Remove app restrictions of protected branch

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Removes the ability of an app to push to this branch. Only installed GitHub Apps with write access to the contents permission can be added as authorized actors on a protected branch.

DELETE /repos/:owner/:repo/branches/:branch/protection/restrictions/apps

Parameters

Type Description
array The GitHub Apps that have push access to this branch. Use the app's slug. Note: The list of users, apps, and teams in total is limited to 100 items.

Example

[
  "octoapp"
]

Response

Status: 200 OK
[
  {
    "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"
    ]
  }
]