Global Webhooks

Use the REST API to manage global webhooks for your enterprise.

About global webhooks

These endpoints are only available to authenticated site administrators Normal users will receive a 404 response. To learn how to configure global webhooks, see About global webhooks.

Global webhooks are automatically installed on your enterprise. You can use global webhooks to automatically monitor, respond to, or enforce rules for users, organizations, teams, and repositories on your enterprise.

Global webhooks can subscribe to the organization, user, repository, team, member, membership, fork, and ping event types.

List global webhooks

Parameters for "List global webhooks"

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`

HTTP response status codes for "List global webhooks"

Status code	Description
`200`	OK

Code samples for "List global webhooks"

get/admin/hooks

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

Response

Status: 200

[
  {
    "type": "Global",
    "id": 1,
    "name": "web",
    "active": true,
    "events": [
      "organization",
      "user"
    ],
    "config": {
      "url": "https://example.com",
      "content_type": "json",
      "insecure_ssl": "0",
      "secret": "********"
    },
    "updated_at": "2017-12-07T00:14:59Z",
    "created_at": "2017-12-07T00:14:59Z",
    "url": "https://HOSTNAME/admin/hooks/1",
    "ping_url": "https://HOSTNAME/admin/hooks/1/pings"
  }
]

Create a global webhook

Parameters for "Create a global webhook"

Headers

Name, Type, Description

accept string

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

Body parameters

Name, Type, Description

name string Required

Must be passed as "web".

config object Required

Key/value pairs to provide settings for this webhook.

Properties of config

Name, Type, Description
`url` string Required The URL to which the payloads will be delivered.
`content_type` string The media type used to serialize the payloads. Supported values include `json` and `form`. The default is `form`.
`secret` string If provided, the `secret` will be used as the `key` to generate the HMAC hex digest value in the `X-Hub-Signature` header.
`insecure_ssl` string Determines whether the SSL certificate of the host for `url` will be verified when delivering payloads. Supported values include `0` (verification is performed) and `1` (verification is not performed). The default is `0`. We strongly recommend not setting this to `1` as you are subject to man-in-the-middle and other attacks.

events array of strings

The events that trigger this webhook. A global webhook can be triggered by user and organization events. Default: user and organization.

active boolean

Determines if notifications are sent when the webhook is triggered. Set to true to send notifications.

Default: true

HTTP response status codes for "Create a global webhook"

Status code	Description
`201`	Created

Code samples for "Create a global webhook"

post/admin/hooks

curl -L \
  -X POST \
  -H "Accept: application/vnd.github+json" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR-TOKEN>" \
  http(s)://HOSTNAME/api/v3/admin/hooks \
  -d '{"name":"web","events":["organization","user"],"config":{"url":"https://example.com/webhook","content_type":"json","secret":"secret"}}'

Response

Status: 201

{
  "type": "Global",
  "id": 1,
  "name": "web",
  "active": true,
  "events": [
    "organization",
    "user"
  ],
  "config": {
    "url": "https://example.com",
    "content_type": "json",
    "insecure_ssl": "0",
    "secret": "********"
  },
  "updated_at": "2017-12-07T00:14:59Z",
  "created_at": "2017-12-07T00:14:59Z",
  "url": "https://HOSTNAME/admin/hooks/1",
  "ping_url": "https://HOSTNAME/admin/hooks/1/pings"
}

Get a global webhook

Parameters for "Get a global webhook"

Headers
Name, Type, Description
`accept` string Setting to `application/vnd.github+json` is recommended.
Path parameters
Name, Type, Description
`hook_id` integer Required The unique identifier of the hook.

HTTP response status codes for "Get a global webhook"

Status code	Description
`200`	OK

Code samples for "Get a global webhook"

get/admin/hooks/{hook_id}

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

Response

Status: 200

{
  "type": "Global",
  "id": 1,
  "name": "web",
  "active": true,
  "events": [
    "organization",
    "user"
  ],
  "config": {
    "url": "https://example.com",
    "content_type": "json",
    "insecure_ssl": "0",
    "secret": "********"
  },
  "updated_at": "2017-12-07T00:14:59Z",
  "created_at": "2017-12-07T00:14:59Z",
  "url": "https://HOSTNAME/admin/hooks/1",
  "ping_url": "https://HOSTNAME/admin/hooks/1/pings"
}

Update a global webhook

Parameters that are not provided will be overwritten with the default value or removed if no default exists.

Parameters for "Update a global webhook"

Headers

Name, Type, Description

accept string

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

Path parameters

Name, Type, Description

hook_id integer Required

The unique identifier of the hook.

Body parameters

Name, Type, Description

config object

Key/value pairs to provide settings for this webhook.

Properties of config

Name, Type, Description
`url` string Required The URL to which the payloads will be delivered.
`content_type` string The media type used to serialize the payloads. Supported values include `json` and `form`. The default is `form`.
`secret` string If provided, the `secret` will be used as the `key` to generate the HMAC hex digest value in the `X-Hub-Signature` header.
`insecure_ssl` string Determines whether the SSL certificate of the host for `url` will be verified when delivering payloads. Supported values include `0` (verification is performed) and `1` (verification is not performed). The default is `0`. We strongly recommend not setting this to `1` as you are subject to man-in-the-middle and other attacks.

events array of strings

The events that trigger this webhook. A global webhook can be triggered by user and organization events. Default: user and organization.

active boolean

Determines if notifications are sent when the webhook is triggered. Set to true to send notifications.

Default: true

HTTP response status codes for "Update a global webhook"

Status code	Description
`200`	OK

Code samples for "Update a global webhook"

patch/admin/hooks/{hook_id}

curl -L \
  -X PATCH \
  -H "Accept: application/vnd.github+json" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR-TOKEN>" \
  http(s)://HOSTNAME/api/v3/admin/hooks/HOOK_ID \
  -d '{"events":["organization"],"config":{"url":"https://example.com/webhook"}}'

Response

Status: 200

{
  "type": "Global",
  "id": 1,
  "name": "web",
  "active": true,
  "events": [
    "organization"
  ],
  "config": {
    "url": "https://example.com",
    "content_type": "form",
    "insecure_ssl": "0"
  },
  "updated_at": "2017-12-07T00:14:59Z",
  "created_at": "2017-12-07T00:14:59Z",
  "url": "https://HOSTNAME/admin/hooks/1",
  "ping_url": "https://HOSTNAME/admin/hooks/1/pings"
}

Delete a global webhook

Parameters for "Delete a global webhook"

Headers
Name, Type, Description
`accept` string Setting to `application/vnd.github+json` is recommended.
Path parameters
Name, Type, Description
`hook_id` integer Required The unique identifier of the hook.

HTTP response status codes for "Delete a global webhook"

Status code	Description
`204`	No Content

Code samples for "Delete a global webhook"

delete/admin/hooks/{hook_id}

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

Response

Status: 204

Ping a global webhook

This will trigger a ping event to be sent to the webhook.

Parameters for "Ping a global webhook"

Headers
Name, Type, Description
`accept` string Setting to `application/vnd.github+json` is recommended.
Path parameters
Name, Type, Description
`hook_id` integer Required The unique identifier of the hook.

HTTP response status codes for "Ping a global webhook"

Status code	Description
`204`	No Content

Code samples for "Ping a global webhook"

post/admin/hooks/{hook_id}/pings

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

Response

Status: 204