Add app access restrictions
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Grants the specified apps push access for this branch. Only installed GitHub Apps with write access to the contents permission can be added as authorized actors on a protected branch.
Path parameters
The account owner of the repository. The name is not case sensitive.
The name of the repository without the .git extension. The name is not case sensitive.
The name of the branch. Cannot contain wildcard characters. To use wildcard characters in branch names, use the GraphQL API.
Request body
Example request
{
"apps": [
"my-app"
]
}Response
Response
Example response
[
{
"id": 37,
"slug": "probot-owners",
"node_id": "MDExOkludGVncmF0aW9uMQ==",
"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\""
},
"name": "Probot Owners",
"description": "The description of the app.",
"external_url": "https://example.com",
"html_url": "https://github.com/apps/super-ci",
"created_at": "2017-07-08T16:18:44-04:00",
"updated_at": "2017-07-08T16:18:44-04:00",
"permissions": {
"issues": "read",
"deployments": "write"
},
"events": [
"label",
"deployment"
],
"installations_count": 5,
"client_id": "\"Iv1.25b5d1e65ffc4022\"",
"client_secret": "\"1d4b2097ac622ba702d19de498f005747a8b21d3\"",
"webhook_secret": "\"6fba8f2fc8a7e8f2cca5577eddd82ca7586b3b6b\"",
"pem": "\"-----BEGIN RSA PRIVATE KEY-----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\\nu5dTCPxTIsoIwUw1I+7yIxqJzLPFgR2gVBwY1ra/8iAqCj+zeBw=\\n-----END RSA PRIVATE KEY-----\\n\""
}
]