Users

The User Administration API allows you to suspend, unsuspend, promote, and demote users on your enterprise.

It is only available to authenticated site administrators. Normal users will receive a 403 response if they try to access it.

List public keys

Parâmetros

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`, `accessed`
`since`string Only show public keys accessed after the given time.

Códigos de status de resposta HTTP

Código de status	Descrição
`200`	OK

Exemplos de código

get/admin/keys

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

Response

Status: 200

[
  {
    "key": "2Sg8iYjAxxmI2LvUXpJjkYrMxURPc8r+dB7TJyvv1234",
    "id": 2,
    "url": "https://api.github.com/user/keys/2",
    "title": "ssh-rsa AAAAB3NzaC1yc2EAAA",
    "created_at": "2020-06-11T21:31:57Z",
    "verified": false,
    "read_only": false,
    "last_used": "2020-06-11T22:31:57Z",
    "user_id": 1,
    "repository_id": 2
  },
  {
    "key": "9Og8iYjAyymI9LvABpJerYrMxURPc8r+dB7TJyvv1234",
    "id": 3,
    "url": "https://api.github.com/user/keys/2",
    "title": "ssh-rsa AAAAB3NzaC1yc2EAAA",
    "created_at": "2020-06-11T21:31:57Z",
    "verified": false,
    "read_only": false,
    "last_used": "2020-06-11T22:31:57Z",
    "user_id": 1,
    "repository_id": 2
  }
]

Delete a public key

Parâmetros

Headers
Name, Type, Description
`accept`string Setting to `application/vnd.github+json` is recommended.
Path parameters
Name, Type, Description
`key_ids`stringRequired The unique identifier of the key.

Códigos de status de resposta HTTP

Código de status	Descrição
`204`	No Content

Exemplos de código

delete/admin/keys/{key_ids}

curl \
  -X DELETE \
  -H "Accept: application/vnd.github+json" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR-TOKEN>" \
  http(s)://HOSTNAME/api/v3/admin/keys/KEY_IDS

Response

Status: 204

List personal access tokens

Lists personal access tokens for all users, including admin users.

Parâmetros

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`

Códigos de status de resposta HTTP

Código de status	Descrição
`200`	OK

Exemplos de código

get/admin/tokens

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

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/reference/enterprise-admin#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
  }
]

Delete a personal access token

Deletes a personal access token. Returns a 403 - Forbidden status when a personal access token is in use. For example, if you access this endpoint with the same personal access token that you are trying to delete, you will receive this error.

Parâmetros

Headers
Name, Type, Description
`accept`string Setting to `application/vnd.github+json` is recommended.
Path parameters
Name, Type, Description
`token_id`integerRequired The unique identifier of the token.

Códigos de status de resposta HTTP

Código de status	Descrição
`204`	No Content

Exemplos de código

delete/admin/tokens/{token_id}

curl \
  -X DELETE \
  -H "Accept: application/vnd.github+json" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR-TOKEN>" \
  http(s)://HOSTNAME/api/v3/admin/tokens/TOKEN_ID

Response

Status: 204

Create a user

If an external authentication mechanism is used, the login name should match the login name in the external system. If you are using LDAP authentication, you should also update the LDAP mapping for the user.

The login name will be normalized to only contain alphanumeric characters or single hyphens. For example, if you send "octo_cat" as the login, a user named "octo-cat" will be created.

If the login name or email address is already associated with an account, the server will return a 422 response.

Parâmetros

Headers
Name, Type, Description
`accept`string Setting to `application/vnd.github+json` is recommended.
Body parameters
Name, Type, Description
`login`stringRequired The user's username.
`email`string Required for built-in authentication. The user's email address. This parameter can be omitted when using CAS, LDAP, or SAML. For more information, see "About authentication for your enterprise."

Códigos de status de resposta HTTP

Código de status	Descrição
`201`	Created

Exemplos de código

post/admin/users

curl \
  -X POST \
  -H "Accept: application/vnd.github+json" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR-TOKEN>" \
  http(s)://HOSTNAME/api/v3/admin/users \
  -d '{"login":"monalisa","email":"octocat@github.com"}'

Response

Status: 201

{
  "login": "octocat",
  "id": 1,
  "node_id": "MDQ6VXNlcjE=",
  "avatar_url": "https://github.com/images/error/octocat_happy.gif",
  "gravatar_id": "",
  "url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat",
  "html_url": "https://github.com/octocat",
  "followers_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/followers",
  "following_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/following{/other_user}",
  "gists_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/gists{/gist_id}",
  "starred_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/starred{/owner}{/repo}",
  "subscriptions_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/subscriptions",
  "organizations_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/orgs",
  "repos_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/repos",
  "events_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/events{/privacy}",
  "received_events_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/received_events",
  "type": "User",
  "site_admin": false
}

Update the username for a user

Parâmetros

Headers
Name, Type, Description
`accept`string Setting to `application/vnd.github+json` is recommended.
Path parameters
Name, Type, Description
`username`stringRequired The handle for the GitHub user account.
Body parameters
Name, Type, Description
`login`stringRequired The user's new username.

Códigos de status de resposta HTTP

Código de status	Descrição
`202`	Accepted

Exemplos de código

patch/admin/users/{username}

curl \
  -X PATCH \
  -H "Accept: application/vnd.github+json" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR-TOKEN>" \
  http(s)://HOSTNAME/api/v3/admin/users/USERNAME \
  -d '{"login":"thenewmonalisa"}'

Response

Status: 202

{
  "message": "Job queued to rename user. It may take a few minutes to complete.",
  "url": "https://api.github.com/user/1"
}

Delete a user

Deleting a user will delete all their repositories, gists, applications, and personal settings. Suspending a user is often a better option.

You can delete any user account except your own.

Parâmetros

Headers
Name, Type, Description
`accept`string Setting to `application/vnd.github+json` is recommended.
Path parameters
Name, Type, Description
`username`stringRequired The handle for the GitHub user account.

Códigos de status de resposta HTTP

Código de status	Descrição
`204`	No Content

Exemplos de código

delete/admin/users/{username}

curl \
  -X DELETE \
  -H "Accept: application/vnd.github+json" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR-TOKEN>" \
  http(s)://HOSTNAME/api/v3/admin/users/USERNAME

Response

Status: 204

Create an impersonation OAuth token

Parâmetros

Headers
Name, Type, Description
`accept`string Setting to `application/vnd.github+json` is recommended.
Path parameters
Name, Type, Description
`username`stringRequired The handle for the GitHub user account.
Body parameters
Name, Type, Description
`scopes`array of strings A list of scopes.

Códigos de status de resposta HTTP

Código de status	Descrição
`200`	Response when getting an existing impersonation OAuth token
`201`	Response when creating a new impersonation OAuth token

Exemplos de código

post/admin/users/{username}/authorizations

curl \
  -X POST \
  -H "Accept: application/vnd.github+json" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR-TOKEN>" \
  http(s)://HOSTNAME/api/v3/admin/users/USERNAME/authorizations

Response when getting an existing impersonation OAuth token

Status: 200

{
  "id": 1,
  "url": "https://api.github.com/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 impersonation OAuth token

Parâmetros

Headers
Name, Type, Description
`accept`string Setting to `application/vnd.github+json` is recommended.
Path parameters
Name, Type, Description
`username`stringRequired The handle for the GitHub user account.

Códigos de status de resposta HTTP

Código de status	Descrição
`204`	No Content

Exemplos de código

delete/admin/users/{username}/authorizations

curl \
  -X DELETE \
  -H "Accept: application/vnd.github+json" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR-TOKEN>" \
  http(s)://HOSTNAME/api/v3/admin/users/USERNAME/authorizations

Response

Status: 204

Promote a user to be a site administrator

Note that you'll need to set Content-Length to zero when calling out to this endpoint. For more information, see "HTTP verbs."

Parâmetros

Headers
Name, Type, Description
`accept`string Setting to `application/vnd.github+json` is recommended.
Path parameters
Name, Type, Description
`username`stringRequired The handle for the GitHub user account.

Códigos de status de resposta HTTP

Código de status	Descrição
`204`	No Content

Exemplos de código

put/users/{username}/site_admin

curl \
  -X PUT \
  -H "Accept: application/vnd.github+json" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR-TOKEN>" \
  http(s)://HOSTNAME/api/v3/users/USERNAME/site_admin

Response

Status: 204

Demote a site administrator

You can demote any user account except your own.

Parâmetros

Headers
Name, Type, Description
`accept`string Setting to `application/vnd.github+json` is recommended.
Path parameters
Name, Type, Description
`username`stringRequired The handle for the GitHub user account.

Códigos de status de resposta HTTP

Código de status	Descrição
`204`	No Content

Exemplos de código

delete/users/{username}/site_admin

curl \
  -X DELETE \
  -H "Accept: application/vnd.github+json" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR-TOKEN>" \
  http(s)://HOSTNAME/api/v3/users/USERNAME/site_admin

Response

Status: 204

Suspend a user

If your GitHub instance uses LDAP Sync with Active Directory LDAP servers, Active Directory LDAP-authenticated users cannot be suspended through this API. If you attempt to suspend an Active Directory LDAP-authenticated user through this API, it will return a 403 response.

You can suspend any user account except your own.

Note that, if you choose not to pass any parameters, you'll need to set Content-Length to zero when calling out to this endpoint. For more information, see "HTTP verbs."

Parâmetros

Headers
Name, Type, Description
`accept`string Setting to `application/vnd.github+json` is recommended.
Path parameters
Name, Type, Description
`username`stringRequired The handle for the GitHub user account.
Body parameters
Name, Type, Description
`reason`string The reason the user is being suspended. This message will be logged in the audit log. If you don't provide a `reason`, it will default to "Suspended via API by SITE_ADMINISTRATOR", where SITE_ADMINISTRATOR is the person who performed the action.

Códigos de status de resposta HTTP

Código de status	Descrição
`204`	No Content

Exemplos de código

put/users/{username}/suspended

curl \
  -X PUT \
  -H "Accept: application/vnd.github+json" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR-TOKEN>" \
  http(s)://HOSTNAME/api/v3/users/USERNAME/suspended

Response

Status: 204

Unsuspend a user

If your GitHub instance uses LDAP Sync with Active Directory LDAP servers, this API is disabled and will return a 403 response. Active Directory LDAP-authenticated users cannot be unsuspended using the API.

Parâmetros

Headers
Name, Type, Description
`accept`string Setting to `application/vnd.github+json` is recommended.
Path parameters
Name, Type, Description
`username`stringRequired The handle for the GitHub user account.
Body parameters
Name, Type, Description
`reason`string The reason the user is being unsuspended. This message will be logged in the audit log. If you don't provide a `reason`, it will default to "Unsuspended via API by SITE_ADMINISTRATOR", where SITE_ADMINISTRATOR is the person who performed the action.

Códigos de status de resposta HTTP

Código de status	Descrição
`204`	No Content

Exemplos de código

delete/users/{username}/suspended

curl \
  -X DELETE \
  -H "Accept: application/vnd.github+json" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR-TOKEN>" \
  http(s)://HOSTNAME/api/v3/users/USERNAME/suspended

Response

Status: 204