Use the REST API to create, configure, and delete deployment environments.
About deployment environmentsFor more information about environments, see Managing environments for deployment. To manage environment secrets, see REST API endpoints for GitHub Actions Secrets.
Environments, environment secrets, and deployment protection rules are available in public repositories for all current GitHub plans. They are not available on legacy plans, such as Bronze, Silver, or Gold. For access to environments, environment secrets, and deployment branches in private or internal repositories, you must use GitHub Pro, GitHub Team, or GitHub Enterprise. If you are on a GitHub Free, GitHub Pro, or GitHub Team plan, other deployment protection rules, such as a wait timer or required reviewers, are only available for public repositories.
List environments Code samples for "List environments" Request exampleget/repos/{owner}/{repo}/environments
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curl -L \ -H "Accept: application/vnd.github+json" \ -H "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR-TOKEN>" \ -H "X-GitHub-Api-Version: 2022-11-28" \ https://api.github.com/repos/OWNER/REPO/environments
Response
Status: 200
{ "total_count": 1, "environments": [ { "id": 161088068, "node_id": "MDExOkVudmlyb25tZW50MTYxMDg4MDY4", "name": "staging", "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/github/hello-world/environments/staging", "html_url": "https://github.com/github/hello-world/deployments/activity_log?environments_filter=staging", "created_at": "2020-11-23T22:00:40Z", "updated_at": "2020-11-23T22:00:40Z", "protection_rules": [ { "id": 3736, "node_id": "MDQ6R2F0ZTM3MzY=", "type": "wait_timer", "wait_timer": 30 }, { "id": 3755, "node_id": "MDQ6R2F0ZTM3NTU=", "prevent_self_review": false, "type": "required_reviewers", "reviewers": [ { "type": "User", "reviewer": { "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 } }, { "type": "Team", "reviewer": { "id": 1, "node_id": "MDQ6VGVhbTE=", "url": "https://api.github.com/teams/1", "html_url": "https://github.com/orgs/github/teams/justice-league", "name": "Justice League", "slug": "justice-league", "description": "A great team.", "privacy": "closed", "notification_setting": "notifications_enabled", "permission": "admin", "members_url": "https://api.github.com/teams/1/members{/member}", "repositories_url": "https://api.github.com/teams/1/repos", "parent": null } } ] }, { "id": 3756, "node_id": "MDQ6R2F0ZTM3NTY=", "type": "branch_policy" } ], "deployment_branch_policy": { "protected_branches": false, "custom_branch_policies": true } } ] }
Anyone with read access to the repository can use this endpoint.
OAuth app tokens and personal access tokens (classic) need the repo
scope to use this endpoint with a private repository.
This endpoint works with the following fine-grained token types:
The fine-grained token must have the following permission set:
This endpoint can be used without authentication or the aforementioned permissions if only public resources are requested.
Parameters for "Get an environment" Headers Name, Type, Descriptionaccept
string
Setting to application/vnd.github+json
is recommended.
owner
string Required
The account owner of the repository. The name is not case sensitive.
repo
string Required
The name of the repository without the .git
extension. The name is not case sensitive.
environment_name
string Required
The name of the environment. The name must be URL encoded. For example, any slashes in the name must be replaced with %2F
.
200
OK
Code samples for "Get an environment" Request exampleget/repos/{owner}/{repo}/environments/{environment_name}
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curl -L \ -H "Accept: application/vnd.github+json" \ -H "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR-TOKEN>" \ -H "X-GitHub-Api-Version: 2022-11-28" \ https://api.github.com/repos/OWNER/REPO/environments/ENVIRONMENT_NAME
Response
Status: 200
{ "id": 161088068, "node_id": "MDExOkVudmlyb25tZW50MTYxMDg4MDY4", "name": "staging", "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/github/hello-world/environments/staging", "html_url": "https://github.com/github/hello-world/deployments/activity_log?environments_filter=staging", "created_at": "2020-11-23T22:00:40Z", "updated_at": "2020-11-23T22:00:40Z", "protection_rules": [ { "id": 3736, "node_id": "MDQ6R2F0ZTM3MzY=", "type": "wait_timer", "wait_timer": 30 }, { "id": 3755, "node_id": "MDQ6R2F0ZTM3NTU=", "prevent_self_review": false, "type": "required_reviewers", "reviewers": [ { "type": "User", "reviewer": { "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 } }, { "type": "Team", "reviewer": { "id": 1, "node_id": "MDQ6VGVhbTE=", "url": "https://api.github.com/teams/1", "html_url": "https://github.com/orgs/github/teams/justice-league", "name": "Justice League", "slug": "justice-league", "description": "A great team.", "privacy": "closed", "notification_setting": "notifications_enabled", "permission": "admin", "members_url": "https://api.github.com/teams/1/members{/member}", "repositories_url": "https://api.github.com/teams/1/repos", "parent": null } } ] }, { "id": 3756, "node_id": "MDQ6R2F0ZTM3NTY=", "type": "branch_policy" } ], "deployment_branch_policy": { "protected_branches": false, "custom_branch_policies": true } }
Create or update an environment with protection rules, such as required reviewers. For more information about environment protection rules, see "Environments."
Note
To create or update name patterns that branches must match in order to deploy to this environment, see "Deployment branch policies."
OAuth app tokens and personal access tokens (classic) need the repo
scope to use this endpoint.
This endpoint works with the following fine-grained token types:
The fine-grained token must have the following permission set:
accept
string
Setting to application/vnd.github+json
is recommended.
owner
string Required
The account owner of the repository. The name is not case sensitive.
repo
string Required
The name of the repository without the .git
extension. The name is not case sensitive.
environment_name
string Required
The name of the environment. The name must be URL encoded. For example, any slashes in the name must be replaced with %2F
.
wait_timer
integer
The amount of time to delay a job after the job is initially triggered. The time (in minutes) must be an integer between 0 and 43,200 (30 days).
prevent_self_review
boolean
Whether or not a user who created the job is prevented from approving their own job.
reviewers
array of objects or null
The people or teams that may review jobs that reference the environment. You can list up to six users or teams as reviewers. The reviewers must have at least read access to the repository. Only one of the required reviewers needs to approve the job for it to proceed.
Properties ofreviewers
Name, Type, Description
type
string
The type of reviewer.
Can be one of: User
, Team
id
integer
The id of the user or team who can review the deployment
deployment_branch_policy
object or null
The type of deployment branch policy for this environment. To allow all branches to deploy, set to null
.
deployment_branch_policy
Name, Type, Description
protected_branches
boolean Required
Whether only branches with branch protection rules can deploy to this environment. If protected_branches
is true
, custom_branch_policies
must be false
; if protected_branches
is false
, custom_branch_policies
must be true
.
custom_branch_policies
boolean Required
Whether only branches that match the specified name patterns can deploy to this environment. If custom_branch_policies
is true
, protected_branches
must be false
; if custom_branch_policies
is false
, protected_branches
must be true
.
200
OK
422
Validation error when the environment name is invalid or when protected_branches
and custom_branch_policies
in deployment_branch_policy
are set to the same value
put/repos/{owner}/{repo}/environments/{environment_name}
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curl -L \ -X PUT \ -H "Accept: application/vnd.github+json" \ -H "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR-TOKEN>" \ -H "X-GitHub-Api-Version: 2022-11-28" \ https://api.github.com/repos/OWNER/REPO/environments/ENVIRONMENT_NAME \ -d '{"wait_timer":30,"prevent_self_review":false,"reviewers":[{"type":"User","id":1},{"type":"Team","id":1}],"deployment_branch_policy":{"protected_branches":false,"custom_branch_policies":true}}'
Response
Status: 200
{ "id": 161088068, "node_id": "MDExOkVudmlyb25tZW50MTYxMDg4MDY4", "name": "staging", "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/github/hello-world/environments/staging", "html_url": "https://github.com/github/hello-world/deployments/activity_log?environments_filter=staging", "created_at": "2020-11-23T22:00:40Z", "updated_at": "2020-11-23T22:00:40Z", "protection_rules": [ { "id": 3736, "node_id": "MDQ6R2F0ZTM3MzY=", "type": "wait_timer", "wait_timer": 30 }, { "id": 3755, "node_id": "MDQ6R2F0ZTM3NTU=", "prevent_self_review": false, "type": "required_reviewers", "reviewers": [ { "type": "User", "reviewer": { "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 } }, { "type": "Team", "reviewer": { "id": 1, "node_id": "MDQ6VGVhbTE=", "url": "https://api.github.com/teams/1", "html_url": "https://github.com/orgs/github/teams/justice-league", "name": "Justice League", "slug": "justice-league", "description": "A great team.", "privacy": "closed", "notification_setting": "notifications_enabled", "permission": "admin", "members_url": "https://api.github.com/teams/1/members{/member}", "repositories_url": "https://api.github.com/teams/1/repos", "parent": null } } ] }, { "id": 3756, "node_id": "MDQ6R2F0ZTM3NTY=", "type": "branch_policy" } ], "deployment_branch_policy": { "protected_branches": false, "custom_branch_policies": true } }
delete/repos/{owner}/{repo}/environments/{environment_name}
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curl -L \ -X DELETE \ -H "Accept: application/vnd.github+json" \ -H "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR-TOKEN>" \ -H "X-GitHub-Api-Version: 2022-11-28" \ https://api.github.com/repos/OWNER/REPO/environments/ENVIRONMENT_NAME
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