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GitHub Start API

The Start API from GitHub — 3 operation(s) for start.

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

This API exposes 2 operations across 2 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.

2 operations 2 paths 7 schemas 2 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
Contact
License
Terms of Service
Resource Areas
1

Authentication & Security 1

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

  • bearerHttpAuthentication — Bearer Token

Paths & Operations 2

Across 2 paths, the API surfaces 2 operations — 2 POST. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

Start 2
POST
/orgs/{org}/migrations
GitHub Start an Organization Migration
startAnOrganizationMigration 1 param body → 201404422
POST
/setup/api/configure
GitHub Start Configuration Process
startConfigurationProcess → 202401

Schemas 7

The contract defines 7 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are repository (95 properties), nullable-simple-user (21 properties), simple-user (21 properties), migration (18 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

simple-user
object
A GitHub user.
21 properties 18 required
repository
object
A repository on GitHub.
95 properties 73 required
nullable-simple-user
objectnull
A GitHub user.
21 properties 18 required
validation-error
object
Validation Error
3 properties 2 required
basic-error
object
Basic Error
4 properties
migration
object
A migration.
18 properties 16 required
nullable-license-simple
objectnull
License Simple
6 properties 5 required

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

github-start-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

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GitHub Licenses API
GitHub Markdown API
GitHub Meta API
GitHub Notifications API
GitHub Octocat API
GitHub Projects API
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