Issues
- List issues
- List issues for a repository
- Get a single issue
- Create an issue
- Edit an issue
- Lock an issue
- Unlock an issue
- Custom media types
Issues use these custom media types. You can read more about the use of media types in the API here.
List issues
Note: In the past, pull requests and issues were more closely aligned than they are now. As far as the API is concerned, every pull request is an issue, but not every issue is a pull request.
This endpoint may also return pull requests in the response. If an issue is a pull request, the object will include a pull_request key.
List all issues assigned to the authenticated user across all visible repositories including owned repositories, member repositories, and organization repositories:
GET /issues
You can use the filter query parameter to fetch issues that are not necessarily assigned to you. See the table below for more information.
List all issues across owned and member repositories assigned to the authenticated user:
GET /user/issues
List all issues for a given organization assigned to the authenticated user:
GET /orgs/:org/issues
Parameters
| Name | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
filter |
string |
Indicates which sorts of issues to return. Can be one of: * assigned: Issues assigned to you* created: Issues created by you* mentioned: Issues mentioning you* subscribed: Issues you're subscribed to updates for* all: All issues the authenticated user can see, regardless of participation or creationDefault: assigned
|
state |
string |
Indicates the state of the issues to return. Can be either open, closed, or all. Default: open
|
labels |
string |
A list of comma separated label names. Example: bug,ui,@high
|
sort |
string |
What to sort results by. Can be either created, updated, comments. Default: created
|
direction |
string |
The direction of the sort. Can be either asc or desc. Default: desc
|
since |
string |
Only issues updated at or after this time are returned. This is a timestamp in ISO 8601 format: YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM:SSZ. |
Response
Status: 200 OK
Link: <https://api.github.com/resource?page=2>; rel="next",
<https://api.github.com/resource?page=5>; rel="last"
[
{
"id": 1,
"url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/issues/1347",
"repository_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World",
"labels_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/issues/1347/labels{/name}",
"comments_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/issues/1347/comments",
"events_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/issues/1347/events",
"html_url": "https://github.com/octocat/Hello-World/issues/1347",
"number": 1347,
"state": "open",
"title": "Found a bug",
"body": "I'm having a problem with this.",
"user": {
"login": "octocat",
"id": 1,
"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
},
"labels": [
{
"id": 208045946,
"url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/labels/bug",
"name": "bug",
"color": "f29513",
"default": true
}
],
"assignee": {
"login": "octocat",
"id": 1,
"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
},
"milestone": {
"url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/milestones/1",
"html_url": "https://github.com/octocat/Hello-World/milestones/v1.0",
"labels_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/milestones/1/labels",
"id": 1002604,
"number": 1,
"state": "open",
"title": "v1.0",
"description": "Tracking milestone for version 1.0",
"creator": {
"login": "octocat",
"id": 1,
"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
},
"open_issues": 4,
"closed_issues": 8,
"created_at": "2011-04-10T20:09:31Z",
"updated_at": "2014-03-03T18:58:10Z",
"closed_at": "2013-02-12T13:22:01Z",
"due_on": "2012-10-09T23:39:01Z"
},
"locked": false,
"comments": 0,
"pull_request": {
"url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/pulls/1347",
"html_url": "https://github.com/octocat/Hello-World/pull/1347",
"diff_url": "https://github.com/octocat/Hello-World/pull/1347.diff",
"patch_url": "https://github.com/octocat/Hello-World/pull/1347.patch"
},
"closed_at": null,
"created_at": "2011-04-22T13:33:48Z",
"updated_at": "2011-04-22T13:33:48Z",
"repository": {
"id": 1296269,
"owner": {
"login": "octocat",
"id": 1,
"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
},
"name": "Hello-World",
"full_name": "octocat/Hello-World",
"description": "This your first repo!",
"private": false,
"fork": true,
"url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World",
"html_url": "https://github.com/octocat/Hello-World",
"archive_url": "http://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/{archive_format}{/ref}",
"assignees_url": "http://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/assignees{/user}",
"blobs_url": "http://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/git/blobs{/sha}",
"branches_url": "http://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/branches{/branch}",
"clone_url": "https://github.com/octocat/Hello-World.git",
"collaborators_url": "http://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/collaborators{/collaborator}",
"comments_url": "http://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/comments{/number}",
"commits_url": "http://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/commits{/sha}",
"compare_url": "http://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/compare/{base}...{head}",
"contents_url": "http://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/contents/{+path}",
"contributors_url": "http://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/contributors",
"deployments_url": "http://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/deployments",
"downloads_url": "http://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/downloads",
"events_url": "http://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/events",
"forks_url": "http://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/forks",
"git_commits_url": "http://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/git/commits{/sha}",
"git_refs_url": "http://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/git/refs{/sha}",
"git_tags_url": "http://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/git/tags{/sha}",
"git_url": "git:github.com/octocat/Hello-World.git",
"hooks_url": "http://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/hooks",
"issue_comment_url": "http://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/issues/comments{/number}",
"issue_events_url": "http://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/issues/events{/number}",
"issues_url": "http://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/issues{/number}",
"keys_url": "http://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/keys{/key_id}",
"labels_url": "http://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/labels{/name}",
"languages_url": "http://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/languages",
"merges_url": "http://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/merges",
"milestones_url": "http://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/milestones{/number}",
"mirror_url": "git:git.example.com/octocat/Hello-World",
"notifications_url": "http://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/notifications{?since, all, participating}",
"pulls_url": "http://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/pulls{/number}",
"releases_url": "http://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/releases{/id}",
"ssh_url": "git@github.com:octocat/Hello-World.git",
"stargazers_url": "http://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/stargazers",
"statuses_url": "http://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/statuses/{sha}",
"subscribers_url": "http://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/subscribers",
"subscription_url": "http://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/subscription",
"svn_url": "https://svn.github.com/octocat/Hello-World",
"tags_url": "http://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/tags",
"teams_url": "http://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/teams",
"trees_url": "http://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/git/trees{/sha}",
"homepage": "https://github.com",
"language": null,
"forks_count": 9,
"stargazers_count": 80,
"watchers_count": 80,
"size": 108,
"default_branch": "master",
"open_issues_count": 0,
"has_issues": true,
"has_wiki": true,
"has_pages": false,
"has_downloads": true,
"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
}
}
}
]
Reactions summary
An additional reactions object in the issue payload is currently available for developers to preview. During the preview period, the APIs may change without advance notice.
Please see the blog post for full details.
To access the API you must provide a custom media type in the Accept header:
application/vnd.github.squirrel-girl-preview
The reactions key will have the following payload where url can be used to construct the API location for listing and creating reactions.
{
"total_count": 5,
"+1": 3,
"-1": 1,
"laugh": 0,
"confused": 0,
"heart": 1,
"hooray": 0,
"url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/issues/1347/reactions"
}
List issues for a repository
Note: In the past, pull requests and issues were more closely aligned than they are now. As far as the API is concerned, every pull request is an issue, but not every issue is a pull request.
This endpoint may also return pull requests in the response. If an issue is a pull request, the object will include a pull_request key.
GET /repos/:owner/:repo/issues
Parameters
| Name | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
milestone |
integer or string
|
If an integer is passed, it should refer to a milestone by its number field. If the string * is passed, issues with any milestone are accepted. If the string none is passed, issues without milestones are returned. |
state |
string |
Indicates the state of the issues to return. Can be either open, closed, or all. Default: open
|
assignee |
string |
Can be the name of a user. Pass in none for issues with no assigned user, and * for issues assigned to any user. |
creator |
string |
The user that created the issue. |
mentioned |
string |
A user that's mentioned in the issue. |
labels |
string |
A list of comma separated label names. Example: bug,ui,@high
|
sort |
string |
What to sort results by. Can be either created, updated, comments. Default: created
|
direction |
string |
The direction of the sort. Can be either asc or desc. Default: desc
|
since |
string |
Only issues updated at or after this time are returned. This is a timestamp in ISO 8601 format: YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM:SSZ. |
Response
Status: 200 OK
Link: <https://api.github.com/resource?page=2>; rel="next",
<https://api.github.com/resource?page=5>; rel="last"
[
{
"id": 1,
"url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/issues/1347",
"repository_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World",
"labels_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/issues/1347/labels{/name}",
"comments_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/issues/1347/comments",
"events_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/issues/1347/events",
"html_url": "https://github.com/octocat/Hello-World/issues/1347",
"number": 1347,
"state": "open",
"title": "Found a bug",
"body": "I'm having a problem with this.",
"user": {
"login": "octocat",
"id": 1,
"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
},
"labels": [
{
"id": 208045946,
"url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/labels/bug",
"name": "bug",
"color": "f29513",
"default": true
}
],
"assignee": {
"login": "octocat",
"id": 1,
"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
},
"milestone": {
"url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/milestones/1",
"html_url": "https://github.com/octocat/Hello-World/milestones/v1.0",
"labels_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/milestones/1/labels",
"id": 1002604,
"number": 1,
"state": "open",
"title": "v1.0",
"description": "Tracking milestone for version 1.0",
"creator": {
"login": "octocat",
"id": 1,
"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
},
"open_issues": 4,
"closed_issues": 8,
"created_at": "2011-04-10T20:09:31Z",
"updated_at": "2014-03-03T18:58:10Z",
"closed_at": "2013-02-12T13:22:01Z",
"due_on": "2012-10-09T23:39:01Z"
},
"locked": false,
"comments": 0,
"pull_request": {
"url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/pulls/1347",
"html_url": "https://github.com/octocat/Hello-World/pull/1347",
"diff_url": "https://github.com/octocat/Hello-World/pull/1347.diff",
"patch_url": "https://github.com/octocat/Hello-World/pull/1347.patch"
},
"closed_at": null,
"created_at": "2011-04-22T13:33:48Z",
"updated_at": "2011-04-22T13:33:48Z"
}
]
Reactions summary
An additional reactions object in the issue payload is currently available for developers to preview.
During the preview period, the APIs may change without advance notice.
Please see the blog post for full details.
To access the API you must provide a custom media type in the Accept header:
application/vnd.github.squirrel-girl-preview
The reactions key will have the following payload where url can be used to construct the API location for listing and creating reactions.
{
"total_count": 5,
"+1": 3,
"-1": 1,
"laugh": 0,
"confused": 0,
"heart": 1,
"hooray": 0,
"url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/issues/1347/reactions"
}
Get a single issue
Note: In the past, pull requests and issues were more closely aligned than they are now. As far as the API is concerned, every pull request is an issue, but not every issue is a pull request.
This endpoint may also return pull requests in the response. If an issue is a pull request, the object will include a pull_request key.
GET /repos/:owner/:repo/issues/:number
Response
Status: 200 OK
{
"id": 1,
"url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/issues/1347",
"repository_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World",
"labels_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/issues/1347/labels{/name}",
"comments_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/issues/1347/comments",
"events_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/issues/1347/events",
"html_url": "https://github.com/octocat/Hello-World/issues/1347",
"number": 1347,
"state": "open",
"title": "Found a bug",
"body": "I'm having a problem with this.",
"user": {
"login": "octocat",
"id": 1,
"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
},
"labels": [
{
"id": 208045946,
"url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/labels/bug",
"name": "bug",
"color": "f29513",
"default": true
}
],
"assignee": {
"login": "octocat",
"id": 1,
"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
},
"milestone": {
"url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/milestones/1",
"html_url": "https://github.com/octocat/Hello-World/milestones/v1.0",
"labels_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/milestones/1/labels",
"id": 1002604,
"number": 1,
"state": "open",
"title": "v1.0",
"description": "Tracking milestone for version 1.0",
"creator": {
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"id": 1,
"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
},
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"due_on": "2012-10-09T23:39:01Z"
},
"locked": false,
"comments": 0,
"pull_request": {
"url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/pulls/1347",
"html_url": "https://github.com/octocat/Hello-World/pull/1347",
"diff_url": "https://github.com/octocat/Hello-World/pull/1347.diff",
"patch_url": "https://github.com/octocat/Hello-World/pull/1347.patch"
},
"closed_at": null,
"created_at": "2011-04-22T13:33:48Z",
"updated_at": "2011-04-22T13:33:48Z",
"closed_by": {
"login": "octocat",
"id": 1,
"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
}
}
Reactions summary
An additional reactions object in the issue payload is currently available for developers to preview.
During the preview period, the APIs may change without advance notice.
Please see the blog post for full details.
To access the API you must provide a custom media type in the Accept header:
application/vnd.github.squirrel-girl-preview
The reactions key will have the following payload where url can be used to construct the API location for listing and creating reactions.
{
"total_count": 5,
"+1": 3,
"-1": 1,
"laugh": 0,
"confused": 0,
"heart": 1,
"hooray": 0,
"url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/issues/1347/reactions"
}
Create an issue
Any user with pull access to a repository can create an issue.
POST /repos/:owner/:repo/issues
Parameters
| Name | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
title |
string |
Required. The title of the issue. |
body |
string |
The contents of the issue. |
assignee |
string |
Login for the user that this issue should be assigned to. NOTE: Only users with push access can set the assignee for new issues. The assignee is silently dropped otherwise. This field is deprecated. |
milestone |
integer |
The number of the milestone to associate this issue with. NOTE: Only users with push access can set the milestone for new issues. The milestone is silently dropped otherwise.
|
labels |
array of strings
|
Labels to associate with this issue. NOTE: Only users with push access can set labels for new issues. Labels are silently dropped otherwise. |
assignees |
array of strings
|
Logins for Users to assign to this issue. NOTE: Only users with push access can set assignees for new issues. Assignees are silently dropped otherwise. |
Example
{
"title": "Found a bug",
"body": "I'm having a problem with this.",
"assignee": "octocat",
"assignees": [
{
"login": "octocat",
"id": 1,
"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
}
],
"milestone": 1,
"labels": [
"bug"
]
}
Response
Status: 201 Created
Location: https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/issues/1347
{
"id": 1,
"url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/issues/1347",
"repository_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World",
"labels_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/issues/1347/labels{/name}",
"comments_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/issues/1347/comments",
"events_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/issues/1347/events",
"html_url": "https://github.com/octocat/Hello-World/issues/1347",
"number": 1347,
"state": "open",
"title": "Found a bug",
"body": "I'm having a problem with this.",
"user": {
"login": "octocat",
"id": 1,
"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
},
"labels": [
{
"id": 208045946,
"url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/labels/bug",
"name": "bug",
"color": "f29513",
"default": true
}
],
"assignee": {
"login": "octocat",
"id": 1,
"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
},
"milestone": {
"url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/milestones/1",
"html_url": "https://github.com/octocat/Hello-World/milestones/v1.0",
"labels_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/milestones/1/labels",
"id": 1002604,
"number": 1,
"state": "open",
"title": "v1.0",
"description": "Tracking milestone for version 1.0",
"creator": {
"login": "octocat",
"id": 1,
"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
},
"open_issues": 4,
"closed_issues": 8,
"created_at": "2011-04-10T20:09:31Z",
"updated_at": "2014-03-03T18:58:10Z",
"closed_at": "2013-02-12T13:22:01Z",
"due_on": "2012-10-09T23:39:01Z"
},
"locked": false,
"comments": 0,
"pull_request": {
"url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/pulls/1347",
"html_url": "https://github.com/octocat/Hello-World/pull/1347",
"diff_url": "https://github.com/octocat/Hello-World/pull/1347.diff",
"patch_url": "https://github.com/octocat/Hello-World/pull/1347.patch"
},
"closed_at": null,
"created_at": "2011-04-22T13:33:48Z",
"updated_at": "2011-04-22T13:33:48Z",
"closed_by": {
"login": "octocat",
"id": 1,
"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
}
}
Edit an issue
Issue owners and users with push access can edit an issue.
PATCH /repos/:owner/:repo/issues/:number
Parameters
| Name | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
title |
string |
The title of the issue. |
body |
string |
The contents of the issue. |
assignee |
string |
Login for the user that this issue should be assigned to. This field is deprecated. |
state |
string |
State of the issue. Either open or closed. |
milestone |
integer |
The number of the milestone to associate this issue with or null to remove current. NOTE: Only users with push access can set the milestone for issues. The milestone is silently dropped otherwise.
|
labels |
array of strings
|
Labels to associate with this issue. Pass one or more Labels to replace the set of Labels on this Issue. Send an empty array ([]) to clear all Labels from the Issue. NOTE: Only users with push access can set labels for issues. Labels are silently dropped otherwise.
|
assignees |
array of strings
|
Logins for Users to assign to this issue. Pass one or more user logins to replace the set of assignees on this Issue. .Send an empty array ([]) to clear all assignees from the Issue. NOTE: Only users with push access can set assignees for new issues. Assignees are silently dropped otherwise.
|
Example
{
"title": "Found a bug",
"body": "I'm having a problem with this.",
"assignee": "octocat",
"assignees": [
{
"login": "octocat",
"id": 1,
"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
}
],
"milestone": 1,
"state": "open",
"labels": [
"bug"
]
}
Response
Status: 200 OK
{
"id": 1,
"url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/issues/1347",
"repository_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World",
"labels_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/issues/1347/labels{/name}",
"comments_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/issues/1347/comments",
"events_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/issues/1347/events",
"html_url": "https://github.com/octocat/Hello-World/issues/1347",
"number": 1347,
"state": "open",
"title": "Found a bug",
"body": "I'm having a problem with this.",
"user": {
"login": "octocat",
"id": 1,
"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
},
"labels": [
{
"id": 208045946,
"url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/labels/bug",
"name": "bug",
"color": "f29513",
"default": true
}
],
"assignee": {
"login": "octocat",
"id": 1,
"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
},
"milestone": {
"url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/milestones/1",
"html_url": "https://github.com/octocat/Hello-World/milestones/v1.0",
"labels_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/milestones/1/labels",
"id": 1002604,
"number": 1,
"state": "open",
"title": "v1.0",
"description": "Tracking milestone for version 1.0",
"creator": {
"login": "octocat",
"id": 1,
"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
},
"open_issues": 4,
"closed_issues": 8,
"created_at": "2011-04-10T20:09:31Z",
"updated_at": "2014-03-03T18:58:10Z",
"closed_at": "2013-02-12T13:22:01Z",
"due_on": "2012-10-09T23:39:01Z"
},
"locked": false,
"comments": 0,
"pull_request": {
"url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/pulls/1347",
"html_url": "https://github.com/octocat/Hello-World/pull/1347",
"diff_url": "https://github.com/octocat/Hello-World/pull/1347.diff",
"patch_url": "https://github.com/octocat/Hello-World/pull/1347.patch"
},
"closed_at": null,
"created_at": "2011-04-22T13:33:48Z",
"updated_at": "2011-04-22T13:33:48Z",
"closed_by": {
"login": "octocat",
"id": 1,
"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
}
}
Lock an issue
Users with push access can lock an issue's conversation.
PUT /repos/:owner/:repo/issues/:number/lock
Note that you'll need to set Content-Length to zero when calling out to this endpoint. For more information, see "HTTP verbs."
Response
Status: 204 No Content
Unlock an issue
Users with push access can unlock an issue's conversation.
DELETE /repos/:owner/:repo/issues/:number/lock
Response
Status: 204 No Content
Custom media types
These are the supported media types for issues. You can read more about the use of media types in the API here.
application/vnd.github.VERSION.raw+json
application/vnd.github.VERSION.text+json
application/vnd.github.VERSION.html+json
application/vnd.github.VERSION.full+json