REST API endpoints for OAuth app authorizations

About OAuth authorizations

You can use the REST API to manage the access OAuth apps have to your account. You can only access these endpoints via basic authentication using your username and password, not tokens.

List your grants

Deprecation Notice: GitHub Enterprise Server will discontinue the OAuth Authorizations API, which is used by integrations to create personal access tokens and OAuth tokens, and you must now create these tokens using our web application flow. The OAuth Authorizations API will be removed on November, 13, 2020. For more information, including scheduled brownouts, see the blog post.

You can use this API to list the set of OAuth applications that have been granted access to your account. Unlike the list your authorizations API, this API does not manage individual tokens. This API will return one entry for each OAuth application that has been granted access to your account, regardless of the number of tokens an application has generated for your user. The list of OAuth applications returned matches what is shown on the application authorizations settings screen within GitHub. The scopes returned are the union of scopes authorized for the application. For example, if an application has one token with repo scope and another token with user scope, the grant will return ["repo", "user"].

Parameters for "List your grants"

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

Query parameters
Name, Type, Description
`per_page` integer The number of results per page (max 100). For more information, see "Using pagination in the REST API." Default: `30`
`page` integer The page number of the results to fetch. For more information, see "Using pagination in the REST API." Default: `1`
`client_id` string The client ID of your GitHub app.

HTTP response status codes for "List your grants"

Status code	Description
`200`	OK
`304`	Not modified
`401`	Requires authentication
`403`	Forbidden
`404`	Resource not found

Code samples for "List your grants"

Request example

get/applications/grants

curl -L \
  -H "Accept: application/vnd.github+json" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR-TOKEN>" \
  -H "X-GitHub-Api-Version: 2022-11-28" \
  http(s)://HOSTNAME/api/v3/applications/grants

Response

Status: 200

[
  {
    "id": 1,
    "url": "https://HOSTNAME/applications/grants/1",
    "app": {
      "url": "http://my-github-app.com",
      "name": "my github app",
      "client_id": "abcde12345fghij67890"
    },
    "created_at": "2011-09-06T17:26:27Z",
    "updated_at": "2011-09-06T20:39:23Z",
    "scopes": [
      "public_repo"
    ]
  }
]

Get a single grant

Deprecation Notice: GitHub Enterprise Server will discontinue the OAuth Authorizations API, which is used by integrations to create personal access tokens and OAuth tokens, and you must now create these tokens using our web application flow. The OAuth Authorizations API will be removed on November, 13, 2020. For more information, including scheduled brownouts, see the blog post.

Parameters for "Get a single grant"

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

Path parameters
Name, Type, Description
`grant_id` integer Required The unique identifier of the grant.

HTTP response status codes for "Get a single grant"

Status code	Description
`200`	OK
`304`	Not modified
`401`	Requires authentication
`403`	Forbidden

Code samples for "Get a single grant"

Request example

get/applications/grants/{grant_id}

curl -L \
  -H "Accept: application/vnd.github+json" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR-TOKEN>" \
  -H "X-GitHub-Api-Version: 2022-11-28" \
  http(s)://HOSTNAME/api/v3/applications/grants/GRANT_ID

Response

Status: 200

{
  "id": 1,
  "url": "https://HOSTNAME/applications/grants/1",
  "app": {
    "url": "http://my-github-app.com",
    "name": "my github app",
    "client_id": "abcde12345fghij67890"
  },
  "created_at": "2011-09-06T17:26:27Z",
  "updated_at": "2011-09-06T20:39:23Z",
  "scopes": [
    "public_repo"
  ]
}

Delete a grant

Deprecation Notice: GitHub Enterprise Server will discontinue the OAuth Authorizations API, which is used by integrations to create personal access tokens and OAuth tokens, and you must now create these tokens using our web application flow. The OAuth Authorizations API will be removed on November, 13, 2020. For more information, including scheduled brownouts, see the blog post.

Deleting an OAuth application's grant will also delete all OAuth tokens associated with the application for your user. Once deleted, the application has no access to your account and is no longer listed on the application authorizations settings screen within GitHub.

Parameters for "Delete a grant"

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

Path parameters
Name, Type, Description
`grant_id` integer Required The unique identifier of the grant.

HTTP response status codes for "Delete a grant"

Status code	Description
`204`	No Content
`304`	Not modified
`401`	Requires authentication
`403`	Forbidden

Code samples for "Delete a grant"

Request example

delete/applications/grants/{grant_id}

curl -L \
  -X DELETE \
  -H "Accept: application/vnd.github+json" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR-TOKEN>" \
  -H "X-GitHub-Api-Version: 2022-11-28" \
  http(s)://HOSTNAME/api/v3/applications/grants/GRANT_ID

Response

Status: 204

List your authorizations

Deprecation Notice: GitHub Enterprise Server will discontinue the OAuth Authorizations API, which is used by integrations to create personal access tokens and OAuth tokens, and you must now create these tokens using our web application flow. The OAuth Authorizations API will be removed on November, 13, 2020. For more information, including scheduled brownouts, see the blog post.

Parameters for "List your authorizations"

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

Query parameters
Name, Type, Description
`per_page` integer The number of results per page (max 100). For more information, see "Using pagination in the REST API." Default: `30`
`page` integer The page number of the results to fetch. For more information, see "Using pagination in the REST API." Default: `1`
`client_id` string The client ID of your GitHub app.

HTTP response status codes for "List your authorizations"

Status code	Description
`200`	OK
`304`	Not modified
`401`	Requires authentication
`403`	Forbidden
`404`	Resource not found

Code samples for "List your authorizations"

Request example

get/authorizations

curl -L \
  -H "Accept: application/vnd.github+json" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR-TOKEN>" \
  -H "X-GitHub-Api-Version: 2022-11-28" \
  http(s)://HOSTNAME/api/v3/authorizations

Response

Status: 200

[
  {
    "id": 2,
    "url": "https://enterprise.octocat.com/api/v3/authorizations/2",
    "app": {
      "name": "My personal access token",
      "url": "https://docs.github.com/enterprise/rest/enterprise-admin/users#list-personal-access-tokens",
      "client_id": "00000000000000000000"
    },
    "token": "ghp_16C7e42F292c6912E7710c838347Ae178B4a",
    "hashed_token": "23cffb2fab1b0a62747863eba88cb9327e561f2f7a0c8661c0d9b83146cb8d45",
    "token_last_eight": "Ae178B4a",
    "note": "My personal access token",
    "note_url": null,
    "created_at": "2019-04-24T21:49:02Z",
    "updated_at": "2019-04-24T21:49:02Z",
    "scopes": [
      "admin:business",
      "admin:gpg_key",
      "admin:org",
      "admin:org_hook",
      "admin:pre_receive_hook",
      "admin:public_key",
      "admin:repo_hook",
      "delete_repo",
      "gist",
      "notifications",
      "repo",
      "user",
      "write:discussion"
    ],
    "fingerprint": null
  }
]

Create a new authorization

Deprecation Notice: GitHub Enterprise Server will discontinue the OAuth Authorizations API, which is used by integrations to create personal access tokens and OAuth tokens, and you must now create these tokens using our web application flow. The OAuth Authorizations API will be removed on November, 13, 2020. For more information, including scheduled brownouts, see the blog post.

Warning: Apps must use the web application flow to obtain OAuth tokens that work with GitHub Enterprise Server SAML organizations. OAuth tokens created using the Authorizations API will be unable to access GitHub Enterprise Server SAML organizations. For more information, see the blog post.

Creates OAuth tokens using Basic Authentication. If you have two-factor authentication setup, Basic Authentication for this endpoint requires that you use a one-time password (OTP) and your username and password instead of tokens. For more information, see "Working with two-factor authentication."

To create tokens for a particular OAuth application using this endpoint, you must authenticate as the user you want to create an authorization for and provide the app's client ID and secret, found on your OAuth application's settings page. If your OAuth application intends to create multiple tokens for one user, use fingerprint to differentiate between them.

You can also create tokens on GitHub Enterprise Server from the personal access tokens settings page. Read more about these tokens in the GitHub Help documentation.

Organizations that enforce SAML SSO require personal access tokens to be allowed. For more information, see "About identity and access management with SAML single sign-on" in the GitHub Enterprise Cloud documentation.

Parameters for "Create a new authorization"

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

Body parameters
Name, Type, Description
`scopes` array of strings or null A list of scopes that this authorization is in.
`note` string A note to remind you what the OAuth token is for.
`note_url` string A URL to remind you what app the OAuth token is for.
`client_id` string The OAuth app client key for which to create the token.
`client_secret` string The OAuth app client secret for which to create the token.
`fingerprint` string A unique string to distinguish an authorization from others created for the same client ID and user.

HTTP response status codes for "Create a new authorization"

Status code	Description
`201`	Created
`304`	Not modified
`401`	Requires authentication
`403`	Forbidden
`410`	Gone
`422`	Validation failed, or the endpoint has been spammed.

Code samples for "Create a new authorization"

Request example

post/authorizations

curl -L \
  -X POST \
  -H "Accept: application/vnd.github+json" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR-TOKEN>" \
  -H "X-GitHub-Api-Version: 2022-11-28" \
  http(s)://HOSTNAME/api/v3/authorizations \
  -d '{"scopes":["public_repo"],"note":"optional note","note_url":"http://optional/note/url","client_id":"abcde12345fghij67890","client_secret":"3ef4ad510c59ad37bac6bb4f80047fb3aee3cc7f"}'

Response

Status: 201

{
  "id": 1,
  "url": "https://HOSTNAME/authorizations/1",
  "scopes": [
    "public_repo"
  ],
  "token": "ghu_16C7e42F292c6912E7710c838347Ae178B4a",
  "token_last_eight": "Ae178B4a",
  "hashed_token": "25f94a2a5c7fbaf499c665bc73d67c1c87e496da8985131633ee0a95819db2e8",
  "app": {
    "url": "http://my-github-app.com",
    "name": "my github app",
    "client_id": "abcde12345fghij67890"
  },
  "note": "optional note",
  "note_url": "http://optional/note/url",
  "updated_at": "2011-09-06T20:39:23Z",
  "created_at": "2011-09-06T17:26:27Z",
  "expires_at": "2011-10-06T17:26:27Z",
  "fingerprint": "jklmnop12345678"
}

Get-or-create an authorization for a specific app

Deprecation Notice: GitHub Enterprise Server will discontinue the OAuth Authorizations API, which is used by integrations to create personal access tokens and OAuth tokens, and you must now create these tokens using our web application flow. The OAuth Authorizations API will be removed on November, 13, 2020. For more information, including scheduled brownouts, see the blog post.

Warning: Apps must use the web application flow to obtain OAuth tokens that work with GitHub Enterprise Server SAML organizations. OAuth tokens created using the Authorizations API will be unable to access GitHub Enterprise Server SAML organizations. For more information, see the blog post.

Creates a new authorization for the specified OAuth application, only if an authorization for that application doesn't already exist for the user. The URL includes the 20 character client ID for the OAuth app that is requesting the token. It returns the user's existing authorization for the application if one is present. Otherwise, it creates and returns a new one.

If you have two-factor authentication setup, Basic Authentication for this endpoint requires that you use a one-time password (OTP) and your username and password instead of tokens. For more information, see "Working with two-factor authentication."

Deprecation Notice: GitHub Enterprise Server will discontinue the OAuth Authorizations API, which is used by integrations to create personal access tokens and OAuth tokens, and you must now create these tokens using our web application flow. The OAuth Authorizations API will be removed on November, 13, 2020. For more information, including scheduled brownouts, see the blog post.

Parameters for "Get-or-create an authorization for a specific app"

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

Path parameters
Name, Type, Description
`client_id` string Required The client ID of the OAuth app.

Body parameters
Name, Type, Description
`client_secret` string Required The OAuth app client secret for which to create the token.
`scopes` array of strings or null A list of scopes that this authorization is in.
`note` string A note to remind you what the OAuth token is for.
`note_url` string A URL to remind you what app the OAuth token is for.
`fingerprint` string A unique string to distinguish an authorization from others created for the same client ID and user.

HTTP response status codes for "Get-or-create an authorization for a specific app"

Status code	Description
`200`	if returning an existing token
`201`	Deprecation Notice: GitHub will discontinue the OAuth Authorizations API, which is used by integrations to create personal access tokens and OAuth tokens, and you must now create these tokens using our web application flow. The OAuth Authorizations API will be removed on November, 13, 2020. For more information, including scheduled brownouts, see the blog post.
`304`	Not modified
`401`	Requires authentication
`403`	Forbidden
`422`	Validation failed, or the endpoint has been spammed.

Code samples for "Get-or-create an authorization for a specific app"

Request examples

Select the example type

put/authorizations/clients/{client_id}

curl -L \
  -X PUT \
  -H "Accept: application/vnd.github+json" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR-TOKEN>" \
  -H "X-GitHub-Api-Version: 2022-11-28" \
  http(s)://HOSTNAME/api/v3/authorizations/clients/abcde12345fghij67890 \
  -d '{"client_secret":"3ef4ad510c59ad37bac6bb4f80047fb3aee3cc7f","scopes":["public_repo"],"note":"optional note","note_url":"http://optional/note/url"}'

if returning an existing token

Status: 200

{
  "id": 1,
  "url": "https://HOSTNAME/authorizations/1",
  "scopes": [
    "public_repo"
  ],
  "token": "ghu_16C7e42F292c6912E7710c838347Ae178B4a",
  "token_last_eight": "Ae178B4a",
  "hashed_token": "25f94a2a5c7fbaf499c665bc73d67c1c87e496da8985131633ee0a95819db2e8",
  "app": {
    "url": "http://my-github-app.com",
    "name": "my github app",
    "client_id": "abcde12345fghij67890"
  },
  "note": "optional note",
  "note_url": "http://optional/note/url",
  "updated_at": "2011-09-06T20:39:23Z",
  "created_at": "2011-09-06T17:26:27Z",
  "expires_at": "2011-10-06T17:26:27Z",
  "fingerprint": ""
}

Get-or-create an authorization for a specific app and fingerprint

Deprecation Notice: GitHub Enterprise Server will discontinue the OAuth Authorizations API, which is used by integrations to create personal access tokens and OAuth tokens, and you must now create these tokens using our web application flow. The OAuth Authorizations API will be removed on November, 13, 2020. For more information, including scheduled brownouts, see the blog post.

Warning: Apps must use the web application flow to obtain OAuth tokens that work with GitHub Enterprise Server SAML organizations. OAuth tokens created using the Authorizations API will be unable to access GitHub Enterprise Server SAML organizations. For more information, see the blog post.

This method will create a new authorization for the specified OAuth application, only if an authorization for that application and fingerprint do not already exist for the user. The URL includes the 20 character client ID for the OAuth app that is requesting the token. fingerprint is a unique string to distinguish an authorization from others created for the same client ID and user. It returns the user's existing authorization for the application if one is present. Otherwise, it creates and returns a new one.

If you have two-factor authentication setup, Basic Authentication for this endpoint requires that you use a one-time password (OTP) and your username and password instead of tokens. For more information, see "Working with two-factor authentication."

Parameters for "Get-or-create an authorization for a specific app and fingerprint"

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

Path parameters
Name, Type, Description
`client_id` string Required The client ID of the OAuth app.
`fingerprint` string Required

Body parameters
Name, Type, Description
`client_secret` string Required The OAuth app client secret for which to create the token.
`scopes` array of strings or null A list of scopes that this authorization is in.
`note` string A note to remind you what the OAuth token is for.
`note_url` string A URL to remind you what app the OAuth token is for.

HTTP response status codes for "Get-or-create an authorization for a specific app and fingerprint"

Status code	Description
`200`	if returning an existing token
`201`	Response if returning a new token
`422`	Validation failed, or the endpoint has been spammed.

Code samples for "Get-or-create an authorization for a specific app and fingerprint"

Request examples

Select the example type

put/authorizations/clients/{client_id}/{fingerprint}

curl -L \
  -X PUT \
  -H "Accept: application/vnd.github+json" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR-TOKEN>" \
  -H "X-GitHub-Api-Version: 2022-11-28" \
  http(s)://HOSTNAME/api/v3/authorizations/clients/abcde12345fghij67890/FINGERPRINT \
  -d '{"client_secret":"3ef4ad510c59ad37bac6bb4f80047fb3aee3cc7f","scopes":["public_repo"],"note":"optional note","note_url":"http://optional/note/url"}'

if returning an existing token

Status: 200

{
  "id": 1,
  "url": "https://HOSTNAME/authorizations/1",
  "scopes": [
    "public_repo"
  ],
  "token": "ghu_16C7e42F292c6912E7710c838347Ae178B4a",
  "token_last_eight": "Ae178B4a",
  "hashed_token": "25f94a2a5c7fbaf499c665bc73d67c1c87e496da8985131633ee0a95819db2e8",
  "app": {
    "url": "http://my-github-app.com",
    "name": "my github app",
    "client_id": "abcde12345fghij67890"
  },
  "note": "optional note",
  "note_url": "http://optional/note/url",
  "updated_at": "2011-09-06T20:39:23Z",
  "created_at": "2011-09-06T17:26:27Z",
  "expires_at": "2011-10-06T17:26:27Z",
  "fingerprint": "jklmnop12345678"
}

Get a single authorization

Deprecation Notice: GitHub Enterprise Server will discontinue the OAuth Authorizations API, which is used by integrations to create personal access tokens and OAuth tokens, and you must now create these tokens using our web application flow. The OAuth Authorizations API will be removed on November, 13, 2020. For more information, including scheduled brownouts, see the blog post.

Parameters for "Get a single authorization"

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

Path parameters
Name, Type, Description
`authorization_id` integer Required The unique identifier of the authorization.

HTTP response status codes for "Get a single authorization"

Status code	Description
`200`	OK
`304`	Not modified
`401`	Requires authentication
`403`	Forbidden

Code samples for "Get a single authorization"

Request example

get/authorizations/{authorization_id}

curl -L \
  -H "Accept: application/vnd.github+json" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR-TOKEN>" \
  -H "X-GitHub-Api-Version: 2022-11-28" \
  http(s)://HOSTNAME/api/v3/authorizations/AUTHORIZATION_ID

Response

Status: 200

{
  "id": 1,
  "url": "https://HOSTNAME/authorizations/1",
  "scopes": [
    "public_repo"
  ],
  "token": "ghu_16C7e42F292c6912E7710c838347Ae178B4a",
  "token_last_eight": "Ae178B4a",
  "hashed_token": "25f94a2a5c7fbaf499c665bc73d67c1c87e496da8985131633ee0a95819db2e8",
  "app": {
    "url": "http://my-github-app.com",
    "name": "my github app",
    "client_id": "abcde12345fghij67890"
  },
  "note": "optional note",
  "note_url": "http://optional/note/url",
  "updated_at": "2011-09-06T20:39:23Z",
  "created_at": "2011-09-06T17:26:27Z",
  "expires_at": "2011-10-06T17:26:27Z",
  "fingerprint": "jklmnop12345678"
}

Update an existing authorization

Deprecation Notice: GitHub Enterprise Server will discontinue the OAuth Authorizations API, which is used by integrations to create personal access tokens and OAuth tokens, and you must now create these tokens using our web application flow. The OAuth Authorizations API will be removed on November, 13, 2020. For more information, including scheduled brownouts, see the blog post.

If you have two-factor authentication setup, Basic Authentication for this endpoint requires that you use a one-time password (OTP) and your username and password instead of tokens. For more information, see "Working with two-factor authentication."

You can only send one of these scope keys at a time.

Parameters for "Update an existing authorization"

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

Path parameters
Name, Type, Description
`authorization_id` integer Required The unique identifier of the authorization.

Body parameters
Name, Type, Description
`scopes` array of strings or null A list of scopes that this authorization is in.
`add_scopes` array of strings A list of scopes to add to this authorization.
`remove_scopes` array of strings A list of scopes to remove from this authorization.
`note` string A note to remind you what the OAuth token is for.
`note_url` string A URL to remind you what app the OAuth token is for.
`fingerprint` string A unique string to distinguish an authorization from others created for the same client ID and user.

HTTP response status codes for "Update an existing authorization"

Status code	Description
`200`	OK
`422`	Validation failed, or the endpoint has been spammed.

Code samples for "Update an existing authorization"

Request example

patch/authorizations/{authorization_id}

curl -L \
  -X PATCH \
  -H "Accept: application/vnd.github+json" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR-TOKEN>" \
  -H "X-GitHub-Api-Version: 2022-11-28" \
  http(s)://HOSTNAME/api/v3/authorizations/AUTHORIZATION_ID \
  -d '{"add_scopes":["public_repo"],"remove_scopes":["user"],"note":"optional note"}'

Response

Status: 200

{
  "id": 1,
  "url": "https://HOSTNAME/authorizations/1",
  "scopes": [
    "public_repo"
  ],
  "token": "ghu_16C7e42F292c6912E7710c838347Ae178B4a",
  "token_last_eight": "Ae178B4a",
  "hashed_token": "25f94a2a5c7fbaf499c665bc73d67c1c87e496da8985131633ee0a95819db2e8",
  "app": {
    "url": "http://my-github-app.com",
    "name": "my github app",
    "client_id": "abcde12345fghij67890"
  },
  "note": "optional note",
  "note_url": "http://optional/note/url",
  "updated_at": "2011-09-06T20:39:23Z",
  "created_at": "2011-09-06T17:26:27Z",
  "expires_at": "2011-10-06T17:26:27Z",
  "fingerprint": "jklmnop12345678"
}

Delete an authorization

Deprecation Notice: GitHub Enterprise Server will discontinue the OAuth Authorizations API, which is used by integrations to create personal access tokens and OAuth tokens, and you must now create these tokens using our web application flow. The OAuth Authorizations API will be removed on November, 13, 2020. For more information, including scheduled brownouts, see the blog post.

Parameters for "Delete an authorization"

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

Path parameters
Name, Type, Description
`authorization_id` integer Required The unique identifier of the authorization.

HTTP response status codes for "Delete an authorization"

Status code	Description
`204`	No Content
`304`	Not modified
`401`	Requires authentication
`403`	Forbidden

Code samples for "Delete an authorization"

Request example

delete/authorizations/{authorization_id}

curl -L \
  -X DELETE \
  -H "Accept: application/vnd.github+json" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR-TOKEN>" \
  -H "X-GitHub-Api-Version: 2022-11-28" \
  http(s)://HOSTNAME/api/v3/authorizations/AUTHORIZATION_ID

Response

Status: 204