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Create a SSH signing key for the authenticated user

POST
/user/ssh_signing_keys

Creates an SSH signing key for the authenticated user’s GitHub account.

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

API method documentation

Request Bodyrequired

Section titled “Request Bodyrequired”
Media typeapplication/json
object
title

A descriptive name for the new key.

string
key
required

The public SSH key to add to your GitHub account. For more information, see “Checking for existing SSH keys.”

string
/^ssh-(rsa|dss|ed25519) |^ecdsa-sha2-nistp(256|384|521) |^(sk-ssh-ed25519|sk-ecdsa-sha2-nistp256)@openssh.com /
Examples
Exampledefault
{
  "key": "2Sg8iYjAxxmI2LvUXpJjkYrMxURPc8r+dB7TJyvv1234",
  "title": "ssh-rsa AAAAB3NzaC1yc2EAAA"
}

Responses

Section titled “Responses”

201

Section titled “201”

Response

Media typeapplication/json
SSH Signing Key

A public SSH key used to sign Git commits

object
key
required
string
id
required
integer
title
required
string
created_at
required
string format: date-time
Examples
Exampledefault
{
  "id": 2,
  "key": "2Sg8iYjAxxmI2LvUXpJjkYrMxURPc8r+dB7TJyvv1234",
  "title": "ssh-rsa AAAAB3NzaC1yc2EAAA",
  "created_at": "2020-06-11T21:31:57Z"
}

304

Section titled “304”

Not modified

401

Section titled “401”

Requires authentication

Media typeapplication/json
Basic Error

Basic Error

object
message
string
documentation_url
string
url
string
status
string
Examplegenerated
{
  "message": "example",
  "documentation_url": "example",
  "url": "example",
  "status": "example"
}

403

Section titled “403”

Forbidden

Media typeapplication/json
Basic Error

Basic Error

object
message
string
documentation_url
string
url
string
status
string
Examplegenerated
{
  "message": "example",
  "documentation_url": "example",
  "url": "example",
  "status": "example"
}

404

Section titled “404”

Resource not found

Media typeapplication/json
Basic Error

Basic Error

object
message
string
documentation_url
string
url
string
status
string
Examplegenerated
{
  "message": "example",
  "documentation_url": "example",
  "url": "example",
  "status": "example"
}

422

Section titled “422”

Validation failed, or the endpoint has been spammed.

Media typeapplication/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
Examplegenerated
{
  "message": "example",
  "documentation_url": "example",
  "errors": [
    {
      "resource": "example",
      "field": "example",
      "message": "example",
      "code": "example",
      "index": 1,
      "value": [
        "example"
      ]
    }
  ]
}