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GitHub Templates API

The Templates API from GitHub — 4 operation(s) for templates.

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

This API exposes 6 operations across 4 paths, and defines 16 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}.

6 operations 4 paths 16 schemas 3 GET1 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
License
MIT
Terms of Service
View terms
Resource Areas
1

Authentication & Security 1

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

  • bearerHttpAuthentication — Bearer Token

Paths & Operations 6

Across 4 paths, the API surfaces 6 operations — 3 GET, 1 POST, 2 PUT. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

Templates 6
GET
/gitignore/templates/{name}
GitHub Get Gitignore Template
getGitignoreTemplate 1 param → 200304
GET
/orgs/{org}/actions/oidc/customization/sub
GitHub Get the Customization Template for an Oidc Subject Claim for an Organization
getTheCustomizationTemplateForAnOidcSubjectClaimForAnOrganization 1 param → 200
PUT
/orgs/{org}/actions/oidc/customization/sub
GitHub Set the Customization Template for an Oidc Subject Claim for an Organization
setTheCustomizationTemplateForAnOidcSubjectClaimForAnOrganization 1 param body → 201403404
GET
/repos/{owner}/{repo}/actions/oidc/customization/sub
GitHub Get the Customization Template for an Oidc Subject Claim for Repository
getTheCustomizationTemplateForAnOidcSubjectClaimForRepository 5 params → 200400404
PUT
/repos/{owner}/{repo}/actions/oidc/customization/sub
GitHub Set the Customization Template for an Oidc Subject Claim for Repository
setTheCustomizationTemplateForAnOidcSubjectClaimForRepository 5 params body → 201400404422
POST
/repos/{template_owner}/{template_repo}/generate
GitHub Create Repository Using Template
createRepositoryUsingTemplate 5 params body → 201

Schemas 16

The contract defines 16 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are full-repository (102 properties), nullable-repository (95 properties), repository (95 properties), simple-user (21 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

gitignore-template
object
Gitignore Template
2 properties 2 required
empty-object
object
An object without any properties.
oidc-custom-sub
object
Actions OIDC Subject customization
1 property 1 required
basic-error
object
Basic Error
4 properties
scim-error
object
Scim Error
6 properties
empty-object_2
object
An object without any properties.
oidc-custom-sub-repo
object
Actions OIDC subject customization for a repository
2 properties 1 required
validation-error-simple
object
Validation Error Simple
3 properties 2 required
simple-user
object
GitHub user.
21 properties 18 required
nullable-repository
object
repository on GitHub.
95 properties 73 required
full-repository
object
Full Repository
102 properties 75 required
repository
object
repository on GitHub.
95 properties 73 required
code-of-conduct-simple
object
Code of Conduct Simple
4 properties 4 required
nullable-simple-user
object
GitHub user.
21 properties 18 required
nullable-license-simple
object
License Simple
6 properties 5 required
security-and-analysis
object
3 properties

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

github-templates-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

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API Details
ID
github:github-templates-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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