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Get an organization membership for the authenticated user

GET
/user/memberships/orgs/{org}

If the authenticated user is an active or pending member of the organization, this endpoint will return the user’s membership. If the authenticated user is not affiliated with the organization, a 404 is returned. This endpoint will return a 403 if the request is made by a GitHub App that is blocked by the organization.

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.

Responses

Section titled “ Responses ”

200

Section titled “ 200 ”

Response

Media type application/json
Org Membership

Org Membership

object
url
required
string format: uri
state
required

The state of the member in the organization. The pending state indicates the user has not yet accepted an invitation.

string
Allowed values: active pending
role
required

The user’s membership type in the organization.

string
Allowed values: admin member billing_manager
direct_membership

Whether the user has direct membership in the organization.

boolean
enterprise_teams_providing_indirect_membership

The slugs of the enterprise teams providing the user with indirect membership in the organization. A limit of 100 enterprise team slugs is returned.

Array<string>
<= 100 items
organization_url
required
string format: uri
organization
required
Organization Simple

A GitHub organization.

object
login
required
string
id
required
integer
node_id
required
string
url
required
string format: uri
repos_url
required
string format: uri
events_url
required
string format: uri
hooks_url
required
string
issues_url
required
string
members_url
required
string
public_members_url
required
string
avatar_url
required
string
description
required
string
nullable
user
required
Simple User

A GitHub user.

object
name
string
nullable
email
string
nullable
login
required
string
id
required
integer format: int64
node_id
required
string
avatar_url
required
string format: uri
gravatar_id
required
string
nullable
url
required
string format: uri
html_url
required
string format: uri
followers_url
required
string format: uri
following_url
required
string
gists_url
required
string
starred_url
required
string
subscriptions_url
required
string format: uri
organizations_url
required
string format: uri
repos_url
required
string format: uri
events_url
required
string
received_events_url
required
string format: uri
type
required
string
site_admin
required
boolean
starred_at
string
user_view_type
string
permissions
object
can_create_repository
required
boolean
Examples
Example default 
{
  "url": "https://api.github.com/orgs/invitocat/memberships/defunkt",
  "state": "pending",
  "role": "admin",
  "organization_url": "https://api.github.com/orgs/invitocat",
  "direct_membership": true,
  "enterprise_teams_providing_indirect_membership": [
    "ent:justice-league",
    "ent:security-managers"
  ],
  "organization": {
    "login": "github",
    "id": 1,
    "node_id": "MDEyOk9yZ2FuaXphdGlvbjE=",
    "url": "https://api.github.com/orgs/github",
    "repos_url": "https://api.github.com/orgs/github/repos",
    "events_url": "https://api.github.com/orgs/github/events",
    "hooks_url": "https://api.github.com/orgs/github/hooks",
    "issues_url": "https://api.github.com/orgs/github/issues",
    "members_url": "https://api.github.com/orgs/github/members{/member}",
    "public_members_url": "https://api.github.com/orgs/github/public_members{/member}",
    "avatar_url": "https://github.com/images/error/octocat_happy.gif",
    "description": "A great organization"
  },
  "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
  }
}

403

Section titled “ 403 ”

Forbidden

Media type application/json
Basic Error

Basic Error

object
message
string
documentation_url
string
url
string
status
string
Example generated 
{
  "message": "example",
  "documentation_url": "example",
  "url": "example",
  "status": "example"
}

404

Section titled “ 404 ”

Resource not found

Media type application/json
Basic Error

Basic Error

object
message
string
documentation_url
string
url
string
status
string
Example generated 
{
  "message": "example",
  "documentation_url": "example",
  "url": "example",
  "status": "example"
}