Pages - GitHub Docs

The GitHub Pages API allows you to interact with GitHub Pages sites and build information.

Get a GitHub Pages site

Parameters

Headers
Name, Type, Description
`accept`string Setting to `application/vnd.github.v3+json` is recommended.
Path parameters
Name, Type, Description
`owner`stringRequired The account owner of the repository. The name is not case sensitive.
`repo`stringRequired The name of the repository. The name is not case sensitive.

HTTP response status codes

Status code	Description
`200`	OK
`404`	Resource not found

Code samples

get/repos/{owner}/{repo}/pages

curl \
  -H "Accept: application/vnd.github.v3+json" \
  https://api.github.com/repos/OWNER/REPO/pages

Response

Status: 200

{
  "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/github/developer.github.com/pages",
  "status": "built",
  "cname": "developer.github.com",
  "custom_404": false,
  "html_url": "https://developer.github.com",
  "source": {
    "branch": "master",
    "path": "/"
  },
  "public": true,
  "https_certificate": {
    "state": "approved",
    "description": "Certificate is approved",
    "domains": [
      "developer.github.com"
    ],
    "expires_at": "2021-05-22"
  },
  "https_enforced": true
}

Create a GitHub Pages site

Works with GitHub Apps

Configures a GitHub Pages site. For more information, see "About GitHub Pages."

Parameters

Headers

Name, Type, Description

acceptstring

Setting to application/vnd.github.v3+json is recommended.

Path parameters

Name, Type, Description

ownerstringRequired

The account owner of the repository. The name is not case sensitive.

repostringRequired

The name of the repository. The name is not case sensitive.

Body parameters

Name, Type, Description

sourceobject

The source branch and directory used to publish your Pages site.

Properties of thesourceobject

Name, Type, Description
`branch`stringRequired The repository branch used to publish your site's source files.
`path`string The repository directory that includes the source files for the Pages site. Allowed paths are `/` or `/docs`. Default: `/` Default: `/` Can be one of: `/`, `/docs`

HTTP response status codes

Status code	Description
`201`	Created
`409`	Conflict
`422`	Validation failed

Code samples

post/repos/{owner}/{repo}/pages

curl \
  -X POST \
  -H "Accept: application/vnd.github.v3+json" \
  https://api.github.com/repos/OWNER/REPO/pages \
  -d '{"source":{"branch":"main","path":"/docs"}}'

Response

Status: 201

{
  "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/github/developer.github.com/pages",
  "status": "built",
  "cname": "developer.github.com",
  "custom_404": false,
  "html_url": "https://developer.github.com",
  "source": {
    "branch": "master",
    "path": "/"
  },
  "public": true,
  "https_certificate": {
    "state": "approved",
    "description": "Certificate is approved",
    "domains": [
      "developer.github.com"
    ],
    "expires_at": "2021-05-22"
  },
  "https_enforced": true
}

Update information about a GitHub Pages site

Works with GitHub Apps

Updates information for a GitHub Pages site. For more information, see "About GitHub Pages.

Parameters

Headers
Name, Type, Description
`accept`string Setting to `application/vnd.github.v3+json` is recommended.
Path parameters
Name, Type, Description
`owner`stringRequired The account owner of the repository. The name is not case sensitive.
`repo`stringRequired The name of the repository. The name is not case sensitive.
Body parameters
Name, Type, Description
`cname`string or null Specify a custom domain for the repository. Sending a `null` value will remove the custom domain. For more about custom domains, see "Using a custom domain with GitHub Pages."
`https_enforced`boolean Specify whether HTTPS should be enforced for the repository.
`public`boolean Configures access controls for the GitHub Pages site. If public is set to `true`, the site is accessible to anyone on the internet. If set to `false`, the site will only be accessible to users who have at least `read` access to the repository that published the site. This includes anyone in your Enterprise if the repository is set to `internal` visibility. This feature is only available to repositories in an organization on an Enterprise plan.
`source`

HTTP response status codes

Status code	Description
`204`	No Content
`400`	Bad Request
`422`	Validation failed

Headers
`accept`string Setting to `application/vnd.github.v3+json` is recommended.
Path parameters
Name, Type, Description
`owner`stringRequired The account owner of the repository. The name is not case sensitive.
`repo`stringRequired The name of the repository. The name is not case sensitive.

List GitHub Pages builds

Works with GitHub Apps

Parameters

Headers
Name, Type, Description
`accept`string Setting to `application/vnd.github.v3+json` is recommended.
Path parameters
Name, Type, Description
`owner`stringRequired The account owner of the repository. The name is not case sensitive.
`repo`stringRequired The name of the repository. The name is not case sensitive.
Query parameters
Name, Type, Description
`per_page`integer The number of results per page (max 100). Default: `30`
`page`integer Page number of the results to fetch. Default: `1`

HTTP response status codes

Status code	Description
`200`	OK

Code samples

get/repos/{owner}/{repo}/pages/builds

curl \
  -H "Accept: application/vnd.github.v3+json" \
  https://api.github.com/repos/OWNER/REPO/pages/builds

Response

Status: 200

[
  {
    "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/github/developer.github.com/pages/builds/5472601",
    "status": "built",
    "error": {
      "message": null
    },
    "pusher": {
      "login": "octocat",
      "id": 1,
      "node_id": "MDQ6VXNlcjE=",
      "avatar_url": "https://github.com/images/error/octocat_happy.gif",
      "gravatar_id": "",
      "url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat",
      "html_url": "https://github.com/octocat",
      "followers_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/followers",
      "following_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/following{/other_user}",
      "gists_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/gists{/gist_id}",
      "starred_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/starred{/owner}{/repo}",
      "subscriptions_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/subscriptions",
      "organizations_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/orgs",
      "repos_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/repos",
      "events_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/events{/privacy}",
      "received_events_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/received_events",
      "type": "User",
      "site_admin": false
    },
    "commit": "351391cdcb88ffae71ec3028c91f375a8036a26b",
    "duration": 2104,
    "created_at": "2014-02-10T19:00:49Z",
    "updated_at": "2014-02-10T19:00:51Z"
  }
]

You can request that your site be built from the latest revision on the default branch. This has the same effect as pushing a commit to your default branch, but does not require an additional commit. Manually triggering page builds can be helpful when diagnosing build warnings and failures.

Build requests are limited to one concurrent build per repository and one concurrent build per requester. If you request a build while another is still in progress, the second request will be queued until the first completes.

Parameters

Headers
Name, Type, Description
`accept`string Setting to `application/vnd.github.v3+json` is recommended.
Path parameters
Name, Type, Description
`owner`stringRequired The account owner of the repository. The name is not case sensitive.
`repo`stringRequired The name of the repository. The name is not case sensitive.

HTTP response status codes

Status code	Description
`201`	Created

Code samples

post/repos/{owner}/{repo}/pages/builds

curl \
  -X POST \
  -H "Accept: application/vnd.github.v3+json" \
  https://api.github.com/repos/OWNER/REPO/pages/builds

Response

Status: 201

{
  "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/github/developer.github.com/pages/builds/latest",
  "status": "queued"
}

Get latest Pages build

Works with GitHub Apps

Parameters

Headers
Name, Type, Description
`accept`string Setting to `application/vnd.github.v3+json` is recommended.
Path parameters
Name, Type, Description
`owner`stringRequired The account owner of the repository. The name is not case sensitive.
`repo`stringRequired The name of the repository. The name is not case sensitive.

HTTP response status codes

Status code	Description
`200`	OK

Code samples

get/repos/{owner}/{repo}/pages/builds/latest

curl \
  -H "Accept: application/vnd.github.v3+json" \
  https://api.github.com/repos/OWNER/REPO/pages/builds/latest

Response

Status: 200

{
  "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/github/developer.github.com/pages/builds/5472601",
  "status": "built",
  "error": {
    "message": null
  },
  "pusher": {
    "login": "octocat",
    "id": 1,
    "node_id": "MDQ6VXNlcjE=",
    "avatar_url": "https://github.com/images/error/octocat_happy.gif",
    "gravatar_id": "",
    "url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat",
    "html_url": "https://github.com/octocat",
    "followers_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/followers",
    "following_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/following{/other_user}",
    "gists_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/gists{/gist_id}",
    "starred_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/starred{/owner}{/repo}",
    "subscriptions_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/subscriptions",
    "organizations_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/orgs",
    "repos_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/repos",
    "events_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/events{/privacy}",
    "received_events_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/received_events",
    "type": "User",
    "site_admin": false
  },
  "commit": "351391cdcb88ffae71ec3028c91f375a8036a26b",
  "duration": 2104,
  "created_at": "2014-02-10T19:00:49Z",
  "updated_at": "2014-02-10T19:00:51Z"
}

Get GitHub Pages build

Works with GitHub Apps

Parameters

Headers
Name, Type, Description
`accept`string Setting to `application/vnd.github.v3+json` is recommended.
Path parameters
Name, Type, Description
`owner`stringRequired The account owner of the repository. The name is not case sensitive.
`repo`stringRequired The name of the repository. The name is not case sensitive.
`build_id`integerRequired

HTTP response status codes

Status code	Description
`200`	OK

Code samples

get/repos/{owner}/{repo}/pages/builds/{build_id}

curl \
  -H "Accept: application/vnd.github.v3+json" \
  https://api.github.com/repos/OWNER/REPO/pages/builds/BUILD_ID

Response

Status: 200

{
  "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/github/developer.github.com/pages/builds/5472601",
  "status": "built",
  "error": {
    "message": null
  },
  "pusher": {
    "login": "octocat",
    "id": 1,
    "node_id": "MDQ6VXNlcjE=",
    "avatar_url": "https://github.com/images/error/octocat_happy.gif",
    "gravatar_id": "",
    "url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat",
    "html_url": "https://github.com/octocat",
    "followers_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/followers",
    "following_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/following{/other_user}",
    "gists_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/gists{/gist_id}",
    "starred_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/starred{/owner}{/repo}",
    "subscriptions_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/subscriptions",
    "organizations_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/orgs",
    "repos_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/repos",
    "events_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/events{/privacy}",
    "received_events_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/received_events",
    "type": "User",
    "site_admin": false
  },
  "commit": "351391cdcb88ffae71ec3028c91f375a8036a26b",
  "duration": 2104,
  "created_at": "2014-02-10T19:00:49Z",
  "updated_at": "2014-02-10T19:00:51Z"
}

Get a DNS health check for GitHub Pages

Works with GitHub Apps

Gets a health check of the DNS settings for the CNAME record configured for a repository's GitHub Pages.

The first request to this endpoint returns a 202 Accepted status and starts an asynchronous background task to get the results for the domain. After the background task completes, subsequent requests to this endpoint return a 200 OK status with the health check results in the response.

Users must have admin or owner permissions. GitHub Apps must have the pages:write and administration:write permission to use this endpoint.

Parameters

Headers
Name, Type, Description
`accept`string Setting to `application/vnd.github.v3+json` is recommended.
Path parameters
Name, Type, Description
`owner`stringRequired The account owner of the repository. The name is not case sensitive.
`repo`stringRequired The name of the repository. The name is not case sensitive.

HTTP response status codes

Status code	Description
`200`	OK
`202`	Empty response
`400`	Custom domains are not available for GitHub Pages
`404`	Resource not found
`422`	There isn't a CNAME for this page

Code samples

get/repos/{owner}/{repo}/pages/health

curl \
  -H "Accept: application/vnd.github.v3+json" \
  https://api.github.com/repos/OWNER/REPO/pages/health

Response

Status: 200

{
  "domain": {
    "host": "example.com",
    "uri": "http://example.com/",
    "nameservers": "default",
    "dns_resolves": true,
    "is_proxied": false,
    "is_cloudflare_ip": false,
    "is_fastly_ip": false,
    "is_old_ip_address": false,
    "is_a_record": true,
    "has_cname_record": false,
    "has_mx_records_present": false,
    "is_valid_domain": true,
    "is_apex_domain": true,
    "should_be_a_record": true,
    "is_cname_to_github_user_domain": false,
    "is_cname_to_pages_dot_github_dot_com": false,
    "is_cname_to_fastly": false,
    "is_pointed_to_github_pages_ip": true,
    "is_non_github_pages_ip_present": false,
    "is_pages_domain": false,
    "is_served_by_pages": true,
    "is_valid": true,
    "reason": null,
    "responds_to_https": true,
    "enforces_https": true,
    "https_error": null,
    "is_https_eligible": true,
    "caa_error": null
  },
  "alt_domain": {
    "host": "www.example.com",
    "uri": "http://www.example.com/",
    "nameservers": "default",
    "dns_resolves": true,
    "is_proxied": false,
    "is_cloudflare_ip": false,
    "is_fastly_ip": false,
    "is_old_ip_address": false,
    "is_a_record": true,
    "has_cname_record": false,
    "has_mx_records_present": false,
    "is_valid_domain": true,
    "is_apex_domain": true,
    "should_be_a_record": true,
    "is_cname_to_github_user_domain": false,
    "is_cname_to_pages_dot_github_dot_com": false,
    "is_cname_to_fastly": false,
    "is_pointed_to_github_pages_ip": true,
    "is_non_github_pages_ip_present": false,
    "is_pages_domain": false,
    "is_served_by_pages": true,
    "is_valid": true,
    "reason": null,
    "responds_to_https": true,
    "enforces_https": true,
    "https_error": null,
    "is_https_eligible": true,
    "caa_error": null
  }
}