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GitHub Contexts API

The Contexts API from GitHub — 1 operation(s) for contexts.

GitHub Contexts 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 Context. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, API documentation, an AsyncAPI specification, and an API reference.

This API exposes 4 operations across 1 path, and defines 2 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.2.0, at version 1.1.4.

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

4 operations 1 paths 2 schemas 1 DELETE1 GET1 POST1 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 Contexts API declares 1 security scheme for authenticating requests. It accepts HTTP bearer tokens (bearerHttpAuthentication).

  • bearerHttpAuthentication — Bearer Token

Paths & Operations 4

Across 1 path, the API surfaces 4 operations — 1 DELETE, 1 GET, 1 POST, 1 PUT. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

Contexts 4
GET
/repos/{owner}/{repo}/branches/{branch}/protection/required_status_checks/contexts
GitHub Get All Status Check Contexts
getAllStatusCheckContexts 6 params → 200404
POST
/repos/{owner}/{repo}/branches/{branch}/protection/required_status_checks/contexts
GitHub Add Status Check Contexts
addStatusCheckContexts 6 params body → 200403404422
PUT
/repos/{owner}/{repo}/branches/{branch}/protection/required_status_checks/contexts
GitHub Set Status Check Contexts
setStatusCheckContexts 6 params body → 200404422
DELETE
/repos/{owner}/{repo}/branches/{branch}/protection/required_status_checks/contexts
GitHub Remove Status Check Contexts
removeStatusCheckContexts 6 params body → 200404422

Schemas 2

The contract defines 2 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are basic-error (4 properties), validation-error (3 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

validation-error
object
Validation Error
3 properties 2 required
basic-error
object
Basic Error
4 properties

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

github-contexts-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

Other APIs GitHub publishes across the network.

GitHub Events API
GitHub Feeds API
GitHub Gists API
GitHub Issues API
GitHub Licenses API
GitHub Markdown API
GitHub Meta API
GitHub Notifications API
GitHub Octocat API
GitHub Projects API
GitHub Repos API
GitHub Search API
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