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actions

Get an organization variable

Gets a specific variable in an organization.

The authenticated user must have collaborator access to a repository to create, update, or read variables.

OAuth tokens and personal access tokens (classic) need theadmin:org scope to use this endpoint. If the repository is private, OAuth tokens and personal access tokens (classic) need the repo scope to use this endpoint.

get/orgs/{org}/actions/variables/{name}

Path parameters

orgstring required

The organization name. The name is not case sensitive.

namestring required

The name of the variable.

Response

namestring required

The name of the variable.

valuestring required

The value of the variable.

created_atstring date-time required

The date and time at which the variable was created, in ISO 8601 format':' YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM:SSZ.

updated_atstring date-time required

The date and time at which the variable was last updated, in ISO 8601 format':' YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM:SSZ.

visibility'all' | 'private' | 'selected' required

Visibility of a variable

selected_repositories_urlstring uri

Example response

{
  "name": "USERNAME",
  "value": "octocat",
  "created_at": "2019-01-24T22:45:36.000Z",
  "updated_at": "2019-01-24T22:45:36.000Z",
  "selected_repositories_url": "https://api.github.com/organizations/org/variables/USERNAME/repositories"
}