# Add user access restrictions

From **GitHub v3 REST API**.

`POST /repos/{owner}/{repo}/branches/{branch}/protection/restrictions/users`

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Grants the specified people push access for this branch.

| Type    | Description                                                                                                                   |
| ------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| `array` | Usernames for people who can have push access. **Note**: The list of users, apps, and teams in total is limited to 100 items. |

## Parameters

### `owner`

- Location: path
- Required: true
- Type: `string`

### `repo`

- Location: path
- Required: true
- Type: `string`

### `branch`

- Location: path
- Required: true
- Type: `string`

The name of the branch.

## Request body

- Required: false
### `application/json`

```json
{"oneOf":[{"example":{"users":["mona"]},"properties":{"users":{"description":"users parameter","items":{"type":"string"},"type":"array"}},"required":["users"],"type":"object"},{"items":{"type":"string"},"type":"array"}]}
```

## Responses

### `200`

Response

### `application/json`

- Type: `array`

```json
[
  {
    "avatar_url": "https://github.com/images/error/octocat_happy.gif",
    "events_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/events{/privacy}",
    "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}",
    "gravatar_id": "",
    "html_url": "https://github.com/octocat",
    "id": 1,
    "login": "octocat",
    "node_id": "MDQ6VXNlcjE=",
    "organizations_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/orgs",
    "received_events_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/received_events",
    "repos_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/repos",
    "site_admin": false,
    "starred_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/starred{/owner}{/repo}",
    "subscriptions_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/subscriptions",
    "type": "User",
    "url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat"
  }
]
```

```json
{"items":{"$ref":"#/components/schemas/simple-user"},"type":"array"}
```

### `422`

Validation failed

### `application/json`

- Type: `object`

Validation Error

```json
{"description":"Validation Error","properties":{"documentation_url":{"type":"string"},"errors":{"items":{"properties":{"code":{"type":"string"},"field":{"type":"string"},"index":{"type":"integer"},"message":{"type":"string"},"resource":{"type":"string"},"value":{"oneOf":[{"nullable":true,"type":"string"},{"nullable":true,"type":"integer"},{"items":{"type":"string"},"nullable":true,"type":"array"}]}},"required":["code"],"type":"object"},"type":"array"},"message":{"type":"string"}},"required":["message","documentation_url"],"title":"Validation Error","type":"object"}
```

## Request examples

### cURL

```shell
curl --request POST \
  --url {protocol}://{hostname}/api/v3/repos/{owner}/{repo}/branches/{branch}/protection/restrictions/users \
  --header 'content-type: application/json' \
  --data 'string'
```