Organizations

List your organizations

List organizations for the authenticated user.

OAuth scope requirements

This only lists organizations that your authorization allows you to operate on in some way (e.g., you can list teams with read:org scope, you can publicize your organization membership with user scope, etc.). Therefore, this API requires at least user or read:org scope. OAuth requests with insufficient scope receive a 403 Forbidden response.

GET /user/orgs

Response

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

[
  {
    "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"
  }
]

List all organizations

Lists all organizations, in the order that they were created on GitHub.

Note: Pagination is powered exclusively by the since parameter. Use the Link header to get the URL for the next page of organizations.

GET /organizations

Parameters

Name Type Description
since integer The integer ID of the last organization that you've seen.

Response

Status: 200 OK
Link: <https://api.github.com/organizations?since=135>; rel="next"

[
  {
    "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"
  }
]

List user organizations

List public organization memberships for the specified user.

This method only lists public memberships, regardless of authentication. If you need to fetch all of the organization memberships (public and private) for the authenticated user, use the List your organizations API instead.

GET /users/:username/orgs

Response

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

[
  {
    "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"
  }
]

List installations for an organization

Note: To access the API with your GitHub App, you must provide a custom media type in the Accept Header for your requests.

application/vnd.github.machine-man-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 all GitHub Apps in an organization. The installation count includes all GitHub Apps installed on repositories in the organization. You must be an organization owner with admin:read scope to use this endpoint.

GET /orgs/:org/installations

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,
  "installations": [
    {
      "id": 25381,
      "account": {
        "login": "octo-org",
        "id": 6811672,
        "node_id": "MDEyOk9yZ2FuaXphdGlvbjY4MTE2NzI=",
        "avatar_url": "https://avatars3.githubusercontent.com/u/6811672?v=4",
        "gravatar_id": "",
        "url": "https://api.github.com/users/octo-org",
        "html_url": "https://github.com/octo-org",
        "followers_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octo-org/followers",
        "following_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octo-org/following{/other_user}",
        "gists_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octo-org/gists{/gist_id}",
        "starred_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octo-org/starred{/owner}{/repo}",
        "subscriptions_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octo-org/subscriptions",
        "organizations_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octo-org/orgs",
        "repos_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octo-org/repos",
        "events_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octo-org/events{/privacy}",
        "received_events_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octo-org/received_events",
        "type": "Organization",
        "site_admin": false
      },
      "repository_selection": "selected",
      "access_tokens_url": "https://api.github.com/app/installations/25381/access_tokens",
      "repositories_url": "https://api.github.com/installation/repositories",
      "html_url": "https://github.com/organizations/octo-org/settings/installations/25381",
      "app_id": 2218,
      "target_id": 6811672,
      "target_type": "Organization",
      "permissions": {
        "deployments": "write",
        "metadata": "read",
        "pull_requests": "read",
        "statuses": "read"
      },
      "events": [
        "deployment",
        "deployment_status"
      ],
      "created_at": "2017-05-16T08:47:09.000-07:00",
      "updated_at": "2017-06-06T11:23:23.000-07:00",
      "single_file_name": null
    }
  ]
}

Get an organization

Note: New repository creation permissions are available to preview. You can now use members_can_create_public_repositories, members_can_create_private_repositories, and members_can_create_internal_repositories. You can only allow members to create internal repositories if your organization is associated with an enterprise account using GitHub Enterprise Cloud or GitHub Enterprise Server 2.20+. These parameters provide more granular permissions to configure the type of repositories organization members can create.

To access these new parameters during the preview period, you must provide a custom media type in the Accept header:

application/vnd.github.surtur-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.

To see many of the organization response values, you need to be an authenticated organization owner with the admin:org scope. When the value of two_factor_requirement_enabled is true, the organization requires all members, billing managers, and outside collaborators to enable two-factor authentication.

GitHub Apps with the Organization plan permission can use this endpoint to retrieve information about an organization's GitHub plan. See "Authenticating with GitHub Apps" for details. For an example response, see "Response with GitHub plan information."

GET /orgs/:org

Response

Status: 200 OK

{
  "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": "github",
  "company": "GitHub",
  "blog": "https://github.com/blog",
  "location": "San Francisco",
  "email": "octocat@github.com",
  "twitter_username": "github",
  "is_verified": true,
  "has_organization_projects": true,
  "has_repository_projects": true,
  "public_repos": 2,
  "public_gists": 1,
  "followers": 20,
  "following": 0,
  "html_url": "https://github.com/octocat",
  "created_at": "2008-01-14T04:33:35Z",
  "type": "Organization",
  "total_private_repos": 100,
  "owned_private_repos": 100,
  "private_gists": 81,
  "disk_usage": 10000,
  "collaborators": 8,
  "billing_email": "support@github.com",
  "plan": {
    "name": "Medium",
    "space": 400,
    "private_repos": 20
  },
  "default_repository_permission": "read",
  "members_can_create_repositories": true,
  "two_factor_requirement_enabled": true,
  "members_allowed_repository_creation_type": "all",
  "members_can_create_public_repositories": false,
  "members_can_create_private_repositories": false,
  "members_can_create_internal_repositories": false
}

Response with GitHub plan information

Status: 200 OK

{
  "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": "github",
  "company": "GitHub",
  "blog": "https://github.com/blog",
  "location": "San Francisco",
  "email": "octocat@github.com",
  "twitter_username": "github",
  "is_verified": true,
  "has_organization_projects": true,
  "has_repository_projects": true,
  "public_repos": 2,
  "public_gists": 1,
  "followers": 20,
  "following": 0,
  "html_url": "https://github.com/octocat",
  "created_at": "2008-01-14T04:33:35Z",
  "type": "Organization",
  "plan": {
    "name": "team",
    "space": 976562499,
    "private_repos": 999999,
    "filled_seats": 4,
    "seats": 5
  }
}

Edit an organization

Note: New repository creation permissions are available to preview. You can now use members_can_create_public_repositories, members_can_create_private_repositories, and members_can_create_internal_repositories. You can only allow members to create internal repositories if your organization is associated with an enterprise account using GitHub Enterprise Cloud or GitHub Enterprise Server 2.20+. These parameters provide more granular permissions to configure the type of repositories organization members can create.

To access these new parameters during the preview period, you must provide a custom media type in the Accept header:

application/vnd.github.surtur-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.

Parameter Deprecation Notice: GitHub will replace and discontinue members_allowed_repository_creation_type in favor of more granular permissions. The new input parameters are members_can_create_public_repositories, members_can_create_private_repositories for all organizations and members_can_create_internal_repositories for organizations associated with an enterprise account using GitHub Enterprise Cloud or GitHub Enterprise Server 2.20+. For more information, see the blog post.

Enables an authenticated organization owner with the admin:org scope to update the organization's profile and member privileges.

PATCH /orgs/:org

Input

Name Type Description
billing_email string Billing email address. This address is not publicized.
company string The company name.
email string The publicly visible email address.
twitter_username string The Twitter username of the company.
location string The location.
name string The shorthand name of the company.
description string The description of the company.
has_organization_projects boolean Toggles whether an organization can use organization projects.
has_repository_projects boolean Toggles whether repositories that belong to the organization can use repository projects.
default_repository_permission string Default permission level members have for organization repositories:
* read - can pull, but not push to or administer this repository.
* write - can pull and push, but not administer this repository.
* admin - can pull, push, and administer this repository.
* none - no permissions granted by default.
Default: read
members_can_create_repositories boolean Toggles the ability of non-admin organization members to create repositories. Can be one of:
* true - all organization members can create repositories.
* false - only organization owners can create repositories.
Default: true
Note: A parameter can override this parameter. See members_allowed_repository_creation_type in this table for details.
members_can_create_internal_repositories boolean Toggles whether organization members can create internal repositories, which are visible to all enterprise members. You can only allow members to create internal repositories if your organization is associated with an enterprise account using GitHub Enterprise Cloud or GitHub Enterprise Server 2.20+. Can be one of:
* true - all organization members can create internal repositories.
* false - only organization owners can create internal repositories.
Default: true. For more information, see "Restricting repository creation in your organization" in the GitHub Help documentation.
members_can_create_private_repositories boolean Toggles whether organization members can create private repositories, which are visible to organization members with permission. Can be one of:
* true - all organization members can create private repositories.
* false - only organization owners can create private repositories.
Default: true. For more information, see "Restricting repository creation in your organization" in the GitHub Help documentation.
members_can_create_public_repositories boolean Toggles whether organization members can create public repositories, which are visible to anyone. Can be one of:
* true - all organization members can create public repositories.
* false - only organization owners can create public repositories.
Default: true. For more information, see "Restricting repository creation in your organization" in the GitHub Help documentation.
members_allowed_repository_creation_type string Specifies which types of repositories non-admin organization members can create. Can be one of:
* all - all organization members can create public and private repositories.
* private - members can create private repositories. This option is only available to repositories that are part of an organization on GitHub Enterprise Cloud.
* none - only admin members can create repositories.
Note: This parameter is deprecated and will be removed in the future. Its return value ignores internal repositories. Using this parameter overrides values set in members_can_create_repositories. See this note for details.

Example

{
  "billing_email": "support@github.com",
  "blog": "https://github.com/blog",
  "company": "GitHub",
  "email": "support@github.com",
  "twitter_username": "github",
  "location": "San Francisco",
  "name": "github",
  "description": "GitHub, the company.",
  "default_repository_permission": "read",
  "members_can_create_repositories": true,
  "members_allowed_repository_creation_type": "all"
}

Response

Status: 200 OK

{
  "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": "github",
  "company": "GitHub",
  "blog": "https://github.com/blog",
  "location": "San Francisco",
  "email": "octocat@github.com",
  "twitter_username": "github",
  "is_verified": true,
  "has_organization_projects": true,
  "has_repository_projects": true,
  "public_repos": 2,
  "public_gists": 1,
  "followers": 20,
  "following": 0,
  "html_url": "https://github.com/octocat",
  "created_at": "2008-01-14T04:33:35Z",
  "type": "Organization",
  "total_private_repos": 100,
  "owned_private_repos": 100,
  "private_gists": 81,
  "disk_usage": 10000,
  "collaborators": 8,
  "billing_email": "support@github.com",
  "plan": {
    "name": "Medium",
    "space": 400,
    "private_repos": 20
  },
  "default_repository_permission": "read",
  "members_can_create_repositories": true,
  "two_factor_requirement_enabled": true,
  "members_allowed_repository_creation_type": "all",
  "members_can_create_public_repositories": false,
  "members_can_create_private_repositories": false,
  "members_can_create_internal_repositories": false
}

List credential authorizations for an organization

Listing and deleting credential authorizations is available to organizations with GitHub Enterprise Cloud. For more information, see GitHub's products in the GitHub Help documentation.

An authenticated organization owner with the read:org scope can list all credential authorizations for an organization that uses SAML single sign-on (SSO). The credentials are either personal access tokens or SSH keys that organization members have authorized for the organization. For more information, see About authentication with SAML single sign-on.

GET /orgs/:org/credential-authorizations

Response

Status: 200 OK

[
  {
    "login": "octocat",
    "credential_id": "161195",
    "credential_type": "personal access token",
    "token_last_eight": "71c3fc11",
    "credential_authorized_at": "2011-01-26T19:06:43Z",
    "scopes": [
      "user",
      "repo"
    ]
  },
  {
    "login": "hubot",
    "credential_id": "161196",
    "credential_type": "personal access token",
    "token_last_eight": "12345678",
    "credential_authorized_at": "2019-03-29T19:06:43Z",
    "scopes": [
      "repo"
    ]
  }
]

Remove a credential authorization for an organization

Listing and deleting credential authorizations is available to organizations with GitHub Enterprise Cloud. For more information, see GitHub's products in the GitHub Help documentation.

An authenticated organization owner with the admin:org scope can remove a credential authorization for an organization that uses SAML SSO. Once you remove someone's credential authorization, they will need to create a new personal access token or SSH key and authorize it for the organization they want to access.

DELETE /orgs/:org/credential-authorizations/:credential_id

Response

Status: 204 No Content