Webhooks

Repository webhooks allow you to receive HTTP POST payloads whenever certain events happen in a repository. The webhook REST APIs enable you to manage repository, organization, and app webhooks. You can also use the REST API to change the configuration of the webhook. For example, you can modify the payload URL, content type, SSL verification, and secret. For more information, see:

If you would like to set up a single webhook to receive events from all of your organization's repositories, see our API documentation for Organization Webhooks.

In addition to the REST API, GitHub can also serve as a PubSubHubbub hub for repositories.

Repository webhooks

List repository webhooks

get /repos/{owner}/{repo}/hooks

Parameters

Name	Type	In	Description
`accept`	string	header	Setting to `application/vnd.github.v3+json` is recommended.
`owner`	string	path
`repo`	string	path
`per_page`	integer	query	Results per page (max 100) Default: `30`
`page`	integer	query	Page number of the results to fetch. Default: `1`

Code samples

Shell

curl \
  -H "Accept: application/vnd.github.v3+json" \
  http(s)://{hostname}/api/v3/repos/octocat/hello-world/hooks

JavaScript (@octokit/core.js)

await octokit.request('GET /repos/{owner}/{repo}/hooks', {
  owner: 'octocat',
  repo: 'hello-world'
})

Response

Status: 200 OK

[
  {
    "type": "Repository",
    "id": 12345678,
    "name": "web",
    "active": true,
    "events": [
      "push",
      "pull_request"
    ],
    "config": {
      "content_type": "json",
      "insecure_ssl": "0",
      "url": "https://example.com/webhook"
    },
    "updated_at": "2019-06-03T00:57:16Z",
    "created_at": "2019-06-03T00:57:16Z",
    "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/hooks/12345678",
    "test_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/hooks/12345678/test",
    "ping_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/hooks/12345678/pings",
    "last_response": {
      "code": null,
      "status": "unused",
      "message": null
    }
  }
]

Resource not found

Status: 404 Not Found

Notes

Works with GitHub Apps

Create a repository webhook

Repositories can have multiple webhooks installed. Each webhook should have a unique config. Multiple webhooks can share the same config as long as those webhooks do not have any events that overlap.

post /repos/{owner}/{repo}/hooks

Parameters

Name Type In Description

accept

string

header

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

owner string path

repo string path

name

string

body

Use web to create a webhook. Default: web. This parameter only accepts the value web.

config

object

body

Key/value pairs to provide settings for this webhook. These are defined below.

Properties of the config object

Name (Type)	Description
`url` (string)	The URL to which the payloads will be delivered.
`content_type` (string)	The media type used to serialize the payloads. Supported values include `json` and `form`. The default is `form`.
`secret` (string)	If provided, the `secret` will be used as the `key` to generate the HMAC hex digest value for delivery signature headers.
`insecure_ssl` (string or number)	Determines whether the SSL certificate of the host for `url` will be verified when delivering payloads. Supported values include `0` (verification is performed) and `1` (verification is not performed). The default is `0`. We strongly recommend not setting this to `1` as you are subject to man-in-the-middle and other attacks.
`token` (string)
`digest` (string)

events

array of strings

body

Determines what events the hook is triggered for.

Default: push

active

boolean

body

Determines if notifications are sent when the webhook is triggered. Set to true to send notifications.

Default: true

Code samples

Shell

curl \
  -X POST \
  -H "Accept: application/vnd.github.v3+json" \
  http(s)://{hostname}/api/v3/repos/octocat/hello-world/hooks \
  -d '{"name":"name"}'

JavaScript (@octokit/core.js)

await octokit.request('POST /repos/{owner}/{repo}/hooks', {
  owner: 'octocat',
  repo: 'hello-world',
  name: 'name'
})

Response

Status: 201 Created

{
  "type": "Repository",
  "id": 12345678,
  "name": "web",
  "active": true,
  "events": [
    "push",
    "pull_request"
  ],
  "config": {
    "content_type": "json",
    "insecure_ssl": "0",
    "url": "https://example.com/webhook"
  },
  "updated_at": "2019-06-03T00:57:16Z",
  "created_at": "2019-06-03T00:57:16Z",
  "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/hooks/12345678",
  "test_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/hooks/12345678/test",
  "ping_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/hooks/12345678/pings",
  "last_response": {
    "code": null,
    "status": "unused",
    "message": null
  }
}

Forbidden

Status: 403 Forbidden

Resource not found

Status: 404 Not Found

Validation failed

Status: 422 Unprocessable Entity

Notes

Works with GitHub Apps

Get a repository webhook

Returns a webhook configured in a repository. To get only the webhook config properties, see "Get a webhook configuration for a repository."

get /repos/{owner}/{repo}/hooks/{hook_id}

Parameters

Name	Type	In	Description
`accept`	string	header	Setting to `application/vnd.github.v3+json` is recommended.
`owner`	string	path
`repo`	string	path
`hook_id`	integer	path

Code samples

Shell

curl \
  -H "Accept: application/vnd.github.v3+json" \
  http(s)://{hostname}/api/v3/repos/octocat/hello-world/hooks/42

JavaScript (@octokit/core.js)

await octokit.request('GET /repos/{owner}/{repo}/hooks/{hook_id}', {
  owner: 'octocat',
  repo: 'hello-world',
  hook_id: 42
})

Response

Status: 200 OK

{
  "type": "Repository",
  "id": 12345678,
  "name": "web",
  "active": true,
  "events": [
    "push",
    "pull_request"
  ],
  "config": {
    "content_type": "json",
    "insecure_ssl": "0",
    "url": "https://example.com/webhook"
  },
  "updated_at": "2019-06-03T00:57:16Z",
  "created_at": "2019-06-03T00:57:16Z",
  "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/hooks/12345678",
  "test_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/hooks/12345678/test",
  "ping_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/hooks/12345678/pings",
  "last_response": {
    "code": null,
    "status": "unused",
    "message": null
  }
}

Resource not found

Status: 404 Not Found

Notes

Works with GitHub Apps

Update a repository webhook

Updates a webhook configured in a repository. If you previously had a secret set, you must provide the same secret or set a new secret or the secret will be removed. If you are only updating individual webhook config properties, use "Update a webhook configuration for a repository."

patch /repos/{owner}/{repo}/hooks/{hook_id}

Parameters

Name Type In Description

accept

string

header

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

owner string path

repo string path

hook_id integer path

config

object

body

Key/value pairs to provide settings for this webhook. These are defined below.

Properties of the config object

Name (Type)	Description
`url` (string)	Required. The URL to which the payloads will be delivered.
`content_type` (string)	The media type used to serialize the payloads. Supported values include `json` and `form`. The default is `form`.
`secret` (string)	If provided, the `secret` will be used as the `key` to generate the HMAC hex digest value for delivery signature headers.
`insecure_ssl` (string or number)	Determines whether the SSL certificate of the host for `url` will be verified when delivering payloads. Supported values include `0` (verification is performed) and `1` (verification is not performed). The default is `0`. We strongly recommend not setting this to `1` as you are subject to man-in-the-middle and other attacks.
`address` (string)
`room` (string)

events

array of strings

body

Determines what events the hook is triggered for. This replaces the entire array of events.

Default: push

add_events

array of strings

body

Determines a list of events to be added to the list of events that the Hook triggers for.

remove_events

array of strings

body

Determines a list of events to be removed from the list of events that the Hook triggers for.

active

boolean

body

Determines if notifications are sent when the webhook is triggered. Set to true to send notifications.

Default: true

Code samples

Shell

curl \
  -X PATCH \
  -H "Accept: application/vnd.github.v3+json" \
  http(s)://{hostname}/api/v3/repos/octocat/hello-world/hooks/42 \
  -d '{"config":{"url":"url","content_type":"content_type","secret":"secret","insecure_ssl":"insecure_ssl","address":"address","room":"room"}}'

JavaScript (@octokit/core.js)

await octokit.request('PATCH /repos/{owner}/{repo}/hooks/{hook_id}', {
  owner: 'octocat',
  repo: 'hello-world',
  hook_id: 42,
  config: {
    url: 'url',
    content_type: 'content_type',
    secret: 'secret',
    insecure_ssl: 'insecure_ssl',
    address: 'address',
    room: 'room'
  }
})

Response

Status: 200 OK

{
  "type": "Repository",
  "id": 12345678,
  "name": "web",
  "active": true,
  "events": [
    "push",
    "pull_request"
  ],
  "config": {
    "content_type": "json",
    "insecure_ssl": "0",
    "url": "https://example.com/webhook"
  },
  "updated_at": "2019-06-03T00:57:16Z",
  "created_at": "2019-06-03T00:57:16Z",
  "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/hooks/12345678",
  "test_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/hooks/12345678/test",
  "ping_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/hooks/12345678/pings",
  "last_response": {
    "code": null,
    "status": "unused",
    "message": null
  }
}

Resource not found

Status: 404 Not Found

Validation failed

Status: 422 Unprocessable Entity

Notes

Works with GitHub Apps