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Announcement

Use the REST API to manage the global announcement banner in your enterprise.

About announcements

You can use the REST API to manage the global announcement banner in your enterprise. For more information, see "Customizing user messages for your enterprise."

Get the global announcement banner

Gets the current message and expiration date of the global announcement banner in your enterprise.

HTTP response status codes

Status codeDescription
200

OK

Code samples

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

Announcement banner

Status: 200
{ "announcement": "Very **important** announcement about _something_.", "expires_at": "2021-01-01T00:00:00.000+00:00", "user_dismissible": false }

Set the global announcement banner

Sets the message and expiration time for the global announcement banner in your enterprise.

Parameters

Headers
Name, Type, Description
acceptstring

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

Body parameters
Name, Type, Description
announcementstring or nullRequired

The announcement text in GitHub Flavored Markdown. For more information about GitHub Flavored Markdown, see "Basic writing and formatting syntax."

expires_atstring or null

The time at which the announcement expires. This is a timestamp in ISO 8601 format: YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM:SSZ. To set an announcement that never expires, omit this parameter, set it to null, or set it to an empty string.

HTTP response status codes

Status codeDescription
200

OK

Code samples

patch/enterprise/announcement
curl \ -X PATCH \ -H "Accept: application/vnd.github+json" \ -H "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR-TOKEN>" \ http(s)://HOSTNAME/api/v3/enterprise/announcement \ -d '{"announcement":"Very **important** announcement about _something_.","expires_at":"2021-01-01T00:00:00.000+00:00"}'

Announcement banner

Status: 200
{ "announcement": "Very **important** announcement about _something_.", "expires_at": "2021-01-01T00:00:00.000+00:00", "user_dismissible": false }

Remove the global announcement banner

Removes the global announcement banner in your enterprise.

HTTP response status codes

Status codeDescription
204

No Content

Code samples

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

Response

Status: 204