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code-scanning

Get a dismissal request for a code scanning alert for a repository

Gets a dismissal request to dismiss a code scanning alert in a repository.

Delegated alert dismissal must be enabled on the repository. Personal access tokens (classic) need the security_events scope to use this endpoint.

get/repos/{owner}/{repo}/dismissal-requests/code-scanning/{alert_number}

Path parameters

ownerstring required

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

repostring required

The name of the repository without the .git extension. The name is not case sensitive.

alert_numberinteger required

The number that identifies the code scanning alert.

Response

A single dismissal request.

idinteger

The unique identifier of the dismissal request.

numberinteger

The number uniquely identifying the dismissal request within its repository.

request_typestring

The type of request.

resource_identifierstring

The unique identifier for the request type of the dismissal request.

status'pending' | 'denied' | 'approved' | 'expired'

The status of the dismissal request.

requester_commentstring nullable

The comment the requester provided when creating the dismissal request.

expires_atstring date-time

The date and time the dismissal request will expire.

created_atstring date-time

The date and time the dismissal request was created.

urlstring uri

html_urlstring uri

The URL to view the dismissal request in a browser.

Example response

{
  "resource_identifier": "827efc6d56897b048c772eb4087f854f46256132",
  "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octo-org/smile/dismissal-requests/code-scanning/1",
  "html_url": "https://github.com/octo-org/smile/code-scanning/alerts/1"
}