Check if Dependabot security updates are enabled for a repository

GET

/repos/{owner}/{repo}/automated-security-fixes

Shows whether Dependabot security updates are enabled, disabled or paused for a repository. The authenticated user must have admin read access to the repository. For more information, see “Configuring Dependabot security updates”.

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 if Dependabot is enabled

Media type application/json

Check Dependabot security updates

Check Dependabot security updates

object

enabled

required

Whether Dependabot security updates are enabled for the repository.

boolean

paused

required

Whether Dependabot security updates are paused for the repository.

boolean

Examples

Example default

{
  "enabled": true,
  "paused": false
}

404

Not Found if Dependabot is not enabled for the repository