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Interfaces

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Interfaces serve as parent objects from which other objects can inherit.

About interfaces

Interfaces serve as parent objects from which other objects can inherit.

For example, Lockable is an interface because both Issue and PullRequest objects can be locked. An interface has its own list of named fields that are shared by implementing objects.

For more information, see "Introduction to GraphQL."

Actor

Represents an object which can take actions on GitHub. Typically a User or Bot.

Actor is implemented by

Fields for Actor

NameDescription

avatarUrl (URI!)

A URL pointing to the actor's public avatar.

Arguments for avatarUrl

  • size (Int)

    The size of the resulting square image.

login (String!)

The username of the actor.

resourcePath (URI!)

The HTTP path for this actor.

url (URI!)

The HTTP URL for this actor.

Assignable

An object that can have users assigned to it.

Assignable is implemented by

Fields for Assignable

NameDescription

assignees (UserConnection!)

A list of Users assigned to this object.

Arguments for assignees

  • after (String)

    Returns the elements in the list that come after the specified cursor.

  • before (String)

    Returns the elements in the list that come before the specified cursor.

  • first (Int)

    Returns the first n elements from the list.

  • last (Int)

    Returns the last n elements from the list.

AuditEntry

An entry in the audit log.

AuditEntry is implemented by

Fields for AuditEntry

NameDescription

action (String!)

The action name.

actor (AuditEntryActor)

The user who initiated the action.

actorIp (String)

The IP address of the actor.

actorLocation (ActorLocation)

A readable representation of the actor's location.

actorLogin (String)

The username of the user who initiated the action.

actorResourcePath (URI)

The HTTP path for the actor.

actorUrl (URI)

The HTTP URL for the actor.

createdAt (PreciseDateTime!)

The time the action was initiated.

operationType (OperationType)

The corresponding operation type for the action.

user (User)

The user affected by the action.

userLogin (String)

For actions involving two users, the actor is the initiator and the user is the affected user.

userResourcePath (URI)

The HTTP path for the user.

userUrl (URI)

The HTTP URL for the user.

Closable

An object that can be closed.

Closable is implemented by

Fields for Closable

NameDescription

closed (Boolean!)

true if the object is closed (definition of closed may depend on type).

closedAt (DateTime)

Identifies the date and time when the object was closed.

Comment

Represents a comment.

Comment is implemented by

Fields for Comment

NameDescription

author (Actor)

The actor who authored the comment.

authorAssociation (CommentAuthorAssociation!)

Author's association with the subject of the comment.

body (String!)

The body as Markdown.

bodyHTML (HTML!)

The body rendered to HTML.

bodyText (String!)

The body rendered to text.

createdAt (DateTime!)

Identifies the date and time when the object was created.

createdViaEmail (Boolean!)

Check if this comment was created via an email reply.

editor (Actor)

The actor who edited the comment.

includesCreatedEdit (Boolean!)

Check if this comment was edited and includes an edit with the creation data.

lastEditedAt (DateTime)

The moment the editor made the last edit.

publishedAt (DateTime)

Identifies when the comment was published at.

updatedAt (DateTime!)

Identifies the date and time when the object was last updated.

userContentEdits (UserContentEditConnection)

A list of edits to this content.

Arguments for userContentEdits

  • after (String)

    Returns the elements in the list that come after the specified cursor.

  • before (String)

    Returns the elements in the list that come before the specified cursor.

  • first (Int)

    Returns the first n elements from the list.

  • last (Int)

    Returns the last n elements from the list.

viewerDidAuthor (Boolean!)

Did the viewer author this comment.

Contribution

Represents a contribution a user made on GitHub, such as opening an issue.

Contribution is implemented by

Fields for Contribution

NameDescription

isRestricted (Boolean!)

Whether this contribution is associated with a record you do not have access to. For example, your own 'first issue' contribution may have been made on a repository you can no longer access.

occurredAt (DateTime!)

When this contribution was made.

resourcePath (URI!)

The HTTP path for this contribution.

url (URI!)

The HTTP URL for this contribution.

user (User!)

The user who made this contribution.

Deletable

Entities that can be deleted.

Deletable is implemented by

Fields for Deletable

NameDescription

viewerCanDelete (Boolean!)

Check if the current viewer can delete this object.

EnterpriseAuditEntryData

Metadata for an audit entry containing enterprise account information.

EnterpriseAuditEntryData is implemented by

Fields for EnterpriseAuditEntryData

NameDescription

enterpriseResourcePath (URI)

The HTTP path for this enterprise.

enterpriseSlug (String)

The slug of the enterprise.

enterpriseUrl (URI)

The HTTP URL for this enterprise.