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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."

User migrations

Use the REST API to review, backup, or migrate your user data stored on GitHub Enterprise Server.com.

About user migrations

These endpoints are only available to authenticated account owners. For more information, see "Authenticating to the REST API".

You can use these endpoints to review, backup, or migrate your user data stored on GitHub.com. For a list of migration data that you can download, see "Download a user migration archive."

To download an archive, you'll need to start a user migration first. Once the status of the migration is exported, you can download the migration.

Once you've created a migration archive, it will be available to download for seven days. But, you can delete the user migration archive sooner if you'd like. You can unlock your repository when the migration is exported to begin using your repository again or delete the repository if you no longer need the source data.

List user migrations

Lists all migrations a user has started.

Parameters for "List user migrations"

Headers
Name, Type, Description
`accept` string Setting to `application/vnd.github+json` is recommended.
Query parameters
Name, Type, Description
`per_page` integer The number of results per page (max 100). Default: `30`
`page` integer Page number of the results to fetch. Default: `1`

HTTP response status codes for "List user migrations"

Status code	Description
`200`	OK
`304`	Not modified
`401`	Requires authentication
`403`	Forbidden

Code samples for "List user migrations"

get/user/migrations

curl -L \
  -H "Accept: application/vnd.github+json" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR-TOKEN>" \
  http(s)://HOSTNAME/api/v3/user/migrations

Response

Status: 200

[
  {
    "id": 79,
    "owner": {
      "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
    },
    "guid": "0b989ba4-242f-11e5-81e1-c7b6966d2516",
    "state": "pending",
    "lock_repositories": true,
    "exclude_attachments": false,
    "exclude_releases": false,
    "exclude_owner_projects": false,
    "repositories": [
      {
        "id": 1296269,
        "node_id": "MDEwOlJlcG9zaXRvcnkxMjk2MjY5",
        "name": "Hello-World",
        "full_name": "octocat/Hello-World",
        "owner": {
          "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
        },
        "private": false,
        "html_url": "https://github.com/octocat/Hello-World",
        "description": "This your first repo!",
        "fork": false,
        "url": "https://HOSTNAME/repos/octocat/Hello-World",
        "archive_url": "https://HOSTNAME/repos/octocat/Hello-World/{archive_format}{/ref}",
        "assignees_url": "https://HOSTNAME/repos/octocat/Hello-World/assignees{/user}",
        "blobs_url": "https://HOSTNAME/repos/octocat/Hello-World/git/blobs{/sha}",
        "branches_url": "https://HOSTNAME/repos/octocat/Hello-World/branches{/branch}",
        "collaborators_url": "https://HOSTNAME/repos/octocat/Hello-World/collaborators{/collaborator}",
        "comments_url": "https://HOSTNAME/repos/octocat/Hello-World/comments{/number}",
        "commits_url": "https://HOSTNAME/repos/octocat/Hello-World/commits{/sha}",
        "compare_url": "https://HOSTNAME/repos/octocat/Hello-World/compare/{base}...{head}",
        "contents_url": "https://HOSTNAME/repos/octocat/Hello-World/contents/{+path}",
        "contributors_url": "https://HOSTNAME/repos/octocat/Hello-World/contributors",
        "deployments_url": "https://HOSTNAME/repos/octocat/Hello-World/deployments",
        "downloads_url": "https://HOSTNAME/repos/octocat/Hello-World/downloads",
        "events_url": "https://HOSTNAME/repos/octocat/Hello-World/events",
        "forks_url": "https://HOSTNAME/repos/octocat/Hello-World/forks",
        "git_commits_url": "https://HOSTNAME/repos/octocat/Hello-World/git/commits{/sha}",
        "git_refs_url": "https://HOSTNAME/repos/octocat/Hello-World/git/refs{/sha}",
        "git_tags_url": "https://HOSTNAME/repos/octocat/Hello-World/git/tags{/sha}",
        "git_url": "git:github.com/octocat/Hello-World.git",
        "issue_comment_url": "https://HOSTNAME/repos/octocat/Hello-World/issues/comments{/number}",
        "issue_events_url": "https://HOSTNAME/repos/octocat/Hello-World/issues/events{/number}",
        "issues_url": "https://HOSTNAME/repos/octocat/Hello-World/issues{/number}",
        "keys_url": "https://HOSTNAME/repos/octocat/Hello-World/keys{/key_id}",
        "labels_url": "https://HOSTNAME/repos/octocat/Hello-World/labels{/name}",
        "languages_url": "https://HOSTNAME/repos/octocat/Hello-World/languages",
        "merges_url": "https://HOSTNAME/repos/octocat/Hello-World/merges",
        "milestones_url": "https://HOSTNAME/repos/octocat/Hello-World/milestones{/number}",
        "notifications_url": "https://HOSTNAME/repos/octocat/Hello-World/notifications{?since,all,participating}",
        "pulls_url": "https://HOSTNAME/repos/octocat/Hello-World/pulls{/number}",
        "releases_url": "https://HOSTNAME/repos/octocat/Hello-World/releases{/id}",
        "ssh_url": "git@github.com:octocat/Hello-World.git",
        "stargazers_url": "https://HOSTNAME/repos/octocat/Hello-World/stargazers",
        "statuses_url": "https://HOSTNAME/repos/octocat/Hello-World/statuses/{sha}",
        "subscribers_url": "https://HOSTNAME/repos/octocat/Hello-World/subscribers",
        "subscription_url": "https://HOSTNAME/repos/octocat/Hello-World/subscription",
        "tags_url": "https://HOSTNAME/repos/octocat/Hello-World/tags",
        "teams_url": "https://HOSTNAME/repos/octocat/Hello-World/teams",
        "trees_url": "https://HOSTNAME/repos/octocat/Hello-World/git/trees{/sha}",
        "clone_url": "https://github.com/octocat/Hello-World.git",
        "mirror_url": "git:git.example.com/octocat/Hello-World",
        "hooks_url": "https://HOSTNAME/repos/octocat/Hello-World/hooks",
        "svn_url": "https://svn.github.com/octocat/Hello-World",
        "homepage": "https://github.com",
        "language": null,
        "forks_count": 9,
        "stargazers_count": 80,
        "watchers_count": 80,
        "size": 108,
        "default_branch": "master",
        "open_issues_count": 0,
        "is_template": true,
        "topics": [
          "octocat",
          "atom",
          "electron",
          "api"
        ],
        "has_issues": true,
        "has_projects": true,
        "has_wiki": true,
        "has_pages": false,
        "has_downloads": true,
        "archived": false,
        "disabled": false,
        "visibility": "public",
        "pushed_at": "2011-01-26T19:06:43Z",
        "created_at": "2011-01-26T19:01:12Z",
        "updated_at": "2011-01-26T19:14:43Z",
        "permissions": {
          "admin": false,
          "push": false,
          "pull": true
        },
        "allow_rebase_merge": true,
        "template_repository": null,
        "temp_clone_token": "ABTLWHOULUVAXGTRYU7OC2876QJ2O",
        "allow_squash_merge": true,
        "allow_auto_merge": false,
        "delete_branch_on_merge": true,
        "allow_merge_commit": true,
        "subscribers_count": 42,
        "network_count": 0,
        "license": {
          "key": "mit",
          "name": "MIT License",
          "url": "https://HOSTNAME/licenses/mit",
          "spdx_id": "MIT",
          "node_id": "MDc6TGljZW5zZW1pdA==",
          "html_url": "https://HOSTNAME/licenses/mit"
        },
        "forks": 1,
        "open_issues": 1,
        "watchers": 1
      }
    ],
    "url": "https://HOSTNAME/orgs/octo-org/migrations/79",
    "created_at": "2015-07-06T15:33:38-07:00",
    "updated_at": "2015-07-06T15:33:38-07:00",
    "node_id": "MDQ6VXNlcjE="
  }
]

Start a user migration

Initiates the generation of a user migration archive.

Parameters for "Start a user migration"

Headers
Name, Type, Description
`accept` string Setting to `application/vnd.github+json` is recommended.
Body parameters
Name, Type, Description
`lock_repositories` boolean Lock the repositories being migrated at the start of the migration
`exclude_metadata` boolean Indicates whether metadata should be excluded and only git source should be included for the migration.
`exclude_git_data` boolean Indicates whether the repository git data should be excluded from the migration.
`exclude_attachments` boolean Do not include attachments in the migration
`exclude_releases` boolean