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GitHub v3 REST API

Search users

Find users via various criteria. This method returns up to 100 results per page.

When searching for users, you can get text match metadata for the issue login, email, and name fields when you pass the text-match media type. For more details about highlighting search results, see Text match metadata. For more details about how to receive highlighted search results, see Text match metadata.

For example, if you’re looking for a list of popular users, you might try this query:

q=tom+repos:%3E42+followers:%3E1000

This query searches for users with the name tom. The results are restricted to users with more than 42 repositories and over 1,000 followers.

get
http://HOSTNAME/api/v3/search/users

Query Parameters

qstringrequired

The query contains one or more search keywords and qualifiers. Qualifiers allow you to limit your search to specific areas of GitHub. The REST API supports the same qualifiers as GitHub.com. To learn more about the format of the query, see Constructing a search query. See “Searching users” for a detailed list of qualifiers.

sortstring

Sorts the results of your query by number of followers or repositories, or when the person joined GitHub Enterprise Server. Default: best match

Allowed values:followersrepositoriesjoined

orderstring

Determines whether the first search result returned is the highest number of matches (desc) or lowest number of matches (asc). This parameter is ignored unless you provide sort.

Allowed values:descasc

Default:desc

per_pageinteger

Results per page (max 100)

Default:30

pageinteger

Page number of the results to fetch.

Default:1

Response

application/json

Response

total_countintegerrequired
incomplete_resultsbooleanrequired
itemsarray[object]required

User Search Result Item

Show Child Parameters
get/search/users
 
application/json

List teams

Lists all teams in an organization that are visible to the authenticated user.

get
http://HOSTNAME/api/v3/orgs/{org}/teams

Query Parameters

per_pageinteger

Results per page (max 100)

Default:30

pageinteger

Page number of the results to fetch.

Default:1

Path Parameters

orgstringrequired

Response

application/json

Response

Groups of organization members that gives permissions on specified repositories.

idintegerrequired
node_idstringrequired
namestringrequired
slugstringrequired
descriptionstring | nullrequired
privacystring
permissionstringrequired
permissionsobject
Show Child Parameters
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.

Show Child Parameters
get/orgs/{org}/teams
 
application/json

Create a team

To create a team, the authenticated user must be a member or owner of {org}. By default, organization members can create teams. Organization owners can limit team creation to organization owners. For more information, see “Setting team creation permissions.”

When you create a new team, you automatically become a team maintainer without explicitly adding yourself to the optional array of maintainers. For more information, see “About teams”.

post
http://HOSTNAME/api/v3/orgs/{org}/teams

Path Parameters

orgstringrequired

Body

application/json
namestringrequired

The name of the team.

descriptionstring

The description of the team.

maintainersarray[string]

List GitHub IDs for organization members who will become team maintainers.

repo_namesarray[string]

The full name (e.g., “organization-name/repository-name”) of repositories to add the team to.

privacystring

The level of privacy this team should have. The options are:
For a non-nested team:
* secret - only visible to organization owners and members of this team.
* closed - visible to all members of this organization.
Default: secret
For a parent or child team:
* closed - visible to all members of this organization.
Default for child team: closed

Allowed values:secretclosed

permissionstring

Deprecated. The permission that new repositories will be added to the team with when none is specified. Can be one of:
* pull - team members can pull, but not push to or administer newly-added repositories.
* push - team members can pull and push, but not administer newly-added repositories.

Allowed values:pullpush

Default:pull

parent_team_idinteger

The ID of a team to set as the parent team.

ldap_dnstring

The distinguished name (DN) of the LDAP entry to map to a team. LDAP synchronization must be enabled to map LDAP entries to a team. Use the “Update LDAP mapping for a team” endpoint to change the LDAP DN. For more information, see “Using LDAP.”

Response

application/json

Response

Full Team

Groups of organization members that gives permissions on specified repositories.

idintegerrequired

Unique identifier of the team

Example:42

node_idstringrequired

Example:MDQ6VGVhbTE=

urlstring(uri)required

URL for the team

Example:https://api.github.com/organizations/1/team/1

html_urlstring(uri)required

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

namestringrequired

Name of the team

Example:Developers

slugstringrequired

Example:justice-league

descriptionstring | nullrequired

Example:A great team.

privacystring

The level of privacy this team should have

Allowed values:closedsecret

Example:closed

permissionstringrequired

Permission that the team will have for its repositories

Example:push

members_urlstringrequired

Example:https://api.github.com/organizations/1/team/1/members{/member}

repositories_urlstring(uri)required

Example:https://api.github.com/organizations/1/team/1/repos

parentobject | null

Groups of organization members that gives permissions on specified repositories.

Show Child Parameters
members_countintegerrequired

Example:3

repos_countintegerrequired

Example:10

created_atstring(date-time)required

Example:2017-07-14T16:53:42Z

updated_atstring(date-time)required

Example:2017-08-17T12:37:15Z

organizationobjectrequired

Organization Full

Show Child Parameters
ldap_dnstring

Distinguished Name (DN) that team maps to within LDAP environment

Example:uid=example,ou=users,dc=github,dc=com

post/orgs/{org}/teams

Body

{ "name": "Justice League", "description": "A great team", "permission": "push", "privacy": "closed" }
 
application/json

Get a team by name

Gets a team using the team’s slug. GitHub Enterprise Server generates the slug from the team name.

Note: You can also specify a team by org_id and team_id using the route GET /organizations/{org_id}/team/{team_id}.

get
http://HOSTNAME/api/v3/orgs/{org}/teams/{team_slug}

Path Parameters

orgstringrequired
team_slugstringrequired

team_slug parameter

Response

application/json

Response

Full Team

Groups of organization members that gives permissions on specified repositories.

idintegerrequired

Unique identifier of the team

Example:42

node_idstringrequired

Example:MDQ6VGVhbTE=

urlstring(uri)required

URL for the team

Example:https://api.github.com/organizations/1/team/1

html_urlstring(uri)required

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

namestringrequired

Name of the team

Example:Developers

slugstringrequired

Example:justice-league

descriptionstring | nullrequired

Example:A great team.

privacystring

The level of privacy this team should have

Allowed values:closedsecret

Example:closed

permissionstringrequired

Permission that the team will have for its repositories

Example:push

members_urlstringrequired

Example:https://api.github.com/organizations/1/team/1/members{/member}

repositories_urlstring(uri)required

Example:https://api.github.com/organizations/1/team/1/repos

parentobject | null

Groups of organization members that gives permissions on specified repositories.

Show Child Parameters
members_countintegerrequired

Example:3

repos_countintegerrequired

Example:10

created_atstring(date-time)required

Example:2017-07-14T16:53:42Z

updated_atstring(date-time)required

Example:2017-08-17T12:37:15Z

organizationobjectrequired

Organization Full

Show Child Parameters
ldap_dnstring

Distinguished Name (DN) that team maps to within LDAP environment

Example:uid=example,ou=users,dc=github,dc=com

get/orgs/{org}/teams/{team_slug}
 
application/json

Update a team

To edit a team, the authenticated user must either be an organization owner or a team maintainer.

Note: You can also specify a team by org_id and team_id using the route PATCH /organizations/{org_id}/team/{team_id}.

patch
http://HOSTNAME/api/v3/orgs/{org}/teams/{team_slug}

Path Parameters

orgstringrequired
team_slugstringrequired

team_slug parameter

Body

application/json
namestring

The name of the team.

descriptionstring

The description of the team.

privacystring

The level of privacy this team should have. Editing teams without specifying this parameter leaves privacy intact. When a team is nested, the privacy for parent teams cannot be secret. The options are:
For a non-nested team:
* secret - only visible to organization owners and members of this team.
* closed - visible to all members of this organization.
For a parent or child team:
* closed - visible to all members of this organization.

Allowed values:secretclosed

permissionstring

Deprecated. The permission that new repositories will be added to the team with when none is specified. Can be one of:
* pull - team members can pull, but not push to or administer newly-added repositories.
* push - team members can pull and push, but not administer newly-added repositories.
* admin - team members can pull, push and administer newly-added repositories.

Allowed values:pullpushadmin

Default:pull

parent_team_idinteger | null

The ID of a team to set as the parent team.

Response

201 application/json

Response

Full Team

Groups of organization members that gives permissions on specified repositories.

idintegerrequired

Unique identifier of the team

Example:42

node_idstringrequired

Example:MDQ6VGVhbTE=

urlstring(uri)required

URL for the team

Example:https://api.github.com/organizations/1/team/1

html_urlstring(uri)required

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

namestringrequired

Name of the team

Example:Developers

slugstringrequired

Example:justice-league

descriptionstring | nullrequired

Example:A great team.

privacystring

The level of privacy this team should have

Allowed values:closedsecret

Example:closed

permissionstringrequired

Permission that the team will have for its repositories

Example:push

members_urlstringrequired

Example:https://api.github.com/organizations/1/team/1/members{/member}

repositories_urlstring(uri)required

Example:https://api.github.com/organizations/1/team/1/repos

parentobject | null

Groups of organization members that gives permissions on specified repositories.

Show Child Parameters
members_countintegerrequired

Example:3

repos_countintegerrequired

Example:10

created_atstring(date-time)required

Example:2017-07-14T16:53:42Z

updated_atstring(date-time)required

Example:2017-08-17T12:37:15Z

organizationobjectrequired

Organization Full

Show Child Parameters
ldap_dnstring

Distinguished Name (DN) that team maps to within LDAP environment

Example:uid=example,ou=users,dc=github,dc=com

patch/orgs/{org}/teams/{team_slug}

Body

{ "name": "new team name", "description": "new team description", "privacy": "closed" }
 
201 application/json