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Get access restrictions

GET
/repos/{owner}/{repo}/branches/{branch}/protection/restrictions

Protected branches are available in public repositories with GitHub Free and GitHub Free for organizations, and in public and private repositories with GitHub Pro, GitHub Team, GitHub Enterprise Cloud, and GitHub Enterprise Server. For more information, see GitHub’s products in the GitHub Help documentation.

Lists who has access to this protected branch.

[!NOTE] Users, apps, and teams restrictions are only available for organization-owned repositories.

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.

branch
required
string

The name of the branch. Cannot contain wildcard characters. To use wildcard characters in branch names, use the GraphQL API.

Responses

Section titled “ Responses ”

200

Section titled “ 200 ”

Response

Media type application/json
Branch Restriction Policy

Branch Restriction Policy

object
url
required
string format: uri
users_url
required
string format: uri
teams_url
required
string format: uri
apps_url
required
string format: uri
users
required
Array<object>
object
login
string
id
integer format: int64
node_id
string
avatar_url
string
gravatar_id
string
url
string
html_url
string
followers_url
string
following_url
string
gists_url
string
starred_url
string
subscriptions_url
string
organizations_url
string
repos_url
string
events_url
string
received_events_url
string
type
string
site_admin
boolean
user_view_type
string
teams
required
Array<object>
Team

Groups of organization members that gives permissions on specified repositories.

object
id
required
integer
node_id
required
string
name
required
string
slug
required
string
description
required
string
nullable
privacy
string
notification_setting
string
permission
required
string
permissions
object
pull
required
boolean
triage
required
boolean
push
required
boolean
maintain
required
boolean
admin
required
boolean
url
required
string format: uri
html_url
required
string format: uri
members_url
required
string
repositories_url
required
string format: uri
type
required

The ownership type of the team

string
Allowed values: enterprise organization
access_source

How the team’s access to the repository was granted. This property is only present when the team is returned in a repository context, such as GET /repos/{owner}/{repo}/teams.

string
Allowed values: direct organization enterprise
organization_id

Unique identifier of the organization to which this team belongs

integer
enterprise_id

Unique identifier of the enterprise to which this team belongs

integer
parent
required
Team Simple

Groups of organization members that gives permissions on specified repositories.

object
id
required

Unique identifier of the team

integer
node_id
required
string
url
required

URL for the team

string format: uri
members_url
required
string
name
required

Name of the team

string
description
required

Description of the team

string
nullable
permission
required

Permission that the team will have for its repositories

string
privacy

The level of privacy this team should have

string
notification_setting

The notification setting the team has set

string
html_url
required
string format: uri
repositories_url
required
string format: uri
slug
required
string
ldap_dn

Distinguished Name (DN) that team maps to within LDAP environment

string
type
required

The ownership type of the team

string
Allowed values: enterprise organization
organization_id

Unique identifier of the organization to which this team belongs

integer
enterprise_id

Unique identifier of the enterprise to which this team belongs

integer
apps
required
Array<object>
object
id
integer
slug
string
node_id
string
owner
object
login
string
id
integer
node_id
string
url
string
repos_url
string
events_url
string
hooks_url
string
issues_url
string
members_url
string
public_members_url
string
avatar_url
string
description
string
gravatar_id
string
html_url
string
followers_url
string
following_url
string
gists_url
string
starred_url
string
subscriptions_url
string
organizations_url
string
received_events_url
string
type
string
site_admin
boolean
user_view_type
string
name
string
client_id
string
description
string
external_url
string
html_url
string
created_at
string
updated_at
string
permissions
object
metadata
string
contents
string
issues
string
single_file
string
events
Array<string>
Examples
Example default 
{
  "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/branches/master/protection/restrictions",
  "users_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/branches/master/protection/restrictions/users",
  "teams_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/branches/master/protection/restrictions/teams",
  "apps_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/branches/master/protection/restrictions/apps",
  "users": [
    {
      "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
    }
  ],
  "teams": [
    {
      "id": 1,
      "node_id": "MDQ6VGVhbTE=",
      "url": "https://api.github.com/teams/1",
      "html_url": "https://github.com/orgs/github/teams/justice-league",
      "name": "Justice League",
      "slug": "justice-league",
      "description": "A great team.",
      "privacy": "closed",
      "notification_setting": "notifications_enabled",
      "permission": "admin",
      "members_url": "https://api.github.com/teams/1/members{/member}",
      "repositories_url": "https://api.github.com/teams/1/repos",
      "parent": null
    }
  ],
  "apps": [
    {
      "id": 1,
      "slug": "octoapp",
      "node_id": "MDExOkludGVncmF0aW9uMQ==",
      "owner": {
        "login": "github",
        "id": 1,
        "node_id": "MDEyOk9yZ2FuaXphdGlvbjE=",
        "url": "https://api.github.com/orgs/github",
        "repos_url": "https://api.github.com/orgs/github/repos",
        "events_url": "https://api.github.com/orgs/github/events",
        "hooks_url": "https://api.github.com/orgs/github/hooks",
        "issues_url": "https://api.github.com/orgs/github/issues",
        "members_url": "https://api.github.com/orgs/github/members{/member}",
        "public_members_url": "https://api.github.com/orgs/github/public_members{/member}",
        "avatar_url": "https://github.com/images/error/octocat_happy.gif",
        "description": "A great organization"
      },
      "name": "Octocat App",
      "description": "",
      "external_url": "https://example.com",
      "html_url": "https://github.com/apps/octoapp",
      "created_at": "2017-07-08T16:18:44-04:00",
      "updated_at": "2017-07-08T16:18:44-04:00",
      "permissions": {
        "metadata": "read",
        "contents": "read",
        "issues": "write",
        "single_file": "write"
      },
      "events": [
        "push",
        "pull_request"
      ]
    }
  ]
}

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"
}