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Deployments

In this article

The deployments API allows you to create and delete deploy keys, deployments, and deployment environments.

Deployments are requests to deploy a specific ref (branch, SHA, tag). GitHub dispatches a deployment event that external services can listen for and act on when new deployments are created. Deployments enable developers and organizations to build loosely coupled tooling around deployments, without having to worry about the implementation details of delivering different types of applications (e.g., web, native).

Deployment statuses allow external services to mark deployments with an error, failure, pending, in_progress, queued, or success state that systems listening to deployment_status events can consume.

Deployment statuses can also include an optional description and log_url, which are highly recommended because they make deployment statuses more useful. The log_url is the full URL to the deployment output, and the description is a high-level summary of what happened with the deployment.

GitHub dispatches deployment and deployment_status events when new deployments and deployment statuses are created. These events allows third-party integrations to receive respond to deployment requests and update the status of a deployment as progress is made.

Below is a simple sequence diagram for how these interactions would work.

+---------+             +--------+            +-----------+        +-------------+
| Tooling |             | GitHub |            | 3rd Party |        | Your Server |
+---------+             +--------+            +-----------+        +-------------+
     |                      |                       |                     |
     |  Create Deployment   |                       |                     |
     |--------------------->|                       |                     |
     |                      |                       |                     |
     |  Deployment Created  |                       |                     |
     |<---------------------|                       |                     |
     |                      |                       |                     |
     |                      |   Deployment Event    |                     |
     |                      |---------------------->|                     |
     |                      |                       |     SSH+Deploys     |
     |                      |                       |-------------------->|
     |                      |                       |                     |
     |                      |   Deployment Status   |                     |
     |                      |<----------------------|                     |
     |                      |                       |                     |
     |                      |                       |   Deploy Completed  |
     |                      |                       |<--------------------|
     |                      |                       |                     |
     |                      |   Deployment Status   |                     |
     |                      |<----------------------|                     |
     |                      |                       |                     |

Keep in mind that GitHub is never actually accessing your servers. It's up to your third-party integration to interact with deployment events. Multiple systems can listen for deployment events, and it's up to each of those systems to decide whether they're responsible for pushing the code out to your servers, building native code, etc.

Note that the repo_deployment OAuth scope grants targeted access to deployments and deployment statuses without granting access to repository code, while the public_repo andrepo scopes grant permission to code as well.

Inactive deployments

When you set the state of a deployment to success, then all prior non-transient, non-production environment deployments in the same repository with the same environment name will become inactive. To avoid this, you can set auto_inactive to false when creating the deployment status.

You can communicate that a transient environment no longer exists by setting its state to inactive. Setting the state to inactive shows the deployment as destroyed in GitHub and removes access to it.

List deployments

Simple filtering of deployments is available via query parameters:

get /repos/{owner}/{repo}/deployments

Parameters

Name Type In Description
accept string header

Setting to application/vnd.github.v3+json is recommended.See preview notice
owner string path
repo string path
sha string query

The SHA recorded at creation time.

Default: none
ref string query

The name of the ref. This can be a branch, tag, or SHA.

Default: none
task string query

The name of the task for the deployment (e.g., deploy or deploy:migrations).

Default: none
environment string query

The name of the environment that was deployed to (e.g., staging or production).

Default: none
per_page integer query

Results per page (max 100)

Default: 30
page integer query

Page number of the results to fetch.

Default: 1

Code samples

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

Response

Status: 200 OK
[
  {
    "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/example/deployments/1",
    "id": 1,
    "node_id": "MDEwOkRlcGxveW1lbnQx",
    "sha": "a84d88e7554fc1fa21bcbc4efae3c782a70d2b9d",
    "ref": "topic-branch",
    "task": "deploy",
    "payload": {},
    "original_environment": "staging",
    "environment": "production",
    "description": "Deploy request from hubot",
    "creator": {
      "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
    },
    "created_at": "2012-07-20T01:19:13Z",
    "updated_at": "2012-07-20T01:19:13Z",
    "statuses_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/example/deployments/1/statuses",
    "repository_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/example",
    "transient_environment": false,
    "production_environment": true
  }
]

Notes

Preview notice

The inactive state and the log_url, environment_url, and auto_inactive parameters are currently available for developers to preview. Please see the blog post for full details.

To access the API during the preview period, you must provide a custom media type in the Accept header:

application/vnd.github.ant-man-preview+json

Create a deployment

Deployments offer a few configurable parameters with certain defaults.

The ref parameter can be any named branch, tag, or SHA. At GitHub Enterprise Server we often deploy branches and verify them before we merge a pull request.

The environment parameter allows deployments to be issued to different runtime environments. Teams often have multiple environments for verifying their applications, such as production, staging, and qa. This parameter makes it easier to track which environments have requested deployments. The default environment is production.

The auto_merge parameter is used to ensure that the requested ref is not behind the repository's default branch. If the ref is behind the default branch for the repository, we will attempt to merge it for you. If the merge succeeds, the API will return a successful merge commit. If merge conflicts prevent the merge from succeeding, the API will return a failure response.

By default, commit statuses for every submitted context must be in a success state. The required_contexts parameter allows you to specify a subset of contexts that must be success, or to specify contexts that have not yet been submitted. You are not required to use commit statuses to deploy. If you do not require any contexts or create any commit statuses, the deployment will always succeed.

The payload parameter is available for any extra information that a deployment system might need. It is a JSON text field that will be passed on when a deployment event is dispatched.

The task parameter is used by the deployment system to allow different execution paths. In the web world this might be deploy:migrations to run schema changes on the system. In the compiled world this could be a flag to compile an application with debugging enabled.

Users with repo or repo_deployment scopes can create a deployment for a given ref.

Merged branch response

You will see this response when GitHub automatically merges the base branch into the topic branch instead of creating a deployment. This auto-merge happens when:

  • Auto-merge option is enabled in the repository
  • Topic branch does not include the latest changes on the base branch, which is master in the response example
  • There are no merge conflicts

If there are no new commits in the base branch, a new request to create a deployment should give a successful response.

Merge conflict response

This error happens when the auto_merge option is enabled and when the default branch (in this case master), can't be merged into the branch that's being deployed (in this case topic-branch), due to merge conflicts.

Failed commit status checks

This error happens when the required_contexts parameter indicates that one or more contexts need to have a success status for the commit to be deployed, but one or more of the required contexts do not have a state of success.

post /repos/{owner}/{repo}/deployments

Parameters

Name Type In Description
accept string header

Setting to application/vnd.github.v3+json is recommended.See preview notice
owner string path
repo string path
ref string body

Required. The ref to deploy. This can be a branch, tag, or SHA.
task string body

Specifies a task to execute (e.g., deploy or deploy:migrations).

Default: deploy
auto_merge boolean body

Attempts to automatically merge the default branch into the requested ref, if it's behind the default branch.

Default: true
required_contexts array of strings body

The status contexts to verify against commit status checks. If you omit this parameter, GitHub verifies all unique contexts before creating a deployment. To bypass checking entirely, pass an empty array. Defaults to all unique contexts.
payload object or string body

JSON payload with extra information about the deployment.
environment string body

Name for the target deployment environment (e.g., production, staging, qa).

Default: production
description string or nullable body

Short description of the deployment.

Default:
transient_environment boolean body

Specifies if the given environment is specific to the deployment and will no longer exist at some point in the future. Default: false
Note: This parameter requires you to use the application/vnd.github.ant-man-preview+json custom media type.

Default: false
production_environment boolean body

Specifies if the given environment is one that end-users directly interact with. Default: true when environment is production and false otherwise.
Note: This parameter requires you to use the application/vnd.github.ant-man-preview+json custom media type.

Code samples

Shell
curl \
  -X POST \
  -H "Accept: application/vnd.github.v3+json" \
  http(s)://{hostname}/api/v3/repos/octocat/hello-world/deployments \
  -d '{"ref":"ref"}'
JavaScript (@octokit/core.js)
await octokit.request('POST /repos/{owner}/{repo}/deployments', {
  owner: 'octocat',
  repo: 'hello-world',
  ref: 'ref'
})

Simple example

Status: 201 Created
{
  "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/example/deployments/1",
  "id": 1,
  "node_id": "MDEwOkRlcGxveW1lbnQx",
  "sha": "a84d88e7554fc1fa21bcbc4efae3c782a70d2b9d",
  "ref": "topic-branch",
  "task": "deploy",
  "payload": {},
  "original_environment": "staging",
  "environment": "production",
  "description": "Deploy request from hubot",
  "creator": {
    "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
  },
  "created_at": "2012-07-20T01:19:13Z",
  "updated_at": "2012-07-20T01:19:13Z",
  "statuses_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/example/deployments/1/statuses",
  "repository_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/example",
  "transient_environment": false,
  "production_environment": true
}

Merged branch response

Status: 202 Accepted
{
  "message": "Auto-merged master into topic-branch on deployment."
}

Conflict when there is a merge conflict or the commit's status checks failed

Status: 409 Conflict

Validation failed

Status: 422 Unprocessable Entity

Notes

Preview notice

The inactive state and the log_url, environment_url, and auto_inactive parameters are currently available for developers to preview. Please see the blog post for full details.

To access the API during the preview period, you must provide a custom media type in the Accept header:

application/vnd.github.ant-man-preview+json

Get a deployment 

get /repos/{owner}/{repo}/deployments/{deployment_id}

Parameters

Name Type In Description
accept string header

Setting to application/vnd.github.v3+json is recommended.See preview notices
owner string path
repo string path
deployment_id integer path

deployment_id parameter

Code samples

Shell
curl \
  -H "Accept: application/vnd.github.v3+json" \
  http(s)://{hostname}/api/v3/repos/octocat/hello-world/deployments/42
JavaScript (@octokit/core.js)
await octokit.request('GET /repos/{owner}/{repo}/deployments/{deployment_id}', {
  owner: 'octocat',
  repo: 'hello-world',
  deployment_id: 42
})

Response

Status: 200 OK
{
  "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/example/deployments/1",
  "id": 1,
  "node_id": "MDEwOkRlcGxveW1lbnQx",
  "sha": "a84d88e7554fc1fa21bcbc4efae3c782a70d2b9d",
  "ref": "topic-branch",
  "task": "deploy",
  "payload": {},
  "original_environment": "staging",
  "environment": "production",
  "description": "Deploy request from hubot",
  "creator": {
    "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
  },
  "created_at": "2012-07-20T01:19:13Z",
  "updated_at": "2012-07-20T01:19:13Z",
  "statuses_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/example/deployments/1/statuses",
  "repository_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/example",
  "transient_environment": false,
  "production_environment": true
}

Resource not found

Status: 404 Not Found

Notes

Preview notices

New features in the Deployments API on GitHub are currently available during a public beta. Please see the blog post for full details.

To access the new environment parameter, the two new values for the state parameter (in_progress and queued), and use auto_inactive on production deployments during the public beta period, you must provide the following custom media type in the Accept header:

application/vnd.github.flash-preview+json

The inactive state and the log_url, environment_url, and auto_inactive parameters are currently available for developers to preview. Please see the blog post for full details.

To access the API during the preview period, you must provide a custom media type in the Accept header:

application/vnd.github.ant-man-preview+json

Delete a deployment

If the repository only has one deployment, you can delete the deployment regardless of its status. If the repository has more than one deployment, you can only delete inactive deployments. This ensures that repositories with multiple deployments will always have an active deployment. Anyone with repo or repo_deployment scopes can delete a deployment.

To set a deployment as inactive, you must:

  • Create a new deployment that is active so that the system has a record of the current state, then delete the previously active deployment.
  • Mark the active deployment as inactive by adding any non-successful deployment status.

For more information, see "Create a deployment" and "Create a deployment status."

delete /repos/{owner}/{repo}/deployments/{deployment_id}

Parameters

Name Type In Description
accept string header

Setting to application/vnd.github.v3+json is recommended.
owner string path
repo string path
deployment_id integer path

deployment_id parameter

Code samples

Shell
curl \
  -X DELETE \
  -H "Accept: application/vnd.github.v3+json" \
  http(s)://{hostname}/api/v3/repos/octocat/hello-world/deployments/42
JavaScript (@octokit/core.js)
await octokit.request('DELETE /repos/{owner}/{repo}/deployments/{deployment_id}', {
  owner: 'octocat',
  repo: 'hello-world',
  deployment_id: 42
})

Response

Status: 204 No Content

Resource not found

Status: 404 Not Found

Validation failed

Status: 422 Unprocessable Entity

Notes

Deployment statuses

List deployment statuses

Users with pull access can view deployment statuses for a deployment:

get /repos/{owner}/{repo}/deployments/{deployment_id}/statuses

Parameters

Name Type In Description
accept string header

Setting to application/vnd.github.v3+json is recommended.See preview notices
owner string path
repo string path
deployment_id integer path

deployment_id parameter
per_page integer query

Results per page (max 100)

Default: 30
page integer query

Page number of the results to fetch.

Default: 1

Code samples

Shell
curl \
  -H "Accept: application/vnd.github.v3+json" \
  http(s)://{hostname}/api/v3/repos/octocat/hello-world/deployments/42/statuses
JavaScript (@octokit/core.js)
await octokit.request('GET /repos/{owner}/{repo}/deployments/{deployment_id}/statuses', {
  owner: 'octocat',
  repo: 'hello-world',
  deployment_id: 42
})

Response

Status: 200 OK
[
  {
    "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/example/deployments/42/statuses/1",
    "id": 1,
    "node_id": "MDE2OkRlcGxveW1lbnRTdGF0dXMx",
    "state": "success",
    "creator": {
      "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
    },
    "description": "Deployment finished successfully.",
    "environment": "production",
    "target_url": "https://example.com/deployment/42/output",
    "created_at": "2012-07-20T01:19:13Z",
    "updated_at": "2012-07-20T01:19:13Z",
    "deployment_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/example/deployments/42",
    "repository_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/example",
    "environment_url": "https://test-branch.lab.acme.com",
    "log_url": "https://example.com/deployment/42/output"
  }
]

Resource not found

Status: 404 Not Found

Notes

Preview notices

New features in the Deployments API on GitHub are currently available during a public beta. Please see the blog post for full details.

To access the new environment parameter, the two new values for the state parameter (in_progress and queued), and use auto_inactive on production deployments during the public beta period, you must provide the following custom media type in the Accept header:

application/vnd.github.flash-preview+json

The inactive state and the log_url, environment_url, and auto_inactive parameters are currently available for developers to preview. Please see the blog post for full details.

To access the API during the preview period, you must provide a custom media type in the Accept header:

application/vnd.github.ant-man-preview+json

Create a deployment status

Users with push access can create deployment statuses for a given deployment.

GitHub Apps require read & write access to "Deployments" and read-only access to "Repo contents" (for private repos). OAuth Apps require the repo_deployment scope.

post /repos/{owner}/{repo}/deployments/{deployment_id}/statuses

Parameters

Name Type In Description
accept string header

Setting to application/vnd.github.v3+json is recommended.See preview notices
owner string path
repo string path
deployment_id integer path

deployment_id parameter
state string body

Required. The state of the status. Can be one of error, failure, inactive, in_progress, queued, pending, or success. Note: To use the inactive state, you must provide the application/vnd.github.ant-man-preview+json custom media type. When you set a transient deployment to inactive, the deployment will be shown as destroyed in GitHub.
target_url string body

The target URL to associate with this status. This URL should contain output to keep the user updated while the task is running or serve as historical information for what happened in the deployment. Note: It's recommended to use the log_url parameter, which replaces target_url.

Default:
log_url string body

The full URL of the deployment's output. This parameter replaces target_url. We will continue to accept target_url to support legacy uses, but we recommend replacing target_url with log_url. Setting log_url will automatically set target_url to the same value. Default: ""
Note: This parameter requires you to use the application/vnd.github.ant-man-preview+json custom media type.

Default:
description string body

A short description of the status. The maximum description length is 140 characters.

Default:
environment string body

Name for the target deployment environment, which can be changed when setting a deploy status. For example, production, staging, or qa.
environment_url string body

Sets the URL for accessing your environment. Default: ""
Note: This parameter requires you to use the application/vnd.github.ant-man-preview+json custom media type.

Default:
auto_inactive boolean body

Adds a new inactive status to all prior non-transient, non-production environment deployments with the same repository and environment name as the created status's deployment. An inactive status is only added to deployments that had a success state. Default: trueNote: This parameter requires you to use the application/vnd.github.ant-man-preview+json custom media type.

Code samples

Shell
curl \
  -X POST \
  -H "Accept: application/vnd.github.v3+json" \
  http(s)://{hostname}/api/v3/repos/octocat/hello-world/deployments/42/statuses \
  -d '{"state":"state"}'
JavaScript (@octokit/core.js)
await octokit.request('POST /repos/{owner}/{repo}/deployments/{deployment_id}/statuses', {
  owner: 'octocat',
  repo: 'hello-world',
  deployment_id: 42,
  state: 'state'
})

Response

Status: 201 Created
{
  "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/example/deployments/42/statuses/1",
  "id": 1,
  "node_id": "MDE2OkRlcGxveW1lbnRTdGF0dXMx",
  "state": "success",
  "creator": {
    "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
  },
  "description": "Deployment finished successfully.",
  "environment": "production",
  "target_url": "https://example.com/deployment/42/output",
  "created_at": "2012-07-20T01:19:13Z",
  "updated_at": "2012-07-20T01:19:13Z",
  "deployment_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/example/deployments/42",
  "repository_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/example",
  "environment_url": "https://test-branch.lab.acme.com",
  "log_url": "https://example.com/deployment/42/output"
}

Validation failed

Status: 422 Unprocessable Entity

Notes

Preview notices

New features in the Deployments API on GitHub are currently available during a public beta. Please see the blog post for full details.

To access the new environment parameter, the two new values for the state parameter (in_progress and queued), and use auto_inactive on production deployments during the public beta period, you must provide the following custom media type in the Accept header:

application/vnd.github.flash-preview+json

The inactive state and the log_url, environment_url, and auto_inactive parameters are currently available for developers to preview. Please see the blog post for full details.

To access the API during the preview period, you must provide a custom media type in the Accept header:

application/vnd.github.ant-man-preview+json

Get a deployment status

Users with pull access can view a deployment status for a deployment:

get /repos/{owner}/{repo}/deployments/{deployment_id}/statuses/{status_id}

Parameters

Name Type In Description
accept string header

Setting to application/vnd.github.v3+json is recommended.See preview notices
owner string path
repo string path
deployment_id integer path

deployment_id parameter
status_id integer path

Code samples

Shell
curl \
  -H "Accept: application/vnd.github.v3+json" \
  http(s)://{hostname}/api/v3/repos/octocat/hello-world/deployments/42/statuses/42
JavaScript (@octokit/core.js)
await octokit.request('GET /repos/{owner}/{repo}/deployments/{deployment_id}/statuses/{status_id}', {
  owner: 'octocat',
  repo: 'hello-world',
  deployment_id: 42,
  status_id: 42
})

Response

Status: 200 OK
{
  "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/example/deployments/42/statuses/1",
  "id": 1,
  "node_id": "MDE2OkRlcGxveW1lbnRTdGF0dXMx",
  "state": "success",
  "creator": {
    "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
  },
  "description": "Deployment finished successfully.",
  "environment": "production",
  "target_url": "https://example.com/deployment/42/output",
  "created_at": "2012-07-20T01:19:13Z",
  "updated_at": "2012-07-20T01:19:13Z",
  "deployment_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/example/deployments/42",
  "repository_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/example",
  "environment_url": "https://test-branch.lab.acme.com",
  "log_url": "https://example.com/deployment/42/output"
}

Resource not found

Status: 404 Not Found

Notes

Preview notices

New features in the Deployments API on GitHub are currently available during a public beta. Please see the blog post for full details.

To access the new environment parameter, the two new values for the state parameter (in_progress and queued), and use auto_inactive on production deployments during the public beta period, you must provide the following custom media type in the Accept header:

application/vnd.github.flash-preview+json

The inactive state and the log_url, environment_url, and auto_inactive parameters are currently available for developers to preview. Please see the blog post for full details.

To access the API during the preview period, you must provide a custom media type in the Accept header:

application/vnd.github.ant-man-preview+json

Deploy keys

You can launch projects from a repository on your GitHub Enterprise Server instance to your server by using a deploy key, which is an SSH key that grants access to a single repository. GitHub Enterprise Server attaches the public part of the key directly to your repository instead of a personal user account, and the private part of the key remains on your server. For more information, see "Delivering deployments."

Deploy keys can either be setup using the following API endpoints, or by using GitHub. To learn how to set deploy keys up in GitHub, see "Managing deploy keys."

List deploy keys 

get /repos/{owner}/{repo}/keys

Parameters

Name Type In Description
accept string header

Setting to application/vnd.github.v3+json is recommended.
owner string path
repo string path
per_page integer query

Results per page (max 100)

Default: 30
page integer query

Page number of the results to fetch.

Default: 1

Code samples

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

Response

Status: 200 OK
[
  {
    "id": 1,
    "key": "ssh-rsa AAA...",
    "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/keys/1",
    "title": "octocat@octomac",
    "verified": true,
    "created_at": "2014-12-10T15:53:42Z",
    "read_only": true
  }
]

Notes

Create a deploy key

You can create a read-only deploy key.

post /repos/{owner}/{repo}/keys

Parameters

Name Type In Description
accept string header

Setting to application/vnd.github.v3+json is recommended.
owner string path
repo string path
title string body

A name for the key.
key string body

Required. The contents of the key.
read_only boolean body

If true, the key will only be able to read repository contents. Otherwise, the key will be able to read and write.

Deploy keys with write access can perform the same actions as an organization member with admin access, or a collaborator on a personal repository. For more information, see "Repository permission levels for an organization" and "Permission levels for a user account repository."

Code samples

Shell
curl \
  -X POST \
  -H "Accept: application/vnd.github.v3+json" \
  http(s)://{hostname}/api/v3/repos/octocat/hello-world/keys \
  -d '{"key":"key"}'
JavaScript (@octokit/core.js)
await octokit.request('POST /repos/{owner}/{repo}/keys', {
  owner: 'octocat',
  repo: 'hello-world',
  key: 'key'
})

Response

Status: 201 Created
{
  "id": 1,
  "key": "ssh-rsa AAA...",
  "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/keys/1",
  "title": "octocat@octomac",
  "verified": true,
  "created_at": "2014-12-10T15:53:42Z",
  "read_only": true
}

Validation failed

Status: 422 Unprocessable Entity

Notes

Get a deploy key 

get /repos/{owner}/{repo}/keys/{key_id}

Parameters

Name Type In Description
accept string header

Setting to application/vnd.github.v3+json is recommended.
owner string path
repo string path
key_id integer path

key_id parameter

Code samples

Shell
curl \
  -H "Accept: application/vnd.github.v3+json" \
  http(s)://{hostname}/api/v3/repos/octocat/hello-world/keys/42
JavaScript (@octokit/core.js)
await octokit.request('GET /repos/{owner}/{repo}/keys/{key_id}', {
  owner: 'octocat',
  repo: 'hello-world',
  key_id: 42
})

Response

Status: 200 OK
{
  "id": 1,
  "key": "ssh-rsa AAA...",
  "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/keys/1",
  "title": "octocat@octomac",
  "verified": true,
  "created_at": "2014-12-10T15:53:42Z",
  "read_only": true
}

Resource not found

Status: 404 Not Found

Notes

Delete a deploy key

Deploy keys are immutable. If you need to update a key, remove the key and create a new one instead.

delete /repos/{owner}/{repo}/keys/{key_id}

Parameters

Name Type In Description
accept string header

Setting to application/vnd.github.v3+json is recommended.
owner string path
repo string path
key_id integer path

key_id parameter

Code samples

Shell
curl \
  -X DELETE \
  -H "Accept: application/vnd.github.v3+json" \
  http(s)://{hostname}/api/v3/repos/octocat/hello-world/keys/42
JavaScript (@octokit/core.js)
await octokit.request('DELETE /repos/{owner}/{repo}/keys/{key_id}', {
  owner: 'octocat',
  repo: 'hello-world',
  key_id: 42
})

Response

Status: 204 No Content

Notes