Events

The Events API is a read-only API to the GitHub events.

These events power the various activity streams on the site.

The Events API can return different types of events triggered by activity on GitHub AE. For more information about the specific events that you can receive from the Events API, see "GitHub Event types." An events API for repository issues is also available. For more information, see the "Issue Events API."

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://[hostname]/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://[hostname]/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

Parameters

Headers
Name, Type, Description
`accept`string Setting to `application/vnd.github+json` is recommended.
Path parameters
Name, Type, Description
`owner`stringRequired The account owner of the repository. The name is not case sensitive.
`repo`stringRequired The name of the repository. 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

Status code	Description
`200`	OK

Code samples

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

curl \
  -H "Accept: application/vnd.github+json" \ 
  -H "Authorization: token <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

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

Status code	Description
`200`	OK

Code samples

get/users/{username}/events

curl \
  -H "Accept: application/vnd.github+json" \ 
  -H "Authorization: token <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

Headers
Name, Type, Description
`accept`string Setting to `application/vnd.github+json` is recommended.
Path parameters
Name, Type, Description
`username`stringRequired The handle for the GitHub user account.
`org`stringRequired 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

Status code	Description
`200`	OK

Code samples

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

curl \
  -H "Accept: application/vnd.github+json" \ 
  -H "Authorization: token <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?"
    }
  }
]