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List organization variables

GET
/orgs/{org}/actions/variables

Lists all organization variables.

Authenticated users must have collaborator access to a repository to create, update, or read variables.

OAuth app tokens and personal access tokens (classic) need the admin:org scope to use this endpoint. If the repository is private, the repo scope is also required.

API method documentation

Parameters

Section titled “ Parameters ”

Path Parameters

Section titled “ Path Parameters ”
org
required
string

The organization name. The name is not case sensitive.

Query Parameters

Section titled “ Query Parameters ”
per_page
integer
default: 10

The number of results per page (max 30). For more information, see “Using pagination in the REST API.”

page
integer
default: 1

The page number of the results to fetch. For more information, see “Using pagination in the REST API.”

Responses

Section titled “ Responses ”

200

Section titled “ 200 ”

Response

Media type application/json
object
total_count
required
integer
variables
required
Array<object>
Actions Variable for an Organization

Organization variable for GitHub Actions.

object
name
required

The name of the variable.

string
value
required

The value of the variable.

string
created_at
required

The date and time at which the variable was created, in ISO 8601 format’:’ YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM:SSZ.

string format: date-time
updated_at
required

The date and time at which the variable was last updated, in ISO 8601 format’:’ YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM:SSZ.

string format: date-time
visibility
required

Visibility of a variable

string
Allowed values: all private selected
selected_repositories_url
string format: uri
Examples
Example default 
{
  "total_count": 3,
  "variables": [
    {
      "name": "USERNAME",
      "value": "octocat",
      "created_at": "2019-08-10T14:59:22Z",
      "updated_at": "2020-01-10T14:59:22Z",
      "visibility": "private"
    },
    {
      "name": "ACTIONS_RUNNER_DEBUG",
      "value": true,
      "created_at": "2019-08-10T14:59:22Z",
      "updated_at": "2020-01-10T14:59:22Z",
      "visibility": "all"
    },
    {
      "name": "ADMIN_EMAIL",
      "value": "octocat@github.com",
      "created_at": "2019-08-10T14:59:22Z",
      "updated_at": "2020-01-10T14:59:22Z",
      "visibility": "selected",
      "selected_repositories_url": "https://api.github.com/orgs/octo-org/actions/variables/ADMIN_EMAIL/repositories"
    }
  ]
}

Headers

Section titled “ Headers ”
Link
string
Example 
<https://api.github.com/resource?page=2>; rel="next", <https://api.github.com/resource?page=5>; rel="last"