Get a user installation

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

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Enables an authenticated GitHub App to find the user’s installation information.

You must use a JWT to access this endpoint.

GET /users/:username/installation

Response

Status: 200 OK
{
  "id": 3,
  "account": {
    "login": "octocat",
    "id": 1,
    "node_id": "MDQ6VXNlcjE=",
    "avatar_url": "https://github.com/images/error/octocat_happy.gif",
    "gravatar_id": "",
    "url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat",
    "html_url": "https://github.com/octocat",
    "followers_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/followers",
    "following_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/following{/other_user}",
    "gists_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/gists{/gist_id}",
    "starred_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/starred{/owner}{/repo}",
    "subscriptions_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/subscriptions",
    "organizations_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/orgs",
    "repos_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/repos",
    "events_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/events{/privacy}",
    "received_events_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/received_events",
    "type": "User",
    "site_admin": false
  },
  "repository_selection": "selected",
  "access_tokens_url": "https://api.github.com/installations/3/access_tokens",
  "repositories_url": "https://api.github.com/installation/repositories",
  "html_url": "https://github.com/organizations/github/settings/installations/3",
  "app_id": 2,
  "target_id": 1,
  "target_type": "User",
  "permissions": {
    "checks": "write",
    "metadata": "read",
    "contents": "read"
  },
  "events": [
    "label"
  ],
  "created_at": "2018-02-22T20:51:14Z",
  "updated_at": "2018-02-22T20:51:14Z",
  "single_file_name": null
}