Get all commonly used licenses

GET/licenses

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

Request

Query Parameters

featured boolean optional
per_page integer optional: Results per page (max 100)
page integer optional: Page number of the results to fetch.

Responses

application/json array[License Simple object]

Response

items License Simple object

License Simple

html_url string<uri>

optional

key string

required

Example: mit

name string

required

Example: MIT License

node_id string

required

Example: MDc6TGljZW5zZW1pdA==

spdx_id string

requirednullable

Example: MIT

url string<uri>

requirednullable

Example: https://api.github.com/licenses/mit

Response Example: 200 application/json

[
  {
    "key": "mit",
    "name": "MIT License",
    "node_id": "MDc6TGljZW5zZW1pdA==",
    "spdx_id": "MIT",
    "url": "https://api.github.com/licenses/mit"
  },
  {
    "key": "lgpl-3.0",
    "name": "GNU Lesser General Public License v3.0",
    "node_id": "MDc6TGljZW5zZW1pdA==",
    "spdx_id": "LGPL-3.0",
    "url": "https://api.github.com/licenses/lgpl-3.0"
  },
  {
    "key": "mpl-2.0",
    "name": "Mozilla Public License 2.0",
    "node_id": "MDc6TGljZW5zZW1pdA==",
    "spdx_id": "MPL-2.0",
    "url": "https://api.github.com/licenses/mpl-2.0"
  },
  {
    "key": "agpl-3.0",
    "name": "GNU Affero General Public License v3.0",
    "node_id": "MDc6TGljZW5zZW1pdA==",
    "spdx_id": "AGPL-3.0",
    "url": "https://api.github.com/licenses/agpl-3.0"
  },
  {
    "key": "unlicense",
    "name": "The Unlicense",
    "node_id": "MDc6TGljZW5zZW1pdA==",
    "spdx_id": "Unlicense",
    "url": "https://api.github.com/licenses/unlicense"
  },
  {
    "key": "apache-2.0",
    "name": "Apache License 2.0",
    "node_id": "MDc6TGljZW5zZW1pdA==",
    "spdx_id": "Apache-2.0",
    "url": "https://api.github.com/licenses/apache-2.0"
  },
  {
    "key": "gpl-3.0",
    "name": "GNU General Public License v3.0",
    "node_id": "MDc6TGljZW5zZW1pdA==",
    "spdx_id": "GPL-3.0",
    "url": "https://api.github.com/licenses/gpl-3.0"
  }
]

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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

featured

per_page

Results per page (max 100)

page

Page number of the results to fetch.

Request Sample: Shell / cURL

curl --request GET \
  --url {protocol}://{hostname}/api/v3/licenses