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Migrations

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The Migration API lets you migrate the repositories and users of your organization from GitHub.com to GitHub Enterprise Server.

Organization

The Migrations API is only available to authenticated organization owners. For more information, see "Roles in an organization" and "Other authentication methods."

The organization migrations API lets you move a repository from GitHub.com to GitHub Enterprise Server. For more information, see "Exporting migration data from GitHub.com" in the GitHub Enterprise Server documentation.

List organization migrations

Lists the most recent migrations.

get /orgs/{org}/migrations

Parameters

NameTypeInDescription
acceptstringheader

Setting toapplication/vnd.github.v3+json is recommended.

orgstringpath
per_pageintegerquery

Results per page (max 100)

Default: 30

pageintegerquery

Page number of the results to fetch.

Default: 1

excludearrayquery

Exclude attributes from the API response to improve performance

Code samples

Shell
 curl \
  -H "Accept: application/vnd.github.v3+json" \
  https://api.github.com/orgs/ORG/migrations
JavaScript (@octokit/core.js)
 await octokit.request('GET /orgs/{org}/migrations', {
  org: 'org'
})

Response

 Status: 200 OK
 [
  {
    "id": 79,
    "owner": {
      "login": "github",
      "id": 1,
      "node_id": "MDEyOk9yZ2FuaXphdGlvbjE=",
      "url": "https://api.github.com/orgs/github",
      "repos_url": "https://api.github.com/orgs/github/repos",
      "events_url": "https://api.github.com/orgs/github/events",
      "avatar_url": "https://github.com/images/error/octocat_happy.gif",
      "gravatar_id": "",
      "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",
      "received_events_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/received_events",
      "type": "User",
      "site_admin": true
    },
    "guid": "0b989ba4-242f-11e5-81e1-c7b6966d2516",
    "state": "pending",
    "lock_repositories": true,
    "exclude_attachments": false,
    "exclude_releases": false,
    "exclude_owner_projects": false,
    "repositories": [
      {
        "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}",
        "git_url": "git:github.com/octocat/Hello-World.git",
        "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}",
        "ssh_url": "git@github.com:octocat/Hello-World.git",
        "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}",
        "clone_url": "https://github.com/octocat/Hello-World.git",
        "mirror_url": "git:git.example.com/octocat/Hello-World",
        "hooks_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/hooks",
        "svn_url": "https://svn.github.com/octocat/Hello-World",
        "homepage": "https://github.com",
        "language": null,
        "forks_count": 9,
        "stargazers_count": 80,
        "watchers_count": 80,
        "size": 108,
        "default_branch": "master",
        "open_issues_count": 0,
        "is_template": true,
        "topics": [
          "octocat",
          "atom",
          "electron",
          "api"
        ],
        "has_issues": true,
        "has_projects": true,
        "has_wiki": true,
        "has_pages": false,
        "has_downloads": true,
        "archived": false,
        "disabled": false,
        "visibility": "public",
        "pushed_at": "2011-01-26T19:06:43Z",
        "created_at": "2011-01-26T19:01:12Z",
        "updated_at": "2011-01-26T19:14:43Z",
        "permissions": {
          "admin": false,
          "push": false,
          "pull": true
        },
        "allow_rebase_merge": true,
        "template_repository": null,
        "temp_clone_token": "ABTLWHOULUVAXGTRYU7OC2876QJ2O",
        "allow_squash_merge": true,
        "allow_auto_merge": false,
        "delete_branch_on_merge": true,
        "allow_merge_commit": true,
        "subscribers_count": 42,
        "network_count": 0,
        "license": {
          "key": "mit",
          "name": "MIT License",
          "url": "https://api.github.com/licenses/mit",
          "spdx_id": "MIT",
          "node_id": "MDc6TGljZW5zZW1pdA==",
          "html_url": "https://api.github.com/licenses/mit"
        },
        "forks": 1,
        "open_issues": 1,
        "watchers": 1
      }
    ],
    "url": "https://api.github.com/orgs/octo-org/migrations/79",
    "created_at": "2015-07-06T15:33:38-07:00",
    "updated_at": "2015-07-06T15:33:38-07:00",
    "node_id": "MDQ6VXNlcjE="
  }
]

Start an organization migration

Initiates the generation of a migration archive.

post /orgs/{org}/migrations

Parameters

NameTypeInDescription
acceptstringheader

Setting toapplication/vnd.github.v3+json is recommended.

orgstringpath
repositoriesarray of stringsbody

Required. A list of arrays indicating which repositories should be migrated.

lock_repositoriesbooleanbody

Indicates whether repositories should be locked (to prevent manipulation) while migrating data.

exclude_attachmentsbooleanbody

Indicates whether attachments should be excluded from the migration (to reduce migration archive file size).

exclude_releasesbooleanbody

Indicates whether releases should be excluded from the migration (to reduce migration archive file size).

exclude_owner_projectsbooleanbody

Indicates whether projects owned by the organization or users should be excluded. from the migration.

excludearray of stringsbody

Code samples

Shell
 curl \
  -X POST \
  -H "Accept: application/vnd.github.v3+json" \
  https://api.github.com/orgs/ORG/migrations \
  -d '{"repositories":["repositories"]}'
JavaScript (@octokit/core.js)
 await octokit.request('POST /orgs/{org}/migrations', {
  org: 'org',
  repositories: [
    'repositories'
  ]
})

Response

 Status: 201 Created
 {
  "id": 79,
  "node_id": "MDEyOk9yZ2FuaXphdGlvbjE=",
  "owner": {
    "login": "github",
    "id": 1,
    "node_id": "MDEyOk9yZ2FuaXphdGlvbjE=",
    "url": "https://api.github.com/orgs/github",
    "repos_url": "https://api.github.com/orgs/github/repos",
    "events_url": "https://api.github.com/orgs/github/events",
    "avatar_url": "https://github.com/images/error/octocat_happy.gif",
    "gravatar_id": "",
    "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",
    "received_events_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/received_events",
    "type": "User",
    "site_admin": true
  },
  "guid": "0b989ba4-242f-11e5-81e1-c7b6966d2516",
  "state": "pending",
  "lock_repositories": true,
  "exclude_attachments": false,
  "exclude_releases": false,
  "exclude_owner_projects": false,
  "repositories": [
    {
      "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}",
      "git_url": "git:github.com/octocat/Hello-World.git",
      "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}",
      "ssh_url": "git@github.com:octocat/Hello-World.git",
      "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}",
      "clone_url": "https://github.com/octocat/Hello-World.git",
      "mirror_url": "git:git.example.com/octocat/Hello-World",
      "hooks_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/hooks",
      "svn_url": "https://svn.github.com/octocat/Hello-World",
      "homepage": "https://github.com",
      "language": null,
      "forks_count": 9,
      "stargazers_count": 80,
      "watchers_count": 80,
      "size": 108,
      "default_branch": "master",
      "open_issues_count": 0,
      "is_template": true,
      "topics": [
        "octocat",
        "atom",
        "electron",
        "api"
      ],
      "has_issues": true,
      "has_projects": true,
      "has_wiki": true,
      "has_pages": false,
      "has_downloads": true,
      "archived": false,
      "disabled": false,
      "visibility": "public",
      "pushed_at": "2011-01-26T19:06:43Z",
      "created_at": "2011-01-26T19:01:12Z",
      "updated_at": "2011-01-26T19:14:43Z",
      "permissions": {
        "admin": false,
        "push": false,
        "pull": true
      },
      "allow_rebase_merge": true,
      "template_repository": null,
      "temp_clone_token": "ABTLWHOULUVAXGTRYU7OC2876QJ2O",
      "allow_squash_merge": true,
      "allow_auto_merge": false,
      "delete_branch_on_merge": true,
      "allow_merge_commit": true,
      "subscribers_count": 42,
      "network_count": 0,
      "license": {
        "key": "mit",
        "name": "MIT License",
        "url": "https://api.github.com/licenses/mit",
        "spdx_id": "MIT",
        "node_id": "MDc6TGljZW5zZW1pdA==",
        "html_url": "https://api.github.com/licenses/mit"
      },
      "forks": 1,
      "open_issues": 1,
      "watchers": 1
    }
  ],
  "url": "https://api.github.com/orgs/octo-org/migrations/79",
  "created_at": "2015-07-06T15:33:38-07:00",
  "updated_at": "2015-07-06T15:33:38-07:00"
}

Resource not found

 Status: 404 Not Found

Validation failed

 Status: 422 Unprocessable Entity

Get an organization migration status

Fetches the status of a migration.

The state of a migration can be one of the following values:

  • pending, which means the migration hasn't started yet.
  • exporting, which means the migration is in progress.
  • exported, which means the migration finished successfully.
  • failed, which means the migration failed.
get /orgs/{org}/migrations/{migration_id}

Parameters

NameTypeInDescription
acceptstringheader

Setting toapplication/vnd.github.v3+json is recommended.

orgstringpath
migration_idintegerpath

migration_id parameter

excludearrayquery

Exclude attributes from the API response to improve performance

Code samples

Shell
 curl \
  -H "Accept: application/vnd.github.v3+json" \
  https://api.github.com/orgs/ORG/migrations/42
JavaScript (@octokit/core.js)
 await octokit.request('GET /orgs/{org}/migrations/{migration_id}', {
  org: 'org',
  migration_id: 42
})

  • pending, which means the migration hasn't started yet.
  • exporting, which means the migration is in progress.
  • exported, which means the migration finished successfully.
  • failed, which means the migration failed.

 Status: 200 OK
 {
  "id": 79,
  "node_id": "MDEyOk9yZ2FuaXphdGlvbjE=",
  "owner": {
    "login": "github",
    "id": 1,
    "node_id": "MDEyOk9yZ2FuaXphdGlvbjE=",
    "url": "https://api.github.com/orgs/github",
    "repos_url": "https://api.github.com/orgs/github/repos",
    "events_url": "https://api.github.com/orgs/github/events",
    "avatar_url": "https://github.com/images/error/octocat_happy.gif",
    "gravatar_id": "",
    "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",
    "received_events_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/received_events",
    "type": "User",
    "site_admin": true
  },
  "guid": "0b989ba4-242f-11e5-81e1-c7b6966d2516",
  "state": "exported",
  "lock_repositories": true,
  "exclude_attachments": false,
  "exclude_releases": false,
  "exclude_owner_projects": false,
  "repositories": [
    {
      "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}",
      "git_url": "git:github.com/octocat/Hello-World.git",
      "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}",
      "ssh_url": "git@github.com:octocat/Hello-World.git",
      "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}",
      "clone_url": "https://github.com/octocat/Hello-World.git",
      "mirror_url": "git:git.example.com/octocat/Hello-World",
      "hooks_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/hooks",
      "svn_url": "https://svn.github.com/octocat/Hello-World",
      "homepage": "https://github.com",
      "language": null,
      "forks_count": 9,
      "stargazers_count": 80,
      "watchers_count": 80,
      "size": 108,
      "default_branch": "master",
      "open_issues_count": 0,
      "is_template": true,
      "topics": [
        "octocat",
        "atom",
        "electron",
        "api"
      ],
      "has_issues": true,
      "has_projects": true,
      "has_wiki": true,
      "has_pages": false,
      "has_downloads": true,
      "archived": false,
      "disabled": false,
      "visibility": "public",
      "pushed_at": "2011-01-26T19:06:43Z",
      "created_at": "2011-01-26T19:01:12Z",
      "updated_at": "2011-01-26T19:14:43Z",
      "permissions": {
        "admin": false,
        "push": false,
        "pull": true
      },
      "allow_rebase_merge": true,
      "template_repository": null,
      "temp_clone_token": "ABTLWHOULUVAXGTRYU7OC2876QJ2O",
      "allow_squash_merge": true,
      "allow_auto_merge": false,
      "delete_branch_on_merge": true,
      "allow_merge_commit": true,
      "subscribers_count": 42,
      "network_count": 0,
      "license": {
        "key": "mit",
        "name": "MIT License",
        "url": "https://api.github.com/licenses/mit",
        "spdx_id": "MIT",
        "node_id": "MDc6TGljZW5zZW1pdA==",
        "html_url": "https://api.github.com/licenses/mit"
      },
      "forks": 1,
      "open_issues": 1,
      "watchers": 1
    }
  ],
  "url": "https://api.github.com/orgs/octo-org/migrations/79",
  "created_at": "2015-07-06T15:33:38-07:00",
  "updated_at": "2015-07-06T15:33:38-07:00"
}

Resource not found

 Status: 404 Not Found

Download an organization migration archive

Fetches the URL to a migration archive.

get /orgs/{org}/migrations/{migration_id}/archive

Parameters

NameTypeInDescription
acceptstringheader

Setting toapplication/vnd.github.v3+json is recommended.

orgstringpath
migration_idintegerpath

migration_id parameter

Code samples

Shell
 curl \
  -H "Accept: application/vnd.github.v3+json" \
  https://api.github.com/orgs/ORG/migrations/42/archive
JavaScript (@octokit/core.js)
 await octokit.request('GET /orgs/{org}/migrations/{migration_id}/archive', {
  org: 'org',
  migration_id: 42
})

Response

 Status: 302 Found

Resource not found

 Status: 404 Not Found

Delete an organization migration archive

Deletes a previous migration archive. Migration archives are automatically deleted after seven days.

delete /orgs/{org}/migrations/{migration_id}/archive

Parameters

NameTypeInDescription
acceptstringheader

Setting toapplication/vnd.github.v3+json is recommended.

orgstringpath
migration_idintegerpath

migration_id parameter

Code samples

Shell
 curl \
  -X DELETE \
  -H "Accept: application/vnd.github.v3+json" \
  https://api.github.com/orgs/ORG/migrations/42/archive
JavaScript (@octokit/core.js)
 await octokit.request('DELETE /orgs/{org}/migrations/{migration_id}/archive', {
  org: 'org',
  migration_id: 42
})

Response

 Status: 204 No Content

Resource not found

 Status: 404 Not Found

Unlock an organization repository

Unlocks a repository that was locked for migration. You should unlock each migrated repository and delete them when the migration is complete and you no longer need the source data.

delete /orgs/{org}/migrations/{migration_id}/repos/{repo_name}/lock

Parameters

NameTypeInDescription
acceptstringheader

Setting toapplication/vnd.github.v3+json is recommended.

orgstringpath
migration_idintegerpath

migration_id parameter

repo_namestringpath

repo_name parameter

Code samples

Shell
 curl \
  -X DELETE \
  -H "Accept: application/vnd.github.v3+json" \
  https://api.github.com/orgs/ORG/migrations/42/repos/REPO_NAME/lock
JavaScript (@octokit/core.js)
 await octokit.request('DELETE /orgs/{org}/migrations/{migration_id}/repos/{repo_name}/lock', {
  org: 'org',
  migration_id: 42,
  repo_name: 'repo_name'
})

Response

 Status: 204 No Content

Resource not found

 Status: 404 Not Found

List repositories in an organization migration

List all the repositories for this organization migration.

get /orgs/{org}/migrations/{migration_id}/repositories

Parameters

NameTypeInDescription
acceptstringheader

Setting toapplication/vnd.github.v3+json is recommended.

orgstringpath
migration_idintegerpath

migration_id parameter

per_pageintegerquery

Results per page (max 100)

Default: 30

pageintegerquery

Page number of the results to fetch.

Default: 1

Code samples

Shell
 curl \
  -H "Accept: application/vnd.github.v3+json" \
  https://api.github.com/orgs/ORG/migrations/42/repositories
JavaScript (@octokit/core.js)
 await octokit.request('GET /orgs/{org}/migrations/{migration_id}/repositories', {
  org: 'org',
  migration_id: 42
})

Response

 Status: 200 OK
 [
  {
    "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}",
    "git_url": "git:github.com/octocat/Hello-World.git",
    "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}",
    "ssh_url": "git@github.com:octocat/Hello-World.git",
    "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}",
    "clone_url": "https://github.com/octocat/Hello-World.git",
    "mirror_url": "git:git.example.com/octocat/Hello-World",
    "hooks_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/hooks",
    "svn_url": "https://svn.github.com/octocat/Hello-World",
    "homepage": "https://github.com",
    "language": null,
    "forks_count": 9,
    "stargazers_count": 80,
    "watchers_count": 80,
    "size": 108,
    "default_branch": "master",
    "open_issues_count": 0,
    "is_template": false,
    "topics": [
      "octocat",
      "atom",
      "electron",
      "api"
    ],
    "has_issues": true,
    "has_projects": true,
    "has_wiki": true,
    "has_pages": false,
    "has_downloads": true,
    "archived": false,
    "disabled": false,
    "visibility": "public",
    "pushed_at": "2011-01-26T19:06:43Z",
    "created_at": "2011-01-26T19:01:12Z",
    "updated_at": "2011-01-26T19:14:43Z",
    "permissions": {
      "admin": false,
      "push": false,
      "pull": true
    },
    "template_repository": null
  }
]

Resource not found

 Status: 404 Not Found

Source imports

The Source Import API lets you start an import from a Git, Subversion, Mercurial, or Team Foundation Version Control source repository. This is the same functionality as the GitHub Importer. For more information, see "Importing a repository with GitHub Importer."

A typical source import would start the import and then (optionally) update the authors and/or update the preference for using Git LFS if large files exist in the import. You can also create a webhook that listens for the RepositoryImportEvent to find out the status of the import.

A more detailed example can be seen in this diagram:

+---------+                     +--------+                              +---------------------+
| Tooling |                     | GitHub |                              | Original Repository |
+---------+                     +--------+                              +---------------------+
     |                              |                                              |
     |  Start import                |                                              |
     |----------------------------->|                                              |
     |                              |                                              |
     |                              |  Download source data                        |
     |                              |--------------------------------------------->|
     |                              |                        Begin streaming data  |
     |                              |<---------------------------------------------|
     |                              |                                              |
     |  Get import progress         |                                              |
     |----------------------------->|                                              |
     |       "status": "importing"  |                                              |
     |<-----------------------------|                                              |
     |                              |                                              |
     |  Get commit authors          |                                              |
     |----------------------------->|                                              |
     |                              |                                              |
     |  Map a commit author         |                                              |
     |----------------------------->|                                              |
     |                              |                                              |
     |                              |                                              |
     |                              |                       Finish streaming data  |
     |                              |<---------------------------------------------|
     |                              |                                              |
     |                              |  Rewrite commits with mapped authors         |
     |                              |------+                                       |
     |                              |      |                                       |
     |                              |<-----+                                       |
     |                              |                                              |
     |                              |  Update repository on GitHub                 |
     |                              |------+                                       |
     |                              |      |                                       |
     |                              |<-----+                                       |
     |                              |                                              |
     |  Map a commit author         |                                              |
     |----------------------------->|                                              |
     |                              |  Rewrite commits with mapped authors         |
     |                              |------+                                       |
     |                              |      |                                       |
     |                              |<-----+                                       |
     |                              |                                              |
     |                              |  Update repository on GitHub                 |
     |                              |------+                                       |
     |                              |      |                                       |
     |                              |<-----+                                       |
     |                              |                                              |
     |  Get large files             |                                              |
     |----------------------------->|                                              |
     |                              |                                              |
     |  opt_in to Git LFS           |                                              |
     |----------------------------->|                                              |
     |                              |  Rewrite commits for large files             |
     |                              |------+                                       |
     |                              |      |                                       |
     |                              |<-----+                                       |
     |                              |                                              |
     |                              |  Update repository on GitHub                 |
     |                              |------+                                       |
     |                              |      |                                       |
     |                              |<-----+                                       |
     |                              |                                              |
     |  Get import progress         |                                              |
     |----------------------------->|                                              |
     |        "status": "complete"  |                                              |
     |<-----------------------------|                                              |
     |                              |                                              |
     |                              |                                              |

Get an import status

View the progress of an import.

Import status

This section includes details about the possible values of the status field of the Import Progress response.

An import that does not have errors will progress through these steps:

  • detecting - the "detection" step of the import is in progress because the request did not include a vcs parameter. The import is identifying the type of source control present at the URL.
  • importing - the "raw" step of the import is in progress. This is where commit data is fetched from the original repository. The import progress response will include commit_count (the total number of raw commits that will be imported) and percent (0 - 100, the current progress through the import).
  • mapping - the "rewrite" step of the import is in progress. This is where SVN branches are converted to Git branches, and where author updates are applied. The import progress response does not include progress information.
  • pushing - the "push" step of the import is in progress. This is where the importer updates the repository on GitHub. The import progress response will include push_percent, which is the percent value reported by git push when it is "Writing objects".
  • complete - the import is complete, and the repository is ready on GitHub.

If there are problems, you will see one of these in the status field:

  • auth_failed - the import requires authentication in order to connect to the original repository. To update authentication for the import, please see the Update an import section.
  • error - the import encountered an error. The import progress response will include the failed_step and an error message. Contact GitHub Support for more information.
  • detection_needs_auth - the importer requires authentication for the originating repository to continue detection. To update authentication for the import, please see the Update an import section.
  • detection_found_nothing - the importer didn't recognize any source control at the URL. To resolve, Cancel the import and retry with the correct URL.
  • detection_found_multiple - the importer found several projects or repositories at the provided URL. When this is the case, the Import Progress response will also include a project_choices field with the possible project choices as values. To update project choice, please see the Update an import section.

The project_choices field

When multiple projects are found at the provided URL, the response hash will include a project_choices field, the value of which is an array of hashes each representing a project choice. The exact key/value pairs of the project hashes will differ depending on the version control type.

Git LFS related fields

This section includes details about Git LFS related fields that may be present in the Import Progress response.

  • use_lfs - describes whether the import has been opted in or out of using Git LFS. The value can be opt_in, opt_out, or undecided if no action has been taken.
  • has_large_files - the boolean value describing whether files larger than 100MB were found during the importing step.
  • large_files_size - the total size in gigabytes of files larger than 100MB found in the originating repository.
  • large_files_count - the total number of files larger than 100MB found in the originating repository. To see a list of these files, make a "Get Large Files" request.
get /repos/{owner}/{repo}/import

Parameters

NameTypeInDescription
acceptstringheader

Setting toapplication/vnd.github.v3+json is recommended.

ownerstringpath
repostringpath

Code samples

Shell
 curl \
  -H "Accept: application/vnd.github.v3+json" \
  https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/hello-world/import
JavaScript (@octokit/core.js)
 await octokit.request('GET /repos/{owner}/{repo}/import', {
  owner: 'octocat',
  repo: 'hello-world'
})

Response

 Status: 200 OK
 {
  "vcs": "subversion",
  "use_lfs": true,
  "vcs_url": "http://svn.mycompany.com/svn/myproject",
  "status": "complete",
  "status_text": "Done",
  "has_large_files": true,
  "large_files_size": 132331036,
  "large_files_count": 1,
  "authors_count": 4,
  "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/socm/import",
  "html_url": "https://import.github.com/octocat/socm/import",
  "authors_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/socm/import/authors",
  "repository_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/socm"
}

Resource not found

 Status: 404 Not Found

Notes

Start an import

Start a source import to a GitHub repository using GitHub Importer.

put /repos/{owner}/{repo}/import

Parameters

NameTypeInDescription
acceptstringheader

Setting toapplication/vnd.github.v3+json is recommended.

ownerstringpath
repostringpath
vcs_urlstringbody

Required. The URL of the originating repository.

vcsstringbody

The originating VCS type. Can be one of subversion, git, mercurial, or tfvc. Please be aware that without this parameter, the import job will take additional time to detect the VCS type before beginning the import. This detection step will be reflected in the response.

vcs_usernamestringbody

If authentication is required, the username to provide to vcs_url.

vcs_passwordstringbody

If authentication is required, the password to provide to vcs_url.

tfvc_projectstringbody

For a tfvc import, the name of the project that is being imported.

Code samples

Shell
 curl \
  -X PUT \
  -H "Accept: application/vnd.github.v3+json" \
  https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/hello-world/import \
  -d '{"vcs_url":"vcs_url"}'
JavaScript (@octokit/core.js)
 await octokit.request('PUT /repos/{owner}/{repo}/import', {
  owner: 'octocat',
  repo: 'hello-world',
  vcs_url: 'vcs_url'
})

Response

 Status: 201 Created
 {
  "vcs": "subversion",
  "use_lfs": true,
  "vcs_url": "http://svn.mycompany.com/svn/myproject",
  "status": "importing",
  "status_text": "Importing...",
  "has_large_files": false,
  "large_files_size": 0,
  "large_files_count": 0,
  "authors_count": 0,
  "commit_count": 1042,
  "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/socm/import",
  "html_url": "https://import.github.com/octocat/socm/import",
  "authors_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/socm/import/authors",
  "repository_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/socm"
}

Resource not found

 Status: 404 Not Found

Validation failed

 Status: 422 Unprocessable Entity

Notes

Update an import

An import can be updated with credentials or a project choice by passing in the appropriate parameters in this API request. If no parameters are provided, the import will be restarted.

patch /repos/{owner}/{repo}/import

Parameters

NameTypeInDescription
acceptstringheader

Setting toapplication/vnd.github.v3+json is recommended.

ownerstringpath
repostringpath
vcs_usernamestringbody

The username to provide to the originating repository.

vcs_passwordstringbody

The password to provide to the originating repository.

vcsstringbody
tfvc_projectstringbody

Code samples

Shell
 curl \
  -X PATCH \
  -H "Accept: application/vnd.github.v3+json" \
  https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/hello-world/import \
  -d '{"vcs_username":"vcs_username"}'
JavaScript (@octokit/core.js)
 await octokit.request('PATCH /repos/{owner}/{repo}/import', {
  owner: 'octocat',
  repo: 'hello-world',
  vcs_username: 'vcs_username'
})

Example 1

 Status: 200 OK
 {
  "vcs": "subversion",
  "use_lfs": true,
  "vcs_url": "http://svn.mycompany.com/svn/myproject",
  "status": "detecting",
  "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/socm/import",
  "html_url": "https://import.github.com/octocat/socm/import",
  "authors_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/socm/import/authors",
  "repository_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/socm"
}

Example 2

 Status: 200 OK
 {
  "vcs": "tfvc",
  "use_lfs": true,
  "vcs_url": "http://tfs.mycompany.com/tfs/myproject",
  "tfvc_project": "project1",
  "status": "importing",
  "status_text": "Importing...",
  "has_large_files": false,
  "large_files_size": 0,
  "large_files_count": 0,
  "authors_count": 0,
  "commit_count": 1042,
  "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/socm/import",
  "html_url": "https://import.github.com/octocat/socm/import",
  "authors_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/socm/import/authors",
  "repository_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/socm"
}

Response

 Status: 200 OK
 {
  "vcs": "subversion",
  "use_lfs": true,
  "vcs_url": "http://svn.mycompany.com/svn/myproject",
  "status": "importing",
  "status_text": "Importing...",
  "has_large_files": false,
  "large_files_size": 0,
  "large_files_count": 0,
  "authors_count": 0,
  "commit_count": 1042,
  "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/socm/import",
  "html_url": "https://import.github.com/octocat/socm/import",
  "authors_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/socm/import/authors",
  "repository_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/socm"
}

Notes

Cancel an import

Stop an import for a repository.

delete /repos/{owner}/{repo}/import

Parameters

NameTypeInDescription
acceptstringheader

Setting toapplication/vnd.github.v3+json is recommended.

ownerstringpath
repostringpath

Code samples

Shell
 curl \
  -X DELETE \
  -H "Accept: application/vnd.github.v3+json" \
  https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/hello-world/import
JavaScript (@octokit/core.js)
 await octokit.request('DELETE /repos/{owner}/{repo}/import', {
  owner: 'octocat',
  repo: 'hello-world'
})

Response

 Status: 204 No Content

Notes

Get commit authors

Each type of source control system represents authors in a different way. For example, a Git commit author has a display name and an email address, but a Subversion commit author just has a username. The GitHub Importer will make the author information valid, but the author might not be correct. For example, it will change the bare Subversion username hubot into something like hubot <hubot@12341234-abab-fefe-8787-fedcba987654>.

This endpoint and the Map a commit author endpoint allow you to provide correct Git author information.

get /repos/{owner}/{repo}/import/authors

Parameters

NameTypeInDescription
acceptstringheader

Setting toapplication/vnd.github.v3+json is recommended.

ownerstringpath
repostringpath
sinceintegerquery

A user ID. Only return users with an ID greater than this ID.

Code samples

Shell
 curl \
  -H "Accept: application/vnd.github.v3+json" \
  https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/hello-world/import/authors
JavaScript (@octokit/core.js)
 await octokit.request('GET /repos/{owner}/{repo}/import/authors', {
  owner: 'octocat',
  repo: 'hello-world'
})

Response

 Status: 200 OK
 [
  {
    "id": 2268557,
    "remote_id": "nobody@fc7da526-431c-80fe-3c8c-c148ff18d7ef",
    "remote_name": "nobody",
    "email": "hubot@github.com",
    "name": "Hubot",
    "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/socm/import/authors/2268557",
    "import_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/socm/import"
  },
  {
    "id": 2268558,
    "remote_id": "svner@fc7da526-431c-80fe-3c8c-c148ff18d7ef",
    "remote_name": "svner",
    "email": "svner@fc7da526-431c-80fe-3c8c-c148ff18d7ef",
    "name": "svner",
    "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/socm/import/authors/2268558",
    "import_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/socm/import"
  },
  {
    "id": 2268559,
    "remote_id": "svner@example.com@fc7da526-431c-80fe-3c8c-c148ff18d7ef",
    "remote_name": "svner@example.com",
    "email": "svner@example.com@fc7da526-431c-80fe-3c8c-c148ff18d7ef",
    "name": "svner@example.com",
    "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/socm/import/authors/2268559",
    "import_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/socm/import"
  }
]

Resource not found

 Status: 404 Not Found

Notes

Map a commit author

Update an author's identity for the import. Your application can continue updating authors any time before you push new commits to the repository.

patch /repos/{owner}/{repo}/import/authors/{author_id}

Parameters

NameTypeInDescription
acceptstringheader

Setting toapplication/vnd.github.v3+json is recommended.

ownerstringpath
repostringpath
author_idintegerpath
emailstringbody

The new Git author email.

namestringbody

The new Git author name.

Code samples

Shell
 curl \
  -X PATCH \
  -H "Accept: application/vnd.github.v3+json" \
  https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/hello-world/import/authors/42 \
  -d '{"email":"octocat@github.com"}'
JavaScript (@octokit/core.js)
 await octokit.request('PATCH /repos/{owner}/{repo}/import/authors/{author_id}', {
  owner: 'octocat',
  repo: 'hello-world',
  author_id: 42,
  email: 'octocat@github.com'
})

Response

 Status: 200 OK
 {
  "id": 2268557,
  "remote_id": "nobody@fc7da526-431c-80fe-3c8c-c148ff18d7ef",
  "remote_name": "nobody",
  "email": "hubot@github.com",
  "name": "Hubot",
  "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/socm/import/authors/2268557",
  "import_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/socm/import"
}

Resource not found

 Status: 404 Not Found

Validation failed

 Status: 422 Unprocessable Entity

Notes

Get large files

List files larger than 100MB found during the import

get /repos/{owner}/{repo}/import/large_files

Parameters

NameTypeInDescription
acceptstringheader

Setting toapplication/vnd.github.v3+json is recommended.

ownerstringpath
repostringpath

Code samples

Shell
 curl \
  -H "Accept: application/vnd.github.v3+json" \
  https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/hello-world/import/large_files
JavaScript (@octokit/core.js)
 await octokit.request('GET /repos/{owner}/{repo}/import/large_files', {
  owner: 'octocat',
  repo: 'hello-world'
})

Response

 Status: 200 OK
 [
  {
    "ref_name": "refs/heads/master",
    "path": "foo/bar/1",
    "oid": "d3d9446802a44259755d38e6d163e820",
    "size": 10485760
  },
  {
    "ref_name": "refs/heads/master",
    "path": "foo/bar/2",
    "oid": "6512bd43d9caa6e02c990b0a82652dca",
    "size": 11534336
  },
  {
    "ref_name": "refs/heads/master",
    "path": "foo/bar/3",
    "oid": "c20ad4d76fe97759aa27a0c99bff6710",
    "size": 12582912
  }
]

Notes

Update Git LFS preference

You can import repositories from Subversion, Mercurial, and TFS that include files larger than 100MB. This ability is powered by Git LFS. You can learn more about our LFS feature and working with large files on our help site.

patch /repos/{owner}/{repo}/import/lfs

Parameters

NameTypeInDescription
acceptstringheader

Setting toapplication/vnd.github.v3+json is recommended.

ownerstringpath
repostringpath
use_lfsstringbody

Required. Can be one of opt_in (large files will be stored using Git LFS) or opt_out (large files will be removed during the import).

Code samples

Shell
 curl \
  -X PATCH \
  -H "Accept: application/vnd.github.v3+json" \
  https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/hello-world/import/lfs \
  -d '{"use_lfs":"use_lfs"}'
JavaScript (@octokit/core.js)
 await octokit.request('PATCH /repos/{owner}/{repo}/import/lfs', {
  owner: 'octocat',
  repo: 'hello-world',
  use_lfs: 'use_lfs'
})

Response

 Status: 200 OK
 {
  "vcs": "subversion",
  "use_lfs": true,
  "vcs_url": "http://svn.mycompany.com/svn/myproject",
  "status": "complete",
  "status_text": "Done",
  "has_large_files": true,
  "large_files_size": 132331036,
  "large_files_count": 1,
  "authors_count": 4,
  "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/socm/import",
  "html_url": "https://import.github.com/octocat/socm/import",
  "authors_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/socm/import/authors",
  "repository_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/socm"
}

Validation failed

 Status: 422 Unprocessable Entity

Notes

User

The User migrations API is only available to authenticated account owners. For more information, see "Other authentication methods."

You can use this API to review, backup, or migrate your user data stored on GitHub.com. For a list of migration data that you can download, see "Download a user migration archive."

To download an archive, you'll need to start a user migration first. Once the status of the migration is exported, you can download the migration.

Once you've created a migration archive, it will be available to download for seven days. But, you can delete the user migration archive sooner if you'd like. You can unlock your repository when the migration is exported to begin using your repository again or delete the repository if you no longer need the source data.

List user migrations

Lists all migrations a user has started.

get /user/migrations

Parameters

NameTypeInDescription
acceptstringheader

Setting toapplication/vnd.github.v3+json is recommended.

per_pageintegerquery

Results per page (max 100)

Default: 30

pageintegerquery

Page number of the results to fetch.

Default: 1

Code samples

Shell
 curl \
  -H "Accept: application/vnd.github.v3+json" \
  https://api.github.com/user/migrations
JavaScript (@octokit/core.js)
 await octokit.request('GET /user/migrations')

Response

 Status: 200 OK
 [
  {
    "id": 79,
    "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
    },
    "guid": "0b989ba4-242f-11e5-81e1-c7b6966d2516",
    "state": "pending",
    "lock_repositories": true,
    "exclude_attachments": false,
    "exclude_releases": false,
    "exclude_owner_projects": false,
    "repositories": [
      {
        "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}",
        "git_url": "git:github.com/octocat/Hello-World.git",
        "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}",
        "ssh_url": "git@github.com:octocat/Hello-World.git",
        "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}",
        "clone_url": "https://github.com/octocat/Hello-World.git",
        "mirror_url": "git:git.example.com/octocat/Hello-World",
        "hooks_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/hooks",
        "svn_url": "https://svn.github.com/octocat/Hello-World",
        "homepage": "https://github.com",
        "language": null,
        "forks_count": 9,
        "stargazers_count": 80,
        "watchers_count": 80,
        "size": 108,
        "default_branch": "master",
        "open_issues_count": 0,
        "is_template": true,
        "topics": [
          "octocat",
          "atom",
          "electron",
          "api"
        ],
        "has_issues": true,
        "has_projects": true,
        "has_wiki": true,
        "has_pages": false,
        "has_downloads": true,
        "archived": false,
        "disabled": false,
        "visibility": "public",
        "pushed_at": "2011-01-26T19:06:43Z",
        "created_at": "2011-01-26T19:01:12Z",
        "updated_at": "2011-01-26T19:14:43Z",
        "permissions": {
          "admin": false,
          "push": false,
          "pull": true
        },
        "allow_rebase_merge": true,
        "template_repository": null,
        "temp_clone_token": "ABTLWHOULUVAXGTRYU7OC2876QJ2O",
        "allow_squash_merge": true,
        "allow_auto_merge": false,
        "delete_branch_on_merge": true,
        "allow_merge_commit": true,
        "subscribers_count": 42,
        "network_count": 0,
        "license": {
          "key": "mit",
          "name": "MIT License",
          "url": "https://api.github.com/licenses/mit",
          "spdx_id": "MIT",
          "node_id": "MDc6TGljZW5zZW1pdA==",
          "html_url": "https://api.github.com/licenses/mit"
        },
        "forks": 1,
        "open_issues": 1,
        "watchers": 1
      }
    ],
    "url": "https://api.github.com/orgs/octo-org/migrations/79",
    "created_at": "2015-07-06T15:33:38-07:00",
    "updated_at": "2015-07-06T15:33:38-07:00",
    "node_id": "MDQ6VXNlcjE="
  }
]

Not modified

 Status: 304 Not Modified

Requires authentication

 Status: 401 Unauthorized

Forbidden

 Status: 403 Forbidden

Start a user migration

Initiates the generation of a user migration archive.

post /user/migrations

Parameters

NameTypeInDescription
acceptstringheader

Setting toapplication/vnd.github.v3+json is recommended.

lock_repositoriesbooleanbody

Lock the repositories being migrated at the start of the migration

exclude_attachmentsbooleanbody

Do not include attachments in the migration

exclude_releasesbooleanbody

Do not include releases in the migration

exclude_owner_projectsbooleanbody

Indicates whether projects owned by the organization or users should be excluded.

excludearray of stringsbody

Exclude attributes from the API response to improve performance

repositoriesarray of stringsbody

Required.

Code samples

Shell
 curl \
  -X POST \
  -H "Accept: application/vnd.github.v3+json" \
  https://api.github.com/user/migrations \
  -d '{"repositories":["repositories"]}'
JavaScript (@octokit/core.js)
 await octokit.request('POST /user/migrations', {
  repositories: [
    'repositories'
  ]
})

Response

 Status: 201 Created
 {
  "id": 79,
  "node_id": "MDEyOk9yZ2FuaXphdGlvbjE=",
  "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
  },
  "guid": "0b989ba4-242f-11e5-81e1-c7b6966d2516",
  "state": "pending",
  "lock_repositories": true,
  "exclude_attachments": false,
  "exclude_releases": false,
  "exclude_owner_projects": false,
  "repositories": [
    {
      "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}",
      "git_url": "git:github.com/octocat/Hello-World.git",
      "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}",
      "ssh_url": "git@github.com:octocat/Hello-World.git",
      "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}",
      "clone_url": "https://github.com/octocat/Hello-World.git",
      "mirror_url": "git:git.example.com/octocat/Hello-World",
      "hooks_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/hooks",
      "svn_url": "https://svn.github.com/octocat/Hello-World",
      "homepage": "https://github.com",
      "language": null,
      "forks_count": 9,
      "stargazers_count": 80,
      "watchers_count": 80,
      "size": 108,
      "default_branch": "master",
      "open_issues_count": 0,
      "is_template": true,
      "topics": [
        "octocat",
        "atom",
        "electron",
        "api"
      ],
      "has_issues": true,
      "has_projects": true,
      "has_wiki": true,
      "has_pages": false,
      "has_downloads": true,
      "archived": false,
      "disabled": false,
      "visibility": "public",
      "pushed_at": "2011-01-26T19:06:43Z",
      "created_at": "2011-01-26T19:01:12Z",
      "updated_at": "2011-01-26T19:14:43Z",
      "permissions": {
        "admin": false,
        "push": false,
        "pull": true
      },
      "allow_rebase_merge": true,
      "template_repository": null,
      "temp_clone_token": "ABTLWHOULUVAXGTRYU7OC2876QJ2O",
      "allow_squash_merge": true,
      "allow_auto_merge": false,
      "delete_branch_on_merge": true,
      "allow_merge_commit": true,
      "subscribers_count": 42,
      "network_count": 0,
      "license": {
        "key": "mit",
        "name": "MIT License",
        "url": "https://api.github.com/licenses/mit",
        "spdx_id": "MIT",
        "node_id": "MDc6TGljZW5zZW1pdA==",
        "html_url": "https://api.github.com/licenses/mit"
      },
      "forks": 1,
      "open_issues": 1,
      "watchers": 1
    }
  ],
  "url": "https://api.github.com/orgs/octo-org/migrations/79",
  "created_at": "2015-07-06T15:33:38-07:00",
  "updated_at": "2015-07-06T15:33:38-07:00"
}

Not modified

 Status: 304 Not Modified

Requires authentication

 Status: 401 Unauthorized

Forbidden

 Status: 403 Forbidden

Validation failed

 Status: 422 Unprocessable Entity

Get a user migration status

Fetches a single user migration. The response includes the state of the migration, which can be one of the following values:

  • pending - the migration hasn't started yet.
  • exporting - the migration is in progress.
  • exported - the migration finished successfully.
  • failed - the migration failed.

Once the migration has been exported you can download the migration archive.

get /user/migrations/{migration_id}

Parameters

NameTypeInDescription
acceptstringheader

Setting toapplication/vnd.github.v3+json is recommended.

migration_idintegerpath

migration_id parameter

excludearrayquery

Code samples

Shell
 curl \
  -H "Accept: application/vnd.github.v3+json" \
  https://api.github.com/user/migrations/42
JavaScript (@octokit/core.js)
 await octokit.request('GET /user/migrations/{migration_id}', {
  migration_id: 42
})

Response

 Status: 200 OK
 {
  "id": 79,
  "node_id": "MDEyOk9yZ2FuaXphdGlvbjE=",
  "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
  },
  "guid": "0b989ba4-242f-11e5-81e1-c7b6966d2516",
  "state": "exported",
  "lock_repositories": true,
  "exclude_attachments": false,
  "exclude_releases": false,
  "exclude_owner_projects": false,
  "repositories": [
    {
      "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}",
      "git_url": "git:github.com/octocat/Hello-World.git",
      "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}",
      "ssh_url": "git@github.com:octocat/Hello-World.git",
      "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}",
      "clone_url": "https://github.com/octocat/Hello-World.git",
      "mirror_url": "git:git.example.com/octocat/Hello-World",
      "hooks_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/hooks",
      "svn_url": "https://svn.github.com/octocat/Hello-World",
      "homepage": "https://github.com",
      "language": null,
      "forks_count": 9,
      "stargazers_count": 80,
      "watchers_count": 80,
      "size": 108,
      "default_branch": "master",
      "open_issues_count": 0,
      "is_template": true,
      "topics": [
        "octocat",
        "atom",
        "electron",
        "api"
      ],
      "has_issues": true,
      "has_projects": true,
      "has_wiki": true,
      "has_pages": false,
      "has_downloads": true,
      "archived": false,
      "disabled": false,
      "visibility": "public",
      "pushed_at": "2011-01-26T19:06:43Z",
      "created_at": "2011-01-26T19:01:12Z",
      "updated_at": "2011-01-26T19:14:43Z",
      "permissions": {
        "admin": false,
        "push": false,
        "pull": true
      },
      "allow_rebase_merge": true,
      "template_repository": null,
      "temp_clone_token": "ABTLWHOULUVAXGTRYU7OC2876QJ2O",
      "allow_squash_merge": true,
      "allow_auto_merge": false,
      "delete_branch_on_merge": true,
      "allow_merge_commit": true,
      "subscribers_count": 42,
      "network_count": 0,
      "license": {
        "key": "mit",
        "name": "MIT License",
        "url": "https://api.github.com/licenses/mit",
        "spdx_id": "MIT",
        "node_id": "MDc6TGljZW5zZW1pdA==",
        "html_url": "https://api.github.com/licenses/mit"
      },
      "forks": 1,
      "open_issues": 1,
      "watchers": 1
    }
  ],
  "url": "https://api.github.com/orgs/octo-org/migrations/79",
  "created_at": "2015-07-06T15:33:38-07:00",
  "updated_at": "2015-07-06T15:33:38-07:00"
}

Not modified

 Status: 304 Not Modified

Requires authentication

 Status: 401 Unauthorized

Forbidden

 Status: 403 Forbidden

Resource not found

 Status: 404 Not Found

Download a user migration archive

Fetches the URL to download the migration archive as a tar.gz file. Depending on the resources your repository uses, the migration archive can contain JSON files with data for these objects:

  • attachments
  • bases
  • commit_comments
  • issue_comments
  • issue_events
  • issues
  • milestones
  • organizations
  • projects
  • protected_branches
  • pull_request_reviews
  • pull_requests
  • releases
  • repositories
  • review_comments
  • schema
  • users

The archive will also contain an attachments directory that includes all attachment files uploaded to GitHub.com and a repositories directory that contains the repository's Git data.

get /user/migrations/{migration_id}/archive

Parameters

NameTypeInDescription
acceptstringheader

Setting toapplication/vnd.github.v3+json is recommended.

migration_idintegerpath

migration_id parameter

Code samples

Shell
 curl \
  -H "Accept: application/vnd.github.v3+json" \
  https://api.github.com/user/migrations/42/archive
JavaScript (@octokit/core.js)
 await octokit.request('GET /user/migrations/{migration_id}/archive', {
  migration_id: 42
})

Response

 Status: 302 Found

Not modified

 Status: 304 Not Modified

Requires authentication

 Status: 401 Unauthorized

Forbidden

 Status: 403 Forbidden

Delete a user migration archive

Deletes a previous migration archive. Downloadable migration archives are automatically deleted after seven days. Migration metadata, which is returned in the List user migrations and Get a user migration status endpoints, will continue to be available even after an archive is deleted.

delete /user/migrations/{migration_id}/archive

Parameters

NameTypeInDescription
acceptstringheader

Setting toapplication/vnd.github.v3+json is recommended.

migration_idintegerpath

migration_id parameter

Code samples

Shell
 curl \
  -X DELETE \
  -H "Accept: application/vnd.github.v3+json" \
  https://api.github.com/user/migrations/42/archive
JavaScript (@octokit/core.js)
 await octokit.request('DELETE /user/migrations/{migration_id}/archive', {
  migration_id: 42
})

Response

 Status: 204 No Content

Not modified

 Status: 304 Not Modified

Requires authentication

 Status: 401 Unauthorized

Forbidden

 Status: 403 Forbidden

Resource not found

 Status: 404 Not Found

Unlock a user repository

Unlocks a repository. You can lock repositories when you start a user migration. Once the migration is complete you can unlock each repository to begin using it again or delete the repository if you no longer need the source data. Returns a status of 404 Not Found if the repository is not locked.

delete /user/migrations/{migration_id}/repos/{repo_name}/lock

Parameters

NameTypeInDescription
acceptstringheader

Setting toapplication/vnd.github.v3+json is recommended.

migration_idintegerpath

migration_id parameter

repo_namestringpath

repo_name parameter

Code samples

Shell
 curl \
  -X DELETE \
  -H "Accept: application/vnd.github.v3+json" \
  https://api.github.com/user/migrations/42/repos/REPO_NAME/lock
JavaScript (@octokit/core.js)
 await octokit.request('DELETE /user/migrations/{migration_id}/repos/{repo_name}/lock', {
  migration_id: 42,
  repo_name: 'repo_name'
})

Response

 Status: 204 No Content

Not modified

 Status: 304 Not Modified

Requires authentication

 Status: 401 Unauthorized

Forbidden

 Status: 403 Forbidden

Resource not found

 Status: 404 Not Found

List repositories for a user migration

Lists all the repositories for this user migration.

get /user/migrations/{migration_id}/repositories

Parameters

NameTypeInDescription
acceptstringheader

Setting toapplication/vnd.github.v3+json is recommended.

migration_idintegerpath

migration_id parameter

per_pageintegerquery

Results per page (max 100)

Default: 30

pageintegerquery

Page number of the results to fetch.

Default: 1

Code samples

Shell
 curl \
  -H "Accept: application/vnd.github.v3+json" \
  https://api.github.com/user/migrations/42/repositories
JavaScript (@octokit/core.js)
 await octokit.request('GET /user/migrations/{migration_id}/repositories', {
  migration_id: 42
})

Response

 Status: 200 OK
 [
  {
    "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",
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