Get a repository public key

GET

/repos/{owner}/{repo}/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. Anyone with read access to the repository can use this endpoint.

OAuth app tokens and personal access tokens (classic) need the repo scope to use this endpoint if the repository is private.

API method documentation

Parameters

Path Parameters

owner

required

string

The account owner of the repository. The name is not case sensitive.

repo

required

string

The name of the repository without the .git extension. The name is not case sensitive.

Responses

200

Response

Media typeapplication/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

Exampledefault

{
  "key_id": "012345678912345678",
  "key": "2Sg8iYjAxxmI2LvUXpJjkYrMxURPc8r+dB7TJyvv1234"
}