Create a view for a user-owned project

POST

/users/{user_id}/projectsV2/{project_number}/views

Create a new view in a user-owned project. Views allow you to customize how items in a project are displayed and filtered.

API method documentation

Parameters

Path Parameters

user_id

required

string

The unique identifier of the user.

project_number

required

integer

The project’s number.

Request Body^required

application/json

object

name

required

The name of the view.

string

layout

required

The layout of the view.

string

Allowed values: table board roadmap

filter

The filter query for the view. See Filtering projects for more information.

string

visible_fields

visible_fields is not applicable to roadmap layout views. For table and board layouts, this represents the field IDs that should be visible in the view. If not provided, the default visible fields will be used.

Array<integer>

Examples

Create a table view

{
  "name": "All Issues",
  "layout": "table",
  "filter": "is:issue",
  "visible_fields": [
    123,
    456,
    789
  ]
}

Create a board view with filter

{
  "name": "Sprint Board",
  "layout": "board",
  "filter": "is:issue is:open label:sprint",
  "visible_fields": [
    123,
    456,
    789
  ]
}

Create a roadmap view

{
  "name": "Product Roadmap",
  "layout": "roadmap"
}

Responses

201

Response for creating a view in a user-owned project.

application/json

Projects v2 View

A view inside a projects v2 project

object

required

The unique identifier of the view.

integer

number

required

The number of the view within the project.

integer

name

required

The name of the view.

string

layout

required

The layout of the view.

string

Allowed values: table board roadmap

node_id

required

The node ID of the view.

string

project_url

required

The API URL of the project that contains the view.

string

html_url

required

The web URL of the view.

string format: uri

creator

required

object

name

string

nullable

email

string

nullable

login

required

string

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 time when the view was created.

string format: date-time

updated_at

required

The time when the view was last updated.

string format: date-time

filter

The filter query for the view.

string

nullable

visible_fields

required

The list of field IDs that are visible in the view.

Array<integer>

sort_by

required

The sorting configuration for the view. Each element is a tuple of [field_id, direction] where direction is “asc” or “desc”.

Array<Array>

group_by

required

The list of field IDs used for horizontal grouping.

Array<integer>

vertical_group_by

required

The list of field IDs used for vertical grouping (board layout).

Array<integer>

Examples

Response for creating a table view

{
  "value": {
    "id": 1,
    "number": 1,
    "name": "Sprint Board",
    "layout": "board",
    "node_id": "PVTV_lADOANN5s84ACbL0zgBueEI",
    "project_url": "https://api.github.com/orgs/octocat/projectsV2/1",
    "html_url": "https://github.com/orgs/octocat/projects/1/views/1",
    "creator": {
      "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
    },
    "created_at": "2022-04-28T12:00:00Z",
    "updated_at": "2022-04-28T12:00:00Z",
    "filter": "is:issue is:open",
    "visible_fields": [
      123,
      456,
      789
    ],
    "sort_by": [
      [
        123,
        "asc"
      ],
      [
        456,
        "desc"
      ]
    ],
    "group_by": [
      123
    ],
    "vertical_group_by": [
      456
    ]
  }
}

Response for creating a board view with filter

{
  "value": {
    "id": 1,
    "number": 1,
    "name": "Sprint Board",
    "layout": "board",
    "node_id": "PVTV_lADOANN5s84ACbL0zgBueEI",
    "project_url": "https://api.github.com/orgs/octocat/projectsV2/1",
    "html_url": "https://github.com/orgs/octocat/projects/1/views/1",
    "creator": {
      "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
    },
    "created_at": "2022-04-28T12:00:00Z",
    "updated_at": "2022-04-28T12:00:00Z",
    "filter": "is:issue is:open",
    "visible_fields": [
      123,
      456,
      789
    ],
    "sort_by": [
      [
        123,
        "asc"
      ],
      [
        456,
        "desc"
      ]
    ],
    "group_by": [
      123
    ],
    "vertical_group_by": [
      456
    ]
  }
}

Response for creating a roadmap view

{
  "value": {
    "id": 1,
    "number": 1,
    "name": "Sprint Board",
    "layout": "board",
    "node_id": "PVTV_lADOANN5s84ACbL0zgBueEI",
    "project_url": "https://api.github.com/orgs/octocat/projectsV2/1",
    "html_url": "https://github.com/orgs/octocat/projects/1/views/1",
    "creator": {
      "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
    },
    "created_at": "2022-04-28T12:00:00Z",
    "updated_at": "2022-04-28T12:00:00Z",
    "filter": "is:issue is:open",
    "visible_fields": [
      123,
      456,
      789
    ],
    "sort_by": [
      [
        123,
        "asc"
      ],
      [
        456,
        "desc"
      ]
    ],
    "group_by": [
      123
    ],
    "vertical_group_by": [
      456
    ]
  }
}

304

Not modified

401

Requires authentication

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"
}

403

Forbidden

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

Resource not found

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

Validation failed, or the endpoint has been spammed.

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"
      ]
    }
  ]
}

503

Service unavailable

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"
}

Create a view for a user-owned project

Parameters

Path Parameters

Request Body required

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Responses

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401

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403

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404

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422

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503

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Request Body^required

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