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orgs

Closing down - List custom repository roles in an organization

[!WARNING] Closing down notice: This operation is closing down and will be removed in the future. Use the "List custom repository roles" endpoint instead.

List the custom repository roles available in this organization. For more information on custom repository roles, see "About custom repository roles."

The authenticated user must be administrator of the organization or of a repository of the organization to use this endpoint.

OAuth app tokens and personal access tokens (classic) need the admin:org or repo scope to use this endpoint.

get/organizations/{organization_id}/custom_roles

Path parameters

organization_idstring required

The unique identifier of the organization.

Response

Response - list of custom role names

total_countinteger

The number of custom roles in this organization

Example response

{
  "total_count": 3,
  "custom_roles": [
    {
      "organization": {
        "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"
      }
    }
  ]
}