Check Runs

The check runs API enables you to build GitHub Apps that run powerful checks against code changes in a repository. You can create apps that perform continuous integration, code linting, or code scanning services and provide detailed feedback on commits.

Check runs workflow

When someone pushes code to a repository, GitHub creates a check suite for the last commit. GitHub Apps with the checks:write permission receive a check_suite webhook with the requested action. When your GitHub App receives the check_suite event, it can create new check runs for the latest commit. GitHub automatically adds new check runs to the correct check suite based on the check run's repository and SHA. Check suites contain one or more check runs and report a summary conclusion for all the check runs in the suite.

If a check run is in a incomplete state for more than 14 days, then the check run's conclusion becomes stale and appears on GitHub as stale with . Only GitHub can mark check runs as stale. For more information about possible conclusions of a check run, see the conclusion parameter.

As soon as you receive the check_suite webhook, you can create the check run, even if the check is not complete. You can update the status of the check run as it completes with the values queued, in_progress, or completed, and you can update the output as more details become available. A check run can contain timestamps, a link to more details on your external site, detailed annotations for specific lines of code, and information about the analysis performed.

Check run annotation

A check can also be manually re-run in the GitHub UI. See "About status checks" for more details. When this occurs, the GitHub App that created the check run will receive the check_run webhook requesting a new check run. If you create a check run without creating a check suite, GitHub creates the check suite for you automatically.

Write permission for the Checks API is only available to GitHub Apps. OAuth Apps and authenticated users can view check runs and check suites, but they are not able to create them. If you aren't building a GitHub App, you might be interested in the Statuses API.

To use the check runs API, the GitHub App must have the checks:write permission and can also subscribe to the check_run webhook.

Check runs and requested actions

When you set up a check run with requested actions (not to be confused with GitHub Actions), you can display a button in the pull request view on GitHub that allows people to request your GitHub App to perform additional tasks.

For example, a code linting app could use requested actions to display a button in a pull request to automatically fix detected syntax errors.

To create a button that can request additional actions from your app, use the actions object when you Create a check run. For example, the actions object below displays a button in a pull request with the label "Fix this." The button appears after the check run completes.

  "actions": [{
      "label": "Fix this",
      "description": "Let us fix that for you",
      "identifier": "fix_errors"
    }]

Check run requested action button

When a user clicks the button, GitHub sends the check_run.requested_action webhook to your app. When your app receives a check_run.requested_action webhook event, it can look for the requested_action.identifier key in the webhook payload to determine which button was clicked and perform the requested task.

For a detailed example of how to set up requested actions with the Checks API, see "Creating CI tests with the Checks API."

Create a check run

Note: The Checks API is currently available for developers to preview. During the preview period, the API may change without advance notice. Please see the blog post for full details. To access the API during the preview period, you must provide a custom media type in the Accept header:

application/vnd.github.antiope-preview+json

Warning: The API may change without advance notice during the preview period. Preview features are not supported for production use. If you experience any issues, contact GitHub Support or GitHub Premium Support.

Note: The Checks API only looks for pushes in the repository where the check suite or check run were created. Pushes to a branch in a forked repository are not detected and return an empty pull_requests array.

Creates a new check run for a specific commit in a repository. Your GitHub App must have the checks:write permission to create check runs.

POST /repos/:owner/:repo/check-runs

Parameters

Name Type Description
name string Required. The name of the check. For example, "code-coverage".
head_sha string Required. The SHA of the commit.
details_url string The URL of the integrator's site that has the full details of the check. If the integrator does not provide this, then the homepage of the GitHub app is used.
external_id string A reference for the run on the integrator's system.
status string The current status. Can be one of queued, in_progress, or completed. Default: queued
started_at string The time that the check run began. This is a timestamp in ISO 8601 format: YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM:SSZ.
conclusion string Required if you provide completed_at or a status of completed. The final conclusion of the check. Can be one of success, failure, neutral, cancelled, skipped, timed_out, or action_required. When the conclusion is action_required, additional details should be provided on the site specified by details_url.
Note: Providing conclusion will automatically set the status parameter to completed. Only GitHub can change a check run conclusion to stale.
completed_at string The time the check completed. This is a timestamp in ISO 8601 format: YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM:SSZ.
output object Check runs can accept a variety of data in the output object, including a title and summary and can optionally provide descriptive details about the run. See the output object description.
actions array of objects Displays a button on GitHub that can be clicked to alert your app to do additional tasks. For example, a code linting app can display a button that automatically fixes detected errors. The button created in this object is displayed after the check run completes. When a user clicks the button, GitHub sends the check_run.requested_action webhook to your app. Each action includes a label, identifier and description. A maximum of three actions are accepted. See the actions object description. To learn more about check runs and requested actions, see "Check runs and requested actions."

output object

Name Type Description
title string Required. The title of the check run.
summary string Required. The summary of the check run. This parameter supports Markdown.
text string The details of the check run. This parameter supports Markdown.
annotations array of objects Adds information from your analysis to specific lines of code. Annotations are visible on GitHub in the Checks and Files changed tab of the pull request. The Checks API limits the number of annotations to a maximum of 50 per API request. To create more than 50 annotations, you have to make multiple requests to the Update a check run endpoint. Each time you update the check run, annotations are appended to the list of annotations that already exist for the check run. For details about how you can view annotations on GitHub, see "About status checks". See the annotations object description for details about how to use this parameter.
images array of objects Adds images to the output displayed in the GitHub pull request UI. See the images object description for details.

annotations object

Name Type Description
path string Required. The path of the file to add an annotation to. For example, assets/css/main.css.
start_line integer Required. The start line of the annotation.
end_line integer Required. The end line of the annotation.
start_column integer The start column of the annotation. Annotations only support start_column and end_column on the same line. Omit this parameter if start_line and end_line have different values.
end_column integer The end column of the annotation. Annotations only support start_column and end_column on the same line. Omit this parameter if start_line and end_line have different values.
annotation_level string Required. The level of the annotation. Can be one of notice, warning, or failure.
message string Required. A short description of the feedback for these lines of code. The maximum size is 64 KB.
title string The title that represents the annotation. The maximum size is 255 characters.
raw_details string Details about this annotation. The maximum size is 64 KB.

images object

Name Type Description
alt string Required. The alternative text for the image.
image_url string Required. The full URL of the image.
caption string A short image description.

actions object

To learn more about check runs and requested actions, see "Check runs and requested actions."

Name Type Description
label string Required. The text to be displayed on a button in the web UI. The maximum size is 20 characters.
description string Required. A short explanation of what this action would do. The maximum size is 40 characters.
identifier string Required. A reference for the action on the integrator's system. The maximum size is 20 characters.

Example of in_progress conclusion

{
    "name": "mighty_readme",
    "head_sha": "ce587453ced02b1526dfb4cb910479d431683101",
    "status": "in_progress",
    "external_id": "42",
    "started_at": "2018-05-04T01:14:52Z",
    "output": {
        "title": "Mighty Readme report",
        "summary": "",
        "text": ""
    }
}

Response

Status: 201 Created

{
  "id": 4,
  "head_sha": "ce587453ced02b1526dfb4cb910479d431683101",
  "node_id": "MDg6Q2hlY2tSdW40",
  "external_id": "42",
  "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/github/hello-world/check-runs/4",
  "html_url": "http://github.com/github/hello-world/runs/4",
  "details_url": "https://example.com",
  "status": "in_progress",
  "conclusion": null,
  "started_at": "2018-05-04T01:14:52Z",
  "completed_at": null,
  "output": {
    "title": "Mighty Readme Report",
    "summary": "",
    "text": ""
  },
  "name": "mighty_readme",
  "check_suite": {
    "id": 5
  },
  "app": {
    "id": 1,
    "slug": "octoapp",
    "node_id": "MDExOkludGVncmF0aW9uMQ==",
    "owner": {
      "login": "github",
      "id": 1,
      "node_id": "MDEyOk9yZ2FuaXphdGlvbjE=",
      "url": "https://api.github.com/orgs/github",
      "repos_url": "https://api.github.com/orgs/github/repos",
      "events_url": "https://api.github.com/orgs/github/events",
      "hooks_url": "https://api.github.com/orgs/github/hooks",
      "issues_url": "https://api.github.com/orgs/github/issues",
      "members_url": "https://api.github.com/orgs/github/members{/member}",
      "public_members_url": "https://api.github.com/orgs/github/public_members{/member}",
      "avatar_url": "https://github.com/images/error/octocat_happy.gif",
      "description": "A great organization"
    },
    "name": "Octocat App",
    "description": "",
    "external_url": "https://example.com",
    "html_url": "https://github.com/apps/octoapp",
    "created_at": "2017-07-08T16:18:44-04:00",
    "updated_at": "2017-07-08T16:18:44-04:00",
    "permissions": {
      "metadata": "read",
      "contents": "read",
      "issues": "write",
      "single_file": "write"
    },
    "events": [
      "push",
      "pull_request"
    ]
  },
  "pull_requests": [
    {
      "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/github/hello-world/pulls/1",
      "id": 1934,
      "number": 3956,
      "head": {
        "ref": "say-hello",
        "sha": "3dca65fa3e8d4b3da3f3d056c59aee1c50f41390",
        "repo": {
          "id": 526,
          "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/github/hello-world",
          "name": "hello-world"
        }
      },
      "base": {
        "ref": "master",
        "sha": "e7fdf7640066d71ad16a86fbcbb9c6a10a18af4f",
        "repo": {
          "id": 526,
          "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/github/hello-world",
          "name": "hello-world"
        }
      }
    }
  ]
}

Example of completed conclusion

{
  "name": "mighty_readme",
  "head_sha": "ce587453ced02b1526dfb4cb910479d431683101",
  "status": "completed",
  "started_at": "2017-11-30T19:39:10Z",
  "conclusion": "success",
  "completed_at": "2017-11-30T19:49:10Z",
  "output": {
    "title": "Mighty Readme report",
    "summary": "There are 0 failures, 2 warnings, and 1 notices.",
    "text": "You may have some misspelled words on lines 2 and 4. You also may want to add a section in your README about how to install your app.",
    "annotations": [
      {
"path": "README.md",
        "annotation_level": "warning",
        "title": "Spell Checker",
        "message": "Check your spelling for 'banaas'.",
        "raw_details": "Do you mean 'bananas' or 'banana'?",
        "start_line": 2,
        "end_line": 2
      },
      {
"path": "README.md",
        "annotation_level": "warning",
        "title": "Spell Checker",
        "message": "Check your spelling for 'aples'",
        "raw_details": "Do you mean 'apples' or 'Naples'",
        "start_line": 4,
        "end_line": 4
      }
    ],
    "images": [
      {
        "alt": "Super bananas",
        "image_url": "http://example.com/images/42"
      }
    ]
  },
  "actions": [
    {
      "label": "Fix",
      "identifier": "fix_errors",
      "description": "Allow us to fix these errors for you"
    }
  ]
}

Response

Status: 201 Created

{
  "id": 4,
  "head_sha": "ce587453ced02b1526dfb4cb910479d431683101",
  "node_id": "MDg6Q2hlY2tSdW40",
  "external_id": "",
  "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/github/hello-world/check-runs/4",
  "html_url": "http://github.com/github/hello-world/runs/4",
  "details_url": "https://example.com",
  "status": "completed",
  "conclusion": "neutral",
  "started_at": "2018-05-04T01:14:52Z",
  "completed_at": "2018-05-04T01:14:52Z",
  "output": {
    "title": "Mighty Readme report",
    "summary": "There are 0 failures, 2 warnings, and 1 notice.",
    "text": "You may have some misspelled words on lines 2 and 4. You also may want to add a section in your README about how to install your app.",
    "annotations_count": 2,
    "annotations_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/github/hello-world/check-runs/4/annotations"
  },
  "name": "mighty_readme",
  "check_suite": {
    "id": 5
  },
  "app": {
    "id": 1,
    "slug": "octoapp",
    "node_id": "MDExOkludGVncmF0aW9uMQ==",
    "owner": {
      "login": "github",
      "id": 1,
      "node_id": "MDEyOk9yZ2FuaXphdGlvbjE=",
      "url": "https://api.github.com/orgs/github",
      "repos_url": "https://api.github.com/orgs/github/repos",
      "events_url": "https://api.github.com/orgs/github/events",
      "hooks_url": "https://api.github.com/orgs/github/hooks",
      "issues_url": "https://api.github.com/orgs/github/issues",
      "members_url": "https://api.github.com/orgs/github/members{/member}",
      "public_members_url": "https://api.github.com/orgs/github/public_members{/member}",
      "avatar_url": "https://github.com/images/error/octocat_happy.gif",
      "description": "A great organization"
    },
    "name": "Octocat App",
    "description": "",
    "external_url": "https://example.com",
    "html_url": "https://github.com/apps/octoapp",
    "created_at": "2017-07-08T16:18:44-04:00",
    "updated_at": "2017-07-08T16:18:44-04:00",
    "permissions": {
      "metadata": "read",
      "contents": "read",
      "issues": "write",
      "single_file": "write"
    },
    "events": [
      "push",
      "pull_request"
    ]
  },
  "pull_requests": [
    {
      "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/github/hello-world/pulls/1",
      "id": 1934,
      "number": 3956,
      "head": {
        "ref": "say-hello",
        "sha": "3dca65fa3e8d4b3da3f3d056c59aee1c50f41390",
        "repo": {
          "id": 526,
          "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/github/hello-world",
          "name": "hello-world"
        }
      },
      "base": {
        "ref": "master",
        "sha": "e7fdf7640066d71ad16a86fbcbb9c6a10a18af4f",
        "repo": {
          "id": 526,
          "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/github/hello-world",
          "name": "hello-world"
        }
      }
    }
  ]
}

Update a check run

Note: The Checks API is currently available for developers to preview. During the preview period, the API may change without advance notice. Please see the blog post for full details. To access the API during the preview period, you must provide a custom media type in the Accept header:

application/vnd.github.antiope-preview+json

Warning: The API may change without advance notice during the preview period. Preview features are not supported for production use. If you experience any issues, contact GitHub Support or GitHub Premium Support.

Note: The Checks API only looks for pushes in the repository where the check suite or check run were created. Pushes to a branch in a forked repository are not detected and return an empty pull_requests array.

Updates a check run for a specific commit in a repository. Your GitHub App must have the checks:write permission to edit check runs.

PATCH /repos/:owner/:repo/check-runs/:check_run_id

Parameters

Name Type Description
name string The name of the check. For example, "code-coverage".
details_url string The URL of the integrator's site that has the full details of the check.
external_id string A reference for the run on the integrator's system.
started_at string This is a timestamp in ISO 8601 format: YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM:SSZ.
status string The current status. Can be one of queued, in_progress, or completed.
conclusion string Required if you provide completed_at or a status of completed. The final conclusion of the check. Can be one of success, failure, neutral, cancelled, skipped, timed_out, or action_required.
Note: Providing conclusion will automatically set the status parameter to completed. Only GitHub can change a check run conclusion to stale.
completed_at string The time the check completed. This is a timestamp in ISO 8601 format: YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM:SSZ.
output object Check runs can accept a variety of data in the output object, including a title and summary and can optionally provide descriptive details about the run. See the output object description.
actions array of objects Possible further actions the integrator can perform, which a user may trigger. Each action includes a label, identifier and description. A maximum of three actions are accepted. See the actions object description.

output object

Name Type Description
title string Required.
summary text Required. Can contain Markdown.
text text Can contain Markdown.
annotations array of objects Adds information from your analysis to specific lines of code. Annotations are visible in GitHub's pull request UI. Annotations are visible in GitHub's pull request UI. The Checks API limits the number of annotations to a maximum of 50 per API request. To create more than 50 annotations, you have to make multiple requests to the Update a check run endpoint. Each time you update the check run, annotations are appended to the list of annotations that already exist for the check run. For details about annotations in the UI, see "About status checks". See the annotations object description for details.
images array of objects Adds images to the output displayed in the GitHub pull request UI. See the images object description for details.

annotations object

Name Type Description
path string Required. The path of the file to add an annotation to. For example, assets/css/main.css.
start_line integer Required. The start line of the annotation.
end_line integer Required. The end line of the annotation.
start_column integer The start column of the annotation. Annotations only support start_column and end_column on the same line. Omit this parameter if start_line and end_line have different values.
end_column integer The end column of the annotation. Annotations only support start_column and end_column on the same line. Omit this parameter if start_line and end_line have different values.
annotation_level string Required. The level of the annotation. Can be one of notice, warning, or failure.
message string Required. A short description of the feedback for these lines of code. The maximum size is 64 KB.
title string The title that represents the annotation. The maximum size is 255 characters.
raw_details string Details about this annotation. The maximum size is 64 KB.

images object

Name Type Description
alt string Required. The alternative text for the image.
image_url string Required. The full URL of the image.
caption string A short image description.

actions object

To learn more about check runs and requested actions, see "Check runs and requested actions."

Name Type Description
label string Required. The text to be displayed on a button in the web UI. The maximum size is 20 characters.
description string Required. A short explanation of what this action would do. The maximum size is 40 characters.
identifier string Required. A reference for the action on the integrator's system. The maximum size is 20 characters.

Example

{
  "name": "mighty_readme",
  "started_at": "2018-05-04T01:14:52Z",
  "status": "completed",
  "conclusion": "success",
  "completed_at": "2018-05-04T01:14:52Z",
  "output": {
    "title": "Mighty Readme report",
    "summary": "There are 0 failures, 2 warnings, and 1 notices.",
    "text": "You may have some misspelled words on lines 2 and 4. You also may want to add a section in your README about how to install your app.",
    "annotations": [
      {
"path": "README.md",
        "annotation_level": "warning",
        "title": "Spell Checker",
        "message": "Check your spelling for 'banaas'.",
        "raw_details": "Do you mean 'bananas' or 'banana'?",
        "start_line": 2,
        "end_line": 2
      },
      {
"path": "README.md",
        "annotation_level": "warning",
        "title": "Spell Checker",
        "message": "Check your spelling for 'aples'",
        "raw_details": "Do you mean 'apples' or 'Naples'",
        "start_line": 4,
        "end_line": 4
      }
    ],
    "images": [
      {
        "alt": "Super bananas",
        "image_url": "http://example.com/images/42"
      }
    ]
  }
}

Response

Status: 200 OK

{
  "id": 4,
  "head_sha": "ce587453ced02b1526dfb4cb910479d431683101",
  "node_id": "MDg6Q2hlY2tSdW40",
  "external_id": "",
  "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/github/hello-world/check-runs/4",
  "html_url": "http://github.com/github/hello-world/runs/4",
  "details_url": "https://example.com",
  "status": "completed",
  "conclusion": "neutral",
  "started_at": "2018-05-04T01:14:52Z",
  "completed_at": "2018-05-04T01:14:52Z",
  "output": {
    "title": "Mighty Readme report",
    "summary": "There are 0 failures, 2 warnings, and 1 notice.",
    "text": "You may have some misspelled words on lines 2 and 4. You also may want to add a section in your README about how to install your app.",
    "annotations_count": 2,
    "annotations_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/github/hello-world/check-runs/4/annotations"
  },
  "name": "mighty_readme",
  "check_suite": {
    "id": 5
  },
  "app": {
    "id": 1,
    "slug": "octoapp",
    "node_id": "MDExOkludGVncmF0aW9uMQ==",
    "owner": {
      "login": "github",
      "id": 1,
      "node_id": "MDEyOk9yZ2FuaXphdGlvbjE=",
      "url": "https://api.github.com/orgs/github",
      "repos_url": "https://api.github.com/orgs/github/repos",
      "events_url": "https://api.github.com/orgs/github/events",
      "hooks_url": "https://api.github.com/orgs/github/hooks",
      "issues_url": "https://api.github.com/orgs/github/issues",
      "members_url": "https://api.github.com/orgs/github/members{/member}",
      "public_members_url": "https://api.github.com/orgs/github/public_members{/member}",
      "avatar_url": "https://github.com/images/error/octocat_happy.gif",
      "description": "A great organization"
    },
    "name": "Octocat App",
    "description": "",
    "external_url": "https://example.com",
    "html_url": "https://github.com/apps/octoapp",
    "created_at": "2017-07-08T16:18:44-04:00",
    "updated_at": "2017-07-08T16:18:44-04:00",
    "permissions": {
      "metadata": "read",
      "contents": "read",
      "issues": "write",
      "single_file": "write"
    },
    "events": [
      "push",
      "pull_request"
    ]
  },
  "pull_requests": [
    {
      "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/github/hello-world/pulls/1",
      "id": 1934,
      "number": 3956,
      "head": {
        "ref": "say-hello",
        "sha": "3dca65fa3e8d4b3da3f3d056c59aee1c50f41390",
        "repo": {
          "id": 526,
          "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/github/hello-world",
          "name": "hello-world"
        }
      },
      "base": {
        "ref": "master",
        "sha": "e7fdf7640066d71ad16a86fbcbb9c6a10a18af4f",
        "repo": {
          "id": 526,
          "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/github/hello-world",
          "name": "hello-world"
        }
      }
    }
  ]
}

List check runs for a Git reference

Note: The Checks API is currently available for developers to preview. During the preview period, the API may change without advance notice. Please see the blog post for full details. To access the API during the preview period, you must provide a custom media type in the Accept header:

application/vnd.github.antiope-preview+json

Warning: The API may change without advance notice during the preview period. Preview features are not supported for production use. If you experience any issues, contact GitHub Support or GitHub Premium Support.

Note: The Checks API only looks for pushes in the repository where the check suite or check run were created. Pushes to a branch in a forked repository are not detected and return an empty pull_requests array.

Lists check runs for a commit ref. The ref can be a SHA, branch name, or a tag name. GitHub Apps must have the checks:read permission on a private repository or pull access to a public repository to get check runs. OAuth Apps and authenticated users must have the repo scope to get check runs in a private repository.

GET /repos/:owner/:repo/commits/:ref/check-runs

Parameters

Name Type Description
check_name string Returns check runs with the specified name.
status string Returns check runs with the specified status. Can be one of queued, in_progress, or completed.
filter string Filters check runs by their completed_at timestamp. Can be one of latest (returning the most recent check runs) or all. Default: latest

Response

Status: 200 OK
Link: <https://api.github.com/resource?page=2>; rel="next",
      <https://api.github.com/resource?page=5>; rel="last"

{
  "total_count": 1,
  "check_runs": [
    {
      "id": 4,
      "head_sha": "ce587453ced02b1526dfb4cb910479d431683101",
      "node_id": "MDg6Q2hlY2tSdW40",
      "external_id": "",
      "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/github/hello-world/check-runs/4",
      "html_url": "http://github.com/github/hello-world/runs/4",
      "details_url": "https://example.com",
      "status": "completed",
      "conclusion": "neutral",
      "started_at": "2018-05-04T01:14:52Z",
      "completed_at": "2018-05-04T01:14:52Z",
      "output": {
        "title": "Mighty Readme report",
        "summary": "There are 0 failures, 2 warnings, and 1 notice.",
        "text": "You may have some misspelled words on lines 2 and 4. You also may want to add a section in your README about how to install your app.",
        "annotations_count": 2,
        "annotations_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/github/hello-world/check-runs/4/annotations"
      },
      "name": "mighty_readme",
      "check_suite": {
        "id": 5
      },
      "app": {
        "id": 1,
        "slug": "octoapp",
        "node_id": "MDExOkludGVncmF0aW9uMQ==",
        "owner": {
          "login": "github",
          "id": 1,
          "node_id": "MDEyOk9yZ2FuaXphdGlvbjE=",
          "url": "https://api.github.com/orgs/github",
          "repos_url": "https://api.github.com/orgs/github/repos",
          "events_url": "https://api.github.com/orgs/github/events",
          "hooks_url": "https://api.github.com/orgs/github/hooks",
          "issues_url": "https://api.github.com/orgs/github/issues",
          "members_url": "https://api.github.com/orgs/github/members{/member}",
          "public_members_url": "https://api.github.com/orgs/github/public_members{/member}",
          "avatar_url": "https://github.com/images/error/octocat_happy.gif",
          "description": "A great organization"
        },
        "name": "Octocat App",
        "description": "",
        "external_url": "https://example.com",
        "html_url": "https://github.com/apps/octoapp",
        "created_at": "2017-07-08T16:18:44-04:00",
        "updated_at": "2017-07-08T16:18:44-04:00",
        "permissions": {
          "metadata": "read",
          "contents": "read",
          "issues": "write",
          "single_file": "write"
        },
        "events": [
          "push",
          "pull_request"
        ]
      },
      "pull_requests": [
        {
          "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/github/hello-world/pulls/1",
          "id": 1934,
          "number": 3956,
          "head": {
            "ref": "say-hello",
            "sha": "3dca65fa3e8d4b3da3f3d056c59aee1c50f41390",
            "repo": {
              "id": 526,
              "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/github/hello-world",
              "name": "hello-world"
            }
          },
          "base": {
            "ref": "master",
            "sha": "e7fdf7640066d71ad16a86fbcbb9c6a10a18af4f",
            "repo": {
              "id": 526,
              "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/github/hello-world",
              "name": "hello-world"
            }
          }
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
}

List check runs in a check suite

Note: The Checks API is currently available for developers to preview. During the preview period, the API may change without advance notice. Please see the blog post for full details. To access the API during the preview period, you must provide a custom media type in the Accept header:

application/vnd.github.antiope-preview+json

Warning: The API may change without advance notice during the preview period. Preview features are not supported for production use. If you experience any issues, contact GitHub Support or GitHub Premium Support.

Note: The Checks API only looks for pushes in the repository where the check suite or check run were created. Pushes to a branch in a forked repository are not detected and return an empty pull_requests array.

Lists check runs for a check suite using its id. GitHub Apps must have the checks:read permission on a private repository or pull access to a public repository to get check runs. OAuth Apps and authenticated users must have the repo scope to get check runs in a private repository.

GET /repos/:owner/:repo/check-suites/:check_suite_id/check-runs

Parameters

Name Type Description
check_name string Returns check runs with the specified name.
status string Returns check runs with the specified status. Can be one of queued, in_progress, or completed.
filter string Filters check runs by their completed_at timestamp. Can be one of latest (returning the most recent check runs) or all. Default: latest

Response

Status: 200 OK
Link: <https://api.github.com/resource?page=2>; rel="next",
      <https://api.github.com/resource?page=5>; rel="last"

{
  "total_count": 1,
  "check_runs": [
    {
      "id": 4,
      "head_sha": "ce587453ced02b1526dfb4cb910479d431683101",
      "node_id": "MDg6Q2hlY2tSdW40",
      "external_id": "",
      "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/github/hello-world/check-runs/4",
      "html_url": "http://github.com/github/hello-world/runs/4",
      "details_url": "https://example.com",
      "status": "completed",
      "conclusion": "neutral",
      "started_at": "2018-05-04T01:14:52Z",
      "completed_at": "2018-05-04T01:14:52Z",
      "output": {
        "title": "Mighty Readme report",
        "summary": "There are 0 failures, 2 warnings, and 1 notice.",
        "text": "You may have some misspelled words on lines 2 and 4. You also may want to add a section in your README about how to install your app.",
        "annotations_count": 2,
        "annotations_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/github/hello-world/check-runs/4/annotations"
      },
      "name": "mighty_readme",
      "check_suite": {
        "id": 5
      },
      "app": {
        "id": 1,
        "slug": "octoapp",
        "node_id": "MDExOkludGVncmF0aW9uMQ==",
        "owner": {
          "login": "github",
          "id": 1,
          "node_id": "MDEyOk9yZ2FuaXphdGlvbjE=",
          "url": "https://api.github.com/orgs/github",
          "repos_url": "https://api.github.com/orgs/github/repos",
          "events_url": "https://api.github.com/orgs/github/events",
          "hooks_url": "https://api.github.com/orgs/github/hooks",
          "issues_url": "https://api.github.com/orgs/github/issues",
          "members_url": "https://api.github.com/orgs/github/members{/member}",
          "public_members_url": "https://api.github.com/orgs/github/public_members{/member}",
          "avatar_url": "https://github.com/images/error/octocat_happy.gif",
          "description": "A great organization"
        },
        "name": "Octocat App",
        "description": "",
        "external_url": "https://example.com",
        "html_url": "https://github.com/apps/octoapp",
        "created_at": "2017-07-08T16:18:44-04:00",
        "updated_at": "2017-07-08T16:18:44-04:00",
        "permissions": {
          "metadata": "read",
          "contents": "read",
          "issues": "write",
          "single_file": "write"
        },
        "events": [
          "push",
          "pull_request"
        ]
      },
      "pull_requests": [
        {
          "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/github/hello-world/pulls/1",
          "id": 1934,
          "number": 3956,
          "head": {
            "ref": "say-hello",
            "sha": "3dca65fa3e8d4b3da3f3d056c59aee1c50f41390",
            "repo": {
              "id": 526,
              "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/github/hello-world",
              "name": "hello-world"
            }
          },
          "base": {
            "ref": "master",
            "sha": "e7fdf7640066d71ad16a86fbcbb9c6a10a18af4f",
            "repo": {
              "id": 526,
              "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/github/hello-world",
              "name": "hello-world"
            }
          }
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
}

Get a check run

Note: The Checks API is currently available for developers to preview. During the preview period, the API may change without advance notice. Please see the blog post for full details. To access the API during the preview period, you must provide a custom media type in the Accept header:

application/vnd.github.antiope-preview+json

Warning: The API may change without advance notice during the preview period. Preview features are not supported for production use. If you experience any issues, contact GitHub Support or GitHub Premium Support.

Note: The Checks API only looks for pushes in the repository where the check suite or check run were created. Pushes to a branch in a forked repository are not detected and return an empty pull_requests array.

Gets a single check run using its id. GitHub Apps must have the checks:read permission on a private repository or pull access to a public repository to get check runs. OAuth Apps and authenticated users must have the repo scope to get check runs in a private repository.

GET /repos/:owner/:repo/check-runs/:check_run_id

Response

Status: 200 OK

{
  "id": 4,
  "head_sha": "ce587453ced02b1526dfb4cb910479d431683101",
  "node_id": "MDg6Q2hlY2tSdW40",
  "external_id": "",
  "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/github/hello-world/check-runs/4",
  "html_url": "http://github.com/github/hello-world/runs/4",
  "details_url": "https://example.com",
  "status": "completed",
  "conclusion": "neutral",
  "started_at": "2018-05-04T01:14:52Z",
  "completed_at": "2018-05-04T01:14:52Z",
  "output": {
    "title": "Mighty Readme report",
    "summary": "There are 0 failures, 2 warnings, and 1 notice.",
    "text": "You may have some misspelled words on lines 2 and 4. You also may want to add a section in your README about how to install your app.",
    "annotations_count": 2,
    "annotations_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/github/hello-world/check-runs/4/annotations"
  },
  "name": "mighty_readme",
  "check_suite": {
    "id": 5
  },
  "app": {
    "id": 1,
    "slug": "octoapp",
    "node_id": "MDExOkludGVncmF0aW9uMQ==",
    "owner": {
      "login": "github",
      "id": 1,
      "node_id": "MDEyOk9yZ2FuaXphdGlvbjE=",
      "url": "https://api.github.com/orgs/github",
      "repos_url": "https://api.github.com/orgs/github/repos",
      "events_url": "https://api.github.com/orgs/github/events",
      "hooks_url": "https://api.github.com/orgs/github/hooks",
      "issues_url": "https://api.github.com/orgs/github/issues",
      "members_url": "https://api.github.com/orgs/github/members{/member}",
      "public_members_url": "https://api.github.com/orgs/github/public_members{/member}",
      "avatar_url": "https://github.com/images/error/octocat_happy.gif",
      "description": "A great organization"
    },
    "name": "Octocat App",
    "description": "",
    "external_url": "https://example.com",
    "html_url": "https://github.com/apps/octoapp",
    "created_at": "2017-07-08T16:18:44-04:00",
    "updated_at": "2017-07-08T16:18:44-04:00",
    "permissions": {
      "metadata": "read",
      "contents": "read",
      "issues": "write",
      "single_file": "write"
    },
    "events": [
      "push",
      "pull_request"
    ]
  },
  "pull_requests": [
    {
      "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/github/hello-world/pulls/1",
      "id": 1934,
      "number": 3956,
      "head": {
        "ref": "say-hello",
        "sha": "3dca65fa3e8d4b3da3f3d056c59aee1c50f41390",
        "repo": {
          "id": 526,
          "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/github/hello-world",
          "name": "hello-world"
        }
      },
      "base": {
        "ref": "master",
        "sha": "e7fdf7640066d71ad16a86fbcbb9c6a10a18af4f",
        "repo": {
          "id": 526,
          "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/github/hello-world",
          "name": "hello-world"
        }
      }
    }
  ]
}

List check run annotations

Note: The Checks API is currently available for developers to preview. During the preview period, the API may change without advance notice. Please see the blog post for full details. To access the API during the preview period, you must provide a custom media type in the Accept header:

application/vnd.github.antiope-preview+json

Warning: The API may change without advance notice during the preview period. Preview features are not supported for production use. If you experience any issues, contact GitHub Support or GitHub Premium Support.

Lists annotations for a check run using the annotation id. GitHub Apps must have the checks:read permission on a private repository or pull access to a public repository to get annotations for a check run. OAuth Apps and authenticated users must have the repo scope to get annotations for a check run in a private repository.

GET /repos/:owner/:repo/check-runs/:check_run_id/annotations

Response

Status: 200 OK
Link: <https://api.github.com/resource?page=2>; rel="next",
      <https://api.github.com/resource?page=5>; rel="last"

[
  {
    "path": "README.md",
    "start_line": 2,
    "end_line": 2,
    "start_column": 5,
    "end_column": 10,
    "annotation_level": "warning",
    "title": "Spell Checker",
    "message": "Check your spelling for 'banaas'.",
    "raw_details": "Do you mean 'bananas' or 'banana'?"
  }
]