# Set status check contexts

From **GitHub v3 REST API**.

`PUT /repos/{owner}/{repo}/branches/{branch}/protection/required_status_checks/contexts`

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## 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":{"contexts":["contexts"]},"properties":{"contexts":{"description":"contexts parameter","items":{"type":"string"},"type":"array"}},"required":["contexts"],"type":"object"},{"description":"contexts parameter","items":{"type":"string"},"type":"array"}]}
```

## Responses

### `200`

Response

### `application/json`

- Type: `array`

```json
[
  "continuous-integration/travis-ci"
]
```

```json
{"items":{"type":"string"},"type":"array"}
```

### `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 PUT \
  --url {protocol}://{hostname}/api/v3/repos/{owner}/{repo}/branches/{branch}/protection/required_status_checks/contexts \
  --header 'content-type: application/json' \
  --data 'string'
```