Organization Administration

• Create an organization
• Rename an organization

The Organization Administration API allows you to create organizations on a GitHub Enterprise Server appliance. It is only available to authenticated site administrators. Normal users will receive a 404 response if they try to access it.

Prefix all the endpoints for this API with the following URL:

http(s)://hostname/api/v3

Create an organization

POST /admin/organizations

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
login	string	Required. The organization's username.
admin	string	Required. The login of the user who will manage this organization.
profile_name	string	The organization's display name.

Example

{
  "login": "github",
  "profile_name": "GitHub, Inc.",
  "admin": "monalisaoctocat"
}

Response

Status: 201 Created

{
  "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"
}

Rename an organization

PATCH /admin/organizations/:org

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
login	string	Required. The organization's new name.

Example

{
  "login": "the-new-octocats"
}

Response

Status: 202 Accepted

{
  "message": "Job queued to rename organization. It may take a few minutes to complete.",
  "url": "https://<hostname>/api/v3/organizations/1"
}