---
title: "Star a repository for the authenticated user"
method: PUT
path: "/user/starred/{owner}/{repo}"
tags: ["activity"]
---

# Star a repository for the authenticated user

`PUT /user/starred/{owner}/{repo}`

Note that you'll need to set `Content-Length` to zero when calling out to this endpoint. For more information, see "[HTTP verbs](https://docs.github.com/enterprise-server@3.6/rest/overview/resources-in-the-rest-api#http-verbs)."

## Path parameters

- `owner` string, required
- `repo` string, required

## Response `204`

Response

## Other responses

- `304` — Not modified
- `401` — Requires authentication
- `403` — Forbidden
- `404` — Resource not found

---

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