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Add an email address for the authenticated user

POST
/user/emails

OAuth app tokens and personal access tokens (classic) need the user scope to use this endpoint.

API method documentation

Request Body

Section titled “ Request Body ”
Media type application/json
One of:
object
emails
required

Adds one or more email addresses to your GitHub account. Must contain at least one email address. Note: Alternatively, you can pass a single email address or an array of emails addresses directly, but we recommend that you pass an object using the emails key.

Array<string>
>= 1 items
Examples
Example default

Example adding multiple email addresses 

{
  "emails": [
    "octocat@github.com",
    "mona@github.com",
    "octocat@octocat.org"
  ]
}

Responses

Section titled “ Responses ”

201

Section titled “ 201 ”

Response

Media type application/json
Array<object>
Email

Email

object
email
required
string format: email
primary
required
boolean
verified
required
boolean
visibility
required
string
nullable
Examples
Example default 
[
  {
    "email": "octocat@octocat.org",
    "primary": false,
    "verified": false,
    "visibility": "public"
  },
  {
    "email": "octocat@github.com",
    "primary": false,
    "verified": false,
    "visibility": null
  },
  {
    "email": "mona@github.com",
    "primary": false,
    "verified": false,
    "visibility": null
  }
]

304

Section titled “ 304 ”

Not modified

401

Section titled “ 401 ”

Requires authentication

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"
}

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"
      ]
    }
  ]
}