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List repository push rule bypass requests

Lists the requests made by users of a repository to bypass push protection rules

get/repos/{owner}/{repo}/bypass-requests/push-rules

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

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' | 'deleted' | 'denied' | 'open' | 'all'

The status of the bypass 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

Response

idinteger

The unique identifier of the bypass request.

numberinteger

The number uniquely identifying the bypass request within its repository.

request_typestring

The type of request.

resource_identifierstring

The unique identifier for the request type of the bypass request. For example, a commit SHA.

status'pending' | 'denied' | 'approved' | 'cancelled' | 'completed' | 'expired' | 'deleted' | 'open'

The status of the bypass request.

requester_commentstring nullable

The comment the requester provided when creating the bypass request.

expires_atstring date-time

The date and time the bypass request will expire.

created_atstring date-time

The date and time the bypass request was created.

urlstring uri
html_urlstring uri

The URL to view the bypass request in a browser.

Example response

[
  {
    "resource_identifier": "827efc6d56897b048c772eb4087f854f46256132",
    "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octo-org/smile/bypass-requests/push-rules/1",
    "html_url": "https://github.com/octo-org/smile/exemptions/1"
  }
]