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Pre-receive Hooks

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

About pre-receive hooks

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

Object attributes

Pre-receive Hook

NameTypeDescription
namestringThe name of the hook.
scriptstringThe script that the hook runs.
script_repositoryobjectThe GitHub repository where the script is kept.
environmentobjectThe pre-receive environment where the script is executed.
enforcementstringThe state of enforcement for this hook.
allow_downstream_configurationbooleanWhether enforcement can be overridden at the org or repo level.

Possible values for enforcement are enabled, disabled andtesting. disabled indicates the pre-receive hook will not run. enabled indicates it will run and reject any pushes that result in a non-zero status. testing means the script will run but will not cause any pushes to be rejected.

List pre-receive hooks

Parameters for "List pre-receive hooks"

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

The property to sort the results by.

Default: created

Can be one of: created, updated, name

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

Status codeDescription
200

OK

Code samples for "List pre-receive hooks"

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

Response

Status: 200
[ { "id": 1, "name": "Check Commits", "enforcement": "disabled", "script": "scripts/commmit_check.sh", "script_repository": { "id": 595, "full_name": "DevIT/hooks", "url": "https://github.example.com/api/v3/repos/DevIT/hooks", "html_url": "https://github.example.com/DevIT/hooks" }, "environment": { "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 } }, "allow_downstream_configuration": false } ]

Create a pre-receive hook

Parameters for "Create a pre-receive hook"

Headers
Name, Type, Description
accept string

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

Body parameters
Name, Type, Description
name string Required

The name of the hook.

script string Required

The script that the hook runs.

script_repository object Required

The GitHub repository where the script is kept.

environment object Required

The pre-receive environment where the script is executed.

enforcement string

The state of enforcement for this hook. default: disabled

allow_downstream_configuration boolean

Whether enforcement can be overridden at the org or repo level. default: false

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

Status codeDescription
201

Created

Code samples for "Create a pre-receive hook"

post/admin/pre-receive-hooks
curl -L \ -X POST \ -H "Accept: application/vnd.github+json" \ -H "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR-TOKEN>" \ http(s)://HOSTNAME/api/v3/admin/pre-receive-hooks \ -d '{"name":"Check Commits","script":"scripts/commit_check.sh","enforcement":"disabled","allow_downstream_configuration":false,"script_repository":{"full_name":"DevIT/hooks"},"environment":{"id":2}}'

Response

Status: 201
{ "id": 1, "name": "Check Commits", "enforcement": "disabled", "script": "scripts/commmit_check.sh", "script_repository": { "id": 595, "full_name": "DevIT/hooks", "url": "https://github.example.com/api/v3/repos/DevIT/hooks", "html_url": "https://github.example.com/DevIT/hooks" }, "environment": { "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 } }, "allow_downstream_configuration": false }

Get a pre-receive hook

Parameters for "Get a pre-receive hook"

Headers
Name, Type, Description
accept string

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

Path parameters
Name, Type, Description
pre_receive_hook_id integer Required

The unique identifier of the pre-receive hook.

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

Status codeDescription
200

OK

Code samples for "Get a pre-receive hook"

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

Response

Status: 200
{ "id": 1, "name": "Check Commits", "enforcement": "disabled", "script": "scripts/commmit_check.sh", "script_repository": { "id": 595, "full_name": "DevIT/hooks", "url": "https://github.example.com/api/v3/repos/DevIT/hooks", "html_url": "https://github.example.com/DevIT/hooks" }, "environment": { "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 } }, "allow_downstream_configuration": false }

Update a pre-receive hook

Parameters for "Update a pre-receive hook"

Headers
Name, Type, Description
accept string

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

Path parameters
Name, Type, Description
pre_receive_hook_id integer Required

The unique identifier of the pre-receive hook.

Body parameters
Name, Type, Description
name string

The name of the hook.

script string

The script that the hook runs.

script_repository object

The GitHub repository where the script is kept.

environment object

The pre-receive environment where the script is executed.

enforcement string

The state of enforcement for this hook.

allow_downstream_configuration boolean

Whether enforcement can be overridden at the org or repo level.

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

Status codeDescription
200

OK

Code samples for "Update a pre-receive hook"

patch/admin/pre-receive-hooks/{pre_receive_hook_id}
curl -L \ -X PATCH \ -H "Accept: application/vnd.github+json" \ -H "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR-TOKEN>" \ http(s)://HOSTNAME/api/v3/admin/pre-receive-hooks/PRE_RECEIVE_HOOK_ID \ -d '{"name":"Check Commits","environment":{"id":1},"allow_downstream_configuration":true}'

Response

Status: 200
{ "id": 1, "name": "Check Commits", "enforcement": "disabled", "script": "scripts/commmit_check.sh", "script_repository": { "id": 595, "full_name": "DevIT/hooks", "url": "https://github.example.com/api/v3/repos/DevIT/hooks", "html_url": "https://github.example.com/DevIT/hooks" }, "environment": { "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": 1, "download": { "url": "https://github.example.com/api/v3/admin/pre-receive-environments/1/downloads/latest", "state": "success", "downloaded_at": "2016-05-26T07:42:53-05:00", "message": null } }, "allow_downstream_configuration": true }

Delete a pre-receive hook

Parameters for "Delete a pre-receive hook"

Headers
Name, Type, Description
accept string

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

Path parameters
Name, Type, Description
pre_receive_hook_id integer Required

The unique identifier of the pre-receive hook.

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

Status codeDescription
204

No Content

Code samples for "Delete a pre-receive hook"

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

Response

Status: 204