Fork a gist

**Note**: This was previously `/gists/:gist_id/fork`.

POST/gists/{gist_id}/forks

Source: github-v3-rest.json
Revision: f5f067c1e6f6
Active snapshot: 85e53e3d0d65

Request

Path Parameters

gist_id string required: gist_id parameter

Responses

application/json Base Gist object

Response

Headers

Location string

Example: https://api.github.com/gists/aa5a315d61ae9438b18d

comments integer

required

comments_url string<uri>

required

commits_url string<uri>

required

created_at string<date-time>

required

description string

requirednullable

files object

required

forks array

optional

forks_url string<uri>

required

git_pull_url string<uri>

required

git_push_url string<uri>

required

history array

optional

html_url string<uri>

required

id string

required

node_id string

required

owner Simple User object

optional

Simple User

avatar_url string<uri>

required

Example: https://github.com/images/error/octocat_happy.gif

email string

optionalnullable

events_url string

required

Example: https://api.github.com/users/octocat/events{/privacy}

followers_url string<uri>

required

Example: https://api.github.com/users/octocat/followers

following_url string

required

Example: https://api.github.com/users/octocat/following{/other_user}

gists_url string

required

Example: https://api.github.com/users/octocat/gists{/gist_id}

gravatar_id string

requirednullable

Example: 41d064eb2195891e12d0413f63227ea7

html_url string<uri>

required

Example: https://github.com/octocat

id integer

required

Example: 1

required

Example: octocat

name string

optionalnullable

node_id string

required

Example: MDQ6VXNlcjE=

organizations_url string<uri>

required

Example: https://api.github.com/users/octocat/orgs

received_events_url string<uri>

required

Example: https://api.github.com/users/octocat/received_events

repos_url string<uri>

required

Example: https://api.github.com/users/octocat/repos

site_admin boolean

required

starred_at string

optional

Example: "2020-07-09T00:17:55Z"

starred_url string

required

Example: https://api.github.com/users/octocat/starred{/owner}{/repo}

subscriptions_url string<uri>

required

Example: https://api.github.com/users/octocat/subscriptions

type string

required

Example: User

url string<uri>

required

Example: https://api.github.com/users/octocat

public boolean

required

truncated boolean

optional

updated_at string<date-time>

required

url string<uri>

required

user Simple User object

requirednullable

Simple User

avatar_url string<uri>

required

Example: https://github.com/images/error/octocat_happy.gif

email string

optionalnullable

events_url string

required

Example: https://api.github.com/users/octocat/events{/privacy}

followers_url string<uri>

required

Example: https://api.github.com/users/octocat/followers

following_url string

required

Example: https://api.github.com/users/octocat/following{/other_user}

gists_url string

required

Example: https://api.github.com/users/octocat/gists{/gist_id}

gravatar_id string

requirednullable

Example: 41d064eb2195891e12d0413f63227ea7

html_url string<uri>

required

Example: https://github.com/octocat

id integer

required

Example: 1

required

Example: octocat

name string

optionalnullable

node_id string

required

Example: MDQ6VXNlcjE=

organizations_url string<uri>

required

Example: https://api.github.com/users/octocat/orgs

received_events_url string<uri>

required

Example: https://api.github.com/users/octocat/received_events

repos_url string<uri>

required

Example: https://api.github.com/users/octocat/repos

site_admin boolean

required

starred_at string

optional

Example: "2020-07-09T00:17:55Z"

starred_url string

required

Example: https://api.github.com/users/octocat/starred{/owner}{/repo}

subscriptions_url string<uri>

required

Example: https://api.github.com/users/octocat/subscriptions

type string

required

Example: User

url string<uri>

required

Example: https://api.github.com/users/octocat

Response Example: 201 application/json

{
  "comments": 0,
  "comments_url": "https://api.github.com/gists/aa5a315d61ae9438b18d/comments/",
  "commits_url": "https://api.github.com/gists/aa5a315d61ae9438b18d/commits",
  "created_at": "2010-04-14T02:15:15Z",
  "description": "Hello World Examples",
  "files": {
    "hello_world.rb": {
      "filename": "hello_world.rb",
      "language": "Ruby",
      "raw_url": "https://gist.githubusercontent.com/octocat/6cad326836d38bd3a7ae/raw/db9c55113504e46fa076e7df3a04ce592e2e86d8/hello_world.rb",
      "size": 167,
      "type": "application/x-ruby"
    }
  },
  "forks_url": "https://api.github.com/gists/aa5a315d61ae9438b18d/forks",
  "git_pull_url": "https://gist.github.com/aa5a315d61ae9438b18d.git",
  "git_push_url": "https://gist.github.com/aa5a315d61ae9438b18d.git",
  "html_url": "https://gist.github.com/aa5a315d61ae9438b18d",
  "id": "aa5a315d61ae9438b18d",
  "node_id": "MDQ6R2lzdGFhNWEzMTVkNjFhZTk0MzhiMThk",
  "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"
  },
  "public": true,
  "truncated": false,
  "updated_at": "2011-06-20T11:34:15Z",
  "url": "https://api.github.com/gists/aa5a315d61ae9438b18d",
  "user": null
}

Not modified

application/json Basic Error object

Forbidden

documentation_url string

optional

message string

optional

status string

optional

url string

optional

application/json Basic Error object

Resource not found

documentation_url string

optional

message string

optional

status string

optional

url string

optional

application/json Validation Error object

Validation failed

documentation_url string

required

errors array[object]

optional

items object

code string

required

field string

optional

index integer

optional

message string

optional

resource string

optional

value

optional

message string

required

Request configuration

This OpenAPI document does not declare an authentication scheme. Check the API provider's documentation before sending credentials; Manja cannot infer or validate an undocumented scheme.

Common bearer example: Authorization: Bearer YOUR_ACCESS_TOKEN

hostname

Self-hosted Enterprise Server or Enterprise Cloud hostname

protocol

Self-hosted Enterprise Server or Enterprise Cloud protocol

gist_id *

gist_id parameter

Request Sample: Shell / cURL

curl --request POST \
  --url {protocol}://{hostname}/api/v3/gists/{gist_id}/forks