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Article version: Enterprise Server 2.21
Article version: Enterprise Server 2.21

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'
    ]
  }
})

Response

Status: 200 OK