---
title: "Download a user migration archive"
method: GET
path: "/user/migrations/{migration_id}/archive"
tags: ["migrations"]
---

# Download a user migration archive

`GET /user/migrations/{migration_id}/archive`

Fetches the URL to download the migration archive as a `tar.gz` file. Depending on the resources your repository uses, the migration archive can contain JSON files with data for these objects:

*   attachments
*   bases
*   commit\_comments
*   issue\_comments
*   issue\_events
*   issues
*   milestones
*   organizations
*   projects
*   protected\_branches
*   pull\_request\_reviews
*   pull\_requests
*   releases
*   repositories
*   review\_comments
*   schema
*   users

The archive will also contain an `attachments` directory that includes all attachment files uploaded to GitHub.com and a `repositories` directory that contains the repository's Git data.

## Path parameters

- `migration_id` integer, required

## Other responses

- `302` — Response
- `304` — Not modified
- `401` — Requires authentication
- `403` — Forbidden

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