Add a repository collaborator
Add a user to a repository with a specified level of access. If the repository is owned by an organization, this API does not add the user to the organization - a user that has repository access without being an organization member is called an "outside collaborator" (if they are not an Enterprise Managed User) or a "repository collaborator" if they are an Enterprise Managed User. These users are exempt from some organization policies - see "Adding outside collaborators to repositories" to learn more about these collaborator types.
This endpoint triggers notifications.
Adding an outside collaborator may be restricted by enterprise and organization administrators. For more information, see "Enforcing repository management policies in your enterprise" and "Setting permissions for adding outside collaborators" for organization settings.
For more information on permission levels, see "Repository permission levels for an organization". There are restrictions on which permissions can be granted to organization members when an organization base role is in place. In this case, the role being given must be equal to or higher than the org base permission. Otherwise, the request will fail with:
Cannot assign {member} permission of {role name}
Note that, if you choose not to pass any parameters, you'll need to set Content-Length to zero when calling out to this endpoint. For more information, see "HTTP method."
The invitee will receive a notification that they have been invited to the repository, which they must accept or decline. They may do this via the notifications page, the email they receive, or by using the API.
For Enterprise Managed Users, this endpoint does not send invitations - these users are automatically added to organizations and repositories. Enterprise Managed Users can only be added to organizations and repositories within their enterprise.
Updating an existing collaborator's permission level
The endpoint can also be used to change the permissions of an existing collaborator without first removing and re-adding the collaborator. To change the permissions, use the same endpoint and pass a different permission parameter. The response will be a 204, with no other indication that the permission level changed.
Rate limits
You are limited to sending 50 invitations to a repository per 24 hour period. Note there is no limit if you are inviting organization members to an organization repository.
Path parameters
The account owner of the repository. The name is not case sensitive.
The name of the repository without the .git extension. The name is not case sensitive.
The handle for the GitHub user account.
Request body
Response
Response when a new invitation is created
Example response
{
"id": 42,
"repository": {
"id": 1296269,
"node_id": "MDEwOlJlcG9zaXRvcnkxMjk2MjY5",
"name": "Hello-World",
"full_name": "octocat/Hello-World",
"owner": {
"login": "octocat",
"id": 1,
"node_id": "MDQ6VXNlcjE=",
"avatar_url": "https://github.com/images/error/octocat_happy.gif",
"gravatar_id": "41d064eb2195891e12d0413f63227ea7",
"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",
"starred_at": "\"2020-07-09T00:17:55Z\"",
"user_view_type": "public"
},
"html_url": "https://github.com/octocat/Hello-World",
"description": "This your first repo!",
"url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World",
"archive_url": "http://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/{archive_format}{/ref}",
"assignees_url": "http://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/assignees{/user}",
"blobs_url": "http://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/git/blobs{/sha}",
"branches_url": "http://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/branches{/branch}",
"collaborators_url": "http://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/collaborators{/collaborator}",
"comments_url": "http://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/comments{/number}",
"commits_url": "http://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/commits{/sha}",
"compare_url": "http://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/compare/{base}...{head}",
"contents_url": "http://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/contents/{+path}",
"contributors_url": "http://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/contributors",
"deployments_url": "http://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/deployments",
"downloads_url": "http://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/downloads",
"events_url": "http://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/events",
"forks_url": "http://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/forks",
"git_commits_url": "http://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/git/commits{/sha}",
"git_refs_url": "http://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/git/refs{/sha}",
"git_tags_url": "http://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/git/tags{/sha}",
"issue_comment_url": "http://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/issues/comments{/number}",
"issue_events_url": "http://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/issues/events{/number}",
"issues_url": "http://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/issues{/number}",
"keys_url": "http://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/keys{/key_id}",
"labels_url": "http://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/labels{/name}",
"languages_url": "http://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/languages",
"merges_url": "http://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/merges",
"milestones_url": "http://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/milestones{/number}",
"notifications_url": "http://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/notifications{?since,all,participating}",
"pulls_url": "http://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/pulls{/number}",
"releases_url": "http://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/releases{/id}",
"stargazers_url": "http://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/stargazers",
"statuses_url": "http://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/statuses/{sha}",
"subscribers_url": "http://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/subscribers",
"subscription_url": "http://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/subscription",
"tags_url": "http://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/tags",
"teams_url": "http://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/teams",
"trees_url": "http://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/git/trees{/sha}",
"hooks_url": "http://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/hooks",
"pushed_at": "2011-01-26T19:06:43Z",
"created_at": "2011-01-26T19:01:12Z",
"updated_at": "2011-01-26T19:14:43Z",
"role_name": "admin",
"code_of_conduct": {
"key": "contributor_covenant",
"name": "Contributor Covenant",
"url": "https://api.github.com/codes_of_conduct/contributor_covenant",
"body": "# Contributor Covenant Code of Conduct\n\n## Our Pledge\n\nIn the interest of fostering an open and welcoming environment, we as contributors and maintainers pledge to making participation in our project and our community a harassment-free experience for everyone, regardless of age, body size, disability, ethnicity, gender identity and expression, level of experience, nationality, personal appearance, race, religion, or sexual identity and orientation.\n\n## Our Standards\n\nExamples of behavior that contributes to creating a positive environment include:\n\n* Using welcoming and inclusive language\n* Being respectful of differing viewpoints and experiences\n* Gracefully accepting constructive criticism\n* Focusing on what is best for the community\n* Showing empathy towards other community members\n\nExamples of unacceptable behavior by participants include:\n\n* The use of sexualized language or imagery and unwelcome sexual attention or advances\n* Trolling, insulting/derogatory comments, and personal or political attacks\n* Public or private harassment\n* Publishing others' private information, such as a physical or electronic address, without explicit permission\n* Other conduct which could reasonably be considered inappropriate in a professional setting\n\n## Our Responsibilities\n\nProject maintainers are responsible for clarifying the standards of acceptable behavior and are expected to take appropriate and fair corrective action in response\n to any instances of unacceptable behavior.\n\nProject maintainers have the right and responsibility to remove, edit, or reject comments, commits, code, wiki edits, issues, and other contributions that are not aligned to this Code of Conduct, or to ban temporarily or permanently any contributor for other behaviors that they deem inappropriate, threatening, offensive, or harmful.\n\n## Scope\n\nThis Code of Conduct applies both within project spaces and in public spaces when an individual is representing the project or its community. Examples of representing a project or community include using an official project e-mail address,\n posting via an official social media account, or acting as an appointed representative at an online or offline event. Representation of a project may be further defined and clarified by project maintainers.\n\n## Enforcement\n\nInstances of abusive, harassing, or otherwise unacceptable behavior may be reported by contacting the project team at [EMAIL]. The project team will review and investigate all complaints, and will respond in a way that it deems appropriate to the circumstances. The project team is obligated to maintain confidentiality with regard to the reporter of an incident. Further details of specific enforcement policies may be posted separately.\n\nProject maintainers who do not follow or enforce the Code of Conduct in good faith may face temporary or permanent repercussions as determined by other members of the project's leadership.\n\n## Attribution\n\nThis Code of Conduct is adapted from the [Contributor Covenant](http://contributor-covenant.org), version 1.4, available at [http://contributor-covenant.org/version/1/4](http://contributor-covenant.org/version/1/4/).\n"
}
},
"invitee": {
"login": "octocat",
"id": 1,
"node_id": "MDQ6VXNlcjE=",
"avatar_url": "https://github.com/images/error/octocat_happy.gif",
"gravatar_id": "41d064eb2195891e12d0413f63227ea7",
"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",
"starred_at": "\"2020-07-09T00:17:55Z\"",
"user_view_type": "public"
},
"inviter": {
"login": "octocat",
"id": 1,
"node_id": "MDQ6VXNlcjE=",
"avatar_url": "https://github.com/images/error/octocat_happy.gif",
"gravatar_id": "41d064eb2195891e12d0413f63227ea7",
"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",
"starred_at": "\"2020-07-09T00:17:55Z\"",
"user_view_type": "public"
},
"permissions": "read",
"created_at": "2016-06-13T14:52:50-05:00",
"url": "https://api.github.com/user/repository-invitations/1",
"html_url": "https://github.com/octocat/Hello-World/invitations"
}