Secret scanning

List secret scanning alerts for an enterprise

Lists secret scanning alerts for eligible repositories in an enterprise, from newest to oldest. To use this endpoint, you must be a member of the enterprise, and you must use an access token with the repo scope or security_events scope. Alerts are only returned for organizations in the enterprise for which you are an organization owner or a security manager.

Parameters for "List secret scanning alerts for an enterprise"

Headers
Name, Type, Description
`accept`string Setting to `application/vnd.github+json` is recommended.
Path parameters
Name, Type, Description
`enterprise`stringRequired The slug version of the enterprise name. You can also substitute this value with the enterprise id.
Query parameters
Name, Type, Description
`state`string Set to `open` or `resolved` to only list secret scanning alerts in a specific state. Can be one of: `open`, `resolved`
`secret_type`string A comma-separated list of secret types to return. By default all secret types are returned. See "Secret scanning patterns" for a complete list of secret types.
`resolution`string A comma-separated list of resolutions. Only secret scanning alerts with one of these resolutions are listed. Valid resolutions are `false_positive`, `wont_fix`, `revoked`, `pattern_edited`, `pattern_deleted` or `used_in_tests`.
`sort`string The property to sort the results by. `created` means when the alert was created. `updated` means when the alert was updated or resolved. Default: `created` Can be one of: `created`, `updated`
`direction`string The direction to sort the results by. Default: `desc` Can be one of: `asc`, `desc`
`per_page`integer The number of results per page (max 100). Default: `30`
`before`string A cursor, as given in the Link header. If specified, the query only searches for results before this cursor.
`after`string A cursor, as given in the Link header. If specified, the query only searches for results after this cursor.

HTTP response status codes for "List secret scanning alerts for an enterprise"

Status code	Description
`200`	OK
`404`	Resource not found
`503`	Service unavailable

Code samples for "List secret scanning alerts for an enterprise"

get/enterprises/{enterprise}/secret-scanning/alerts

curl -L \
  -H "Accept: application/vnd.github+json" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR-TOKEN>"\
  -H "X-GitHub-Api-Version: 2022-11-28" \
  https://api.github.com/enterprises/ENTERPRISE/secret-scanning/alerts

Response

Status: 200

[
  {
    "number": 2,
    "created_at": "2020-11-06T18:48:51Z",
    "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/owner/private-repo/secret-scanning/alerts/2",
    "html_url": "https://github.com/owner/private-repo/security/secret-scanning/2",
    "locations_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/owner/private-repo/secret-scanning/alerts/2/locations",
    "state": "resolved",
    "resolution": "false_positive",
    "resolved_at": "2020-11-07T02:47:13Z",
    "resolved_by": {
      "login": "monalisa",
      "id": 2,
      "node_id": "MDQ6VXNlcjI=",
      "avatar_url": "https://alambic.github.com/avatars/u/2?",
      "gravatar_id": "",
      "url": "https://api.github.com/users/monalisa",
      "html_url": "https://github.com/monalisa",
      "followers_url": "https://api.github.com/users/monalisa/followers",
      "following_url": "https://api.github.com/users/monalisa/following{/other_user}",
      "gists_url": "https://api.github.com/users/monalisa/gists{/gist_id}",
      "starred_url": "https://api.github.com/users/monalisa/starred{/owner}{/repo}",
      "subscriptions_url": "https://api.github.com/users/monalisa/subscriptions",
      "organizations_url": "https://api.github.com/users/monalisa/orgs",
      "repos_url": "https://api.github.com/users/monalisa/repos",
      "events_url": "https://api.github.com/users/monalisa/events{/privacy}",
      "received_events_url": "https://api.github.com/users/monalisa/received_events",
      "type": "User",
      "site_admin": true
    },
    "secret_type": "adafruit_io_key",
    "secret_type_display_name": "Adafruit IO Key",
    "secret": "aio_XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX",
    "repository": {
      "id": 1296269,
      "node_id": "MDEwOlJlcG9zaXRvcnkxMjk2MjY5",
      "name": "Hello-World",
      "full_name": "octocat/Hello-World",
      "owner": {
        "login": "octocat",
        "id": 1,
        "node_id": "MDQ6VXNlcjE=",
        "avatar_url": "https://github.com/images/error/octocat_happy.gif",
        "gravatar_id": "",
        "url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat",
        "html_url": "https://github.com/octocat",
        "followers_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/followers",
        "following_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/following{/other_user}",
        "gists_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/gists{/gist_id}",
        "starred_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/starred{/owner}{/repo}",
        "subscriptions_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/subscriptions",
        "organizations_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/orgs",
        "repos_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/repos",
        "events_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/events{/privacy}",
        "received_events_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/received_events",
        "type": "User",
        "site_admin": false
      },
      "private": false,
      "html_url": "https://github.com/octocat/Hello-World",
      "description": "This your first repo!",
      "fork": false,
      "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World",
      "archive_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/{archive_format}{/ref}",
      "assignees_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/assignees{/user}",
      "blobs_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/git/blobs{/sha}",
      "branches_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/branches{/branch}",
      "collaborators_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/collaborators{/collaborator}",
      "comments_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/comments{/number}",
      "commits_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/commits{/sha}",
      "compare_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/compare/{base}...{head}",
      "contents_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/contents/{+path}",
      "contributors_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/contributors",
      "deployments_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/deployments",
      "downloads_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/downloads",
      "events_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/events",
      "forks_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/forks",
      "git_commits_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/git/commits{/sha}",
      "git_refs_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/git/refs{/sha}",
      "git_tags_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/git/tags{/sha}",
      "issue_comment_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/issues/comments{/number}",
      "issue_events_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/issues/events{/number}",
      "issues_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/issues{/number}",
      "keys_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/keys{/key_id}",
      "labels_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/labels{/name}",
      "languages_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/languages",
      "merges_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/merges",
      "milestones_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/milestones{/number}",
      "notifications_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/notifications{?since,all,participating}",
      "pulls_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/pulls{/number}",
      "releases_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/releases{/id}",
      "stargazers_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/stargazers",
      "statuses_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/statuses/{sha}",
      "subscribers_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/subscribers",
      "subscription_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/subscription",
      "tags_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/tags",
      "teams_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/teams",
      "trees_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/git/trees{/sha}",
      "hooks_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/hooks"
    },
    "push_protection_bypassed_by": {
      "login": "monalisa",
      "id": 2,
      "node_id": "MDQ6VXNlcjI=",
      "avatar_url": "https://alambic.github.com/avatars/u/2?",
      "gravatar_id": "",
      "url": "https://api.github.com/users/monalisa",
      "html_url": "https://github.com/monalisa",
      "followers_url": "https://api.github.com/users/monalisa/followers",
      "following_url": "https://api.github.com/users/monalisa/following{/other_user}",
      "gists_url": "https://api.github.com/users/monalisa/gists{/gist_id}",
      "starred_url": "https://api.github.com/users/monalisa/starred{/owner}{/repo}",
      "subscriptions_url": "https://api.github.com/users/monalisa/subscriptions",
      "organizations_url": "https://api.github.com/users/monalisa/orgs",
      "repos_url": "https://api.github.com/users/monalisa/repos",
      "events_url": "https://api.github.com/users/monalisa/events{/privacy}",
      "received_events_url": "https://api.github.com/users/monalisa/received_events",
      "type": "User",
      "site_admin": true
    },
    "push_protection_bypassed": true,
    "push_protection_bypassed_at": "2020-11-06T21:48:51Z",
    "resolution_comment": "Example comment"
  },
  {
    "number": 1,
    "created_at": "2020-11-06T18:18:30Z",
    "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/owner/repo/secret-scanning/alerts/1",
    "html_url": "https://github.com/owner/repo/security/secret-scanning/1",
    "locations_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/owner/private-repo/secret-scanning/alerts/1/locations",
    "state": "open",
    "resolution": null,
    "resolved_at": null,
    "resolved_by": null,
    "secret_type": "mailchimp_api_key",
    "secret_type_display_name": "Mailchimp API Key",
    "secret": "XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX-us2",
    "repository": {
      "id": 1296269,
      "node_id": "MDEwOlJlcG9zaXRvcnkxMjk2MjY5",
      "name": "Hello-World",
      "full_name": "octocat/Hello-World",
      "owner": {
        "login": "octocat",
        "id": 1,
        "node_id": "MDQ6VXNlcjE=",
        "avatar_url": "https://github.com/images/error/octocat_happy.gif",
        "gravatar_id": "",
        "url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat",
        "html_url": "https://github.com/octocat",
        "followers_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/followers",
        "following_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/following{/other_user}",
        "gists_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/gists{/gist_id}",
        "starred_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/starred{/owner}{/repo}",
        "subscriptions_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/subscriptions",
        "organizations_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/orgs",
        "repos_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/repos",
        "events_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/events{/privacy}",
        "received_events_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/received_events",
        "type": "User",
        "site_admin": false
      },
      "private": false,
      "html_url": "https://github.com/octocat/Hello-World",
      "description": "This your first repo!",
      "fork": false,
      "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World",
      "archive_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/{archive_format}{/ref}",
      "assignees_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/assignees{/user}",
      "blobs_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/git/blobs{/sha}",
      "branches_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/branches{/branch}",
      "collaborators_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/collaborators{/collaborator}",
      "comments_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/comments{/number}",
      "commits_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/commits{/sha}",
      "compare_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/compare/{base}...{head}",
      "contents_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/contents/{+path}",
      "contributors_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/contributors",
      "deployments_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/deployments",
      "downloads_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/downloads",
      "events_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/events",
      "forks_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/forks",
      "git_commits_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/git/commits{/sha}",
      "git_refs_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/git/refs{/sha}",
      "git_tags_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/git/tags{/sha}",
      "issue_comment_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/issues/comments{/number}",
      "issue_events_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/issues/events{/number}",
      "issues_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/issues{/number}",
      "keys_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/keys{/key_id}",
      "labels_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/labels{/name}",
      "languages_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/languages",
      "merges_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/merges",
      "milestones_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/milestones{/number}",
      "notifications_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/notifications{?since,all,participating}",
      "pulls_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/pulls{/number}",
      "releases_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/releases{/id}",
      "stargazers_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/stargazers",
      "statuses_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/statuses/{sha}",
      "subscribers_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/subscribers",
      "subscription_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/subscription",
      "tags_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/tags",
      "teams_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/teams",
      "trees_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/git/trees{/sha}",
      "hooks_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/hooks"
    },
    "push_protection_bypassed_by": null,
    "push_protection_bypassed": false,
    "push_protection_bypassed_at": null,
    "resolution_comment": null
  }
]

List secret scanning alerts for an organization

Works with GitHub Apps

Lists secret scanning alerts for eligible repositories in an organization, from newest to oldest. To use this endpoint, you must be an administrator or security manager for the organization, and you must use an access token with the repo scope or security_events scope. For public repositories, you may instead use the public_repo scope.

GitHub Apps must have the secret_scanning_alerts read permission to use this endpoint.

Parameters for "List secret scanning alerts for an organization"

Headers
Name, Type, Description
`accept`string Setting to `application/vnd.github+json` is recommended.
Path parameters
Name, Type, Description
`org`stringRequired The organization name. The name is not case sensitive.
Query parameters
Name, Type, Description
`state`string Set to `open` or `resolved` to only list secret scanning alerts in a specific state. Can be one of: `open`, `resolved`
`secret_type`string A comma-separated list of secret types to return. By default all secret types are returned. See "Secret scanning patterns" for a complete list of secret types.
`resolution`string A comma-separated list of resolutions. Only secret scanning alerts with one of these resolutions are listed. Valid resolutions are `false_positive`, `wont_fix`, `revoked`, `pattern_edited`, `pattern_deleted` or `used_in_tests`.
`sort`string The property to sort the results by. `created` means when the alert was created. `updated` means when the alert was updated or resolved. Default: `created` Can be one of: `created`, `updated`
`direction`string The direction to sort the results by. Default: `desc` Can be one of: `asc`, `desc`
`page`integer Page number of the results to fetch. Default: `1`
`per_page`integer The number of results per page (max 100). Default: `30`
`before`string A cursor, as given in the Link header. If specified, the query only searches for events before this cursor. To receive an initial cursor on your first request, include an empty "before" query string.
`after`string A cursor, as given in the Link header. If specified, the query only searches for events after this cursor. To receive an initial cursor on your first request, include an empty "after" query string.

HTTP response status codes for "List secret scanning alerts for an organization"

Status code	Description
`200`	OK
`404`	Resource not found
`503`	Service unavailable

Code samples for "List secret scanning alerts for an organization"

get/orgs/{org}/secret-scanning/alerts

curl -L \
  -H "Accept: application/vnd.github+json" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR-TOKEN>"\
  -H "X-GitHub-Api-Version: 2022-11-28" \
  https://api.github.com/orgs/ORG/secret-scanning/alerts

Response

Status: 200

[
  {
    "number": 2,
    "created_at": "2020-11-06T18:48:51Z",
    "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/owner/private-repo/secret-scanning/alerts/2",
    "html_url": "https://github.com/owner/private-repo/security/secret-scanning/2",
    "locations_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/owner/private-repo/secret-scanning/alerts/2/locations",
    "state": "resolved",
    "resolution": "false_positive",
    "resolved_at": "2020-11-07T02:47:13Z",
    "resolved_by": {
      "login": "monalisa",
      "id": 2,
      "node_id": "MDQ6VXNlcjI=",
      "avatar_url": "https://alambic.github.com/avatars/u/2?",
      "gravatar_id": "",
      "url": "https://api.github.com/users/monalisa",
      "html_url": "https://github.com/monalisa",
      "followers_url": "https://api.github.com/users/monalisa/followers",
      "following_url": "https://api.github.com/users/monalisa/following{/other_user}",
      "gists_url": "https://api.github.com/users/monalisa/gists{/gist_id}",
      "starred_url": "https://api.github.com/users/monalisa/starred{/owner}{/repo}",
      "subscriptions_url": "https://api.github.com/users/monalisa/subscriptions",
      "organizations_url": "https://api.github.com/users/monalisa/orgs",
      "repos_url": "https://api.github.com/users/monalisa/repos",
      "events_url": "https://api.github.com/users/monalisa/events{/privacy}",
      "received_events_url": "https://api.github.com/users/monalisa/received_events",
      "type": "User",
      "site_admin": true
    },
    "secret_type": "adafruit_io_key",
    "secret_type_display_name": "Adafruit IO Key",
    "secret": "aio_XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX",
    "repository": {
      "id": 1296269,
      "node_id": "MDEwOlJlcG9zaXRvcnkxMjk2MjY5",
      "name": "Hello-World",
      "full_name": "octocat/Hello-World",
      "owner": {
        "login": "octocat",
        "id": 1,
        "node_id": "MDQ6VXNlcjE=",
        "avatar_url": "https://github.com/images/error/octocat_happy.gif",
        "gravatar_id": "",
        "url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat",
        "html_url": "https://github.com/octocat",
        "followers_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/followers",
        "following_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/following{/other_user}",
        "gists_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/gists{/gist_id}",
        "starred_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/starred{/owner}{/repo}",
        "subscriptions_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/subscriptions",
        "organizations_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/orgs",
        "repos_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/repos",
        "events_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/events{/privacy}",
        "received_events_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/received_events",
        "type": "User",
        "site_admin": false
      },
      "private": false,
      "html_url": "https://github.com/octocat/Hello-World",
      "description": "This your first repo!",
      "fork": false,
      "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World",
      "archive_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/{archive_format}{/ref}",
      "assignees_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/assignees{/user}",
      "blobs_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/git/blobs{/sha}",
      "branches_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/branches{/branch}",
      "collaborators_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/collaborators{/collaborator}",
      "comments_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/comments{/number}",
      "commits_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/commits{/sha}",
      "compare_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/compare/{base}...{head}",
      "contents_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/contents/{+path}",
      "contributors_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/contributors",
      "deployments_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/deployments",
      "downloads_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/downloads",
      "events_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/events",
      "forks_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/forks",
      "git_commits_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/git/commits{/sha}",
      "git_refs_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/git/refs{/sha}",
      "git_tags_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/git/tags{/sha}",
      "issue_comment_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/issues/comments{/number}",
      "issue_events_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/issues/events{/number}",
      "issues_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/issues{/number}",
      "keys_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/keys{/key_id}",
      "labels_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/labels{/name}",
      "languages_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/languages",
      "merges_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/merges",
      "milestones_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/milestones{/number}",
      "notifications_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/notifications{?since,all,participating}",
      "pulls_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/pulls{/number}",
      "releases_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/releases{/id}",
      "stargazers_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/stargazers",
      "statuses_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/statuses/{sha}",
      "subscribers_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/subscribers",
      "subscription_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/subscription",
      "tags_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/tags",
      "teams_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/teams",
      "trees_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/git/trees{/sha}",
      "hooks_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/hooks"
    },
    "push_protection_bypassed_by": {
      "login": "monalisa",
      "id": 2,
      "node_id": "MDQ6VXNlcjI=",
      "avatar_url": "https://alambic.github.com/avatars/u/2?",
      "gravatar_id": "",
      "url": "https://api.github.com/users/monalisa",
      "html_url": "https://github.com/monalisa",
      "followers_url": "https://api.github.com/users/monalisa/followers",
      "following_url": "https://api.github.com/users/monalisa/following{/other_user}",
      "gists_url": "https://api.github.com/users/monalisa/gists{/gist_id}",
      "starred_url": "https://api.github.com/users/monalisa/starred{/owner}{/repo}",
      "subscriptions_url": "https://api.github.com/users/monalisa/subscriptions",
      "organizations_url": "https://api.github.com/users/monalisa/orgs",
      "repos_url": "https://api.github.com/users/monalisa/repos",
      "events_url": "https://api.github.com/users/monalisa/events{/privacy}",
      "received_events_url": "https://api.github.com/users/monalisa/received_events",
      "type": "User",
      "site_admin": true
    },
    "push_protection_bypassed": true,
    "push_protection_bypassed_at": "2020-11-06T21:48:51Z",
    "resolution_comment": "Example comment"
  },
  {
    "number": 1,
    "created_at": "2020-11-06T18:18:30Z",
    "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/owner/repo/secret-scanning/alerts/1",
    "html_url": "https://github.com/owner/repo/security/secret-scanning/1",
    "locations_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/owner/private-repo/secret-scanning/alerts/1/locations",
    "state": "open",
    "resolution": null,
    "resolved_at": null,
    "resolved_by": null,
    "secret_type": "mailchimp_api_key",
    "secret_type_display_name": "Mailchimp API Key",
    "secret": "XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX-us2",
    "repository": {
      "id": 1296269,
      "node_id": "MDEwOlJlcG9zaXRvcnkxMjk2MjY5",
      "name": "Hello-World",
      "full_name": "octocat/Hello-World",
      "owner": {
        "login": "octocat",
        "id": 1,
        "node_id": "MDQ6VXNlcjE=",
        "avatar_url": "https://github.com/images/error/octocat_happy.gif",
        "gravatar_id": "",
        "url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat",
        "html_url": "https://github.com/octocat",
        "followers_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/followers",
        "following_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/following{/other_user}",
        "gists_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/gists{/gist_id}",
        "starred_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/starred{/owner}{/repo}",
        "subscriptions_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/subscriptions",
        "organizations_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/orgs",
        "repos_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/repos",
        "events_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/events{/privacy}",
        "received_events_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/received_events",
        "type": "User",
        "site_admin": false
      },
      "private": false,
      "html_url": "https://github.com/octocat/Hello-World",
      "description": "This your first repo!",
      "fork": false,
      "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World",
      "archive_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/{archive_format}{/ref}",
      "assignees_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/assignees{/user}",
      "blobs_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/git/blobs{/sha}",
      "branches_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/branches{/branch}",
      "collaborators_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/collaborators{/collaborator}",
      "comments_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/comments{/number}",
      "commits_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/commits{/sha}",
      "compare_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/compare/{base}...{head}",
      "contents_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/contents/{+path}",
      "contributors_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/contributors",
      "deployments_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/deployments",
      "downloads_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/downloads",
      "events_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/events",
      "forks_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/forks",
      "git_commits_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/git/commits{/sha}",
      "git_refs_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/git/refs{/sha}",
      "git_tags_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/git/tags{/sha}",
      "issue_comment_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/issues/comments{/number}",
      "issue_events_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/issues/events{/number}",
      "issues_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/issues{/number}",
      "keys_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/keys{/key_id}",
      "labels_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/labels{/name}",
      "languages_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/languages",
      "merges_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/merges",
      "milestones_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/milestones{/number}",
      "notifications_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/notifications{?since,all,participating}",
      "pulls_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/pulls{/number}",
      "releases_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/releases{/id}",
      "stargazers_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/stargazers",
      "statuses_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/statuses/{sha}",
      "subscribers_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/subscribers",
      "subscription_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/subscription",
      "tags_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/tags",
      "teams_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/teams",
      "trees_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/git/trees{/sha}",
      "hooks_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/hooks"
    },
    "push_protection_bypassed_by": null,
    "push_protection_bypassed": false,
    "push_protection_bypassed_at": null,
    "resolution_comment": null
  }
]

List secret scanning alerts for a repository

Works with GitHub Apps

Lists secret scanning alerts for an eligible repository, from newest to oldest. To use this endpoint, you must be an administrator for the repository or for the organization that owns the repository, and you must use a personal access token with the repo scope or security_events scope. For public repositories, you may instead use the public_repo scope.

GitHub Apps must have the secret_scanning_alerts read permission to use this endpoint.

Parameters for "List secret scanning alerts for a repository"

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
`state`string Set to `open` or `resolved` to only list secret scanning alerts in a specific state. Can be one of: `open`, `resolved`
`secret_type`string A comma-separated list of secret types to return. By default all secret types are returned. See "Secret scanning patterns" for a complete list of secret types.
`resolution`string A comma-separated list of resolutions. Only secret scanning alerts with one of these resolutions are listed. Valid resolutions are `false_positive`, `wont_fix`, `revoked`, `pattern_edited`, `pattern_deleted` or `used_in_tests`.
`sort`string The property to sort the results by. `created` means when the alert was created. `updated` means when the alert was updated or resolved. Default: `created` Can be one of: `created`, `updated`
`direction`string The direction to sort the results by. Default: `desc` Can be one of: `asc`, `desc`
`page`integer Page number of the results to fetch. Default: `1`
`per_page`integer The number of results per page (max 100). Default: `30`
`before`string A cursor, as given in the Link header. If specified, the query only searches for events before this cursor. To receive an initial cursor on your first request, include an empty "before" query string.
`after`string A cursor, as given in the Link header. If specified, the query only searches for events after this cursor. To receive an initial cursor on your first request, include an empty "after" query string.

HTTP response status codes for "List secret scanning alerts for a repository"

Status code	Description
`200`	OK
`404`	Repository is public or secret scanning is disabled for the repository
`503`	Service unavailable

Code samples for "List secret scanning alerts for a repository"

get/repos/{owner}/{repo}/secret-scanning/alerts

curl -L \
  -H "Accept: application/vnd.github+json" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR-TOKEN>"\
  -H "X-GitHub-Api-Version: 2022-11-28" \
  https://api.github.com/repos/OWNER/REPO/secret-scanning/alerts

Response

Status: 200

[
  {
    "number": 2,
    "created_at": "2020-11-06T18:48:51Z",
    "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/owner/private-repo/secret-scanning/alerts/2",
    "html_url": "https://github.com/owner/private-repo/security/secret-scanning/2",
    "locations_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/owner/private-repo/secret-scanning/alerts/2/locations",
    "state": "resolved",
    "resolution": "false_positive",
    "resolved_at": "2020-11-07T02:47:13Z",
    "resolved_by": {
      "login": "monalisa",
      "id": 2,
      "node_id": "MDQ6VXNlcjI=",
      "avatar_url": "https://alambic.github.com/avatars/u/2?",
      "gravatar_id": "",
      "url": "https://api.github.com/users/monalisa",
      "html_url": "https://github.com/monalisa",
      "followers_url": "https://api.github.com/users/monalisa/followers",
      "following_url": "https://api.github.com/users/monalisa/following{/other_user}",
      "gists_url": "https://api.github.com/users/monalisa/gists{/gist_id}",
      "starred_url": "https://api.github.com/users/monalisa/starred{/owner}{/repo}",
      "subscriptions_url": "https://api.github.com/users/monalisa/subscriptions",
      "organizations_url": "https://api.github.com/users/monalisa/orgs",
      "repos_url": "https://api.github.com/users/monalisa/repos",
      "events_url": "https://api.github.com/users/monalisa/events{/privacy}",
      "received_events_url": "https://api.github.com/users/monalisa/received_events",
      "type": "User",
      "site_admin": true
    },
    "secret_type": "adafruit_io_key",
    "secret_type_display_name": "Adafruit IO Key",
    "secret": "aio_XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX",
    "push_protection_bypassed_by": {
      "login": "monalisa",
      "id": 2,
      "node_id": "MDQ6VXNlcjI=",
      "avatar_url": "https://alambic.github.com/avatars/u/2?",
      "gravatar_id": "",
      "url": "https://api.github.com/users/monalisa",
      "html_url": "https://github.com/monalisa",
      "followers_url": "https://api.github.com/users/monalisa/followers",
      "following_url": "https://api.github.com/users/monalisa/following{/other_user}",
      "gists_url": "https://api.github.com/users/monalisa/gists{/gist_id}",
      "starred_url": "https://api.github.com/users/monalisa/starred{/owner}{/repo}",
      "subscriptions_url": "https://api.github.com/users/monalisa/subscriptions",
      "organizations_url": "https://api.github.com/users/monalisa/orgs",
      "repos_url": "https://api.github.com/users/monalisa/repos",
      "events_url": "https://api.github.com/users/monalisa/events{/privacy}",
      "received_events_url": "https://api.github.com/users/monalisa/received_events",
      "type": "User",
      "site_admin": true
    },
    "push_protection_bypassed": true,
    "push_protection_bypassed_at": "2020-11-06T21:48:51Z",
    "resolution_comment": "Example comment"
  },
  {
    "number": 1,
    "created_at": "2020-11-06T18:18:30Z",
    "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/owner/repo/secret-scanning/alerts/1",
    "html_url": "https://github.com/owner/repo/security/secret-scanning/1",
    "locations_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/owner/private-repo/secret-scanning/alerts/1/locations",
    "state": "open",
    "resolution": null,
    "resolved_at": null,
    "resolved_by": null,
    "secret_type": "mailchimp_api_key",
    "secret_type_display_name": "Mailchimp API Key",
    "secret": "XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX-us2",
    "push_protection_bypassed_by": null,
    "push_protection_bypassed": false,
    "push_protection_bypassed_at": null,
    "resolution_comment": null
  }
]

Get a secret scanning alert

Works with GitHub Apps

Gets a single secret scanning alert detected in an eligible repository. To use this endpoint, you must be an administrator for the repository or for the organization that owns the repository, and you must use a personal access token with the repo scope or security_events scope. For public repositories, you may instead use the public_repo scope.

GitHub Apps must have the secret_scanning_alerts read permission to use this endpoint.

Parameters for "Get a secret scanning alert"

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.
`alert_number`integerRequired The number that identifies an alert. You can find this at the end of the URL for a code scanning alert within GitHub, and in the `number` field in the response from the `GET /repos/{owner}/{repo}/code-scanning/alerts` operation.

HTTP response status codes for "Get a secret scanning alert"

Status code	Description
`200`	OK
`304`	Not modified
`404`	Repository is public, or secret scanning is disabled for the repository, or the resource is not found
`503`	Service unavailable

Code samples for "Get a secret scanning alert"

get/repos/{owner}/{repo}/secret-scanning/alerts/{alert_number}

curl -L \
  -H "Accept: application/vnd.github+json" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR-TOKEN>"\
  -H "X-GitHub-Api-Version: 2022-11-28" \
  https://api.github.com/repos/OWNER/REPO/secret-scanning/alerts/ALERT_NUMBER

Response

Status: 200

{
  "number": 42,
  "created_at": "2020-11-06T18:18:30Z",
  "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/owner/private-repo/secret-scanning/alerts/42",
  "html_url": "https://github.com/owner/private-repo/security/secret-scanning/42",
  "locations_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/owner/private-repo/secret-scanning/alerts/42/locations",
  "state": "open",
  "resolution": null,
  "resolved_at": null,
  "resolved_by": null,
  "secret_type": "mailchimp_api_key",
  "secret_type_display_name": "Mailchimp API Key",
  "secret": "XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX-us2",
  "push_protection_bypassed_by": null,
  "push_protection_bypassed": false,
  "push_protection_bypassed_at": null,
  "resolution_comment": null
}

Update a secret scanning alert

Works with GitHub Apps

Updates the status of a secret scanning alert in an eligible repository. To use this endpoint, you must be an administrator for the repository or for the organization that owns the repository, and you must use a personal access token with the repo scope or security_events scope. For public repositories, you may instead use the public_repo scope.

GitHub Apps must have the secret_scanning_alerts write permission to use this endpoint.

Parameters for "Update a secret scanning alert"

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.
`alert_number`integerRequired The number that identifies an alert. You can find this at the end of the URL for a code scanning alert within GitHub, and in the `number` field in the response from the `GET /repos/{owner}/{repo}/code-scanning/alerts` operation.
Body parameters
Name, Type, Description
`state`stringRequired Sets the state of the secret scanning alert. You must provide `resolution` when you set the state to `resolved`. Can be one of: `open`, `resolved`
`resolution`string or null Required when the `state` is `resolved`. The reason for resolving the alert. Can be one of: `false_positive`, `wont_fix`, `revoked`, `used_in_tests`, `null`
`resolution_comment`string or null An optional comment when closing an alert. Cannot be updated or deleted. Must be `null` when changing `state` to `open`.

HTTP response status codes for "Update a secret scanning alert"

Status code	Description
`200`	OK
`400`	Bad request, resolution comment is invalid or the resolution was not changed.
`404`	Repository is public, or secret scanning is disabled for the repository, or the resource is not found
`422`	State does not match the resolution or resolution comment
`503`	Service unavailable

Code samples for "Update a secret scanning alert"

patch/repos/{owner}/{repo}/secret-scanning/alerts/{alert_number}

curl -L \
  -X PATCH \
  -H "Accept: application/vnd.github+json" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR-TOKEN>"\
  -H "X-GitHub-Api-Version: 2022-11-28" \
  https://api.github.com/repos/OWNER/REPO/secret-scanning/alerts/ALERT_NUMBER \
  -d '{"state":"resolved","resolution":"false_positive"}'

Response

Status: 200

{
  "number": 42,
  "created_at": "2020-11-06T18:18:30Z",
  "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/owner/private-repo/secret-scanning/alerts/42",
  "html_url": "https://github.com/owner/private-repo/security/secret-scanning/42",
  "locations_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/owner/private-repo/secret-scanning/alerts/42/locations",
  "state": "resolved",
  "resolution": "used_in_tests",
  "resolved_at": "2020-11-16T22:42:07Z",
  "resolved_by": {
    "login": "monalisa",
    "id": 2,
    "node_id": "MDQ6VXNlcjI=",
    "avatar_url": "https://alambic.github.com/avatars/u/2?",
    "gravatar_id": "",
    "url": "https://api.github.com/users/monalisa",
    "html_url": "https://github.com/monalisa",
    "followers_url": "https://api.github.com/users/monalisa/followers",
    "following_url": "https://api.github.com/users/monalisa/following{/other_user}",
    "gists_url": "https://api.github.com/users/monalisa/gists{/gist_id}",
    "starred_url": "https://api.github.com/users/monalisa/starred{/owner}{/repo}",
    "subscriptions_url": "https://api.github.com/users/monalisa/subscriptions",
    "organizations_url": "https://api.github.com/users/monalisa/orgs",
    "repos_url": "https://api.github.com/users/monalisa/repos",
    "events_url": "https://api.github.com/users/monalisa/events{/privacy}",
    "received_events_url": "https://api.github.com/users/monalisa/received_events",
    "type": "User",
    "site_admin": true
  },
  "secret_type": "mailchimp_api_key",
  "secret_type_display_name": "Mailchimp API Key",
  "secret": "XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX-us2",
  "push_protection_bypassed": false,
  "push_protection_bypassed_by": null,
  "push_protection_bypassed_at": null,
  "resolution_comment": "Example comment"
}

List locations for a secret scanning alert

Works with GitHub Apps

Lists all locations for a given secret scanning alert for an eligible repository. To use this endpoint, you must be an administrator for the repository or for the organization that owns the repository, and you must use a personal access token with the repo scope or security_events scope. For public repositories, you may instead use the public_repo scope.

GitHub Apps must have the secret_scanning_alerts read permission to use this endpoint.

Parameters for "List locations for a secret scanning alert"

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.
`alert_number`integerRequired The number that identifies an alert. You can find this at the end of the URL for a code scanning alert within GitHub, and in the `number` field in the response from the `GET /repos/{owner}/{repo}/code-scanning/alerts` operation.
Query parameters
Name, Type, Description
`page`integer Page number of the results to fetch. Default: `1`
`per_page`integer The number of results per page (max 100). Default: `30`

HTTP response status codes for "List locations for a secret scanning alert"

Status code	Description
`200`	OK
`404`	Repository is public, or secret scanning is disabled for the repository, or the resource is not found
`503`	Service unavailable

Code samples for "List locations for a secret scanning alert"

get/repos/{owner}/{repo}/secret-scanning/alerts/{alert_number}/locations

curl -L \
  -H "Accept: application/vnd.github+json" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR-TOKEN>"\
  -H "X-GitHub-Api-Version: 2022-11-28" \
  https://api.github.com/repos/OWNER/REPO/secret-scanning/alerts/ALERT_NUMBER/locations

Response

Status: 200

[
  {
    "type": "commit",
    "details": {
      "path": "/example/secrets.txt",
      "start_line": 1,
      "end_line": 1,
      "start_column": 1,
      "end_column": 64,
      "blob_sha": "af5626b4a114abcb82d63db7c8082c3c4756e51b",
      "blob_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/hello-world/git/blobs/af5626b4a114abcb82d63db7c8082c3c4756e51b",
      "commit_sha": "f14d7debf9775f957cf4f1e8176da0786431f72b",
      "commit_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/hello-world/git/commits/f14d7debf9775f957cf4f1e8176da0786431f72b"
    }
  },
  {
    "type": "issue_title",
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