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Get all organization roles for an organization

GET
/orgs/{org}/organization-roles

Lists the organization roles available in this organization. For more information on organization roles, see “Using organization roles.”

To use this endpoint, the authenticated user must be one of:

  • An administrator for the organization.
  • An organization member (or a member of a team) assigned a custom organization role that includes the View organization roles (read_organization_custom_org_role) permission. For more information, see “Permissions for organization access.”

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

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 - list of organization roles

Media type application/json
object
total_count

The total number of organization roles available to the organization.

integer
roles

The list of organization roles available to the organization.

Array<object>
Organization Role

Organization roles

object
id
required

The unique identifier of the role.

integer format: int64
name
required

The name of the role.

string
description

A short description about who this role is for or what permissions it grants.

string
nullable
base_role

The system role from which this role inherits permissions.

string
nullable
Allowed values: read triage write maintain admin
source

Source answers the question, “where did this role come from?”

string
nullable
Allowed values: Organization Enterprise Predefined
permissions
required

A list of permissions included in this role.

Array<string>
organization
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
created_at
required

The date and time the role was created.

string format: date-time
updated_at
required

The date and time the role was last updated.

string format: date-time
Examples
Example default 
{
  "total_count": 2,
  "roles": [
    {
      "id": 8030,
      "name": "Custom Role Manager",
      "description": "Permissions to manage custom roles within an org",
      "permissions": [
        "write_organization_custom_repo_role",
        "write_organization_custom_org_role",
        "read_organization_custom_repo_role",
        "read_organization_custom_org_role"
      ],
      "organization": {
        "login": "github",
        "id": 9919,
        "node_id": "MDEyOk9yZ2FuaXphdGlvbjk5MTk=",
        "avatar_url": "https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/9919?v=4",
        "gravatar_id": "",
        "url": "https://api.github.com/users/github",
        "html_url": "https://github.com/github",
        "followers_url": "https://api.github.com/users/github/followers",
        "following_url": "https://api.github.com/users/github/following{/other_user}",
        "gists_url": "https://api.github.com/users/github/gists{/gist_id}",
        "starred_url": "https://api.github.com/users/github/starred{/owner}{/repo}",
        "subscriptions_url": "https://api.github.com/users/github/subscriptions",
        "organizations_url": "https://api.github.com/users/github/orgs",
        "repos_url": "https://api.github.com/users/github/repos",
        "events_url": "https://api.github.com/users/github/events{/privacy}",
        "received_events_url": "https://api.github.com/users/github/received_events",
        "type": "Organization",
        "site_admin": false
      },
      "created_at": "2022-07-04T22:19:11Z",
      "updated_at": "2022-07-04T22:20:11Z"
    },
    {
      "id": 8031,
      "name": "Auditor",
      "description": "Permissions to read the organization audit log",
      "permissions": [
        "read_audit_logs"
      ],
      "organization": {
        "login": "github",
        "id": 9919,
        "node_id": "MDEyOk9yZ2FuaXphdGlvbjk5MTk=",
        "avatar_url": "https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/9919?v=4",
        "gravatar_id": "",
        "url": "https://api.github.com/users/github",
        "html_url": "https://github.com/github",
        "followers_url": "https://api.github.com/users/github/followers",
        "following_url": "https://api.github.com/users/github/following{/other_user}",
        "gists_url": "https://api.github.com/users/github/gists{/gist_id}",
        "starred_url": "https://api.github.com/users/github/starred{/owner}{/repo}",
        "subscriptions_url": "https://api.github.com/users/github/subscriptions",
        "organizations_url": "https://api.github.com/users/github/orgs",
        "repos_url": "https://api.github.com/users/github/repos",
        "events_url": "https://api.github.com/users/github/events{/privacy}",
        "received_events_url": "https://api.github.com/users/github/received_events",
        "type": "Organization",
        "site_admin": false
      },
      "created_at": "2022-07-04T22:19:11Z",
      "updated_at": "2022-07-04T22:20:11Z"
    }
  ]
}

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"
}

422

Section titled “ 422 ”

Validation failed, or the endpoint has been spammed.

Media type application/json
Validation Error

Validation Error

object
message
required
string
documentation_url
required
string
errors
Array<object>
object
resource
string
field
string
message
string
code
required
string
index
integer
value
One of:
string
nullable
Example generated 
{
  "message": "example",
  "documentation_url": "example",
  "errors": [
    {
      "resource": "example",
      "field": "example",
      "message": "example",
      "code": "example",
      "index": 1,
      "value": [
        "example"
      ]
    }
  ]
}