List repositories for the authenticated user

GET

/user/repos

Lists repositories that the authenticated user has explicit permission (:read, :write, or :admin) to access.

The authenticated user has explicit permission to access repositories they own, repositories where they are a collaborator, and repositories that they can access through an organization membership.

API method documentation

Parameters

Query Parameters

visibility

string

default: all

Allowed values: all public private

Limit results to repositories with the specified visibility.

affiliation

string

default: owner,collaborator,organization_member

Comma-separated list of values. Can include:

owner: Repositories that are owned by the authenticated user.
collaborator: Repositories that the user has been added to as a collaborator.
organization_member: Repositories that the user has access to through being a member of an organization. This includes every repository on every team that the user is on.

type

string

default: all

Allowed values: all owner public private member

Limit results to repositories of the specified type. Will cause a 422 error if used in the same request as visibility or affiliation.

sort

string

default: full_name

Allowed values: created updated pushed full_name

The property to sort the results by.

direction

string

Allowed values: asc desc

The order to sort by. Default: asc when using full_name, otherwise desc.

per_page

integer

default: 30

The number of results per page (max 100). For more information, see “Using pagination in the REST API.”

page

integer

default: 1

The page number of the results to fetch. For more information, see “Using pagination in the REST API.”

since

string format: date-time

Only show repositories updated after the given time. This is a timestamp in ISO 8601 format: YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM:SSZ.

before

string format: date-time

Only show repositories updated before the given time. This is a timestamp in ISO 8601 format: YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM:SSZ.

Responses

200

Response

application/json

Array<object>

Repository

A repository on GitHub.

object

required

Unique identifier of the repository

integer format: int64

node_id

required

string

name

required

The name of the repository.

string

full_name

required

string

license

required

License Simple

License Simple

object

key

required

string

name

required

string

url

required

string format: uri

nullable

spdx_id

required

string

nullable

node_id

required

string

html_url

string format: uri

forks

required

integer

permissions

object

admin

required

boolean

pull

required

boolean

triage

boolean

push

required

boolean

maintain

boolean

owner

required

Simple User

A GitHub user.

object

name

string

nullable

email

string

nullable

login

required

string

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

private

required

Whether the repository is private or public.

boolean

html_url

required

string format: uri

description

required

string

nullable

fork

required

boolean

url

required

string format: uri

archive_url

required

string

assignees_url

required

string

blobs_url

required

string

branches_url

required

string

collaborators_url

required

string

comments_url

required

string

commits_url

required

string

compare_url

required

string

contents_url

required

string

contributors_url

required

string format: uri

deployments_url

required

string format: uri

downloads_url

required

string format: uri

events_url

required

string format: uri

forks_url

required

string format: uri

git_commits_url

required

string

git_refs_url

required

string

git_tags_url

required

string

git_url

required

string

issue_comment_url

required

string

issue_events_url

required

string

issues_url

required

string

keys_url

required

string

labels_url

required

string

languages_url

required

string format: uri

merges_url

required

string format: uri

milestones_url

required

string

notifications_url

required

string

pulls_url

required

string

releases_url

required

string

ssh_url

required

string

stargazers_url

required

string format: uri

statuses_url

required

string

subscribers_url

required

string format: uri

subscription_url

required

string format: uri

tags_url

required

string format: uri

teams_url

required

string format: uri

trees_url

required

string

clone_url

required

string

mirror_url

required

string format: uri

nullable

hooks_url

required

string format: uri

svn_url

required

string format: uri

homepage

required

string format: uri

nullable

language

required

string

nullable

forks_count

required

integer

stargazers_count

required

integer

watchers_count

required

integer

size

required

The size of the repository, in kilobytes. Size is calculated hourly. When a repository is initially created, the size is 0.

integer

default_branch

required

The default branch of the repository.

string

open_issues_count

required

integer

is_template

Whether this repository acts as a template that can be used to generate new repositories.

boolean

topics

Array<string>

has_issues

required

Whether issues are enabled.

boolean

default: true

has_projects

required

Whether projects are enabled.

boolean

default: true

has_wiki

required

Whether the wiki is enabled.

boolean

default: true

has_pages

required

boolean

has_downloads

required

Whether downloads are enabled.

boolean

default: true

has_discussions

Whether discussions are enabled.

boolean

has_pull_requests

Whether pull requests are enabled.

boolean

default: true

pull_request_creation_policy

The policy controlling who can create pull requests: all or collaborators_only.

string

Allowed values: all collaborators_only

archived

required

Whether the repository is archived.

boolean

disabled

required

Returns whether or not this repository disabled.

boolean

visibility

The repository visibility: public, private, or internal.

string

default: public

pushed_at

required

string format: date-time

nullable

created_at

required

string format: date-time

nullable

updated_at

required

string format: date-time

nullable

allow_rebase_merge

Whether to allow rebase merges for pull requests.

boolean

default: true

temp_clone_token

string

allow_squash_merge

Whether to allow squash merges for pull requests.

boolean

default: true

allow_auto_merge

Whether to allow Auto-merge to be used on pull requests.

boolean

delete_branch_on_merge

Whether to delete head branches when pull requests are merged

boolean

allow_update_branch

Whether or not a pull request head branch that is behind its base branch can always be updated even if it is not required to be up to date before merging.

boolean

use_squash_pr_title_as_default

Whether a squash merge commit can use the pull request title as default. **This property is closing down. Please use squash_merge_commit_title instead.

boolean

squash_merge_commit_title

The default value for a squash merge commit title:

PR_TITLE - default to the pull request’s title.
COMMIT_OR_PR_TITLE - default to the commit’s title (if only one commit) or the pull request’s title (when more than one commit).

string

Allowed values: PR_TITLE COMMIT_OR_PR_TITLE

squash_merge_commit_message

The default value for a squash merge commit message:

PR_BODY - default to the pull request’s body.
COMMIT_MESSAGES - default to the branch’s commit messages.
BLANK - default to a blank commit message.

string

Allowed values: PR_BODY COMMIT_MESSAGES BLANK

merge_commit_title

The default value for a merge commit title.

PR_TITLE - default to the pull request’s title.
MERGE_MESSAGE - default to the classic title for a merge message (e.g., Merge pull request #123 from branch-name).

string

Allowed values: PR_TITLE MERGE_MESSAGE

merge_commit_message

The default value for a merge commit message.

PR_TITLE - default to the pull request’s title.
PR_BODY - default to the pull request’s body.
BLANK - default to a blank commit message.

string

Allowed values: PR_BODY PR_TITLE BLANK

allow_merge_commit

Whether to allow merge commits for pull requests.

boolean

default: true

allow_forking

Whether to allow forking this repo

boolean

web_commit_signoff_required

Whether to require contributors to sign off on web-based commits

boolean

open_issues

required

integer

watchers

required

integer

master_branch

string

starred_at

string

anonymous_access_enabled

Whether anonymous git access is enabled for this repository

boolean

code_search_index_status

The status of the code search index for this repository

object

lexical_search_ok

boolean

lexical_commit_sha

string

Examples

default

Default response

[
  {
    "id": 1296269,
    "node_id": "MDEwOlJlcG9zaXRvcnkxMjk2MjY5",
    "name": "Hello-World",
    "full_name": "octocat/Hello-World",
    "owner": {
      "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
    },
    "private": false,
    "html_url": "https://github.com/octocat/Hello-World",
    "description": "This your first repo!",
    "fork": false,
    "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World",
    "archive_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/{archive_format}{/ref}",
    "assignees_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/assignees{/user}",
    "blobs_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/git/blobs{/sha}",
    "branches_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/branches{/branch}",
    "collaborators_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/collaborators{/collaborator}",
    "comments_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/comments{/number}",
    "commits_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/commits{/sha}",
    "compare_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/compare/{base}...{head}",
    "contents_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/contents/{+path}",
    "contributors_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/contributors",
    "deployments_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/deployments",
    "downloads_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/downloads",
    "events_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/events",
    "forks_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/forks",
    "git_commits_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/git/commits{/sha}",
    "git_refs_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/git/refs{/sha}",
    "git_tags_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/git/tags{/sha}",
    "git_url": "git:github.com/octocat/Hello-World.git",
    "issue_comment_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/issues/comments{/number}",
    "issue_events_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/issues/events{/number}",
    "issues_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/issues{/number}",
    "keys_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/keys{/key_id}",
    "labels_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/labels{/name}",
    "languages_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/languages",
    "merges_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/merges",
    "milestones_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/milestones{/number}",
    "notifications_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/notifications{?since,all,participating}",
    "pulls_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/pulls{/number}",
    "releases_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/releases{/id}",
    "ssh_url": "git@github.com:octocat/Hello-World.git",
    "stargazers_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/stargazers",
    "statuses_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/statuses/{sha}",
    "subscribers_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/subscribers",
    "subscription_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/subscription",
    "tags_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/tags",
    "teams_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/teams",
    "trees_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/git/trees{/sha}",
    "clone_url": "https://github.com/octocat/Hello-World.git",
    "mirror_url": "git:git.example.com/octocat/Hello-World",
    "hooks_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/hooks",
    "svn_url": "https://svn.github.com/octocat/Hello-World",
    "homepage": "https://github.com",
    "language": null,
    "forks_count": 9,
    "stargazers_count": 80,
    "watchers_count": 80,
    "size": 108,
    "default_branch": "master",
    "open_issues_count": 0,
    "is_template": true,
    "topics": [
      "octocat",
      "atom",
      "electron",
      "api"
    ],
    "has_issues": true,
    "has_projects": true,
    "has_wiki": true,
    "has_pages": false,
    "has_downloads": true,
    "archived": false,
    "disabled": false,
    "visibility": "public",
    "pushed_at": "2011-01-26T19:06:43Z",
    "created_at": "2011-01-26T19:01:12Z",
    "updated_at": "2011-01-26T19:14:43Z",
    "permissions": {
      "admin": false,
      "push": false,
      "pull": true
    },
    "allow_rebase_merge": true,
    "template_repository": null,
    "temp_clone_token": "ABTLWHOULUVAXGTRYU7OC2876QJ2O",
    "allow_squash_merge": true,
    "allow_auto_merge": false,
    "delete_branch_on_merge": true,
    "allow_merge_commit": true,
    "subscribers_count": 42,
    "network_count": 0,
    "license": {
      "key": "mit",
      "name": "MIT License",
      "url": "https://api.github.com/licenses/mit",
      "spdx_id": "MIT",
      "node_id": "MDc6TGljZW5zZW1pdA==",
      "html_url": "https://github.com/licenses/mit"
    },
    "forks": 1,
    "open_issues": 1,
    "watchers": 1
  }
]

Headers

Link

string

Example

<https://api.github.com/resource?page=2>; rel="next", <https://api.github.com/resource?page=5>; rel="last"

304

Not modified

401

Requires authentication

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"
}

403

Forbidden

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

Validation failed, or the endpoint has been spammed.

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"
      ]
    }
  ]
}

List repositories for the authenticated user

Parameters

Query Parameters

Responses

200

Examples

Headers

Example

304

401

Example generated

403

Example generated

422

Example generated

Example ^generated

Example ^generated

Example ^generated