Reactions

Reaction types
List reactions for a commit comment
Create reaction for a commit comment
List reactions for an issue
Create reaction for an issue
List reactions for an issue comment
Create reaction for an issue comment
List reactions for a pull request review comment
Create reaction for a pull request review comment
Delete a reaction
List reactions for a team discussion
Create reaction for a team discussion
List reactions for a team discussion comment
Create reaction for a team discussion comment

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.

Reaction types

When creating a reaction, the allowed values for the content parameter are as follows (with the corresponding emoji for reference):

content	emoji
`+1`
`-1`
`laugh`
`confused`
`heart`
`hooray`
`rocket`
`eyes`

List reactions for a commit comment

  application/vnd.github.squirrel-girl-preview+json

List the reactions to a commit comment.

GET /repos/:owner/:repo/comments/:comment_id/reactions

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
`content`	`string`	Returns a single reaction type. Omit this parameter to list all reactions to a commit comment.

Response

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

[
  {
    "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"
  }
]

Create reaction for a commit comment

  application/vnd.github.squirrel-girl-preview+json

Create a reaction to a commit comment. A response with a Status: 200 OK means that you already added the reaction type to this commit comment.

POST /repos/:owner/:repo/comments/:comment_id/reactions

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
`content`	`string`	Required. The reaction type to add to the commit comment.

Example

{
  "content": "heart"
}

Response

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"
}

List reactions for an issue

  application/vnd.github.squirrel-girl-preview+json

List the reactions to an issue.

GET /repos/:owner/:repo/issues/:issue_number/reactions

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
`content`	`string`	Returns a single reaction type. Omit this parameter to list all reactions to an issue.

Response

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

[
  {
    "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"
  }
]

Create reaction for an issue

  application/vnd.github.squirrel-girl-preview+json

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

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
`content`	`string`	Required. The reaction type to add to the issue.

Example

{
  "content": "heart"
}

Response

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"
}

List reactions for an issue comment

  application/vnd.github.squirrel-girl-preview+json

List the reactions to an issue comment.

GET /repos/:owner/:repo/issues/comments/:comment_id/reactions

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
`content`	`string`	Returns a single reaction type. Omit this parameter to list all reactions to an issue comment.

Response

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

[
  {
    "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"
  }
]

Create reaction for an issue comment

  application/vnd.github.squirrel-girl-preview+json

Create a reaction to an issue comment. A response with a Status: 200 OK means that you already added the reaction type to this issue comment.

POST /repos/:owner/:repo/issues/comments/:comment_id/reactions

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
`content`	`string`	Required. The reaction type to add to the issue comment.

Example

{
  "content": "heart"
}

Response

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"
}

List reactions for a pull request review comment

  application/vnd.github.squirrel-girl-preview+json

List the reactions to a pull request review comment.

GET /repos/:owner/:repo/pulls/comments/:comment_id/reactions

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
`content`	`string`	Returns a single reaction type. Omit this parameter to list all reactions to a pull request review comment.

Response

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

[
  {
    "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"
  }
]

Create reaction for a pull request review comment

  application/vnd.github.squirrel-girl-preview+json

Create a reaction to a pull request review comment. A response with a Status: 200 OK means that you already added the reaction type to this pull request review comment.

POST /repos/:owner/:repo/pulls/comments/:comment_id/reactions

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
`content`	`string`	Required. The reaction type to add to the pull request review comment.

Example

{
  "content": "heart"
}

Response

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"
}

Delete a reaction

Note: The team discussions API is 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.echo-preview+json

  application/vnd.github.squirrel-girl-preview+json

OAuth access tokens require the write:discussion scope, when deleting a team discussion or team discussion comment.

DELETE /reactions/:reaction_id

Response

Status: 204 No Content

List reactions for a team discussion

application/vnd.github.echo-preview+json

  application/vnd.github.squirrel-girl-preview+json

List the reactions to a team discussion. OAuth access tokens require the read:discussion scope.

GET /teams/:team_id/discussions/:discussion_number/reactions

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
`content`	`string`	Returns a single reaction type. Omit this parameter to list all reactions to a team discussion.

Response

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

[
  {
    "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"
  }
]

Create reaction for a team discussion

application/vnd.github.echo-preview+json

  application/vnd.github.squirrel-girl-preview+json

Create a reaction to a team discussion. OAuth access tokens require the write:discussion scope. A response with a Status: 200 OK means that you already added the reaction type to this team discussion.

POST /teams/:team_id/discussions/:discussion_number/reactions

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
`content`	`string`	Required. The reaction type to add to the team discussion.

Example

{
  "content": "heart"
}

Response

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"
}

List reactions for a team discussion comment

application/vnd.github.echo-preview+json

  application/vnd.github.squirrel-girl-preview+json

List the reactions to a team discussion comment. OAuth access tokens require the read:discussion scope.

GET /teams/:team_id/discussions/:discussion_number/comments/:comment_number/reactions

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
`content`	`string`	Returns a single reaction type. Omit this parameter to list all reactions to a team discussion comment.

Response

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

[
  {
    "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"
  }
]

Create reaction for a team discussion comment

application/vnd.github.echo-preview+json

  application/vnd.github.squirrel-girl-preview+json

Create a reaction to a team discussion comment. OAuth access tokens require the write:discussion scope. A response with a Status: 200 OK means that you already added the reaction type to this team discussion comment.

POST /teams/:team_id/discussions/:discussion_number/comments/:comment_number/reactions

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
`content`	`string`	Required. The reaction type to add to the team discussion comment.

Example

{
  "content": "heart"
}

Response

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"
}