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REST API endpoints for enterprise organizations

Use the REST API to create organizations on your enterprise.

About organization administration

These endpoints are only available to authenticated site administrators. Normal users will receive a 404 response.

Note

These endpoints only support authentication using a personal access token (classic). For more information, see Managing your personal access tokens.

Create an organization

Fine-grained access tokens for "Create an organization"

This endpoint does not work with GitHub App user access tokens, GitHub App installation access tokens, or fine-grained personal access tokens.

Parameters for "Create an organization"

Headers
accept string

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

Body parameters
login string Required

The organization's username.

admin string Required

The login of the user who will manage this organization.