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Create User Repo

Creates a new repository for the authenticated user.

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

ParameterDescription
Auto InitWhether the repository is initialized with a minimal README.
DescriptionA short description of the repository.
Gitignore TemplateThe desired language or platform to apply to the .gitignore.
License TemplateThe license keyword of the open source license for this repository.
New Repo NameThe name of the repository.

Advanced Parameters

ParameterDescription
PrivateWhether 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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