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[document-links]
.gitignore template: https://github.com/github/gitignore
API Insights: /en/rest/orgs/api-insights
API Versions: /en/rest/about-the-rest-api/api-versions
About API versioning: /rest/overview/api-versions
About GitHub Advanced Security: /github/getting-started-with-github/learning-about-github/about-github-advanced-security
About code owners: https://docs.github.com/repositories/managing-your-repositorys-settings-and-features/customizing-your-repository/about-code-owners
About secret scanning: /code-security/secret-security/about-secret-scanning
About security alerts for vulnerable dependencies: https://docs.github.com/articles/about-security-alerts-for-vulnerable-dependencies
About the REST API: /en/rest/about-the-rest-api/about-the-rest-api
Actions concurrency groups: /en/rest/actions/concurrency-groups
Agent tasks: /en/rest/agent-tasks/agent-tasks
Alerts: /en/rest/dependabot/alerts
Artifact attestations: /en/rest/orgs/attestations
Artifact metadata: /en/rest/orgs/artifact-metadata
Artifacts: /en/rest/actions/artifacts
Ask the GitHub community: https://github.com/orgs/community/discussions
Assignees: /en/rest/issues/assignees
Attestations: /en/rest/repos/attestations
Attestations: /en/rest/users/attestations
Authenticating: /en/rest/authentication/authenticating-to-the-rest-api
Autolinks: /en/rest/repos/autolinks
Best practices: /en/rest/using-the-rest-api/best-practices-for-using-the-rest-api
Billing usage: /en/rest/billing/usage
Blobs: /en/rest/git/blobs
Blocking users: /en/rest/orgs/blocking
Blocking users: /en/rest/users/blocking
Blog: https://github.blog
Branches: /en/rest/branches/branches
Breaking changes: /en/rest/about-the-rest-api/breaking-changes
Budgets: /en/rest/billing/budgets
Building a CI server: /en/rest/guides/building-a-ci-server
CORS and JSONP: /en/rest/using-the-rest-api/using-cors-and-jsonp-to-make-cross-origin-requests
Cache: /en/rest/actions/cache
Check runs: /en/rest/checks/runs
Check suites: /en/rest/checks/suites
Classroom: /en/rest/classroom/classroom
Cloud agent repository management: /en/rest/copilot/copilot-cloud-agent-management
Code quality: /en/rest/code-quality/code-quality
Code scanning: /en/rest/code-scanning/code-scanning
Codes of conduct: /en/rest/codes-of-conduct/codes-of-conduct
Codespaces: /en/rest/codespaces/codespaces
Collaborators: /en/rest/collaborators/collaborators
Collaborators: /en/rest/copilot-spaces/collaborators
Comments: /en/rest/gists/comments
Comments: /en/rest/issues/comments
Commit comments: /en/rest/commits/comments
Commit statuses: /en/rest/commits/statuses
Commits: /en/rest/commits/commits
Commits: /en/rest/git/commits
Community: /en/rest/metrics/community
Comparing GitHub's APIs: /en/rest/about-the-rest-api/comparing-githubs-rest-api-and-graphql-api
Configurations: /en/rest/code-security/configurations
Configuring Dependabot security updates: https://docs.github.com/articles/configuring-automated-security-fixes
Contact support: https://support.github.com
Contents: /en/rest/repos/contents
Copilot Spaces: /en/rest/copilot-spaces/copilot-spaces
Copilot cloud agent management: /en/rest/copilot/copilot-coding-agent-management
Copilot content exclusion management: /en/rest/copilot/copilot-content-exclusion-management
Copilot usage metrics: /en/rest/copilot/copilot-usage-metrics
Copilot user management: /en/rest/copilot/copilot-user-management
Custom patterns: /en/rest/secret-scanning/custom-patterns
Custom properties: /en/rest/orgs/custom-properties
Custom properties: /en/rest/repos/custom-properties
Delivering deployments: /en/rest/guides/delivering-deployments
Dependency review: /en/rest/dependency-graph/dependency-review
Dependency submission: /en/rest/dependency-graph/dependency-submission
Deploy keys: /en/rest/deploy-keys/deploy-keys
Deployment branch policies: /en/rest/deployments/branch-policies
Deployment statuses: /en/rest/deployments/statuses
Deployments: /en/rest/deployments/deployments
Discover resources for a user: /en/rest/guides/discovering-resources-for-a-user
Draft Project items: /en/rest/projects/drafts
Emails: /en/rest/users/emails
Emojis: /en/rest/emojis/emojis
Encrypt secrets: /en/rest/guides/encrypting-secrets-for-the-rest-api
Endpoints for GitHub App installation tokens: /en/rest/authentication/endpoints-available-for-github-app-installation-access-tokens
Endpoints for GitHub App user tokens: /en/rest/authentication/endpoints-available-for-github-app-user-access-tokens
Endpoints for fine-grained PATs: /en/rest/authentication/endpoints-available-for-fine-grained-personal-access-tokens
Enterprise team members: /en/rest/enterprise-teams/enterprise-team-members
Enterprise team organizations: /en/rest/enterprise-teams/enterprise-team-organizations
Enterprise teams: /en/rest/enterprise-teams/enterprise-teams
Environments: /en/rest/deployments/environments
Evaluating the security settings of a repository: https://docs.github.com/code-security/security-advisories/working-with-repository-security-advisories/evaluating-the-security-settings-of-a-repository
Events: /en/rest/activity/events
Events: /en/rest/issues/events
Expert services: https://services.github.com
Feeds: /en/rest/activity/feeds
Fine-grained personal access tokens: /en/authentication/keeping-your-account-and-data-secure/managing-your-personal-access-tokens#creating-a-fine-grained-personal-access-token
Followers: /en/rest/users/followers
Forks: /en/rest/repos/forks
GPG keys: /en/rest/users/gpg-keys
Get a repository: https://docs.github.com/rest/repos/repos#get-a-repository
Get started - Checks: /en/rest/guides/using-the-rest-api-to-interact-with-checks
Get started - Git database: /en/rest/guides/using-the-rest-api-to-interact-with-your-git-database
Getting started: /en/rest/using-the-rest-api/getting-started-with-the-rest-api
Gists: /en/rest/gists/gists
Git SSH keys: /en/rest/users/keys
GitHub App installation access tokens: /en/apps/creating-github-apps/authenticating-with-a-github-app/generating-an-installation-access-token-for-a-github-app
GitHub App user access tokens: /en/apps/creating-github-apps/authenticating-with-a-github-app/generating-a-user-access-token-for-a-github-app
GitHub Apps: /en/rest/apps/apps
GitHub Docs: /en
GitHub event types: /en/rest/using-the-rest-api/github-event-types
GitHub-hosted runners: /en/rest/actions/hosted-runners
Gitignore: /en/rest/gitignore/gitignore
Global security advisories: /en/rest/security-advisories/global-advisories
Home: /en
ISO 8601: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_8601
Installations: /en/rest/apps/installations
Invitations: /en/rest/collaborators/invitations
Issue dependencies: /en/rest/issues/issue-dependencies
Issue event types: /en/rest/using-the-rest-api/issue-event-types
Issue field values: /en/rest/issues/issue-field-values
Issue fields: /en/rest/orgs/issue-fields
Issue types: /en/rest/orgs/issue-types
Issue types: /en/rest/repos/issue-types
Issues: /en/rest/issues/issues
Keeping API credentials secure: /en/rest/authentication/keeping-your-api-credentials-secure
Labels: /en/rest/issues/labels
Learn how to contribute: /contributing
Libraries: /en/rest/using-the-rest-api/libraries-for-the-rest-api
Licenses: /en/rest/licenses/licenses
Link header: https://docs.github.com/rest/guides/using-pagination-in-the-rest-api#using-link-headers
Machines: /en/rest/codespaces/machines
Make a contribution: https://github.com/github/docs/blob/main/content/rest/repos/repos.md
Managing security managers in your organization: https://docs.github.com/organizations/managing-peoples-access-to-your-organization-with-roles/managing-security-managers-in-your-organization
Markdown: /en/rest/markdown/markdown
Marketplace: /en/rest/apps/marketplace
Members: /en/rest/orgs/members
Members: /en/rest/teams/members
Meta: /en/rest/meta/meta
Milestones: /en/rest/issues/milestones
Network configurations: /en/rest/orgs/network-configurations
Notifications: /en/rest/activity/notifications
OAuth authorizations: /en/rest/apps/oauth-applications
OIDC: /en/rest/actions/oidc
OpenAPI description: /en/rest/about-the-rest-api/about-the-openapi-description-for-the-rest-api
Organization configurations: /en/rest/private-registries/organization-configurations
Organization roles: /en/rest/orgs/organization-roles
Organization secrets: /en/rest/codespaces/organization-secrets
Organization: /en/rest/interactions/orgs
Organizations: /en/rest/codespaces/organizations
Organizations: /en/rest/migrations/orgs
Organizations: /en/rest/orgs/orgs
Outside collaborators: /en/rest/orgs/outside-collaborators
Packages: /en/rest/packages/packages
Pages: /en/rest/pages/pages
Pagination: /en/rest/using-the-rest-api/using-pagination-in-the-rest-api
Permissions for GitHub Apps: /en/rest/authentication/permissions-required-for-github-apps
Permissions for fine-grained PATs: /en/rest/authentication/permissions-required-for-fine-grained-personal-access-tokens
Permissions: /en/rest/actions/permissions
Personal access tokens: /en/rest/orgs/personal-access-tokens
Pricing: https://github.com/pricing
Privacy policy: /en/site-policy/privacy-policies/github-privacy-statement
Privacy: /en/site-policy/privacy-policies/github-privacy-statement
Privately reporting a security vulnerability: https://docs.github.com/code-security/security-advisories/guidance-on-reporting-and-writing/privately-reporting-a-security-vulnerability
Project fields: /en/rest/projects/fields
Project items: /en/rest/projects/items
Project views: /en/rest/projects/views
Projects: /en/rest/projects/projects
Protected branches: /en/rest/branches/branch-protection
Protecting pushes with secret scanning: /code-security/secret-scanning/protecting-pushes-with-secret-scanning
Protection rules: /en/rest/deployments/protection-rules
Pull requests: /en/rest/pulls/pulls
Push protection: /en/rest/secret-scanning/push-protection
Quickstart: /en/rest/quickstart
REST API: /en/rest
Rate limit: /en/rest/rate-limit/rate-limit
Rate limits: /en/rest/using-the-rest-api/rate-limits-for-the-rest-api
Reactions: /en/rest/reactions/reactions
References: /en/rest/git/refs
Release assets: /en/rest/releases/assets
Releases: /en/rest/releases/releases
Rendering data as graphs: /en/rest/guides/rendering-data-as-graphs
Replace all repository topics: https://docs.github.com/rest/repos/repos#replace-all-repository-topics
Repositories: /en/rest/repos
Repositories: /en/rest/repos/repos
Repository access: /en/rest/dependabot/repository-access
Repository secrets: /en/rest/codespaces/repository-secrets
Repository security advisories: /en/rest/security-advisories/repository-advisories
Repository: /en/rest/interactions/repos
RepositoryDispatchEvent: https://docs.github.com/webhooks/event-payloads/#repository_dispatch
Resources: /en/rest/copilot-spaces/resources
Responsible detection of generic secrets with AI: https://docs.github.com/code-security/secret-scanning/using-advanced-secret-scanning-and-push-protection-features/generic-secret-detection/responsible-ai-generic-secrets
Review comments: /en/rest/pulls/comments
Review requests: /en/rest/pulls/review-requests
Reviews: /en/rest/pulls/reviews
Revocation: /en/rest/credentials/revoke
Rule suites: /en/rest/orgs/rule-suites
Rule suites: /en/rest/repos/rule-suites
Rules: /en/rest/orgs/rules
Rules: /en/rest/repos/rules
SSH signing keys: /en/rest/users/ssh-signing-keys
Script with JavaScript: /en/rest/guides/scripting-with-the-rest-api-and-javascript
Script with Ruby: /en/rest/guides/scripting-with-the-rest-api-and-ruby
Search: /en/rest/search/search
Secret scanning: /en/rest/secret-scanning/secret-scanning
Secrets: /en/rest/actions/secrets
Secrets: /en/rest/agents/secrets
Secrets: /en/rest/dependabot/secrets
Security campaigns: /en/rest/campaigns/campaigns
Security managers: /en/rest/orgs/security-managers
Self-hosted runner groups: /en/rest/actions/self-hosted-runner-groups
Self-hosted runners: /en/rest/actions/self-hosted-runners
Social accounts: /en/rest/users/social-accounts
Software bill of materials (SBOM): /en/rest/dependency-graph/sboms
Source endpoints: /en/rest/migrations/source-imports
Stacked pull requests: /en/rest/pulls/stacks
Starring: /en/rest/activity/starring
Statistics: /en/rest/metrics/statistics
Status: https://www.githubstatus.com/
Sub-issues: /en/rest/issues/sub-issues
Supported secret scanning patterns: /code-security/secret-scanning/introduction/supported-secret-scanning-patterns#supported-secrets
Tags: /en/rest/git/tags
Teams: /en/rest/teams/teams
Terms: /en/site-policy/github-terms/github-terms-of-service
Timeline: /en/rest/issues/timeline
Timezones: /en/rest/using-the-rest-api/timezones-and-the-rest-api
Traffic: /en/rest/metrics/traffic
Trees: /en/rest/git/trees
Troubleshooting: /en/rest/using-the-rest-api/troubleshooting-the-rest-api
User secrets: /en/rest/codespaces/secrets
User: /en/rest/interactions/user
Users: /en/rest/migrations/users
Users: /en/rest/users/users
Using pagination in the REST API: https://docs.github.com/rest/using-the-rest-api/using-pagination-in-the-rest-api
Variables: /en/rest/actions/variables
Variables: /en/rest/agents/variables
Viewing activity and data for your repository: https://docs.github.com/repositories/viewing-activity-and-data-for-your-repository
Watching: /en/rest/activity/watching
Webhooks: /en/rest/apps/webhooks
Webhooks: /en/rest/orgs/webhooks
Webhooks: /en/rest/repos/webhooks
Workflow jobs: /en/rest/actions/workflow-jobs
Workflow runs: /en/rest/actions/workflow-runs
Workflows: /en/rest/actions/workflows
Working with comments: /en/rest/guides/working-with-comments
about repository transfers: https://docs.github.com/articles/about-repository-transfers/
changing repository visibility: https://docs.github.com/articles/repository-permission-levels-for-an-organization#changing-the-visibility-of-repositories
license keyword: https://docs.github.com/articles/licensing-a-repository/#searching-github-by-license-type
open source license template: https://choosealicense.com/

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Forks
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List organization repositories
Create an organization repository
Get a repository
Update a repository
Delete a repository
List repository activities
Check if Dependabot security updates are enabled for a repository
Enable Dependabot security updates
Disable Dependabot security updates
List CODEOWNERS errors
List repository contributors
Create a repository dispatch event
Get the hash algorithm for a repository
Check if immutable releases are enabled for a repository
Enable immutable releases
Disable immutable releases
List repository languages
Check if private vulnerability reporting is enabled for a repository
Enable private vulnerability reporting for a repository
Disable private vulnerability reporting for a repository
List repository tags
List repository teams
Get all repository topics
Replace all repository topics
Transfer a repository
Check if vulnerability alerts are enabled for a repository
Enable vulnerability alerts
Disable vulnerability alerts
Create a repository using a template
List public repositories
List repositories for the authenticated user
Create a repository for the authenticated user
List repositories for a user
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Secret scanning
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Members
Teams
Users
Attestations
Blocking users
Emails
Followers
GPG keys
Git SSH keys
Social accounts
SSH signing keys
Users
The REST API is now versioned.
For more information, see "
About API versioning
."
REST API endpoints for repositories
Use the REST API to manage repositories on GitHub.
List organization repositories
Lists repositories for the specified organization.
Note
In order to see the
security_and_analysis
block for a repository you must have admin permissions for the repository or be an owner or security manager for the organization that owns the repository. For more information, see "
Managing security managers in your organization
."
Fine-grained access tokens for "List organization repositories"
This endpoint works with the following fine-grained token types
:
GitHub App user access tokens
GitHub App installation access tokens
Fine-grained personal access tokens
The fine-grained token must have the following permission set:
"Metadata" repository permissions (read)
This endpoint can be used without authentication or the aforementioned permissions if only public resources are requested.
Parameters for "List organization repositories"
Headers
Name, Type, Description
accept
string
Setting to
application/vnd.github+json
is recommended.
Path parameters
Name, Type, Description
org
string
Required
The organization name. The name is not case sensitive.
Query parameters
Name, Type, Description
type
string
Specifies the types of repositories you want returned.
Default
:
all
Can be one of
:
all
,
public
,
private
,
forks
,
sources
,
member
sort
string
The property to sort the results by.
Default
:
created
Can be one of
:
created
,
updated
,
pushed
,
full_name
direction
string
The order to sort by. Default:
asc
when using
full_name
, otherwise
desc
.
Can be one of
:
asc
,
desc
per_page
integer
The number of results per page (max 100). For more information, see "
Using pagination in the REST API
."
Default
:
30
page
integer
The page number of the results to fetch. For more information, see "
Using pagination in the REST API
."
Default
:
1
HTTP response status codes for "List organization repositories"
Status code
Description
200
OK
Code samples for "List organization repositories"
Request example
get
/orgs/{org}/repos
cURL
JavaScript
GitHub CLI
Copy to clipboard curl request example
curl -L \ -H "Accept: application/vnd.github+json" \ -H "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR-TOKEN>" \ -H "X-GitHub-Api-Version: 2026-03-10" \ https://api.github.com/orgs/ORG/repos
Response
Example response
Response schema
Status: 200
[ { "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": false, "topics": [ "octocat", "atom", "electron", "api" ], "has_issues": true, "has_projects": true, "has_wiki": true, "has_pages": false, "has_downloads": true, "has_discussions": false, 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Create an organization repository
Creates a new repository in the specified organization. The authenticated user must be a member of the organization.
OAuth app tokens and personal access tokens (classic) need the
public_repo
or
repo
scope to create a public repository, and
repo
scope to create a private repository.
Fine-grained access tokens for "Create an organization repository"
This endpoint works with the following fine-grained token types
:
GitHub App user access tokens
GitHub App installation access tokens
Fine-grained personal access tokens
The fine-grained token must have the following permission set:
"Administration" repository permissions (write)
Parameters for "Create an organization repository"
Headers
Name, Type, Description
accept
string
Setting to
application/vnd.github+json
is recommended.
Path parameters
Name, Type, Description
org
string
Required
The organization name. The name is not case sensitive.
Body parameters
Name, Type, Description
name
string
Required
The name of the repository.
description
string
A short description of the repository.
homepage
string
A URL with more information about the repository.
private
boolean
Whether the repository is private.
Default
:
false
visibility
string
The visibility of the repository.
Can be one of
:
public
,
private
has_issues
boolean
Either
true
to enable issues for this repository or
false
to disable them.
Default
:
true
has_projects
boolean
Either
true
to enable projects for this repository or
false
to disable them.
Note:
If you're creating a repository in an organization that has disabled repository projects, the default is
false
, and if you pass
true
, the API returns an error.
Default
:
true
has_wiki
boolean
Either
true
to enable the wiki for this repository or
false
to disable it.
Default
:
true
has_downloads
boolean
Whether downloads are enabled.
Default
:
true
is_template
boolean
Either
true
to make this repo available as a template repository or
false
to prevent it.
Default
:
false
team_id
integer
The id of the team that will be granted access to this repository. This is only valid when creating a repository in an organization.
auto_init
boolean
Pass
true
to create an initial commit with empty README.
Default
:
false
gitignore_template
string
Desired language or platform
.gitignore template
to apply. Use the name of the template without the extension. For example, "Haskell".
license_template
string
Choose an
open source license template
that best suits your needs, and then use the
license keyword
as the
license_template
string. For example, "mit" or "mpl-2.0".
allow_squash_merge
boolean
Either
true
to allow squash-merging pull requests, or
false
to prevent squash-merging.
Default
:
true
allow_merge_commit
boolean
Either
true
to allow merging pull requests with a merge commit, or
false
to prevent merging pull requests with merge commits.
Default
:
true
allow_rebase_merge
boolean
Either
true
to allow rebase-merging pull requests, or
false
to prevent rebase-merging.
Default
:
true
allow_auto_merge
boolean
Either
true
to allow auto-merge on pull requests, or
false
to disallow auto-merge.
Default
:
false
delete_branch_on_merge
boolean
Either
true
to allow automatically deleting head branches when pull requests are merged, or
false
to prevent automatic deletion.
The authenticated user must be an organization owner to set this property to
true
.
Default
:
false
use_squash_pr_title_as_default
boolean
Either
true
to allow squash-merge commits to use pull request title, or
false
to use commit message. **This property is closing down. Please use
squash_merge_commit_title
instead.
Default
:
false
squash_merge_commit_title
string
Required when using
squash_merge_commit_message
.
The default value for a squash merge commit title:
PR_TITLE
- default to the pull request's title.
COMMIT_OR_PR_TITLE
- default to the commit's title (if only one commit) or the pull request's title (when more than one commit).
Can be one of
:
PR_TITLE
,
COMMIT_OR_PR_TITLE
squash_merge_commit_message
string
The default value for a squash merge commit message:
PR_BODY
- default to the pull request's body.
COMMIT_MESSAGES
- default to the branch's commit messages.
BLANK
- default to a blank commit message.
Can be one of
:
PR_BODY
,
COMMIT_MESSAGES
,
BLANK
merge_commit_title
string
Required when using
merge_commit_message
.
The default value for a merge commit title.
PR_TITLE
- default to the pull request's title.
MERGE_MESSAGE
- default to the classic title for a merge message (e.g., Merge pull request #123 from branch-name).
Can be one of
:
PR_TITLE
,
MERGE_MESSAGE
merge_commit_message
string
The default value for a merge commit message.
PR_TITLE
- default to the pull request's title.
PR_BODY
- default to the pull request's body.
BLANK
- default to a blank commit message.
Can be one of
:
PR_BODY
,
PR_TITLE
,
BLANK
custom_properties
object
The custom properties for the new repository. The keys are the custom property names, and the values are the corresponding custom property values.
HTTP response status codes for "Create an organization repository"
Status code
Description
201
Created
403
Forbidden
422
Validation failed, or the endpoint has been spammed.
451
Validation failed, or the endpoint has been spammed.
Code samples for "Create an organization repository"
Request example
post
/orgs/{org}/repos
cURL
JavaScript
GitHub CLI
Copy to clipboard curl request example
curl -L \ -X POST \ -H "Accept: application/vnd.github+json" \ -H "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR-TOKEN>" \ -H "X-GitHub-Api-Version: 2026-03-10" \ https://api.github.com/orgs/ORG/repos \ -d '{"name":"Hello-World","description":"This is your first repository","homepage":"https://github.com","private":false,"has_issues":true,"has_projects":true,"has_wiki":true}'
Response
Example response
Response schema
Status: 201
{ "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", "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" }, "language": null, "forks_count": 9, "forks": 9, "stargazers_count": 80, "watchers_count": 80, "watchers": 80, "size": 108, "default_branch": "master", "open_issues_count": 0, "open_issues": 0, "is_template": false, "topics": [ "octocat", "atom", "electron", "api" ], "has_issues": true, "has_projects": true, "has_wiki": true, "has_pages": false, "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": { "pull": true, "push": false, "admin": false }, "allow_rebase_merge": true, "template_repository": { "id": 1296269, "node_id": "MDEwOlJlcG9zaXRvcnkxMjk2MjY5", "name": "Hello-World-Template", "full_name": "octocat/Hello-World-Template", "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-Template", "description": "This your first repo!", "fork": false, "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World-Template", "archive_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World-Template/{archive_format}{/ref}", "assignees_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World-Template/assignees{/user}", "blobs_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World-Template/git/blobs{/sha}", "branches_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World-Template/branches{/branch}", "collaborators_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World-Template/collaborators{/collaborator}", "comments_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World-Template/comments{/number}", "commits_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World-Template/commits{/sha}", "compare_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World-Template/compare/{base}...{head}", "contents_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World-Template/contents/{+path}", "contributors_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World-Template/contributors", "deployments_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World-Template/deployments", "downloads_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World-Template/downloads", "events_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World-Template/events", "forks_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World-Template/forks", "git_commits_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World-Template/git/commits{/sha}", "git_refs_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World-Template/git/refs{/sha}", "git_tags_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World-Template/git/tags{/sha}", "git_url": "git:github.com/octocat/Hello-World-Template.git", "issue_comment_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World-Template/issues/comments{/number}", "issue_events_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World-Template/issues/events{/number}", "issues_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World-Template/issues{/number}", "keys_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World-Template/keys{/key_id}", "labels_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World-Template/labels{/name}", "languages_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World-Template/languages", "merges_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World-Template/merges", "milestones_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World-Template/milestones{/number}", "notifications_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World-Template/notifications{?since,all,participating}", "pulls_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World-Template/pulls{/number}", "releases_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World-Template/releases{/id}", "ssh_url": "git@github.com:octocat/Hello-World-Template.git", "stargazers_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World-Template/stargazers", "statuses_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World-Template/statuses/{sha}", "subscribers_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World-Template/subscribers", "subscription_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World-Template/subscription", "tags_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World-Template/tags", "teams_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World-Template/teams", "trees_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World-Template/git/trees{/sha}", "clone_url": "https://github.com/octocat/Hello-World-Template.git", "mirror_url": "git:git.example.com/octocat/Hello-World-Template", "hooks_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World-Template/hooks", "svn_url": "https://svn.github.com/octocat/Hello-World-Template", "homepage": "https://github.com", "language": null, "forks": 9, "forks_count": 9, "stargazers_count": 80, "watchers_count": 80, "watchers": 80, "size": 108, "default_branch": "master", "open_issues": 0, "open_issues_count": 0, "is_template": true, "license": { "key": "mit", "name": "MIT License", "url": "https://api.github.com/licenses/mit", "spdx_id": "MIT", "node_id": "MDc6TGljZW5zZW1pdA==", "html_url": "https://api.github.com/licenses/mit" }, "topics": [ "octocat", "atom", 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"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, "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://api.github.com/licenses/mit" }, "forks": 1, "open_issues": 1, "watchers": 1 }, "source": { "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, "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://api.github.com/licenses/mit" }, "forks": 1, "open_issues": 1, "watchers": 1 } }
Get a repository
The
parent
and
source
objects are present when the repository is a fork.
parent
is the repository this repository was forked from,
source
is the ultimate source for the network.
Note
In order to see the
security_and_analysis
block for a repository you must have admin permissions for the repository or be an owner or security manager for the organization that owns the repository. For more information, see "
Managing security managers in your organization
."
To view merge-related settings, you must have the
contents:read
and
contents:write
permissions.
Fine-grained access tokens for "Get a repository"
This endpoint works with the following fine-grained token types
:
GitHub App user access tokens
GitHub App installation access tokens
Fine-grained personal access tokens
The fine-grained token must have the following permission set:
"Metadata" repository permissions (read)
This endpoint can be used without authentication or the aforementioned permissions if only public resources are requested.
Parameters for "Get a repository"
Headers
Name, Type, Description
accept
string
Setting to
application/vnd.github+json
is recommended.
Path parameters
Name, Type, Description
owner
string
Required
The account owner of the repository. The name is not case sensitive.
repo
string
Required
The name of the repository without the
.git
extension. The name is not case sensitive.
HTTP response status codes for "Get a repository"
Status code
Description
200
OK
301
Moved permanently
403
Forbidden
404
Resource not found
Code samples for "Get a repository"
Request example
get
/repos/{owner}/{repo}
cURL
JavaScript
GitHub CLI
Copy to clipboard curl request example
curl -L \ -H "Accept: application/vnd.github+json" \ -H "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR-TOKEN>" \ -H "X-GitHub-Api-Version: 2026-03-10" \ https://api.github.com/repos/OWNER/REPO
Default response
Example response
Response schema
Status: 200
{ "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", "forks_count": 9, "forks": 9, "stargazers_count": 80, "watchers_count": 80, "watchers": 80, "size": 108, "default_branch": "master", "open_issues_count": 0, "open_issues": 0, "is_template": false, "topics": [ "octocat", "atom", "electron", "api" ], "has_issues": true, "has_projects": true, "has_wiki": true, "has_pages": false, "has_discussions": 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Update a repository
Note
: To edit a repository's topics, use the
Replace all repository topics
endpoint.
Fine-grained access tokens for "Update a repository"
This endpoint works with the following fine-grained token types
:
GitHub App user access tokens
GitHub App installation access tokens
Fine-grained personal access tokens
The fine-grained token must have the following permission set:
"Administration" repository permissions (write)
Parameters for "Update a repository"
Headers
Name, Type, Description
accept
string
Setting to
application/vnd.github+json
is recommended.
Path parameters
Name, Type, Description
owner
string
Required
The account owner of the repository. The name is not case sensitive.
repo
string
Required
The name of the repository without the
.git
extension. The name is not case sensitive.
Body parameters
Name, Type, Description
name
string
The name of the repository.
description
string
A short description of the repository.
homepage
string
A URL with more information about the repository.
private
boolean
Either
true
to make the repository private or
false
to make it public. Default:
false
.
Note
: You will get a
422
error if the organization restricts
changing repository visibility
to organization owners and a non-owner tries to change the value of private.
Default
:
false
visibility
string
The visibility of the repository.
Can be one of
:
public
,
private
security_and_analysis
object or null
Specify which security and analysis features to enable or disable for the repository.
To use this parameter, you must have admin permissions for the repository or be an owner or security manager for the organization that owns the repository. For more information, see "
Managing security managers in your organization
."
For example, to enable GitHub Advanced Security, use this data in the body of the
PATCH
request:
{ "security_and_analysis": {"advanced_security": { "status": "enabled" } } }
.
You can check which security and analysis features are currently enabled by using a
GET /repos/{owner}/{repo}
request.
Properties of
security_and_analysis
Name, Type, Description
advanced_security
object
Use the
status
property to enable or disable GitHub Advanced Security for this repository. For more information, see "
About GitHub Advanced Security
."
For standalone Code Scanning or Secret Protection products, this parameter cannot be used.
Properties of
advanced_security
Name, Type, Description
status
string
Can be
enabled
or
disabled
.
code_security
object
Use the
status
property to enable or disable GitHub Code Security for this repository.
Properties of
code_security
Name, Type, Description
status
string
Can be
enabled
or
disabled
.
secret_scanning
object
Use the
status
property to enable or disable secret scanning for this repository. For more information, see "
About secret scanning
."
Properties of
secret_scanning
Name, Type, Description
status
string
Can be
enabled
or
disabled
.
secret_scanning_push_protection
object
Use the
status
property to enable or disable secret scanning push protection for this repository. For more information, see "
Protecting pushes with secret scanning
."
Properties of
secret_scanning_push_protection
Name, Type, Description
status
string
Can be
enabled
or
disabled
.
secret_scanning_ai_detection
object
Use the
status
property to enable or disable secret scanning AI detection for this repository. For more information, see "
Responsible detection of generic secrets with AI
."
Properties of
secret_scanning_ai_detection
Name, Type, Description
status
string
Can be
enabled
or
disabled
.
secret_scanning_non_provider_patterns
object
Use the
status
property to enable or disable secret scanning non-provider patterns for this repository. For more information, see "
Supported secret scanning patterns
."
Properties of
secret_scanning_non_provider_patterns
Name, Type, Description
status
string
Can be
enabled
or
disabled
.
secret_scanning_delegated_alert_dismissal
object
Use the
status
property to enable or disable secret scanning delegated alert dismissal for this repository.
Properties of
secret_scanning_delegated_alert_dismissal
Name, Type, Description
status
string
Can be
enabled
or
disabled
.
secret_scanning_delegated_bypass
object
Use the
status
property to enable or disable secret scanning delegated bypass for this repository.
Properties of
secret_scanning_delegated_bypass
Name, Type, Description
status
string
Can be
enabled
or
disabled
.
secret_scanning_delegated_bypass_options
object
Feature options for secret scanning delegated bypass. This object is only honored when
security_and_analysis.secret_scanning_delegated_bypass.status
is set to
enabled
. You can send this object in the same request as
secret_scanning_delegated_bypass
, or update just the options in a separate request.
Properties of
secret_scanning_delegated_bypass_options
Name, Type, Description
reviewers
array of objects
The bypass reviewers for secret scanning delegated bypass. If you omit this field, the existing set of reviewers is unchanged.
Properties of
reviewers
Name, Type, Description
reviewer_id
integer
Required
The ID of the team or role selected as a bypass reviewer
reviewer_type
string
Required
The type of the bypass reviewer
Can be one of
:
TEAM
,
ROLE
mode
string
The bypass mode for the reviewer
Default
:
ALWAYS
Can be one of
:
ALWAYS
,
EXEMPT
has_issues
boolean
Either
true
to enable issues for this repository or
false
to disable them.
Default
:
true
has_projects
boolean
Either
true
to enable projects for this repository or
false
to disable them.
Note:
If you're creating a repository in an organization that has disabled repository projects, the default is
false
, and if you pass
true
, the API returns an error.
Default
:
true
has_wiki
boolean
Either
true
to enable the wiki for this repository or
false
to disable it.
Default
:
true
has_pull_requests
boolean
Either
true
to allow pull requests for this repository or
false
to prevent pull requests.
Default
:
true
pull_request_creation_policy
string
The policy that controls who can create pull requests for this repository:
all
or
collaborators_only
.
Can be one of
:
all
,
collaborators_only
is_template
boolean
Either
true
to make this repo available as a template repository or
false
to prevent it.
Default
:
false
default_branch
string
Updates the default branch for this repository.
allow_squash_merge
boolean
Either
true
to allow squash-merging pull requests, or
false
to prevent squash-merging.
Default
:
true
allow_merge_commit
boolean
Either
true
to allow merging pull requests with a merge commit, or
false
to prevent merging pull requests with merge commits.
Default
:
true
allow_rebase_merge
boolean
Either
true
to allow rebase-merging pull requests, or
false
to prevent rebase-merging.
Default
:
true
allow_auto_merge
boolean
Either
true
to allow auto-merge on pull requests, or
false
to disallow auto-merge.
Default
:
false
delete_branch_on_merge
boolean
Either
true
to allow automatically deleting head branches when pull requests are merged, or
false
to prevent automatic deletion.
Default
:
false
allow_update_branch
boolean
Either
true
to always allow a pull request head branch that is behind its base branch to be updated even if it is not required to be up to date before merging, or false otherwise.
Default
:
false
use_squash_pr_title_as_default
boolean
Either
true
to allow squash-merge commits to use pull request title, or
false
to use commit message. **This property is closing down. Please use
squash_merge_commit_title
instead.
Default
:
false
squash_merge_commit_title
string
Required when using
squash_merge_commit_message
.
The default value for a squash merge commit title:
PR_TITLE
- default to the pull request's title.
COMMIT_OR_PR_TITLE
- default to the commit's title (if only one commit) or the pull request's title (when more than one commit).
Can be one of
:
PR_TITLE
,
COMMIT_OR_PR_TITLE
squash_merge_commit_message
string
The default value for a squash merge commit message:
PR_BODY
- default to the pull request's body.
COMMIT_MESSAGES
- default to the branch's commit messages.
BLANK
- default to a blank commit message.
Can be one of
:
PR_BODY
,
COMMIT_MESSAGES
,
BLANK
merge_commit_title
string
Required when using
merge_commit_message
.
The default value for a merge commit title.
PR_TITLE
- default to the pull request's title.
MERGE_MESSAGE
- default to the classic title for a merge message (e.g., Merge pull request #123 from branch-name).
Can be one of
:
PR_TITLE
,
MERGE_MESSAGE
merge_commit_message
string
The default value for a merge commit message.
PR_TITLE
- default to the pull request's title.
PR_BODY
- default to the pull request's body.
BLANK
- default to a blank commit message.
Can be one of
:
PR_BODY
,
PR_TITLE
,
BLANK
archived
boolean
Whether to archive this repository.
false
will unarchive a previously archived repository.
Default
:
false
allow_forking
boolean
Either
true
to allow private forks, or
false
to prevent private forks.
Default
:
false
web_commit_signoff_required
boolean
Either
true
to require contributors to sign off on web-based commits, or
false
to not require contributors to sign off on web-based commits.
Default
:
false
HTTP response status codes for "Update a repository"
Status code
Description
200
OK
307
Temporary Redirect
403
Forbidden
404
Resource not found
422
Validation failed, or the endpoint has been spammed.
Code samples for "Update a repository"
Request example
patch
/repos/{owner}/{repo}
cURL
JavaScript
GitHub CLI
Copy to clipboard curl request example
curl -L \ -X PATCH \ -H "Accept: application/vnd.github+json" \ -H "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR-TOKEN>" \ -H "X-GitHub-Api-Version: 2026-03-10" \ https://api.github.com/repos/OWNER/REPO \ -d '{"name":"Hello-World","description":"This is your first repository","homepage":"https://github.com","private":true,"has_issues":true,"has_projects":true,"has_wiki":true}'
Response
Example response
Response schema
Status: 200
{ "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", "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" }, "language": null, "forks_count": 9, "forks": 9, "stargazers_count": 80, "watchers_count": 80, "watchers": 80, "size": 108, "default_branch": "master", "open_issues_count": 0, "open_issues": 0, "is_template": false, "topics": [ "octocat", "atom", "electron", "api" ], "has_issues": true, "has_projects": true, "has_wiki": true, "has_pages": false, "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": { "pull": true, "push": false, "admin": false }, "allow_rebase_merge": true, "template_repository": { "id": 1296269, "node_id": "MDEwOlJlcG9zaXRvcnkxMjk2MjY5", "name": "Hello-World-Template", "full_name": "octocat/Hello-World-Template", "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-Template", "description": "This your first repo!", "fork": false, "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World-Template", "archive_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World-Template/{archive_format}{/ref}", "assignees_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World-Template/assignees{/user}", "blobs_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World-Template/git/blobs{/sha}", "branches_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World-Template/branches{/branch}", "collaborators_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World-Template/collaborators{/collaborator}", "comments_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World-Template/comments{/number}", "commits_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World-Template/commits{/sha}", "compare_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World-Template/compare/{base}...{head}", "contents_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World-Template/contents/{+path}", "contributors_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World-Template/contributors", "deployments_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World-Template/deployments", "downloads_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World-Template/downloads", "events_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World-Template/events", "forks_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World-Template/forks", "git_commits_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World-Template/git/commits{/sha}", "git_refs_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World-Template/git/refs{/sha}", "git_tags_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World-Template/git/tags{/sha}", "git_url": "git:github.com/octocat/Hello-World-Template.git", "issue_comment_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World-Template/issues/comments{/number}", "issue_events_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World-Template/issues/events{/number}", "issues_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World-Template/issues{/number}", "keys_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World-Template/keys{/key_id}", "labels_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World-Template/labels{/name}", "languages_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World-Template/languages", "merges_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World-Template/merges", "milestones_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World-Template/milestones{/number}", "notifications_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World-Template/notifications{?since,all,participating}", "pulls_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World-Template/pulls{/number}", "releases_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World-Template/releases{/id}", "ssh_url": "git@github.com:octocat/Hello-World-Template.git", "stargazers_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World-Template/stargazers", "statuses_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World-Template/statuses/{sha}", "subscribers_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World-Template/subscribers", "subscription_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World-Template/subscription", "tags_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World-Template/tags", "teams_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World-Template/teams", "trees_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World-Template/git/trees{/sha}", "clone_url": "https://github.com/octocat/Hello-World-Template.git", "mirror_url": "git:git.example.com/octocat/Hello-World-Template", "hooks_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World-Template/hooks", "svn_url": "https://svn.github.com/octocat/Hello-World-Template", "homepage": "https://github.com", "language": null, "forks": 9, "forks_count": 9, "stargazers_count": 80, "watchers_count": 80, "watchers": 80, "size": 108, "default_branch": "master", "open_issues": 0, "open_issues_count": 0, "is_template": true, "license": { "key": "mit", "name": "MIT License", "url": "https://api.github.com/licenses/mit", "spdx_id": "MIT", "node_id": "MDc6TGljZW5zZW1pdA==", "html_url": "https://api.github.com/licenses/mit" }, "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, "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 }, "temp_clone_token": "ABTLWHOULUVAXGTRYU7OC2876QJ2O", "allow_squash_merge": true, "allow_auto_merge": false, "delete_branch_on_merge": true, "allow_merge_commit": true, "allow_forking": true, "web_commit_signoff_required": false, "subscribers_count": 42, "network_count": 0, "organization": { "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": "Organization", "site_admin": false }, "parent": { "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, "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://api.github.com/licenses/mit" }, "forks": 1, "open_issues": 1, "watchers": 1 }, "source": { "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, "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://api.github.com/licenses/mit" }, "forks": 1, "open_issues": 1, "watchers": 1 } }
Delete a repository
Deleting a repository requires admin access.
If an organization owner has configured the organization to prevent members from deleting organization-owned repositories, you will get a
403 Forbidden
response.
OAuth app tokens and personal access tokens (classic) need the
delete_repo
scope to use this endpoint.
Fine-grained access tokens for "Delete a repository"
This endpoint works with the following fine-grained token types
:
GitHub App user access tokens
GitHub App installation access tokens
Fine-grained personal access tokens
The fine-grained token must have the following permission set:
"Administration" repository permissions (write)
Parameters for "Delete a repository"
Headers
Name, Type, Description
accept
string
Setting to
application/vnd.github+json
is recommended.
Path parameters
Name, Type, Description
owner
string
Required
The account owner of the repository. The name is not case sensitive.
repo
string
Required
The name of the repository without the
.git
extension. The name is not case sensitive.
HTTP response status codes for "Delete a repository"
Status code
Description
204
No Content
307
Temporary Redirect
403
If an organization owner has configured the organization to prevent members from deleting organization-owned repositories, a member will get this response:
404
Resource not found
409
Conflict
Code samples for "Delete a repository"
Request example
delete
/repos/{owner}/{repo}
cURL
JavaScript
GitHub CLI
Copy to clipboard curl request example
curl -L \ -X DELETE \ -H "Accept: application/vnd.github+json" \ -H "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR-TOKEN>" \ -H "X-GitHub-Api-Version: 2026-03-10" \ https://api.github.com/repos/OWNER/REPO
Response
Status: 204
List repository activities
Lists a detailed history of changes to a repository, such as pushes, merges, force pushes, and branch changes, and associates these changes with commits and users.
For more information about viewing repository activity, see "
Viewing activity and data for your repository
."
Fine-grained access tokens for "List repository activities"
This endpoint works with the following fine-grained token types
:
GitHub App user access tokens
GitHub App installation access tokens
Fine-grained personal access tokens
The fine-grained token must have the following permission set:
"Contents" repository permissions (read)
This endpoint can be used without authentication or the aforementioned permissions if only public resources are requested.
Parameters for "List repository activities"
Headers
Name, Type, Description
accept
string
Setting to
application/vnd.github+json
is recommended.
Path parameters
Name, Type, Description
owner
string
Required
The account owner of the repository. The name is not case sensitive.
repo
string
Required
The name of the repository without the
.git
extension. The name is not case sensitive.
Query parameters
Name, Type, Description
direction
string
The direction to sort the results by.
Default
:
desc
Can be one of
:
asc
,
desc
per_page
integer
The number of results per page (max 100). For more information, see "
Using pagination in the REST API
."
Default
:
30
before
string
A cursor, as given in the
Link header
. If specified, the query only searches for results before this cursor. For more information, see "
Using pagination in the REST API
."
after
string
A cursor, as given in the
Link header
. If specified, the query only searches for results after this cursor. For more information, see "
Using pagination in the REST API
."
ref
string
The Git reference for the activities you want to list.
The
ref
for a branch can be formatted either as
refs/heads/BRANCH_NAME
or
BRANCH_NAME
, where
BRANCH_NAME
is the name of your branch.
actor
string
The GitHub username to use to filter by the actor who performed the activity.
time_period
string
The time period to filter by.
For example,
day
will filter for activity that occurred in the past 24 hours, and
week
will filter for activity that occurred in the past 7 days (168 hours).
Can be one of
:
day
,
week
,
month
,
quarter
,
year
activity_type
string
The activity type to filter by.
For example, you can choose to filter by "force_push", to see all force pushes to the repository.
Can be one of
:
push
,
force_push
,
branch_creation
,
branch_deletion
,
pr_merge
,
merge_queue_merge
HTTP response status codes for "List repository activities"
Status code
Description
200
OK
422
Validation failed, or the endpoint has been spammed.
Code samples for "List repository activities"
Request example
get
/repos
/{owner}
/{repo}
/activity
cURL
JavaScript
GitHub CLI
Copy to clipboard curl request example
curl -L \ -H "Accept: application/vnd.github+json" \ -H "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR-TOKEN>" \ -H "X-GitHub-Api-Version: 2026-03-10" \ https://api.github.com/repos/OWNER/REPO/activity
Response
Example response
Response schema
Status: 200
[ { "id": 1296269, "node_id": "MDEwOlJlcG9zaXRvcnkxMjk2MjY5", "before": "6dcb09b5b57875f334f61aebed695e2e4193db5e", "after": "827efc6d56897b048c772eb4087f854f46256132", "ref": "refs/heads/main", "pushed_at": "2011-01-26T19:06:43Z", "push_type": "normal", "pusher": { "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 } } ]
Check if Dependabot security updates are enabled for a repository
Shows whether Dependabot security updates are enabled, disabled or paused for a repository. The authenticated user must have admin read access to the repository. For more information, see "
Configuring Dependabot security updates
".
Fine-grained access tokens for "Check if Dependabot security updates are enabled for a repository"
This endpoint works with the following fine-grained token types
:
GitHub App user access tokens
GitHub App installation access tokens
Fine-grained personal access tokens
The fine-grained token must have the following permission set:
"Administration" repository permissions (read)
Parameters for "Check if Dependabot security updates are enabled for a repository"
Headers
Name, Type, Description
accept
string
Setting to
application/vnd.github+json
is recommended.
Path parameters
Name, Type, Description
owner
string
Required
The account owner of the repository. The name is not case sensitive.
repo
string
Required
The name of the repository without the
.git
extension. The name is not case sensitive.
HTTP response status codes for "Check if Dependabot security updates are enabled for a repository"
Status code
Description
200
Response if Dependabot is enabled
404
Not Found if Dependabot is not enabled for the repository
Code samples for "Check if Dependabot security updates are enabled for a repository"
Request example
get
/repos
/{owner}
/{repo}
/automated-security-fixes
cURL
JavaScript
GitHub CLI
Copy to clipboard curl request example
curl -L \ -H "Accept: application/vnd.github+json" \ -H "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR-TOKEN>" \ -H "X-GitHub-Api-Version: 2026-03-10" \ https://api.github.com/repos/OWNER/REPO/automated-security-fixes
Response if Dependabot is enabled
Example response
Response schema
Status: 200
{ "enabled": true, "paused": false }
Enable Dependabot security updates
Enables Dependabot security updates for a repository. The authenticated user must have admin access to the repository. For more information, see "
Configuring Dependabot security updates
".
Fine-grained access tokens for "Enable Dependabot security updates"
This endpoint works with the following fine-grained token types
:
GitHub App user access tokens
GitHub App installation access tokens
Fine-grained personal access tokens
The fine-grained token must have the following permission set:
"Administration" repository permissions (write)
Parameters for "Enable Dependabot security updates"
Headers
Name, Type, Description
accept
string
Setting to
application/vnd.github+json
is recommended.
Path parameters
Name, Type, Description
owner
string
Required
The account owner of the repository. The name is not case sensitive.
repo
string
Required
The name of the repository without the
.git
extension. The name is not case sensitive.
HTTP response status codes for "Enable Dependabot security updates"
Status code
Description
204
No Content
Code samples for "Enable Dependabot security updates"
Request example
put
/repos
/{owner}
/{repo}
/automated-security-fixes
cURL
JavaScript
GitHub CLI
Copy to clipboard curl request example
curl -L \ -X PUT \ -H "Accept: application/vnd.github+json" \ -H "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR-TOKEN>" \ -H "X-GitHub-Api-Version: 2026-03-10" \ https://api.github.com/repos/OWNER/REPO/automated-security-fixes
Response
Status: 204
Disable Dependabot security updates
Disables Dependabot security updates for a repository. The authenticated user must have admin access to the repository. For more information, see "
Configuring Dependabot security updates
".
Fine-grained access tokens for "Disable Dependabot security updates"
This endpoint works with the following fine-grained token types
:
GitHub App user access tokens
GitHub App installation access tokens
Fine-grained personal access tokens
The fine-grained token must have the following permission set:
"Administration" repository permissions (write)
Parameters for "Disable Dependabot security updates"
Headers
Name, Type, Description
accept
string
Setting to
application/vnd.github+json
is recommended.
Path parameters
Name, Type, Description
owner
string
Required
The account owner of the repository. The name is not case sensitive.
repo
string
Required
The name of the repository without the
.git
extension. The name is not case sensitive.
HTTP response status codes for "Disable Dependabot security updates"
Status code
Description
204
No Content
Code samples for "Disable Dependabot security updates"
Request example
delete
/repos
/{owner}
/{repo}
/automated-security-fixes
cURL
JavaScript
GitHub CLI
Copy to clipboard curl request example
curl -L \ -X DELETE \ -H "Accept: application/vnd.github+json" \ -H "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR-TOKEN>" \ -H "X-GitHub-Api-Version: 2026-03-10" \ https://api.github.com/repos/OWNER/REPO/automated-security-fixes
Response
Status: 204
List CODEOWNERS errors
List any syntax errors that are detected in the CODEOWNERS file.
For more information about the correct CODEOWNERS syntax, see "
About code owners
."
Fine-grained access tokens for "List CODEOWNERS errors"
This endpoint works with the following fine-grained token types
:
GitHub App user access tokens
GitHub App installation access tokens
Fine-grained personal access tokens
The fine-grained token must have the following permission set:
"Contents" repository permissions (read)
This endpoint can be used without authentication or the aforementioned permissions if only public resources are requested.
Parameters for "List CODEOWNERS errors"
Headers
Name, Type, Description
accept
string
Setting to
application/vnd.github+json
is recommended.
Path parameters
Name, Type, Description
owner
string
Required
The account owner of the repository. The name is not case sensitive.
repo
string
Required
The name of the repository without the
.git
extension. The name is not case sensitive.
Query parameters
Name, Type, Description
ref
string
A branch, tag or commit name used to determine which version of the CODEOWNERS file to use. Default: the repository's default branch (e.g.
main
)
HTTP response status codes for "List CODEOWNERS errors"
Status code
Description
200
OK
404
Resource not found
Code samples for "List CODEOWNERS errors"
Request example
get
/repos
/{owner}
/{repo}
/codeowners
/errors
cURL
JavaScript
GitHub CLI
Copy to clipboard curl request example
curl -L \ -H "Accept: application/vnd.github+json" \ -H "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR-TOKEN>" \ -H "X-GitHub-Api-Version: 2026-03-10" \ https://api.github.com/repos/OWNER/REPO/codeowners/errors
Response
Example response
Response schema
Status: 200
{ "errors": [ { "line": 3, "column": 1, "kind": "Invalid pattern", "source": "***/*.rb @monalisa", "suggestion": "Did you mean `**/*.rb`?", "message": "Invalid pattern on line 3: Did you mean `**/*.rb`?\n\n ***/*.rb @monalisa\n ^", "path": ".github/CODEOWNERS" }, { "line": 7, "column": 7, "kind": "Invalid owner", "source": "*.txt docs@", "suggestion": null, "message": "Invalid owner on line 7:\n\n *.txt docs@\n ^", "path": ".github/CODEOWNERS" } ] }
List repository contributors
Lists contributors to the specified repository and sorts them by the number of commits per contributor in descending order. This endpoint may return information that is a few hours old because the GitHub REST API caches contributor data to improve performance.
GitHub identifies contributors by author email address. This endpoint groups contribution counts by GitHub user, which includes all associated email addresses. To improve performance, only the first 500 author email addresses in the repository link to GitHub users. The rest will appear as anonymous contributors without associated GitHub user information.
Fine-grained access tokens for "List repository contributors"
This endpoint works with the following fine-grained token types
:
GitHub App user access tokens
GitHub App installation access tokens
Fine-grained personal access tokens
The fine-grained token must have the following permission set:
"Metadata" repository permissions (read)
This endpoint can be used without authentication or the aforementioned permissions if only public resources are requested.
Parameters for "List repository contributors"
Headers
Name, Type, Description
accept
string
Setting to
application/vnd.github+json
is recommended.
Path parameters
Name, Type, Description
owner
string
Required
The account owner of the repository. The name is not case sensitive.
repo
string
Required
The name of the repository without the
.git
extension. The name is not case sensitive.
Query parameters
Name, Type, Description
anon
string
Set to
1
or
true
to include anonymous contributors in results.
per_page
integer
The number of results per page (max 100). For more information, see "
Using pagination in the REST API
."
Default
:
30
page
integer
The page number of the results to fetch. For more information, see "
Using pagination in the REST API
."
Default
:
1
HTTP response status codes for "List repository contributors"
Status code
Description
200
If repository contains content
204
Response if repository is empty
403
Forbidden
404
Resource not found
Code samples for "List repository contributors"
Request example
get
/repos
/{owner}
/{repo}
/contributors
cURL
JavaScript
GitHub CLI
Copy to clipboard curl request example
curl -L \ -H "Accept: application/vnd.github+json" \ -H "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR-TOKEN>" \ -H "X-GitHub-Api-Version: 2026-03-10" \ https://api.github.com/repos/OWNER/REPO/contributors
If repository contains content
Example response
Response schema
Status: 200
[ { "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, "contributions": 32 } ]
Create a repository dispatch event
You can use this endpoint to trigger a webhook event called
repository_dispatch
when you want activity that happens outside of GitHub to trigger a GitHub Actions workflow or GitHub App webhook. You must configure your GitHub Actions workflow or GitHub App to run when the
repository_dispatch
event occurs. For an example
repository_dispatch
webhook payload, see "
RepositoryDispatchEvent
."
The
client_payload
parameter is available for any extra information that your workflow might need. This parameter is a JSON payload that will be passed on when the webhook event is dispatched. For example, the
client_payload
can include a message that a user would like to send using a GitHub Actions workflow. Or the
client_payload
can be used as a test to debug your workflow.
This input example shows how you can use the
client_payload
as a test to debug your workflow.
OAuth app tokens and personal access tokens (classic) need the
repo
scope to use this endpoint.
Fine-grained access tokens for "Create a repository dispatch event"
This endpoint works with the following fine-grained token types
:
GitHub App user access tokens
GitHub App installation access tokens
Fine-grained personal access tokens
The fine-grained token must have the following permission set:
"Contents" repository permissions (write)
Parameters for "Create a repository dispatch event"
Headers
Name, Type, Description
accept
string
Setting to
application/vnd.github+json
is recommended.
Path parameters
Name, Type, Description
owner
string
Required
The account owner of the repository. The name is not case sensitive.
repo
string
Required
The name of the repository without the
.git
extension. The name is not case sensitive.
Body parameters
Name, Type, Description
event_type
string
Required
A custom webhook event name. Must be 100 characters or fewer.
client_payload
object
JSON payload with extra information about the webhook event that your action or workflow may use. The maximum number of top-level properties is 10. The total size of the JSON payload must be less than 64KB.
HTTP response status codes for "Create a repository dispatch event"
Status code
Description
204
No Content
404
Resource not found
422
Validation failed, or the endpoint has been spammed.
Code samples for "Create a repository dispatch event"
Request example
post
/repos
/{owner}
/{repo}
/dispatches
cURL
JavaScript
GitHub CLI
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curl -L \ -X POST \ -H "Accept: application/vnd.github+json" \ -H "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR-TOKEN>" \ -H "X-GitHub-Api-Version: 2026-03-10" \ https://api.github.com/repos/OWNER/REPO/dispatches \ -d '{"event_type":"on-demand-test","client_payload":{"unit":false,"integration":true}}'
Response
Status: 204
Get the hash algorithm for a repository
Returns the hash algorithm used to store repository objects.
Fine-grained access tokens for "Get the hash algorithm for a repository"
This endpoint works with the following fine-grained token types
:
GitHub App user access tokens
GitHub App installation access tokens
Fine-grained personal access tokens
The fine-grained token must have the following permission set:
"Metadata" repository permissions (read)
This endpoint can be used without authentication or the aforementioned permissions if only public resources are requested.
Parameters for "Get the hash algorithm for a repository"
Headers
Name, Type, Description
accept
string
Setting to
application/vnd.github+json
is recommended.
Path parameters
Name, Type, Description
owner
string
Required
The account owner of the repository. The name is not case sensitive.
repo
string
Required
The name of the repository without the
.git
extension. The name is not case sensitive.
HTTP response status codes for "Get the hash algorithm for a repository"
Status code
Description
200
OK
403
Forbidden
404
Resource not found
Code samples for "Get the hash algorithm for a repository"
Request example
get
/repos
/{owner}
/{repo}
/hash-algorithm
cURL
JavaScript
GitHub CLI
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curl -L \ -H "Accept: application/vnd.github+json" \ -H "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR-TOKEN>" \ -H "X-GitHub-Api-Version: 2026-03-10" \ https://api.github.com/repos/OWNER/REPO/hash-algorithm
Response
Example response
Response schema
Status: 200
{ "hash_algorithm": "sha1" }
Check if immutable releases are enabled for a repository
Shows whether immutable releases are enabled or disabled. Also identifies whether immutability is being enforced by the repository owner. The authenticated user must have admin read access to the repository.
Fine-grained access tokens for "Check if immutable releases are enabled for a repository"
This endpoint works with the following fine-grained token types
:
GitHub App user access tokens
GitHub App installation access tokens
Fine-grained personal access tokens
The fine-grained token must have the following permission set:
"Administration" repository permissions (read)
Parameters for "Check if immutable releases are enabled for a repository"
Headers
Name, Type, Description
accept
string
Setting to
application/vnd.github+json
is recommended.
Path parameters
Name, Type, Description
owner
string
Required
The account owner of the repository. The name is not case sensitive.
repo
string
Required
The name of the repository without the
.git
extension. The name is not case sensitive.
HTTP response status codes for "Check if immutable releases are enabled for a repository"
Status code
Description
200
Response if immutable releases are enabled
404
Not Found if immutable releases are not enabled for the repository
Code samples for "Check if immutable releases are enabled for a repository"
Request example
get
/repos
/{owner}
/{repo}
/immutable-releases
cURL
JavaScript
GitHub CLI
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curl -L \ -H "Accept: application/vnd.github+json" \ -H "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR-TOKEN>" \ -H "X-GitHub-Api-Version: 2026-03-10" \ https://api.github.com/repos/OWNER/REPO/immutable-releases
Response if immutable releases are enabled
Example response
Response schema
Status: 200
{ "enabled": true, "enforced_by_owner": false }
Enable immutable releases
Enables immutable releases for a repository. The authenticated user must have admin access to the repository.
Fine-grained access tokens for "Enable immutable releases"
This endpoint works with the following fine-grained token types
:
GitHub App user access tokens
GitHub App installation access tokens
Fine-grained personal access tokens
The fine-grained token must have the following permission set:
"Administration" repository permissions (write)
Parameters for "Enable immutable releases"
Headers
Name, Type, Description
accept
string
Setting to
application/vnd.github+json
is recommended.
Path parameters
Name, Type, Description
owner
string
Required
The account owner of the repository. The name is not case sensitive.
repo
string
Required
The name of the repository without the
.git
extension. The name is not case sensitive.
HTTP response status codes for "Enable immutable releases"
Status code
Description
204
A header with no content is returned.
409
Conflict
Code samples for "Enable immutable releases"
Request example
put
/repos
/{owner}
/{repo}
/immutable-releases
cURL
JavaScript
GitHub CLI
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curl -L \ -X PUT \ -H "Accept: application/vnd.github+json" \ -H "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR-TOKEN>" \ -H "X-GitHub-Api-Version: 2026-03-10" \ https://api.github.com/repos/OWNER/REPO/immutable-releases
A header with no content is returned.
Status: 204
Disable immutable releases
Disables immutable releases for a repository. The authenticated user must have admin access to the repository.
Fine-grained access tokens for "Disable immutable releases"
This endpoint works with the following fine-grained token types
:
GitHub App user access tokens
GitHub App installation access tokens
Fine-grained personal access tokens
The fine-grained token must have the following permission set:
"Administration" repository permissions (write)
Parameters for "Disable immutable releases"
Headers
Name, Type, Description
accept
string
Setting to
application/vnd.github+json
is recommended.
Path parameters
Name, Type, Description
owner
string
Required
The account owner of the repository. The name is not case sensitive.
repo
string
Required
The name of the repository without the
.git
extension. The name is not case sensitive.
HTTP response status codes for "Disable immutable releases"
Status code
Description
204
A header with no content is returned.
409
Conflict
Code samples for "Disable immutable releases"
Request example
delete
/repos
/{owner}
/{repo}
/immutable-releases
cURL
JavaScript
GitHub CLI
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curl -L \ -X DELETE \ -H "Accept: application/vnd.github+json" \ -H "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR-TOKEN>" \ -H "X-GitHub-Api-Version: 2026-03-10" \ https://api.github.com/repos/OWNER/REPO/immutable-releases
A header with no content is returned.
Status: 204
List repository languages
Lists languages for the specified repository. The value shown for each language is the number of bytes of code written in that language.
Fine-grained access tokens for "List repository languages"
This endpoint works with the following fine-grained token types
:
GitHub App user access tokens
GitHub App installation access tokens
Fine-grained personal access tokens
The fine-grained token must have the following permission set:
"Metadata" repository permissions (read)
This endpoint can be used without authentication or the aforementioned permissions if only public resources are requested.
Parameters for "List repository languages"
Headers
Name, Type, Description
accept
string
Setting to
application/vnd.github+json
is recommended.
Path parameters
Name, Type, Description
owner
string
Required
The account owner of the repository. The name is not case sensitive.
repo
string
Required
The name of the repository without the
.git
extension. The name is not case sensitive.
HTTP response status codes for "List repository languages"
Status code
Description
200
OK
Code samples for "List repository languages"
Request example
get
/repos
/{owner}
/{repo}
/languages
cURL
JavaScript
GitHub CLI
Copy to clipboard curl request example
curl -L \ -H "Accept: application/vnd.github+json" \ -H "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR-TOKEN>" \ -H "X-GitHub-Api-Version: 2026-03-10" \ https://api.github.com/repos/OWNER/REPO/languages
Response
Example response
Response schema
Status: 200
{ "C": 78769, "Python": 7769 }
Check if private vulnerability reporting is enabled for a repository
Returns a boolean indicating whether or not private vulnerability reporting is enabled for the repository. For more information, see "
Evaluating the security settings of a repository
".
Fine-grained access tokens for "Check if private vulnerability reporting is enabled for a repository"
This endpoint works with the following fine-grained token types
:
GitHub App user access tokens
GitHub App installation access tokens
Fine-grained personal access tokens
The fine-grained token must have the following permission set:
"Metadata" repository permissions (read)
This endpoint can be used without authentication or the aforementioned permissions if only public resources are requested.
Parameters for "Check if private vulnerability reporting is enabled for a repository"
Headers
Name, Type, Description
accept
string
Setting to
application/vnd.github+json
is recommended.
Path parameters
Name, Type, Description
owner
string
Required
The account owner of the repository. The name is not case sensitive.
repo
string
Required
The name of the repository without the
.git
extension. The name is not case sensitive.
HTTP response status codes for "Check if private vulnerability reporting is enabled for a repository"
Status code
Description
200
Private vulnerability reporting status
422
Bad Request
Code samples for "Check if private vulnerability reporting is enabled for a repository"
Request example
get
/repos
/{owner}
/{repo}
/private-vulnerability-reporting
cURL
JavaScript
GitHub CLI
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curl -L \ -H "Accept: application/vnd.github+json" \ -H "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR-TOKEN>" \ -H "X-GitHub-Api-Version: 2026-03-10" \ https://api.github.com/repos/OWNER/REPO/private-vulnerability-reporting
Private vulnerability reporting status
Example response
Response schema
Status: 200
{ "enabled": true }
Enable private vulnerability reporting for a repository
Enables private vulnerability reporting for a repository. The authenticated user must have admin access to the repository. For more information, see "
Privately reporting a security vulnerability
."
Fine-grained access tokens for "Enable private vulnerability reporting for a repository"
This endpoint works with the following fine-grained token types
:
GitHub App user access tokens
GitHub App installation access tokens
Fine-grained personal access tokens
The fine-grained token must have the following permission set:
"Administration" repository permissions (write)
Parameters for "Enable private vulnerability reporting for a repository"
Headers
Name, Type, Description
accept
string
Setting to
application/vnd.github+json
is recommended.
Path parameters
Name, Type, Description
owner
string
Required
The account owner of the repository. The name is not case sensitive.
repo
string
Required
The name of the repository without the
.git
extension. The name is not case sensitive.
HTTP response status codes for "Enable private vulnerability reporting for a repository"
Status code
Description
204
A header with no content is returned.
422
Bad Request
Code samples for "Enable private vulnerability reporting for a repository"
Request example
put
/repos
/{owner}
/{repo}
/private-vulnerability-reporting
cURL
JavaScript
GitHub CLI
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curl -L \ -X PUT \ -H "Accept: application/vnd.github+json" \ -H "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR-TOKEN>" \ -H "X-GitHub-Api-Version: 2026-03-10" \ https://api.github.com/repos/OWNER/REPO/private-vulnerability-reporting
A header with no content is returned.
Status: 204
Disable private vulnerability reporting for a repository
Disables private vulnerability reporting for a repository. The authenticated user must have admin access to the repository. For more information, see "
Privately reporting a security vulnerability
".
Fine-grained access tokens for "Disable private vulnerability reporting for a repository"
This endpoint works with the following fine-grained token types
:
GitHub App user access tokens
GitHub App installation access tokens
Fine-grained personal access tokens
The fine-grained token must have the following permission set:
"Administration" repository permissions (write)
Parameters for "Disable private vulnerability reporting for a repository"
Headers
Name, Type, Description
accept
string
Setting to
application/vnd.github+json
is recommended.
Path parameters
Name, Type, Description
owner
string
Required
The account owner of the repository. The name is not case sensitive.
repo
string
Required
The name of the repository without the
.git
extension. The name is not case sensitive.
HTTP response status codes for "Disable private vulnerability reporting for a repository"
Status code
Description
204
A header with no content is returned.
422
Bad Request
Code samples for "Disable private vulnerability reporting for a repository"
Request example
delete
/repos
/{owner}
/{repo}
/private-vulnerability-reporting
cURL
JavaScript
GitHub CLI
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curl -L \ -X DELETE \ -H "Accept: application/vnd.github+json" \ -H "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR-TOKEN>" \ -H "X-GitHub-Api-Version: 2026-03-10" \ https://api.github.com/repos/OWNER/REPO/private-vulnerability-reporting
A header with no content is returned.
Status: 204
List repository tags
Fine-grained access tokens for "List repository tags"
This endpoint works with the following fine-grained token types
:
GitHub App user access tokens
GitHub App installation access tokens
Fine-grained personal access tokens
The fine-grained token must have the following permission set:
"Metadata" repository permissions (read)
This endpoint can be used without authentication or the aforementioned permissions if only public resources are requested.
Parameters for "List repository tags"
Headers
Name, Type, Description
accept
string
Setting to
application/vnd.github+json
is recommended.
Path parameters
Name, Type, Description
owner
string
Required
The account owner of the repository. The name is not case sensitive.
repo
string
Required
The name of the repository without the
.git
extension. The name is not case sensitive.
Query parameters
Name, Type, Description
per_page
integer
The number of results per page (max 100). For more information, see "
Using pagination in the REST API
."
Default
:
30
page
integer
The page number of the results to fetch. For more information, see "
Using pagination in the REST API
."
Default
:
1
HTTP response status codes for "List repository tags"
Status code
Description
200
OK
Code samples for "List repository tags"
Request example
get
/repos
/{owner}
/{repo}
/tags
cURL
JavaScript
GitHub CLI
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curl -L \ -H "Accept: application/vnd.github+json" \ -H "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR-TOKEN>" \ -H "X-GitHub-Api-Version: 2026-03-10" \ https://api.github.com/repos/OWNER/REPO/tags
Response
Example response
Response schema
Status: 200
[ { "name": "v0.1", "commit": { "sha": "c5b97d5ae6c19d5c5df71a34c7fbeeda2479ccbc", "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/commits/c5b97d5ae6c19d5c5df71a34c7fbeeda2479ccbc" }, "zipball_url": "https://github.com/octocat/Hello-World/zipball/v0.1", "tarball_url": "https://github.com/octocat/Hello-World/tarball/v0.1", "node_id": "MDQ6VXNlcjE=" } ]
List repository teams
Lists the teams that have access to the specified repository and that are also visible to the authenticated user.
For a public repository, a team is listed only if that team added the public repository explicitly.
OAuth app tokens and personal access tokens (classic) need the
public_repo
or
repo
scope to use this endpoint with a public repository, and
repo
scope to use this endpoint with a private repository.
Fine-grained access tokens for "List repository teams"
This endpoint works with the following fine-grained token types
:
GitHub App user access tokens
GitHub App installation access tokens
Fine-grained personal access tokens
The fine-grained token must have the following permission set:
"Administration" repository permissions (read)
Parameters for "List repository teams"
Headers
Name, Type, Description
accept
string
Setting to
application/vnd.github+json
is recommended.
Path parameters
Name, Type, Description
owner
string
Required
The account owner of the repository. The name is not case sensitive.
repo
string
Required
The name of the repository without the
.git
extension. The name is not case sensitive.
Query parameters
Name, Type, Description
per_page
integer
The number of results per page (max 100). For more information, see "
Using pagination in the REST API
."
Default
:
30
page
integer
The page number of the results to fetch. For more information, see "
Using pagination in the REST API
."
Default
:
1
HTTP response status codes for "List repository teams"
Status code
Description
200
OK
404
Resource not found
Code samples for "List repository teams"
Request example
get
/repos
/{owner}
/{repo}
/teams
cURL
JavaScript
GitHub CLI
Copy to clipboard curl request example
curl -L \ -H "Accept: application/vnd.github+json" \ -H "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR-TOKEN>" \ -H "X-GitHub-Api-Version: 2026-03-10" \ https://api.github.com/repos/OWNER/REPO/teams
Response
Example response
Response schema
Status: 200
[ { "id": 1, "node_id": "MDQ6VGVhbTE=", "url": "https://api.github.com/teams/1", "html_url": "https://github.com/orgs/github/teams/justice-league", "name": "Justice League", "slug": "justice-league", "description": "A great team.", "privacy": "closed", "notification_setting": "notifications_enabled", "permission": "admin", "members_url": "https://api.github.com/teams/1/members{/member}", "repositories_url": "https://api.github.com/teams/1/repos", "parent": null } ]
Get all repository topics
Fine-grained access tokens for "Get all repository topics"
This endpoint works with the following fine-grained token types
:
GitHub App user access tokens
GitHub App installation access tokens
Fine-grained personal access tokens
The fine-grained token must have the following permission set:
"Metadata" repository permissions (read)
This endpoint can be used without authentication or the aforementioned permissions if only public resources are requested.
Parameters for "Get all repository topics"
Headers
Name, Type, Description
accept
string
Setting to
application/vnd.github+json
is recommended.
Path parameters
Name, Type, Description
owner
string
Required
The account owner of the repository. The name is not case sensitive.
repo
string
Required
The name of the repository without the
.git
extension. The name is not case sensitive.
Query parameters
Name, Type, Description
page
integer
The page number of the results to fetch. For more information, see "
Using pagination in the REST API
."
Default
:
1
per_page
integer
The number of results per page (max 100). For more information, see "
Using pagination in the REST API
."
Default
:
30
HTTP response status codes for "Get all repository topics"
Status code
Description
200
OK
404
Resource not found
Code samples for "Get all repository topics"
Request example
get
/repos
/{owner}
/{repo}
/topics
cURL
JavaScript
GitHub CLI
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curl -L \ -H "Accept: application/vnd.github+json" \ -H "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR-TOKEN>" \ -H "X-GitHub-Api-Version: 2026-03-10" \ https://api.github.com/repos/OWNER/REPO/topics
Response
Example response
Response schema
Status: 200
{ "names": [ "octocat", "atom", "electron", "api" ] }
Replace all repository topics
Fine-grained access tokens for "Replace all repository topics"
This endpoint works with the following fine-grained token types
:
GitHub App user access tokens
GitHub App installation access tokens
Fine-grained personal access tokens
The fine-grained token must have the following permission set:
"Administration" repository permissions (write)
Parameters for "Replace all repository topics"
Headers
Name, Type, Description
accept
string
Setting to
application/vnd.github+json
is recommended.
Path parameters
Name, Type, Description
owner
string
Required
The account owner of the repository. The name is not case sensitive.
repo
string
Required
The name of the repository without the
.git
extension. The name is not case sensitive.
Body parameters
Name, Type, Description
names
array of strings
Required
An array of topics to add to the repository. Pass one or more topics to
replace
the set of existing topics. Send an empty array (
[]
) to clear all topics from the repository.
Note:
Topic
names
will be saved as lowercase.
HTTP response status codes for "Replace all repository topics"
Status code
Description
200
OK
404
Resource not found
422
Validation failed, or the endpoint has been spammed.
Code samples for "Replace all repository topics"
Request example
put
/repos
/{owner}
/{repo}
/topics
cURL
JavaScript
GitHub CLI
Copy to clipboard curl request example
curl -L \ -X PUT \ -H "Accept: application/vnd.github+json" \ -H "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR-TOKEN>" \ -H "X-GitHub-Api-Version: 2026-03-10" \ https://api.github.com/repos/OWNER/REPO/topics \ -d '{"names":["octocat","atom","electron","api"]}'
Response
Example response
Response schema
Status: 200
{ "names": [ "octocat", "atom", "electron", "api" ] }
Transfer a repository
A transfer request will need to be accepted by the new owner when transferring a personal repository to another user. The response will contain the original
owner
, and the transfer will continue asynchronously. For more details on the requirements to transfer personal and organization-owned repositories, see
about repository transfers
.
Fine-grained access tokens for "Transfer a repository"
This endpoint works with the following fine-grained token types
:
GitHub App user access tokens
The fine-grained token must have the following permission set:
"Administration" repository permissions (write)
Parameters for "Transfer a repository"
Headers
Name, Type, Description
accept
string
Setting to
application/vnd.github+json
is recommended.
Path parameters
Name, Type, Description
owner
string
Required
The account owner of the repository. The name is not case sensitive.
repo
string
Required
The name of the repository without the
.git
extension. The name is not case sensitive.
Body parameters
Name, Type, Description
new_owner
string
Required
The username or organization name the repository will be transferred to.
new_name
string
The new name to be given to the repository.
team_ids
array of integers
ID of the team or teams to add to the repository. Teams can only be added to organization-owned repositories.
HTTP response status codes for "Transfer a repository"
Status code
Description
202
Accepted
Code samples for "Transfer a repository"
Request example
post
/repos
/{owner}
/{repo}
/transfer
cURL
JavaScript
GitHub CLI
Copy to clipboard curl request example
curl -L \ -X POST \ -H "Accept: application/vnd.github+json" \ -H "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR-TOKEN>" \ -H "X-GitHub-Api-Version: 2026-03-10" \ https://api.github.com/repos/OWNER/REPO/transfer \ -d '{"new_owner":"github","team_ids":[12,345],"new_name":"octorepo"}'
Response
Example response
Response schema
Status: 202
{ "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": false, "topics": [ "octocat", "atom", "electron", "api" ], "has_issues": true, "has_projects": true, "has_wiki": true, "has_pages": false, "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 }, "template_repository": { "id": 1296269, "node_id": "MDEwOlJlcG9zaXRvcnkxMjk2MjY5", "name": "Hello-World-Template", "full_name": "octocat/Hello-World-Template", "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-Template", "description": "This your first repo!", "fork": false, "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World-Template", "archive_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World-Template/{archive_format}{/ref}", "assignees_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World-Template/assignees{/user}", "blobs_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World-Template/git/blobs{/sha}", "branches_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World-Template/branches{/branch}", "collaborators_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World-Template/collaborators{/collaborator}", "comments_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World-Template/comments{/number}", "commits_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World-Template/commits{/sha}", "compare_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World-Template/compare/{base}...{head}", "contents_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World-Template/contents/{+path}", "contributors_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World-Template/contributors", "deployments_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World-Template/deployments", "downloads_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World-Template/downloads", "events_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World-Template/events", "forks_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World-Template/forks", "git_commits_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World-Template/git/commits{/sha}", "git_refs_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World-Template/git/refs{/sha}", "git_tags_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World-Template/git/tags{/sha}", "git_url": "git:github.com/octocat/Hello-World-Template.git", "issue_comment_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World-Template/issues/comments{/number}", "issue_events_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World-Template/issues/events{/number}", "issues_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World-Template/issues{/number}", "keys_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World-Template/keys{/key_id}", "labels_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World-Template/labels{/name}", "languages_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World-Template/languages", "merges_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World-Template/merges", "milestones_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World-Template/milestones{/number}", "notifications_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World-Template/notifications{?since,all,participating}", "pulls_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World-Template/pulls{/number}", "releases_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World-Template/releases{/id}", "ssh_url": "git@github.com:octocat/Hello-World-Template.git", "stargazers_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World-Template/stargazers", "statuses_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World-Template/statuses/{sha}", "subscribers_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World-Template/subscribers", "subscription_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World-Template/subscription", "tags_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World-Template/tags", "teams_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World-Template/teams", "trees_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World-Template/git/trees{/sha}", "clone_url": "https://github.com/octocat/Hello-World-Template.git", "mirror_url": "git:git.example.com/octocat/Hello-World-Template", "hooks_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World-Template/hooks", "svn_url": "https://svn.github.com/octocat/Hello-World-Template", "homepage": "https://github.com", "language": null, "forks": 9, "forks_count": 9, "stargazers_count": 80, "watchers_count": 80, "watchers": 80, "size": 108, "default_branch": "master", "open_issues": 0, "open_issues_count": 0, "is_template": true, "license": { "key": "mit", "name": "MIT License", "url": "https://api.github.com/licenses/mit", "spdx_id": "MIT", "node_id": "MDc6TGljZW5zZW1pdA==", "html_url": "https://api.github.com/licenses/mit" }, "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, "temp_clone_token": "ABTLWHOULUVAXGTRYU7OC2876QJ2O", "allow_squash_merge": true, "allow_auto_merge": false, "delete_branch_on_merge": true, "allow_merge_commit": true, "allow_forking": true, "subscribers_count": 42, "network_count": 0 } }
Check if vulnerability alerts are enabled for a repository
Shows whether dependency alerts are enabled or disabled for a repository. The authenticated user must have admin read access to the repository. For more information, see "
About security alerts for vulnerable dependencies
".
Fine-grained access tokens for "Check if vulnerability alerts are enabled for a repository"
This endpoint works with the following fine-grained token types
:
GitHub App user access tokens
GitHub App installation access tokens
Fine-grained personal access tokens
The fine-grained token must have the following permission set:
"Administration" repository permissions (read)
Parameters for "Check if vulnerability alerts are enabled for a repository"
Headers
Name, Type, Description
accept
string
Setting to
application/vnd.github+json
is recommended.
Path parameters
Name, Type, Description
owner
string
Required
The account owner of the repository. The name is not case sensitive.
repo
string
Required
The name of the repository without the
.git
extension. The name is not case sensitive.
HTTP response status codes for "Check if vulnerability alerts are enabled for a repository"
Status code
Description
204
Response if repository is enabled with vulnerability alerts
404
Not Found if repository is not enabled with vulnerability alerts
Code samples for "Check if vulnerability alerts are enabled for a repository"
Request example
get
/repos
/{owner}
/{repo}
/vulnerability-alerts
cURL
JavaScript
GitHub CLI
Copy to clipboard curl request example
curl -L \ -H "Accept: application/vnd.github+json" \ -H "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR-TOKEN>" \ -H "X-GitHub-Api-Version: 2026-03-10" \ https://api.github.com/repos/OWNER/REPO/vulnerability-alerts
Response if repository is enabled with vulnerability alerts
Status: 204
Enable vulnerability alerts
Enables dependency alerts and the dependency graph for a repository. The authenticated user must have admin access to the repository. For more information, see "
About security alerts for vulnerable dependencies
".
Fine-grained access tokens for "Enable vulnerability alerts"
This endpoint works with the following fine-grained token types
:
GitHub App user access tokens
GitHub App installation access tokens
Fine-grained personal access tokens
The fine-grained token must have the following permission set:
"Administration" repository permissions (write)
Parameters for "Enable vulnerability alerts"
Headers
Name, Type, Description
accept
string
Setting to
application/vnd.github+json
is recommended.
Path parameters
Name, Type, Description
owner
string
Required
The account owner of the repository. The name is not case sensitive.
repo
string
Required
The name of the repository without the
.git
extension. The name is not case sensitive.
HTTP response status codes for "Enable vulnerability alerts"
Status code
Description
204
No Content
Code samples for "Enable vulnerability alerts"
Request example
put
/repos
/{owner}
/{repo}
/vulnerability-alerts
cURL
JavaScript
GitHub CLI
Copy to clipboard curl request example
curl -L \ -X PUT \ -H "Accept: application/vnd.github+json" \ -H "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR-TOKEN>" \ -H "X-GitHub-Api-Version: 2026-03-10" \ https://api.github.com/repos/OWNER/REPO/vulnerability-alerts
Response
Status: 204
Disable vulnerability alerts
Disables dependency alerts and the dependency graph for a repository. The authenticated user must have admin access to the repository. For more information, see "
About security alerts for vulnerable dependencies
".
Fine-grained access tokens for "Disable vulnerability alerts"
This endpoint works with the following fine-grained token types
:
GitHub App user access tokens
GitHub App installation access tokens
Fine-grained personal access tokens
The fine-grained token must have the following permission set:
"Administration" repository permissions (write)
Parameters for "Disable vulnerability alerts"
Headers
Name, Type, Description
accept
string
Setting to
application/vnd.github+json
is recommended.
Path parameters
Name, Type, Description
owner
string
Required
The account owner of the repository. The name is not case sensitive.
repo
string
Required
The name of the repository without the
.git
extension. The name is not case sensitive.
HTTP response status codes for "Disable vulnerability alerts"
Status code
Description
204
No Content
Code samples for "Disable vulnerability alerts"
Request example
delete
/repos
/{owner}
/{repo}
/vulnerability-alerts
cURL
JavaScript
GitHub CLI
Copy to clipboard curl request example
curl -L \ -X DELETE \ -H "Accept: application/vnd.github+json" \ -H "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR-TOKEN>" \ -H "X-GitHub-Api-Version: 2026-03-10" \ https://api.github.com/repos/OWNER/REPO/vulnerability-alerts
Response
Status: 204
Create a repository using a template
Creates a new repository using a repository template. Use the
template_owner
and
template_repo
route parameters to specify the repository to use as the template. If the repository is not public, the authenticated user must own or be a member of an organization that owns the repository. To check if a repository is available to use as a template, get the repository's information using the
Get a repository
endpoint and check that the
is_template
key is
true
.
OAuth app tokens and personal access tokens (classic) need the
public_repo
or
repo
scope to create a public repository, and
repo
scope to create a private repository.
Fine-grained access tokens for "Create a repository using a template"
This endpoint works with the following fine-grained token types
:
GitHub App user access tokens
GitHub App installation access tokens
Fine-grained personal access tokens
The fine-grained token must have the following permission set:
"Administration" repository permissions (write)
and
"Contents" repository permissions (read)
Parameters for "Create a repository using a template"
Headers
Name, Type, Description
accept
string
Setting to
application/vnd.github+json
is recommended.
Path parameters
Name, Type, Description
template_owner
string
Required
The account owner of the template repository. The name is not case sensitive.
template_repo
string
Required
The name of the template repository without the
.git
extension. The name is not case sensitive.
Body parameters
Name, Type, Description
owner
string
The organization or person who will own the new repository. To create a new repository in an organization, the authenticated user must be a member of the specified organization.
name
string
Required
The name of the new repository.
description
string
A short description of the new repository.
include_all_branches
boolean
Set to
true
to include the directory structure and files from all branches in the template repository, and not just the default branch. Default:
false
.
Default
:
false
private
boolean
Either
true
to create a new private repository or
false
to create a new public one.
Default
:
false
HTTP response status codes for "Create a repository using a template"
Status code
Description
201
Created
Code samples for "Create a repository using a template"
Request example
post
/repos
/{template_
owner}
/{template_
repo}
/generate
cURL
JavaScript
GitHub CLI
Copy to clipboard curl request example
curl -L \ -X POST \ -H "Accept: application/vnd.github+json" \ -H "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR-TOKEN>" \ -H "X-GitHub-Api-Version: 2026-03-10" \ https://api.github.com/repos/TEMPLATE_OWNER/TEMPLATE_REPO/generate \ -d '{"owner":"octocat","name":"Hello-World","description":"This is your first repository","include_all_branches":false,"private":false}'
Response
Example response
Response schema
Status: 201
{ "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": 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"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, "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://api.github.com/licenses/mit" }, "forks": 1, "open_issues": 1, "watchers": 1 } }
List public repositories
Lists all public repositories in the order that they were created.
Note:
For GitHub Enterprise Server, this endpoint will only list repositories available to all users on the enterprise.
Pagination is powered exclusively by the
since
parameter. Use the
Link header
to get the URL for the next page of repositories.
Fine-grained access tokens for "List public repositories"
This endpoint works with the following fine-grained token types
:
GitHub App user access tokens
GitHub App installation access tokens
Fine-grained personal access tokens
The fine-grained token must have the following permission set:
"Metadata" repository permissions (read)
This endpoint can be used without authentication or the aforementioned permissions if only public resources are requested.
Parameters for "List public repositories"
Headers
Name, Type, Description
accept
string
Setting to
application/vnd.github+json
is recommended.
Query parameters
Name, Type, Description
since
integer
A repository ID. Only return repositories with an ID greater than this ID.
HTTP response status codes for "List public repositories"
Status code
Description
200
OK
304
Not modified
422
Validation failed, or the endpoint has been spammed.
Code samples for "List public repositories"
Request example
get
/repositories
cURL
JavaScript
GitHub CLI
Copy to clipboard curl request example
curl -L \ -H "Accept: application/vnd.github+json" \ -H "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR-TOKEN>" \ -H "X-GitHub-Api-Version: 2026-03-10" \ https://api.github.com/repositories
Response
Example response
Response schema
Status: 200
[ { "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}", "hooks_url": "http://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/hooks" } ]
List repositories for the authenticated user
Lists repositories that the authenticated user has explicit permission (
:read
,
:write
, or
:admin
) to access.
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.
Fine-grained access tokens for "List repositories for the authenticated user"
This endpoint works with the following fine-grained token types
:
GitHub App user access tokens
Fine-grained personal access tokens
The fine-grained token must have the following permission set:
"Metadata" repository permissions (read)
This endpoint can be used without authentication or the aforementioned permissions if only public resources are requested.
Parameters for "List repositories for the authenticated user"
Headers
Name, Type, Description
accept
string
Setting to
application/vnd.github+json
is recommended.
Query parameters
Name, Type, Description
visibility
string
Limit results to repositories with the specified visibility.
Default
:
all
Can be one of
:
all
,
public
,
private
affiliation
string
Comma-separated list of values. Can include:
owner
: Repositories that are owned by the authenticated user.
collaborator
: Repositories that the user has been added to as a collaborator.
organization_member
: Repositories that the user has access to through being a member of an organization. This includes every repository on every team that the user is on.
Default
:
owner,collaborator,organization_member
type
string
Limit results to repositories of the specified type. Will cause a
422
error if used in the same request as
visibility
or
affiliation
.
Default
:
all
Can be one of
:
all
,
owner
,
public
,
private
,
member
sort
string
The property to sort the results by.
Default
:
full_name
Can be one of
:
created
,
updated
,
pushed
,
full_name
direction
string
The order to sort by. Default:
asc
when using
full_name
, otherwise
desc
.
Can be one of
:
asc
,
desc
per_page
integer
The number of results per page (max 100). For more information, see "
Using pagination in the REST API
."
Default
:
30
page
integer
The page number of the results to fetch. For more information, see "
Using pagination in the REST API
."
Default
:
1
since
string
Only show repositories updated after the given time. This is a timestamp in
ISO 8601
format:
YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM:SSZ
.
before
string
Only show repositories updated before the given time. This is a timestamp in
ISO 8601
format:
YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM:SSZ
.
HTTP response status codes for "List repositories for the authenticated user"
Status code
Description
200
OK
304
Not modified
401
Requires authentication
403
Forbidden
422
Validation failed, or the endpoint has been spammed.
Code samples for "List repositories for the authenticated user"
Request example
get
/user/repos
cURL
JavaScript
GitHub CLI
Copy to clipboard curl request example
curl -L \ -H "Accept: application/vnd.github+json" \ -H "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR-TOKEN>" \ -H "X-GitHub-Api-Version: 2026-03-10" \ https://api.github.com/user/repos
Default response
Example response
Response schema
Status: 200
[ { "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 } ]
Create a repository for the authenticated user
Creates a new repository for the authenticated user.
OAuth app tokens and personal access tokens (classic) need the
public_repo
or
repo
scope to create a public repository, and
repo
scope to create a private repository.
Fine-grained access tokens for "Create a repository for the authenticated user"
This endpoint works with the following fine-grained token types
:
GitHub App user access tokens
Fine-grained personal access tokens
The fine-grained token must have the following permission set:
"Administration" repository permissions (write)
Parameters for "Create a repository for the authenticated user"
Headers
Name, Type, Description
accept
string
Setting to
application/vnd.github+json
is recommended.
Body parameters
Name, Type, Description
name
string
Required
The name of the repository.
description
string
A short description of the repository.
homepage
string
A URL with more information about the repository.
private
boolean
Whether the repository is private.
Default
:
false
has_issues
boolean
Whether issues are enabled.
Default
:
true
has_projects
boolean
Whether projects are enabled.
Default
:
true
has_wiki
boolean
Whether the wiki is enabled.
Default
:
true
has_discussions
boolean
Whether discussions are enabled.
Default
:
false
team_id
integer
The id of the team that will be granted access to this repository. This is only valid when creating a repository in an organization.
auto_init
boolean
Whether the repository is initialized with a minimal README.
Default
:
false
gitignore_template
string
The desired language or platform to apply to the .gitignore.
license_template
string
The license keyword of the open source license for this repository.
allow_squash_merge
boolean
Whether to allow squash merges for pull requests.
Default
:
true
allow_merge_commit
boolean
Whether to allow merge commits for pull requests.
Default
:
true
allow_rebase_merge
boolean
Whether to allow rebase merges for pull requests.
Default
:
true
allow_auto_merge
boolean
Whether to allow Auto-merge to be used on pull requests.
Default
:
false
delete_branch_on_merge
boolean
Whether to delete head branches when pull requests are merged
Default
:
false
squash_merge_commit_title
string
Required when using
squash_merge_commit_message
.
The default value for a squash merge commit title:
PR_TITLE
- default to the pull request's title.
COMMIT_OR_PR_TITLE
- default to the commit's title (if only one commit) or the pull request's title (when more than one commit).
Can be one of
:
PR_TITLE
,
COMMIT_OR_PR_TITLE
squash_merge_commit_message
string
The default value for a squash merge commit message:
PR_BODY
- default to the pull request's body.
COMMIT_MESSAGES
- default to the branch's commit messages.
BLANK
- default to a blank commit message.
Can be one of
:
PR_BODY
,
COMMIT_MESSAGES
,
BLANK
merge_commit_title
string
Required when using
merge_commit_message
.
The default value for a merge commit title.
PR_TITLE
- default to the pull request's title.
MERGE_MESSAGE
- default to the classic title for a merge message (e.g., Merge pull request #123 from branch-name).
Can be one of
:
PR_TITLE
,
MERGE_MESSAGE
merge_commit_message
string
The default value for a merge commit message.
PR_TITLE
- default to the pull request's title.
PR_BODY
- default to the pull request's body.
BLANK
- default to a blank commit message.
Can be one of
:
PR_BODY
,
PR_TITLE
,
BLANK
has_downloads
boolean
Whether downloads are enabled.
Default
:
true
is_template
boolean
Whether this repository acts as a template that can be used to generate new repositories.
Default
:
false
HTTP response status codes for "Create a repository for the authenticated user"
Status code
Description
201
Created
304
Not modified
400
Bad Request
401
Requires authentication
403
Forbidden
404
Resource not found
422
Validation failed, or the endpoint has been spammed.
451
Validation failed, or the endpoint has been spammed.
Code samples for "Create a repository for the authenticated user"
Request example
post
/user/repos
cURL
JavaScript
GitHub CLI
Copy to clipboard curl request example
curl -L \ -X POST \ -H "Accept: application/vnd.github+json" \ -H "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR-TOKEN>" \ -H "X-GitHub-Api-Version: 2026-03-10" \ https://api.github.com/user/repos \ -d '{"name":"Hello-World","description":"This is your first repo!","homepage":"https://github.com","private":false,"is_template":true}'
Response
Example response
Response schema
Status: 201
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"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, "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://api.github.com/licenses/mit" }, "forks": 1, "open_issues": 1, "watchers": 1 } }
List repositories for a user
Lists public repositories for the specified user.
Fine-grained access tokens for "List repositories for a user"
This endpoint works with the following fine-grained token types
:
GitHub App user access tokens
GitHub App installation access tokens
Fine-grained personal access tokens
The fine-grained token must have the following permission set:
"Metadata" repository permissions (read)
This endpoint can be used without authentication or the aforementioned permissions if only public resources are requested.
Parameters for "List repositories for a user"
Headers
Name, Type, Description
accept
string
Setting to
application/vnd.github+json
is recommended.
Path parameters
Name, Type, Description
username
string
Required
The handle for the GitHub user account.
Query parameters
Name, Type, Description
type
string
Limit results to repositories of the specified type.
Default
:
owner
Can be one of
:
all
,
owner
,
member
sort
string
The property to sort the results by.
Default
:
full_name
Can be one of
:
created
,
updated
,
pushed
,
full_name
direction
string
The order to sort by. Default:
asc
when using
full_name
, otherwise
desc
.
Can be one of
:
asc
,
desc
per_page
integer
The number of results per page (max 100). For more information, see "
Using pagination in the REST API
."
Default
:
30
page
integer
The page number of the results to fetch. For more information, see "
Using pagination in the REST API
."
Default
:
1
HTTP response status codes for "List repositories for a user"
Status code
Description
200
OK
Code samples for "List repositories for a user"
Request example
get
/users/{username}/repos
cURL
JavaScript
GitHub CLI
Copy to clipboard curl request example
curl -L \ -H "Accept: application/vnd.github+json" \ -H "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR-TOKEN>" \ -H "X-GitHub-Api-Version: 2026-03-10" \ https://api.github.com/users/USERNAME/repos
Response
Example response
Response schema
Status: 200
[ { "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": false, "topics": [ "octocat", "atom", "electron", "api" ], "has_issues": true, "has_projects": true, "has_wiki": true, "has_pages": false, "has_downloads": true, "has_discussions": false, "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 }, "security_and_analysis": { "advanced_security": { "status": "enabled" }, "secret_scanning": { "status": "enabled" }, "secret_scanning_push_protection": { "status": "disabled" }, "secret_scanning_non_provider_patterns": { "status": "disabled" }, "secret_scanning_delegated_alert_dismissal": { "status": "disabled" } } } ]
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