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Create a release

POST
/repos/{owner}/{repo}/releases

Users with push access to the repository can create a release.

This endpoint triggers notifications. Creating content too quickly using this endpoint may result in secondary rate limiting. For more information, see “Rate limits for the API” and “Best practices for using the REST API.”

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
object
tag_name
required

The name of the tag.

string
target_commitish

Specifies the commitish value that determines where the Git tag is created from. Can be any branch or commit SHA. Unused if the Git tag already exists. Default: the repository’s default branch.

string
name

The name of the release.

string
body

Text describing the contents of the tag.

string
draft

true to create a draft (unpublished) release, false to create a published one.

boolean
prerelease

true to identify the release as a prerelease. false to identify the release as a full release.

boolean
discussion_category_name

If specified, a discussion of the specified category is created and linked to the release. The value must be a category that already exists in the repository. For more information, see “Managing categories for discussions in your repository.”

string
generate_release_notes

Whether to automatically generate the name and body for this release. If name is specified, the specified name will be used; otherwise, a name will be automatically generated. If body is specified, the body will be pre-pended to the automatically generated notes.

boolean
make_latest

Specifies whether this release should be set as the latest release for the repository. Drafts and prereleases cannot be set as latest. Defaults to true for newly published releases. legacy specifies that the latest release should be determined based on the release creation date and higher semantic version.

string
default: true
Allowed values: true false legacy
Examples
Example default 
{
  "tag_name": "v1.0.0",
  "target_commitish": "master",
  "name": "v1.0.0",
  "body": "Description of the release",
  "draft": false,
  "prerelease": false,
  "generate_release_notes": false
}

Responses

Section titled “ Responses ”

201

Section titled “ 201 ”

Response

Media type application/json
Release

A release.

object
url
required
string format: uri
html_url
required
string format: uri
assets_url
required
string format: uri
upload_url
required
string
tarball_url
required
string format: uri
nullable
zipball_url
required
string format: uri
nullable
id
required
integer
node_id
required
string
tag_name
required

The name of the tag.

string
target_commitish
required

Specifies the commitish value that determines where the Git tag is created from.

string
name
required
string
nullable
body
string
nullable
draft
required

True to create a draft (unpublished) release, false to create a published one.

boolean
prerelease
required

Whether to identify the release as a prerelease or a full release.

boolean
immutable

Whether or not the release is immutable.

boolean
created_at
required
string format: date-time
published_at
required
string format: date-time
nullable
updated_at
string format: date-time
nullable
author
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
assets
required
Array<object>
Release Asset

Data related to a release.

object
url
required
string format: uri
browser_download_url
required
string format: uri
id
required
integer
node_id
required
string
name
required

The file name of the asset.

string
label
required
string
nullable
state
required

State of the release asset.

string
Allowed values: uploaded open
content_type
required
string
size
required
integer
digest
required
string
nullable
download_count
required
integer
created_at
required
string format: date-time
updated_at
required
string format: date-time
uploader
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
body_html
string
body_text
string
mentions_count
integer
discussion_url

The URL of the release discussion.

string format: uri
reactions
Reaction Rollup
object
url
required
string format: uri
total_count
required
integer
+1
required
integer
-1
required
integer
laugh
required
integer
confused
required
integer
heart
required
integer
hooray
required
integer
eyes
required
integer
rocket
required
integer
Examples
Example default 
{
  "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/releases/1",
  "html_url": "https://github.com/octocat/Hello-World/releases/v1.0.0",
  "assets_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/releases/1/assets",
  "upload_url": "https://uploads.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/releases/1/assets{?name,label}",
  "tarball_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/tarball/v1.0.0",
  "zipball_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/zipball/v1.0.0",
  "discussion_url": "https://github.com/octocat/Hello-World/discussions/90",
  "id": 1,
  "node_id": "MDc6UmVsZWFzZTE=",
  "tag_name": "v1.0.0",
  "target_commitish": "master",
  "name": "v1.0.0",
  "body": "Description of the release",
  "draft": false,
  "prerelease": false,
  "immutable": false,
  "created_at": "2013-02-27T19:35:32Z",
  "published_at": "2013-02-27T19:35:32Z",
  "author": {
    "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
  },
  "assets": [
    {
      "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/releases/assets/1",
      "browser_download_url": "https://github.com/octocat/Hello-World/releases/download/v1.0.0/example.zip",
      "id": 1,
      "node_id": "MDEyOlJlbGVhc2VBc3NldDE=",
      "name": "example.zip",
      "label": "short description",
      "state": "uploaded",
      "content_type": "application/zip",
      "size": 1024,
      "digest": "sha256:2151b604e3429bff440b9fbc03eb3617bc2603cda96c95b9bb05277f9ddba255",
      "download_count": 42,
      "created_at": "2013-02-27T19:35:32Z",
      "updated_at": "2013-02-27T19:35:32Z",
      "uploader": {
        "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
      }
    }
  ]
}

Headers

Section titled “ Headers ”
Location
string
Example 
https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/releases/1

404

Section titled “ 404 ”

Not Found if the discussion category name is invalid

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"
      ]
    }
  ]
}