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After a site administrator upgrades your Enterprise Server instance to Enterprise Server 3.9 or later, the REST API will be versioned. To learn how to find your instance's version, see "About versions of GitHub Docs". For more information, see "About API versioning."

Project board cards

Use the REST API to create and manage cards on a project board.

Get a project card

Works with GitHub Apps

Gets information about a project card.

Parameters for "Get a project card"

Headers
Name, Type, Description
accept string

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

Path parameters
Name, Type, Description
card_id integer Required

The unique identifier of the card.

HTTP response status codes for "Get a project card"

Status codeDescription
200

OK

304

Not modified

401

Requires authentication

403

Forbidden

404

Resource not found

Code samples for "Get a project card"

get/projects/columns/cards/{card_id}
curl -L \ -H "Accept: application/vnd.github+json" \ -H "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR-TOKEN>" \ http(s)://HOSTNAME/api/v3/projects/columns/cards/CARD_ID

Response

Status: 200
{ "url": "https://HOSTNAME/projects/columns/cards/1478", "id": 1478, "node_id": "MDExOlByb2plY3RDYXJkMTQ3OA==", "note": "Add payload for delete Project column", "creator": { "login": "octocat", "id": 1, "node_id": "MDQ6VXNlcjE=", "avatar_url": "https://github.com/images/error/octocat_happy.gif", "gravatar_id": "", "url": "https://HOSTNAME/users/octocat", "html_url": "https://github.com/octocat", "followers_url": "https://HOSTNAME/users/octocat/followers", "following_url": "https://HOSTNAME/users/octocat/following{/other_user}", "gists_url": "https://HOSTNAME/users/octocat/gists{/gist_id}", "starred_url": "https://HOSTNAME/users/octocat/starred{/owner}{/repo}", "subscriptions_url": "https://HOSTNAME/users/octocat/subscriptions", "organizations_url": "https://HOSTNAME/users/octocat/orgs", "repos_url": "https://HOSTNAME/users/octocat/repos", "events_url": "https://HOSTNAME/users/octocat/events{/privacy}", "received_events_url": "https://HOSTNAME/users/octocat/received_events", "type": "User", "site_admin": false }, "created_at": "2016-09-05T14:21:06Z", "updated_at": "2016-09-05T14:20:22Z", "archived": false, "column_url": "https://HOSTNAME/projects/columns/367", "content_url": "https://HOSTNAME/repos/api-playground/projects-test/issues/3", "project_url": "https://HOSTNAME/projects/120" }

Update an existing project card

Works with GitHub Apps

Parameters for "Update an existing project card"

Headers
Name, Type, Description
accept string

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

Path parameters
Name, Type, Description
card_id integer Required

The unique identifier of the card.

Body parameters
Name, Type, Description
note string or null

The project card's note

archived boolean

Whether or not the card is archived

HTTP response status codes for "Update an existing project card"

Status codeDescription
200

OK

304

Not modified

401

Requires authentication

403

Forbidden

404

Resource not found

422

Validation failed, or the endpoint has been spammed.

Code samples for "Update an existing project card"

patch/projects/columns/cards/{card_id}
curl -L \ -X PATCH \ -H "Accept: application/vnd.github+json" \ -H "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR-TOKEN>" \ http(s)://HOSTNAME/api/v3/projects/columns/cards/CARD_ID \ -d '{"note":"Add payload for delete Project column"}'

Response

Status: 200
{ "url": "https://HOSTNAME/projects/columns/cards/1478", "id": 1478, "node_id": "MDExOlByb2plY3RDYXJkMTQ3OA==", "note": "Add payload for delete Project column", "creator": { "login": "octocat", "id": 1, "node_id": "MDQ6VXNlcjE=", "avatar_url": "https://github.com/images/error/octocat_happy.gif", "gravatar_id": "", "url": "https://HOSTNAME/users/octocat", "html_url": "https://github.com/octocat", "followers_url": "https://HOSTNAME/users/octocat/followers", "following_url": "https://HOSTNAME/users/octocat/following{/other_user}", "gists_url": "https://HOSTNAME/users/octocat/gists{/gist_id}", "starred_url": "https://HOSTNAME/users/octocat/starred{/owner}{/repo}", "subscriptions_url": "https://HOSTNAME/users/octocat/subscriptions", "organizations_url": "https://HOSTNAME/users/octocat/orgs", "repos_url": "https://HOSTNAME/users/octocat/repos", "events_url": "https://HOSTNAME/users/octocat/events{/privacy}", "received_events_url": "https://HOSTNAME/users/octocat/received_events", "type": "User", "site_admin": false }, "created_at": "2016-09-05T14:21:06Z", "updated_at": "2016-09-05T14:20:22Z", "archived": false, "column_url": "https://HOSTNAME/projects/columns/367", "content_url": "https://HOSTNAME/repos/api-playground/projects-test/issues/3", "project_url": "https://HOSTNAME/projects/120" }

Delete a project card

Works with GitHub Apps

Deletes a project card

Parameters for "Delete a project card"

Headers
Name, Type, Description
accept string

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

Path parameters
Name, Type, Description
card_id integer Required

The unique identifier of the card.

HTTP response status codes for "Delete a project card"

Status code