Secret Scanning

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Retrieve secret scanning alerts from a repository.

List secret scanning alerts for an enterprise

get /enterprises/{enterprise}/secret-scanning/alerts

Lists secret scanning alerts for eligible repositories in an enterprise, from newest to oldest. To use this endpoint, you must be a member of the enterprise, and you must use an access token with the repo scope or security_events scope. Alerts are only returned for organizations in the enterprise for which you are an organization owner or a security manager.

state

string

Set to open or resolved to only list secret scanning alerts in a specific state.

Enum
  • open
  • resolved

secret_type

string

A comma-separated list of secret types to return. By default all secret types are returned. See "Secret scanning patterns" for a complete list of secret types.

resolution

string

A comma-separated list of resolutions. Only secret scanning alerts with one of these resolutions are listed. Valid resolutions are false_positive, wont_fix, revoked, pattern_edited, pattern_deleted or used_in_tests.

sort

string

The property to sort the results by. created means when the alert was created. updated means when the alert was updated or resolved.

Default
"created"
Enum
  • created
  • updated

direction

string

The direction to sort the results by.

Default
"desc"
Enum
  • asc
  • desc

per_page

int

The number of results per page (max 100).

Default
30

before

string

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

after

string

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

Response

ExamplesSchema

Response

[
  {
    "number": 2,
    "created_at": "2020-11-06T18:48:51Z",
    "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/owner/private-repo/secret-scanning/alerts/2",
    "html_url": "https://github.com/owner/private-repo/security/secret-scanning/2",
    "locations_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/owner/private-repo/secret-scanning/alerts/2/locations",
    "state": "resolved",
    "resolution": "false_positive",
    "resolved_at": "2020-11-07T02:47:13Z",
    "resolved_by": {
      "login": "monalisa",
      "id": 2,
      "node_id": "MDQ6VXNlcjI=",
      "avatar_url": "https://alambic.github.com/avatars/u/2?",
      "gravatar_id": "",
      "url": "https://api.github.com/users/monalisa",
      "html_url": "https://github.com/monalisa",
      "followers_url": "https://api.github.com/users/monalisa/followers",
      "following_url": "https://api.github.com/users/monalisa/following{/other_user}",
      "gists_url": "https://api.github.com/users/monalisa/gists{/gist_id}",
      "starred_url": "https://api.github.com/users/monalisa/starred{/owner}{/repo}",
      "subscriptions_url": "https://api.github.com/users/monalisa/subscriptions",
      "organizations_url": "https://api.github.com/users/monalisa/orgs",
      "repos_url": "https://api.github.com/users/monalisa/repos",
      "events_url": "https://api.github.com/users/monalisa/events{/privacy}",
      "received_events_url": "https://api.github.com/users/monalisa/received_events",
      "type": "User",
      "site_admin": true
    },
    "secret_type": "adafruit_io_key",
    "secret_type_display_name": "Adafruit IO Key",
    "secret": "aio_XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX",
    "repository": {
      "id": 1296269,
      "node_id": "MDEwOlJlcG9zaXRvcnkxMjk2MjY5",
      "name": "Hello-World",
      "full_name": "octocat/Hello-World",
      "owner": {
        "login": "octocat",
        "id": 1,
        "node_id": "MDQ6VXNlcjE=",
        "avatar_url": "https://github.com/images/error/octocat_happy.gif",
        "gravatar_id": "",
        "url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat",
        "html_url": "https://github.com/octocat",
        "followers_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/followers",
        "following_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/following{/other_user}",
        "gists_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/gists{/gist_id}",
        "starred_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/starred{/owner}{/repo}",
        "subscriptions_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/subscriptions",
        "organizations_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/orgs",
        "repos_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/repos",
        "events_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/events{/privacy}",
        "received_events_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/received_events",
        "type": "User",
        "site_admin": false
      },
      "private": false,
      "html_url": "https://github.com/octocat/Hello-World",
      "description": "This your first repo!",
      "fork": false,
      "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World",
      "archive_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/{archive_format}{/ref}",
      "assignees_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/assignees{/user}",
      "blobs_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/git/blobs{/sha}",
      "branches_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/branches{/branch}",
      "collaborators_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/collaborators{/collaborator}",
      "comments_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/comments{/number}",
      "commits_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/commits{/sha}",
      "compare_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/compare/{base}...{head}",
      "contents_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/contents/{+path}",
      "contributors_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/contributors",
      "deployments_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/deployments",
      "downloads_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/downloads",
      "events_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/events",
      "forks_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/forks",
      "git_commits_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/git/commits{/sha}",
      "git_refs_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/git/refs{/sha}",
      "git_tags_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/git/tags{/sha}",
      "issue_comment_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/issues/comments{/number}",
      "issue_events_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/issues/events{/number}",
      "issues_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/issues{/number}",
      "keys_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/keys{/key_id}",
      "labels_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/labels{/name}",
      "languages_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/languages",
      "merges_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/merges",
      "milestones_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/milestones{/number}",
      "notifications_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/notifications{?since,all,participating}",
      "pulls_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/pulls{/number}",
      "releases_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/releases{/id}",
      "stargazers_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/stargazers",
      "statuses_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/statuses/{sha}",
      "subscribers_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/subscribers",
      "subscription_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/subscription",
      "tags_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/tags",
      "teams_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/teams",
      "trees_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/git/trees{/sha}",
      "hooks_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/hooks"
    },
    "push_protection_bypassed_by": {
      "login": "monalisa",
      "id": 2,
      "node_id": "MDQ6VXNlcjI=",
      "avatar_url": "https://alambic.github.com/avatars/u/2?",
      "gravatar_id": "",
      "url": "https://api.github.com/users/monalisa",
      "html_url": "https://github.com/monalisa",
      "followers_url": "https://api.github.com/users/monalisa/followers",
      "following_url": "https://api.github.com/users/monalisa/following{/other_user}",
      "gists_url": "https://api.github.com/users/monalisa/gists{/gist_id}",
      "starred_url": "https://api.github.com/users/monalisa/starred{/owner}{/repo}",
      "subscriptions_url": "https://api.github.com/users/monalisa/subscriptions",
      "organizations_url": "https://api.github.com/users/monalisa/orgs",
      "repos_url": "https://api.github.com/users/monalisa/repos",
      "events_url": "https://api.github.com/users/monalisa/events{/privacy}",
      "received_events_url": "https://api.github.com/users/monalisa/received_events",
      "type": "User",
      "site_admin": true
    },
    "push_protection_bypassed": true,
    "push_protection_bypassed_at": "2020-11-06T21:48:51Z",
    "resolution_comment": "Example comment"
  },
  {
    "number": 1,
    "created_at": "2020-11-06T18:18:30Z",
    "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/owner/repo/secret-scanning/alerts/1",
    "html_url": "https://github.com/owner/repo/security/secret-scanning/1",
    "locations_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/owner/private-repo/secret-scanning/alerts/1/locations",
    "state": "open",
    "resolution": null,
    "resolved_at": null,
    "resolved_by": null,
    "secret_type": "mailchimp_api_key",
    "secret_type_display_name": "Mailchimp API Key",
    "secret": "XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX-us2",
    "repository": {
      "id": 1296269,
      "node_id": "MDEwOlJlcG9zaXRvcnkxMjk2MjY5",
      "name": "Hello-World",
      "full_name": "octocat/Hello-World",
      "owner": {
        "login": "octocat",
        "id": 1,
        "node_id": "MDQ6VXNlcjE=",
        "avatar_url": "https://github.com/images/error/octocat_happy.gif",
        "gravatar_id": "",
        "url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat",
        "html_url": "https://github.com/octocat",
        "followers_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/followers",
        "following_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/following{/other_user}",
        "gists_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/gists{/gist_id}",
        "starred_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/starred{/owner}{/repo}",
        "subscriptions_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/subscriptions",
        "organizations_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/orgs",
        "repos_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/repos",
        "events_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/events{/privacy}",
        "received_events_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/received_events",
        "type": "User",
        "site_admin": false
      },
      "private": false,
      "html_url": "https://github.com/octocat/Hello-World",
      "description": "This your first repo!",
      "fork": false,
      "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World",
      "archive_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/{archive_format}{/ref}",
      "assignees_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/assignees{/user}",
      "blobs_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/git/blobs{/sha}",
      "branches_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/branches{/branch}",
      "collaborators_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/collaborators{/collaborator}",
      "comments_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/comments{/number}",
      "commits_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/commits{/sha}",
      "compare_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/compare/{base}...{head}",
      "contents_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/contents/{+path}",
      "contributors_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/contributors",
      "deployments_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/deployments",
      "downloads_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/downloads",
      "events_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/events",
      "forks_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/forks",
      "git_commits_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/git/commits{/sha}",
      "git_refs_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/git/refs{/sha}",
      "git_tags_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/git/tags{/sha}",
      "issue_comment_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/issues/comments{/number}",
      "issue_events_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/issues/events{/number}",
      "issues_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/issues{/number}",
      "keys_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/keys{/key_id}",
      "labels_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/labels{/name}",
      "languages_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/languages",
      "merges_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/merges",
      "milestones_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/milestones{/number}",
      "notifications_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/notifications{?since,all,participating}",
      "pulls_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/pulls{/number}",
      "releases_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/releases{/id}",
      "stargazers_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/stargazers",
      "statuses_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/statuses/{sha}",
      "subscribers_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/subscribers",
      "subscription_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/subscription",
      "tags_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/tags",
      "teams_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/teams",
      "trees_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/git/trees{/sha}",
      "hooks_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/hooks"
    },
    "push_protection_bypassed_by": null,
    "push_protection_bypassed": false,
    "push_protection_bypassed_at": null,
    "resolution_comment": null
  }
]

List secret scanning alerts for an organization

get /orgs/{org}/secret-scanning/alerts

Lists secret scanning alerts for eligible repositories in an organization, from newest to oldest. To use this endpoint, you must be an administrator or security manager for the organization, and you must use an access token with the repo scope or security_events scope. For public repositories, you may instead use the public_repo scope.

GitHub Apps must have the secret_scanning_alerts read permission to use this endpoint.

state

string

Set to open or resolved to only list secret scanning alerts in a specific state.

Enum
  • open
  • resolved

secret_type

string

A comma-separated list of secret types to return. By default all secret types are returned. See "Secret scanning patterns" for a complete list of secret types.

resolution

string

A comma-separated list of resolutions. Only secret scanning alerts with one of these resolutions are listed. Valid resolutions are false_positive, wont_fix, revoked, pattern_edited, pattern_deleted or used_in_tests.

sort

string

The property to sort the results by. created means when the alert was created. updated means when the alert was updated or resolved.

Default
"created"
Enum
  • created
  • updated

direction

string

The direction to sort the results by.

Default
"desc"
Enum
  • asc
  • desc

page

int

Page number of the results to fetch.

Default
1

per_page

int

The number of results per page (max 100).

Default
30

before

string

A cursor, as given in the Link header. If specified, the query only searches for events before this cursor. To receive an initial cursor on your first request, include an empty "before" query string.

after

string

A cursor, as given in the Link header. If specified, the query only searches for events after this cursor. To receive an initial cursor on your first request, include an empty "after" query string.

Response

ExamplesSchema

Response

[
  {
    "number": 2,
    "created_at": "2020-11-06T18:48:51Z",
    "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/owner/private-repo/secret-scanning/alerts/2",
    "html_url": "https://github.com/owner/private-repo/security/secret-scanning/2",
    "locations_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/owner/private-repo/secret-scanning/alerts/2/locations",
    "state": "resolved",
    "resolution": "false_positive",
    "resolved_at": "2020-11-07T02:47:13Z",
    "resolved_by": {
      "login": "monalisa",
      "id": 2,
      "node_id": "MDQ6VXNlcjI=",
      "avatar_url": "https://alambic.github.com/avatars/u/2?",
      "gravatar_id": "",
      "url": "https://api.github.com/users/monalisa",
      "html_url": "https://github.com/monalisa",
      "followers_url": "https://api.github.com/users/monalisa/followers",
      "following_url": "https://api.github.com/users/monalisa/following{/other_user}",
      "gists_url": "https://api.github.com/users/monalisa/gists{/gist_id}",
      "starred_url": "https://api.github.com/users/monalisa/starred{/owner}{/repo}",
      "subscriptions_url": "https://api.github.com/users/monalisa/subscriptions",
      "organizations_url": "https://api.github.com/users/monalisa/orgs",
      "repos_url": "https://api.github.com/users/monalisa/repos",
      "events_url": "https://api.github.com/users/monalisa/events{/privacy}",
      "received_events_url": "https://api.github.com/users/monalisa/received_events",
      "type": "User",
      "site_admin": true
    },
    "secret_type": "adafruit_io_key",
    "secret_type_display_name": "Adafruit IO Key",
    "secret": "aio_XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX",
    "repository": {
      "id": 1296269,
      "node_id": "MDEwOlJlcG9zaXRvcnkxMjk2MjY5",
      "name": "Hello-World",
      "full_name": "octocat/Hello-World",
      "owner": {
        "login": "octocat",
        "id": 1,
        "node_id": "MDQ6VXNlcjE=",
        "avatar_url": "https://github.com/images/error/octocat_happy.gif",
        "gravatar_id": "",
        "url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat",
        "html_url": "https://github.com/octocat",
        "followers_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/followers",
        "following_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/following{/other_user}",
        "gists_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/gists{/gist_id}",
        "starred_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/starred{/owner}{/repo}",
        "subscriptions_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/subscriptions",
        "organizations_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/orgs",
        "repos_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/repos",
        "events_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/events{/privacy}",
        "received_events_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/received_events",
        "type": "User",
        "site_admin": false
      },
      "private": false,
      "html_url": "https://github.com/octocat/Hello-World",
      "description": "This your first repo!",
      "fork": false,
      "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World",
      "archive_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/{archive_format}{/ref}",
      "assignees_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/assignees{/user}",
      "blobs_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/git/blobs{/sha}",
      "branches_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/branches{/branch}",
      "collaborators_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/collaborators{/collaborator}",
      "comments_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/comments{/number}",
      "commits_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/commits{/sha}",
      "compare_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/compare/{base}...{head}",
      "contents_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/contents/{+path}",
      "contributors_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/contributors",
      "deployments_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/deployments",
      "downloads_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/downloads",
      "events_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/events",
      "forks_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/forks",
      "git_commits_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/git/commits{/sha}",
      "git_refs_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/git/refs{/sha}",
      "git_tags_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/git/tags{/sha}",
      "issue_comment_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/issues/comments{/number}",
      "issue_events_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/issues/events{/number}",
      "issues_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/issues{/number}",
      "keys_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/keys{/key_id}",
      "labels_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/labels{/name}",
      "languages_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/languages",
      "merges_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/merges",
      "milestones_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/milestones{/number}",
      "notifications_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/notifications{?since,all,participating}",
      "pulls_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/pulls{/number}",
      "releases_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/releases{/id}",
      "stargazers_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/stargazers",
      "statuses_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/statuses/{sha}",
      "subscribers_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/subscribers",
      "subscription_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/subscription",
      "tags_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/tags",
      "teams_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/teams",
      "trees_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/git/trees{/sha}",
      "hooks_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/hooks"
    },
    "push_protection_bypassed_by": {
      "login": "monalisa",
      "id": 2,
      "node_id": "MDQ6VXNlcjI=",
      "avatar_url": "https://alambic.github.com/avatars/u/2?",
      "gravatar_id": "",
      "url": "https://api.github.com/users/monalisa",
      "html_url": "https://github.com/monalisa",
      "followers_url": "https://api.github.com/users/monalisa/followers",
      "following_url": "https://api.github.com/users/monalisa/following{/other_user}",
      "gists_url": "https://api.github.com/users/monalisa/gists{/gist_id}",
      "starred_url": "https://api.github.com/users/monalisa/starred{/owner}{/repo}",
      "subscriptions_url": "https://api.github.com/users/monalisa/subscriptions",
      "organizations_url": "https://api.github.com/users/monalisa/orgs",
      "repos_url": "https://api.github.com/users/monalisa/repos",
      "events_url": "https://api.github.com/users/monalisa/events{/privacy}",
      "received_events_url": "https://api.github.com/users/monalisa/received_events",
      "type": "User",
      "site_admin": true
    },
    "push_protection_bypassed": true,
    "push_protection_bypassed_at": "2020-11-06T21:48:51Z",
    "resolution_comment": "Example comment"
  },
  {
    "number": 1,
    "created_at": "2020-11-06T18:18:30Z",
    "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/owner/repo/secret-scanning/alerts/1",
    "html_url": "https://github.com/owner/repo/security/secret-scanning/1",
    "locations_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/owner/private-repo/secret-scanning/alerts/1/locations",
    "state": "open",
    "resolution": null,
    "resolved_at": null,
    "resolved_by": null,
    "secret_type": "mailchimp_api_key",
    "secret_type_display_name": "Mailchimp API Key",
    "secret": "XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX-us2",
    "repository": {
      "id": 1296269,
      "node_id": "MDEwOlJlcG9zaXRvcnkxMjk2MjY5",
      "name": "Hello-World",
      "full_name": "octocat/Hello-World",
      "owner": {
        "login": "octocat",
        "id": 1,
        "node_id": "MDQ6VXNlcjE=",
        "avatar_url": "https://github.com/images/error/octocat_happy.gif",
        "gravatar_id": "",
        "url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat",
        "html_url": "https://github.com/octocat",
        "followers_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/followers",
        "following_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/following{/other_user}",
        "gists_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/gists{/gist_id}",
        "starred_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/starred{/owner}{/repo}",
        "subscriptions_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/subscriptions",
        "organizations_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/orgs",
        "repos_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/repos",
        "events_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/events{/privacy}",
        "received_events_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/received_events",
        "type": "User",
        "site_admin": false
      },
      "private": false,
      "html_url": "https://github.com/octocat/Hello-World",
      "description": "This your first repo!",
      "fork": false,
      "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World",
      "archive_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/{archive_format}{/ref}",
      "assignees_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/assignees{/user}",
      "blobs_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/git/blobs{/sha}",
      "branches_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/branches{/branch}",
      "collaborators_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/collaborators{/collaborator}",
      "comments_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/comments{/number}",
      "commits_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/commits{/sha}",
      "compare_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/compare/{base}...{head}",
      "contents_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/contents/{+path}",
      "contributors_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/contributors",
      "deployments_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/deployments",
      "downloads_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/downloads",
      "events_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/events",
      "forks_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/forks",
      "git_commits_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/git/commits{/sha}",
      "git_refs_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/git/refs{/sha}",
      "git_tags_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/git/tags{/sha}",
      "issue_comment_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/issues/comments{/number}",
      "issue_events_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/issues/events{/number}",
      "issues_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/issues{/number}",
      "keys_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/keys{/key_id}",
      "labels_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/labels{/name}",
      "languages_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/languages",
      "merges_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/merges",
      "milestones_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/milestones{/number}",
      "notifications_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/notifications{?since,all,participating}",
      "pulls_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/pulls{/number}",
      "releases_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/releases{/id}",
      "stargazers_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/stargazers",
      "statuses_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/statuses/{sha}",
      "subscribers_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/subscribers",
      "subscription_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/subscription",
      "tags_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/tags",
      "teams_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/teams",
      "trees_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/git/trees{/sha}",
      "hooks_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/hooks"
    },
    "push_protection_bypassed_by": null,
    "push_protection_bypassed": false,
    "push_protection_bypassed_at": null,
    "resolution_comment": null
  }
]

List secret scanning alerts for a repository

get /repos/{owner}/{repo}/secret-scanning/alerts

Lists secret scanning alerts for an eligible repository, from newest to oldest. To use this endpoint, you must be an administrator for the repository or for the organization that owns the repository, and you must use a personal access token with the repo scope or security_events scope. For public repositories, you may instead use the public_repo scope.

GitHub Apps must have the secret_scanning_alerts read permission to use this endpoint.

state

string

Set to open or resolved to only list secret scanning alerts in a specific state.

Enum
  • open
  • resolved

secret_type

string

A comma-separated list of secret types to return. By default all secret types are returned. See "Secret scanning patterns" for a complete list of secret types.

resolution

string

A comma-separated list of resolutions. Only secret scanning alerts with one of these resolutions are listed. Valid resolutions are false_positive, wont_fix, revoked, pattern_edited, pattern_deleted or used_in_tests.

sort

string

The property to sort the results by. created means when the alert was created. updated means when the alert was updated or resolved.

Default
"created"
Enum
  • created
  • updated

direction

string

The direction to sort the results by.

Default
"desc"
Enum
  • asc
  • desc

page

int

Page number of the results to fetch.

Default
1

per_page

int

The number of results per page (max 100).

Default
30

before

string

A cursor, as given in the Link header. If specified, the query only searches for events before this cursor. To receive an initial cursor on your first request, include an empty "before" query string.

after

string

A cursor, as given in the Link header. If specified, the query only searches for events after this cursor. To receive an initial cursor on your first request, include an empty "after" query string.

Response

ExamplesSchema

Response

[
  {
    "number": 2,
    "created_at": "2020-11-06T18:48:51Z",
    "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/owner/private-repo/secret-scanning/alerts/2",
    "html_url": "https://github.com/owner/private-repo/security/secret-scanning/2",
    "locations_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/owner/private-repo/secret-scanning/alerts/2/locations",
    "state": "resolved",
    "resolution": "false_positive",
    "resolved_at": "2020-11-07T02:47:13Z",
    "resolved_by": {
      "login": "monalisa",
      "id": 2,
      "node_id": "MDQ6VXNlcjI=",
      "avatar_url": "https://alambic.github.com/avatars/u/2?",
      "gravatar_id": "",
      "url": "https://api.github.com/users/monalisa",
      "html_url": "https://github.com/monalisa",
      "followers_url": "https://api.github.com/users/monalisa/followers",
      "following_url": "https://api.github.com/users/monalisa/following{/other_user}",
      "gists_url": "https://api.github.com/users/monalisa/gists{/gist_id}",
      "starred_url": "https://api.github.com/users/monalisa/starred{/owner}{/repo}",
      "subscriptions_url": "https://api.github.com/users/monalisa/subscriptions",
      "organizations_url": "https://api.github.com/users/monalisa/orgs",
      "repos_url": "https://api.github.com/users/monalisa/repos",
      "events_url": "https://api.github.com/users/monalisa/events{/privacy}",
      "received_events_url": "https://api.github.com/users/monalisa/received_events",
      "type": "User",
      "site_admin": true
    },
    "secret_type": "adafruit_io_key",
    "secret_type_display_name": "Adafruit IO Key",
    "secret": "aio_XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX",
    "push_protection_bypassed_by": {
      "login": "monalisa",
      "id": 2,
      "node_id": "MDQ6VXNlcjI=",
      "avatar_url": "https://alambic.github.com/avatars/u/2?",
      "gravatar_id": "",
      "url": "https://api.github.com/users/monalisa",
      "html_url": "https://github.com/monalisa",
      "followers_url": "https://api.github.com/users/monalisa/followers",
      "following_url": "https://api.github.com/users/monalisa/following{/other_user}",
      "gists_url": "https://api.github.com/users/monalisa/gists{/gist_id}",
      "starred_url": "https://api.github.com/users/monalisa/starred{/owner}{/repo}",
      "subscriptions_url": "https://api.github.com/users/monalisa/subscriptions",
      "organizations_url": "https://api.github.com/users/monalisa/orgs",
      "repos_url": "https://api.github.com/users/monalisa/repos",
      "events_url": "https://api.github.com/users/monalisa/events{/privacy}",
      "received_events_url": "https://api.github.com/users/monalisa/received_events",
      "type": "User",
      "site_admin": true
    },
    "push_protection_bypassed": true,
    "push_protection_bypassed_at": "2020-11-06T21:48:51Z",
    "resolution_comment": "Example comment"
  },
  {
    "number": 1,
    "created_at": "2020-11-06T18:18:30Z",
    "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/owner/repo/secret-scanning/alerts/1",
    "html_url": "https://github.com/owner/repo/security/secret-scanning/1",
    "locations_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/owner/private-repo/secret-scanning/alerts/1/locations",
    "state": "open",
    "resolution": null,
    "resolved_at": null,
    "resolved_by": null,
    "secret_type": "mailchimp_api_key",
    "secret_type_display_name": "Mailchimp API Key",
    "secret": "XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX-us2",
    "push_protection_bypassed_by": null,
    "push_protection_bypassed": false,
    "push_protection_bypassed_at": null,
    "resolution_comment": null
  }
]

Get a secret scanning alert

get /repos/{owner}/{repo}/secret-scanning/alerts/{alert_number}

Gets a single secret scanning alert detected in an eligible repository. To use this endpoint, you must be an administrator for the repository or for the organization that owns the repository, and you must use a personal access token with the repo scope or security_events scope. For public repositories, you may instead use the public_repo scope.

GitHub Apps must have the secret_scanning_alerts read permission to use this endpoint.

owner

string

required

The account owner of the repository. The name is not case sensitive.

repo

string

required

The name of the repository. The name is not case sensitive.

alert_number

int

required

The security alert number.

Response

ExamplesSchema

Response

{
  "number": 42,
  "created_at": "2020-11-06T18:18:30Z",
  "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/owner/private-repo/secret-scanning/alerts/42",
  "html_url": "https://github.com/owner/private-repo/security/secret-scanning/42",
  "locations_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/owner/private-repo/secret-scanning/alerts/42/locations",
  "state": "open",
  "resolution": null,
  "resolved_at": null,
  "resolved_by": null,
  "secret_type": "mailchimp_api_key",
  "secret_type_display_name": "Mailchimp API Key",
  "secret": "XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX-us2",
  "push_protection_bypassed_by": null,
  "push_protection_bypassed": false,
  "push_protection_bypassed_at": null,
  "resolution_comment": null
}

Update a secret scanning alert

patch /repos/{owner}/{repo}/secret-scanning/alerts/{alert_number}

Updates the status of a secret scanning alert in an eligible repository. To use this endpoint, you must be an administrator for the repository or for the organization that owns the repository, and you must use a personal access token with the repo scope or security_events scope. For public repositories, you may instead use the public_repo scope.

GitHub Apps must have the secret_scanning_alerts write permission to use this endpoint.

state

string

required

Sets the state of the secret scanning alert. You must provide resolution when you set the state to resolved.

Enum
  • open
  • resolved

resolution

string or null

Required when the state is resolved. The reason for resolving the alert.

Enum
  • false_positive
  • wont_fix
  • revoked
  • used_in_tests

resolution_comment

string or null

An optional comment when closing an alert. Cannot be updated or deleted. Must be null when changing state to open.

Request

{
  "state": "resolved",
  "resolution": "false_positive"
}

Response

ExamplesSchema

Response

{
  "number": 42,
  "created_at": "2020-11-06T18:18:30Z",
  "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/owner/private-repo/secret-scanning/alerts/42",
  "html_url": "https://github.com/owner/private-repo/security/secret-scanning/42",
  "locations_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/owner/private-repo/secret-scanning/alerts/42/locations",
  "state": "resolved",
  "resolution": "used_in_tests",
  "resolved_at": "2020-11-16T22:42:07Z",
  "resolved_by": {
    "login": "monalisa",
    "id": 2,
    "node_id": "MDQ6VXNlcjI=",
    "avatar_url": "https://alambic.github.com/avatars/u/2?",
    "gravatar_id": "",
    "url": "https://api.github.com/users/monalisa",
    "html_url": "https://github.com/monalisa",
    "followers_url": "https://api.github.com/users/monalisa/followers",
    "following_url": "https://api.github.com/users/monalisa/following{/other_user}",
    "gists_url": "https://api.github.com/users/monalisa/gists{/gist_id}",
    "starred_url": "https://api.github.com/users/monalisa/starred{/owner}{/repo}",
    "subscriptions_url": "https://api.github.com/users/monalisa/subscriptions",
    "organizations_url": "https://api.github.com/users/monalisa/orgs",
    "repos_url": "https://api.github.com/users/monalisa/repos",
    "events_url": "https://api.github.com/users/monalisa/events{/privacy}",
    "received_events_url": "https://api.github.com/users/monalisa/received_events",
    "type": "User",
    "site_admin": true
  },
  "secret_type": "mailchimp_api_key",
  "secret_type_display_name": "Mailchimp API Key",
  "secret": "XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX-us2",
  "push_protection_bypassed": false,
  "push_protection_bypassed_by": null,
  "push_protection_bypassed_at": null,
  "resolution_comment": "Example comment"
}