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Create a commit status

Users with push access in a repository can create commit statuses for a given SHA. Note: there is a limit of 1000 statuses per `sha` and `context` within a repository. Attempts to create more than 1000 statuses will result in a validation error.

POST/repos/{owner}/{repo}/statuses/{sha}
Source
github-v3-rest.json
Revision
f5f067c1e6f6
Active snapshot
85e53e3d0d65

Request

Path Parameters
owner string
required
repo string
required
sha string
required
Body Params
required
application/jsonobject
context string
optional

A string label to differentiate this status from the status of other systems. This field is case-insensitive.

Default: default

description string
optional

A short description of the status.

state string
required

The state of the status. Can be one of `error`, `failure`, `pending`, or `success`.

Allowed: "error""failure""pending""success"

target_url string
optional

The target URL to associate with this status. This URL will be linked from the GitHub UI to allow users to easily see the source of the status. For example, if your continuous integration system is posting build status, you would want to provide the deep link for the build output for this specific SHA: `http://ci.example.com/user/repo/build/sha`

Responses

application/json Status object

Response

Headers
Location string
Example:
https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/statuses/6dcb09b5b57875f334f61aebed695e2e4193db5e
avatar_url string
requirednullable
context string
required
created_at string
required
creator 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

login string
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

description string
required
id integer
required
node_id string
required
state string
required
target_url string
required
updated_at string
required
url string
required