Code scanning - GitHub Docs

The code scanning API lets you retrieve and update code scanning alerts from a repository. You can use the endpoints to create automated reports for the code scanning alerts in an organization or upload analysis results generated using offline code scanning tools. For more information, see "Finding security vulnerabilities and errors in your code."

Custom media type for code scanning

There is one supported custom media type for the code scanning REST API.

application/sarif+json

You can use this with GET requests sent to the /analyses/{analysis_id} endpoint. For more information about this operation, see "Get a code scanning analysis for a repository." When you use this media type with this operation, the response includes a subset of the actual data that was uploaded for the specified analysis, rather than the summary of the analysis that's returned when you use the default media type. The response also includes additional data such as the github/alertNumber and github/alertUrl properties. The data is formatted as SARIF version 2.1.0.

For more information, see "Media types."

List code scanning alerts for an organization

Lists all code scanning alerts for the default branch (usually main or master) for all eligible repositories in an organization. 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.

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

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

Parameters

Name	Type	In	Description
`accept`	string	header	Setting to`application/vnd.github.v3+json` is recommended.
`org`	string	path
`before`	string	query	A cursor, as given in the Link header. If specified, the query only searches for events before this cursor.
`after`	string	query	A cursor, as given in the Link header. If specified, the query only searches for events after this cursor.
`page`	integer	query	Page number of the results to fetch. Default: `1`
`per_page`	integer	query	Results per page (max 100) Default: `30`
`direction`	string	query	One of `asc` (ascending) or `desc` (descending). Default: `desc`
`state`	string	query	Set to `open`, `closed,` fixed`, or` dismissed` to list code scanning alerts in a specific state.
`sort`	string	query	Can be one of `created`, `updated`. Default: `created`

Code samples

Shell

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

JavaScript (@octokit/core.js)

 await octokit.request('GET /orgs/{org}/code-scanning/alerts', {
  org: 'org'
})

Response

 Status: 200 OK

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  {
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      "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
      },
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        "id": 1296269,
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        "name": "Hello-World-Template",
        "full_name": "octocat/Hello-World-Template",
        "owner": {
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          "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-Template",
        "description": "This your first repo!",
        "fork": false,
        "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World-Template",
        "archive_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World-Template/{archive_format}{/ref}",
        "assignees_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World-Template/assignees{/user}",
        "blobs_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World-Template/git/blobs{/sha}",
        "branches_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World-Template/branches{/branch}",
        "collaborators_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World-Template/collaborators{/collaborator}",
        "comments_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World-Template/comments{/number}",
        "commits_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World-Template/commits{/sha}",
        "compare_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World-Template/compare/{base}...{head}",
        "contents_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World-Template/contents/{+path}",
        "contributors_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World-Template/contributors",
        "deployments_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World-Template/deployments",
        "downloads_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World-Template/downloads",
        "events_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World-Template/events",
        "forks_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World-Template/forks",
        "git_commits_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World-Template/git/commits{/sha}",
        "git_refs_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World-Template/git/refs{/sha}",
        "git_tags_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World-Template/git/tags{/sha}",
        "git_url": "git:github.com/octocat/Hello-World-Template.git",
        "issue_comment_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World-Template/issues/comments{/number}",
        "issue_events_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World-Template/issues/events{/number}",
        "issues_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World-Template/issues{/number}",
        "keys_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World-Template/keys{/key_id}",
        "labels_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World-Template/labels{/name}",
        "languages_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World-Template/languages",
        "merges_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World-Template/merges",
        "milestones_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World-Template/milestones{/number}",
        "notifications_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World-Template/notifications{?since,all,participating}",
        "pulls_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World-Template/pulls{/number}",
        "releases_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World-Template/releases{/id}",
        "ssh_url": "git@github.com:octocat/Hello-World-Template.git",
        "stargazers_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World-Template/stargazers",
        "statuses_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World-Template/statuses/{sha}",
        "subscribers_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World-Template/subscribers",
        "subscription_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World-Template/subscription",
        "tags_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World-Template/tags",
        "teams_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World-Template/teams",
        "trees_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World-Template/git/trees{/sha}",
        "clone_url": "https://github.com/octocat/Hello-World-Template.git",
        "mirror_url": "git:git.example.com/octocat/Hello-World-Template",
        "hooks_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World-Template/hooks",
        "svn_url": "https://svn.github.com/octocat/Hello-World-Template",
        "homepage": "https://github.com",
        "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,
        "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
      }
    }
  }
]

Response if GitHub Advanced Security is not enabled for this repository

 Status: 403 Forbidden

Resource not found

 Status: 404 Not Found

Service unavailable

 Status: 503 Service Unavailable

Notes

Works with GitHub Apps

List code scanning alerts for a repository

Lists all open code scanning alerts for the default branch (usually main or master). You must use an access token with the security_events scope to use this endpoint with private repos, the public_repo scope also grants permission to read security events on public repos only. GitHub Apps must have the security_events read permission to use this endpoint.

The response includes a most_recent_instance object. This provides details of the most recent instance of this alert for the default branch or for the specified Git reference (if you used ref in the request).

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

Parameters

Name	Type	In	Description
`accept`	string	header	Setting to`application/vnd.github.v3+json` is recommended.
`owner`	string	path
`repo`	string	path
`tool_name`	string	query	The name of a code scanning tool. Only results by this tool will be listed. You can specify the tool by using either `tool_name` or `tool_guid`, but not both.
`tool_guid`	string	query	The GUID of a code scanning tool. Only results by this tool will be listed. Note that some code scanning tools may not include a GUID in their analysis data. You can specify the tool by using either `tool_guid` or `tool_name`, but not both.
`page`	integer	query	Page number of the results to fetch. Default: `1`
`per_page`	integer	query	Results per page (max 100) Default: `30`
`ref`	string	query	The Git reference for the results you want to list. The `ref` for a branch can be formatted either as `refs/heads/<branch name>` or simply `<branch name>`. To reference a pull request use `refs/pull/<number>/merge`.
`direction`	string	query	One of `asc` (ascending) or `desc` (descending). Default: `desc`
`sort`	string	query	Can be one of `created`, `updated`, `number`. Default: `number`
`state`	string	query	Set to `open`, `closed,` fixed`, or` dismissed` to list code scanning alerts in a specific state.

Code samples

Shell

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

JavaScript (@octokit/core.js)

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

Response

 Status: 200 OK

 [
  {
    "number": 4,
    "created_at": "2020-02-13T12:29:18Z",
    "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/hello-world/code-scanning/alerts/4",
    "html_url": "https://github.com/octocat/hello-world/code-scanning/4",
    "state": "open",
    "fixed_at": null,
    "dismissed_by": null,
    "dismissed_at": null,
    "dismissed_reason": null,
    "rule": {
      "id": "js/zipslip",
      "severity": "error",
      "tags": [
        "security",
        "external/cwe/cwe-022"
      ],
      "description": "Arbitrary file write during zip extraction",
      "name": "js/zipslip"
    },
    "tool": {
      "name": "CodeQL",
      "guid": null,
      "version": "2.4.0"
    },
    "most_recent_instance": {
      "ref": "refs/heads/main",
      "analysis_key": ".github/workflows/codeql-analysis.yml:CodeQL-Build",
      "environment": "{}",
      "state": "open",
      "commit_sha": "39406e42cb832f683daa691dd652a8dc36ee8930",
      "message": {
        "text": "This path depends on a user-provided value."
      },
      "location": {
        "path": "spec-main/api-session-spec.ts",
        "start_line": 917,
        "end_line": 917,
        "start_column": 7,
        "end_column": 18
      },
      "classifications": [
        "test"
      ]
    },
    "instances_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/hello-world/code-scanning/alerts/4/instances"
  },
  {
    "number": 3,
    "created_at": "2020-02-13T12:29:18Z",
    "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/hello-world/code-scanning/alerts/3",
    "html_url": "https://github.com/octocat/hello-world/code-scanning/3",
    "state": "dismissed",
    "fixed_at": null,
    "dismissed_by": {
      "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
    },
    "dismissed_at": "2020-02-14T12:29:18Z",
    "dismissed_reason": "false positive",
    "rule": {
      "id": "js/zipslip",
      "severity": "error",
      "tags": [
        "security",
        "external/cwe/cwe-022"
      ],
      "description": "Arbitrary file write during zip extraction",
      "name": "js/zipslip"
    },
    "tool": {
      "name": "CodeQL",
      "guid": null,
      "version": "2.4.0"
    },
    "most_recent_instance": {
      "ref": "refs/heads/main",
      "analysis_key": ".github/workflows/codeql-analysis.yml:CodeQL-Build",
      "environment": "{}",
      "state": "open",
      "commit_sha": "39406e42cb832f683daa691dd652a8dc36ee8930",
      "message": {
        "text": "This path depends on a user-provided value."
      },
      "location": {
        "path": "lib/ab12-gen.js",
        "start_line": 917,
        "end_line": 917,
        "start_column": 7,
        "end_column": 18
      },
      "classifications": []
    },
    "instances_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/hello-world/code-scanning/alerts/3/instances"
  }
]

Not modified

 Status: 304 Not Modified

Response if GitHub Advanced Security is not enabled for this repository

 Status: 403 Forbidden

Resource not found

 Status: 404 Not Found

Service unavailable

 Status: 503 Service Unavailable

Notes

Works with GitHub Apps

Get a code scanning alert

Gets a single code scanning alert. You must use an access token with the security_events scope to use this endpoint with private repos, the public_repo scope also grants permission to read security events on public repos only. GitHub Apps must have the security_events read permission to use this endpoint.

Deprecation notice: The instances field is deprecated and will, in future, not be included in the response for this endpoint. The example response reflects this change. The same information can now be retrieved via a GET request to the URL specified by instances_url.

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

Parameters

Name	Type	In	Description
`accept`	string	header	Setting to`application/vnd.github.v3+json` is recommended.
`owner`	string	path
`repo`	string	path
`alert_number`	integer	path	The number that identifies an alert. You can find this at the end of the URL for a code scanning alert within GitHub, and in the `number` field in the response from the `GET /repos/{owner}/{repo}/code-scanning/alerts` operation.

Code samples

Shell

 curl \
  -H "Accept: application/vnd.github.v3+json" \
  https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/hello-world/code-scanning/alerts/42

JavaScript (@octokit/core.js)

 await octokit.request('GET /repos/{owner}/{repo}/code-scanning/alerts/{alert_number}', {
  owner: 'octocat',
  repo: 'hello-world',
  alert_number: 42
})

Response

 Status: 200 OK

 {
  "number": 42,
  "created_at": "2020-06-19T11:21:34Z",
  "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/hello-world/code-scanning/alerts/42",
  "html_url": "https://github.com/octocat/hello-world/code-scanning/42",
  "state": "dismissed",
  "fixed_at": null,
  "dismissed_by": {
    "login": "octocat",
    "id": 54933897,
    "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
  },
  "dismissed_at": "2020-02-14T12:29:18Z",
  "dismissed_reason": "false positive",
  "rule": {
    "id": "js/zipslip",
    "severity": "error",
    "security_severity_level": "high",
    "description": "Arbitrary file write during zip extraction (\"Zip Slip\")",
    "name": "js/zipslip",
    "full_description": "Extracting files from a malicious zip archive without validating that the destination file path is within the destination directory can cause files outside the destination directory to be overwritten.",
    "tags": [
      "security",
      "external/cwe/cwe-022"
    ],
    "help": "# Arbitrary file write during zip extraction (\"Zip Slip\")\\nExtracting files from a malicious zip archive without validating that the destination file path is within the destination directory can cause files outside the destination directory to be overwritten ..."
  },
  "tool": {
    "name": "CodeQL",
    "guid": null,
    "version": "2.4.0"
  },
  "most_recent_instance": {
    "ref": "refs/heads/main",
    "analysis_key": ".github/workflows/codeql-analysis.yml:CodeQL-Build",
    "environment": "{}",
    "state": "dismissed",
    "commit_sha": "39406e42cb832f683daa691dd652a8dc36ee8930",
    "message": {
      "text": "This path depends on a user-provided value."
    },
    "location": {
      "path": "spec-main/api-session-spec.ts",
      "start_line": 917,
      "end_line": 917,
      "start_column": 7,
      "end_column": 18
    },
    "classifications": [
      "test"
    ]
  },
  "instances_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/hello-world/code-scanning/alerts/42/instances"
}

Not modified

 Status: 304 Not Modified

Response if GitHub Advanced Security is not enabled for this repository

 Status: 403 Forbidden

Resource not found

 Status: 404 Not Found

Service unavailable

 Status: 503 Service Unavailable

Notes

Works with GitHub Apps

Update a code scanning alert

Updates the status of a single code scanning alert. You must use an access token with the security_events scope to use this endpoint with private repositories. You can also use tokens with the public_repo scope for public repositories only. GitHub Apps must have the security_events write permission to use this endpoint.

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

Parameters

Name	Type	In	Description
`accept`	string	header	Setting to`application/vnd.github.v3+json` is recommended.
`owner`	string	path
`repo`	string	path
`alert_number`	integer	path	The number that identifies an alert. You can find this at the end of the URL for a code scanning alert within GitHub, and in the `number` field in the response from the `GET /repos/{owner}/{repo}/code-scanning/alerts` operation.
`state`	string	body	Required. Sets the state of the code scanning alert. Can be one of `open` or `dismissed`. You must provide `dismissed_reason` when you set the state to `dismissed`.
`dismissed_reason`	string or null	body	Required when the state is dismissed. The reason for dismissing or closing the alert. Can be one of: `false positive`, `won't fix`, and `used in tests`.

Code samples

Shell

 curl \
  -X PATCH \
  -H "Accept: application/vnd.github.v3+json" \
  https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/hello-world/code-scanning/alerts/42 \
  -d '{"state":"state"}'

JavaScript (@octokit/core.js)

 await octokit.request('PATCH /repos/{owner}/{repo}/code-scanning/alerts/{alert_number}', {
  owner: 'octocat',
  repo: 'hello-world',
  alert_number: 42,
  state: 'state'
})

Response

 Status: 200 OK

 {
  "number": 42,
  "created_at": "2020-08-25T21:28:36Z",
  "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/hello-world/code-scanning/alerts/42",
  "html_url": "https://github.com/octocat/hello-world/code-scanning/42",
  "state": "dismissed",
  "fixed_at": null,
  "dismissed_by": {
    "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
  },
  "dismissed_at": "2020-09-02T22:34:56Z",
  "dismissed_reason": "false positive",
  "rule": {
    "id": "js/zipslip",
    "severity": "error",
    "security_severity_level": "high",
    "description": "Arbitrary file write during zip extraction (\"Zip Slip\")",
    "name": "js/zipslip",
    "full_description": "Extracting files from a malicious zip archive without validating that the destination file path is within the destination directory can cause files outside the destination directory to be overwritten.",
    "tags": [
      "security",
      "external/cwe/cwe-022"
    ],
    "help": "# Arbitrary file write during zip extraction (\"Zip Slip\")\\nExtracting files from a malicious zip archive without validating that the destination file path is within the destination directory can cause files outside the destination directory to be overwritten ..."
  },
  "tool": {
    "name": "CodeQL",
    "guid": null,
    "version": "2.4.0"
  },
  "most_recent_instance": {
    "ref": "refs/heads/main",
    "analysis_key": ".github/workflows/codeql-analysis.yml:CodeQL-Build",
    "environment": "{}",
    "state": "dismissed",
    "commit_sha": "39406e42cb832f683daa691dd652a8dc36ee8930",
    "message": {
      "text": "This path depends on a user-provided value."
    },
    "location": {
      "path": "spec-main/api-session-spec.ts",
      "start_line": 917,
      "end_line": 917,
      "start_column": 7,
      "end_column": 18
    },
    "classifications": [
      "test"
    ]
  },
  "instances_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/hello-world/code-scanning/alerts/42/instances"
}

Response if the repository is archived or if github advanced security is not enabled for this repository

 Status: 403 Forbidden

Resource not found

 Status: 404 Not Found

Service unavailable

 Status: 503 Service Unavailable

Notes

Works with GitHub Apps

List instances of a code scanning alert

Lists all instances of the specified code scanning alert. You must use an access token with the security_events scope to use this endpoint with private repos, the public_repo scope also grants permission to read security events on public repos only. GitHub Apps must have the security_events read permission to use this endpoint.

get /repos/{owner}/{repo}/code-scanning/alerts/{alert_number}/instances

Parameters

Name	Type	In	Description
`accept`	string	header	Setting to`application/vnd.github.v3+json` is recommended.
`owner`	string	path
`repo`	string	path
`alert_number`	integer	path	The number that identifies an alert. You can find this at the end of the URL for a code scanning alert within GitHub, and in the `number` field in the response from the `GET /repos/{owner}/{repo}/code-scanning/alerts` operation.
`page`	integer	query	Page number of the results to fetch. Default: `1`
`per_page`	integer	query	Results per page (max 100) Default: `30`
`ref`	string	query	The Git reference for the results you want to list. The `ref` for a branch can be formatted either as `refs/heads/<branch name>` or simply `<branch name>`. To reference a pull request use `refs/pull/<number>/merge`.

Code samples

Shell

 curl \
  -H "Accept: application/vnd.github.v3+json" \
  https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/hello-world/code-scanning/alerts/42/instances

JavaScript (@octokit/core.js)

 await octokit.request('GET /repos/{owner}/{repo}/code-scanning/alerts/{alert_number}/instances', {
  owner: 'octocat',
  repo: 'hello-world',
  alert_number: 42
})

Response

 Status: 200 OK

 [
  {
    "ref": "refs/heads/main",
    "analysis_key": ".github/workflows/codeql-analysis.yml:CodeQL-Build",
    "environment": "",
    "state": "open",
    "fixed_at": null,
    "commit_sha": "39406e42cb832f683daa691dd652a8dc36ee8930",
    "message": {
      "text": "This path depends on a user-provided value."
    },
    "location": {
      "path": "lib/ab12-gen.js",
      "start_line": 917,
      "end_line": 917,
      "start_column": 7,
      "end_column": 18
    },
    "classifications": [
      "library"
    ]
  },
  {
    "ref": "refs/pull/3740/merge",
    "analysis_key": ".github/workflows/codeql-analysis.yml:CodeQL-Build",
    "environment": "",
    "category": ".github/workflows/codeql-analysis.yml:CodeQL-Build",
    "state": "fixed",
    "fixed_at": "2020-02-14T12:29:18Z",
    "commit_sha": "b09da05606e27f463a2b49287684b4ae777092f2",
    "message": {
      "text": "This suffix check is missing a length comparison to correctly handle lastIndexOf returning -1."
    },
    "location": {
      "path": "app/script.js",
      "start_line": 2,
      "end_line": 2,
      "start_column": 10,
      "end_column": 50
    },
    "classifications": [
      "source"
    ]
  }
]

Response if GitHub Advanced Security is not enabled for this repository

 Status: 403 Forbidden

Resource not found

 Status: 404 Not Found

Service unavailable

 Status: 503 Service Unavailable

Notes

Works with GitHub Apps

List code scanning analyses for a repository

Lists the details of all code scanning analyses for a repository, starting with the most recent. The response is paginated and you can use the page and per_page parameters to list the analyses you're interested in. By default 30 analyses are listed per page.

The rules_count field in the response give the number of rules that were run in the analysis. For very old analyses this data is not available, and 0 is returned in this field.

You must use an access token with the security_events scope to use this endpoint with private repos, the public_repo scope also grants permission to read security events on public repos only. GitHub Apps must have the security_events read permission to use this endpoint.

Deprecation notice: The tool_name field is deprecated and will, in future, not be included in the response for this endpoint. The example response reflects this change. The tool name can now be found inside the tool field.

get /repos/{owner}/{repo}/code-scanning/analyses

Parameters

Name	Type	In	Description
`accept`	string	header	Setting to`application/vnd.github.v3+json` is recommended.
`owner`	string	path
`repo`	string	path
`tool_name`	string	query	The name of a code scanning tool. Only results by this tool will be listed. You can specify the tool by using either `tool_name` or `tool_guid`, but not both.
`tool_guid`	string	query	The GUID of a code scanning tool. Only results by this tool will be listed. Note that some code scanning tools may not include a GUID in their analysis data. You can specify the tool by using either `tool_guid` or `tool_name`, but not both.
`page`	integer	query	Page number of the results to fetch. Default: `1`
`per_page`	integer	query	Results per page (max 100) Default: `30`
`ref`	string	query	The Git reference for the analyses you want to list. The `ref` for a branch can be formatted either as `refs/heads/<branch name>` or simply `<branch name>`. To reference a pull request use `refs/pull/<number>/merge`.
`sarif_id`	string	query	Filter analyses belonging to the same SARIF upload.

Code samples

Shell

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

JavaScript (@octokit/core.js)

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

Response

 Status: 200 OK

 [
  {
    "ref": "refs/heads/main",
    "commit_sha": "d99612c3e1f2970085cfbaeadf8f010ef69bad83",
    "analysis_key": ".github/workflows/codeql-analysis.yml:analyze",
    "environment": "{\"language\":\"python\"}",
    "error": "",
    "category": ".github/workflows/codeql-analysis.yml:analyze/language:python",
    "created_at": "2020-08-27T15:05:21Z",
    "results_count": 17,
    "rules_count": 49,
    "id": 201,
    "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/hello-world/code-scanning/analyses/201",
    "sarif_id": "6c81cd8e-b078-4ac3-a3be-1dad7dbd0b53",
    "tool": {
      "name": "CodeQL",
      "guid": null,
      "version": "2.4.0"
    },
    "deletable": true,
    "warning": ""
  },
  {
    "ref": "refs/heads/my-branch",
    "commit_sha": "c8cff6510d4d084fb1b4aa13b64b97ca12b07321",
    "analysis_key": ".github/workflows/shiftleft.yml:build",
    "environment": "{}",
    "error": "",
    "category": ".github/workflows/shiftleft.yml:build/",
    "created_at": "2020-08-31T22:46:44Z",
    "results_count": 17,
    "rules_count": 32,
    "id": 200,
    "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/hello-world/code-scanning/analyses/200",
    "sarif_id": "8981cd8e-b078-4ac3-a3be-1dad7dbd0b582",
    "tool": {
      "name": "Python Security Analysis",
      "guid": null,
      "version": "1.2.0"
    },
    "deletable": true,
    "warning": ""
  }
]

Response if GitHub Advanced Security is not enabled for this repository

 Status: 403 Forbidden

Resource not found

 Status: 404 Not Found

Service unavailable

 Status: 503 Service Unavailable

Notes

Works with GitHub Apps

Get a code scanning analysis for a repository

Gets a specified code scanning analysis for a repository. You must use an access token with the security_events scope to use this endpoint with private repos, the public_repo scope also grants permission to read security events on public repos only. GitHub Apps must have the security_events read permission to use this endpoint.

The default JSON response contains fields that describe the analysis. This includes the Git reference and commit SHA to which the analysis relates, the datetime of the analysis, the name of the code scanning tool, and the number of alerts.

The rules_count field in the default response give the number of rules that were run in the analysis. For very old analyses this data is not available, and 0 is returned in this field.

If you use the Accept header application/sarif+json, the response contains the analysis data that was uploaded. This is formatted as SARIF version 2.1.0.

get /repos/{owner}/{repo}/code-scanning/analyses/{analysis_id}

Parameters

Name	Type	In	Description
`accept`	string	header	Setting to`application/vnd.github.v3+json` is recommended.
`owner`	string	path
`repo`	string	path
`analysis_id`	integer	path	The ID of the analysis, as returned from the `GET /repos/{owner}/{repo}/code-scanning/analyses` operation.

Code samples

Shell

 curl \
  -H "Accept: application/vnd.github.v3+json" \
  https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/hello-world/code-scanning/analyses/42

JavaScript (@octokit/core.js)

 await octokit.request('GET /repos/{owner}/{repo}/code-scanning/analyses/{analysis_id}', {
  owner: 'octocat',
  repo: 'hello-world',
  analysis_id: 42
})

Default response

 Status: 200 OK

 {
  "ref": "refs/heads/main",
  "commit_sha": "c18c69115654ff0166991962832dc2bd7756e655",
  "analysis_key": ".github/workflows/codeql-analysis.yml:analyze",
  "environment": "{\"language\":\"javascript\"}",
  "error": "",
  "category": ".github/workflows/codeql-analysis.yml:analyze/language:javascript",
  "created_at": "2021-01-13T11:55:49Z",
  "results_count": 3,
  "rules_count": 67,
  "id": 360284