Workflow jobs - GitHub Docs

The Workflow Jobs API allows you to view logs and workflow jobs.

A workflow job is a set of steps that execute on the same runner. For more information, see "Workflow syntax for GitHub Actions".

This API is available for authenticated users, OAuth Apps, and GitHub Apps. Access tokens require repo scope for private repositories and public_repo scope for public repositories. GitHub Apps must have the actions permission to use this API.

Get a job for a workflow run

Gets a specific job in a workflow run. Anyone with read access to the repository can use this endpoint. If the repository is private you must use an access token with the repo scope. GitHub Apps must have the actions:read permission to use this endpoint.

get /repos/{owner}/{repo}/actions/jobs/{job_id}

Parameters

Name	Type	In	Description
`accept`	string	header	Setting to`application/vnd.github.v3+json` is recommended.
`owner`	string	path
`repo`	string	path
`job_id`	integer	path	job_id parameter

Code samples

Example

Shell

curl \
  -H "Accept: application/vnd.github.v3+json" \
  https://api.github.com/repos/OWNER/REPO/actions/jobs/JOB_ID

JavaScript @octokit/core.js

await octokit.request('GET /repos/{owner}/{repo}/actions/jobs/{job_id}', {
  owner: 'OWNER',
  repo: 'REPO',
  job_id: 'JOB_ID'
})

GitHub CLI gh api

gh api \
  -H "Accept: application/vnd.github.v3+json" \
  /repos/OWNER/REPO/actions/jobs/JOB_ID

Response

Status: 200

{
  "id": 399444496,
  "run_id": 29679449,
  "run_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octo-org/octo-repo/actions/runs/29679449",
  "node_id": "MDEyOldvcmtmbG93IEpvYjM5OTQ0NDQ5Ng==",
  "head_sha": "f83a356604ae3c5d03e1b46ef4d1ca77d64a90b0",
  "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octo-org/octo-repo/actions/jobs/399444496",
  "html_url": "https://github.com/octo-org/octo-repo/runs/399444496",
  "status": "completed",
  "conclusion": "success",
  "started_at": "2020-01-20T17:42:40Z",
  "completed_at": "2020-01-20T17:44:39Z",
  "name": "build",
  "steps": [
    {
      "name": "Set up job",
      "status": "completed",
      "conclusion": "success",
      "number": 1,
      "started_at": "2020-01-20T09:42:40.000-08:00",
      "completed_at": "2020-01-20T09:42:41.000-08:00"
    },
    {
      "name": "Run actions/checkout@v2",
      "status": "completed",
      "conclusion": "success",
      "number": 2,
      "started_at": "2020-01-20T09:42:41.000-08:00",
      "completed_at": "2020-01-20T09:42:45.000-08:00"
    },
    {
      "name": "Set up Ruby",
      "status": "completed",
      "conclusion": "success",
      "number": 3,
      "started_at": "2020-01-20T09:42:45.000-08:00",
      "completed_at": "2020-01-20T09:42:45.000-08:00"
    },
    {
      "name": "Run actions/cache@v3",
      "status": "completed",
      "conclusion": "success",
      "number": 4,
      "started_at": "2020-01-20T09:42:45.000-08:00",
      "completed_at": "2020-01-20T09:42:48.000-08:00"
    },
    {
      "name": "Install Bundler",
      "status": "completed",
      "conclusion": "success",
      "number": 5,
      "started_at": "2020-01-20T09:42:48.000-08:00",
      "completed_at": "2020-01-20T09:42:52.000-08:00"
    },
    {
      "name": "Install Gems",
      "status": "completed",
      "conclusion": "success",
      "number": 6,
      "started_at": "2020-01-20T09:42:52.000-08:00",
      "completed_at": "2020-01-20T09:42:53.000-08:00"
    },
    {
      "name": "Run Tests",
      "status": "completed",
      "conclusion": "success",
      "number": 7,
      "started_at": "2020-01-20T09:42:53.000-08:00",
      "completed_at": "2020-01-20T09:42:59.000-08:00"
    },
    {
      "name": "Deploy to Heroku",
      "status": "completed",
      "conclusion": "success",
      "number": 8,
      "started_at": "2020-01-20T09:42:59.000-08:00",
      "completed_at": "2020-01-20T09:44:39.000-08:00"
    },
    {
      "name": "Post actions/cache@v3",
      "status": "completed",
      "conclusion": "success",
      "number": 16,
      "started_at": "2020-01-20T09:44:39.000-08:00",
      "completed_at": "2020-01-20T09:44:39.000-08:00"
    },
    {
      "name": "Complete job",
      "status": "completed",
      "conclusion": "success",
      "number": 17,
      "started_at": "2020-01-20T09:44:39.000-08:00",
      "completed_at": "2020-01-20T09:44:39.000-08:00"
    }
  ],
  "check_run_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octo-org/octo-repo/check-runs/399444496",
  "labels": [
    "self-hosted",
    "foo",
    "bar"
  ],
  "runner_id": 1,
  "runner_name": "my runner",
  "runner_group_id": 2,
  "runner_group_name": "my runner group"
}

Status codes

HTTP Status Code	Description
`200`	OK

Notes

Works with GitHub Apps

Download job logs for a workflow run

Gets a redirect URL to download a plain text file of logs for a workflow job. This link expires after 1 minute. Look for Location: in the response header to find the URL for the download. Anyone with read access to the repository can use this endpoint. If the repository is private you must use an access token with the repo scope. GitHub Apps must have the actions:read permission to use this endpoint.

get /repos/{owner}/{repo}/actions/jobs/{job_id}/logs

Parameters

Name	Type	In	Description
`accept`	string	header	Setting to`application/vnd.github.v3+json` is recommended.
`owner`	string	path
`repo`	string	path
`job_id`	integer	path	job_id parameter

Code samples

Example

Shell

curl \
  -H "Accept: application/vnd.github.v3+json" \
  https://api.github.com/repos/OWNER/REPO/actions/jobs/JOB_ID/logs

JavaScript @octokit/core.js

await octokit.request('GET /repos/{owner}/{repo}/actions/jobs/{job_id}/logs', {
  owner: 'OWNER',
  repo: 'REPO',
  job_id: 'JOB_ID'
})

GitHub CLI gh api

gh api \
  -H "Accept: application/vnd.github.v3+json" \
  /repos/OWNER/REPO/actions/jobs/JOB_ID/logs

Response

Status: 302

Status codes

HTTP Status Code	Description
`302`	Found

Notes

Works with GitHub Apps

List jobs for a workflow run attempt

Lists jobs for a specific workflow run attempt. Anyone with read access to the repository can use this endpoint. If the repository is private you must use an access token with the repo scope. GitHub Apps must have the actions:read permission to use this endpoint. You can use parameters to narrow the list of results. For more information about using parameters, see Parameters.

get /repos/{owner}/{repo}/actions/runs/{run_id}/attempts/{attempt_number}/jobs

Parameters

Name	Type	In	Description
`accept`	string	header	Setting to`application/vnd.github.v3+json` is recommended.
`owner`	string	path
`repo`	string	path
`run_id`	integer	path	The id of the workflow run.
`attempt_number`	integer	path	The attempt number of the workflow run.
`per_page`	integer	query	Results per page (max 100) Default: `30`
`page`	integer	query	Page number of the results to fetch. Default: `1`

Code samples

Example

Shell

curl \
  -H "Accept: application/vnd.github.v3+json" \
  https://api.github.com/repos/OWNER/REPO/actions/runs/RUN_ID/attempts/ATTEMPT_NUMBER/jobs

JavaScript @octokit/core.js

await octokit.request('GET /repos/{owner}/{repo}/actions/runs/{run_id}/attempts/{attempt_number}/jobs', {
  owner: 'OWNER',
  repo: 'REPO',
  run_id: 'RUN_ID',
  attempt_number: 'ATTEMPT_NUMBER'
})

GitHub CLI gh api

gh api \
  -H "Accept: application/vnd.github.v3+json" \
  /repos/OWNER/REPO/actions/runs/RUN_ID/attempts/ATTEMPT_NUMBER/jobs

Response

Status: 200

{
  "total_count": 1,
  "jobs": [
    {
      "id": 399444496,
      "run_id": 29679449,
      "run_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octo-org/octo-repo/actions/runs/29679449",
      "node_id": "MDEyOldvcmtmbG93IEpvYjM5OTQ0NDQ5Ng==",
      "head_sha": "f83a356604ae3c5d03e1b46ef4d1ca77d64a90b0",
      "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octo-org/octo-repo/actions/jobs/399444496",
      "html_url": "https://github.com/octo-org/octo-repo/runs/399444496",
      "status": "completed",
      "conclusion": "success",
      "started_at": "2020-01-20T17:42:40Z",
      "completed_at": "2020-01-20T17:44:39Z",
      "name": "build",
      "steps": [
        {
          "name": "Set up job",
          "status": "completed",
          "conclusion": "success",
          "number": 1,
          "started_at": "2020-01-20T09:42:40.000-08:00",
          "completed_at": "2020-01-20T09:42:41.000-08:00"
        },
        {
          "name": "Run actions/checkout@v2",
          "status": "completed",
          "conclusion": "success",
          "number": 2,
          "started_at": "2020-01-20T09:42:41.000-08:00",
          "completed_at": "2020-01-20T09:42:45.000-08:00"
        },
        {
          "name": "Set up Ruby",
          "status": "completed",
          "conclusion": "success",
          "number": 3,
          "started_at": "2020-01-20T09:42:45.000-08:00",
          "completed_at": "2020-01-20T09:42:45.000-08:00"
        },
        {
          "name": "Run actions/cache@v3",
          "status": "completed",
          "conclusion": "success",
          "number": 4,
          "started_at": "2020-01-20T09:42:45.000-08:00",
          "completed_at": "2020-01-20T09:42:48.000-08:00"
        },
        {
          "name": "Install Bundler",
          "status": "completed",
          "conclusion": "success",
          "number": 5,
          "started_at": "2020-01-20T09:42:48.000-08:00",
          "completed_at": "2020-01-20T09:42:52.000-08:00"
        },
        {
          "name": "Install Gems",
          "status": "completed",
          "conclusion": "success",
          "number": 6,
          "started_at": "2020-01-20T09:42:52.000-08:00",
          "completed_at": "2020-01-20T09:42:53.000-08:00"
        },
        {
          "name": "Run Tests",
          "status": "completed",
          "conclusion": "success",
          "number": 7,
          "started_at": "2020-01-20T09:42:53.000-08:00",
          "completed_at": "2020-01-20T09:42:59.000-08:00"
        },
        {
          "name": "Deploy to Heroku",
          "status": "completed",
          "conclusion": "success",
          "number": 8,
          "started_at": "2020-01-20T09:42:59.000-08:00",
          "completed_at": "2020-01-20T09:44:39.000-08:00"
        },
        {
          "name": "Post actions/cache@v3",
          "status": "completed",
          "conclusion": "success",
          "number": 16,
          "started_at": "2020-01-20T09:44:39.000-08:00",
          "completed_at": "2020-01-20T09:44:39.000-08:00"
        },
        {
          "name": "Complete job",
          "status": "completed",
          "conclusion": "success",
          "number": 17,
          "started_at": "2020-01-20T09:44:39.000-08:00",
          "completed_at": "2020-01-20T09:44:39.000-08:00"
        }
      ],
      "check_run_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octo-org/octo-repo/check-runs/399444496",
      "labels": [
        "self-hosted",
        "foo",
        "bar"
      ],
      "runner_id": 1,
      "runner_name": "my runner",
      "runner_group_id": 2,
      "runner_group_name": "my runner group"
    }
  ]
}

Status codes

HTTP Status Code	Description
`200`	OK
`404`	Resource not found

Notes

Works with GitHub Apps

List jobs for a workflow run

Lists jobs for a workflow run. Anyone with read access to the repository can use this endpoint. If the repository is private you must use an access token with the repo scope. GitHub Apps must have the actions:read permission to use this endpoint. You can use parameters to narrow the list of results. For more information about using parameters, see Parameters.

get /repos/{owner}/{repo}/actions/runs/{run_id}/jobs

Parameters

Name	Type	In	Description
`accept`	string	header	Setting to`application/vnd.github.v3+json` is recommended.
`owner`	string	path
`repo`	string	path
`run_id`	integer	path	The id of the workflow run.
`filter`	string	query	Filters jobs by their `completed_at` timestamp. Can be one of: * `latest`: Returns jobs from the most recent execution of the workflow run. * `all`: Returns all jobs for a workflow run, including from old executions of the workflow run. Default: `latest`
`per_page`	integer	query	Results per page (max 100) Default: `30`
`page`	integer	query	Page number of the results to fetch. Default: `1`

Code samples

Example

Shell

curl \
  -H "Accept: application/vnd.github.v3+json" \
  https://api.github.com/repos/OWNER/REPO/actions/runs/RUN_ID/jobs

JavaScript @octokit/core.js

await octokit.request('GET /repos/{owner}/{repo}/actions/runs/{run_id}/jobs', {
  owner: 'OWNER',
  repo: 'REPO',
  run_id: 'RUN_ID'
})

GitHub CLI gh api

gh api \
  -H "Accept: application/vnd.github.v3+json" \
  /repos/OWNER/REPO/actions/runs/RUN_ID/jobs

Response

Status: 200

{
  "total_count": 1,
  "jobs": [
    {
      "id": 399444496,
      "run_id": 29679449,
      "run_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octo-org/octo-repo/actions/runs/29679449",
      "node_id": "MDEyOldvcmtmbG93IEpvYjM5OTQ0NDQ5Ng==",
      "head_sha": "f83a356604ae3c5d03e1b46ef4d1ca77d64a90b0",
      "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octo-org/octo-repo/actions/jobs/399444496",
      "html_url": "https://github.com/octo-org/octo-repo/runs/399444496",
      "status": "completed",
      "conclusion": "success",
      "started_at": "2020-01-20T17:42:40Z",
      "completed_at": "2020-01-20T17:44:39Z",
      "name": "build",
      "steps": [
        {
          "name": "Set up job",
          "status": "completed",
          "conclusion": "success",
          "number": 1,
          "started_at": "2020-01-20T09:42:40.000-08:00",
          "completed_at": "2020-01-20T09:42:41.000-08:00"
        },
        {
          "name": "Run actions/checkout@v2",
          "status": "completed",
          "conclusion": "success",
          "number": 2,
          "started_at": "2020-01-20T09:42:41.000-08:00",
          "completed_at": "2020-01-20T09:42:45.000-08:00"
        },
        {
          "name": "Set up Ruby",
          "status": "completed",
          "conclusion": "success",
          "number": 3,
          "started_at": "2020-01-20T09:42:45.000-08:00",
          "completed_at": "2020-01-20T09:42:45.000-08:00"
        },
        {
          "name": "Run actions/cache@v3",
          "status": "completed",
          "conclusion": "success",
          "number": 4,
          "started_at": "2020-01-20T09:42:45.000-08:00",
          "completed_at": "2020-01-20T09:42:48.000-08:00"
        },
        {
          "name": "Install Bundler",
          "status": "completed",
          "conclusion": "success",
          "number": 5,
          "started_at": "2020-01-20T09:42:48.000-08:00",
          "completed_at": "2020-01-20T09:42:52.000-08:00"
        },
        {
          "name": "Install Gems",
          "status": "completed",
          "conclusion": "success",
          "number": 6,
          "started_at": "2020-01-20T09:42:52.000-08:00",
          "completed_at": "2020-01-20T09:42:53.000-08:00"
        },
        {
          "name": "Run Tests",
          "status": "completed",
          "conclusion": "success",
          "number": 7,
          "started_at": "2020-01-20T09:42:53.000-08:00",
          "completed_at": "2020-01-20T09:42:59.000-08:00"
        },
        {
          "name": "Deploy to Heroku",
          "status": "completed",
          "conclusion": "success",
          "number": 8,
          "started_at": "2020-01-20T09:42:59.000-08:00",
          "completed_at": "2020-01-20T09:44:39.000-08:00"
        },
        {
          "name": "Post actions/cache@v3",
          "status": "completed",
          "conclusion": "success",
          "number": 16,
          "started_at": "2020-01-20T09:44:39.000-08:00",
          "completed_at": "2020-01-20T09:44:39.000-08:00"
        },
        {
          "name": "Complete job",
          "status": "completed",
          "conclusion": "success",
          "number": 17,
          "started_at": "2020-01-20T09:44:39.000-08:00",
          "completed_at": "2020-01-20T09:44:39.000-08:00"
        }
      ],
      "check_run_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octo-org/octo-repo/check-runs/399444496",
      "labels": [
        "self-hosted",
        "foo",
        "bar"
      ],
      "runner_id": 1,
      "runner_name": "my runner",
      "runner_group_id": 2,
      "runner_group_name": "my runner group"
    }
  ]
}

Status codes

HTTP Status Code	Description
`200`	OK

Notes

Works with GitHub Apps