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GitHub App installations
Use the REST API to get information about GitHub App installations and perform actions within those installations.
About GitHub App installations
A GitHub App installation refers to any user or organization account that has installed the app. For information on how to authenticate as an installation and limit access to specific repositories, see "Authenticating as an installation."
To list all GitHub App installations for an organization, see "List app installations for an organization."
List repositories accessible to the app installation
List repositories that an app installation can access.
You must use an installation access token to access this endpoint.
Parameters
Headers |
---|
Name, Type, Description |
accept stringSetting to |
Query parameters |
Name, Type, Description |
per_page integerThe number of results per page (max 100). Default: |
page integerPage number of the results to fetch. Default: |
HTTP response status codes
Status code | Description |
---|---|
200 | OK |
304 | Not modified |
401 | Requires authentication |
403 | Forbidden |
Code samples
curl \
-H "Accept: application/vnd.github+json" \
-H "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR-TOKEN>" \
http(s)://HOSTNAME/api/v3/installation/repositories
Response
Status: 200
{
"total_count": 1,
"repositories": [
{
"id": 1296269,
"node_id": "MDEwOlJlcG9zaXRvcnkxMjk2MjY5",
"name": "Hello-World",
"full_name": "octocat/Hello-World",
"owner": {
"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
},
"private": false,
"html_url": "https://github.com/octocat/Hello-World",
"description": "This your first repo!",
"fork": false,
"url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World",
"archive_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/{archive_format}{/ref}",
"assignees_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/assignees{/user}",
"blobs_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/git/blobs{/sha}",
"branches_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/branches{/branch}",
"collaborators_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/collaborators{/collaborator}",
"comments_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/comments{/number}",
"commits_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/commits{/sha}",
"compare_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/compare/{base}...{head}",
"contents_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/contents/{+path}",
"contributors_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/contributors",
"deployments_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/deployments",
"downloads_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/downloads",
"events_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/events",
"forks_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/forks",
"git_commits_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/git/commits{/sha}",
"git_refs_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/git/refs{/sha}",
"git_tags_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/git/tags{/sha}",
"git_url": "git:github.com/octocat/Hello-World.git",
"issue_comment_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/issues/comments{/number}",
"issue_events_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/issues/events{/number}",
"issues_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/issues{/number}",
"keys_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/keys{/key_id}",
"labels_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/labels{/name}",
"languages_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/languages",
"merges_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/merges",
"milestones_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/milestones{/number}",
"notifications_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/notifications{?since,all,participating}",
"pulls_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/pulls{/number}",
"releases_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/releases{/id}",
"ssh_url": "git@github.com:octocat/Hello-World.git",
"stargazers_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/stargazers",
"statuses_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/statuses/{sha}",
"subscribers_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/subscribers",
"subscription_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/subscription",
"tags_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/tags",
"teams_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/teams",
"trees_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/git/trees{/sha}",
"clone_url": "https://github.com/octocat/Hello-World.git",
"mirror_url": "git:git.example.com/octocat/Hello-World",
"hooks_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/hooks",
"svn_url": "https://svn.github.com/octocat/Hello-World",
"homepage": "https://github.com",
"language": null,
"forks_count": 9,
"stargazers_count": 80,
"watchers_count": 80,
"size": 108,
"default_branch": "master",
"open_issues_count": 0,
"is_template": true,
"topics": [
"octocat",
"atom",
"electron",
"api"
],
"has_issues": true,
"has_projects": true,
"has_wiki": true,
"has_pages": false,
"has_downloads": true,
"archived": false,
"disabled": false,
"visibility": "public",
"pushed_at": "2011-01-26T19:06:43Z",
"created_at": "2011-01-26T19:01:12Z",
"updated_at": "2011-01-26T19:14:43Z",
"allow_rebase_merge": true,
"template_repository": null,
"temp_clone_token": "ABTLWHOULUVAXGTRYU7OC2876QJ2O",
"allow_squash_merge": true,
"allow_auto_merge": false,
"delete_branch_on_merge": true,
"allow_merge_commit": true,
"subscribers_count": 42,
"network_count": 0,
"license": {
"key": "mit",
"name": "MIT License",
"url": "https://api.github.com/licenses/mit",
"spdx_id": "MIT",
"node_id": "MDc6TGljZW5zZW1pdA==",
"html_url": "https://github.com/licenses/mit"
},
"forks": 1,
"open_issues": 1,
"watchers": 1
}
]
}
Revoke an installation access token
Revokes the installation token you're using to authenticate as an installation and access this endpoint.
Once an installation token is revoked, the token is invalidated and cannot be used. Other endpoints that require the revoked installation token must have a new installation token to work. You can create a new token using the "Create an installation access token for an app" endpoint.
You must use an installation access token to access this endpoint.
HTTP response status codes
Status code | Description |
---|---|
204 | No Content |
Code samples
curl \
-X DELETE \
-H "Accept: application/vnd.github+json" \
-H "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR-TOKEN>" \
http(s)://HOSTNAME/api/v3/installation/token
Response
Status: 204
Create a content attachment
Creates an attachment under a content reference URL in the body or comment of an issue or pull request. Use the id
and repository
full_name
of the content reference from the content_reference
event to create an attachment.
The app must create a content attachment within six hours of the content reference URL being posted. See "Using content attachments" for details about content attachments.
You must use an installation access token to access this endpoint.
Parameters
Headers |
---|
Name, Type, Description |
accept stringSetting to |
Path parameters |
Name, Type, Description |
owner stringRequiredThe owner of the repository. Determined from the |
repo stringRequiredThe name of the repository. Determined from the |
content_reference_id integerRequiredThe |
Body parameters |
Name, Type, Description |
title stringRequiredThe title of the attachment |
body stringRequiredThe body of the attachment |
HTTP response status codes
Status code | Description |
---|---|
200 | OK |
304 | Not modified |
403 | Forbidden |
404 | Resource not found |
410 | Gone |
415 | Preview header missing |
422 | Validation failed, or the endpoint has been spammed. |
Code samples
curl \
-X POST \
-H "Accept: application/vnd.github+json" \
-H "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR-TOKEN>" \
http(s)://HOSTNAME/api/v3/repos/OWNER/REPO/content_references/CONTENT_REFERENCE_ID/attachments
Response
Status: 200
{
"id": 101,
"title": "[A-1234] Error found in core/models.py file'",
"body": "You have used an email that already exists for the user_email_uniq field.\n ## DETAILS:\n\nThe (email)=(Octocat@github.com) already exists.\n\n The error was found in core/models.py in get_or_create_user at line 62.\n\n self.save()"
}
Preview notice
To access the Content Attachments API during the preview period, you must provide a custom media type in the Accept
header:
application/vnd.github.corsair-preview+json
List app installations accessible to the user access token
Lists installations of your GitHub App that the authenticated user has explicit permission (:read
, :write
, or :admin
) to access.
You must use a user-to-server OAuth access token, created for a user who has authorized your GitHub App, to access this endpoint.
The authenticated user has explicit permission to access repositories they own, repositories where they are a collaborator, and repositories that they can access through an organization membership.
You can find the permissions for the installation under the permissions
key.
Parameters
Headers |
---|
Name, Type, Description |
accept stringSetting to |
Query parameters |
Name, Type, Description |
per_page integerThe number of results per page (max 100). Default: |
page integerPage number of the results to fetch. Default: |
HTTP response status codes
Status code | Description |
---|---|
200 | You can find the permissions for the installation under the |
304 | Not modified |
401 | Requires authentication |
403 | Forbidden |
Code samples
curl \
-H "Accept: application/vnd.github+json" \
-H "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR-TOKEN>" \
http(s)://HOSTNAME/api/v3/user/installations
You can find the permissions for the installation under the permissions
key.
Status: 200
{
"total_count": 2,
"installations": [
{
"id": 1,
"account": {
"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
},
"access_tokens_url": "https://api.github.com/installations/1/access_tokens",
"repositories_url": "https://api.github.com/installation/repositories",
"html_url": "https://github.com/organizations/github/settings/installations/1",
"app_id": 1,
"target_id": 1,
"target_type": "Organization",
"permissions": {
"checks": "write",
"metadata": "read",
"contents": "read"
},
"events": [
"push",
"pull_request"
],
"single_file_name": "config.yaml",
"has_multiple_single_files": true,
"single_file_paths": [
"config.yml",
".github/issue_TEMPLATE.md"
],
"repository_selection": "all",
"created_at": "2017-07-08T16:18:44-04:00",
"updated_at": "2017-07-08T16:18:44-04:00",
"app_slug": "github-actions",
"suspended_at": null,
"suspended_by": null
},
{
"id": 3,
"account": {
"login": "octocat",
"id": 2,
"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
},
"access_tokens_url": "https://api.github.com/installations/1/access_tokens",
"repositories_url": "https://api.github.com/installation/repositories",
"html_url": "https://github.com/organizations/github/settings/installations/1",
"app_id": 1,
"target_id": 1,
"target_type": "Organization",
"permissions": {
"checks": "write",
"metadata": "read",
"contents": "read"
},
"events": [
"push",
"pull_request"
],
"single_file_name": "config.yaml",
"has_multiple_single_files": true,
"single_file_paths": [
"config.yml",
".github/issue_TEMPLATE.md"
],
"repository_selection": "all",
"created_at": "2017-07-08T16:18:44-04:00",
"updated_at": "2017-07-08T16:18:44-04:00",
"app_slug": "github-actions",
"suspended_at": null,
"suspended_by": null
}
]
}
List repositories accessible to the user access token
List repositories that the authenticated user has explicit permission (:read
, :write
, or :admin
) to access for an installation.
The authenticated user has explicit permission to access repositories they own, repositories where they are a collaborator, and repositories that they can access through an organization membership.
You must use a user-to-server OAuth access token, created for a user who has authorized your GitHub App, to access this endpoint.
The access the user has to each repository is included in the hash under the permissions
key.
Parameters
Headers |
---|
Name, Type, Description |
accept stringSetting to |
Path parameters |
Name, Type, Description |
installation_id integerRequiredThe unique identifier of the installation. |
Query parameters |
Name, Type, Description |
per_page integerThe number of results per page (max 100). Default: |
page integerPage number of the results to fetch. Default: |
HTTP response status codes
Status code | Description |
---|---|
200 | The access the user has to each repository is included in the hash under the |
304 | Not modified |
403 | Forbidden |
404 | Resource not found |
Code samples
curl \
-H "Accept: application/vnd.github+json" \
-H "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR-TOKEN>" \
http(s)://HOSTNAME/api/v3/user/installations/1/repositories
The access the user has to each repository is included in the hash under the permissions
key.
Status: 200
{
"total_count": 1,
"repositories": [
{
"id": 1296269,
"node_id": "MDEwOlJlcG9zaXRvcnkxMjk2MjY5",
"name": "Hello-World",
"full_name": "octocat/Hello-World",
"owner": {
"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
},
"private": false,
"html_url": "https://github.com/octocat/Hello-World",
"description": "This your first repo!",
"fork": false,
"url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World",
"archive_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/{archive_format}{/ref}",
"assignees_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/assignees{/user}",
"blobs_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/git/blobs{/sha}",
"branches_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/branches{/branch}",
"collaborators_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/collaborators{/collaborator}",
"comments_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/comments{/number}",
"commits_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/commits{/sha}",
"compare_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/compare/{base}...{head}",
"contents_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/contents/{+path}",
"contributors_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/contributors",
"deployments_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/deployments",
"downloads_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/downloads",
"events_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/events",
"forks_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/forks",
"git_commits_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/git/commits{/sha}",
"git_refs_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/git/refs{/sha}",
"git_tags_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/git/tags{/sha}",
"git_url": "git:github.com/octocat/Hello-World.git",
"issue_comment_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/issues/comments{/number}",
"issue_events_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/issues/events{/number}",
"issues_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/issues{/number}",
"keys_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/keys{/key_id}",
"labels_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/labels{/name}",
"languages_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/languages",
"merges_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/merges",
"milestones_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/milestones{/number}",
"notifications_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/notifications{?since,all,participating}",
"pulls_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/pulls{/number}",
"releases_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/releases{/id}",
"ssh_url": "git@github.com:octocat/Hello-World.git",
"stargazers_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/stargazers",
"statuses_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/statuses/{sha}",
"subscribers_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/subscribers",
"subscription_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/subscription",
"tags_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/tags",
"teams_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/teams",
"trees_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/git/trees{/sha}",
"clone_url": "https://github.com/octocat/Hello-World.git",
"mirror_url": "git:git.example.com/octocat/Hello-World",
"hooks_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/hooks",
"svn_url": "https://svn.github.com/octocat/Hello-World",
"homepage": "https://github.com",
"language": null,
"forks_count": 9,
"stargazers_count": 80,
"watchers_count": 80,
"size": 108,
"default_branch": "master",
"open_issues_count": 0,
"is_template": true,
"topics": [
"octocat",
"atom",
"electron",
"api"
],
"has_issues": true,
"has_projects": true,
"has_wiki": true,
"has_pages": false,
"has_downloads": true,
"archived": false,
"disabled": false,
"visibility": "public",
"pushed_at": "2011-01-26T19:06:43Z",
"created_at": "2011-01-26T19:01:12Z",
"updated_at": "2011-01-26T19:14:43Z",
"permissions": {
"admin": false,
"push": false,
"pull": true
},
"allow_rebase_merge": true,
"template_repository": null,
"temp_clone_token": "ABTLWHOULUVAXGTRYU7OC2876QJ2O",
"allow_squash_merge": true,
"allow_auto_merge": false,
"delete_branch_on_merge": true,
"allow_merge_commit": true,
"subscribers_count": 42,
"network_count": 0,
"license": {
"key": "mit",
"name": "MIT License",
"url": "https://api.github.com/licenses/mit",
"spdx_id": "MIT",
"node_id": "MDc6TGljZW5zZW1pdA==",
"html_url": "https://github.com/licenses/mit"
},
"forks": 1,
"open_issues": 1,
"watchers": 1
}
]
}
Add a repository to an app installation
Add a single repository to an installation. The authenticated user must have admin access to the repository.
You must use a personal access token (which you can create via the command line or Basic Authentication) to access this endpoint.
Parameters
Headers |
---|
Name, Type, Description |
accept stringSetting to |
Path parameters |
Name, Type, Description |
installation_id integerRequiredThe unique identifier of the installation. |
repository_id integerRequiredThe unique identifier of the repository. |
HTTP response status codes
Status code | Description |
---|---|
204 | No Content |
304 | Not modified |
403 | Forbidden |
404 | Resource not found |
Code samples
curl \
-X PUT \
-H "Accept: application/vnd.github+json" \
-H "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR-TOKEN>" \
http(s)://HOSTNAME/api/v3/user/installations/1/repositories/REPOSITORY_ID
Response
Status: 204
Remove a repository from an app installation
Remove a single repository from an installation. The authenticated user must have admin access to the repository.
You must use a personal access token (which you can create via the command line or Basic Authentication) to access this endpoint.
Parameters
Headers |
---|
Name, Type, Description |
accept stringSetting to |
Path parameters |
Name, Type, Description |
installation_id integerRequiredThe unique identifier of the installation. |
repository_id integerRequiredThe unique identifier of the repository. |
HTTP response status codes
Status code | Description |
---|---|
204 | No Content |
304 | Not modified |
403 | Forbidden |
404 | Resource not found |
Code samples
curl \
-X DELETE \
-H "Accept: application/vnd.github+json" \
-H "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR-TOKEN>" \
http(s)://HOSTNAME/api/v3/user/installations/1/repositories/REPOSITORY_ID
Response
Status: 204