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code-scanning

List code scanning alerts for a repository

Lists code scanning alerts.

The response includes a most_recent_instance object. This provides details of the most recent instance of this alert for the default branch (or for the specified Git reference if you used ref in the request).

OAuth app tokens and personal access tokens (classic) need the security_events scope to use this endpoint with private or public repositories, or the public_repo scope to use this endpoint with only public repositories.

get/repos/{owner}/{repo}/code-scanning/alerts

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.

Query parameters

tool_namestring

The name of the tool used to generate the code scanning analysis.

The name of a code scanning tool. Only results by this tool will be listed. You can specify the tool by using either tool_name or tool_guid, but not both.

tool_guidstring nullable

The GUID of the tool used to generate the code scanning analysis, if provided in the uploaded SARIF data.

The GUID of a code scanning tool. Only results by this tool will be listed. Note that some code scanning tools may not include a GUID in their analysis data. You can specify the tool by using either tool_guid or tool_name, but not both.

pageinteger

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

per_pageinteger

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

refstring

The Git reference, formatted as refs/pull/<number>/merge, refs/pull/<number>/head, refs/heads/<branch name> or simply <branch name>.

The Git reference for the results you want to list. The ref for a branch can be formatted either as refs/heads/<branch name> or simply <branch name>. To reference a pull request use refs/pull/<number>/merge.

printeger

The number of the pull request for the results you want to list.

direction'asc' | 'desc'

The direction to sort the results by.

beforestring

A cursor, as given in the Link header. If specified, the query only searches for results before this cursor. For more information, see "Using pagination in the REST API."

afterstring

A cursor, as given in the Link header. If specified, the query only searches for results after this cursor. For more information, see "Using pagination in the REST API."

sort'created' | 'updated'

The property by which to sort the results.

state'open' | 'closed' | 'dismissed' | 'fixed'

State of a code scanning alert.

If specified, only code scanning alerts with this state will be returned.

severity'critical' | 'high' | 'medium' | 'low' | 'warning' | 'note' | 'error'

Severity of a code scanning alert.

If specified, only code scanning alerts with this severity will be returned.

assigneesstring

Filter alerts by assignees. Provide a comma-separated list of user handles (e.g., octocat or octocat,hubot). Use * to list alerts with at least one assignee or none to list alerts with no assignees.

Response

Response

numberinteger required

The security alert number.

created_atstring date-time required

The time that the alert was created in ISO 8601 format: YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM:SSZ.

updated_atstring date-time

The time that the alert was last updated in ISO 8601 format: YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM:SSZ.

urlstring uri required

The REST API URL of the alert resource.

html_urlstring uri required

The GitHub URL of the alert resource.

instances_urlstring uri required

The REST API URL for fetching the list of instances for an alert.

state'open' | 'dismissed' | 'fixed' nullable required

State of a code scanning alert.

fixed_atstring date-time nullable

The time that the alert was no longer detected and was considered fixed in ISO 8601 format: YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM:SSZ.

dismissed_atstring date-time nullable required

The time that the alert was dismissed in ISO 8601 format: YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM:SSZ.

dismissed_reason'false positive' | 'won't fix' | 'used in tests' nullable required

Required when the state is dismissed. The reason for dismissing or closing the alert.

dismissed_commentstring nullable

The dismissal comment associated with the dismissal of the alert.

Example response

[
  {
    "dismissed_by": {
      "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"
    },
    "dismissal_approved_by": {
      "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"
    },
    "assignees": [
      {
        "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"
      }
    ]
  }
]