GitHub v3 REST API

Set a thread subscription If you are watching a repository, you receive notifications for all threads by default. Use this endpoint to ignore future notifications for threads until you comment on the thread or get an **@mention**. You can also use this endpoint to subscribe to threads that you are currently not receiving notifications for or to subscribed to threads that you have previously ignored. Unsubscribing from a conversation in a repository that you are not watching is functionally equivalent to the [Delete a thread subscription](https://docs.github.com/[email protected]/rest/reference/activity#delete-a-thread-subscription) endpoint.

Star a repository for the authenticated user 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)."

Unstar a repository for the authenticated user

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](https://docs.github.com/[email protected]/github/authenticating-to-github/creating-a-personal-access-token) or [Basic Authentication](https://docs.github.com/[email protected]/rest/overview/other-authentication-methods#basic-authentication)) to access this endpoint.

Check an authorization **Deprecation Notice:** GitHub Enterprise Server will discontinue OAuth endpoints that contain `access_token` in the path parameter. We have introduced new endpoints that allow you to securely manage tokens for OAuth Apps by moving `access_token` to the request body. For more information, see the [blog post](https://developer.github.com/changes/2020-02-14-deprecating-oauth-app-endpoint/). OAuth applications can use a special API method for checking OAuth token validity without exceeding the normal rate limits for failed login attempts. Authentication works differently with this particular endpoint. You must use [Basic Authentication](https://docs.github.com/[email protected]/rest/overview/other-authentication-methods#basic-authentication) when accessing this endpoint, using the OAuth application's `client_id` and `client_secret` as the username and password. Invalid tokens will return `404 NOT FOUND`.

Check a token OAuth applications can use a special API method for checking OAuth token validity without exceeding the normal rate limits for failed login attempts. Authentication works differently with this particular endpoint. You must use [Basic Authentication](https://docs.github.com/[email protected]/rest/overview/other-authentication-methods#basic-authentication) to use this endpoint, where the username is the OAuth application `client_id` and the password is its `client_secret`. Invalid tokens will return `404 NOT FOUND`.

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](https://docs.github.com/[email protected]/webhooks/event-payloads/#content_reference) 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](https://docs.github.com/[email protected]/apps/using-content-attachments/)" for details about content attachments. You must use an [installation access token](https://docs.github.com/[email protected]/apps/building-github-apps/authenticating-with-github-apps/#authenticating-as-an-installation) to access this endpoint.

Create a GitHub App from a manifest Use this endpoint to complete the handshake necessary when implementing the [GitHub App Manifest flow](https://docs.github.com/[email protected]/apps/building-github-apps/creating-github-apps-from-a-manifest/). When you create a GitHub App with the manifest flow, you receive a temporary `code` used to retrieve the GitHub App's `id`, `pem` (private key), and `webhook_secret`.

Create an installation access token for an app Creates an installation access token that enables a GitHub App to make authenticated API requests for the app's installation on an organization or individual account. Installation tokens expire one hour from the time you create them. Using an expired token produces a status code of `401 - Unauthorized`, and requires creating a new installation token. By default the installation token has access to all repositories that the installation can access. To restrict the access to specific repositories, you can provide the `repository_ids` when creating the token. When you omit `repository_ids`, the response does not contain the `repositories` key. You must use a [JWT](https://docs.github.com/[email protected]/apps/building-github-apps/authenticating-with-github-apps/#authenticating-as-a-github-app) to access this endpoint.

Delete an app authorization OAuth application owners can revoke a grant for their OAuth application and a specific user. You must use [Basic Authentication](https://docs.github.com/[email protected]/rest/overview/other-authentication-methods#basic-authentication) when accessing this endpoint, using the OAuth application's `client_id` and `client_secret` as the username and password. You must also provide a valid OAuth `access_token` as an input parameter and the grant for the token's owner will be deleted. Deleting an OAuth application's grant will also delete all OAuth tokens associated with the application for the user. Once deleted, the application will have no access to the user's account and will no longer be listed on [the application authorizations settings screen within GitHub](https://github.com/settings/applications#authorized).

Delete an installation for the authenticated app Uninstalls a GitHub App on a user, organization, or business account. If you prefer to temporarily suspend an app's access to your account's resources, then we recommend the "[Suspend an app installation](https://docs.github.com/[email protected]/rest/reference/apps/#suspend-an-app-installation)" endpoint. You must use a [JWT](https://docs.github.com/[email protected]/apps/building-github-apps/authenticating-with-github-apps/#authenticating-as-a-github-app) to access this endpoint.

Delete an app token OAuth application owners can revoke a single token for an OAuth application. You must use [Basic Authentication](https://docs.github.com/[email protected]/rest/overview/other-authentication-methods#basic-authentication) when accessing this endpoint, using the OAuth application's `client_id` and `client_secret` as the username and password.

Get the authenticated app Returns the GitHub App associated with the authentication credentials used. To see how many app installations are associated with this GitHub App, see the `installations_count` in the response. For more details about your app's installations, see the "[List installations for the authenticated app](https://docs.github.com/[email protected]/rest/reference/apps#list-installations-for-the-authenticated-app)" endpoint. You must use a [JWT](https://docs.github.com/[email protected]/apps/building-github-apps/authenticating-with-github-apps/#authenticating-as-a-github-app) to access this endpoint.

Get an app **Note**: The `:app_slug` is just the URL-friendly name of your GitHub App. You can find this on the settings page for your GitHub App (e.g., `https://github.com/settings/apps/:app_slug`). If the GitHub App you specify is public, you can access this endpoint without authenticating. If the GitHub App you specify is private, you must authenticate with a [personal access token](https://docs.github.com/articles/creating-a-personal-access-token-for-the-command-line/) or an [installation access token](https://docs.github.com/[email protected]/apps/building-github-apps/authenticating-with-github-apps/#authenticating-as-an-installation) to access this endpoint.

Get an installation for the authenticated app Enables an authenticated GitHub App to find an installation's information using the installation id. You must use a [JWT](https://docs.github.com/[email protected]/apps/building-github-apps/authenticating-with-github-apps/#authenticating-as-a-github-app) to access this endpoint.

Get an organization installation for the authenticated app Enables an authenticated GitHub App to find the organization's installation information. You must use a [JWT](https://docs.github.com/[email protected]/apps/building-github-apps/authenticating-with-github-apps/#authenticating-as-a-github-app) to access this endpoint.

Get a repository installation for the authenticated app Enables an authenticated GitHub App to find the repository's installation information. The installation's account type will be either an organization or a user account, depending which account the repository belongs to. You must use a [JWT](https://docs.github.com/[email protected]/apps/building-github-apps/authenticating-with-github-apps/#authenticating-as-a-github-app) to access this endpoint.

Get a user installation for the authenticated app Enables an authenticated GitHub App to find the user’s installation information. You must use a [JWT](https://docs.github.com/[email protected]/apps/building-github-apps/authenticating-with-github-apps/#authenticating-as-a-github-app) to access this endpoint.

Get a webhook configuration for an app Returns the webhook configuration for a GitHub App. For more information about configuring a webhook for your app, see "[Creating a GitHub App](/developers/apps/creating-a-github-app)." You must use a [JWT](https://docs.github.com/[email protected]/apps/building-github-apps/authenticating-with-github-apps/#authenticating-as-a-github-app) to access this endpoint.

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](https://docs.github.com/[email protected]/apps/building-github-apps/identifying-and-authorizing-users-for-github-apps/#identifying-users-on-your-site), 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.

List installations for the authenticated app You must use a [JWT](https://docs.github.com/[email protected]/apps/building-github-apps/authenticating-with-github-apps/#authenticating-as-a-github-app) to access this endpoint. The permissions the installation has are included under the `permissions` key.

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](https://docs.github.com/[email protected]/apps/building-github-apps/identifying-and-authorizing-users-for-github-apps/#identifying-users-on-your-site), 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.

List repositories accessible to the app installation List repositories that an app installation can access. You must use an [installation access token](https://docs.github.com/[email protected]/apps/building-github-apps/authenticating-with-github-apps/#authenticating-as-an-installation) to access this endpoint.

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](https://docs.github.com/[email protected]/github/authenticating-to-github/creating-a-personal-access-token) or [Basic Authentication](https://docs.github.com/[email protected]/rest/overview/other-authentication-methods#basic-authentication)) to access this endpoint.

Reset an authorization **Deprecation Notice:** GitHub Enterprise Server will discontinue OAuth endpoints that contain `access_token` in the path parameter. We have introduced new endpoints that allow you to securely manage tokens for OAuth Apps by moving `access_token` to the request body. For more information, see the [blog post](https://developer.github.com/changes/2020-02-14-deprecating-oauth-app-endpoint/). OAuth applications can use this API method to reset a valid OAuth token without end-user involvement. Applications must save the "token" property in the response because changes take effect immediately. You must use [Basic Authentication](https://docs.github.com/[email protected]/rest/overview/other-authentication-methods#basic-authentication) when accessing this endpoint, using the OAuth application's `client_id` and `client_secret` as the username and password. Invalid tokens will return `404 NOT FOUND`.

Reset a token OAuth applications can use this API method to reset a valid OAuth token without end-user involvement. Applications must save the "token" property in the response because changes take effect immediately. You must use [Basic Authentication](https://docs.github.com/[email protected]/rest/overview/other-authentication-methods#basic-authentication) when accessing this endpoint, using the OAuth application's `client_id` and `client_secret` as the username and password. Invalid tokens will return `404 NOT FOUND`.

Revoke an authorization for an application **Deprecation Notice:** GitHub Enterprise Server will discontinue OAuth endpoints that contain `access_token` in the path parameter. We have introduced new endpoints that allow you to securely manage tokens for OAuth Apps by moving `access_token` to the request body. For more information, see the [blog post](https://developer.github.com/changes/2020-02-14-deprecating-oauth-app-endpoint/). OAuth application owners can revoke a single token for an OAuth application. You must use [Basic Authentication](https://docs.github.com/[email protected]/rest/overview/other-authentication-methods#basic-authentication) when accessing this endpoint, using the OAuth application's `client_id` and `client_secret` as the username and password.

Revoke a grant for an application **Deprecation Notice:** GitHub Enterprise Server will discontinue OAuth endpoints that contain `access_token` in the path parameter. We have introduced new endpoints that allow you to securely manage tokens for OAuth Apps by moving `access_token` to the request body. For more information, see the [blog post](https://developer.github.com/changes/2020-02-14-deprecating-oauth-app-endpoint/). OAuth application owners can revoke a grant for their OAuth application and a specific user. You must use [Basic Authentication](https://docs.github.com/[email protected]/rest/overview/other-authentication-methods#basic-authentication) when accessing this endpoint, using the OAuth application's `client_id` and `client_secret` as the username and password. You must also provide a valid token as `:access_token` and the grant for the token's owner will be deleted. Deleting an OAuth application's grant will also delete all OAuth tokens associated with the application for the user. Once deleted, the application will have no access to the user's account and will no longer be listed on [the Applications settings page under "Authorized OAuth Apps" on GitHub Enterprise Server](https://github.com/settings/applications#authorized).

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](https://docs.github.com/[email protected]/rest/reference/apps#create-an-installation-access-token-for-an-app)" endpoint. You must use an [installation access token](https://docs.github.com/[email protected]/apps/building-github-apps/authenticating-with-github-apps/#authenticating-as-an-installation) to access this endpoint.

Create a scoped access token Use a non-scoped user-to-server OAuth access token to create a repository scoped and/or permission scoped user-to-server OAuth access token. You can specify which repositories the token can access and which permissions are granted to the token. You must use [Basic Authentication](https://docs.github.com/[email protected]/rest/overview/other-authentication-methods#basic-authentication) when accessing this endpoint, using the OAuth application's `client_id` and `client_secret` as the username and password. Invalid tokens will return `404 NOT FOUND`.

Suspend an app installation Suspends a GitHub App on a user, organization, or business account, which blocks the app from accessing the account's resources. When a GitHub App is suspended, the app's access to the GitHub Enterprise Server API or webhook events is blocked for that account. You must use a [JWT](https://docs.github.com/[email protected]/apps/building-github-apps/authenticating-with-github-apps/#authenticating-as-a-github-app) to access this endpoint.

Unsuspend an app installation Removes a GitHub App installation suspension. You must use a [JWT](https://docs.github.com/[email protected]/apps/building-github-apps/authenticating-with-github-apps/#authenticating-as-a-github-app) to access this endpoint.

Update a webhook configuration for an app Updates the webhook configuration for a GitHub App. For more information about configuring a webhook for your app, see "[Creating a GitHub App](/developers/apps/creating-a-github-app)." You must use a [JWT](https://docs.github.com/[email protected]/apps/building-github-apps/authenticating-with-github-apps/#authenticating-as-a-github-app) to access this endpoint.

Create a check run **Note:** The Checks API only looks for pushes in the repository where the check suite or check run were created. Pushes to a branch in a forked repository are not detected and return an empty `pull_requests` array. Creates a new check run for a specific commit in a repository. Your GitHub App must have the `checks:write` permission to create check runs. In a check suite, GitHub limits the number of check runs with the same name to 1000. Once these check runs exceed 1000, GitHub will start to automatically delete older check runs.

Create a check suite **Note:** The Checks API only looks for pushes in the repository where the check suite or check run were created. Pushes to a branch in a forked repository are not detected and return an empty `pull_requests` array and a `null` value for `head_branch`. By default, check suites are automatically created when you create a [check run](https://docs.github.com/[email protected]/rest/reference/checks#check-runs). You only need to use this endpoint for manually creating check suites when you've disabled automatic creation using "[Update repository preferences for check suites](https://docs.github.com/[email protected]/rest/reference/checks#update-repository-preferences-for-check-suites)". Your GitHub App must have the `checks:write` permission to create check suites.

Get a check run **Note:** The Checks API only looks for pushes in the repository where the check suite or check run were created. Pushes to a branch in a forked repository are not detected and return an empty `pull_requests` array. Gets a single check run using its `id`. GitHub Apps must have the `checks:read` permission on a private repository or pull access to a public repository to get check runs. OAuth Apps and authenticated users must have the `repo` scope to get check runs in a private repository.

Get a check suite **Note:** The Checks API only looks for pushes in the repository where the check suite or check run were created. Pushes to a branch in a forked repository are not detected and return an empty `pull_requests` array and a `null` value for `head_branch`. Gets a single check suite using its `id`. GitHub Apps must have the `checks:read` permission on a private repository or pull access to a public repository to get check suites. OAuth Apps and authenticated users must have the `repo` scope to get check suites in a private repository.

List check run annotations Lists annotations for a check run using the annotation `id`. GitHub Apps must have the `checks:read` permission on a private repository or pull access to a public repository to get annotations for a check run. OAuth Apps and authenticated users must have the `repo` scope to get annotations for a check run in a private repository.

List check runs for a Git reference **Note:** The Checks API only looks for pushes in the repository where the check suite or check run were created. Pushes to a branch in a forked repository are not detected and return an empty `pull_requests` array. Lists check runs for a commit ref. The `ref` can be a SHA, branch name, or a tag name. GitHub Apps must have the `checks:read` permission on a private repository or pull access to a public repository to get check runs. OAuth Apps and authenticated users must have the `repo` scope to get check runs in a private repository.

List check runs in a check suite **Note:** The Checks API only looks for pushes in the repository where the check suite or check run were created. Pushes to a branch in a forked repository are not detected and return an empty `pull_requests` array. Lists check runs for a check suite using its `id`. GitHub Apps must have the `checks:read` permission on a private repository or pull access to a public repository to get check runs. OAuth Apps and authenticated users must have the `repo` scope to get check runs in a private repository.

List check suites for a Git reference **Note:** The Checks API only looks for pushes in the repository where the check suite or check run were created. Pushes to a branch in a forked repository are not detected and return an empty `pull_requests` array and a `null` value for `head_branch`. Lists check suites for a commit `ref`. The `ref` can be a SHA, branch name, or a tag name. GitHub Apps must have the `checks:read` permission on a private repository or pull access to a public repository to list check suites. OAuth Apps and authenticated users must have the `repo` scope to get check suites in a private repository.

Rerequest a check suite Triggers GitHub to rerequest an existing check suite, without pushing new code to a repository. This endpoint will trigger the [`check_suite` webhook](https://docs.github.com/[email protected]/webhooks/event-payloads/#check_suite) event with the action `rerequested`. When a check suite is `rerequested`, its `status` is reset to `queued` and the `conclusion` is cleared. To rerequest a check suite, your GitHub App must have the `checks:read` permission on a private repository or pull access to a public repository.

Update repository preferences for check suites Changes the default automatic flow when creating check suites. By default, a check suite is automatically created each time code is pushed to a repository. When you disable the automatic creation of check suites, you can manually [Create a check suite](https://docs.github.com/[email protected]/rest/reference/checks#create-a-check-suite). You must have admin permissions in the repository to set preferences for check suites.

Update a check run **Note:** The Checks API only looks for pushes in the repository where the check suite or check run were created. Pushes to a branch in a forked repository are not detected and return an empty `pull_requests` array. Updates a check run for a specific commit in a repository. Your GitHub App must have the `checks:write` permission to edit check runs.

Delete a code scanning analysis from a repository Deletes a specified code scanning analysis from a repository. For private repositories, you must use an access token with the `repo` scope. For public repositories, you must use an access token with `public_repo` and `repo:security_events` scopes. GitHub Apps must have the `security_events` write permission to use this endpoint. You can delete one analysis at a time. To delete a series of analyses, start with the most recent analysis and work backwards. Conceptually, the process is similar to the undo function in a text editor. **Note**: The ability to delete analyses was introduced in GitHub Enterprise Server 3.1. You can delete analyses that were generated prior to installing this release, however, if you do so, you will lose information about fixed alerts for all such analyses, for the relevant code scanning tool. We recommend that you only delete analyses that were generated with earlier releases if you don't need the details of fixed alerts from pre-3.1 releases. When you list the analyses for a repository, one or more will be identified as deletable in the response: ``` "deletable": true ``` An analysis is deletable when it's the most recent in a set of analyses. Typically, a repository will have multiple sets of analyses for each enabled code scanning tool, where a set is determined by a unique combination of analysis values: * `ref` * `tool` * `analysis_key` * `environment` If you attempt to delete an analysis that is not the most recent in a set, you'll get a 400 response with the message: ``` Analysis specified is not deletable. ``` The response from a successful `DELETE` operation provides you with two alternative URLs for deleting the next analysis in the set (see the example default response below). Use the `next_analysis_url` URL if you want to avoid accidentally deleting the final analysis in the set. This is a useful option if you want to preserve at least one analysis for the specified tool in your repository. Use the `confirm_delete_url` URL if you are content to remove all analyses for a tool. When you delete the last analysis in a set the value of `next_analysis_url` and `confirm_delete_url` in the 200 response is `null`. As an example of the deletion process, let's imagine that you added a workflow that configured a particular code scanning tool to analyze the code in a repository. This tool has added 15 analyses: 10 on the default branch, and another 5 on a topic branch. You therefore have two separate sets of analyses for this tool. You've now decided that you want to remove all of the analyses for the tool. To do this you must make 15 separate deletion requests. To start, you must find the deletable analysis for one of the sets, step through deleting the analyses in that set, and then repeat the process for the second set. The procedure therefore consists of a nested loop: **Outer loop**: * List the analyses for the repository, filtered by tool. * Parse this list to find a deletable analysis. If found: **Inner loop**: * Delete the identified analysis. * Parse the response for the value of `confirm_delete_url` and, if found, use this in the next iteration. The above process assumes that you want to remove all trace of the tool's analyses from the GitHub user interface, for the specified repository, and it therefore uses the `confirm_delete_url` value. Alternatively, you could use the `next_analysis_url` value, which would leave the last analysis in each set undeleted to avoid removing a tool's analysis entirely.

Get a code scanning alert Gets a single code scanning alert. You must use an access token with the `security_events` scope to use this endpoint. GitHub Apps must have the `security_events` read permission to use this endpoint. **Deprecation notice**: The instances field is deprecated and will, in future, not be included in the response for this endpoint. The example response reflects this change. The same information can now be retrieved via a GET request to the URL specified by `instances_url`.

Get a code scanning analysis for a repository Gets a specified code scanning analysis for a repository. You must use an access token with the `security_events` scope to use this endpoint. GitHub Apps must have the `security_events` read permission to use this endpoint. The default JSON response contains fields that describe the analysis. This includes the Git reference and commit SHA to which the analysis relates, the datetime of the analysis, the name of the code scanning tool, and the number of alerts. The `rules_count` field in the default response give the number of rules that were run in the analysis. For very old analyses this data is not available, and `0` is returned in this field. If you use the Accept header `application/sarif+json`, the response contains the analysis data that was uploaded. This is formatted as [SARIF version 2.1.0](https://docs.oasis-open.org/sarif/sarif/v2.1.0/cs01/sarif-v2.1.0-cs01.html). **Deprecation notice**: The `tool_name` field is deprecated and will, in future, not be included in the response for this endpoint. The example response reflects this change. The tool name can now be found inside the `tool` field.

Get information about a SARIF upload Gets information about a SARIF upload, including the status and the URL of the analysis that was uploaded so that you can retrieve details of the analysis. For more information, see "[Get a code scanning analysis for a repository](/rest/reference/code-scanning#get-a-code-scanning-analysis-for-a-repository)." You must use an access token with the `security_events` scope to use this endpoint. GitHub Apps must have the `security_events` read permission to use this endpoint.

List instances of a code scanning alert Lists all instances of the specified code scanning alert. You must use an access token with the `security_events` scope to use this endpoint. GitHub Apps must have the `security_events` read permission to use this endpoint.

List code scanning alerts for a repository Lists all open code scanning alerts for the default branch (usually `main` or `master`). You must use an access token with the `security_events` scope to use this endpoint. GitHub Apps must have the `security_events` read permission to use this endpoint. The response includes a `most_recent_instance` object. This provides details of the most recent instance of this alert for the default branch or for the specified Git reference (if you used `ref` in the request).