Project board cards

The Project board cards API lets you create and manage cards on a project board.

Note: This API only applies to project boards. Projects (beta) can be managed with the GraphQL API. For more information, see "Using the API to manage projects (beta)."

Get a project card

Works with GitHub Apps

Parameters

Headers
Name, Type, Description
`accept`string Setting to `application/vnd.github.v3+json` is recommended.
Path parameters
Name, Type, Description
`card_id`integerRequired The unique identifier of the card.

HTTP response status codes

Status code	Description
`200`	OK
`304`	Not modified
`401`	Requires authentication
`403`	Forbidden
`404`	Resource not found

Code samples

get/projects/columns/cards/{card_id}

curl \
  -H "Accept: application/vnd.github.v3+json" \
  https://api.github.com/projects/columns/cards/CARD_ID

Response

Status: 200

{
  "url": "https://api.github.com/projects/columns/cards/1478",
  "id": 1478,
  "node_id": "MDExOlByb2plY3RDYXJkMTQ3OA==",
  "note": "Add payload for delete Project column",
  "creator": {
    "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
  },
  "created_at": "2016-09-05T14:21:06Z",
  "updated_at": "2016-09-05T14:20:22Z",
  "archived": false,
  "column_url": "https://api.github.com/projects/columns/367",
  "content_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/api-playground/projects-test/issues/3",
  "project_url": "https://api.github.com/projects/120"
}

Update an existing project card

Works with GitHub Apps

Parameters

Headers
Name, Type, Description
`accept`string Setting to `application/vnd.github.v3+json` is recommended.
Path parameters
Name, Type, Description
`card_id`integerRequired The unique identifier of the card.
Body parameters
Name, Type, Description
`note`string or null The project card's note
`archived`boolean Whether or not the card is archived

HTTP response status codes

Status code	Description
`200`	OK
`304`	Not modified
`401`	Requires authentication
`403`	Forbidden
`404`	Resource not found
`422`	Validation failed

Code samples

patch/projects/columns/cards/{card_id}

curl \
  -X PATCH \
  -H "Accept: application/vnd.github.v3+json" \
  https://api.github.com/projects/columns/cards/CARD_ID

Response

Status: 200

{
  "url": "https://api.github.com/projects/columns/cards/1478",
  "id": 1478,
  "node_id": "MDExOlByb2plY3RDYXJkMTQ3OA==",
  "note": "Add payload for delete Project column",
  "creator": {
    "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
  },
  "created_at": "2016-09-05T14:21:06Z",
  "updated_at": "2016-09-05T14:20:22Z",
  "archived": false,
  "column_url": "https://api.github.com/projects/columns/367",
  "content_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/api-playground/projects-test/issues/3",
  "project_url": "https://api.github.com/projects/120"
}

Delete a project card

Works with GitHub Apps

Parameters

Headers
Name, Type, Description
`accept`string Setting to `application/vnd.github.v3+json` is recommended.
Path parameters
Name, Type, Description
`card_id`integerRequired The unique identifier of the card.

HTTP response status codes

Status code	Description
`204`	No Content
`304`	Not modified
`401`	Requires authentication
`403`	Forbidden
`404`	Resource not found

Code samples

delete/projects/columns/cards/{card_id}

curl \
  -X DELETE \
  -H "Accept: application/vnd.github.v3+json" \
  https://api.github.com/projects/columns/cards/CARD_ID

Response

Status: 20