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code-scanning

Create a CodeQL variant analysis

Creates a new CodeQL variant analysis, which will run a CodeQL query against one or more repositories.

Get started by learning more about running CodeQL queries at scale with Multi-Repository Variant Analysis.

Use the owner and repo parameters in the URL to specify the controller repository that will be used for running GitHub Actions workflows and storing the results of the CodeQL variant analysis.

OAuth app tokens and personal access tokens (classic) need the repo scope to use this endpoint.

post/repos/{owner}/{repo}/code-scanning/codeql/variant-analyses

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.

Request body

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Response

Variant analysis submitted for processing

idinteger required

The ID of the variant analysis.

query_language'actions' | 'cpp' | 'csharp' | 'go' | 'java' | 'javascript' | 'python' | 'ruby' | 'rust' | 'swift' required

The language targeted by the CodeQL query

query_pack_urlstring required

The download url for the query pack.

created_atstring date-time

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

updated_atstring date-time

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

completed_atstring date-time nullable

The date and time at which the variant analysis was completed, in ISO 8601 format':' YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM:SSZ. Will be null if the variant analysis has not yet completed or this information is not available.

status'in_progress' | 'succeeded' | 'failed' | 'cancelled' required
actions_workflow_run_idinteger

The GitHub Actions workflow run used to execute this variant analysis. This is only available if the workflow run has started.

failure_reason'no_repos_queried' | 'actions_workflow_run_failed' | 'internal_error'

The reason for a failure of the variant analysis. This is only available if the variant analysis has failed.

Example response

{
  "controller_repo": {
    "id": 1296269,
    "node_id": "MDEwOlJlcG9zaXRvcnkxMjk2MjY5",
    "name": "Hello-World",
    "full_name": "octocat/Hello-World",
    "owner": {
      "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"
    },
    "html_url": "https://github.com/octocat/Hello-World",
    "description": "This your first repo!",
    "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World",
    "archive_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/{archive_format}{/ref}",
    "assignees_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/assignees{/user}",
    "blobs_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/git/blobs{/sha}",
    "branches_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/branches{/branch}",
    "collaborators_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/collaborators{/collaborator}",
    "comments_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/comments{/number}",
    "commits_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/commits{/sha}",
    "compare_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/compare/{base}...{head}",
    "contents_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/contents/{+path}",
    "contributors_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/contributors",
    "deployments_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/deployments",
    "downloads_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/downloads",
    "events_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/events",
    "forks_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/forks",
    "git_commits_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/git/commits{/sha}",
    "git_refs_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/git/refs{/sha}",
    "git_tags_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/git/tags{/sha}",
    "issue_comment_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/issues/comments{/number}",
    "issue_events_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/issues/events{/number}",
    "issues_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/issues{/number}",
    "keys_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/keys{/key_id}",
    "labels_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/labels{/name}",
    "languages_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/languages",
    "merges_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/merges",
    "milestones_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/milestones{/number}",
    "notifications_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/notifications{?since,all,participating}",
    "pulls_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/pulls{/number}",
    "releases_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/releases{/id}",
    "stargazers_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/stargazers",
    "statuses_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/statuses/{sha}",
    "subscribers_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/subscribers",
    "subscription_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/subscription",
    "tags_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/tags",
    "teams_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/teams",
    "trees_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/git/trees{/sha}",
    "hooks_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/hooks"
  },
  "actor": {
    "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"
  },
  "scanned_repositories": [
    {
      "repository": {
        "id": 1296269,
        "name": "Hello-World",
        "full_name": "octocat/Hello-World",
        "stargazers_count": 80,
        "updated_at": "2011-01-26T19:14:43Z"
      }
    }
  ],
  "skipped_repositories": {
    "access_mismatch_repos": {
      "repository_count": 2,
      "repositories": [
        {
          "id": 1296269,
          "name": "Hello-World",
          "full_name": "octocat/Hello-World",
          "stargazers_count": 80,
          "updated_at": "2011-01-26T19:14:43Z"
        }
      ]
    },
    "not_found_repos": {
      "repository_count": 2
    },
    "no_codeql_db_repos": {
      "repository_count": 2,
      "repositories": [
        {
          "id": 1296269,
          "name": "Hello-World",
          "full_name": "octocat/Hello-World",
          "stargazers_count": 80,
          "updated_at": "2011-01-26T19:14:43Z"
        }
      ]
    },
    "over_limit_repos": {
      "repository_count": 2,
      "repositories": [
        {
          "id": 1296269,
          "name": "Hello-World",
          "full_name": "octocat/Hello-World",
          "stargazers_count": 80,
          "updated_at": "2011-01-26T19:14:43Z"
        }
      ]
    }
  }
}