Codespaces machines

The Codespaces machines API allows a user to determine which machine types are available to create a codespace, either on a given repository or as an authenticated user.

About the Codespaces machines API

The Codespaces machines API allows a user to determine which machine types are available to create a codespace, either on a given repository or as an authenticated user. For more information, see "About machine types."

You can also use this information when changing the machine of an existing codespace by updating its machine property. The machine update will take place the next time the codespace is restarted. For more information, see "Changing the machine type for your codespace."

List available machine types for a repository

Works with GitHub Apps

List the machine types available for a given repository based on its configuration.

You must authenticate using an access token with the codespace scope to use this endpoint.

GitHub Apps must have write access to the codespaces_metadata repository permission to use this endpoint.

Parameters

Headers
Name, Type, Description
`accept`string Setting to `application/vnd.github.v3+json` is recommended.
Path parameters
Name, Type, Description
`owner`stringRequired The account owner of the repository. The name is not case sensitive.
`repo`stringRequired The name of the repository. The name is not case sensitive.
Query parameters
Name, Type, Description
`location`string The location to check for available machines. Assigned by IP if not provided.
`client_ip`string IP for location auto-detection when proxying a request

HTTP response status codes

Status code	Description
`200`	OK
`304`	Not modified
`401`	Requires authentication
`403`	Forbidden
`404`	Resource not found
`500`	Internal Error

Code samples

get/repos/{owner}/{repo}/codespaces/machines

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

Response

Status: 200

{
  "total_count": 2,
  "machines": [
    {
      "name": "standardLinux",
      "display_name": "4 cores, 8 GB RAM, 64 GB storage",
      "operating_system": "linux",
      "storage_in_bytes": 68719476736,
      "memory_in_bytes": 8589934592,
      "cpus": 4
    },
    {
      "name": "premiumLinux",
      "display_name": "8 cores, 16 GB RAM, 64 GB storage",
      "operating_system": "linux",
      "storage_in_bytes": 68719476736,
      "memory_in_bytes": 17179869184,
      "cpus": 8
    }
  ]
}

List machine types for a codespace

List the machine types a codespace can transition to use.