Organisations

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Interact with GitHub Orgs.

List organizations
get /organizations

Lists all organizations, in the order that they were created on GitHub Enterprise Server.

Note: Pagination is powered exclusively by the since parameter. Use the Link header to get the URL for the next page of organizations.

since

int

An organization ID. Only return organizations with an ID greater than this ID.

per_page

int

The number of results per page (max 100).

Default
30

Response

ExamplesSchema

Response

[
  {
    "login": "github",
    "id": 1,
    "node_id": "MDEyOk9yZ2FuaXphdGlvbjE=",
    "url": "https://api.github.com/orgs/github",
    "repos_url": "https://api.github.com/orgs/github/repos",
    "events_url": "https://api.github.com/orgs/github/events",
    "hooks_url": "https://api.github.com/orgs/github/hooks",
    "issues_url": "https://api.github.com/orgs/github/issues",
    "members_url": "https://api.github.com/orgs/github/members{/member}",
    "public_members_url": "https://api.github.com/orgs/github/public_members{/member}",
    "avatar_url": "https://github.com/images/error/octocat_happy.gif",
    "description": "A great organization"
  }
]

Deprecated - List custom repository roles in an organization
get /organizations/{organization_id}/custom_roles

Note: This operation is deprecated and will be removed in the future. Use the "List custom repository roles" endpoint instead.

List the custom repository roles available in this organization. In order to see custom repository roles in an organization, the authenticated user must be an organization owner.

To use this endpoint the authenticated user must be an administrator of the organization or of a repository of the organization and must use an access token with the admin:org or repo scope. GitHub Apps must have the organization_custom_roles:read or organization_administration:read organization permission to use this endpoint.

For more information on custom repository roles, see "About custom repository roles."

organization_id

string

required

The unique identifier of the organization.

Response

ExamplesSchema

Response - list of custom role names

{
  "id": 8030,
  "name": "Security Engineer",
  "description": "Able to contribute code and maintain the security pipeline",
  "base_role": "maintain",
  "permissions": [
    "delete_alerts_code_scanning"
  ],
  "organization": {
    "login": "github",
    "id": 9919,
    "node_id": "MDEyOk9yZ2FuaXphdGlvbjk5MTk=",
    "avatar_url": "https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/9919?v=4",
    "gravatar_id": "",
    "url": "https://api.github.com/users/github",
    "html_url": "https://github.com/github",
    "followers_url": "https://api.github.com/users/github/followers",
    "following_url": "https://api.github.com/users/github/following{/other_user}",
    "gists_url": "https://api.github.com/users/github/gists{/gist_id}",
    "starred_url": "https://api.github.com/users/github/starred{/owner}{/repo}",
    "subscriptions_url": "https://api.github.com/users/github/subscriptions",
    "organizations_url": "https://api.github.com/users/github/orgs",
    "repos_url": "https://api.github.com/users/github/repos",
    "events_url": "https://api.github.com/users/github/events{/privacy}",
    "received_events_url": "https://api.github.com/users/github/received_events",
    "type": "Organization",
    "site_admin": false
  },
  "created_at": "2022-07-04T22:19:11Z",
  "updated_at": "2022-07-04T22:20:11Z"
}

Get an organization
get /orgs/{org}

To see many of the organization response values, you need to be an authenticated organization owner with the admin:org scope. When the value of two_factor_requirement_enabled is true, the organization requires all members, billing managers, and outside collaborators to enable two-factor authentication.

GitHub Apps with the Organization plan permission can use this endpoint to retrieve information about an organization's GitHub Enterprise Server plan. See "Authenticating with GitHub Apps" for details. For an example response, see 'Response with GitHub Enterprise Server plan information' below."

org

string

required

The organization name. The name is not case sensitive.

Response

ExamplesSchema

Response

{
  "login": "github",
  "id": 1,
  "node_id": "MDEyOk9yZ2FuaXphdGlvbjE=",
  "url": "https://api.github.com/orgs/github",
  "repos_url": "https://api.github.com/orgs/github/repos",
  "events_url": "https://api.github.com/orgs/github/events",
  "hooks_url": "https://api.github.com/orgs/github/hooks",
  "issues_url": "https://api.github.com/orgs/github/issues",
  "members_url": "https://api.github.com/orgs/github/members{/member}",
  "public_members_url": "https://api.github.com/orgs/github/public_members{/member}",
  "avatar_url": "https://github.com/images/error/octocat_happy.gif",
  "description": "A great organization",
  "name": "github",
  "company": "GitHub",
  "blog": "https://github.com/blog",
  "location": "San Francisco",
  "email": "octocat@github.com",
  "twitter_username": "github",
  "is_verified": true,
  "has_organization_projects": true,
  "has_repository_projects": true,
  "public_repos": 2,
  "public_gists": 1,
  "followers": 20,
  "following": 0,
  "html_url": "https://github.com/octocat",
  "created_at": "2008-01-14T04:33:35Z",
  "type": "Organization",
  "total_private_repos": 100,
  "owned_private_repos": 100,
  "private_gists": 81,
  "disk_usage": 10000,
  "collaborators": 8,
  "billing_email": "mona@github.com",
  "plan": {
    "name": "Medium",
    "space": 400,
    "private_repos": 20,
    "filled_seats": 4,
    "seats": 5
  },
  "default_repository_permission": "read",
  "members_can_create_repositories": true,
  "two_factor_requirement_enabled": true,
  "members_allowed_repository_creation_type": "all",
  "members_can_create_public_repositories": false,
  "members_can_create_private_repositories": false,
  "members_can_create_internal_repositories": false,
  "members_can_create_pages": true,
  "members_can_create_public_pages": true,
  "members_can_create_private_pages": true,
  "members_can_fork_private_repositories": false,
  "web_commit_signoff_required": false,
  "updated_at": "2014-03-03T18:58:10Z",
  "dependency_graph_enabled_for_new_repositories": false,
  "dependabot_alerts_enabled_for_new_repositories": false,
  "dependabot_security_updates_enabled_for_new_repositories": false,
  "advanced_security_enabled_for_new_repositories": false,
  "secret_scanning_enabled_for_new_repositories": false,
  "secret_scanning_push_protection_enabled_for_new_repositories": false,
  "secret_scanning_push_protection_custom_link": false,
  "secret_scanning_push_protection_custom_link_enabled": "https://github.com/octo-org/octo-repo/blob/main/im-blocked.md"
}

Delete an organization
delete /orgs/{org}

Deletes an organization and all its repositories.

The organization login will be unavailable for 90 days after deletion.

Please review the Terms of Service regarding account deletion before using this endpoint:

https://docs.github.com/enterprise-server@3.9/site-policy/github-terms/github-terms-of-service

org

string

required

The organization name. The name is not case sensitive.

Response

ExamplesSchema

Accepted

null

Update an organization
patch /orgs/{org}

Parameter Deprecation Notice: GitHub Enterprise Server will replace and discontinue members_allowed_repository_creation_type in favor of more granular permissions. The new input parameters are members_can_create_public_repositories, members_can_create_private_repositories for all organizations and members_can_create_internal_repositories for organizations associated with an enterprise account using GitHub Enterprise Cloud or GitHub Enterprise Server 2.20+. For more information, see the blog post.

Enables an authenticated organization owner with the admin:org scope to update the organization's profile and member privileges.

billing_email

string

Billing email address. This address is not publicized.

company

string

The company name.

email

string

The publicly visible email address.

twitter_username

string

The Twitter username of the company.

location

string

The location.

name

string

The shorthand name of the company.

description

string

The description of the company.

has_organization_projects

boolean

Whether an organization can use organization projects.

has_repository_projects

boolean

Whether repositories that belong to the organization can use repository projects.

default_repository_permission

string

Default permission level members have for organization repositories.

Default
"read"
Enum
  • read
  • write
  • admin
  • none

members_can_create_repositories

boolean

Whether of non-admin organization members can create repositories. Note: A parameter can override this parameter. See members_allowed_repository_creation_type in this table for details.

Default
true

members_can_create_internal_repositories

boolean

Whether organization members can create internal repositories, which are visible to all enterprise members. You can only allow members to create internal repositories if your organization is associated with an enterprise account using GitHub Enterprise Cloud or GitHub Enterprise Server 2.20+. For more information, see "Restricting repository creation in your organization" in the GitHub Help documentation.

members_can_create_private_repositories

boolean

Whether organization members can create private repositories, which are visible to organization members with permission. For more information, see "Restricting repository creation in your organization" in the GitHub Help documentation.

members_can_create_public_repositories

boolean

Whether organization members can create public repositories, which are visible to anyone. For more information, see "Restricting repository creation in your organization" in the GitHub Help documentation.

members_allowed_repository_creation_type

string

Specifies which types of repositories non-admin organization members can create. Note: This parameter is deprecated and will be removed in the future. Its return value ignores internal repositories. Using this parameter overrides values set in members_can_create_repositories. See the parameter deprecation notice in the operation description for details.

Enum
  • all
  • private
  • none

members_can_create_pages

boolean

Whether organization members can create GitHub Pages sites. Existing published sites will not be impacted.

Default
true

members_can_fork_private_repositories

boolean

Whether organization members can fork private organization repositories.

Default
false

web_commit_signoff_required

boolean

Whether contributors to organization repositories are required to sign off on commits they make through GitHub's web interface.

Default
false

blog

string

Example
"\"http://github.blog\""

advanced_security_enabled_for_new_repositories

boolean

Whether GitHub Advanced Security is automatically enabled for new repositories.

To use this parameter, you must have admin permissions for the repository or be an owner or security manager for the organization that owns the repository. For more information, see "Managing security managers in your organization."

You can check which security and analysis features are currently enabled by using a GET /orgs/{org} request.

dependabot_alerts_enabled_for_new_repositories

boolean

Whether Dependabot alerts is automatically enabled for new repositories.

To use this parameter, you must have admin permissions for the repository or be an owner or security manager for the organization that owns the repository. For more information, see "Managing security managers in your organization."

You can check which security and analysis features are currently enabled by using a GET /orgs/{org} request.

dependabot_security_updates_enabled_for_new_repositories

boolean

Whether Dependabot security updates is automatically enabled for new repositories.

To use this parameter, you must have admin permissions for the repository or be an owner or security manager for the organization that owns the repository. For more information, see "Managing security managers in your organization."

You can check which security and analysis features are currently enabled by using a GET /orgs/{org} request.

dependency_graph_enabled_for_new_repositories

boolean

Whether dependency graph is automatically enabled for new repositories.

To use this parameter, you must have admin permissions for the repository or be an owner or security manager for the organization that owns the repository. For more information, see "Managing security managers in your organization."

You can check which security and analysis features are currently enabled by using a GET /orgs/{org} request.

secret_scanning_enabled_for_new_repositories

boolean

Whether secret scanning is automatically enabled for new repositories.

To use this parameter, you must have admin permissions for the repository or be an owner or security manager for the organization that owns the repository. For more information, see "Managing security managers in your organization."

You can check which security and analysis features are currently enabled by using a GET /orgs/{org} request.

secret_scanning_push_protection_enabled_for_new_repositories

boolean

Whether secret scanning push protection is automatically enabled for new repositories.

To use this parameter, you must have admin permissions for the repository or be an owner or security manager for the organization that owns the repository. For more information, see "Managing security managers in your organization."

You can check which security and analysis features are currently enabled by using a GET /orgs/{org} request.

secret_scanning_push_protection_custom_link_enabled

boolean

Whether a custom link is shown to contributors who are blocked from pushing a secret by push protection.

secret_scanning_push_protection_custom_link

string

If secret_scanning_push_protection_custom_link_enabled is true, the URL that will be displayed to contributors who are blocked from pushing a secret.

Request

{
  "billing_email": "mona@github.com",
  "company": "GitHub",
  "email": "mona@github.com",
  "twitter_username": "github",
  "location": "San Francisco",
  "name": "github",
  "description": "GitHub, the company.",
  "default_repository_permission": "read",
  "members_can_create_repositories": true,
  "members_allowed_repository_creation_type": "all"
}

Response

ExamplesSchema

Response

{
  "login": "github",
  "id": 1,
  "node_id": "MDEyOk9yZ2FuaXphdGlvbjE=",
  "url": "https://api.github.com/orgs/github",
  "repos_url": "https://api.github.com/orgs/github/repos",
  "events_url": "https://api.github.com/orgs/github/events",
  "hooks_url": "https://api.github.com/orgs/github/hooks",
  "issues_url": "https://api.github.com/orgs/github/issues",
  "members_url": "https://api.github.com/orgs/github/members{/member}",
  "public_members_url": "https://api.github.com/orgs/github/public_members{/member}",
  "avatar_url": "https://github.com/images/error/octocat_happy.gif",
  "description": "A great organization",
  "name": "github",
  "company": "GitHub",
  "blog": "https://github.com/blog",
  "location": "San Francisco",
  "email": "octocat@github.com",
  "twitter_username": "github",
  "is_verified": true,
  "has_organization_projects": true,
  "has_repository_projects": true,
  "public_repos": 2,
  "public_gists": 1,
  "followers": 20,
  "following": 0,
  "html_url": "https://github.com/octocat",
  "created_at": "2008-01-14T04:33:35Z",
  "type": "Organization",
  "total_private_repos": 100,
  "owned_private_repos": 100,
  "private_gists": 81,
  "disk_usage": 10000,
  "collaborators": 8,
  "billing_email": "mona@github.com",
  "plan": {
    "name": "Medium",
    "space": 400,
    "private_repos": 20,
    "filled_seats": 4,
    "seats": 5
  },
  "default_repository_permission": "read",
  "members_can_create_repositories": true,
  "two_factor_requirement_enabled": true,
  "members_allowed_repository_creation_type": "all",
  "members_can_create_public_repositories": false,
  "members_can_create_private_repositories": false,
  "members_can_create_internal_repositories": false,
  "members_can_create_pages": true,
  "members_can_create_public_pages": true,
  "members_can_create_private_pages": true,
  "members_can_fork_private_repositories": false,
  "web_commit_signoff_required": false,
  "updated_at": "2014-03-03T18:58:10Z",
  "dependency_graph_enabled_for_new_repositories": false,
  "dependabot_alerts_enabled_for_new_repositories": false,
  "dependabot_security_updates_enabled_for_new_repositories": false,
  "advanced_security_enabled_for_new_repositories": false,
  "secret_scanning_enabled_for_new_repositories": false,
  "secret_scanning_push_protection_enabled_for_new_repositories": false,
  "secret_scanning_push_protection_custom_link": false,
  "secret_scanning_push_protection_custom_link_enabled": "https://github.com/octo-org/octo-repo/blob/main/im-blocked.md"
}

Get announcement banner for organization
get /orgs/{org}/announcement

Gets the announcement banner currently set for the organization. Only returns the announcement banner set at the organization level. Organization members may also see an enterprise-level announcement banner. To get an announcement banner displayed at the enterprise level, use the enterprise-level endpoint.

org

string

required

The organization name. The name is not case sensitive.

Response

ExamplesSchema

Response

{
  "announcement": "Very **important** announcement about _something_.",
  "expires_at": "2021-01-01T00:00:00.000+00:00",
  "user_dismissible": false
}

Remove announcement banner from organization
delete /orgs/{org}/announcement

Removes the announcement banner currently set for the organization.

org

string

required

The organization name. The name is not case sensitive.

Response

ExamplesSchema

Response

Empty response

Set announcement banner for organization
patch /orgs/{org}/announcement

Sets the announcement banner to display for the organization.

announcement

string or null

required

The announcement text in GitHub Flavored Markdown. For more information about GitHub Flavored Markdown, see "Basic writing and formatting syntax."

Example
"Very **important** announcement about _something_."

expires_at

string or null

date-time

The time at which the announcement expires. This is a timestamp in ISO 8601 format: YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM:SSZ. To set an announcement that never expires, omit this parameter, set it to null, or set it to an empty string.

Example
"\"2021-01-01T00:00:00.000-07:00\""

Request

{
  "announcement": "Very **important** announcement about _something_.",
  "expires_at": "2021-01-01T00:00:00.000+00:00",
  "user_dismissible": false
}

Response

ExamplesSchema

Response

{
  "announcement": "Very **important** announcement about _something_.",
  "expires_at": "2021-01-01T00:00:00.000+00:00",
  "user_dismissible": false
}

Get the audit log for an organization
get /orgs/{org}/audit-log

Gets the audit log for an organization. For more information, see "Reviewing the audit log for your organization."

To use this endpoint, you must be an organization owner, and you must use an access token with the read:audit_log scope. GitHub Apps must have the organization_administration read permission to use this endpoint.

By default, the response includes up to 30 events from the past three months. Use the phrase parameter to filter results and retrieve older events. For example, use the phrase parameter with the created qualifier to filter events based on when the events occurred. For more information, see "Reviewing the audit log for your organization."

Use pagination to retrieve fewer or more than 30 events. For more information, see "Resources in the REST API."

phrase

string

A search phrase. For more information, see Searching the audit log.

include

string

The event types to include:

  • web - returns web (non-Git) events.
  • git - returns Git events.
  • all - returns both web and Git events.

The default is web.

Enum
  • web
  • git
  • all

after

string

A cursor, as given in the Link header. If specified, the query only searches for events after this cursor.

before

string

A cursor, as given in the Link header. If specified, the query only searches for events before this cursor.

order

string

The order of audit log events. To list newest events first, specify desc. To list oldest events first, specify asc.

The default is desc.

Enum
  • desc
  • asc

per_page

int

The number of results per page (max 100).

Default
30

page

int

Page number of the results to fetch.

Default
1

Response

ExamplesSchema

Response

[
  {
    "actor_ip": "88.123.45.123",
    "from": "pull_requests#merge",
    "device_cookie": null,
    "actor": "mona-admin",
    "actor_id": 7,
    "repo": "octo-org/octo-repo",
    "repo_id": 17,
    "business": "github",
    "business_id": 1,
    "org": "octo-org",
    "org_id": 8,
    "action": "pull_request.merge",
    "@timestamp": 1635940599755,
    "created_at": 1635940599755,
    "operation_type": "modify",
    "actor_location": {
      "country_code": "GB",
      "country_name": "United Kingdom",
      "region": "ENG",
      "region_name": "England",
      "city": "Louth",
      "postal_code": "LN11",
      "location": {
        "lat": 53.4457,
        "lon": 0.141
      }
    },
    "data": {
      "user_agent": "Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10_15_7) ...",
      "method": "POST",
      "request_id": "e4dabc4d-ba16-4bca-1234-649be7ae1188",
      "server_id": "5d17aab5-fd9f-abcd-a820-16bed246441b",
      "request_category": "other",
      "controller_action": "merge",
      "url": "https://example.com/octo-org/octo-repo/pull/1/merge",
      "client_id": 322299977.1635936,
      "referrer": "https://example.com/octo-org/octo-repo/pull/1",
      "actor_session": 1,
      "pull_request_id": 1,
      "category_type": "Resource Management"
    }
  },
  {
    "actor_ip": "88.123.45.123",
    "from": "pull_request_review_events#create",
    "device_cookie": null,
    "actor": "mona-admin",
    "actor_id": 7,
    "business_id": 1,
    "org_id": 8,
    "action": "pull_request_review.submit",
    "@timestamp": 1635940593079,
    "created_at": 1635940593079,
    "operation_type": "modify",
    "actor_location": {
      "country_code": "GB",
      "country_name": "United Kingdom",
      "region": "ENG",
      "region_name": "England",
      "city": "Louth",
      "postal_code": "LN11",
      "location": {
        "lat": 53.4457,
        "lon": 0.141
      }
    },
    "data": {
      "user_agent": "Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10_15_7) ...",
      "method": "PUT",
      "request_id": "c0f63bb7-17b6-4796-940c-12345c5a581b",
      "server_id": "2abc1234-f651-43e3-9696-e942ad5f8c89",
      "request_category": "other",
      "controller_action": "create",
      "url": "https://example.com/octo-org/octo-repo/pull/1/reviews",
      "client_id": 322299977.1635936,
      "referrer": "https://example.com/octo-org/octo-repo/pull/1/files",
      "actor_session": 1,
      "spammy": false,
      "pull_request_id": 1,
      "body": null,
      "allowed": true,
      "id": 1,
      "state": 40,
      "issue_id": 1,
      "review_id": 1,
      "category_type": "Resource Management"
    }
  },
  {
    "actor_ip": "88.123.45.123",
    "from": "pull_requests#create",
    "device_cookie": null,
    "actor": "mona",
    "actor_id": 9,
    "user_id": 9,
    "repo": "octo-org/octo-repo",
    "repo_id": 17,
    "business": "github",
    "business_id": 1,
    "org": "octo-org",
    "org_id": 8,
    "action": "pull_request.create",
    "@timestamp": 1635940554161,
    "created_at": 1635940554161,
    "operation_type": "create",
    "actor_location": {
      "country_code": "GB",
      "country_name": "United Kingdom",
      "region": "ENG",
      "region_name": "England",
      "city": "Louth",
      "postal_code": "LN11",
      "location": {
        "lat": 53.4457,
        "lon": 0.141
      }
    },
    "data": {
      "user_agent": "Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10_15_7) ...",
      "method": "POST",
      "request_id": "2773abeb-477f-4ebf-a017-f8e8a206c305",
      "server_id": "796e3115-4ce8-4606-8fd0-99ea57a2e12b",
      "request_category": "other",
      "controller_action": "create",
      "url": "https://example.com/octo-org/octo-repo/pull/create?base=octo-org%3Amain&head=mona%3Apatch-1",
      "client_id": 386351111.163594,
      "referrer": "https://example.com/octo-org/octo-repo/compare/main...mona:patch-1",
      "actor_session": 2,
      "pull_request_id": 1,
      "category_type": "Resource Management"
    }
  }
]

List custom repository roles in an organization
get /orgs/{org}/custom-repository-roles

List the custom repository roles available in this organization. In order to see custom repository roles in an organization, the authenticated user must be an organization owner.

To use this endpoint the authenticated user must be an administrator of the organization or of a repository of the organization and must use an access token with the admin:org or repo scope. GitHub Apps must have the organization_custom_roles:read or organization_administration:read organization permission to use this endpoint.

For more information on custom repository roles, see "About custom repository roles."

org

string

required

The organization name. The name is not case sensitive.

Response

ExamplesSchema

Response - list of custom role names

{
  "total_count": 2,
  "custom_roles": [
    {
      "id": 8030,
      "name": "Security Engineer",
      "description": "Able to contribute code and maintain the security pipeline",
      "base_role": "maintain",
      "permissions": [
        "delete_alerts_code_scanning"
      ],
      "organization": {
        "login": "github",
        "id": 9919,
        "node_id": "MDEyOk9yZ2FuaXphdGlvbjk5MTk=",
        "avatar_url": "https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/9919?v=4",
        "gravatar_id": "",
        "url": "https://api.github.com/users/github",
        "html_url": "https://github.com/github",
        "followers_url": "https://api.github.com/users/github/followers",
        "following_url": "https://api.github.com/users/github/following{/other_user}",
        "gists_url": "https://api.github.com/users/github/gists{/gist_id}",
        "starred_url": "https://api.github.com/users/github/starred{/owner}{/repo}",
        "subscriptions_url": "https://api.github.com/users/github/subscriptions",
        "organizations_url": "https://api.github.com/users/github/orgs",
        "repos_url": "https://api.github.com/users/github/repos",
        "events_url": "https://api.github.com/users/github/events{/privacy}",
        "received_events_url": "https://api.github.com/users/github/received_events",
        "type": "Organization",
        "site_admin": false
      },
      "created_at": "2022-07-04T22:19:11Z",
      "updated_at": "2022-07-04T22:20:11Z"
    },
    {
      "id": 8031,
      "name": "Community manager",
      "description": "Able to handle all the community interactions without being able to contribute code",
      "base_role": "read",
      "permissions": [
        "mark_as_duplicate",
        "manage_settings_pages",
        "manage_settings_wiki",
        "set_social_preview",
        "edit_repo_metadata",
        "toggle_discussion_comment_minimize"
      ],
      "organization": {
        "login": "github",
        "id": 9919,
        "node_id": "MDEyOk9yZ2FuaXphdGlvbjk5MTk=",
        "avatar_url": "https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/9919?v=4",
        "gravatar_id": "",
        "url": "https://api.github.com/users/github",
        "html_url": "https://github.com/github",
        "followers_url": "https://api.github.com/users/github/followers",
        "following_url": "https://api.github.com/users/github/following{/other_user}",
        "gists_url": "https://api.github.com/users/github/gists{/gist_id}",
        "starred_url": "https://api.github.com/users/github/starred{/owner}{/repo}",
        "subscriptions_url": "https://api.github.com/users/github/subscriptions",
        "organizations_url": "https://api.github.com/users/github/orgs",
        "repos_url": "https://api.github.com/users/github/repos",
        "events_url": "https://api.github.com/users/github/events{/privacy}",
        "received_events_url": "https://api.github.com/users/github/received_events",
        "type": "Organization",
        "site_admin": false
      },
      "created_at": "2022-07-05T12:01:11Z",
      "updated_at": "2022-07-05T12:20:11Z"
    }
  ]
}

Create a custom repository role
post /orgs/{org}/custom-repository-roles

Creates a custom repository role that can be used by all repositories owned by the organization.

To use this endpoint, the authenticated user must be an administrator for the organization and must use an personal access token (classic) with admin:org scope or a fine-grained personal access token with the organization_custom_roles:write organization permission.

For more information on custom repository roles, see "About custom repository roles."

name

string

required

The name of the custom role.

description

string or null

A short description about who this role is for or what permissions it grants.

base_role

string

required

The system role from which this role inherits permissions.

Enum
  • read
  • triage
  • write
  • maintain

permissions

array[string]

required

A list of additional permissions included in this role.

Request

{
  "name": "Labeler",
  "description": "A role for issue and pull request labelers",
  "base_role": "read",
  "permissions": [
    "add_label"
  ]
}

Response

ExamplesSchema

Response

{
  "id": 8030,
  "name": "Security Engineer",
  "description": "Able to contribute code and maintain the security pipeline",
  "base_role": "maintain",
  "permissions": [
    "delete_alerts_code_scanning"
  ],
  "organization": {
    "login": "github",
    "id": 9919,
    "node_id": "MDEyOk9yZ2FuaXphdGlvbjk5MTk=",
    "avatar_url": "https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/9919?v=4",
    "gravatar_id": "",
    "url": "https://api.github.com/users/github",
    "html_url": "https://github.com/github",
    "followers_url": "https://api.github.com/users/github/followers",
    "following_url": "https://api.github.com/users/github/following{/other_user}",
    "gists_url": "https://api.github.com/users/github/gists{/gist_id}",
    "starred_url": "https://api.github.com/users/github/starred{/owner}{/repo}",
    "subscriptions_url": "https://api.github.com/users/github/subscriptions",
    "organizations_url": "https://api.github.com/users/github/orgs",
    "repos_url": "https://api.github.com/users/github/repos",
    "events_url": "https://api.github.com/users/github/events{/privacy}",
    "received_events_url": "https://api.github.com/users/github/received_events",
    "type": "Organization",
    "site_admin": false
  },
  "created_at": "2022-07-04T22:19:11Z",
  "updated_at": "2022-07-04T22:20:11Z"
}