REST API endpoints for Dependabot secrets

Use the REST API to manage Dependabot secrets for an organization or repository.

About Dependabot secrets

You can create, update, delete, and retrieve information about encrypted secrets using the REST API. Secrets allow you to store sensitive information, such as access tokens, in your repository, repository environments, or organization. For more information, see Configuring access to private registries for Dependabot.

These endpoints are available for authenticated users, OAuth apps, and GitHub Apps. Access tokens require repo scope for private repositories and public_repo scope for public repositories. GitHub Apps must have the dependabot_secrets permission to use these endpoints. Authenticated users must have collaborator access to a repository to create, update, or read secrets.

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.

List organization secrets

GET /orgs/{org}/dependabot/secrets

Lists all secrets available in an organization without revealing their
encrypted values.
OAuth app tokens and personal access tokens (classic) need the admin:org scope to use this endpoint.

Parameters

Headers

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

Path and query parameters

org (string) (required)
The organization name. The name is not case sensitive.
per_page (integer)
The number of results per page (max 100). For more information, see "Using pagination in the REST API."
Default: 30
page (integer)
The page number of the results to fetch. For more information, see "Using pagination in the REST API."
Default: 1

HTTP response status codes

200 - OK

Code examples

Example

Request:

curl -L \
  -X GET \
  https://api.github.com/orgs/ORG/dependabot/secrets

Response schema (Status: 200):

total_count: required, integer
secrets: required, array of Dependabot Secret for an Organization:
- name: required, string
- created_at: required, string, format: date-time
- updated_at: required, string, format: date-time
- visibility: required, string, enum: all, private, selected
- selected_repositories_url: string, format: uri

Get an organization public key

GET /orgs/{org}/dependabot/secrets/public-key

Gets your public key, which you need to encrypt secrets. You need to
encrypt a secret before you can create or update secrets.
OAuth app tokens and personal access tokens (classic) need the admin:org scope to use this endpoint.

Parameters

Headers

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

Path and query parameters

org (string) (required)
The organization name. The name is not case sensitive.

HTTP response status codes

200 - OK

Code examples

Example

Request:

curl -L \
  -X GET \
  https://api.github.com/orgs/ORG/dependabot/secrets/public-key

Response schema (Status: 200):

key_id: required, string
key: required, string

Get an organization secret

GET /orgs/{org}/dependabot/secrets/{secret_name}

Gets a single organization secret without revealing its encrypted value.
OAuth app tokens and personal access tokens (classic) need the admin:org scope to use this endpoint.

Parameters

Headers

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

Path and query parameters

org (string) (required)
The organization name. The name is not case sensitive.
secret_name (string) (required)
The name of the secret.

HTTP response status codes

200 - OK

Code examples

Example

Request:

curl -L \
  -X GET \
  https://api.github.com/orgs/ORG/dependabot/secrets/SECRET_NAME

Response schema (Status: 200):

name: required, string
created_at: required, string, format: date-time
updated_at: required, string, format: date-time
visibility: required, string, enum: all, private, selected
selected_repositories_url: string, format: uri

Create or update an organization secret

PUT /orgs/{org}/dependabot/secrets/{secret_name}

Creates or updates an organization secret with an encrypted value. Encrypt your secret using
LibSodium. For more information, see "Encrypting secrets for the REST API."
OAuth app tokens and personal access tokens (classic) need the admin:org scope to use this endpoint.

Parameters

Headers

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

Path and query parameters

org (string) (required)
The organization name. The name is not case sensitive.
secret_name (string) (required)
The name of the secret.

Body parameters

encrypted_value (string)
Value for your secret, encrypted with LibSodium using the public key retrieved from the Get an organization public key endpoint.
key_id (string)
ID of the key you used to encrypt the secret.
visibility (string) (required)
Which type of organization repositories have access to the organization secret. selected means only the repositories specified by selected_repository_ids can access the secret.
Can be one of: all, private, selected
selected_repository_ids (array of integers)
An array of repository ids that can access the organization secret. You can only provide a list of repository ids when the visibility is set to selected. You can manage the list of selected repositories using the List selected repositories for an organization secret, Set selected repositories for an organization secret, and Remove selected repository from an organization secret endpoints.

HTTP response status codes

201 - Response when creating a secret
204 - Response when updating a secret

Code examples

Example 1: Status Code 201

Request:

curl -L \
  -X PUT \
  https://api.github.com/orgs/ORG/dependabot/secrets/SECRET_NAME \
  -d '{
  "encrypted_value": "c2VjcmV0",
  "key_id": "012345678912345678",
  "visibility": "selected",
  "selected_repository_ids": [
    1296269,
    1296280
  ]
}'

Response schema (Status: 201):

Example 2: Status Code 204

Request:

curl -L \
  -X PUT \
  https://api.github.com/orgs/ORG/dependabot/secrets/SECRET_NAME \
  -d '{
  "encrypted_value": "c2VjcmV0",
  "key_id": "012345678912345678",
  "visibility": "selected",
  "selected_repository_ids": [
    1296269,
    1296280
  ]
}'

Response schema (Status: 204):

Delete an organization secret

DELETE /orgs/{org}/dependabot/secrets/{secret_name}

Deletes a secret in an organization using the secret name.
OAuth app tokens and personal access tokens (classic) need the admin:org scope to use this endpoint.

Parameters

Headers

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

Path and query parameters

org (string) (required)
The organization name. The name is not case sensitive.
secret_name (string) (required)
The name of the secret.

HTTP response status codes

204 - No Content

Code examples

Example

Request:

curl -L \
  -X DELETE \
  https://api.github.com/orgs/ORG/dependabot/secrets/SECRET_NAME

Response schema (Status: 204):

List selected repositories for an organization secret

GET /orgs/{org}/dependabot/secrets/{secret_name}/repositories

Lists all repositories that have been selected when the visibility
for repository access to a secret is set to selected.
OAuth app tokens and personal access tokens (classic) need the admin:org scope to use this endpoint.

Parameters

Headers

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

Path and query parameters

org (string) (required)
The organization name. The name is not case sensitive.
secret_name (string) (required)
The name of the secret.
page (integer)
The page number of the results to fetch. For more information, see "Using pagination in the REST API."
Default: 1
per_page (integer)
The number of results per page (max 100). For more information, see "Using pagination in the REST API."
Default: 30

HTTP response status codes

200 - OK

Code examples

Example

Request:

curl -L \
  -X GET \
  https://api.github.com/orgs/ORG/dependabot/secrets/SECRET_NAME/repositories

Response schema (Status: 200):

total_count: required, integer
repositories: required, array of Minimal Repository:
- id: required, integer, format: int64
- node_id: required, string
- name: required, string
- full_name: required, string
- owner: required, Simple User:
  - name: string or null
  - email: string or null
  - login: required, string
  - id: required, integer, format: int64
  - node_id: required, string
  - avatar_url: required, string, format: uri
  - gravatar_id: required, string or null
  - url: required, string, format: uri
  - html_url: required, string, format: uri
  - followers_url: required, string, format: uri
  - following_url: required, string
  - gists_url: required, string
  - starred_url: required, string
  - subscriptions_url: required, string, format: uri
  - organizations_url: required, string, format: uri
  - repos_url: required, string, format: uri
  - events_url: required, string
  - received_events_url: required, string, format: uri
  - type: required, string
  - site_admin: required, boolean
  - starred_at: string
  - user_view_type: string
- private: required, boolean
- html_url: required, string, format: uri
- description: required, string or null
- fork: required, boolean
- url: required, string, format: uri
- archive_url: required, string
- assignees_url: required, string
- blobs_url: required, string
- branches_url: required, string
- collaborators_url: required, string
- comments_url: required, string
- commits_url: required, string
- compare_url: required, string
- contents_url: required, string
- contributors_url: required, string, format: uri
- deployments_url: required, string, format: uri
- downloads_url: required, string, format: uri
- events_url: required, string, format: uri
- forks_url: required, string, format: uri
- git_commits_url: required, string
- git_refs_url: required, string
- git_tags_url: required, string
- git_url: string
- issue_comment_url: required, string
- issue_events_url: required, string
- issues_url: required, string
- keys_url: required, string
- labels_url: required, string
- languages_url: required, string, format: uri
- merges_url: required, string, format: uri
- milestones_url: required, string
- notifications_url: required, string
- pulls_url: required, string
- releases_url: required, string
- ssh_url: string
- stargazers_url: required, string, format: uri
- statuses_url: required, string
- subscribers_url: required, string, format: uri
- subscription_url: required, string, format: uri
- tags_url: required, string, format: uri
- teams_url: required, string, format: uri
- trees_url: required, string
- clone_url: string
- mirror_url: string or null
- hooks_url: required, string, format: uri
- svn_url: string
- homepage: string or null
- language: string or null
- forks_count: integer
- stargazers_count: integer
- watchers_count: integer
- size: integer
- default_branch: string
- open_issues_count: integer
- is_template: boolean
- topics: array of string
- has_issues: boolean
- has_projects: boolean
- has_wiki: boolean
- has_pages: boolean
- has_discussions: boolean
- has_pull_requests: boolean
- pull_request_creation_policy: string, enum: all, collaborators_only
- archived: boolean
- disabled: boolean
- visibility: string
- pushed_at: string or null, format: date-time
- created_at: string or null, format: date-time
- updated_at: string or null, format: date-time
- permissions: object:
  - admin: boolean
  - maintain: boolean
  - push: boolean
  - triage: boolean
  - pull: boolean
- role_name: string
- temp_clone_token: string
- delete_branch_on_merge: boolean
- subscribers_count: integer
- network_count: integer
- code_of_conduct: Code Of Conduct:
  - key: required, string
  - name: required, string
  - url: required, string, format: uri
  - body: string
  - html_url: required, string or null, format: uri
- license: object or null:
  - key: string
  - name: string
  - spdx_id: string
  - url: string or null
  - node_id: string
- forks: integer
- open_issues: integer
- watchers: integer
- allow_forking: boolean
- web_commit_signoff_required: boolean
- security_and_analysis: object or null:
  - advanced_security: object:
    - status: string, enum: enabled, disabled
  - code_security: object:
    - status: string, enum: enabled, disabled
  - dependabot_security_updates: object:
    - status: string, enum: enabled, disabled
  - secret_scanning: object:
    - status: string, enum: enabled, disabled
  - secret_scanning_push_protection: object:
    - status: string, enum: enabled, disabled
  - secret_scanning_non_provider_patterns: object:
    - status: string, enum: enabled, disabled
  - secret_scanning_ai_detection: object:
    - status: string, enum: enabled, disabled
  - secret_scanning_delegated_alert_dismissal: object:
    - status: string, enum: enabled, disabled
  - secret_scanning_delegated_bypass: object:
    - status: string, enum: enabled, disabled
  - secret_scanning_delegated_bypass_options: object:
    - reviewers: array of objects:
      - reviewer_id: required, integer
      - reviewer_type: required, string, enum: TEAM, ROLE
      - mode: string, enum: ALWAYS, EXEMPT, default: "ALWAYS"
- custom_properties: object, additional properties allowed

Set selected repositories for an organization secret

PUT /orgs/{org}/dependabot/secrets/{secret_name}/repositories

Replaces all repositories for an organization secret when the visibility
for repository access is set to selected. The visibility is set when you Create
or update an organization secret.
OAuth app tokens and personal access tokens (classic) need the admin:org scope to use this endpoint.

Parameters

Headers

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

Path and query parameters

org (string) (required)
The organization name. The name is not case sensitive.
secret_name (string) (required)
The name of the secret.

Body parameters

selected_repository_ids (array of integers) (required)
An array of repository ids that can access the organization secret. You can only provide a list of repository ids when the visibility is set to selected. You can add and remove individual repositories using the Set selected repositories for an organization secret and Remove selected repository from an organization secret endpoints.

HTTP response status codes

204 - No Content

Code examples

Example

Request:

curl -L \
  -X PUT \
  https://api.github.com/orgs/ORG/dependabot/secrets/SECRET_NAME/repositories \
  -d '{
  "selected_repository_ids": [
    64780797
  ]
}'

Response schema (Status: 204):

Add selected repository to an organization secret

PUT /orgs/{org}/dependabot/secrets/{secret_name}/repositories/{repository_id}

Adds a repository to an organization secret when the visibility for
repository access is set to selected. The visibility is set when you Create or
update an organization secret.
OAuth app tokens and personal access tokens (classic) need the admin:org scope to use this endpoint.

Parameters

Headers

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

Path and query parameters

org (string) (required)
The organization name. The name is not case sensitive.
secret_name (string) (required)
The name of the secret.
repository_id (integer) (required)

HTTP response status codes

204 - No Content when repository was added to the selected list
409 - Conflict when visibility type is not set to selected

Code examples

Example

Request:

curl -L \
  -X PUT \
  https://api.github.com/orgs/ORG/dependabot/secrets/SECRET_NAME/repositories/REPOSITORY_ID

Response schema (Status: 204):

Remove selected repository from an organization secret

DELETE /orgs/{org}/dependabot/secrets/{secret_name}/repositories/{repository_id}

Removes a repository from an organization secret when the visibility
for repository access is set to selected. The visibility is set when you Create
or update an organization secret.
OAuth app tokens and personal access tokens (classic) need the admin:org scope to use this endpoint.

Parameters

Headers

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

Path and query parameters

org (string) (required)
The organization name. The name is not case sensitive.
secret_name (string) (required)
The name of the secret.
repository_id (integer) (required)

HTTP response status codes

204 - Response when repository was removed from the selected list
409 - Conflict when visibility type not set to selected

Code examples

Example

Request:

curl -L \
  -X DELETE \
  https://api.github.com/orgs/ORG/dependabot/secrets/SECRET_NAME/repositories/REPOSITORY_ID

Response schema (Status: 204):

List repository secrets

GET /repos/{owner}/{repo}/dependabot/secrets

Lists all secrets available in a repository without revealing their encrypted
values.
OAuth app tokens and personal access tokens (classic) need the repo scope to use this endpoint.

Parameters

Headers

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

Path and query parameters

owner (string) (required)
The account owner of the repository. The name is not case sensitive.
repo (string) (required)
The name of the repository without the .git extension. The name is not case sensitive.
per_page (integer)
The number of results per page (max 100). For more information, see "Using pagination in the REST API."
Default: 30
page (integer)
The page number of the results to fetch. For more information, see "Using pagination in the REST API."
Default: 1

HTTP response status codes

200 - OK

Code examples

Example

Request:

curl -L \
  -X GET \
  https://api.github.com/repos/OWNER/REPO/dependabot/secrets

Response schema (Status: 200):

total_count: required, integer
secrets: required, array of Dependabot Secret:
- name: required, string
- created_at: required, string, format: date-time
- updated_at: required, string, format: date-time

Get a repository public key

GET /repos/{owner}/{repo}/dependabot/secrets/public-key

Gets your public key, which you need to encrypt secrets. You need to
encrypt a secret before you can create or update secrets. Anyone with read access
to the repository can use this endpoint.
OAuth app tokens and personal access tokens (classic) need the repo scope to use this endpoint if the repository is private.

Parameters

Headers

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

Path and query parameters

owner (string) (required)
The account owner of the repository. The name is not case sensitive.
repo (string) (required)
The name of the repository without the .git extension. The name is not case sensitive.

HTTP response status codes

200 - OK

Code examples

Example

Request:

curl -L \
  -X GET \
  https://api.github.com/repos/OWNER/REPO/dependabot/secrets/public-key

Response schema (Status: 200):

Same response schema as Get an organization public key.

Get a repository secret

GET /repos/{owner}/{repo}/dependabot/secrets/{secret_name}

Gets a single repository secret without revealing its encrypted value.
OAuth app tokens and personal access tokens (classic) need the repo scope to use this endpoint.

Parameters

Headers

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

Path and query parameters

owner (string) (required)
The account owner of the repository. The name is not case sensitive.
repo (string) (required)
The name of the repository without the .git extension. The name is not case sensitive.
secret_name (string) (required)
The name of the secret.

HTTP response status codes

200 - OK

Code examples

Example

Request:

curl -L \
  -X GET \
  https://api.github.com/repos/OWNER/REPO/dependabot/secrets/SECRET_NAME

Response schema (Status: 200):

name: required, string
created_at: required, string, format: date-time
updated_at: required, string, format: date-time

Create or update a repository secret

PUT /repos/{owner}/{repo}/dependabot/secrets/{secret_name}

Creates or updates a repository secret with an encrypted value. Encrypt your secret using
LibSodium. For more information, see "Encrypting secrets for the REST API."
OAuth app tokens and personal access tokens (classic) need the repo scope to use this endpoint.

Parameters

Headers

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

Path and query parameters

owner (string) (required)
The account owner of the repository. The name is not case sensitive.
repo (string) (required)
The name of the repository without the .git extension. The name is not case sensitive.
secret_name (string) (required)
The name of the secret.

Body parameters

encrypted_value (string)
Value for your secret, encrypted with LibSodium using the public key retrieved from the Get a repository public key endpoint.
key_id (string)
ID of the key you used to encrypt the secret.

HTTP response status codes

201 - Response when creating a secret
204 - Response when updating a secret

Code examples

Example 1: Status Code 201

Request:

curl -L \
  -X PUT \
  https://api.github.com/repos/OWNER/REPO/dependabot/secrets/SECRET_NAME \
  -d '{
  "encrypted_value": "c2VjcmV0",
  "key_id": "012345678912345678"
}'

Response schema (Status: 201):

Example 2: Status Code 204

Request:

curl -L \
  -X PUT \
  https://api.github.com/repos/OWNER/REPO/dependabot/secrets/SECRET_NAME \
  -d '{
  "encrypted_value": "c2VjcmV0",
  "key_id": "012345678912345678"
}'

Response schema (Status: 204):

Delete a repository secret

DELETE /repos/{owner}/{repo}/dependabot/secrets/{secret_name}

Deletes a secret in a repository using the secret name.
OAuth app tokens and personal access tokens (classic) need the repo scope to use this endpoint.

Parameters

Headers

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

Path and query parameters

owner (string) (required)
The account owner of the repository. The name is not case sensitive.
repo (string) (required)
The name of the repository without the .git extension. The name is not case sensitive.
secret_name (string) (required)
The name of the secret.

HTTP response status codes

204 - No Content

Code examples

Example

Request:

curl -L \
  -X DELETE \
  https://api.github.com/repos/OWNER/REPO/dependabot/secrets/SECRET_NAME

Response schema (Status: 204):