GitHub v3 REST API

Update a release asset Users with push access to the repository can edit a release asset.

Update status check protection Protected branches are available in public repositories with GitHub Free and GitHub Free for organizations, and in public and private repositories with GitHub Pro, GitHub Team, GitHub Enterprise Cloud, and GitHub Enterprise Server. For more information, see [GitHub's products](https://help.github.com/github/getting-started-with-github/githubs-products) in the GitHub Help documentation. Updating required status checks requires admin or owner permissions to the repository and branch protection to be enabled.

Update a repository webhook Updates a webhook configured in a repository. If you previously had a `secret` set, you must provide the same `secret` or set a new `secret` or the secret will be removed. If you are only updating individual webhook `config` properties, use "[Update a webhook configuration for a repository](/rest/reference/repos#update-a-webhook-configuration-for-a-repository)."

Upload a release asset This endpoint makes use of [a Hypermedia relation](https://docs.github.com/[email protected]/rest/overview/resources-in-the-rest-api#hypermedia) to determine which URL to access. The endpoint you call to upload release assets is specific to your release. Use the `upload_url` returned in the response of the [Create a release endpoint](https://docs.github.com/[email protected]/rest/reference/repos#create-a-release) to upload a release asset. You need to use an HTTP client which supports [SNI](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Server_Name_Indication) to make calls to this endpoint. Most libraries will set the required `Content-Length` header automatically. Use the required `Content-Type` header to provide the media type of the asset. For a list of media types, see [Media Types](https://www.iana.org/assignments/media-types/media-types.xhtml). For example: `application/zip` GitHub Enterprise Server expects the asset data in its raw binary form, rather than JSON. You will send the raw binary content of the asset as the request body. Everything else about the endpoint is the same as the rest of the API. For example, you'll still need to pass your authentication to be able to upload an asset. When an upstream failure occurs, you will receive a `502 Bad Gateway` status. This may leave an empty asset with a state of `starter`. It can be safely deleted. **Notes:** * GitHub Enterprise Server renames asset filenames that have special characters, non-alphanumeric characters, and leading or trailing periods. The "[List assets for a release](https://docs.github.com/[email protected]/rest/reference/repos#list-assets-for-a-release)" endpoint lists the renamed filenames. For more information and help, contact [GitHub Enterprise Server Support](https://support.github.com/contact?tags=dotcom-rest-api). * If you upload an asset with the same filename as another uploaded asset, you'll receive an error and must delete the old file before you can re-upload the new asset.

Search code Searches for query terms inside of a file. This method returns up to 100 results [per page](https://docs.github.com/[email protected]/rest/overview/resources-in-the-rest-api#pagination). When searching for code, you can get text match metadata for the file **content** and file **path** fields when you pass the `text-match` media type. For more details about how to receive highlighted search results, see [Text match metadata](https://docs.github.com/[email protected]/rest/reference/search#text-match-metadata). For example, if you want to find the definition of the `addClass` function inside [jQuery](https://github.com/jquery/jquery) repository, your query would look something like this: `q=addClass+in:file+language:js+repo:jquery/jquery` This query searches for the keyword `addClass` within a file's contents. The query limits the search to files where the language is JavaScript in the `jquery/jquery` repository. #### Considerations for code search Due to the complexity of searching code, there are a few restrictions on how searches are performed: * Only the _default branch_ is considered. In most cases, this will be the `master` branch. * Only files smaller than 384 KB are searchable. * You must always include at least one search term when searching source code. For example, searching for [`language:go`](https://github.com/search?utf8=%E2%9C%93&q=language%3Ago&type=Code) is not valid, while [`amazing language:go`](https://github.com/search?utf8=%E2%9C%93&q=amazing+language%3Ago&type=Code) is.

Search commits Find commits via various criteria on the default branch (usually `master`). This method returns up to 100 results [per page](https://docs.github.com/[email protected]/rest/overview/resources-in-the-rest-api#pagination). When searching for commits, you can get text match metadata for the **message** field when you provide the `text-match` media type. For more details about how to receive highlighted search results, see [Text match metadata](https://docs.github.com/[email protected]/rest/reference/search#text-match-metadata). For example, if you want to find commits related to CSS in the [octocat/Spoon-Knife](https://github.com/octocat/Spoon-Knife) repository. Your query would look something like this: `q=repo:octocat/Spoon-Knife+css`

Search issues and pull requests Find issues by state and keyword. This method returns up to 100 results [per page](https://docs.github.com/[email protected]/rest/overview/resources-in-the-rest-api#pagination). When searching for issues, you can get text match metadata for the issue **title**, issue **body**, and issue **comment body** fields when you pass the `text-match` media type. For more details about how to receive highlighted search results, see [Text match metadata](https://docs.github.com/[email protected]/rest/reference/search#text-match-metadata). For example, if you want to find the oldest unresolved Python bugs on Windows. Your query might look something like this. `q=windows+label:bug+language:python+state:open&sort=created&order=asc` This query searches for the keyword `windows`, within any open issue that is labeled as `bug`. The search runs across repositories whose primary language is Python. The results are sorted by creation date in ascending order, which means the oldest issues appear first in the search results. **Note:** For [user-to-server](https://docs.github.com/developers/apps/identifying-and-authorizing-users-for-github-apps#user-to-server-requests) GitHub App requests, you can't retrieve a combination of issues and pull requests in a single query. Requests that don't include the `is:issue` or `is:pull-request` qualifier will receive an HTTP `422 Unprocessable Entity` response. To get results for both issues and pull requests, you must send separate queries for issues and pull requests. For more information about the `is` qualifier, see "[Searching only issues or pull requests](https://docs.github.com/github/searching-for-information-on-github/searching-issues-and-pull-requests#search-only-issues-or-pull-requests)."

Search labels Find labels in a repository with names or descriptions that match search keywords. Returns up to 100 results [per page](https://docs.github.com/[email protected]/rest/overview/resources-in-the-rest-api#pagination). When searching for labels, you can get text match metadata for the label **name** and **description** fields when you pass the `text-match` media type. For more details about how to receive highlighted search results, see [Text match metadata](https://docs.github.com/[email protected]/rest/reference/search#text-match-metadata). For example, if you want to find labels in the `linguist` repository that match `bug`, `defect`, or `enhancement`. Your query might look like this: `q=bug+defect+enhancement&repository_id=64778136` The labels that best match the query appear first in the search results.

Search repositories Find repositories via various criteria. This method returns up to 100 results [per page](https://docs.github.com/[email protected]/rest/overview/resources-in-the-rest-api#pagination). When searching for repositories, you can get text match metadata for the **name** and **description** fields when you pass the `text-match` media type. For more details about how to receive highlighted search results, see [Text match metadata](https://docs.github.com/[email protected]/rest/reference/search#text-match-metadata). For example, if you want to search for popular Tetris repositories written in assembly code, your query might look like this: `q=tetris+language:assembly&sort=stars&order=desc` This query searches for repositories with the word `tetris` in the name, the description, or the README. The results are limited to repositories where the primary language is assembly. The results are sorted by stars in descending order, so that the most popular repositories appear first in the search results. When you include the `mercy` preview header, you can also search for multiple topics by adding more `topic:` instances. For example, your query might look like this: `q=topic:ruby+topic:rails`

Search topics Find topics via various criteria. Results are sorted by best match. This method returns up to 100 results [per page](https://docs.github.com/[email protected]/rest/overview/resources-in-the-rest-api#pagination). See "[Searching topics](https://help.github.com/articles/searching-topics/)" for a detailed list of qualifiers. When searching for topics, you can get text match metadata for the topic's **short\_description**, **description**, **name**, or **display\_name** field when you pass the `text-match` media type. For more details about how to receive highlighted search results, see [Text match metadata](https://docs.github.com/[email protected]/rest/reference/search#text-match-metadata). For example, if you want to search for topics related to Ruby that are featured on https://github.com/topics. Your query might look like this: `q=ruby+is:featured` This query searches for topics with the keyword `ruby` and limits the results to find only topics that are featured. The topics that are the best match for the query appear first in the search results.

Search users Find users via various criteria. This method returns up to 100 results [per page](https://docs.github.com/[email protected]/rest/overview/resources-in-the-rest-api#pagination). When searching for users, you can get text match metadata for the issue **login**, **email**, and **name** fields when you pass the `text-match` media type. For more details about highlighting search results, see [Text match metadata](https://docs.github.com/[email protected]/rest/reference/search#text-match-metadata). For more details about how to receive highlighted search results, see [Text match metadata](https://docs.github.com/[email protected]/rest/reference/search#text-match-metadata). For example, if you're looking for a list of popular users, you might try this query: `q=tom+repos:%3E42+followers:%3E1000` This query searches for users with the name `tom`. The results are restricted to users with more than 42 repositories and over 1,000 followers.

Add team member (Legacy) The "Add team member" endpoint (described below) is deprecated. We recommend using the [Add or update team membership for a user](https://docs.github.com/[email protected]/rest/reference/teams#add-or-update-team-membership-for-a-user) endpoint instead. It allows you to invite new organization members to your teams. Team synchronization is available for organizations using GitHub Enterprise Cloud. For more information, see [GitHub's products](https://help.github.com/github/getting-started-with-github/githubs-products) in the GitHub Help documentation. To add someone to a team, the authenticated user must be an organization owner or a team maintainer in the team they're changing. The person being added to the team must be a member of the team's organization. **Note:** When you have team synchronization set up for a team with your organization's identity provider (IdP), you will see an error if you attempt to use the API for making changes to the team's membership. If you have access to manage group membership in your IdP, you can manage GitHub Enterprise Server team membership through your identity provider, which automatically adds and removes team members in an organization. For more information, see "[Synchronizing teams between your identity provider and GitHub Enterprise Server](https://help.github.com/articles/synchronizing-teams-between-your-identity-provider-and-github/)." Note that you'll need to set `Content-Length` to zero when calling out to this endpoint. For more information, see "[HTTP verbs](https://docs.github.com/[email protected]/rest/overview/resources-in-the-rest-api#http-verbs)."

Add or update team membership for a user If the user is already a member of the team's organization, this endpoint will add the user to the team. To add a membership between an organization member and a team, the authenticated user must be an organization owner or a team maintainer. If the user is unaffiliated with the team's organization, this endpoint will send an invitation to the user via email. This newly-created membership will be in the "pending" state until the user accepts the invitation, at which point the membership will transition to the "active" state and the user will be added as a member of the team. To add a membership between an unaffiliated user and a team, the authenticated user must be an organization owner. If the user is already a member of the team, this endpoint will update the role of the team member's role. To update the membership of a team member, the authenticated user must be an organization owner or a team maintainer.

Add or update team project permissions Adds an organization project to a team. To add a project to a team or update the team's permission on a project, the authenticated user must have `admin` permissions for the project. The project and team must be part of the same organization.

Add or update team repository permissions To add a repository to a team or update the team's permission on a repository, the authenticated user must have admin access to the repository, and must be able to see the team. The repository must be owned by the organization, or a direct fork of a repository owned by the organization. You will get a `422 Unprocessable Entity` status if you attempt to add a repository to a team that is not owned by the organization. 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](https://docs.github.com/[email protected]/rest/overview/resources-in-the-rest-api#http-verbs)."

Check team permissions for a project Checks whether a team has `read`, `write`, or `admin` permissions for an organization project. The response includes projects inherited from a parent team.

Check team permissions for a repository **Note**: Repositories inherited through a parent team will also be checked. You can also get information about the specified repository, including what permissions the team grants on it, by passing the following custom [media type](https://docs.github.com/[email protected]/rest/overview/media-types/) via the `Accept` header:

Create a team To create a team, the authenticated user must be a member or owner of `{org}`. By default, organization members can create teams. Organization owners can limit team creation to organization owners. For more information, see "[Setting team creation permissions](https://help.github.com/en/articles/setting-team-creation-permissions-in-your-organization)." When you create a new team, you automatically become a team maintainer without explicitly adding yourself to the optional array of `maintainers`. For more information, see "[About teams](https://help.github.com/en/github/setting-up-and-managing-organizations-and-teams/about-teams)".

Create a discussion Creates a new discussion post on a team's page. OAuth access tokens require the `write:discussion` [scope](https://docs.github.com/[email protected]/apps/building-oauth-apps/understanding-scopes-for-oauth-apps/). This endpoint triggers [notifications](https://docs.github.com/en/github/managing-subscriptions-and-notifications-on-github/about-notifications). Creating content too quickly using this endpoint may result in secondary rate limiting. See "[Secondary rate limits](https://docs.github.com/[email protected]/rest/overview/resources-in-the-rest-api#secondary-rate-limits)" for details.

Create a discussion comment Creates a new comment on a team discussion. OAuth access tokens require the `write:discussion` [scope](https://docs.github.com/[email protected]/apps/building-oauth-apps/understanding-scopes-for-oauth-apps/). This endpoint triggers [notifications](https://docs.github.com/en/github/managing-subscriptions-and-notifications-on-github/about-notifications). Creating content too quickly using this endpoint may result in secondary rate limiting. See "[Secondary rate limits](https://docs.github.com/[email protected]/rest/overview/resources-in-the-rest-api#secondary-rate-limits)" for details.

Delete a team To delete a team, the authenticated user must be an organization owner or team maintainer. If you are an organization owner, deleting a parent team will delete all of its child teams as well.

Delete a discussion from a team's page. OAuth access tokens require the `write:discussion` [scope](https://docs.github.com/[email protected]/apps/building-oauth-apps/understanding-scopes-for-oauth-apps/).

Delete a discussion comment Deletes a comment on a team discussion. OAuth access tokens require the `write:discussion` [scope](https://docs.github.com/[email protected]/apps/building-oauth-apps/understanding-scopes-for-oauth-apps/).

Get a team

Get a team by name Gets a team using the team's `slug`. GitHub Enterprise Server generates the `slug` from the team `name`. **Note:** You can also specify a team by `org_id` and `team_id` using the route `GET /organizations/{org_id}/team/{team_id}`.

Get a discussion Get a specific discussion on a team's page. OAuth access tokens require the `read:discussion` [scope](https://docs.github.com/[email protected]/apps/building-oauth-apps/understanding-scopes-for-oauth-apps/).

Get a discussion comment Get a specific comment on a team discussion. OAuth access tokens require the `read:discussion` [scope](https://docs.github.com/[email protected]/apps/building-oauth-apps/understanding-scopes-for-oauth-apps/).

Get team member (Legacy) The "Get team member" endpoint (described below) is deprecated. We recommend using the [Get team membership for a user](https://docs.github.com/[email protected]/rest/reference/teams#get-team-membership-for-a-user) endpoint instead. It allows you to get both active and pending memberships. To list members in a team, the team must be visible to the authenticated user.

Get team membership for a user Team members will include the members of child teams. To get a user's membership with a team, the team must be visible to the authenticated user. **Note:** The `role` for organization owners returns as `maintainer`. For more information about `maintainer` roles, see [Create a team](https://docs.github.com/[email protected]/rest/reference/teams#create-a-team).

List teams Lists all teams in an organization that are visible to the authenticated user.

List child teams

List discussion comments List all comments on a team discussion. OAuth access tokens require the `read:discussion` [scope](https://docs.github.com/[email protected]/apps/building-oauth-apps/understanding-scopes-for-oauth-apps/).

List discussions List all discussions on a team's page. OAuth access tokens require the `read:discussion` [scope](https://docs.github.com/[email protected]/apps/building-oauth-apps/understanding-scopes-for-oauth-apps/).

List teams for the authenticated user List all of the teams across all of the organizations to which the authenticated user belongs. This method requires `user`, `repo`, or `read:org` [scope](https://docs.github.com/[email protected]/apps/building-oauth-apps/understanding-scopes-for-oauth-apps/) when authenticating via [OAuth](https://docs.github.com/[email protected]/apps/building-oauth-apps/).

List team members Team members will include the members of child teams. To list members in a team, the team must be visible to the authenticated user.

List team projects Lists the organization projects for a team. If you are an [authenticated](https://docs.github.com/[email protected]/rest/overview/resources-in-the-rest-api#authentication) site administrator for your Enterprise instance, you will be able to list all projects for the team.

List team repositories If you are an [authenticated](https://docs.github.com/[email protected]/rest/overview/resources-in-the-rest-api#authentication) site administrator for your Enterprise instance, you will be able to list all repositories for the team.

Remove team member (Legacy) The "Remove team member" endpoint (described below) is deprecated. We recommend using the [Remove team membership for a user](https://docs.github.com/[email protected]/rest/reference/teams#remove-team-membership-for-a-user) endpoint instead. It allows you to remove both active and pending memberships. Team synchronization is available for organizations using GitHub Enterprise Cloud. For more information, see [GitHub's products](https://help.github.com/github/getting-started-with-github/githubs-products) in the GitHub Help documentation. To remove a team member, the authenticated user must have 'admin' permissions to the team or be an owner of the org that the team is associated with. Removing a team member does not delete the user, it just removes them from the team. **Note:** When you have team synchronization set up for a team with your organization's identity provider (IdP), you will see an error if you attempt to use the API for making changes to the team's membership. If you have access to manage group membership in your IdP, you can manage GitHub Enterprise Server team membership through your identity provider, which automatically adds and removes team members in an organization. For more information, see "[Synchronizing teams between your identity provider and GitHub Enterprise Server](https://help.github.com/articles/synchronizing-teams-between-your-identity-provider-and-github/)."

Remove team membership for a user To remove a membership between a user and a team, the authenticated user must have 'admin' permissions to the team or be an owner of the organization that the team is associated with. Removing team membership does not delete the user, it just removes their membership from the team.

Remove a project from a team Removes an organization project from a team. An organization owner or a team maintainer can remove any project from the team. To remove a project from a team as an organization member, the authenticated user must have `read` access to both the team and project, or `admin` access to the team or project. **Note:** This endpoint removes the project from the team, but does not delete it.

Remove a repository from a team If the authenticated user is an organization owner or a team maintainer, they can remove any repositories from the team. To remove a repository from a team as an organization member, the authenticated user must have admin access to the repository and must be able to see the team. NOTE: This does not delete the repository, it just removes it from the team.

Update a team To edit a team, the authenticated user must either be an organization owner or a team maintainer. **Note:** With nested teams, the `privacy` for parent teams cannot be `secret`.

Update a discussion Edits the title and body text of a discussion post. Only the parameters you provide are updated. OAuth access tokens require the `write:discussion` [scope](https://docs.github.com/[email protected]/apps/building-oauth-apps/understanding-scopes-for-oauth-apps/).

Update a discussion comment Edits the body text of a discussion comment. OAuth access tokens require the `write:discussion` [scope](https://docs.github.com/[email protected]/apps/building-oauth-apps/understanding-scopes-for-oauth-apps/).

Add an email address for the authenticated user This endpoint is accessible with the `user` scope.

Check if a user follows another user

Check if a person is followed by the authenticated user

Create a GPG key for the authenticated user Adds a GPG key to the authenticated user's GitHub account. Requires that you are authenticated via Basic Auth, or OAuth with at least `write:gpg_key` [scope](https://docs.github.com/[email protected]/apps/building-oauth-apps/understanding-scopes-for-oauth-apps/).

Create a public SSH key for the authenticated user Adds a public SSH key to the authenticated user's GitHub account. Requires that you are authenticated via Basic Auth, or OAuth with at least `write:public_key` [scope](https://docs.github.com/[email protected]/apps/building-oauth-apps/understanding-scopes-for-oauth-apps/).

Delete an email address for the authenticated user This endpoint is accessible with the `user` scope.