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Create or update custom property values for a repository

PATCH
/repos/{owner}/{repo}/properties/values

Create new or update existing custom property values for a repository. Using a value of null for a custom property will remove or ‘unset’ the property value from the repository.

Repository admins and other users with the repository-level “edit custom property values” fine-grained permission can use this endpoint.

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
properties
required

A list of custom property names and associated values to apply to the repositories.

Array<object>
Custom Property Value

Custom property name and associated value

object
property_name
required

The name of the property

string
value
required
One of:
string
Examples
Example default 
{
  "properties": [
    {
      "property_name": "environment",
      "value": "production"
    },
    {
      "property_name": "service",
      "value": "web"
    },
    {
      "property_name": "team",
      "value": "octocat"
    }
  ]
}

Responses

Section titled “ Responses ”

204

Section titled “ 204 ”

No Content when custom property values are successfully created or updated

403

Section titled “ 403 ”

Forbidden

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"
}

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"
      ]
    }
  ]
}