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Apps

In this article

The GitHub Apps API enables you to get high-level information about a GitHub App as well as specific information about installations of the app. To learn more about GitHub Apps, see "Authenticating as a GitHub App."

This page lists endpoints that you can access while authenticated as a GitHub App. See "Authenticating as a GitHub App" to learn more.

When authenticated as a GitHub App, the GitHub Apps API enables you to get high-level information about a GitHub App as well as specific information about installations of an app.

You can access REST API v3 endpoints while authenticated as a GitHub App. These endpoints have a "Notes" section that contains a bullet point that says "Works with GitHub Apps." You can also access these endpoints while authenticated as a user.

A subset of REST API v3 endpoints requires authenticating as a GitHub App installation. See Installations for a list of these endpoints.

Get the authenticated app

Returns the GitHub App associated with the authentication credentials used. To see how many app installations are associated with this GitHub App, see the installations_count in the response. For more details about your app's installations, see the "List installations for the authenticated app" endpoint.

You must use a JWT to access this endpoint.

get /app

Code samples

Shell 
curl \
  -H "Accept: application/vnd.github.machine-man-preview+json" \
  http(s)://{hostname}/api/v3/app
JavaScript (@octokit/core.js) 
await octokit.request('GET /app', {
  mediaType: {
    previews: [
      'machine-man'
    ]
  }
})

Default response

Status: 200 OK
{
  "id": 1,
  "slug": "octoapp",
  "node_id": "MDExOkludGVncmF0aW9uMQ==",
  "owner": {
    "login": "github",
    "id": 1,
    "node_id": "MDEyOk9yZ2FuaXphdGlvbjE=",
    "url": "https://api.github.com/orgs/github",
    "repos_url": "https://api.github.com/orgs/github/repos",
    "events_url": "https://api.github.com/orgs/github/events",
    "avatar_url": "https://github.com/images/error/octocat_happy.gif",
    "gravatar_id": "",
    "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",
    "received_events_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/received_events",
    "type": "User",
    "site_admin": true
  },
  "name": "Octocat App",
  "description": "",
  "external_url": "https://example.com",
  "html_url": "https://github.com/apps/octoapp",
  "created_at": "2017-07-08T16:18:44-04:00",
  "updated_at": "2017-07-08T16:18:44-04:00",
  "permissions": {
    "metadata": "read",
    "contents": "read",
    "issues": "write",
    "single_file": "write"
  },
  "events": [
    "push",
    "pull_request"
  ]
}

Notes

Preview notice

To access the API with your GitHub App, you must provide a custom media type in the Accept Header for your requests. shell application/vnd.github.machine-man-preview+json

☝️ This header is required.

Create a GitHub App from a manifest

Use this endpoint to complete the handshake necessary when implementing the GitHub App Manifest flow. When you create a GitHub App with the manifest flow, you receive a temporary code used to retrieve the GitHub App's id, pem (private key), and webhook_secret.

post /app-manifests/{code}/conversions

Parameters

Name Type In Description
accept string header

Setting to application/vnd.github.v3+json is recommended.

code string path

Code samples

Shell 
curl \
  -X POST \
  -H "Accept: application/vnd.github.v3+json" \
  http(s)://{hostname}/api/v3/app-manifests/CODE/conversions
JavaScript (@octokit/core.js) 
await octokit.request('POST /app-manifests/{code}/conversions', {
  code: 'code'
})

Default response

Status: 201 Created
{
  "id": 1,
  "slug": "octoapp",
  "node_id": "MDxOkludGVncmF0aW9uMQ==",
  "owner": {
    "login": "github",
    "id": 1,
    "node_id": "MDEyOk9yZ2FuaXphdGlvbjE=",
    "url": "https://api.github.com/orgs/github",
    "repos_url": "https://api.github.com/orgs/github/repos",
    "events_url": "https://api.github.com/orgs/github/events",
    "avatar_url": "https://github.com/images/error/octocat_happy.gif",
    "gravatar_id": "",
    "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",
    "received_events_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/received_events",
    "type": "User",
    "site_admin": true
  },
  "name": "Octocat App",
  "description": "",
  "external_url": "https://example.com",
  "html_url": "https://github.com/apps/octoapp",
  "created_at": "2017-07-08T16:18:44-04:00",
  "updated_at": "2017-07-08T16:18:44-04:00",
  "permissions": {
    "metadata": "read",
    "contents": "read",
    "issues": "write",
    "single_file": "write"
  },
  "events": [
    "push",
    "pull_request"
  ],
  "client_id": "Iv1.8a61f9b3a7aba766",
  "client_secret": "1726be1638095a19edd134c77bde3aa2ece1e5d8",
  "webhook_secret": "e340154128314309424b7c8e90325147d99fdafa",
  "pem": "-----BEGIN RSA PRIVATE KEY-----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\nZM372Ac6zc1EqSrid2IjET1YqyIW2KGLI1R2xbQc98UGlt48OdWu\n-----END RSA PRIVATE KEY-----\n"
}

Resource not found

Status: 404 Not Found

Validation failed

Status: 422 Unprocessable Entity

List installations for the authenticated app

You must use a JWT to access this endpoint.

The permissions the installation has are included under the permissions key.

get /app/installations

Parameters

Name Type In Description
accept string header

This API is under preview and subject to change. See preview notice

accept string header

This API is under preview and subject to change.
per_page integer query

Results per page (max 100).
page integer query

Page number of the results to fetch.

Code samples

Shell 
curl \
  -H "Accept: application/vnd.github.machine-man-preview+json" \
  http(s)://{hostname}/api/v3/app/installations
JavaScript (@octokit/core.js) 
await octokit.request('GET /app/installations', {
  mediaType: {
    previews: [
      'machine-man'
    ]
  }
})

Default response

Status: 200 OK
[
  {
    "id": 1,
    "account": {
      "login": "octocat",
      "id": 1,
      "node_id": "MDQ6VXNlcjE=",
      "avatar_url": "https://github.com/images/error/octocat_happy.gif",
      "gravatar_id": "",
      "url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat",
      "html_url": "https://github.com/octocat",
      "followers_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/followers",
      "following_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/following{/other_user}",
      "gists_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/gists{/gist_id}",
      "starred_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/starred{/owner}{/repo}",
      "subscriptions_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/subscriptions",
      "organizations_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/orgs",
      "repos_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/repos",
      "events_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/events{/privacy}",
      "received_events_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/received_events",
      "type": "User",
      "site_admin": false
    },
    "access_tokens_url": "https://api.github.com/installations/1/access_tokens",
    "repositories_url": "https://api.github.com/installation/repositories",
    "html_url": "https://github.com/organizations/github/settings/installations/1",
    "app_id": 1,
    "target_id": 1,
    "target_type": "Organization",
    "permissions": {
      "checks": "write",
      "metadata": "read",
      "contents": "read"
    },
    "events": [
      "push",
      "pull_request"
    ],
    "single_file_name": "config.yaml",
    "repository_selection": "selected",
    "created_at": "2017-07-08T16:18:44-04:00",
    "updated_at": "2017-07-08T16:18:44-04:00",
    "app_slug": "github-actions"
  }
]

Notes

Preview notice

To access the API with your GitHub App, you must provide a custom media type in the Accept Header for your requests. shell application/vnd.github.machine-man-preview+json

☝️ This header is required.

Get an installation for the authenticated app

Enables an authenticated GitHub App to find an installation's information using the installation id. The installation's account type (target_type) will be either an organization or a user account, depending which account the repository belongs to.

You must use a JWT to access this endpoint.

get /app/installations/{installation_id}

Parameters

Name Type In Description
accept string header

This API is under preview and subject to change. See preview notice

accept string header

This API is under preview and subject to change.
installation_id integer path

installation_id parameter

Code samples

Shell 
curl \
  -H "Accept: application/vnd.github.machine-man-preview+json" \
  http(s)://{hostname}/api/v3/app/installations/42
JavaScript (@octokit/core.js) 
await octokit.request('GET /app/installations/{installation_id}', {
  installation_id: 42,
  mediaType: {
    previews: [
      'machine-man'
    ]
  }
})

Default response

Status: 200 OK
{
  "id": 1,
  "account": {
    "login": "octocat",
    "id": 1,
    "node_id": "MDQ6VXNlcjE=",
    "avatar_url": "https://github.com/images/error/octocat_happy.gif",
    "gravatar_id": "",
    "url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat",
    "html_url": "https://github.com/octocat",
    "followers_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/followers",
    "following_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/following{/other_user}",
    "gists_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/gists{/gist_id}",
    "starred_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/starred{/owner}{/repo}",
    "subscriptions_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/subscriptions",
    "organizations_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/orgs",
    "repos_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/repos",
    "events_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/events{/privacy}",
    "received_events_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/received_events",
    "type": "User",
    "site_admin": false
  },
  "access_tokens_url": "https://api.github.com/installations/1/access_tokens",
  "repositories_url": "https://api.github.com/installation/repositories",
  "html_url": "https://github.com/organizations/github/settings/installations/1",
  "app_id": 1,
  "target_id": 1,
  "target_type": "Organization",
  "permissions": {
    "checks": "write",
    "metadata": "read",
    "contents": "read"
  },
  "events": [
    "push",
    "pull_request"
  ],
  "single_file_name": "config.yaml",
  "repository_selection": "selected",
  "created_at": "2017-07-08T16:18:44-04:00",
  "updated_at": "2017-07-08T16:18:44-04:00",
  "app_slug": "github-actions"
}

Resource not found

Status: 404 Not Found

Preview header missing

Status: 415 Unsupported Media Type

Notes

Preview notice

To access the API with your GitHub App, you must provide a custom media type in the Accept Header for your requests. shell application/vnd.github.machine-man-preview+json

☝️ This header is required.

Delete an installation for the authenticated app

Uninstalls a GitHub App on a user, organization, or business account. You must use a JWT to access this endpoint.

delete /app/installations/{installation_id}

Parameters

Name Type In Description
accept string header

This API is under preview and subject to change. See preview notices

accept string header

This API is under preview and subject to change.
installation_id integer path

installation_id parameter

Code samples

Shell 
curl \
  -X DELETE \
  -H "Accept: application/vnd.github.gambit-preview+json" \
  http(s)://{hostname}/api/v3/app/installations/42
JavaScript (@octokit/core.js) 
await octokit.request('DELETE /app/installations/{installation_id}', {
  installation_id: 42,
  mediaType: {
    previews: [
      'gambit',
      'machine-man'
    ]
  }
})

Response

Status: 204 No Content

Resource not found

Status: 404 Not Found

Preview notices

Uninstalling GitHub Apps and revoking an app's installation token are currently available for developers to preview. To access the new endpoint during the preview period, you must provide a custom media type in the Accept header:

application/vnd.github.gambit-preview+json
☝️ This header is required.

To access the API with your GitHub App, you must provide a custom media type in the Accept Header for your requests. shell application/vnd.github.machine-man-preview+json

☝️ This header is required.

Create an installation access token for an app

Creates an installation access token that enables a GitHub App to make authenticated API requests for the app's installation on an organization or individual account. Installation tokens expire one hour from the time you create them. Using an expired token produces a status code of 401 - Unauthorized, and requires creating a new installation token. By default the installation token has access to all repositories that the installation can access. To restrict the access to specific repositories, you can provide the repository_ids when creating the token. When you omit repository_ids, the response does not contain the repositories key.

You must use a JWT to access this endpoint.

post /app/installations/{installation_id}/access_tokens

Parameters

Name Type In Description
accept string header

This API is under preview and subject to change. See preview notice

accept string header

This API is under preview and subject to change.
installation_id integer path

installation_id parameter
repositories array of strings body

List of repository names that the token should have access to
repository_ids array of integers body

List of repository IDs that the token should have access to
permissions object body

The permissions granted to the user-to-server access token.

Properties of the permissions object
actions (string)

The level of permission to grant the access token for GitHub Actions workflows, workflow runs, and artifacts. Can be one of: read or write.
administration (string)

The level of permission to grant the access token for repository creation, deletion, settings, teams, and collaborators creation. Can be one of: read or write.
checks (string)

The level of permission to grant the access token for checks on code. Can be one of: read or write.
content_references (string)

The level of permission to grant the access token for notification of content references and creation content attachments. Can be one of: read or write.
contents (string)

The level of permission to grant the access token for repository contents, commits, branches, downloads, releases, and merges. Can be one of: read or write.
deployments (string)

The level of permission to grant the access token for deployments and deployment statuses. Can be one of: read or write.
environments (string)

The level of permission to grant the access token for managing repository environments. Can be one of: read or write.
issues (string)

The level of permission to grant the access token for issues and related comments, assignees, labels, and milestones. Can be one of: read or write.
metadata (string)

The level of permission to grant the access token to search repositories, list collaborators, and access repository metadata. Can be one of: read or write.
packages (string)

The level of permission to grant the access token for packages published to GitHub Packages. Can be one of: read or write.
pages (string)

The level of permission to grant the access token to retrieve Pages statuses, configuration, and builds, as well as create new builds. Can be one of: read or write.
pull_requests (string)

The level of permission to grant the access token for pull requests and related comments, assignees, labels, milestones, and merges. Can be one of: read or write.
repository_hooks (string)

The level of permission to grant the access token to manage the post-receive hooks for a repository. Can be one of: read or write.
repository_projects (string)

The level of permission to grant the access token to manage repository projects, columns, and cards. Can be one of: read, write, or admin.
secret_scanning_alerts (string)

The level of permission to grant the access token to view and manage secret scanning alerts. Can be one of: read or write.
secrets (string)

The level of permission to grant the access token to manage repository secrets. Can be one of: read or write.
security_events (string)

The level of permission to grant the access token to view and manage security events like code scanning alerts. Can be one of: read or write.
single_file (string)

The level of permission to grant the access token to manage just a single file. Can be one of: read or write.
statuses (string)

The level of permission to grant the access token for commit statuses. Can be one of: read or write.
vulnerability_alerts (string)

The level of permission to grant the access token to retrieve Dependabot alerts. Can be one of: read.
workflows (string)

The level of permission to grant the access token to update GitHub Actions workflow files. Can be one of: write.
members (string)

The level of permission to grant the access token for organization teams and members. Can be one of: read or write.
organization_administration (string)

The level of permission to grant the access token to manage access to an organization. Can be one of: read or write.
organization_hooks (string)

The level of permission to grant the access token to manage the post-receive hooks for an organization. Can be one of: read or write.
organization_plan (string)

The level of permission to grant the access token for viewing an organization's plan. Can be one of: read.
organization_projects (string)

The level of permission to grant the access token to manage organization projects, columns, and cards. Can be one of: read, write, or admin.
organization_secrets (string)

The level of permission to grant the access token to manage organization secrets. Can be one of: read or write.
organization_self_hosted_runners (string)

The level of permission to grant the access token to view and manage GitHub Actions self-hosted runners available to an organization. Can be one of: read or write.
organization_user_blocking (string)

The level of permission to grant the access token to view and manage users blocked by the organization. Can be one of: read or write.
team_discussions (string)

The level of permission to grant the access token to manage team discussions and related comments. Can be one of: read or write.

Code samples

Shell 
curl \
  -X POST \
  -H "Accept: application/vnd.github.machine-man-preview+json" \
  http(s)://{hostname}/api/v3/app/installations/42/access_tokens \
  -d '{"repositories":["repositories"]}'
JavaScript (@octokit/core.js) 
await octokit.request('POST /app/installations/{installation_id}/access_tokens', {
  installation_id: 42,
  repositories: [
    'repositories'
  ],
  mediaType: {
    previews: [
      'machine-man'
    ]
  }
})

Default response

Status: 201 Created
{
  "token": "v1.1f699f1069f60xxx",
  "expires_at": "2016-07-11T22:14:10Z",
  "permissions": {
    "issues": "write",
    "contents": "read"
  },
  "repository_selection": "selected",
  "repositories": [
    {
      "id": 1296269,
      "node_id": "MDEwOlJlcG9zaXRvcnkxMjk2MjY5",
      "name": "Hello-World",
      "full_name": "octocat/Hello-World",
      "owner": {
        "login": "octocat",
        "id": 1,
        "node_id": "MDQ6VXNlcjE=",
        "avatar_url": "https://github.com/images/error/octocat_happy.gif",
        "gravatar_id": "",
        "url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat",
        "html_url": "https://github.com/octocat",
        "followers_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/followers",
        "following_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/following{/other_user}",
        "gists_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/gists{/gist_id}",
        "starred_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/starred{/owner}{/repo}",
        "subscriptions_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/subscriptions",
        "organizations_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/orgs",
        "repos_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/repos",
        "events_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/events{/privacy}",
        "received_events_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/received_events",
        "type": "User",
        "site_admin": false
      },
      "private": false,
      "html_url": "https://github.com/octocat/Hello-World",
      "description": "This your first repo!",
      "fork": false,
      "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World",
      "archive_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/{archive_format}{/ref}",
      "assignees_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/assignees{/user}",
      "blobs_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/git/blobs{/sha}",
      "branches_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/branches{/branch}",
      "collaborators_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/collaborators{/collaborator}",
      "comments_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/comments{/number}",
      "commits_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/commits{/sha}",
      "compare_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/compare/{base}...{head}",
      "contents_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/contents/{+path}",
      "contributors_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/contributors",
      "deployments_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/deployments",
      "downloads_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/downloads",
      "events_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/events",
      "forks_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/forks",
      "git_commits_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/git/commits{/sha}",
      "git_refs_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/git/refs{/sha}",
      "git_tags_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/git/tags{/sha}",
      "git_url": "git:github.com/octocat/Hello-World.git",
      "issue_comment_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/issues/comments{/number}",
      "issue_events_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/issues/events{/number}",
      "issues_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/issues{/number}",
      "keys_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/keys{/key_id}",
      "labels_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/labels{/name}",
      "languages_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/languages",
      "merges_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/merges",
      "milestones_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/milestones{/number}",
      "notifications_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/notifications{?since,all,participating}",
      "pulls_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/pulls{/number}",
      "releases_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/releases{/id}",
      "ssh_url": "git@github.com:octocat/Hello-World.git",
      "stargazers_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/stargazers",
      "statuses_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/statuses/{sha}",
      "subscribers_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/subscribers",
      "subscription_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/subscription",
      "tags_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/tags",
      "teams_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/teams",
      "trees_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/git/trees{/sha}",
      "clone_url": "https://github.com/octocat/Hello-World.git",
      "mirror_url": "git:git.example.com/octocat/Hello-World",
      "hooks_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/hooks",
      "svn_url": "https://svn.github.com/octocat/Hello-World",
      "homepage": "https://github.com",
      "language": null,
      "forks_count": 9,
      "stargazers_count": 80,
      "watchers_count": 80,
      "size": 108,
      "default_branch": "master",
      "open_issues_count": 0,
      "is_template": true,
      "topics": [
        "octocat",
        "atom",
        "electron",
        "api"
      ],
      "has_issues": true,
      "has_projects": true,
      "has_wiki": true,
      "has_pages": false,
      "has_downloads": true,
      "archived": false,
      "disabled": false,
      "visibility": "public",
      "pushed_at": "2011-01-26T19:06:43Z",
      "created_at": "2011-01-26T19:01:12Z",
      "updated_at": "2011-01-26T19:14:43Z",
      "permissions": {
        "admin": false,
        "push": false,
        "pull": true
      },
      "allow_rebase_merge": true,
      "template_repository": null,
      "allow_squash_merge": true,
      "allow_merge_commit": true,
      "subscribers_count": 42,
      "network_count": 0,
      "anonymous_access_enabled": false
    }
  ]
}

Requires authentication

Status: 401 Unauthorized

Forbidden

Status: 403 Forbidden

Resource not found

Status: 404 Not Found

Preview header missing

Status: 415 Unsupported Media Type

Validation failed

Status: 422 Unprocessable Entity

Notes

Preview notice

To access the API with your GitHub App, you must provide a custom media type in the Accept Header for your requests. shell application/vnd.github.machine-man-preview+json

☝️ This header is required.

Get an app

Note: The :app_slug is just the URL-friendly name of your GitHub App. You can find this on the settings page for your GitHub App (e.g., https://github.com/settings/apps/:app_slug).

If the GitHub App you specify is public, you can access this endpoint without authenticating. If the GitHub App you specify is private, you must authenticate with a personal access token or an installation access token to access this endpoint.

get /apps/{app_slug}

Parameters

Name Type In Description
accept string header

This API is under preview and subject to change. See preview notice

app_slug string path

Code samples

Shell 
curl \
  -H "Accept: application/vnd.github.machine-man-preview+json" \
  http(s)://{hostname}/api/v3/apps/APP_SLUG
JavaScript (@octokit/core.js) 
await octokit.request('GET /apps/{app_slug}', {
  app_slug: 'app_slug',
  mediaType: {
    previews: [
      'machine-man'
    ]
  }
})

Default response

Status: 200 OK
{
  "id": 1,
  "slug": "octoapp",
  "node_id": "MDExOkludGVncmF0aW9uMQ==",
  "owner": {
    "login": "github",
    "id": 1,
    "node_id": "MDEyOk9yZ2FuaXphdGlvbjE=",
    "url": "https://api.github.com/orgs/github",
    "repos_url": "https://api.github.com/orgs/github/repos",
    "events_url": "https://api.github.com/orgs/github/events",
    "avatar_url": "https://github.com/images/error/octocat_happy.gif",
    "gravatar_id": "",
    "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",
    "received_events_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/received_events",
    "type": "User",
    "site_admin": true
  },
  "name": "Octocat App",
  "description": "",
  "external_url": "https://example.com",
  "html_url": "https://github.com/apps/octoapp",
  "created_at": "2017-07-08T16:18:44-04:00",
  "updated_at": "2017-07-08T16:18:44-04:00",
  "permissions": {
    "metadata": "read",
    "contents": "read",
    "issues": "write",
    "single_file": "write"
  },
  "events": [
    "push",
    "pull_request"
  ]
}

Forbidden

Status: 403 Forbidden

Resource not found

Status: 404 Not Found

Preview header missing

Status: 415 Unsupported Media Type

Notes

Preview notice

To access the API with your GitHub App, you must provide a custom media type in the Accept Header for your requests. shell application/vnd.github.machine-man-preview+json

☝️ This header is required.

Get an organization installation for the authenticated app

Enables an authenticated GitHub App to find the organization's installation information.

You must use a JWT to access this endpoint.

get /orgs/{org}/installation

Parameters

Name Type In Description
accept string header

This API is under preview and subject to change. See preview notice

accept string header

This API is under preview and subject to change.
org string path

Code samples

Shell 
curl \
  -H "Accept: application/vnd.github.machine-man-preview+json" \
  http(s)://{hostname}/api/v3/orgs/ORG/installation
JavaScript (@octokit/core.js) 
await octokit.request('GET /orgs/{org}/installation', {
  org: 'org',
  mediaType: {
    previews: [
      'machine-man'
    ]
  }
})

Default response

Status: 200 OK
{
  "id": 1,
  "account": {
    "login": "github",
    "id": 1,
    "node_id": "MDEyOk9yZ2FuaXphdGlvbjE=",
    "avatar_url": "https://github.com/images/error/hubot_happy.gif",
    "gravatar_id": "",
    "url": "https://api.github.com/orgs/github",
    "html_url": "https://github.com/github",
    "followers_url": "https://api.github.com/users/github/followers",
    "following_url": "https://api.github.com/users/github/following{/other_user}",
    "gists_url": "https://api.github.com/users/github/gists{/gist_id}",
    "starred_url": "https://api.github.com/users/github/starred{/owner}{/repo}",
    "subscriptions_url": "https://api.github.com/users/github/subscriptions",
    "organizations_url": "https://api.github.com/users/github/orgs",
    "repos_url": "https://api.github.com/orgs/github/repos",
    "events_url": "https://api.github.com/orgs/github/events",
    "received_events_url": "https://api.github.com/users/github/received_events",
    "type": "Organization",
    "site_admin": false
  },
  "repository_selection": "all",
  "access_tokens_url": "https://api.github.com/installations/1/access_tokens",
  "repositories_url": "https://api.github.com/installation/repositories",
  "html_url": "https://github.com/organizations/github/settings/installations/1",
  "app_id": 1,
  "target_id": 1,
  "target_type": "Organization",
  "permissions": {
    "checks": "write",
    "metadata": "read",
    "contents": "read"
  },
  "events": [
    "push",
    "pull_request"
  ],
  "created_at": "2018-02-09T20:51:14Z",
  "updated_at": "2018-02-09T20:51:14Z",
  "single_file_name": "config.yml",
  "app_slug": "github-actions"
}

Preview notice

To access the API with your GitHub App, you must provide a custom media type in the Accept Header for your requests. shell application/vnd.github.machine-man-preview+json

☝️ This header is required.

Get a repository installation for the authenticated app

Enables an authenticated GitHub App to find the repository's installation information. The installation's account type will be either an organization or a user account, depending which account the repository belongs to.

You must use a JWT to access this endpoint.

get /repos/{owner}/{repo}/installation

Parameters

Name Type In Description
accept string header

This API is under preview and subject to change. See preview notice

accept string header

This API is under preview and subject to change.
owner string path
repo string path

Code samples

Shell 
curl \
  -H "Accept: application/vnd.github.machine-man-preview+json" \
  http(s)://{hostname}/api/v3/repos/octocat/hello-world/installation
JavaScript (@octokit/core.js) 
await octokit.request('GET /repos/{owner}/{repo}/installation', {
  owner: 'octocat',
  repo: 'hello-world',
  mediaType: {
    previews: [
      'machine-man'
    ]
  }
})

Default response

Status: 200 OK
{
  "id": 1,
  "account": {
    "login": "github",
    "id": 1,
    "node_id": "MDEyOk9yZ2FuaXphdGlvbjE=",
    "avatar_url": "https://github.com/images/error/hubot_happy.gif",
    "gravatar_id": "",
    "url": "https://api.github.com/orgs/github",
    "html_url": "https://github.com/github",
    "followers_url": "https://api.github.com/users/github/followers",
    "following_url": "https://api.github.com/users/github/following{/other_user}",
    "gists_url": "https://api.github.com/users/github/gists{/gist_id}",
    "starred_url": "https://api.github.com/users/github/starred{/owner}{/repo}",
    "subscriptions_url": "https://api.github.com/users/github/subscriptions",
    "organizations_url": "https://api.github.com/users/github/orgs",
    "repos_url": "https://api.github.com/orgs/github/repos",
    "events_url": "https://api.github.com/orgs/github/events",
    "received_events_url": "https://api.github.com/users/github/received_events",
    "type": "Organization",
    "site_admin": false
  },
  "repository_selection": "all",
  "access_tokens_url": "https://api.github.com/installations/1/access_tokens",
  "repositories_url": "https://api.github.com/installation/repositories",
  "html_url": "https://github.com/organizations/github/settings/installations/1",
  "app_id": 1,
  "target_id": 1,
  "target_type": "Organization",
  "permissions": {
    "checks": "write",
    "metadata": "read",
    "contents": "read"
  },
  "events": [
    "push",
    "pull_request"
  ],
  "created_at": "2018-02-09T20:51:14Z",
  "updated_at": "2018-02-09T20:51:14Z",
  "single_file_name": "config.yml",
  "app_slug": "github-actions"
}

Moved permanently

Status: 301 Moved Permanently

Resource not found

Status: 404 Not Found

Preview notice

To access the API with your GitHub App, you must provide a custom media type in the Accept Header for your requests. shell application/vnd.github.machine-man-preview+json

☝️ This header is required.

Get a user installation for the authenticated app

Enables an authenticated GitHub App to find the user’s installation information.

You must use a JWT to access this endpoint.

get /users/{username}/installation

Parameters

Name Type In Description
accept string header

This API is under preview and subject to change. See preview notice

accept string header

This API is under preview and subject to change.
username string path

Code samples

Shell 
curl \
  -H "Accept: application/vnd.github.machine-man-preview+json" \
  http(s)://{hostname}/api/v3/users/USERNAME/installation
JavaScript (@octokit/core.js) 
await octokit.request('GET /users/{username}/installation', {
  username: 'username',
  mediaType: {
    previews: [
      'machine-man'
    ]
  }
})

Default response

Status: 200 OK
{
  "id": 1,
  "account": {
    "login": "github",
    "id": 1,
    "node_id": "MDEyOk9yZ2FuaXphdGlvbjE=",
    "avatar_url": "https://github.com/images/error/hubot_happy.gif",
    "gravatar_id": "",
    "url": "https://api.github.com/orgs/github",
    "html_url": "https://github.com/github",
    "followers_url": "https://api.github.com/users/github/followers",
    "following_url": "https://api.github.com/users/github/following{/other_user}",
    "gists_url": "https://api.github.com/users/github/gists{/gist_id}",
    "starred_url": "https://api.github.com/users/github/starred{/owner}{/repo}",
    "subscriptions_url": "https://api.github.com/users/github/subscriptions",
    "organizations_url": "https://api.github.com/users/github/orgs",
    "repos_url": "https://api.github.com/orgs/github/repos",
    "events_url": "https://api.github.com/orgs/github/events",
    "received_events_url": "https://api.github.com/users/github/received_events",
    "type": "Organization",
    "site_admin": false
  },
  "repository_selection": "all",
  "access_tokens_url": "https://api.github.com/installations/1/access_tokens",
  "repositories_url": "https://api.github.com/installation/repositories",
  "html_url": "https://github.com/organizations/github/settings/installations/1",
  "app_id": 1,
  "target_id": 1,
  "target_type": "Organization",
  "permissions": {
    "checks": "write",
    "metadata": "read",
    "contents": "read"
  },
  "events": [
    "push",
    "pull_request"
  ],
  "created_at": "2018-02-09T20:51:14Z",
  "updated_at": "2018-02-09T20:51:14Z",
  "single_file_name": "config.yml",
  "app_slug": "github-actions"
}

Preview notice

To access the API with your GitHub App, you must provide a custom media type in the Accept Header for your requests. shell application/vnd.github.machine-man-preview+json

☝️ This header is required.

OAuth Applications API

You can use this API to manage the OAuth tokens an OAuth application uses to access people's GitHub accounts.

Delete an app authorization

OAuth application owners can revoke a grant for their OAuth application and a specific user. You must use Basic Authentication when accessing this endpoint, using the OAuth application's client_id and client_secret as the username and password. You must also provide a valid OAuth access_token as an input parameter and the grant for the token's owner will be deleted. Deleting an OAuth application's grant will also delete all OAuth tokens associated with the application for the user. Once deleted, the application will have no access to the user's account and will no longer be listed on the application authorizations settings screen within GitHub.

delete /applications/{client_id}/grant

Parameters

Name Type In Description
accept string header

Setting to application/vnd.github.v3+json is recommended.

client_id string path

The client ID of your GitHub app.
access_token string body

The OAuth access token used to authenticate to the GitHub API.

Code samples

Shell 
curl \
  -X DELETE \
  -H "Accept: application/vnd.github.v3+json" \
  http(s)://{hostname}/api/v3/applications/CLIENT_ID/grant \
  -d '{"access_token":"access_token"}'
JavaScript (@octokit/core.js) 
await octokit.request('DELETE /applications/{client_id}/grant', {
  client_id: 'client_id',
  access_token: 'access_token'
})

Response

Status: 204 No Content

Validation failed

Status: 422 Unprocessable Entity

Revoke a grant for an application

Deprecation Notice: GitHub Enterprise Server will discontinue OAuth endpoints that contain access_token in the path parameter. We have introduced new endpoints that allow you to securely manage tokens for OAuth Apps by moving access_token to the request body. For more information, see the blog post.

OAuth application owners can revoke a grant for their OAuth application and a specific user. You must use Basic Authentication when accessing this endpoint, using the OAuth application's client_id and client_secret as the username and password. You must also provide a valid token as :access_token and the grant for the token's owner will be deleted.

Deleting an OAuth application's grant will also delete all OAuth tokens associated with the application for the user. Once deleted, the application will have no access to the user's account and will no longer be listed on the Applications settings page under "Authorized OAuth Apps" on GitHub Enterprise Server.

delete /applications/{client_id}/grants/{access_token}

Parameters

Name Type In Description
accept string header

Setting to application/vnd.github.v3+json is recommended.

client_id string path

The client ID of your GitHub app.
access_token string path

Code samples

Shell 
curl \
  -X DELETE \
  -H "Accept: application/vnd.github.v3+json" \
  http(s)://{hostname}/api/v3/applications/CLIENT_ID/grants/ACCESS_TOKEN
JavaScript (@octokit/core.js) 
await octokit.request('DELETE /applications/{client_id}/grants/{access_token}', {
  client_id: 'client_id',
  access_token: 'access_token'
})

Response

Status: 204 No Content

Check a token

OAuth applications can use a special API method for checking OAuth token validity without exceeding the normal rate limits for failed login attempts. Authentication works differently with this particular endpoint. You must use Basic Authentication to use this endpoint, where the username is the OAuth application client_id and the password is its client_secret. Invalid tokens will return 404 NOT FOUND.

post /applications/{client_id}/token

Parameters

Name Type In Description
accept string header

Setting to application/vnd.github.v3+json is recommended.

client_id string path

The client ID of your GitHub app.
access_token string body

Required. The access_token of the OAuth application.

Code samples

Shell 
curl \
  -X POST \
  -H "Accept: application/vnd.github.v3+json" \
  http(s)://{hostname}/api/v3/applications/CLIENT_ID/token \
  -d '{"access_token":"access_token"}'
JavaScript (@octokit/core.js) 
await octokit.request('POST /applications/{client_id}/token', {
  client_id: 'client_id',
  access_token: 'access_token'
})

Default response

Status: 200 OK
{
  "id": 1,
  "url": "https://api.github.com/authorizations/1",
  "scopes": [
    "public_repo",
    "user"
  ],
  "token": "abcdefgh12345678",
  "token_last_eight": "12345678",
  "hashed_token": "25f94a2a5c7fbaf499c665bc73d67c1c87e496da8985131633ee0a95819db2e8",
  "app": {
    "url": "http://my-github-app.com",
    "name": "my github app",
    "client_id": "abcde12345fghij67890"
  },
  "note": "optional note",
  "note_url": "http://optional/note/url",
  "updated_at": "2011-09-06T20:39:23Z",
  "created_at": "2011-09-06T17:26:27Z",
  "fingerprint": "jklmnop12345678",
  "user": {
    "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
  }
}

Resource not found

Status: 404 Not Found

Validation failed

Status: 422 Unprocessable Entity

Reset a token

OAuth applications can use this API method to reset a valid OAuth token without end-user involvement. Applications must save the "token" property in the response because changes take effect immediately. You must use Basic Authentication when accessing this endpoint, using the OAuth application's client_id and client_secret as the username and password. Invalid tokens will return 404 NOT FOUND.

patch /applications/{client_id}/token

Parameters

Name Type In Description