GitHub Actions Variables API
Create and manage workflow variables
GitHub Actions Variables API is one of 11 APIs that GitHub Actions publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.
This API exposes 9 JSON Schema definitions.
Tagged areas include Variables. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, API documentation, authentication docs, a getting-started guide, an API reference, a changelog, and 9 JSON Schemas.
This API exposes 5 operations across 2 paths, and defines 1 schema. It is described by OpenAPI 3.1.0, at version 1.0.0.
Requests are made against a single base URL, https://api.github.com.
Metadata
The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.
Authentication & Security 2
GitHub Actions Variables API declares
2 security schemes
for authenticating requests.
It accepts HTTP bearer tokens (bearerAuth).
It accepts HTTP bearer tokens (personalAccessToken).
By default, every request must be authenticated.
bearerAuth— GitHub personal access token or OAuth tokenpersonalAccessToken— Fine-grained personal access token with Actions permissions
Paths & Operations 5
Across 2 paths, the API surfaces 5 operations — 1 DELETE, 2 GET, 1 PATCH, 1 POST. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.
Create and manage workflow variables
Schemas 1
The contract defines 1 schema that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed is ActionsVariable (4 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.
Specification
The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.
Source
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