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After a site administrator upgrades your Enterprise Server instance to Enterprise Server 3.9 or later, the REST API will be versioned. To learn how to find your instance's version, see "About versions of GitHub Docs". For more information, see "About API versioning."

Pre-receive Environments

Use the REST API to create, list, update and delete environments for pre-receive hooks.

About pre-receive environments

These endpoints are only available to authenticated site administrators. Normal users will receive a 404 response.

Object attributes

Pre-receive Environment

NameTypeDescription
namestringThe name of the environment as displayed in the UI.
image_urlstringURL to the tarball that will be downloaded and extracted.
default_environmentbooleanWhether this is the default environment that ships with GitHub Enterprise Server.
downloadobjectThis environment's download status.
hooks_countintegerThe number of pre-receive hooks that use this environment.

Pre-receive Environment Download

NameTypeDescription
statestringThe state of the most recent download.
downloaded_atstringThe time when the most recent download started.
messagestringOn failure, this will have any error messages produced.

Possible values for state are not_started, in_progress, success, failed.

List pre-receive environments

Parameters for "List pre-receive environments"

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).

Default: 30

page integer

Page number of the results to fetch.

Default: 1

direction string

The direction to sort the results by.

Default: desc

Can be one of: asc, desc

sort string

Default: created

Can be one of: created, updated, name

HTTP response status codes for "List pre-receive environments"

Status codeDescription
200

OK

Code samples for "List pre-receive environments"

get/admin/pre-receive-environments
curl -L \ -H "Accept: application/vnd.github+json" \ -H "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR-TOKEN>" \ http(s)://HOSTNAME/api/v3/admin/pre-receive-environments

Response

Status: 200
[ { "id": 1, "name": "Default", "image_url": "githubenterprise://internal", "url": "https://github.example.com/api/v3/admin/pre-receive-environments/1", "html_url": "https://github.example.com/admin/pre-receive-environments/1", "default_environment": true, "created_at": "2016-05-20T11:35:45-05:00", "hooks_count": 14, "download": { "url": "https://github.example.com/api/v3/admin/pre-receive-environments/1/downloads/latest", "state": "not_started", "downloaded_at": "2016-05-26T07:42:53-05:00", "message": null } }, { "id": 2, "name": "DevTools Hook Env", "image_url": "https://my_file_server/path/to/devtools_env.tar.gz", "url": "https://github.example.com/api/v3/admin/pre-receive-environments/2", "html_url": "https://github.example.com/admin/pre-receive-environments/2", "default_environment": false, "created_at": "2016-05-20T11:35:45-05:00", "hooks_count": 1, "download": { "url": "https://github.example.com/api/v3/admin/pre-receive-environments/2/downloads/latest", "state": "success", "downloaded_at": "2016-05-26T07:42:53-05:00", "message": null } } ]

Create a pre-receive environment

Parameters for "Create a pre-receive environment"

Headers
Name, Type, Description
accept string

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

Body parameters
Name, Type, Description
name string Required

The new pre-receive environment's name.

image_url string Required

URL from which to download a tarball of this environment.

HTTP response status codes for "Create a pre-receive environment"

Status codeDescription
201

Created

Code samples for "Create a pre-receive environment"

post/admin/pre-receive-environments
curl -L \ -X POST \ -H "Accept: application/vnd.github+json" \ -H "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR-TOKEN>" \ http(s)://HOSTNAME/api/v3/admin/pre-receive-environments \ -d '{"name":"DevTools Hook Env","image_url":"https://my_file_server/path/to/devtools_env.tar.gz"}'

Response

Status: 201
{ "id": 2, "name": "DevTools Hook Env", "image_url": "https://my_file_server/path/to/devtools_env.tar.gz", "url": "https://github.example.com/api/v3/admin/pre-receive-environments/2", "html_url": "https://github.example.com/admin/pre-receive-environments/2", "default_environment": false, "created_at": "2016-05-20T11:35:45-05:00", "hooks_count": 1, "download": { "url": "https://github.example.com/api/v3/admin/pre-receive-environments/2/downloads/latest", "state": "not_started", "downloaded_at": null, "message": null } }

Get a pre-receive environment

Parameters for "Get a pre-receive environment"

Headers
Name, Type, Description
accept string

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

Path parameters
Name, Type, Description
pre_receive_environment_id integer Required

The unique identifier of the pre-receive environment.

HTTP response status codes for "Get a pre-receive environment"

Status codeDescription
200

OK

Code samples for "Get a pre-receive environment"

get/admin/pre-receive-environments/{pre_receive_environment_id}
curl -L \ -H "Accept: application/vnd.github+json" \ -H "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR-TOKEN>" \ http(s)://HOSTNAME/api/v3/admin/pre-receive-environments/PRE_RECEIVE_ENVIRONMENT_ID

Response

Status: 200
{ "id": 2, "name": "DevTools Hook Env", "image_url": "https://my_file_server/path/to/devtools_env.tar.gz", "url": "https://github.example.com/api/v3/admin/pre-receive-environments/2", "html_url": "https://github.example.com/admin/pre-receive-environments/2", "default_environment": false, "created_at": "2016-05-20T11:35:45-05:00", "hooks_count": 1, "download": { "url": "https://github.example.com/api/v3/admin/pre-receive-environments/2/downloads/latest", "state": "not_started", "downloaded_at": null, "message": null } }

Update a pre-receive environment

You cannot modify the default environment. If you attempt to modify the default environment, you will receive a 422 Unprocessable Entity response.

Parameters for "Update a pre-receive environment"

Headers
Name, Type, Description
accept string

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

Path parameters
Name, Type, Description
pre_receive_environment_id integer Required

The unique identifier of the pre-receive environment.

Body parameters
Name, Type, Description
name string

This pre-receive environment's new name.

image_url string

URL from which to download a tarball of this environment.

HTTP response status codes for "Update a pre-receive environment"

Status codeDescription
200

OK

422

Client Errors

Code samples for "Update a pre-receive environment"

patch/admin/pre-receive-environments/{pre_receive_environment_id}
curl -L \ -X PATCH \ -H "Accept: application/vnd.github+json" \ -H "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR-TOKEN>" \ http(s)://HOSTNAME/api/v3/admin/pre-receive-environments/PRE_RECEIVE_ENVIRONMENT_ID \ -d '{"name":"DevTools Hook Env","image_url":"https://my_file_server/path/to/devtools_env.tar.gz"}'

Response

Status: 200
{ "id": 2, "name": "DevTools Hook Env", "image_url": "https://my_file_server/path/to/devtools_env.tar.gz", "url": "https://github.example.com/api/v3/admin/pre-receive-environments/2", "html_url": "https://github.example.com/admin/pre-receive-environments/2", "default_environment": false, "created_at": "2016-05-20T11:35:45-05:00", "hooks_count": 1, "download": { "url": "https://github.example.com/api/v3/admin/pre-receive-environments/2/downloads/latest", "state": "success", "downloaded_at": "2016-05-26T07:42:53-05:00", "message": null } }

Delete a pre-receive environment

If you attempt to delete an environment that cannot be deleted, you will receive a 422 Unprocessable Entity response.

The possible error messages are:

  • Cannot modify or delete the default environment
  • Cannot delete environment that has hooks
  • Cannot delete environment when download is in progress

Parameters for "Delete a pre-receive environment"

Headers
Name, Type, Description
accept string

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

Path parameters
Name, Type, Description
pre_receive_environment_id integer Required

The unique identifier of the pre-receive environment.

HTTP response status codes for "Delete a pre-receive environment"

Status codeDescription
204

No Content

422

Client Errors

Code samples for "Delete a pre-receive environment"

delete/admin/pre-receive-environments/{pre_receive_environment_id}
curl -L \ -X DELETE \ -H "Accept: application/vnd.github+json" \ -H "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR-TOKEN>" \ http(s)://HOSTNAME/api/v3/admin/pre-receive-environments/PRE_RECEIVE_ENVIRONMENT_ID

Response

Status: 204

Start a pre-receive environment download

Triggers a new download of the environment tarball from the environment's image_url. When the download is finished, the newly downloaded tarball will overwrite the existing environment.

If a download cannot be triggered, you will receive a 422 Unprocessable Entity response.

The possible error messages are:

  • Cannot modify or delete the default environment
  • Can not start a new download when a download is in progress

Parameters for "Start a pre-receive environment download"

Headers
Name, Type, Description
accept string

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

Path parameters
Name, Type, Description
pre_receive_environment_id integer Required

The unique identifier of the pre-receive environment.

HTTP response status codes for "Start a pre-receive environment download"

Status codeDescription
202

Accepted

422

Client Errors

Code samples for "Start a pre-receive environment download"

post/admin/pre-receive-environments/{pre_receive_environment_id}/downloads
curl -L \ -X POST \ -H "Accept: application/vnd.github+json" \ -H "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR-TOKEN>" \ http(s)://HOSTNAME/api/v3/admin/pre-receive-environments/PRE_RECEIVE_ENVIRONMENT_ID/downloads

Response

Status: 202
{ "url": "https://github.example.com/api/v3/admin/pre-receive-environments/3/downloads/latest", "state": "not_started", "downloaded_at": null, "message": null }

Get the download status for a pre-receive environment

In addition to seeing the download status at the "Get a pre-receive environment" endpoint, there is also this separate endpoint for just the download status.

Parameters for "Get the download status for a pre-receive environment"

Headers
Name, Type, Description
accept string

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

Path parameters
Name, Type, Description
pre_receive_environment_id integer Required

The unique identifier of the pre-receive environment.

HTTP response status codes for "Get the download status for a pre-receive environment"

Status codeDescription
200

OK

Code samples for "Get the download status for a pre-receive environment"

get/admin/pre-receive-environments/{pre_receive_environment_id}/downloads/latest
curl -L \ -H "Accept: application/vnd.github+json" \ -H "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR-TOKEN>" \ http(s)://HOSTNAME/api/v3/admin/pre-receive-environments/PRE_RECEIVE_ENVIRONMENT_ID/downloads/latest

Response

Status: 200
{ "url": "https://github.example.com/api/v3/admin/pre-receive-environments/3/downloads/latest", "state": "success", "downloaded_at": "2016-05-26T07:42:53-05:00", "message": null }