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packages

Get a package version for a user

Gets a specific package version for a public package owned by a specified user.

OAuth app tokens and personal access tokens (classic) need the read:packages scope to use this endpoint. For more information, see "About permissions for GitHub Packages."

get/users/{username}/packages/{package_type}/{package_name}/versions/{package_version_id}

Path parameters

package_type'npm' | 'maven' | 'rubygems' | 'docker' | 'nuget' | 'container' required

The type of supported package. Packages in GitHub's Gradle registry have the type maven. Docker images pushed to GitHub's Container registry (ghcr.io) have the type container. You can use the type docker to find images that were pushed to GitHub's Docker registry (docker.pkg.github.com), even if these have now been migrated to the Container registry.

package_namestring required

The name of the package.

package_version_idinteger required

Unique identifier of the package version.

usernamestring required

The handle for the GitHub user account.

Response

Response

idinteger required

Unique identifier of the package version.

namestring required

The name of the package version.

urlstring required
package_html_urlstring required
html_urlstring
licensestring
descriptionstring
created_atstring date-time required
updated_atstring date-time required
deleted_atstring date-time

Example response

{
  "id": 1,
  "name": "latest",
  "url": "https://api.github.com/orgs/github/packages/container/super-linter/versions/786068",
  "package_html_url": "https://github.com/orgs/github/packages/container/package/super-linter",
  "html_url": "https://github.com/orgs/github/packages/container/super-linter/786068",
  "license": "MIT",
  "created_at": "2011-04-10T20:09:31Z",
  "updated_at": "2014-03-03T18:58:10Z",
  "deleted_at": "2014-03-03T18:58:10Z",
  "metadata": {
    "package_type": "docker"
  }
}