REST API endpoints for releases and release assets

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Use the REST API to create, modify, and delete releases and release assets.

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v1.0.0

Release

This returns a list of releases, which does not include regular Git tags that have not been associated with a release. To get a list of Git tags, use the <a href="https://docs.github.com/enterprise-server@3.12/rest/repos/repos#list-repository-tags">Repository Tags API</a>.
Information about published releases are available to everyone. Only users with push access will receive listings for draft releases.

The account owner of the repository. The name is not case sensitive.

owner

The name of the repository without the <code>.git</code> extension. The name is not case sensitive.

repo

The number of results per page (max 100). For more information, see "<a href="https://docs.github.com/enterprise-server@3.12/rest/using-the-rest-api/using-pagination-in-the-rest-api">Using pagination in the REST API</a>."

per_page

The page number of the results to fetch. For more information, see "<a href="https://docs.github.com/enterprise-server@3.12/rest/using-the-rest-api/using-pagination-in-the-rest-api">Using pagination in the REST API</a>."

page

List releases

tag_name

Specifies the commitish value that determines where the Git tag is created from. Can be any branch or commit SHA. Unused if the Git tag already exists. Default: the repository's default branch.

target_commitish

name

Text describing the contents of the tag.

body

<code>true</code> to create a draft (unpublished) release, <code>false</code> to create a published one.

draft

Users with push access to the repository can create a release.
This endpoint triggers <a href="https://docs.github.com/enterprise-server@3.12/github/managing-subscriptions-and-notifications-on-github/about-notifications">notifications</a>. Creating content too quickly using this endpoint may result in secondary rate limiting. For more information, see "<a href="https://docs.github.com/enterprise-server@3.12/rest/using-the-rest-api/rate-limits-for-the-rest-api#about-secondary-rate-limits">Rate limits for the API</a>" and "<a href="https://docs.github.com/enterprise-server@3.12/rest/guides/best-practices-for-using-the-rest-api">Best practices for using the REST API</a>."

Create a release