If an external authentication mechanism is used, the login name should match the login name in the external system. If you are using LDAP authentication, you should also update the LDAP mapping for the user.
The login name will be normalized to only contain alphanumeric characters or single hyphens. For example, if you send "octo_cat" as the login, a user named "octo-cat" will be created.
If the login name or email address is already associated with an account, the server will return a 422 response.
The user’s username.
Required for built-in authentication. The user’s email address. This parameter can be omitted when using CAS, LDAP, or SAML. For details on built-in and centrally-managed authentication, see the the GitHub authentication guide.
Response
Simple User
Example:octocat
Example:1
Example:MDQ6VXNlcjE=
Example:https://github.com/images/error/octocat_happy.gif
Example:41d064eb2195891e12d0413f63227ea7
Example:https://api.github.com/users/octocat
Example:https://github.com/octocat
Example:https://api.github.com/users/octocat/followers
Example:https://api.github.com/users/octocat/following{/other_user}
Example:https://api.github.com/users/octocat/gists{/gist_id}
Example:https://api.github.com/users/octocat/starred{/owner}{/repo}
Example:https://api.github.com/users/octocat/subscriptions
Example:https://api.github.com/users/octocat/orgs
Example:https://api.github.com/users/octocat/repos
Example:https://api.github.com/users/octocat/events{/privacy}
Example:https://api.github.com/users/octocat/received_events
Example:User
Example:"2020-07-09T00:17:55Z"
The user’s new username.
Response
Deleting a user will delete all their repositories, gists, applications, and personal settings. Suspending a user is often a better option.
You can delete any user account except your own.
Response
A list of scopes.
Response
The authorization for an OAuth app, GitHub App, or a Personal Access Token.
A list of scopes that this authorization is in.
Simple User
Response