Additional endpoints available for GitHub Apps

We've begun an audit of the availability of REST API endpoints for GitHub Apps. Additional endpoints will be enabled in batches over the course of the next few months.

Recently enabled endpoints

The first batch of newly enabled endpoints, available now, include:

• GET /
• GET /emojis
• GET /events
• GET /networks/:owner/:repo/events
• GET /orgs/:org/events
• GET /users/:username/events
• GET /users/:username/events/public
• GET /users/:username/received_events
• GET /users/:username/received_events/public
• GET /repos/:owner/:name/community/profile
• GET /repos/:owner/:repo/community/code_of_conduct
• GET /repos/:owner/:repo/branches/:branch/protection
• GET /repos/:owner/:repo/branches/:branch/protection/restrictions
• GET /repos/:owner/:repo/branches/:branch/protection/restrictions/users
• GET /repos/:owner/:repo/branches/:branch/protection/restrictions/teams
• GET /repos/:owner/:repo/branches/:branch/protection/required_pull_request_reviews
• GET /repos/:owner/:repo/branches/:branch/protection/enforce_admins
• PUT /repos/:owner/:repo/branches/:branch/protection
• DELETE /repos/:owner/:repo/branches/:branch/protection
• PATCH /repos/:owner/:repo/branches/:branch/protection/required_status_checks
• DELETE /repos/:owner/:repo/branches/:branch/protection/required_status_checks
• POST /repos/:owner/:repo/branches/:branch/protection/required_status_checks/contexts
• PUT /repos/:owner/:repo/branches/:branch/protection/required_status_checks/contexts
• DELETE /repos/:owner/:repo/branches/:branch/protection/required_status_checks/contexts
• DELETE /repos/:owner/:repo/branches/:branch/protection/restrictions
• PUT /repos/:owner/:repo/branches/:branch/protection/restrictions/users
• POST /repos/:owner/:repo/branches/:branch/protection/restrictions/users
• DELETE /repos/:owner/:repo/branches/:branch/protection/restrictions/users
• PUT /repos/:owner/:repo/branches/:branch/protection/restrictions/teams
• POST /repos/:owner/:repo/branches/:branch/protection/restrictions/teams
• DELETE /repos/:owner/:repo/branches/:branch/protection/restrictions/teams
• PATCH /repos/:owner/:repo/branches/:branch/protection/required_pull_request_reviews
• DELETE /repos/:owner/:repo/branches/:branch/protection/required_pull_request_reviews
• POST /repos/:owner/:repo/branches/:branch/protection/enforce_admins
• DELETE /repos/:owner/:repo/branches/:branch/protection/enforce_admins

Additionally, the following endpoints are now available for user-to-server requests:

• POST /repos/:owner/:repo/git/trees
• POST /repos/:owner/:repo/git/refs
• POST /repos/:owner/:repo/git/blobs
• POST /repos/:owner/:repo/git/commits
• POST /repos/:owner/:repo/git/tags
• PATCH /repos/:owner/:repo/git/refs/:ref
• DELETE /repos/:owner/:repo/git/refs/:ref
• PUT /repos/:owner/:repo/topics
• PUT /repos/:owner/:repo/contents/:path
• DELETE /repos/:owner/:repo/contents/:path
• POST /repos/:owner/:repo/statuses/:sha
• PUT /repos/:owner/:repo/branches/:branch/protection
• DELETE /repos/:owner/:repo/branches/:branch/protection
• PATCH /repos/:owner/:repo/branches/:branch/protection/required_status_checks
• DELETE /repos/:owner/:repo/branches/:branch/protection/required_status_checks
• POST /repos/:owner/:repo/branches/:branch/protection/required_status_checks/contexts
• PUT /repos/:owner/:repo/branches/:branch/protection/required_status_checks/contexts
• DELETE /repos/:owner/:repo/branches/:branch/protection/required_status_checks/contexts
• DELETE /repos/:owner/:repo/branches/:branch/protection/restrictions
• PUT /repos/:owner/:repo/branches/:branch/protection/restrictions/users
• POST /repos/:owner/:repo/branches/:branch/protection/restrictions/users
• DELETE /repos/:owner/:repo/branches/:branch/protection/restrictions/users
• PUT /repos/:owner/:repo/branches/:branch/protection/restrictions/teams
• POST /repos/:owner/:repo/branches/:branch/protection/restrictions/teams
• DELETE /repos/:owner/:repo/branches/:branch/protection/restrictions/teams
• PATCH /repos/:owner/:repo/branches/:branch/protection/required_pull_request_reviews
• DELETE /repos/:owner/:repo/branches/:branch/protection/required_pull_request_reviews
• POST /repos/:owner/:repo/branches/:branch/protection/enforce_admins
• DELETE /repos/:owner/:repo/branches/:branch/protection/enforce_admins
• PATCH /repos/:owner/:repo/issues/:number

How can I try it?

To access this functionality, you’ll need to provide the following custom media type in the Accept header:

application/vnd.github.machine-man-preview+json

What about other endpoints?

Check back to the developer blog to stay updated when new batches are available. If you have specific requests or feedback, come chat with us in the Platform forum.