---
title: "Get project permission for a user"
method: GET
path: "/projects/{project_id}/collaborators/{username}/permission"
tags: ["projects"]
---

# Get project permission for a user

`GET /projects/{project_id}/collaborators/{username}/permission`

Returns the collaborator's permission level for an organization project. Possible values for the `permission` key: `admin`, `write`, `read`, `none`. You must be an organization owner or a project `admin` to review a user's permission level.

## Path parameters

- `project_id` integer, required
- `username` string, required

## Response `200`

Response

- ProjectCollaboratorPermission — Project Collaborator Permission
  - `permission` string, required
  - `user` NullableSimpleUser, nullable, required — A GitHub user.
    - `name` string, nullable
    - `email` string, nullable
    - `login` string, required
    - `id` integer, required
    - `node_id` string, required
    - `avatar_url` string, uri, required
    - `gravatar_id` string, nullable, required
    - `url` string, uri, required
    - `html_url` string, uri, required
    - `followers_url` string, uri, required
    - `following_url` string, required
    - `gists_url` string, required
    - `starred_url` string, required
    - `subscriptions_url` string, uri, required
    - `organizations_url` string, uri, required
    - `repos_url` string, uri, required
    - `events_url` string, required
    - `received_events_url` string, uri, required
    - `type` string, required
    - `site_admin` boolean, required
    - `starred_at` string

## Other responses

- `304` — Not modified
- `401` — Requires authentication
- `403` — Forbidden
- `404` — Resource not found
- `422` — Validation failed, or the endpoint has been spammed.

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