v56

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pulls

Submit a review for a pull request

Submits a pending review for a pull request. For more information about creating a pending review for a pull request, see "Create a review for a pull request."

This endpoint supports the following custom media types. For more information, see "Media types."

application/vnd.github-commitcomment.raw+json: Returns the raw markdown body. Response will include body. This is the default if you do not pass any specific media type.
application/vnd.github-commitcomment.text+json: Returns a text only representation of the markdown body. Response will include body_text.
application/vnd.github-commitcomment.html+json: Returns HTML rendered from the body's markdown. Response will include body_html.
application/vnd.github-commitcomment.full+json: Returns raw, text, and HTML representations. Response will include body, body_text, and body_html.

post/repos/{owner}/{repo}/pulls/{pull_number}/reviews/{review_id}/events

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.

pull_numberinteger required

The number that identifies the pull request.

review_idinteger required

The unique identifier of the review.

Request body

bodystring

The body text of the pull request review

event'APPROVE' | 'REQUEST_CHANGES' | 'COMMENT' required

The review action you want to perform. The review actions include: APPROVE, REQUEST_CHANGES, or COMMENT. When you leave this blank, the API returns HTTP 422 (Unrecognizable entity) and sets the review action state to PENDING, which means you will need to re-submit the pull request review using a review action.

Response

idinteger required

Unique identifier of the review

node_idstring required

bodystring required

The text of the review.

statestring required

html_urlstring uri required

pull_request_urlstring uri required

submitted_atstring date-time

commit_idstring nullable required

A commit SHA for the review. If the commit object was garbage collected or forcibly deleted, then it no longer exists in Git and this value will be null.

body_htmlstring

body_textstring

How the author is associated with the repository.

Example response

{
  "id": 42,
  "node_id": "MDE3OlB1bGxSZXF1ZXN0UmV2aWV3ODA=",
  "user": {
    "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"
  },
  "body": "This looks great.",
  "state": "CHANGES_REQUESTED",
  "html_url": "https://github.com/octocat/Hello-World/pull/12#pullrequestreview-80",
  "pull_request_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/pulls/12",
  "commit_id": "54bb654c9e6025347f57900a4a5c2313a96b8035",
  "author_association": "OWNER"
}