Repository autolinks

To help streamline your workflow, you can use the API to add autolinks to external resources like JIRA issues and Zendesk tickets.

About the Repository autolinks API

For more information, see "Configuring autolinks to reference external resources."

GitHub Apps require repository administration permissions with read or write access to use the Autolinks API.

List all autolinks of a repository

Works with GitHub Apps

This returns a list of autolinks configured for the given repository.

Information about autolinks are only available to repository administrators.

Parameters

Headers
Name, Type, Description
`accept`string Setting to `application/vnd.github+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
`page`integer Page number of the results to fetch. Default: `1`

HTTP response status codes

Status code	Description
`200`	OK

Code samples

get/repos/{owner}/{repo}/autolinks

curl \
  -H "Accept: application/vnd.github+json" \ 
  -H "Authorization: token <TOKEN>" \
  https://HOSTNAME/api/v3/repos/OWNER/REPO/autolinks

Response

Status: 200

[
  {
    "id": 1,
    "key_prefix": "TICKET-",
    "url_template": "https://example.com/TICKET?query=<num>"
  }
]

Create an autolink reference for a repository

Works with GitHub Apps

Users with admin access to the repository can create an autolink.

Parameters

Headers
Name, Type, Description
`accept`string Setting to `application/vnd.github+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.
Body parameters
Name, Type, Description
`key_prefix`stringRequired The prefix appended by a number will generate a link any time it is found in an issue, pull request, or commit.
`url_template`stringRequired The URL must contain `<num>` for the reference number.

HTTP response status codes

Status code	Description
`201`	Created
`422`	Validation failed

Code samples

post/repos/{owner}/{repo}/autolinks

curl \
  -X POST \
  -H "Accept: application/vnd.github+json" \ 
  -H "Authorization: token <TOKEN>" \
  https://HOSTNAME/api/v3/repos/OWNER/REPO/autolinks \
  -d '{"key_prefix":"TICKET-","url_template":"https://example.com/TICKET?query=<num>"}'

response

Status: 201

{
  "id": 1,
  "key_prefix": "TICKET-",
  "url_template": "https://example.com/TICKET?query=<num>"
}

Get an autolink reference of a repository

Works with GitHub Apps

This returns a single autolink reference by ID that was configured for the given repository.

Information about autolinks are only available to repository administrators.

Parameters

Headers
Name, Type, Description
`accept`string Setting to `application/vnd.github+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.
`autolink_id`integerRequired The unique identifier of the autolink.

HTTP response status codes

Status code	Description
`200`	OK
`404`	Resource not found

Code samples

get/repos/{owner}/{repo}/autolinks/{autolink_id}

curl \
  -H "Accept: application/vnd.github+json" \ 
  -H "Authorization: token <TOKEN>" \
  https://HOSTNAME/api/v3/repos/OWNER/REPO/autolinks/AUTOLINK_ID

Response

Status: 200

{
  "id": 1,
  "key_prefix": "TICKET-",
  "url_template": "https://example.com/TICKET?query=<num>"
}

Delete an autolink reference from a repository

Works with GitHub Apps

This deletes a single autolink reference by ID that was configured for the given repository.

Information about autolinks are only available to repository administrators.

Parameters

Headers
Name, Type, Description
`accept`string Setting to `application/vnd.github+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.
`autolink_id`integerRequired The unique identifier of the autolink.

HTTP response status codes

Status code	Description
`204`	No Content
`404`	Resource not found

Code samples

delete/repos/{owner}/{repo}/autolinks/{autolink_id}

curl \
  -X DELETE \
  -H "Accept: application/vnd.github+json" \ 
  -H "Authorization: token <TOKEN>" \
  https://HOSTNAME/api/v3/repos/OWNER/REPO/autolinks/AUTOLINK_ID

Response

Status: 204