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code-scanning

Get a code scanning alert

Gets a single code scanning alert.

OAuth app tokens and personal access tokens (classic) need the security_events scope to use this endpoint with private or public repositories, or the public_repo scope to use this endpoint with only public repositories.

get/repos/{owner}/{repo}/code-scanning/alerts/{alert_number}

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.

alert_numberinteger required

The security alert number.

The number that identifies an alert. You can find this at the end of the URL for a code scanning alert within GitHub, and in the number field in the response from the GET /repos/{owner}/{repo}/code-scanning/alerts operation.

Response

Response

numberinteger required

The security alert number.

created_atstring date-time required

The time that the alert was created in ISO 8601 format: YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM:SSZ.

updated_atstring date-time

The time that the alert was last updated in ISO 8601 format: YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM:SSZ.

urlstring uri required

The REST API URL of the alert resource.

html_urlstring uri required

The GitHub URL of the alert resource.

instances_urlstring uri required

The REST API URL for fetching the list of instances for an alert.

state'open' | 'dismissed' | 'fixed' required

State of a code scanning alert.

fixed_atstring date-time nullable

The time that the alert was no longer detected and was considered fixed in ISO 8601 format: YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM:SSZ.

dismissed_atstring date-time nullable required

The time that the alert was dismissed in ISO 8601 format: YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM:SSZ.

dismissed_reason'null' | 'false positive' | 'won't fix' | 'used in tests' nullable required

Required when the state is dismissed. The reason for dismissing or closing the alert.

dismissed_commentstring nullable

The dismissal comment associated with the dismissal of the alert.

Example response

{
  "dismissed_by": {
    "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\""
  }
}