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

The security alert_id is found at the end of the security alert's URL. For example, the security alert ID for https://github.com/Octo-org/octo-repo/security/code-scanning/88 is 88.

GET /repos/:owner/:repo/code-scanning/alerts/:alert_id

Response

Status: 200 OK

{
  "rule_id": "js/useless-expression",
  "rule_severity": "warning",
  "rule_description": "Expression has no effect",
  "tool": "CodeQL",
  "created_at": "2020-05-06T12:00:00Z",
  "open": true,
  "closed_by": null,
  "closed_at": null,
  "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/Octo-org/octo-repo/code-scanning/alerts/88",
  "html_url": "https://github.com/Octo-org/octo-repo/security/code-scanning/88"
}