ]
    },
    "public": false,
    "created_at": "2022-06-07T07:50:26Z"
  }
]

List organization events for the authenticated user

This is the user's organization dashboard. You must be authenticated as the user to view this.

Parameters for "List organization events for the authenticated user"

Headers
Name, Type, Description
`accept` string Setting to `application/vnd.github+json` is recommended.

Path parameters
Name, Type, Description
`username` string Required The handle for the GitHub user account.
`org` string Required The organization name. The name is not case sensitive.

Query parameters
Name, Type, Description
`per_page` integer The number of results per page (max 100). Default: `30`
`page` integer Page number of the results to fetch. Default: `1`

HTTP response status codes for "List organization events for the authenticated user"

Status code	Description
`200`	OK

Code samples for "List organization events for the authenticated user"

get/users/{username}/events/orgs/{org}

curl -L \
  -H "Accept: application/vnd.github+json" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR-TOKEN>" \
  https://HOSTNAME/api/v3/users/USERNAME/events/orgs/ORG

Response

Status: 200

[
  {
    "id": "22249084964",
    "type": "PushEvent",
    "actor": {
      "id": 583231,
      "login": "octocat",
      "display_login": "octocat",
      "gravatar_id": "",
      "url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat",
      "avatar_url": "https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/583231?v=4"
    },
    "repo": {
      "id": 1296269,
      "name": "octocat/Hello-World",
      "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World"
    },
    "payload": {
      "push_id": 10115855396,
      "size": 1,
      "distinct_size": 1,
      "ref": "refs/heads/master",
      "head": "7a8f3ac80e2ad2f6842cb86f576d4bfe2c03e300",
      "before": "883efe034920928c47fe18598c01249d1a9fdabd",
      "commits": [
        {
          "sha": "7a8f3ac80e2ad2f6842cb86f576d4bfe2c03e300",
          "author": {
            "email": "octocat@github.com",
            "name": "Monalisa Octocat"
          },
          "message": "commit",
          "distinct": true,
          "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/commits/7a8f3ac80e2ad2f6842cb86f576d4bfe2c03e300"
        }
      ]
    },
    "public": false,
    "created_at": "2022-06-09T12:47:28Z"
  },
  {
    "id": "22196946742",
    "type": "CreateEvent",
    "actor": {
      "id": 583231,
      "login": "octocat",
      "display_login": "octocat",
      "gravatar_id": "",
      "url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat",
      "avatar_url": "https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/583231?v=4"
    },
    "repo": {
      "id": 1296269,
      "name": "octocat/Hello-World",
      "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World"
    },
    "payload": {
      "ref": null,
      "ref_type": "repository",
      "master_branch": "master",
      "description": null,
      "pusher_type": "user"
    },
    "public": false,
    "created_at": "2022-06-07T07:50:26Z",
    "org": {
      "id": 9919,
      "login": "github",
      "gravatar_id": "",
      "url": "https://api.github.com/orgs/github",
      "avatar_url": "https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/9919?"
    }
  }
]