# Add team access restrictions

From **GitHub v3 REST API**.

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

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Grants the specified teams push access for this branch. You can also give push access to child teams.

| Type    | Description                                                                                                                                |
| ------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
| `array` | The teams that can have push access. Use the team's `slug`. **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":{"teams":["my-team"]},"properties":{"teams":{"description":"teams parameter","items":{"type":"string"},"type":"array"}},"required":["teams"],"type":"object"},{"description":"teams parameter","items":{"type":"string"},"type":"array"}]}
```

## Responses

### `200`

Response

### `application/json`

- Type: `array`

```json
[
  {
    "description": "A great team.",
    "html_url": "https://github.com/orgs/github/teams/justice-league",
    "id": 1,
    "members_url": "https://api.github.com/teams/1/members{/member}",
    "name": "Justice League",
    "node_id": "MDQ6VGVhbTE=",
    "parent": null,
    "permission": "admin",
    "privacy": "closed",
    "repositories_url": "https://api.github.com/teams/1/repos",
    "slug": "justice-league",
    "url": "https://api.github.com/teams/1"
  }
]
```

```json
{"items":{"$ref":"#/components/schemas/team"},"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/teams \
  --header 'content-type: application/json' \
  --data 'string'
```