REST API endpoints for codes of conduct

Use the REST API to get information about codes of conduct.

Note

Most endpoints use Authorization: Bearer <YOUR-TOKEN> and Accept: application/vnd.github+json headers, plus X-GitHub-Api-Version: 2026-03-10. Curl examples below omit these standard headers for brevity.

Get all codes of conduct

GET /codes_of_conduct

Returns array of all GitHub's codes of conduct.

HTTP response status codes

200 - OK
304 - Not modified

Code examples

Example

Request:

curl -L \
  -X GET \
  https://api.github.com/codes_of_conduct

Response schema (Status: 200):

Array of Code Of Conduct:

key: required, string
name: required, string
url: required, string, format: uri
body: string
html_url: required, string or null, format: uri

Get a code of conduct

GET /codes_of_conduct/{key}

Returns information about the specified GitHub code of conduct.

Parameters

Headers

accept (string)
Setting to application/vnd.github+json is recommended.

Path and query parameters

key (string) (required)

HTTP response status codes

200 - OK
304 - Not modified
404 - Resource not found

Code examples

Example

Request:

curl -L \
  -X GET \
  https://api.github.com/codes_of_conduct/KEY

Response schema (Status: 200):

key: required, string
name: required, string
url: required, string, format: uri
body: string
html_url: required, string or null, format: uri