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secret-scanning

List alert dismissal requests for secret scanning for an org

Lists requests to dismiss secret scanning alerts in an org.

Delegated alert dismissal must be enabled on repositories in the org and the user must be an org admin, security manager, or have the "Review and manage secret scanning alert dismissal requests" permission to access this endpoint.

get/orgs/{org}/dismissal-requests/secret-scanning

Path parameters

orgstring required

The organization name. The name is not case sensitive.

Query parameters

repository_namestring

The name of the repository to filter on.

reviewerstring

Filter bypass requests by the handle of the GitHub user who reviewed the bypass request.

requesterstring

Filter bypass requests by the handle of the GitHub user who requested the bypass.

time_period'hour' | 'day' | 'week' | 'month'

The time period to filter by.

For example, day will filter for rule suites that occurred in the past 24 hours, and week will filter for rule suites that occurred in the past 7 days (168 hours).

request_status'completed' | 'cancelled' | 'approved' | 'expired' | 'denied' | 'open' | 'all'

The status of the dismissal request to filter on. When specified, only requests with this status will be returned.

per_pageinteger

The number of results per page (max 100). For more information, see "Using pagination in the REST API."

pageinteger

The page number of the results to fetch. For more information, see "Using pagination in the REST API."

Response

A list of the alert dismissal requests.

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 number of the secret scanning alert that was detected.

status'pending' | 'denied' | 'approved' | 'cancelled' | '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

[
  {
    "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octo-org/smile/dismissal-requests/secret-scanning/1",
    "html_url": "https://github.com/octo-org/smile/security/secret-scanning/17"
  }
]