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GitHub Releases API

The Releases API from GitHub — 10 operation(s) for releases.

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

This API exposes 17 operations across 10 paths, and defines 10 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.2.0, at version 1.1.4.

Requests are made against 2 base URLs: {protocol}://{hostname}/api/v3, {protocol}://{hostname}.

17 operations 10 paths 10 schemas 3 DELETE8 GET2 PATCH4 POST

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
License
MIT
Terms of Service
View terms
Resource Areas
1

Authentication & Security 1

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

  • bearerHttpAuthentication — Bearer Token

Paths & Operations 17

Across 10 paths, the API surfaces 17 operations — 3 DELETE, 8 GET, 2 PATCH, 4 POST. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

Releases 17
GET
/manage/v1/version
GitHub Get All Ghes Release Versions for All Nodes
getAllGhesReleaseVersionsForAllNodes 2 params → 200401500
GET
/repos/{owner}/{repo}/releases
GitHub List Releases
listReleases 7 params → 200404
POST
/repos/{owner}/{repo}/releases
GitHub Create Release
createRelease 5 params body → 201422
GET
/repos/{owner}/{repo}/releases/assets/{asset_id}
GitHub Get Release Asset
getReleaseAsset 6 params → 200302404
PATCH
/repos/{owner}/{repo}/releases/assets/{asset_id}
GitHub Update Release Asset
updateReleaseAsset 6 params body → 200
DELETE
/repos/{owner}/{repo}/releases/assets/{asset_id}
GitHub Delete Release Asset
deleteReleaseAsset 6 params → 204
POST
/repos/{owner}/{repo}/releases/generate-notes
GitHub Generate Release Notes Content for Release
generateReleaseNotesContentForRelease 5 params body → 200404
GET
/repos/{owner}/{repo}/releases/latest
GitHub Get the Latest Release
getTheLatestRelease 5 params → 200
GET
/repos/{owner}/{repo}/releases/tags/{tag}
GitHub Get Release by Tag Name
getReleaseByTagName 6 params → 200404
GET
/repos/{owner}/{repo}/releases/{release_id}
GitHub Get Release
getRelease 6 params → 200401
PATCH
/repos/{owner}/{repo}/releases/{release_id}
GitHub Update Release
updateRelease 6 params body → 200
DELETE
/repos/{owner}/{repo}/releases/{release_id}
GitHub Delete Release
deleteRelease 6 params → 204
GET
/repos/{owner}/{repo}/releases/{release_id}/assets
GitHub List Release Assets
listReleaseAssets 8 params → 200
POST
/repos/{owner}/{repo}/releases/{release_id}/assets
GitHub Upload Release Asset
uploadReleaseAsset 8 params body → 201422
GET
/repos/{owner}/{repo}/releases/{release_id}/reactions
GitHub List Reactions for Release
listReactionsForRelease 9 params → 200404
POST
/repos/{owner}/{repo}/releases/{release_id}/reactions
GitHub Create Reaction for Release
createReactionForRelease 6 params body → 200201422
DELETE
/repos/{owner}/{repo}/releases/{release_id}/reactions/{reaction_id}
GitHub Delete Release Reaction
deleteReleaseReaction 7 params → 204

Schemas 10

The contract defines 10 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are release (22 properties), nullable-simple-user (21 properties), simple-user (21 properties), release-asset (13 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

ghes-version
array
simple-user
object
GitHub user.
21 properties 18 required
validation-error
object
Validation Error
3 properties 2 required
basic-error
object
Basic Error
4 properties
release-notes-content
object
Generated name and body describing a release
2 properties 2 required
release-asset
object
Data related to a release.
13 properties 13 required
reaction-rollup
object
10 properties 10 required
release
object
release.
22 properties 17 required
reaction
object
Reactions to conversations provide a way to help people express their feelings more simply and effectively.
5 properties 5 required
nullable-simple-user
object
GitHub user.
21 properties 18 required

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

github-releases-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

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API Details
ID
github:github-releases-api
Base URL
https://api.github.com
Docs
https://docs.github.com/en/rest/apps?apiVersion=2022-11-28
Provider
GitHub
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