Note: APIs for managing reactions are currently available for developers to preview. See the blog post for full details. To access the API during the preview period, you must provide a custom media type in the Accept header:
application/vnd.github.squirrel-girl-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 your GitHub Enterprise site administrator.
Create a reaction to an issue. A response with a Status: 200 OK means that you already added the reaction type to this issue.
POST /repos/:owner/:repo/issues/:issue_number/reactions
| Name | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
content |
string |
Required. The reaction type to add to the issue. |
{
"content": "heart"
}
Status: 201 Created
{
"id": 1,
"node_id": "MDg6UmVhY3Rpb24x",
"user": {
"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
},
"content": "heart",
"created_at": "2016-05-20T20:09:31Z"
}