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Get a deployment

GET
/repos/{owner}/{repo}/deployments/{deployment_id}

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.

deployment_id
required
integer

Deployment_id parameter

Responses

Section titled “ Responses ”

200

Section titled “ 200 ”

Response

Media type application/json
Deployment

A request for a specific ref(branch,sha,tag) to be deployed

object
url
required
string format: uri
id
required

Unique identifier of the deployment

integer format: int64
node_id
required
string
sha
required
string
ref
required

The ref to deploy. This can be a branch, tag, or sha.

string
task
required

Parameter to specify a task to execute

string
payload
required
One of:
object
key
additional properties
any
original_environment
string
environment
required

Name for the target deployment environment.

string
description
required
string
nullable
creator
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
created_at
required
string format: date-time
updated_at
required
string format: date-time
statuses_url
required
string format: uri
repository_url
required
string format: uri
transient_environment

Specifies if the given environment is will no longer exist at some point in the future. Default: false.

boolean
production_environment

Specifies if the given environment is one that end-users directly interact with. Default: false.

boolean
performed_via_github_app
GitHub app

GitHub apps are a new way to extend GitHub. They can be installed directly on organizations and user accounts and granted access to specific repositories. They come with granular permissions and built-in webhooks. GitHub apps are first class actors within GitHub.

object
id
required

Unique identifier of the GitHub app

integer
slug

The slug name of the GitHub app

string
node_id
required
string
client_id
string
owner
required
One of:
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
name
required

The name of the GitHub app

string
description
required
string
nullable
external_url
required
string format: uri
html_url
required
string format: uri
created_at
required
string format: date-time
updated_at
required
string format: date-time
permissions
required

The set of permissions for the GitHub app

object
issues
string
checks
string
metadata
string
contents
string
deployments
string
key
additional properties
string
events
required

The list of events for the GitHub app. Note that the installation_target, security_advisory, and meta events are not included because they are global events and not specific to an installation.

Array<string>
installations_count

The number of installations associated with the GitHub app. Only returned when the integration is requesting details about itself.

integer
Examples
Example default 
{
  "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/example/deployments/1",
  "id": 1,
  "node_id": "MDEwOkRlcGxveW1lbnQx",
  "sha": "a84d88e7554fc1fa21bcbc4efae3c782a70d2b9d",
  "ref": "topic-branch",
  "task": "deploy",
  "payload": {},
  "original_environment": "staging",
  "environment": "production",
  "description": "Deploy request from hubot",
  "creator": {
    "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
  },
  "created_at": "2012-07-20T01:19:13Z",
  "updated_at": "2012-07-20T01:19:13Z",
  "statuses_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/example/deployments/1/statuses",
  "repository_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/example",
  "transient_environment": false,
  "production_environment": true
}

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"
}