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Audit log

Use the REST API to retrieve audit logs for an enterprise.

Get the audit log for an enterprise

Gets the audit log for an enterprise. To use this endpoint, you must be an enterprise admin, and you must use an access token with the admin:enterprise scope.

Parameters for "Get the audit log for an enterprise"

Headers
Name, Type, Description
accept string

Setting to application/vnd.github+json is recommended.

Path parameters
Name, Type, Description
enterprise string Required

The slug version of the enterprise name. You can also substitute this value with the enterprise id.

Query parameters
Name, Type, Description
phrase string

A search phrase. For more information, see Searching the audit log.

after string

A cursor, as given in the Link header. If specified, the query only searches for events after this cursor.

before string

A cursor, as given in the Link header. If specified, the query only searches for events before this cursor.

order string

The order of audit log events. To list newest events first, specify desc. To list oldest events first, specify asc.

The default is desc.

Can be one of: desc, asc

page integer

Page number of the results to fetch.

Default: 1

per_page integer

The number of results per page (max 100).

Default: 30

HTTP response status codes for "Get the audit log for an enterprise"

Status codeDescription
200

OK

Code samples for "Get the audit log for an enterprise"

get/enterprises/{enterprise}/audit-log
curl -L \ -H "Accept: application/vnd.github+json" \ -H "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR-TOKEN>" \ https://HOSTNAME/api/v3/enterprises/ENTERPRISE/audit-log

Response

Status: 200
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