Note: If an issue is opened via a GitHub App, the response will include the performed_via_github_app object with information about the GitHub App. For more information, see the related blog post.
To receive the performed_via_github_app object in the response, you must provide a custom media type in the Accept header:
application/vnd.github.machine-man-preview
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.
List issues assigned to the authenticated user across all visible repositories including owned repositories, member repositories, and organization repositories. You can use the filter query parameter to fetch issues that are not necessarily assigned to you. See the Parameters table for more information.
GET /issues
Note: GitHub's REST API v3 considers every pull request an issue, but not every issue is a pull request. For this reason, "Issues" endpoints may return both issues and pull requests in the response. You can identify pull requests by the pull_request key.
Be aware that the id of a pull request returned from "Issues" endpoints will be an issue id. To find out the pull request id, use the "List pull requests" endpoint.
| 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. |
Status: 200 OK
Link: <https://api.github.com/resource?page=2>; rel="next",
<https://api.github.com/resource?page=5>; rel="last"
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"gists_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/gists{/gist_id}",
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"events_url": "http://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/events",
"forks_url": "http://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/forks",
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"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}",
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"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}",
"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}",
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"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",
"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}",
"clone_url": "https://github.com/octocat/Hello-World.git",
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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"
}