Code scanning

The code scanning API lets you retrieve and update code scanning alerts from a repository. You can use the endpoints to create automated reports for the code scanning alerts in an organization or upload analysis results generated using offline code scanning tools. For more information, see "Finding security vulnerabilities and errors in your code."

Custom media type for code scanning

There is one supported custom media type for the code scanning REST API.

application/sarif+json

You can use this with GET requests sent to the /analyses/{analysis_id} endpoint. For more information about this operation, see "Get a code scanning analysis for a repository." When you use this media type with this operation, the response includes a subset of the actual data that was uploaded for the specified analysis, rather than the summary of the analysis that's returned when you use the default media type. The response also includes additional data such as the github/alertNumber and github/alertUrl properties. The data is formatted as SARIF version 2.1.0.

For more information, see "Media types."

List code scanning alerts for a repository

Lists all open code scanning alerts for the default branch (usually main or master). You must use an access token with the security_events scope to use this endpoint. GitHub Apps must have the security_events read permission to use this endpoint.

The response includes a most_recent_instance object. This provides details of the most recent instance of this alert for the default branch or for the specified Git reference (if you used ref in the request).

get /repos/{owner}/{repo}/code-scanning/alerts

Parameters

Name	Type	In	Description
`accept`	string	header	Setting to `application/vnd.github.v3+json` is recommended.
`owner`	string	path
`repo`	string	path
`tool_name`	string	query	The name of a code scanning tool. Only results by this tool will be listed. You can specify the tool by using either `tool_name` or `tool_guid`, but not both.
`tool_guid`	string	query	The GUID of a code scanning tool. Only results by this tool will be listed. Note that some code scanning tools may not include a GUID in their analysis data. You can specify the tool by using either `tool_guid` or `tool_name`, but not both.
`page`	integer	query	Page number of the results to fetch. Default: `1`
`per_page`	integer	query	Results per page (max 100) Default: `30`
`ref`	string	query	The Git reference for the results you want to list. The `ref` for a branch can be formatted either as `refs/heads/<branch name>` or simply `<branch name>`. To reference a pull request use `refs/pull/<number>/merge`.
`state`	string	query	Set to `open`, `fixed`, or `dismissed` to list code scanning alerts in a specific state.

Code samples

Shell

curl \
  -H "Accept: application/vnd.github.v3+json" \
  https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/hello-world/code-scanning/alerts

JavaScript (@octokit/core.js)

await octokit.request('GET /repos/{owner}/{repo}/code-scanning/alerts', {
  owner: 'octocat',
  repo: 'hello-world'
})

Response

Status: 200 OK

[
  {
    "number": 4,
    "created_at": "2020-02-13T12:29:18Z",
    "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/hello-world/code-scanning/alerts/4",
    "html_url": "https://github.com/octocat/hello-world/code-scanning/4",
    "state": "open",
    "dismissed_by": null,
    "dismissed_at": null,
    "dismissed_reason": null,
    "rule": {
      "id": "js/zipslip",
      "severity": "error",
      "description": "Arbitrary file write during zip extraction",
      "name": "js/zipslip"
    },
    "tool": {
      "name": "CodeQL",
      "guid": null,
      "version": "2.4.0"
    },
    "most_recent_instance": {
      "ref": "refs/heads/main",
      "analysis_key": ".github/workflows/codeql-analysis.yml:CodeQL-Build",
      "environment": "{}",
      "state": "open",
      "commit_sha": "39406e42cb832f683daa691dd652a8dc36ee8930",
      "message": {
        "text": "This path depends on a user-provided value."
      },
      "location": {
        "path": "spec-main/api-session-spec.ts",
        "start_line": 917,
        "end_line": 917,
        "start_column": 7,
        "end_column": 18
      },
      "classifications": [
        "test"
      ]
    },
    "instances_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/hello-world/code-scanning/alerts/4/instances"
  },
  {
    "number": 3,
    "created_at": "2020-02-13T12:29:18Z",
    "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/hello-world/code-scanning/alerts/3",
    "html_url": "https://github.com/octocat/hello-world/code-scanning/3",
    "state": "dismissed",
    "dismissed_by": {
      "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
    },
    "dismissed_at": "2020-02-14T12:29:18Z",
    "dismissed_reason": "false positive",
    "rule": {
      "id": "js/zipslip",
      "severity": "error",
      "description": "Arbitrary file write during zip extraction",
      "name": "js/zipslip"
    },
    "tool": {
      "name": "CodeQL",
      "guid": null,
      "version": "2.4.0"
    },
    "most_recent_instance": {
      "ref": "refs/heads/main",
      "analysis_key": ".github/workflows/codeql-analysis.yml:CodeQL-Build",
      "environment": "{}",
      "state": "open",
      "commit_sha": "39406e42cb832f683daa691dd652a8dc36ee8930",
      "message": {
        "text": "This path depends on a user-provided value."
      },
      "location": {
        "path": "lib/ab12-gen.js",
        "start_line": 917,
        "end_line": 917,
        "start_column": 7,
        "end_column": 18
      },
      "classifications": []
    },
    "instances_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/hello-world/code-scanning/alerts/3/instances"
  }
]

Response if GitHub Advanced Security is not enabled for this repository

Status: 403 Forbidden

Resource not found

Status: 404 Not Found

Service unavailable

Status: 503 Service Unavailable

Notes

Works with GitHub Apps

Get a code scanning alert

Gets a single code scanning alert. You must use an access token with the security_events scope to use this endpoint. GitHub Apps must have the security_events read permission to use this endpoint.

Deprecation notice: The instances field is deprecated and will, in future, not be included in the response for this endpoint. The example response reflects this change. The same information can now be retrieved via a GET request to the URL specified by instances_url.

get /repos/{owner}/{repo}/code-scanning/alerts/{alert_number}

Parameters

Name	Type	In	Description
`accept`	string	header	Setting to `application/vnd.github.v3+json` is recommended.
`owner`	string	path
`repo`	string	path
`alert_number`	integer	path	The number that identifies an alert. You can find this at the end of the URL for a code scanning alert within GitHub, and in the `number` field in the response from the `GET /repos/{owner}/{repo}/code-scanning/alerts` operation.

Code samples

Shell

curl \
  -H "Accept: application/vnd.github.v3+json" \
  https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/hello-world/code-scanning/alerts/42

JavaScript (@octokit/core.js)

await octokit.request('GET /repos/{owner}/{repo}/code-scanning/alerts/{alert_number}', {
  owner: 'octocat',
  repo: 'hello-world',
  alert_number: 42
})

Response

Status: 200 OK

{
  "number": 42,
  "created_at": "2020-06-19T11:21:34Z",
  "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/hello-world/code-scanning/alerts/42",
  "html_url": "https://github.com/octocat/hello-world/code-scanning/42",
  "state": "dismissed",
  "dismissed_by": {
    "login": "octocat",
    "id": 54933897,
    "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
  },
  "dismissed_at": "2020-02-14T12:29:18Z",
  "dismissed_reason": "false positive",
  "rule": {
    "id": "js/zipslip",
    "severity": "error",
    "security_severity_level": "high",
    "description": "Arbitrary file write during zip extraction (\"Zip Slip\")",
    "name": "js/zipslip",
    "full_description": "Extracting files from a malicious zip archive without validating that the destination file path is within the destination directory can cause files outside the destination directory to be overwritten.",
    "tags": [
      "security",
      "external/cwe/cwe-022"
    ],
    "help": "# Arbitrary file write during zip extraction (\"Zip Slip\")\\nExtracting files from a malicious zip archive without validating that the destination file path is within the destination directory can cause files outside the destination directory to be overwritten ..."
  },
  "tool": {
    "name": "CodeQL",
    "guid": null,
    "version": "2.4.0"
  },
  "most_recent_instance": {
    "ref": "refs/heads/main",
    "analysis_key": ".github/workflows/codeql-analysis.yml:CodeQL-Build",
    "environment": "{}",
    "state": "dismissed",
    "commit_sha": "39406e42cb832f683daa691dd652a8dc36ee8930",
    "message": {
      "text": "This path depends on a user-provided value."
    },
    "location": {
      "path": "spec-main/api-session-spec.ts",
      "start_line": 917,
      "end_line": 917,
      "start_column": 7,
      "end_column": 18
    },
    "classifications": [
      "test"
    ]
  },
  "instances_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/hello-world/code-scanning/alerts/42/instances"
}

Response if GitHub Advanced Security is not enabled for this repository

Status: 403 Forbidden

Resource not found

Status: 404 Not Found

Service unavailable

Status: 503 Service Unavailable

Notes

Works with GitHub Apps

Update a code scanning alert

Updates the status of a single code scanning alert. You must use an access token with the security_events scope to use this endpoint. GitHub Apps must have the security_events write permission to use this endpoint.

patch /repos/{owner}/{repo}/code-scanning/alerts/{alert_number}

Parameters

Name	Type	In	Description
`accept`	string	header	Setting to `application/vnd.github.v3+json` is recommended.
`owner`	string	path
`repo`	string	path
`alert_number`	integer	path	The number that identifies an alert. You can find this at the end of the URL for a code scanning alert within GitHub, and in the `number` field in the response from the `GET /repos/{owner}/{repo}/code-scanning/alerts` operation.
`state`	string	body	Required. Sets the state of the code scanning alert. Can be one of `open` or `dismissed`. You must provide `dismissed_reason` when you set the state to `dismissed`.
`dismissed_reason`	string or nullable	body	Required when the state is dismissed. The reason for dismissing or closing the alert. Can be one of: `false positive`, `won't fix`, and `used in tests`.

Code samples

Shell

curl \
  -X PATCH \
  -H "Accept: application/vnd.github.v3+json" \
  https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/hello-world/code-scanning/alerts/42 \
  -d '{"state":"state"}'

JavaScript (@octokit/core.js)

await octokit.request('PATCH /repos/{owner}/{repo}/code-scanning/alerts/{alert_number}', {
  owner: 'octocat',
  repo: 'hello-world',
  alert_number: 42,
  state: 'state'
})

Response

Status: 200 OK

{
  "number": 42,
  "created_at": "2020-08-25T21:28:36Z",
  "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/hello-world/code-scanning/alerts/42",
  "html_url": "https://github.com/octocat/hello-world/code-scanning/42",
  "state": "dismissed",
  "dismissed_by": {
    "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
  },
  "dismissed_at": "2020-09-02T22:34:56Z",
  "dismissed_reason": "false positive",
  "rule": {
    "id": "js/zipslip",
    "severity": "error",
    "security_severity_level": "high",
    "description": "Arbitrary file write during zip extraction (\"Zip Slip\")",
    "name": "js/zipslip",
    "full_description": "Extracting files from a malicious zip archive without validating that the destination file path is within the destination directory can cause files outside the destination directory to be overwritten.",
    "tags": [
      "security",
      "external/cwe/cwe-022"
    ],
    "help": "# Arbitrary file write during zip extraction (\"Zip Slip\")\\nExtracting files from a malicious zip archive without validating that the destination file path is within the destination directory can cause files outside the destination directory to be overwritten ..."
  },
  "tool": {
    "name": "CodeQL",
    "guid": null,
    "version": "2.4.0"
  },
  "most_recent_instance": {
    "ref": "refs/heads/main",
    "analysis_key": ".github/workflows/codeql-analysis.yml:CodeQL-Build",
    "environment": "{}",
    "state": "dismissed",
    "commit_sha": "39406e42cb832f683daa691dd652a8dc36ee8930",
    "message": {
      "text": "This path depends on a user-provided value."
    },
    "location": {
      "path": "spec-main/api-session-spec.ts",
      "start_line": 917,
      "end_line": 917,
      "start_column": 7,
      "end_column": 18
    },
    "classifications": [
      "test"
    ]
  },
  "instances_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/hello-world/code-scanning/alerts/42/instances"
}

Response if the repository is archived or if github advanced security is not enabled for this repository

Status: 403 Forbidden

Resource not found

Status: 404 Not Found

Service unavailable

Status: 503 Service Unavailable

Notes

Works with GitHub Apps

List instances of a code scanning alert

Lists all instances of the specified code scanning alert. You must use an access token with the security_events scope to use this endpoint. GitHub Apps must have the security_events read permission to use this endpoint.

get /repos/{owner}/{repo}/code-scanning/alerts/{alert_number}/instances

Parameters

Name	Type	In	Description
`accept`	string	header	Setting to `application/vnd.github.v3+json` is recommended.
`owner`	string	path
`repo`	string	path
`alert_number`	integer	path	The number that identifies an alert. You can find this at the end of the URL for a code scanning alert within GitHub, and in the `number` field in the response from the `GET /repos/{owner}/{repo}/code-scanning/alerts` operation.
`page`	integer	query	Page number of the results to fetch. Default: `1`
`per_page`	integer	query	Results per page (max 100) Default: `30`
`ref`	string	query	The Git reference for the results you want to list. The `ref` for a branch can be formatted either as `refs/heads/<branch name>` or simply `<branch name>`. To reference a pull request use `refs/pull/<number>/merge`.

Code samples

Shell

curl \
  -H "Accept: application/vnd.github.v3+json" \
  https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/hello-world/code-scanning/alerts/42/instances

JavaScript (@octokit/core.js)

await octokit.request('GET /repos/{owner}/{repo}/code-scanning/alerts/{alert_number}/instances', {
  owner: 'octocat',
  repo: 'hello-world',
  alert_number: 42
})

Response

Status: 200 OK

[
  {
    "ref": "refs/heads/main",
    "analysis_key": ".github/workflows/codeql-analysis.yml:CodeQL-Build",
    "environment": "",
    "state": "open",
    "commit_sha": "39406e42cb832f683daa691dd652a8dc36ee8930",
    "message": {
      "text": "This path depends on a user-provided value."
    },
    "location": {
      "path": "lib/ab12-gen.js",
      "start_line": 917,
      "end_line": 917,
      "start_column": 7,
      "end_column": 18
    },
    "classifications": [
      "library"
    ]
  },
  {
    "ref": "refs/pull/3740/merge",
    "analysis_key": ".github/workflows/codeql-analysis.yml:CodeQL-Build",
    "environment": "",
    "category": ".github/workflows/codeql-analysis.yml:CodeQL-Build",
    "state": "fixed",
    "commit_sha": "b09da05606e27f463a2b49287684b4ae777092f2",
    "message": {
      "text": "This suffix check is missing a length comparison to correctly handle lastIndexOf returning -1."
    },
    "location": {
      "path": "app/script.js",
      "start_line": 2,
      "end_line": 2,
      "start_column": 10,
      "end_column": 50
    },
    "classifications": [
      "source"
    ]
  }
]

Response if GitHub Advanced Security is not enabled for this repository

Status: 403 Forbidden

Resource not found

Status: 404 Not Found

Service unavailable

Status: 503 Service Unavailable

Notes

Works with GitHub Apps

List code scanning analyses for a repository

Lists the details of all code scanning analyses for a repository, starting with the most recent. The response is paginated and you can use the page and per_page parameters to list the analyses you're interested in. By default 30 analyses are listed per page.

The rules_count field in the response give the number of rules that were run in the analysis. For very old analyses this data is not available, and 0 is returned in this field.

You must use an access token with the security_events scope to use this endpoint. GitHub Apps must have the security_events read permission to use this endpoint.

Deprecation notice: The tool_name field is deprecated and will, in future, not be included in the response for this endpoint. The example response reflects this change. The tool name can now be found inside the tool field.

get /repos/{owner}/{repo}/code-scanning/analyses

Parameters

Name	Type	In	Description
`accept`	string	header	Setting to `application/vnd.github.v3+json` is recommended.
`owner`	string	path
`repo`	string	path
`tool_name`	string	query	The name of a code scanning tool. Only results by this tool will be listed. You can specify the tool by using either `tool_name` or `tool_guid`, but not both.
`tool_guid`	string	query	The GUID of a code scanning tool. Only results by this tool will be listed. Note that some code scanning tools may not include a GUID in their analysis data. You can specify the tool by using either `tool_guid` or `tool_name`, but not both.
`page`	integer	query	Page number of the results to fetch. Default: `1`
`per_page`	integer	query	Results per page (max 100) Default: `30`
`ref`	string	query	The Git reference for the analyses you want to list. The `ref` for a branch can be formatted either as `refs/heads/<branch name>` or simply `<branch name>`. To reference a pull request use `refs/pull/<number>/merge`.
`sarif_id`	string	query	Filter analyses belonging to the same SARIF upload.

Code samples

Shell

curl \
  -H "Accept: application/vnd.github.v3+json" \
  https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/hello-world/code-scanning/analyses

JavaScript (@octokit/core.js)

await octokit.request('GET /repos/{owner}/{repo}/code-scanning/analyses', {
  owner: 'octocat',
  repo: 'hello-world'
})

Response

Status: 200 OK

[
  {
    "ref": "refs/heads/main",
    "commit_sha": "d99612c3e1f2970085cfbaeadf8f010ef69bad83",
    "analysis_key": ".github/workflows/codeql-analysis.yml:analyze",
    "environment": "{\"language\":\"python\"}",
    "error": "",
    "category": ".github/workflows/codeql-analysis.yml:analyze/language:python",
    "created_at": "2020-08-27T15:05:21Z",
    "results_count": 17,
    "rules_count": 49,
    "id": 201,
    "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/hello-world/code-scanning/analyses/201",
    "sarif_id": "6c81cd8e-b078-4ac3-a3be-1dad7dbd0b53",
    "tool": {
      "name": "CodeQL",
      "guid": null,
      "version": "2.4.0"
    },
    "deletable": true,
    "warning": ""
  },
  {
    "ref": "refs/heads/my-branch",
    "commit_sha": "c8cff6510d4d084fb1b4aa13b64b97ca12b07321",
    "analysis_key": ".github/workflows/shiftleft.yml:build",
    "environment": "{}",
    "error": "",
    "category": ".github/workflows/shiftleft.yml:build/",
    "created_at": "2020-08-31T22:46:44Z",
    "results_count": 17,
    "rules_count": 32,
    "id": 200,
    "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/hello-world/code-scanning/analyses/200",
    "sarif_id": "8981cd8e-b078-4ac3-a3be-1dad7dbd0b582",
    "tool": {
      "name": "Python Security Analysis",
      "guid": null,
      "version": "1.2.0"
    },
    "deletable": true,
    "warning": ""
  }
]

Response if GitHub Advanced Security is not enabled for this repository

Status: 403 Forbidden

Resource not found

Status: 404 Not Found

Service unavailable

Status: 503 Service Unavailable

Notes

Works with GitHub Apps

Get a code scanning analysis for a repository

Gets a specified code scanning analysis for a repository. You must use an access token with the security_events scope to use this endpoint. GitHub Apps must have the security_events read permission to use this endpoint.

The default JSON response contains fields that describe the analysis. This includes the Git reference and commit SHA to which the analysis relates, the datetime of the analysis, the name of the code scanning tool, and the number of alerts.

The rules_count field in the default response give the number of rules that were run in the analysis. For very old analyses this data is not available, and 0 is returned in this field.

If you use the Accept header application/sarif+json, the response contains the analysis data that was uploaded. This is formatted as SARIF version 2.1.0.

get /repos/{owner}/{repo}/code-scanning/analyses/{analysis_id}

Parameters

Name	Type	In	Description
`accept`	string	header	Setting to `application/vnd.github.v3+json` is recommended.
`owner`	string	path
`repo`	string	path
`analysis_id`	integer	path	The ID of the analysis, as returned from the `GET /repos/{owner}/{repo}/code-scanning/analyses` operation.

Code samples

Shell

curl \
  -H "Accept: application/vnd.github.v3+json" \
  https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/hello-world/code-scanning/analyses/42

JavaScript (@octokit/core.js)

await octokit.request('GET /repos/{owner}/{repo}/code-scanning/analyses/{analysis_id}', {
  owner: 'octocat',
  repo: 'hello-world',
  analysis_id: 42
})

Default response

Status: 200 OK

{
  "ref": "refs/heads/main",
  "commit_sha": "c18c69115654ff0166991962832dc2bd7756e655",
  "analysis_key": ".github/workflows/codeql-analysis.yml:analyze",
  "environment": "{\"language\":\"javascript\"}",
  "error": "",
  "category": ".github/workflows/codeql-analysis.yml:analyze/language:javascript",
  "created_at": "2021-01-13T11:55:49Z",
  "results_count": 3,
  "rules_count": 67,
  "id": 3602840,
  "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/hello-world/code-scanning/analyses/201",
  "sarif_id": "47177e22-5596-11eb-80a1-c1e54ef945c6",
  "tool": {
    "name": "CodeQL",
    "guid": null,
    "version": "2.4.0"
  },
  "deletable": true,
  "warning": ""
}

Response if GitHub Advanced Security is not enabled for this repository

Status: 403 Forbidden

Resource not found

Status: 404 Not Found

Service unavailable

Status: 503 Service Unavailable

Notes

Works with GitHub Apps

Delete a code scanning analysis from a repository

Deletes a specified code scanning analysis from a repository. For private repositories, you must use an access token with the repo scope. For public repositories, you must use an access token with public_repo and repo:security_events scopes. GitHub Apps must have the security_events write permission to use this endpoint.

You can delete one analysis at a time. To delete a series of analyses, start with the most recent analysis and work backwards. Conceptually, the process is similar to the undo function in a text editor.

When you list the analyses for a repository, one or more will be identified as deletable in the response:

"deletable": true

An analysis is deletable when it's the most recent in a set of analyses. Typically, a repository will have multiple sets of analyses for each enabled code scanning tool, where a set is determined by a unique combination of analysis values:

ref
tool
analysis_key
environment

If you attempt to delete an analysis that is not the most recent in a set, you'll get a 400 response with the message:

Analysis specified is not deletable.

The response from a successful DELETE operation provides you with two alternative URLs for deleting the next analysis in the set (see the example default response below). Use the next_analysis_url URL if you want to avoid accidentally deleting the final analysis in the set. This is a useful option if you want to preserve at least one analysis for the specified tool in your repository. Use the confirm_delete_url URL if you are content to remove all analyses for a tool. When you delete the last analysis in a set the value of next_analysis_url and confirm_delete_url in the 200 response is null.

As an example of the deletion process, let's imagine that you added a workflow that configured a particular code scanning tool to analyze the code in a repository. This tool has added 15 analyses: 10 on the default branch, and another 5 on a topic branch. You therefore have two separate sets of analyses for this tool. You've now decided that you want to remove all of the analyses for the tool. To do this you must make 15 separate deletion requests. To start, you must find the deletable analysis for one of the sets, step through deleting the analyses in that set, and then repeat the process for the second set. The procedure therefore consists of a nested loop:

Outer loop:

List the analyses for the repository, filtered by tool.
Parse this list to find a deletable analysis. If found:

Inner loop:
- Delete the identified analysis.
- Parse the response for the value of confirm_delete_url and, if found, use this in the next iteration.

The above process assumes that you want to remove all trace of the tool's analyses from the GitHub user interface, for the specified repository, and it therefore uses the confirm_delete_url value. Alternatively, you could use the next_analysis_url value, which would leave the last analysis in each set undeleted to avoid removing a tool's analysis entirely.

delete /repos/{owner}/{repo}/code-scanning/analyses/{analysis_id}

Parameters

Name	Type	In	Description
`accept`	string	header	Setting to `application/vnd.github.v3+json` is recommended.
`owner`	string	path
`repo`	string	path
`analysis_id`	integer	path	The ID of the analysis, as returned from the `GET /repos/{owner}/{repo}/code-scanning/analyses` operation.
`confirm_delete`	string	query	Allow deletion if the specified analysis is the last in a set. If you attempt to delete the final analysis in a set without setting this parameter to `true`, you'll get a 400 response with the message: `Analysis is last of its type and deletion may result in the loss of historical alert data. Please specify confirm_delete.`

Code samples

Shell

curl \
  -X DELETE \
  -H "Accept: application/vnd.github.v3+json" \
  https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/hello-world/code-scanning/analyses/42

JavaScript (@octokit/core.js)

await octokit.request('DELETE /repos/{owner}/{repo}/code-scanning/analyses/{analysis_id}', {
  owner: 'octocat',
  repo: 'hello-world',
  analysis_id: 42
})

Default response

Status: 200 OK

{
  "next_analysis_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/hello-world/code-scanning/analyses/41",
  "confirm_delete_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/hello-world/code-scanning/analyses/41?confirm_delete"
}

Bad Request

Status: 400 Bad Request

Response if the repository is archived or if github advanced security is not enabled for this repository

Status: 403 Forbidden

Resource not found

Status: 404 Not Found

Service unavailable

Status: 503 Service Unavailable

Notes

Works with GitHub Apps

Upload an analysis as SARIF data

Uploads SARIF data containing the results of a code scanning analysis to make the results available in a repository. You must use an access token with the security_events scope to use this endpoint. GitHub Apps must have the security_events write permission to use this endpoint.

There are two places where you can upload code scanning results.

If you upload to a pull request, for example --ref refs/pull/42/merge or --ref refs/pull/42/head, then the results appear as alerts in a pull request check. For more information, see "Triaging code scanning alerts in pull requests."
If you upload to a branch, for example --ref refs/heads/my-branch, then the results appear in the Security tab for your repository. For more information, see "Managing code scanning alerts for your repository."

You must compress the SARIF-formatted analysis data that you want to upload, using gzip, and then encode it as a Base64 format string. For example:

gzip -c analysis-data.sarif | base64 -w0

SARIF upload supports a maximum of 5000 results per analysis run. Any results over this limit are ignored and any SARIF uploads with more than 25,000 results are rejected. Typically, but not necessarily, a SARIF file contains a single run of a single tool. If a code scanning tool generates too many results, you should update the analysis configuration to run only the most important rules or queries.

The 202 Accepted, response includes an id value. You can use this ID to check the status of the upload by using this for the /sarifs/{sarif_id} endpoint. For more information, see "Get information about a SARIF upload."

post /repos/{owner}/{repo}/code-scanning/sarifs

Parameters

Name	Type	In	Description
`accept`	string	header	Setting to `application/vnd.github.v3+json` is recommended.
`owner`	string	path
`repo`	string	path
`commit_sha`	string	body	Required. The SHA of the commit to which the analysis you are uploading relates.
`ref`	string	body	Required. The full Git reference, formatted as `refs/heads/<branch name>`,`refs/pull/<number>/merge`, or `refs/pull/<number>/head`.
`sarif`	string	body	Required. A Base64 string representing the SARIF file to upload. You must first compress your SARIF file using `gzip` and then translate the contents of the file into a Base64 encoding string. For more information, see "SARIF support for code scanning."
`checkout_uri`	string	body	The base directory used in the analysis, as it appears in the SARIF file. This property is used to convert file paths from absolute to relative, so that alerts can be mapped to their correct location in the repository.
`started_at`	string	body	The time that the analysis run began. This is a timestamp in ISO 8601 format: `YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM:SSZ`.
`tool_name`	string	body	The name of the tool used to generate the code scanning analysis. If this parameter is not used, the tool name defaults to "API". If the uploaded SARIF contains a tool GUID, this will be available for filtering using the `tool_guid` parameter of operations such as `GET /repos/{owner}/{repo}/code-scanning/alerts`.

Code samples

Shell

curl \
  -X POST \
  -H "Accept: application/vnd.github.v3+json" \
  https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/hello-world/code-scanning/sarifs \
  -d '{"commit_sha":"commit_sha","ref":"ref","sarif":"sarif"}'

JavaScript (@octokit/core.js)

await octokit.request('POST /repos/{owner}/{repo}/code-scanning/sarifs', {
  owner: 'octocat',
  repo: 'hello-world',
  commit_sha: 'commit_sha',
  ref: 'ref',
  sarif: 'sarif'
})

Default response

Status: 202 Accepted

{
  "id": "47177e22-5596-11eb-80a1-c1e54ef945c6",
  "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/hello-world/code-scanning/sarifs/47177e22-5596-11eb-80a1-c1e54ef945c6"
}

Bad Request if the sarif field is invalid

Status: 400 Bad Request

Response if the repository is archived or if github advanced security is not enabled for this repository

Status: 403 Forbidden

Resource not found

Status: 404 Not Found

Payload Too Large if the sarif field is too large

Status: 413 Payload Too Large

Service unavailable

Status: 503 Service Unavailable

Notes

Works with GitHub Apps

Get information about a SARIF upload

Gets information about a SARIF upload, including the status and the URL of the analysis that was uploaded so that you can retrieve details of the analysis. For more information, see "Get a code scanning analysis for a repository." You must use an access token with the security_events scope to use this endpoint. GitHub Apps must have the security_events read permission to use this endpoint.

get /repos/{owner}/{repo}/code-scanning/sarifs/{sarif_id}

Parameters

Name	Type	In	Description
`accept`	string	header	Setting to `application/vnd.github.v3+json` is recommended.
`owner`	string	path
`repo`	string	path
`sarif_id`	string	path	The SARIF ID obtained after uploading.

Code samples

Shell

curl \
  -H "Accept: application/vnd.github.v3+json" \
  https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/hello-world/code-scanning/sarifs/SARIF_ID

JavaScript (@octokit/core.js)

await octokit.request('GET /repos/{owner}/{repo}/code-scanning/sarifs/{sarif_id}', {
  owner: 'octocat',
  repo: 'hello-world',
  sarif_id: 'sarif_id'
})

Default response

Status: 200 OK

{
  "processing_status": "complete",
  "analyses_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/hello-world/code-scanning/analyses?sarif_id=47177e22-5596-11eb-80a1-c1e54ef945c6"
}

Response if GitHub Advanced Security is not enabled for this repository

Status: 403 Forbidden

Not Found if the sarif id does not match any upload

Status: 404 Not Found

Service unavailable

Status: 503 Service Unavailable

Notes

Works with GitHub Apps

Code scanning

Custom media type for code scanning

List code scanning alerts for a repository

Shell

JavaScript (@octokit/core.js)

Response

Response if GitHub Advanced Security is not enabled for this repository

Resource not found

Service unavailable

Notes

Get a code scanning alert

Shell

JavaScript (@octokit/core.js)

Response

Response if GitHub Advanced Security is not enabled for this repository

Resource not found

Service unavailable

Notes

Update a code scanning alert

Shell

JavaScript (@octokit/core.js)

Response

Response if the repository is archived or if github advanced security is not enabled for this repository

Resource not found

Service unavailable

Notes

List instances of a code scanning alert

Shell

JavaScript (@octokit/core.js)

Response

Response if GitHub Advanced Security is not enabled for this repository

Resource not found

Service unavailable

Notes

List code scanning analyses for a repository

Shell

JavaScript (@octokit/core.js)

Response

Response if GitHub Advanced Security is not enabled for this repository

Resource not found

Service unavailable

Notes

Get a code scanning analysis for a repository

Shell

JavaScript (@octokit/core.js)

Default response

Response if GitHub Advanced Security is not enabled for this repository

Resource not found

Service unavailable

Notes

Delete a code scanning analysis from a repository

Shell

JavaScript (@octokit/core.js)

Default response

Bad Request

Response if the repository is archived or if github advanced security is not enabled for this repository

Resource not found

Service unavailable

Notes

Upload an analysis as SARIF data

Shell

JavaScript (@octokit/core.js)

Default response

Bad Request if the sarif field is invalid

Response if the repository is archived or if github advanced security is not enabled for this repository

Resource not found

Payload Too Large if the sarif field is too large

Service unavailable

Notes

Get information about a SARIF upload

Shell

JavaScript (@octokit/core.js)

Default response

Response if GitHub Advanced Security is not enabled for this repository

Not Found if the sarif id does not match any upload

Service unavailable

Notes

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