GitHub v3 REST API

List repository teams

get
http://HOSTNAME/api/v3/repos/{owner}/{repo}/teams

Query Parameters

per_pageinteger

Results per page (max 100)

Default:30

pageinteger

Page number of the results to fetch.

Default:1

Path Parameters

ownerstringrequired
repostringrequired

Response

200 application/json

Response

Groups of organization members that gives permissions on specified repositories.

idintegerrequired
node_idstringrequired
namestringrequired
slugstringrequired
descriptionstring | nullrequired
privacystring
permissionstringrequired
permissionsobject
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urlstring(uri)required
html_urlstring(uri)required

Example:https://github.com/orgs/rails/teams/core

members_urlstringrequired
repositories_urlstring(uri)required
parentobject | nullrequired

Groups of organization members that gives permissions on specified repositories.

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get/repos/{owner}/{repo}/teams
 
200 application/json

Get all repository topics

get
http://HOSTNAME/api/v3/repos/{owner}/{repo}/topics

Query Parameters

pageinteger

Page number of the results to fetch.

Default:1

per_pageinteger

Results per page (max 100)

Default:30

Path Parameters

ownerstringrequired
repostringrequired

Response

application/json

Response

Topic

A topic aggregates entities that are related to a subject.

namesarray[string]required
get/repos/{owner}/{repo}/topics
 
application/json

Replace all repository topics

put
http://HOSTNAME/api/v3/repos/{owner}/{repo}/topics

Path Parameters

ownerstringrequired
repostringrequired

Body

application/json
namesarray[string]required

An array of topics to add to the repository. Pass one or more topics to replace the set of existing topics. Send an empty array ([]) to clear all topics from the repository. Note: Topic names cannot contain uppercase letters.

Response

application/json

Response

Topic

A topic aggregates entities that are related to a subject.

namesarray[string]required
put/repos/{owner}/{repo}/topics

Body

{ "names": [ "octocat", "atom", "electron", "api" ] }
 
application/json

Transfer a repository

A transfer request will need to be accepted by the new owner when transferring a personal repository to another user. The response will contain the original owner, and the transfer will continue asynchronously. For more details on the requirements to transfer personal and organization-owned repositories, see about repository transfers.

post
http://HOSTNAME/api/v3/repos/{owner}/{repo}/transfer

Path Parameters

ownerstringrequired
repostringrequired

Body

application/json
new_ownerstringrequired

The username or organization name the repository will be transferred to.

team_idsarray[integer]

ID of the team or teams to add to the repository. Teams can only be added to organization-owned repositories.

Response

202 application/json

Response

Minimal Repository

Minimal Repository

idintegerrequired

Example:1296269

node_idstringrequired

Example:MDEwOlJlcG9zaXRvcnkxMjk2MjY5

namestringrequired

Example:Hello-World

full_namestringrequired

Example:octocat/Hello-World

ownerobjectrequired

Simple User

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privatebooleanrequired
html_urlstring(uri)required

Example:https://github.com/octocat/Hello-World

descriptionstring | nullrequired

Example:This your first repo!

forkbooleanrequired
urlstring(uri)required

Example:https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World

archive_urlstringrequired

Example:http://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/{archive_format}{/ref}

assignees_urlstringrequired

Example:http://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/assignees{/user}

blobs_urlstringrequired

Example:http://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/git/blobs{/sha}

branches_urlstringrequired

Example:http://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/branches{/branch}

collaborators_urlstringrequired

Example:http://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/collaborators{/collaborator}

comments_urlstringrequired

Example:http://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/comments{/number}

commits_urlstringrequired

Example:http://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/commits{/sha}

compare_urlstringrequired

Example:http://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/compare/{base}...{head}

contents_urlstringrequired

Example:http://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/contents/{+path}

contributors_urlstring(uri)required

Example:http://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/contributors

deployments_urlstring(uri)required

Example:http://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/deployments

downloads_urlstring(uri)required

Example:http://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/downloads

events_urlstring(uri)required

Example:http://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/events

forks_urlstring(uri)required

Example:http://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/forks

git_commits_urlstringrequired

Example:http://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/git/commits{/sha}

git_refs_urlstringrequired

Example:http://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/git/refs{/sha}

git_tags_urlstringrequired

Example:http://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/git/tags{/sha}

git_urlstring
issue_comment_urlstringrequired

Example:http://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/issues/comments{/number}

issue_events_urlstringrequired

Example:http://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/issues/events{/number}

issues_urlstringrequired

Example:http://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/issues{/number}

keys_urlstringrequired

Example:http://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/keys{/key_id}

labels_urlstringrequired

Example:http://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/labels{/name}

languages_urlstring(uri)required

Example:http://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/languages

merges_urlstring(uri)required

Example:http://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/merges

milestones_urlstringrequired

Example:http://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/milestones{/number}

notifications_urlstringrequired

Example:http://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/notifications{?since,all,participating}

pulls_urlstringrequired

Example:http://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/pulls{/number}

releases_urlstringrequired

Example:http://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/releases{/id}

ssh_urlstring
stargazers_urlstring(uri)required

Example:http://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/stargazers

statuses_urlstringrequired

Example:http://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/statuses/{sha}

subscribers_urlstring(uri)required

Example:http://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/subscribers

subscription_urlstring(uri)required

Example:http://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/subscription

tags_urlstring(uri)required

Example:http://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/tags

teams_urlstring(uri)required

Example:http://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/teams

trees_urlstringrequired

Example:http://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/git/trees{/sha}

clone_urlstring
mirror_urlstring | null
hooks_urlstring(uri)required

Example:http://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/hooks

svn_urlstring
homepagestring | null
languagestring | null
forks_countinteger
stargazers_countinteger
watchers_countinteger
sizeinteger
default_branchstring
open_issues_countinteger
is_templateboolean
topicsarray[string]
has_issuesboolean
has_projectsboolean
has_wikiboolean
has_pagesboolean
has_downloadsboolean
archivedboolean
disabledboolean
visibilitystring
pushed_atstring | null(date-time)

Example:2011-01-26T19:06:43Z

created_atstring | null(date-time)

Example:2011-01-26T19:01:12Z

updated_atstring | null(date-time)

Example:2011-01-26T19:14:43Z

permissionsobject
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template_repositoryobject | null

A git repository

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temp_clone_tokenstring
delete_branch_on_mergeboolean
subscribers_countinteger
network_countinteger
code_of_conductobject

Code Of Conduct

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licenseobject | null
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forksinteger

Example:0

open_issuesinteger

Example:0

watchersinteger

Example:0

allow_forkingboolean
post/repos/{owner}/{repo}/transfer

Body

{ "new_owner": "github", "team_ids": [ 12, 345 ] }
 
202 application/json

Download a repository archive (zip)

Gets a redirect URL to download a zip archive for a repository. If you omit :ref, the repository’s default branch (usually
master) will be used. Please make sure your HTTP framework is configured to follow redirects or you will need to use
the Location header to make a second GET request.
Note: For private repositories, these links are temporary and expire after five minutes.

get
http://HOSTNAME/api/v3/repos/{owner}/{repo}/zipball/{ref}

Path Parameters

ownerstringrequired
repostringrequired
refstringrequired

Response

302

Response

get/repos/{owner}/{repo}/zipball/{ref}
 
302