About permissions required for fine-grained personal access token
When you create a fine-grained personal access token, you grant it a set of permissions. Permissions define what resources the GitHub App can access via the API. For more information, see "Managing your personal access tokens."
To help you choose the correct permissions, you will receive the X-Accepted-GitHub-Permissions
header in the REST API response. The header will tell you what permissions are required in order to access the endpoint. For more information, see "Troubleshooting the REST API."
These permissions are required to access private resources. Some endpoints can also be used to access public resources without these permissions. To see whether an endpoint can access public resources without a permission, see the documentation for that endpoint.
Some endpoints require more than one permission. Other endpoints work with any one permission from a set of permissions. In these cases, the "Additional permissions" column will include a checkmark. For full details about the permissions that are required to use the endpoint, see the documentation for that endpoint.
Organization permissions for "Administration"
Organization permissions for "Custom repository roles"
Organization permissions for "Events"
Endpoint | Access | Additional permissions |
---|---|---|
GET /users/{username}/events/orgs/{org} | read |
Organization permissions for "Members"
Organization permissions for "Organization announcement banners"
Endpoint | Access | Additional permissions |
---|---|---|
PATCH /orgs/{org}/announcement | write | |
DELETE /orgs/{org}/announcement | write | |
GET /orgs/{org}/announcement | read |
Organization permissions for "Organization dependabot secrets"
Organization permissions for "Personal access token requests"
Organization permissions for "Personal access tokens"
Endpoint | Access | Additional permissions |
---|---|---|
POST /orgs/{org}/personal-access-tokens | write | |
POST /orgs/{org}/personal-access-tokens/{pat_id} | write | |
GET /orgs/{org}/personal-access-tokens | read | |
GET /orgs/{org}/personal-access-tokens/{pat_id}/repositories | read |
Organization permissions for "Pre-receive hooks"
Endpoint | Access | Additional permissions |
---|---|---|
PATCH /orgs/{org}/pre-receive-hooks/{pre_receive_hook_id} | write | |
DELETE /orgs/{org}/pre-receive-hooks/{pre_receive_hook_id} | write | |
GET /orgs/{org}/pre-receive-hooks | read | |
GET /orgs/{org}/pre-receive-hooks/{pre_receive_hook_id} | read |
Organization permissions for "Projects"
Organization permissions for "Secrets"
Organization permissions for "Self-hosted runners"
Organization permissions for "Team discussions"
Organization permissions for "Variables"
Organization permissions for "Webhooks"
Repository permissions for "Actions"
Repository permissions for "Administration"
Repository permissions for "Checks"
Repository permissions for "Code scanning alerts"
Repository permissions for "Commit statuses"
Endpoint | Access | Additional permissions |
---|---|---|
POST /repos/{owner}/{repo}/statuses/{sha} | write | |
GET /repos/{owner}/{repo}/commits/{ref}/status | read | |
GET /repos/{owner}/{repo}/commits/{ref}/statuses | read |
Repository permissions for "Contents"
Repository permissions for "Dependabot alerts"
Endpoint | Access | Additional permissions |
---|---|---|
PATCH /repos/{owner}/{repo}/dependabot/alerts/{alert_number} | write | |
GET /orgs/{org}/dependabot/alerts | read | |
GET /repos/{owner}/{repo}/dependabot/alerts | read | |
GET /repos/{owner}/{repo}/dependabot/alerts/{alert_number} | read |
Repository permissions for "Dependabot secrets"
Repository permissions for "Deployments"
Repository permissions for "Environments"
Repository permissions for "Issues"
Repository permissions for "Metadata"
Repository permissions for "Pages"
Repository permissions for "Pre-receive hooks"
Repository permissions for "Projects"
Repository permissions for "Pull requests"
Repository permissions for "Secret scanning alerts"
Repository permissions for "Secrets"
Repository permissions for "Variables"
Repository permissions for "Webhooks"
Repository permissions for "Workflows"
User permissions for "Email addresses"
Endpoint | Access | Additional permissions |
---|---|---|
POST /user/emails | write | |
DELETE /user/emails | write | |
GET /user/emails | read | |
GET /user/public_emails | read |
User permissions for "Followers"
Endpoint | Access | Additional permissions |
---|---|---|
PUT /user/following/{username} | write | |
DELETE /user/following/{username} | write | |
GET /user/followers | read | |
GET /user/following | read | |
GET /user/following/{username} | read |
User permissions for "GPG keys"
Endpoint | Access | Additional permissions |
---|---|---|
POST /user/gpg_keys | write | |
DELETE /user/gpg_keys/{gpg_key_id} | write | |
GET /user/gpg_keys | read | |
GET /user/gpg_keys/{gpg_key_id} | read |
User permissions for "Gists"
Endpoint | Access | Additional permissions |
---|---|---|
POST /gists | write | |
PATCH /gists/{gist_id} | write | |
DELETE /gists/{gist_id} | write | |
POST /gists/{gist_id}/comments | write | |
PATCH /gists/{gist_id}/comments/{comment_id} | write | |
DELETE /gists/{gist_id}/comments/{comment_id} | write | |
POST /gists/{gist_id}/forks | write | |
PUT /gists/{gist_id}/star | write | |
DELETE /gists/{gist_id}/star | write |
User permissions for "Git SSH keys"
Endpoint | Access | Additional permissions |
---|---|---|
POST /user/keys | write | |
DELETE /user/keys/{key_id} | write | |
GET /user/keys | read | |
GET /user/keys/{key_id} | read | |
GET /users/{username}/keys | read |
User permissions for "Notifications"
User permissions for "Profile"
Endpoint | Access | Additional permissions |
---|---|---|
PATCH /user | write | |
POST /user/social_accounts | write | |
DELETE /user/social_accounts | write |
User permissions for "SSH signing keys"
Endpoint | Access | Additional permissions |
---|---|---|
POST /user/ssh_signing_keys | write | |
DELETE /user/ssh_signing_keys/{ssh_signing_key_id} | write | |
GET /user/ssh_signing_keys | read | |
GET /user/ssh_signing_keys/{ssh_signing_key_id} | read |
User permissions for "Starring"
User permissions for "Watching"
Endpoint | Access | Additional permissions |
---|---|---|
GET /user/subscriptions | read | |
GET /users/{username}/subscriptions | read |