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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.