# Get the combined status for a specific reference

From **GitHub v3 REST API**.

`GET /repos/{owner}/{repo}/commits/{ref}/status`

Users with pull access in a repository can access a combined view of commit statuses for a given ref. The ref can be a SHA, a branch name, or a tag name.


Additionally, a combined `state` is returned. The `state` is one of:

*   **failure** if any of the contexts report as `error` or `failure`
*   **pending** if there are no statuses or a context is `pending`
*   **success** if the latest status for all contexts is `success`

## Parameters

### `owner`

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

### `repo`

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

### `ref`

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

ref parameter

### `per_page`

- Location: query
- Required: false
- Type: `integer`
- Default: `30`

Results per page (max 100)

### `page`

- Location: query
- Required: false
- Type: `integer`
- Default: `1`

Page number of the results to fetch.

## Responses

### `200`

Response

### `application/json`

- Type: `object`

Combined Commit Status

```json
{
  "commit_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/6dcb09b5b57875f334f61aebed695e2e4193db5e",
  "repository": {
    "archive_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/{archive_format}{/ref}",
    "assignees_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/assignees{/user}",
    "blobs_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/git/blobs{/sha}",
    "branches_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/branches{/branch}",
    "collaborators_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/collaborators{/collaborator}",
    "comments_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/comments{/number}",
    "commits_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/commits{/sha}",
    "compare_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/compare/{base}...{head}",
    "contents_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/contents/{+path}",
    "contributors_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/contributors",
    "deployments_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/deployments",
    "description": "This your first repo!",
    "downloads_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/downloads",
    "events_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/events",
    "fork": false,
    "forks_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/forks",
    "full_name": "octocat/Hello-World",
    "git_commits_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/git/commits{/sha}",
    "git_refs_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/git/refs{/sha}",
    "git_tags_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/git/tags{/sha}",
    "git_url": "git:github.com/octocat/Hello-World.git",
    "hooks_url": "http://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/hooks",
    "html_url": "https://github.com/octocat/Hello-World",
    "id": 1296269,
    "issue_comment_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/issues/comments{/number}",
    "issue_events_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/issues/events{/number}",
    "issues_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/issues{/number}",
    "keys_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/keys{/key_id}",
    "labels_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/labels{/name}",
    "languages_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/languages",
    "merges_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/merges",
    "milestones_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/milestones{/number}",
    "name": "Hello-World",
    "node_id": "MDEwOlJlcG9zaXRvcnkxMjk2MjY5",
    "notifications_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/notifications{?since,all,participating}",
    "owner": {
      "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"
    },
    "private": false,
    "pulls_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/pulls{/number}",
    "releases_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/releases{/id}",
    "ssh_url": "git@github.com:octocat/Hello-World.git",
    "stargazers_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/stargazers",
    "statuses_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/statuses/{sha}",
    "subscribers_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/subscribers",
    "subscription_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/subscription",
    "tags_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/tags",
    "teams_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/teams",
    "trees_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/git/trees{/sha}",
    "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World"
  },
  "sha": "6dcb09b5b57875f334f61aebed695e2e4193db5e",
  "state": "success",
  "statuses": [
    {
      "avatar_url": "https://github.com/images/error/hubot_happy.gif",
      "context": "continuous-integration/jenkins",
      "created_at": "2012-07-20T01:19:13Z",
      "description": "Build has completed successfully",
      "id": 1,
      "node_id": "MDY6U3RhdHVzMQ==",
      "state": "success",
      "target_url": "https://ci.example.com/1000/output",
      "updated_at": "2012-07-20T01:19:13Z",
      "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/statuses/6dcb09b5b57875f334f61aebed695e2e4193db5e"
    },
    {
      "avatar_url": "https://github.com/images/error/other_user_happy.gif",
      "context": "security/brakeman",
      "created_at": "2012-08-20T01:19:13Z",
      "description": "Testing has completed successfully",
      "id": 2,
      "node_id": "MDY6U3RhdHVzMg==",
      "state": "success",
      "target_url": "https://ci.example.com/2000/output",
      "updated_at": "2012-08-20T01:19:13Z",
      "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/statuses/6dcb09b5b57875f334f61aebed695e2e4193db5e"
    }
  ],
  "total_count": 2,
  "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/6dcb09b5b57875f334f61aebed695e2e4193db5e/status"
}
```

```json
{"description":"Combined Commit Status","properties":{"commit_url":{"format":"uri","type":"string"},"repository":{"$ref":"#/components/schemas/minimal-repository"},"sha":{"type":"string"},"state":{"type":"string"},"statuses":{"items":{"$ref":"#/components/schemas/simple-commit-status"},"type":"array"},"total_count":{"type":"integer"},"url":{"format":"uri","type":"string"}},"required":["state","sha","total_count","statuses","repository","commit_url","url"],"title":"Combined Commit Status","type":"object"}
```

### `404`

Resource not found

### `application/json`

- Type: `object`

Basic Error

```json
{"description":"Basic Error","properties":{"documentation_url":{"type":"string"},"message":{"type":"string"},"status":{"type":"string"},"url":{"type":"string"}},"title":"Basic Error","type":"object"}
```

## Request examples

### cURL

```shell
curl --request GET \
  --url {protocol}://{hostname}/api/v3/repos/{owner}/{repo}/commits/{ref}/status
```
