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Pre-receive Environments

The Pre-receive Environments API allows you to create, list, update and delete environments for pre-receive hooks.

It is only available to authenticated site administrators. Normal users will receive a 404 response if they try to access it.

Object attributes

Pre-receive Environment

Name	Type	Description
`name`	`string`	The name of the environment as displayed in the UI.
`image_url`	`string`	URL to the tarball that will be downloaded and extracted.
`default_environment`	`boolean`	Whether this is the default environment that ships with GitHub Enterprise Server.
`download`	`object`	This environment's download status.
`hooks_count`	`integer`	The number of pre-receive hooks that use this environment.

Pre-receive Environment Download

Name	Type	Description
`state`	`string`	The state of the most recent download.
`downloaded_at`	`string`	The time when the most recent download started.
`message`	`string`	On failure, this will have any error messages produced.

Possible values for state are not_started, in_progress, success, failed.

List pre-receive environments

Parâmetros

Headers
Name, Type, Description
`accept`string Setting to `application/vnd.github+json` is recommended.
Query parameters
Name, Type, Description
`per_page`integer The number of results per page (max 100). Default: `30`
`page`integer Page number of the results to fetch. Default: `1`
`direction`string The direction to sort the results by. Default: `desc` Can be one of: `asc`, `desc`
`sort`string Default: `created` Can be one of: `created`, `updated`, `name`

Códigos de status de resposta HTTP

Código de status	Descrição
`200`	OK

Exemplos de código

get/admin/pre-receive-environments

curl \
  -H "Accept: application/vnd.github+json" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR-TOKEN>" \
  http(s)://HOSTNAME/api/v3/admin/pre-receive-environments

Response

Status: 200

[
  {
    "id": 1,
    "name": "Default",
    "image_url": "githubenterprise://internal",
    "url": "https://github.example.com/api/v3/admin/pre-receive-environments/1",
    "html_url": "https://github.example.com/admin/pre-receive-environments/1",
    "default_environment": true,
    "created_at": "2016-05-20T11:35:45-05:00",
    "hooks_count": 14,
    "download": {
      "url": "https://github.example.com/api/v3/admin/pre-receive-environments/1/downloads/latest",
      "state": "not_started",
      "downloaded_at": "2016-05-26T07:42:53-05:00",
      "message": null
    }
  },
  {
    "id": 2,
    "name": "DevTools Hook Env",
    "image_url": "https://my_file_server/path/to/devtools_env.tar.gz",
    "url": "https://github.example.com/api/v3/admin/pre-receive-environments/2",
    "html_url": "https://github.example.com/admin/pre-receive-environments/2",
    "default_environment": false,
    "created_at": "2016-05-20T11:35:45-05:00",
    "hooks_count": 1,
    "download": {
      "url": "https://github.example.com/api/v3/admin/pre-receive-environments/2/downloads/latest",
      "state": "success",
      "downloaded_at": "2016-05-26T07:42:53-05:00",
      "message": null
    }
  }
]

Create a pre-receive environment

Parâmetros

Headers
Name, Type, Description
`accept`string Setting to `application/vnd.github+json` is recommended.
Body parameters
Name, Type, Description
`name`stringRequired The new pre-receive environment's name.
`image_url`stringRequired URL from which to download a tarball of this environment.

Códigos de status de resposta HTTP

Código de status	Descrição
`201`	Created

Exemplos de código

post/admin/pre-receive-environments

curl \
  -X POST \
  -H "Accept: application/vnd.github+json" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR-TOKEN>" \
  http(s)://HOSTNAME/api/v3/admin/pre-receive-environments \
  -d '{"name":"DevTools Hook Env","image_url":"https://my_file_server/path/to/devtools_env.tar.gz"}'

Response

Status: 201

{
  "id": 2,
  "name": "DevTools Hook Env",
  "image_url": "https://my_file_server/path/to/devtools_env.tar.gz",
  "url": "https://github.example.com/api/v3/admin/pre-receive-environments/2",
  "html_url": "https://github.example.com/admin/pre-receive-environments/2",
  "default_environment": false,
  "created_at": "2016-05-20T11:35:45-05:00",
  "hooks_count": 1,
  "download": {
    "url": "https://github.example.com/api/v3/admin/pre-receive-environments/2/downloads/latest",
    "state": "not_started",
    "downloaded_at": null,
    "message": null
  }
}

Get a pre-receive environment

Parâmetros

Headers
Name, Type, Description
`accept`string Setting to `application/vnd.github+json` is recommended.
Path parameters
Name, Type, Description
`pre_receive_environment_id`integerRequired The unique identifier of the pre-receive environment.

Códigos de status de resposta HTTP

Código de status	Descrição
`200`	OK

Exemplos de código

get/admin/pre-receive-environments/{pre_receive_environment_id}

curl \
  -H "Accept: application/vnd.github+json" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR-TOKEN>" \
  http(s)://HOSTNAME/api/v3/admin/pre-receive-environments/PRE_RECEIVE_ENVIRONMENT_ID

Response

Status: 200

{
  "id": 2,
  "name": "DevTools Hook Env",
  "image_url": "https://my_file_server/path/to/devtools_env.tar.gz",
  "url": "https://github.example.com/api/v3/admin/pre-receive-environments/2",
  "html_url": "https://github.example.com/admin/pre-receive-environments/2",
  "default_environment": false,
  "created_at": "2016-05-20T11:35:45-05:00",
  "hooks_count": 1,
  "download": {
    "url": "https://github.example.com/api/v3/admin/pre-receive-environments/2/downloads/latest",
    "state": "not_started",
    "downloaded_at": null,
    "message": null
  }
}

Update a pre-receive environment

You cannot modify the default environment. If you attempt to modify the default environment, you will receive a 422 Unprocessable Entity response.

Parâmetros

Headers
Name, Type, Description
`accept`string Setting to `application/vnd.github+json` is recommended.
Path parameters
Name, Type, Description
`pre_receive_environment_id`integerRequired The unique identifier of the pre-receive environment.
Body parameters
Name, Type, Description
`name`string This pre-receive environment's new name.
`image_url`string URL from which to download a tarball of this environment.

Códigos de status de resposta HTTP

Código de status	Descrição
`200`	OK
`422`	Client Errors

Exemplos de código

patch/admin/pre-receive-environments/{pre_receive_environment_id}

curl \
  -X PATCH \
  -H "Accept: application/vnd.github+json" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR-TOKEN>" \
  http(s)://HOSTNAME/api/v3/admin/pre-receive-environments/PRE_RECEIVE_ENVIRONMENT_ID

Response

Status: 200

{
  "id": 2,
  "name": "DevTools Hook Env",
  "image_url": "https://my_file_server/path/to/devtools_env.tar.gz",
  "url": "https://github.example.com/api/v3/admin/pre-receive-environments/2",
  "html_url": "https://github.example.com/admin/pre-receive-environments/2",
  "default_environment": false,
  "created_at": "2016-05-20T11:35:45-05:00",
  "hooks_count": 1,
  "download": {
    "url": "https://github.example.com/api/v3/admin/pre-receive-environments/2/downloads/latest",
    "state": "success",
    "downloaded_at": "2016-05-26T07:42:53-05:00",
    "message": null
  }
}

Delete a pre-receive environment

If you attempt to delete an environment that cannot be deleted, you will receive a 422 Unprocessable Entity response.

The possible error messages are:

Cannot modify or delete the default environment
Cannot delete environment that has hooks
Cannot delete environment when download is in progress

Parâmetros

Headers
Name, Type, Description
`accept`string Setting to `application/vnd.github+json` is recommended.
Path parameters
Name, Type, Description
`pre_receive_environment_id`integerRequired The unique identifier of the pre-receive environment.

Códigos de status de resposta HTTP

Código de status	Descrição
`204`	No Content
`422`	Client Errors

Exemplos de código

delete/admin/pre-receive-environments/{pre_receive_environment_id}

curl \
  -X DELETE \
  -H "Accept: application/vnd.github+json" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR-TOKEN>" \
  http(s)://HOSTNAME/api/v3/admin/pre-receive-environments/PRE_RECEIVE_ENVIRONMENT_ID

Response

Status: 204

Start a pre-receive environment download

Triggers a new download of the environment tarball from the environment's image_url. When the download is finished, the newly downloaded tarball will overwrite the existing environment.

If a download cannot be triggered, you will receive a 422 Unprocessable Entity response.

The possible error messages are:

Cannot modify or delete the default environment
Can not start a new download when a download is in progress

Parâmetros

Headers
Name, Type, Description
`accept`string Setting to `application/vnd.github+json` is recommended.
Path parameters
Name, Type, Description
`pre_receive_environment_id`integerRequired The unique identifier of the pre-receive environment.

Códigos de status de resposta HTTP

Código de status	Descrição
`202`	Accepted
`422`	Client Errors

Exemplos de código

post/admin/pre-receive-environments/{pre_receive_environment_id}/downloads

curl \
  -X POST \
  -H "Accept: application/vnd.github+json" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR-TOKEN>" \
  http(s)://HOSTNAME/api/v3/admin/pre-receive-environments/PRE_RECEIVE_ENVIRONMENT_ID/downloads

Response

Status: 202

{
  "url": "https://github.example.com/api/v3/admin/pre-receive-environments/3/downloads/latest",
  "state": "not_started",
  "downloaded_at": null,
  "message": null
}

Get the download status for a pre-receive environment

In addition to seeing the download status at the "Get a pre-receive environment" endpoint, there is also this separate endpoint for just the download status.

Parâmetros

Headers
Name, Type, Description
`accept`string Setting to `application/vnd.github+json` is recommended.
Path parameters
Name, Type, Description
`pre_receive_environment_id`integerRequired The unique identifier of the pre-receive environment.

Códigos de status de resposta HTTP

Código de status	Descrição
`200`	OK

Exemplos de código

get/admin/pre-receive-environments/{pre_receive_environment_id}/downloads/latest

curl \
  -H "Accept: application/vnd.github+json" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR-TOKEN>" \
  http(s)://HOSTNAME/api/v3/admin/pre-receive-environments/PRE_RECEIVE_ENVIRONMENT_ID/downloads/latest

Response

Status: 200

{
  "url": "https://github.example.com/api/v3/admin/pre-receive-environments/3/downloads/latest",
  "state": "success",
  "downloaded_at": "2016-05-26T07:42:53-05:00",
  "message": null
}