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Create a GitHub Pages deployment

POST
/repos/{owner}/{repo}/pages/deployments

Create a GitHub Pages deployment for a repository.

The authenticated user must have write permission to the repository.

API method documentation

Parameters

Section titled “ Parameters ”

Path Parameters

Section titled “ 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.

Request Body required

Section titled “ Request Body required ”
Media type application/json

The object used to create GitHub Pages deployment

object
artifact_id

The ID of an artifact that contains the .zip or .tar of static assets to deploy. The artifact belongs to the repository. Either artifact_id or artifact_url are required.

number
artifact_url

The URL of an artifact that contains the .zip or .tar of static assets to deploy. The artifact belongs to the repository. Either artifact_id or artifact_url are required.

string
environment

The target environment for this GitHub Pages deployment.

string
default: github-pages
pages_build_version
required

A unique string that represents the version of the build for this deployment.

string
default: GITHUB_SHA
oidc_token
required

The OIDC token issued by GitHub Actions certifying the origin of the deployment.

string
Examples
Example default 
{
  "artifact_url": "https://downloadcontent/",
  "environment": "github-pages",
  "pages_build_version": "4fd754f7e594640989b406850d0bc8f06a121251",
  "oidc_token": "eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJSUzI1NiIsIng1dCI6IlV2R1h4SUhlY0JFc1JCdEttemUxUEhfUERiVSIsImtpZCI6IjUyRjE5N0M0ODFERTcwMTEyQzQ0MUI0QTlCMzdCNTNDN0ZDRjBEQjUifQ.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.VP8WictbQECKozE2SgvKb2FqJ9hisWsoMkYRTqfBrQfZTCXi5IcFEdgDMB2X7a99C2DeUuTvHh9RMKXLL2a0zg3-Sd7YrO7a2ll2kNlnvyIypcN6AeIc7BxHsTTnZN9Ud_xmEsTrSRGOEKmzCFkULQ6N4zlVD0sidypmXlMemmWEcv_ZHqhioEI_VMp5vwXQurketWH7qX4oDgG4okyYtPrv5RQHbfQcVo9izaPJ_jnsDd0CBA0QOx9InjPidtIkMYQLyUgJy33HLJy86EFNUnAf8UhBQuQi5mAsEpEzBBuKpG3PDiPtYCHOk64JZkZGd5mR888a5sbHRiaF8hm8YA"
}

Responses

Section titled “ Responses ”

200

Section titled “ 200 ”

Response

Media type application/json
GitHub Pages

The GitHub Pages deployment status.

object
id
required
One of:
integer
status_url
required

The URI to monitor GitHub Pages deployment status.

string format: uri
page_url
required

The URI to the deployed GitHub Pages.

string format: uri
preview_url

The URI to the deployed GitHub Pages preview.

string format: uri
Examples
Example default 
{
  "id": "4fd754f7e594640989b406850d0bc8f06a121251",
  "status_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/github/developer.github.com/pages/deployments/4fd754f7e594640989b406850d0bc8f06a121251/status",
  "page_url": "developer.github.com"
}

400

Section titled “ 400 ”

Bad Request

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"
}

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"
      ]
    }
  ]
}