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GitHub Authorization API

The Authorization API from GitHub — 5 operation(s) for authorization.

GitHub Authorization API is one of 350 APIs that GitHub publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification and an AsyncAPI event-driven specification.

Tagged areas include Authorization. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, API documentation, an AsyncAPI specification, and an API reference.

This API exposes 8 operations across 5 paths, and defines 7 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.2.0, at version 1.1.4.

Requests are made against a single base URL, {protocol}://{hostname}/api/v3.

8 operations 5 paths 7 schemas 2 DELETE2 GET1 PATCH1 POST2 PUT

Metadata

The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.

Specification
OpenAPI 3.2.0
API Version
1.1.4
Base URL
https://api.github.com
Authentication
HTTP Bearer
Contact
License
Terms of Service
Resource Areas
1

Authentication & Security 1

GitHub Authorization API declares 1 security scheme for authenticating requests. It accepts HTTP bearer tokens (bearerHttpAuthentication).

  • bearerHttpAuthentication — Bearer Token

Paths & Operations 8

Across 5 paths, the API surfaces 8 operations — 2 DELETE, 2 GET, 1 PATCH, 1 POST, 2 PUT. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

Authorization 8
DELETE
/applications/{client_id}/grant
GitHub Delete an App Authorization
deleteAnAppAuthorization 1 param body → 204422
GET
/authorizationsdeprecated
GitHub List Your Authorizations
listYourAuthorizations 3 params → 200304401403404
POST
/authorizationsdeprecated
GitHub Createnew Authorization
createnewAuthorization body → 201304401403410422
PUT
/authorizations/clients/{client_id}deprecated
GitHub Get or Create an Authorization Forspecific App
getOrCreateAnAuthorizationForspecificApp 1 param body → 200201304401403422
PUT
/authorizations/clients/{client_id}/{fingerprint}deprecated
GitHub Get or Create an Authorization Forspecific App and Fingerprint
getOrCreateAnAuthorizationForspecificAppAndFingerprint 2 params body → 200201422
GET
/authorizations/{authorization_id}deprecated
GitHub Getsingle Authorization
getsingleAuthorization 1 param → 200304401403
PATCH
/authorizations/{authorization_id}deprecated
GitHub Update an Existing Authorization
updateAnExistingAuthorization 1 param body → 200422
DELETE
/authorizations/{authorization_id}deprecated
GitHub Delete an Authorization
deleteAnAuthorization 1 param → 204304401403

Schemas 7

The contract defines 7 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are app-permissions (45 properties), nullable-simple-user (21 properties), simple-user (21 properties), authorization (15 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

validation-error
object
Validation Error
3 properties 2 required
simple-user
object
A GitHub user.
21 properties 18 required
basic-error
object
Basic Error
4 properties
nullable-scoped-installation
objectnull
7 properties 5 required
authorization
object
The authorization for an OAuth app, GitHub App, or a Personal Access Token.
15 properties 13 required
app-permissions
object
The permissions granted to the user access token.
45 properties
nullable-simple-user
objectnull
A GitHub user.
21 properties 18 required

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

github-authorization-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

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