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Get an organization public key

GET
/orgs/{org}/dependabot/secrets/public-key

Gets your public key, which you need to encrypt secrets. You need to encrypt a secret before you can create or update secrets.

OAuth app tokens and personal access tokens (classic) need the admin:org scope to use this endpoint.

API method documentation

org
required
string

The organization name. The name is not case sensitive.

Response

Media type application/json
DependabotPublicKey

The public key used for setting Dependabot Secrets.

object
key_id
required

The identifier for the key.

string
key
required

The Base64 encoded public key.

string
Examples
Example default
{
"key_id": "012345678912345678",
"key": "2Sg8iYjAxxmI2LvUXpJjkYrMxURPc8r+dB7TJyvv1234"
}