v56

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pulls

List commits on a pull request

Lists a maximum of 250 commits for a pull request. To receive a complete commit list for pull requests with more than 250 commits, use the List commits endpoint.

This endpoint supports the following custom media types. For more information, see "Media types."

  • application/vnd.github.raw+json: Returns the raw markdown body. Response will include body. This is the default if you do not pass any specific media type.
  • application/vnd.github.text+json: Returns a text only representation of the markdown body. Response will include body_text.
  • application/vnd.github.html+json: Returns HTML rendered from the body's markdown. Response will include body_html.
  • application/vnd.github.full+json: Returns raw, text, and HTML representations. Response will include body, body_text, and body_html.
get/repos/{owner}/{repo}/pulls/{pull_number}/commits

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.

pull_numberinteger required

The number that identifies the pull request.

Query parameters

per_pageinteger

The number of results per page (max 100). For more information, see "Using pagination in the REST API."

pageinteger

The page number of the results to fetch. For more information, see "Using pagination in the REST API."

Response

Response

urlstring uri required
shastring required
node_idstring required
html_urlstring uri required
comments_urlstring uri required

Example response

[
  {
    "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/commits/6dcb09b5b57875f334f61aebed695e2e4193db5e",
    "sha": "6dcb09b5b57875f334f61aebed695e2e4193db5e",
    "node_id": "MDY6Q29tbWl0NmRjYjA5YjViNTc4NzVmMzM0ZjYxYWViZWQ2OTVlMmU0MTkzZGI1ZQ==",
    "html_url": "https://github.com/octocat/Hello-World/commit/6dcb09b5b57875f334f61aebed695e2e4193db5e",
    "comments_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/commits/6dcb09b5b57875f334f61aebed695e2e4193db5e/comments",
    "commit": {
      "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/commits/6dcb09b5b57875f334f61aebed695e2e4193db5e",
      "author": {
        "name": "\"Chris Wanstrath\"",
        "email": "\"chris@ozmm.org\"",
        "date": "\"2007-10-29T02:42:39.000-07:00\""
      },
      "committer": {
        "name": "\"Chris Wanstrath\"",
        "email": "\"chris@ozmm.org\"",
        "date": "\"2007-10-29T02:42:39.000-07:00\""
      },
      "message": "Fix all the bugs",
      "tree": {
        "sha": "827efc6d56897b048c772eb4087f854f46256132",
        "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/tree/827efc6d56897b048c772eb4087f854f46256132"
      }
    },
    "author": {
      "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"
    },
    "committer": {
      "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"
    },
    "parents": [
      {
        "sha": "7638417db6d59f3c431d3e1f261cc637155684cd",
        "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/commits/7638417db6d59f3c431d3e1f261cc637155684cd",
        "html_url": "https://github.com/octocat/Hello-World/commit/7638417db6d59f3c431d3e1f261cc637155684cd"
      }
    ],
    "files": [
      {
        "sha": "bbcd538c8e72b8c175046e27cc8f907076331401",
        "filename": "file1.txt",
        "status": "added",
        "additions": 103,
        "deletions": 21,
        "changes": 124,
        "blob_url": "https://github.com/octocat/Hello-World/blob/6dcb09b5b57875f334f61aebed695e2e4193db5e/file1.txt",
        "raw_url": "https://github.com/octocat/Hello-World/raw/6dcb09b5b57875f334f61aebed695e2e4193db5e/file1.txt",
        "contents_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/contents/file1.txt?ref=6dcb09b5b57875f334f61aebed695e2e4193db5e",
        "patch": "@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ module Test @@ -1000,7 +1000,7 @@ module Test",
        "previous_filename": "file.txt"
      }
    ]
  }
]