Repositories

Name	Type	In	Description
`accept`	string	header	Setting to `application/vnd.github.v3+json` is recommended.
`org`	string	path
`type`	string	query	Specifies the types of repositories you want returned. Can be one of `all`, `public`, `private`, `forks`, `sources`, `member`, `internal`. Note: For GitHub AE, can be one of `all`, `private`, `forks`, `sources`, `member`, `internal`. Default: `all`. If your organization is associated with an enterprise account using GitHub Enterprise Cloud or GitHub Enterprise Server 2.20+, `type` can also be `internal`. However, the `internal` value is not yet supported when a GitHub App calls this API with an installation access token.
`sort`	string	query	Can be one of `created`, `updated`, `pushed`, `full_name`. Default: `created`
`direction`	string	query	Can be one of `asc` or `desc`. Default: when using `full_name`: `asc`, otherwise `desc`
`per_page`	integer	query	Results per page (max 100) Default: `30`
`page`	integer	query	Page number of the results to fetch. Default: `1`

Code samples

Shell

curl \
  -H "Accept: application/vnd.github.v3+json" \
  https://api.github.com/orgs/ORG/repos

JavaScript (@octokit/core.js)

await octokit.request('GET /orgs/{org}/repos', {
  org: 'org'
})

Response

Status: 200 OK

[
  {
    "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}",
    "git_url": "git:github.com/octocat/Hello-World.git",
    "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}",
    "ssh_url": "git@github.com:octocat/Hello-World.git",
    "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}",
    "clone_url": "https://github.com/octocat/Hello-World.git",
    "mirror_url": "git:git.example.com/octocat/Hello-World",
    "hooks_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/hooks",
    "svn_url": "https://svn.github.com/octocat/Hello-World",
    "homepage": "https://github.com",
    "language": null,
    "forks_count": 9,
    "stargazers_count": 80,
    "watchers_count": 80,
    "size": 108,
    "default_branch": "master",
    "open_issues_count": 0,
    "is_template": false,
    "topics": [
      "octocat",
      "atom",
      "electron",
      "api"
    ],
    "has_issues": true,
    "has_projects": true,
    "has_wiki": true,
    "has_pages": false,
    "has_downloads": true,
    "archived": false,
    "disabled": false,
    "visibility": "public",
    "pushed_at": "2011-01-26T19:06:43Z",
    "created_at": "2011-01-26T19:01:12Z",
    "updated_at": "2011-01-26T19:14:43Z",
    "permissions": {
      "admin": false,
      "push": false,
      "pull": true
    },
    "template_repository": null
  }
]

Notes

Works with GitHub Apps

Create an organization repository

Creates a new repository in the specified organization. The authenticated user must be a member of the organization.

OAuth scope requirements

When using OAuth, authorizations must include:

public_repo scope or repo scope to create a public repository. Note: For GitHub AE, use repo scope to create an internal repository.
repo scope to create a private repository

post /orgs/{org}/repos

Parameters

Name	Type	In	Description
`accept`	string	header	Setting to `application/vnd.github.v3+json` is recommended.
`org`	string	path
`name`	string	body	Required. The name of the repository.
`description`	string	body	A short description of the repository.
`homepage`	string	body	A URL with more information about the repository.
`private`	boolean	body	Whether the repository is private. Default: `false`
`visibility`	string	body	Can be `public` or `private`. If your organization is associated with an enterprise account using GitHub Enterprise Cloud or GitHub Enterprise Server 2.20+, `visibility` can also be `internal`. Note: For GitHub Enterprise Server and GitHub AE, this endpoint will only list repositories available to all users on the enterprise. For more information, see "Creating an internal repository" in the GitHub Help documentation.
`has_issues`	boolean	body	Either `true` to enable issues for this repository or `false` to disable them. Default: `true`
`has_projects`	boolean	body	Either `true` to enable projects for this repository or `false` to disable them. Note: If you're creating a repository in an organization that has disabled repository projects, the default is `false`, and if you pass `true`, the API returns an error. Default: `true`
`has_wiki`	boolean	body	Either `true` to enable the wiki for this repository or `false` to disable it. Default: `true`
`is_template`	boolean	body	Either `true` to make this repo available as a template repository or `false` to prevent it. Default: `false`
`team_id`	integer	body	The id of the team that will be granted access to this repository. This is only valid when creating a repository in an organization.
`auto_init`	boolean	body	Pass `true` to create an initial commit with empty README. Default: `false`
`gitignore_template`	string	body	Desired language or platform .gitignore template to apply. Use the name of the template without the extension. For example, "Haskell".
`license_template`	string	body	Choose an open source license template that best suits your needs, and then use the license keyword as the `license_template` string. For example, "mit" or "mpl-2.0".
`allow_squash_merge`	boolean	body	Either `true` to allow squash-merging pull requests, or `false` to prevent squash-merging. Default: `true`
`allow_merge_commit`	boolean	body	Either `true` to allow merging pull requests with a merge commit, or `false` to prevent merging pull requests with merge commits. Default: `true`
`allow_rebase_merge`	boolean	body	Either `true` to allow rebase-merging pull requests, or `false` to prevent rebase-merging. Default: `true`
`allow_auto_merge`	boolean	body	Either `true` to allow auto-merge on pull requests, or `false` to disallow auto-merge. Default: `false`
`delete_branch_on_merge`	boolean	body	Either `true` to allow automatically deleting head branches when pull requests are merged, or `false` to prevent automatic deletion. Default: `false`

Code samples

Shell

curl \
  -X POST \
  -H "Accept: application/vnd.github.v3+json" \
  https://api.github.com/orgs/ORG/repos \
  -d '{"name":"name"}'

JavaScript (@octokit/core.js)

await octokit.request('POST /orgs/{org}/repos', {
  org: 'org',
  name: 'name'
})

Response

Status: 201 Created

{
  "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}",
  "git_url": "git:github.com/octocat/Hello-World.git",
  "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}",
  "ssh_url": "git@github.com:octocat/Hello-World.git",
  "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}",
  "clone_url": "https://github.com/octocat/Hello-World.git",
  "mirror_url": "git:git.example.com/octocat/Hello-World",
  "hooks_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/hooks",
  "svn_url": "https://svn.github.com/octocat/Hello-World",
  "homepage": "https://github.com",
  "organization": null,
  "language": null,
  "forks": 9,
  "forks_count": 9,
  "stargazers_count": 80,
  "watchers_count": 80,
  "watchers": 80,
  "size": 108,
  "default_branch": "master",
  "open_issues": 0,
  "open_issues_count": 0,
  "is_template": true,
  "license": {
    "key": "mit",
    "name": "MIT License",
    "url": "https://api.github.com/licenses/mit",
    "spdx_id": "MIT",
    "node_id": "MDc6TGljZW5zZW1pdA==",
    "html_url": "https://api.github.com/licenses/mit"
  },
  "topics": [
    "octocat",
    "atom",
    "electron",
    "api"
  ],
  "has_issues": true,
  "has_projects": true,
  "has_wiki": true,
  "has_pages": false,
  "has_downloads": true,
  "archived": false,
  "disabled": false,
  "visibility": "public",
  "pushed_at": "2011-01-26T19:06:43Z",
  "created_at": "2011-01-26T19:01:12Z",
  "updated_at": "2011-01-26T19:14:43Z",
  "permissions": {
    "admin": false,
    "push": false,
    "pull": true
  },
  "allow_rebase_merge": true,
  "template_repository": null,
  "temp_clone_token": "ABTLWHOULUVAXGTRYU7OC2876QJ2O",
  "allow_squash_merge": true,
  "allow_auto_merge": false,
  "delete_branch_on_merge": true,
  "allow_merge_commit": true,
  "subscribers_count": 42,
  "network_count": 0
}

Forbidden

Status: 403 Forbidden

Validation failed

Status: 422 Unprocessable Entity

Notes

Works with GitHub Apps

Get a repository

The parent and source objects are present when the repository is a fork. parent is the repository this repository was forked from, source is the ultimate source for the network.

get /repos/{owner}/{repo}

Parameters

Name	Type	In	Description
`accept`	string	header	Setting to `application/vnd.github.v3+json` is recommended.
`owner`	string	path
`repo`	string	path

Code samples

Shell

curl \
  -H "Accept: application/vnd.github.v3+json" \
  https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/hello-world

JavaScript (@octokit/core.js)

await octokit.request('GET /repos/{owner}/{repo}', {
  owner: 'octocat',
  repo: 'hello-world'
})

Default response

Status: 200 OK

{
  "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}",
  "git_url": "git:github.com/octocat/Hello-World.git",
  "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}",
  "ssh_url": "git@github.com:octocat/Hello-World.git",
  "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",
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    "visibility": "public",
    "pushed_at": "2011-01-26T19:06:43Z",
    "created_at": "2011-01-26T19:01:12Z",
    "updated_at": "2011-01-26T19:14:43Z",
    "permissions": {
      "admin": false,
      "push": false,
      "pull": true
    },
    "allow_rebase_merge": true,
    "temp_clone_token": "ABTLWHOULUVAXGTRYU7OC2876QJ2O",
    "allow_squash_merge": true,
    "allow_auto_merge": false,
    "delete_branch_on_merge": true,
    "allow_merge_commit": true,
    "subscribers_count": 42,
    "network_count": 0,
    "license": {
      "key": "mit",
      "name": "MIT License",
      "url": "https://api.github.com/licenses/mit",
      "spdx_id": "MIT",
      "node_id": "MDc6TGljZW5zZW1pdA==",
      "html_url": "https://api.github.com/licenses/mit"
    },
    "forks": 1,
    "open_issues": 1,
    "watchers": 1
  }
}

Moved permanently

Status: 301 Moved Permanently

Forbidden

Status: 403 Forbidden

Resource not found

Status: 404 Not Found

Notes

Works with GitHub Apps

Update a repository

Note: To edit a repository's topics, use the Replace all repository topics endpoint.

patch /repos/{owner}/{repo}

Parameters

Name Type In Description

accept

string

header

Setting to application/vnd.github.v3+json is recommended.

owner string path

repo string path

name

string

body

The name of the repository.

description

string

body

A short description of the repository.

homepage

string

body

A URL with more information about the repository.

private

boolean

body

Either true to make the repository private or false to make it public. Default: false.
Note: You will get a 422 error if the organization restricts changing repository visibility to organization owners and a non-owner tries to change the value of private. Note: You will get a 422 error if the organization restricts changing repository visibility to organization owners and a non-owner tries to change the value of private.

Default: false

visibility

string

body

Can be public or private. If your organization is associated with an enterprise account using GitHub Enterprise Cloud or GitHub Enterprise Server 2.20+, visibility can also be internal."

security_and_analysis

object or nullable

body

Specify which security and analysis features to enable or disable. For example, to enable GitHub Advanced Security, use this data in the body of the PATCH request: {"security_and_analysis": {"advanced_security": {"status": "enabled"}}}. If you have admin permissions for a private repository covered by an Advanced Security license, you can check which security and analysis features are currently enabled by using a GET /repos/{owner}/{repo} request.

Properties of the security_and_analysis object

`advanced_security` (object)	Use the `status` property to enable or disable GitHub Advanced Security for this repository. For more information, see "About GitHub Advanced Security."
`secret_scanning` (object)	Use the `status` property to enable or disable secret scanning for this repository. For more information, see "About secret scanning."

Properties of the advanced_security object

status (string)

Can be enabled or disabled.

Properties of the secret_scanning object

status (string)

Can be enabled or disabled.

has_issues

boolean

body

Either true to enable issues for this repository or false to disable them.

Default: true

has_projects

boolean

body

Either true to enable projects for this repository or false to disable them. Note: If you're creating a repository in an organization that has disabled repository projects, the default is false, and if you pass true, the API returns an error.

Default: true

has_wiki

boolean

body

Either true to enable the wiki for this repository or false to disable it.

Default: true

is_template

boolean

body

Either true to make this repo available as a template repository or false to prevent it.

Default: false

default_branch

string

body

Updates the default branch for this repository.

allow_squash_merge

boolean

body

Either true to allow squash-merging pull requests, or false to prevent squash-merging.

Default: true

allow_merge_commit

boolean

body

Either true to allow merging pull requests with a merge commit, or false to prevent merging pull requests with merge commits.

Default: true

allow_rebase_merge

boolean

body

Either true to allow rebase-merging pull requests, or false to prevent rebase-merging.

Default: true

allow_auto_merge

boolean

body

Either true to allow auto-merge on pull requests, or false to disallow auto-merge.

Default: false

delete_branch_on_merge

boolean

body

Either true to allow automatically deleting head branches when pull requests are merged, or false to prevent automatic deletion.

Default: false

archived

boolean

body

true to archive this repository. Note: You cannot unarchive repositories through the API.

Default: false

allow_forking

boolean

body

Either true to allow private forks, or false to prevent private forks.

Default: false

Code samples

Shell

curl \
  -X PATCH \
  -H "Accept: application/vnd.github.v3+json" \
  https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/hello-world \
  -d '{"name":"name"}'

JavaScript (@octokit/core.js)

await octokit.request('PATCH /repos/{owner}/{repo}', {
  owner: 'octocat',
  repo: 'hello-world',
  name: 'name'
})

Response

Status: 200 OK

{
  "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}",
  "git_url": "git:github.com/octocat/Hello-World.git",
  "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}",
  "ssh_url": "git@github.com:octocat/Hello-World.git",
  "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}",
  "clone_url": "https://github.com/octocat/Hello-World.git",
  "mirror_url": "git:git.example.com/octocat/Hello-World",
  "hooks_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/hooks",
  "svn_url": "https://svn.github.com/octocat/Hello-World",
  "homepage": "https://github.com",
  "license": {
    "key": "mit",
    "name": "MIT License",
    "url": "https://api.github.com/licenses/mit",
    "spdx_id": "MIT",
    "node_id": "MDc6TGljZW5zZW1pdA==",
    "html_url": "https://github.com/licenses/mit"
  },
  "language": null,
  "forks_count": 9,
  "forks": 9,
  "stargazers_count": 80,
  "watchers_count": 80,
  "watchers": 80,
  "size": 108,
  "default_branch": "master",
  "open_issues_count": 0,
  "open_issues": 0,
  "is_template": false,
  "topics": [
    "octocat",
    "atom",
    "electron",
    "api"
  ],
  "has_issues": true,
  "has_projects": true,
  "has_wiki": true,
  "has_pages": false,
  "has_downloads": true,
  "archived": false,
  "disabled": false,
  "visibility": "public",
  "pushed_at": "2011-01-26T

Repositories

In this article

List organization repositories

Parameters

Code samples

Shell

JavaScript (@octokit/core.js)

Response

Notes

Create an organization repository

Parameters

Code samples

Shell

JavaScript (@octokit/core.js)

Response

Forbidden

Validation failed

Notes

Get a repository

Parameters

Code samples

Shell

JavaScript (@octokit/core.js)

Default response

Moved permanently

Forbidden

Resource not found

Notes

Update a repository

Parameters

Code samples

Shell

JavaScript (@octokit/core.js)

Response