Pull request reviews - GitHub Enterprise Server 3.5 Docs

Use the REST API to interact with pull request reviews.

About pull request reviews

Pull Request Reviews are groups of pull request review comments on a pull request, grouped together with a state and optional body comment.

Custom media types

These are the supported media types for this set of endpoints:

application/vnd.github.raw+json
application/vnd.github.text+json
application/vnd.github.html+json
application/vnd.github.full+json

For more information about media types, see "Media types."

List reviews for a pull request

Works with GitHub Apps

The list of reviews returns in chronological order.

Parameters for "List reviews for a pull request"

Headers
Name, Type, Description
`accept` string Setting to `application/vnd.github+json` is recommended.
Path parameters
Name, Type, Description
`owner` string Required The account owner of the repository. The name is not case sensitive.
`repo` string Required The name of the repository without the `.git` extension. The name is not case sensitive.
`pull_number` integer Required The number that identifies the pull request.
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 reviews for a pull request"

Status code	Description
`200`	The list of reviews returns in chronological order.

Code samples for "List reviews for a pull request"

get/repos/{owner}/{repo}/pulls/{pull_number}/reviews

curl -L \
  -H "Accept: application/vnd.github+json" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR-TOKEN>" \
  http(s)://HOSTNAME/api/v3/repos/OWNER/REPO/pulls/PULL_NUMBER/reviews

The list of reviews returns in chronological order.

Status: 200

[
  {
    "id": 80,
    "node_id": "MDE3OlB1bGxSZXF1ZXN0UmV2aWV3ODA=",
    "user": {
      "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
    },
    "body": "Here is the body for the review.",
    "state": "APPROVED",
    "html_url": "https://github.com/octocat/Hello-World/pull/12#pullrequestreview-80",
    "pull_request_url": "https://HOSTNAME/repos/octocat/Hello-World/pulls/12",
    "_links": {
      "html": {
        "href": "https://github.com/octocat/Hello-World/pull/12#pullrequestreview-80"
      },
      "pull_request": {
        "href": "https://HOSTNAME/repos/octocat/Hello-World/pulls/12"
      }
    },
    "submitted_at": "2019-11-17T17:43:43Z",
    "commit_id": "ecdd80bb57125d7ba9641ffaa4d7d2c19d3f3091",
    "author_association": "COLLABORATOR"
  }
]

Create a review for a pull request

Works with GitHub Apps

This endpoint triggers notifications. Creating content too quickly using this endpoint may result in secondary rate limiting. See "Secondary rate limits" and "Dealing with secondary rate limits" for details.

Pull request reviews created in the PENDING state are not submitted and therefore do not include the submitted_at property in the response. To create a pending review for a pull request, leave the event parameter blank. For more information about submitting a PENDING review, see "Submit a review for a pull request."

Note: To comment on a specific line in a file, you need to first determine the position of that line in the diff. The GitHub REST API offers the application/vnd.github.v3.diff media type. To see a pull request diff, add this media type to the Accept header of a call to the single pull request endpoint.

The position value equals the number of lines down from the first "@@" hunk header in the file you want to add a comment. The line just below the "@@" line is position 1, the next line is position 2, and so on. The position in the diff continues to increase through lines of whitespace and additional hunks until the beginning of a new file.

Parameters for "Create a review for a pull request"

Headers

Name, Type, Description

accept string

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

Path parameters

Name, Type, Description

owner string Required

The account owner of the repository. The name is not case sensitive.

repo string Required

The name of the repository without the .git extension. The name is not case sensitive.

pull_number integer Required

The number that identifies the pull request.

Body parameters

Name, Type, Description

commit_id string

The SHA of the commit that needs a review. Not using the latest commit SHA may render your review comment outdated if a subsequent commit modifies the line you specify as the position. Defaults to the most recent commit in the pull request when you do not specify a value.

body string

Required when using REQUEST_CHANGES or COMMENT for the event parameter. The body text of the pull request review.

event string

The review action you want to perform. The review actions include: APPROVE, REQUEST_CHANGES, or COMMENT. By leaving this blank, you set the review action state to PENDING, which means you will need to submit the pull request review when you are ready.

Can be one of: APPROVE, REQUEST_CHANGES, COMMENT

comments array of objects

Use the following table to specify the location, destination, and contents of the draft review comment.

Properties of comments

Name, Type, Description
`path` string Required The relative path to the file that necessitates a review comment.
`position` integer The position in the diff where you want to add a review comment. Note this value is not the same as the line number in the file. For help finding the position value, read the note below.
`body` string Required Text of the review comment.
`line` integer
`side` string
`start_line` integer
`start_side` string

HTTP response status codes for "Create a review for a pull request"

Status code	Description
`200`	OK
`403`	Forbidden
`422`	Validation failed, or the endpoint has been spammed.

Code samples for "Create a review for a pull request"

post/repos/{owner}/{repo}/pulls/{pull_number}/reviews