Create a repository for the authenticated user

Note: You can set the visibility of a repository using the new visibility parameter in the Repositories API, and get a repository's visibility with a new response key. For more information, see the blog post.

To access repository visibility during the preview period, you must provide a custom media type in the Accept header:

application/vnd.github.nebula-preview+json

Note: The is_template and template_repository keys are currently available for developer to preview. See Create a repository using a template to learn how to create template repositories. To access these new response keys during the preview period, you must provide a custom media type in the Accept header:

application/vnd.github.baptiste-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.

Creates a new repository for the authenticated user.

POST /user/repos

OAuth scope requirements

When using OAuth, authorizations must include:

Parameters

Name Type Description
name string Required. The name of the repository.
description string A short description of the repository.
homepage string A URL with more information about the repository.
private boolean Either true to create a private repository or false to create a public one. Default: false
visibility string Can be public or private. If your organization is associated with an enterprise account using GitHub Enterprise Cloud or GitHub Enterprise Server 2.20+, visibility can also be internal. For more information, see "Creating an internal repository" in the GitHub Help documentation.
The visibility parameter overrides the private parameter when you use both parameters with the nebula-preview preview header.
has_issues boolean Either true to enable issues for this repository or false to disable them. Default: true.
has_projects boolean Either true to enable projects for this repository or false to disable them. Default: true. Note: If you're creating a repository in an organization that has disabled repository projects, the default is false, and if you pass true, the API returns an error.
has_wiki boolean Either true to enable the wiki for this repository or false to disable it. Default: true.
is_template boolean Either true to make this repo available as a template repository or false to prevent it. Default: false.
team_id integer The id of the team that will be granted access to this repository. This is only valid when creating a repository in an organization.
auto_init boolean Pass true to create an initial commit with empty README. Default: false.
gitignore_template string Desired language or platform .gitignore template to apply. Use the name of the template without the extension. For example, "Haskell".
license_template string Choose an open source license template that best suits your needs, and then use the license keyword as the license_template string. For example, "mit" or "mpl-2.0".
allow_squash_merge boolean Either true to allow squash-merging pull requests, or false to prevent squash-merging. Default: true
allow_merge_commit boolean Either true to allow merging pull requests with a merge commit, or false to prevent merging pull requests with merge commits. Default: true
allow_rebase_merge boolean Either true to allow rebase-merging pull requests, or false to prevent rebase-merging. Default: true.

Example

{
  "name": "Hello-World",
  "description": "This is your first repository",
  "homepage": "https://github.com",
  "private": false,
  "has_issues": true,
  "has_projects": true,
  "has_wiki": true
}

Response

Status: 201 Created
Location: https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World

{
  "id": 1296269,
  "node_id": "MDEwOlJlcG9zaXRvcnkxMjk2MjY5",
  "name": "Hello-World",
  "full_name": "octocat/Hello-World",
  "owner": {
    "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
  },
  "private": false,
  "html_url": "https://github.com/octocat/Hello-World",
  "description": "This your first repo!",
  "fork": false,
  "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World",
  "archive_url": "http://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/{archive_format}{/ref}",
  "assignees_url": "http://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/assignees{/user}",
  "blobs_url": "http://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/git/blobs{/sha}",
  "branches_url": "http://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/branches{/branch}",
  "collaborators_url": "http://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/collaborators{/collaborator}",
  "comments_url": "http://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/comments{/number}",
  "commits_url": "http://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/commits{/sha}",
  "compare_url": "http://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/compare/{base}...{head}",
  "contents_url": "http://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/contents/{+path}",
  "contributors_url": "http://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/contributors",
  "deployments_url": "http://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/deployments",
  "downloads_url": "http://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/downloads",
  "events_url": "http://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/events",
  "forks_url": "http://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/forks",
  "git_commits_url": "http://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/git/commits{/sha}",
  "git_refs_url": "http://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/git/refs{/sha}",
  "git_tags_url": "http://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/git/tags{/sha}",
  "git_url": "git:github.com/octocat/Hello-World.git",
  "issue_comment_url": "http://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/issues/comments{/number}",
  "issue_events_url": "http://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/issues/events{/number}",
  "issues_url": "http://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/issues{/number}",
  "keys_url": "http://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/keys{/key_id}",
  "labels_url": "http://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/labels{/name}",
  "languages_url": "http://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/languages",
  "merges_url": "http://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/merges",
  "milestones_url": "http://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/milestones{/number}",
  "notifications_url": "http://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/notifications{?since,all,participating}",
  "pulls_url": "http://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/pulls{/number}",
  "releases_url": "http://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/releases{/id}",
  "ssh_url": "git@github.com:octocat/Hello-World.git",
  "stargazers_url": "http://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/stargazers",
  "statuses_url": "http://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/statuses/{sha}",
  "subscribers_url": "http://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/subscribers",
  "subscription_url": "http://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/subscription",
  "tags_url": "http://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/tags",
  "teams_url": "http://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/teams",
  "trees_url": "http://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/git/trees{/sha}",
  "clone_url": "https://github.com/octocat/Hello-World.git",
  "mirror_url": "git:git.example.com/octocat/Hello-World",
  "hooks_url": "http://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/hooks",
  "svn_url": "https://svn.github.com/octocat/Hello-World",
  "homepage": "https://github.com",
  "language": null,
  "forks_count": 9,
  "stargazers_count": 80,
  "watchers_count": 80,
  "size": 108,
  "default_branch": "master",
  "open_issues_count": 0,
  "is_template": true,
  "topics": [
    "octocat",
    "atom",
    "electron",
    "api"
  ],
  "has_issues": true,
  "has_projects": true,
  "has_wiki": true,
  "has_pages": false,
  "has_downloads": true,
  "archived": false,
  "disabled": false,
  "visibility": "public",
  "pushed_at": "2011-01-26T19:06:43Z",
  "created_at": "2011-01-26T19:01:12Z",
  "updated_at": "2011-01-26T19:14:43Z",
  "permissions": {
    "admin": false,
    "push": false,
    "pull": true
  },
  "allow_rebase_merge": true,
  "template_repository": null,
  "allow_squash_merge": true,
  "allow_merge_commit": true,
  "subscribers_count": 42,
  "network_count": 0,
  "anonymous_access_enabled": false
}