# Add an email address for the authenticated user

From **GitHub v3 REST API**.

`POST /user/emails`

This endpoint is accessible with the `user` scope.

## Request body

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

```json
{"oneOf":[{"example":{"emails":["octocat@github.com","mona@github.com"]},"properties":{"emails":{"description":"Adds one or more email addresses to your GitHub account. Must contain at least one email address. **Note:** Alternatively, you can pass a single email address or an `array` of emails addresses directly, but we recommend that you pass an object using the `emails` key.","example":[],"items":{"example":"username@example.com","minItems":1,"type":"string"},"type":"array"}},"required":["emails"],"type":"object"},{"items":{"example":"username@example.com","minItems":1,"type":"string"},"type":"array"},{"type":"string"}]}
```

## Responses

### `201`

Response

### `application/json`

- Type: `array`

```json
[
  {
    "email": "octocat@octocat.org",
    "primary": false,
    "verified": false,
    "visibility": "public"
  },
  {
    "email": "octocat@github.com",
    "primary": false,
    "verified": false,
    "visibility": null
  },
  {
    "email": "mona@github.com",
    "primary": false,
    "verified": false,
    "visibility": null
  }
]
```

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

### `304`

Not modified

### `401`

Requires authentication

### `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"}
```

### `403`

Forbidden

### `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"}
```

### `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"}
```

### `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/user/emails \
  --header 'content-type: application/json' \
  --data 'string'
```