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Update a release asset

PATCH
/repos/{owner}/{repo}/releases/assets/{asset_id}

Users with push access to the repository can edit a release asset.

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.

asset_id
required
integer

The unique identifier of the asset.

Request Body

Section titled “ Request Body ”
Media type application/json
object
name

The file name of the asset.

string
label

An alternate short description of the asset. Used in place of the filename.

string
state
string
Examples
Example default 
{
  "name": "foo-1.0.0-osx.zip",
  "label": "Mac binary"
}

Responses

Section titled “ Responses ”

200

Section titled “ 200 ”

Response

Media type application/json
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
Examples
Example default 
{
  "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
  }
}