---
title: GitHub REST API documentation
shortTitle: REST API
intro: >-
  Create integrations, retrieve data, and automate your workflows with the {%
  data variables.product.prodname_dotcom %} REST API.
introLinks:
  overview: /rest/about-the-rest-api/about-the-rest-api
  quickstart: /rest/quickstart
layout: discovery-landing
includedCategories:
  - Learn about the REST API
  - Authenticate API requests
  - Build apps and integrations
  - Manage repositories and code
  - Manage issues, pull requests, and projects
  - Automate CI/CD workflows
  - Secure code and manage vulnerabilities
  - Manage organizations and teams
  - Administer enterprises and billing
  - Manage users and activity
  - Use Codespaces
  - Use Copilot and AI services
carousels:
  recommended:
    - /rest/quickstart
    - /rest/using-the-rest-api/getting-started-with-the-rest-api
    - /rest/authentication/authenticating-to-the-rest-api
    - /rest/using-the-rest-api/best-practices-for-using-the-rest-api
    - /rest/using-the-rest-api/rate-limits-for-the-rest-api
    - /rest/authentication/keeping-your-api-credentials-secure
    - /rest/guides/scripting-with-the-rest-api-and-javascript
    - /rest/using-the-rest-api/troubleshooting-the-rest-api
    - /rest/using-the-rest-api/using-pagination-in-the-rest-api
redirect_from:
  - /v3
  - /rest/reference
  - /rest/overview
  - /developers/overview
versions:
  fpt: '*'
  ghes: '*'
  ghec: '*'
children:
  - /quickstart
  - /about-the-rest-api
  - /using-the-rest-api
  - /authentication
  - /guides
  - /actions
  - /activity
  - /agent-automations
  - /agent-tasks
  - /agents
  - /announcement-banners
  - /apps
  - /billing
  - /branches
  - /campaigns
  - /checks
  - /classroom
  - /code-quality
  - /code-scanning
  - /code-security
  - /codes-of-conduct
  - /codespaces
  - /collaborators
  - /commits
  - /copilot
  - /copilot-spaces
  - /credentials
  - /dependabot
  - /dependency-graph
  - /deploy-keys
  - /deployments
  - /emojis
  - /enterprise-admin
  - /enterprise-teams
  - /gists
  - /git
  - /gitignore
  - /interactions
  - /issues
  - /licenses
  - /markdown
  - /meta
  - /metrics
  - /migrations
  - /oauth-authorizations
  - /orgs
  - /packages
  - /pages
  - /private-registries
  - /projects
  - /pulls
  - /rate-limit
  - /reactions
  - /releases
  - /repos
  - /scim
  - /search
  - /secret-scanning
  - /security-advisories
  - /teams
  - /users
autogenerated: rest
---

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