v56

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repos

Update a release asset

Users with push access to the repository can edit a release asset.

patch/repos/{owner}/{repo}/releases/assets/{asset_id}

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.

asset_idinteger required

The unique identifier of the asset.

Request body

namestring

The file name of the asset.

labelstring

An alternate short description of the asset. Used in place of the filename.

statestring

Example request

{
  "state": "\"uploaded\""
}

Response

urlstring uri required

browser_download_urlstring uri required

idinteger required

node_idstring required

namestring required

The file name of the asset.

labelstring nullable required

state'uploaded' | 'open' required

State of the release asset.

content_typestring required

sizeinteger required

digeststring nullable required

download_countinteger required

created_atstring date-time required

updated_atstring date-time required

Example response

{
  "name": "Team Environment",
  "uploader": {
    "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"
  }
}