Create Org Repo

Creates a new repository in the specified organization. The authenticated user must be a member of the organization.

OAuth scope requirements

When using OAuth, authorizations must include:

• public_repo scope or repo scope to create a public repository. Note: For GitHub AE, use repo scope to create an internal repository.
• repo scope to create a private repository.

External Documentation

To learn more, visit the GitHub documentation.

Basic Parameters

Parameter	Description
Auto Init	Pass true to create an initial commit with empty README.
Description	A short description of the repository.
Gitignore Template	Desired language or platform .gitignore template to apply. Use the name of the template without the extension. For example, "Haskell".
License Template	Choose an open source license template that best suits your needs, and then use the license keyword as the license_template string. For example, "mit" or "mpl-2.0".
New Repo Name	The name of the repository.
Org	The organization name. The name is not case sensitive.

Advanced Parameters

Parameter	Description
Private	Whether the repository is private.

Example Output

{
    "value": {
        "allow_auto_merge": false,
        "allow_merge_commit": true,
        "allow_rebase_merge": true,
        "allow_squash_merge": true,
        "archive_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/{archive_format}{/ref}",
        "archived": false,
        "assignees_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/assignees{/user}",
        "blobs_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/git/blobs{/sha}",
        "branches_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/branches{/branch}",
        "clone_url": "https://github.com/octocat/Hello-World.git",
        "collaborators_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/collaborators{/collaborator}",
        "comments_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/comments{/number}",
        "commits_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/commits{/sha}",
        "compare_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/compare/{base}...{head}",
        "contents_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/contents/{+path}",
        "contributors_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/contributors",
        "created_at": "2011-01-26T19:01:12Z",
        "default_branch": "master",
        "delete_branch_on_merge": true,
        "deployments_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/deployments",
        "description": "This your first repo!",
        "disabled": false,
        "downloads_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/downloads",
        "events_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/events",
        "fork": false,
        "forks": 9,
        "forks_count": 9,
        "forks_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/forks",
        "full_name": "octocat/Hello-World",
        "git_commits_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/git/commits{/sha}",
        "git_refs_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/git/refs{/sha}",
        "git_tags_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/git/tags{/sha}",
        "git_url": "git:github.com/octocat/Hello-World.git",
        "has_downloads": true,
        "has_issues": true,
        "has_pages": false,
        "has_projects": true,
        "has_wiki": true,
        "homepage": "https://github.com",
        "hooks_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/hooks",
        "html_url": "https://github.com/octocat/Hello-World",
        "id": 1296269,
        "is_template": true,
        "issue_comment_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/issues/comments{/number}",
        "issue_events_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/issues/events{/number}",
        "issues_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/issues{/number}",
        "keys_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/keys{/key_id}",
        "labels_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/labels{/name}",
        "language": null,
        "languages_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/languages",
        "license": {
            "html_url": "https://api.github.com/licenses/mit",
            "key": "mit",
            "name": "MIT License",
            "node_id": "MDc6TGljZW5zZW1pdA==",
            "spdx_id": "MIT",
            "url": "https://api.github.com/licenses/mit"
        },
        "merges_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/merges",
        "milestones_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/milestones{/number}",
        "mirror_url": "git:git.example.com/octocat/Hello-World",
        "name": "Hello-World",
        "network_count": 0,
        "node_id": "MDEwOlJlcG9zaXRvcnkxMjk2MjY5",
        "notifications_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/notifications{?since,all,participating}",
        "open_issues": 0,
        "open_issues_count": 0,
        "organization": null,
        "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"
        },
        "permissions": {
            "admin": false,
            "pull": true,
            "push": false
        },
        "private": false,
        "pulls_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/pulls{/number}",
        "pushed_at": "2011-01-26T19:06:43Z",
        "releases_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/releases{/id}",
        "size": 108,
        "ssh_url": "git@github.com:octocat/Hello-World.git",
        "stargazers_count": 80,
        "stargazers_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/stargazers",
        "statuses_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/statuses/{sha}",
        "subscribers_count": 42,
        "subscribers_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/subscribers",
        "subscription_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/subscription",
        "svn_url": "https://svn.github.com/octocat/Hello-World",
        "tags_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/tags",
        "teams_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/teams",
        "temp_clone_token": "ABTLWHOULUVAXGTRYU7OC2876QJ2O",
        "template_repository": null,
        "topics": [
            "octocat",
            "atom",
            "electron",
            "api"
        ],
        "trees_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/git/trees{/sha}",
        "updated_at": "2011-01-26T19:14:43Z",
        "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World",
        "visibility": "public",
        "watchers": 80,
        "watchers_count": 80
    }
}

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