REST API endpoints for issue types

Use the REST API to manage issue types for a repository.

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 issue types for a repository

GET /repos/{owner}/{repo}/issue-types

Lists enabled issue types inherited from the repository owner.
OAuth app tokens and personal access tokens (classic) need the repo scope to use this endpoint.
Fine-grained access tokens require the "Metadata" repository permission (read).

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
404 - Resource not found

Code examples

Example

Request:

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

Response schema (Status: 200):

Array of Issue Type:

id: required, integer
node_id: required, string
name: required, string
description: required, string or null
color: string or null, enum: gray, blue, green, yellow, orange, red, pink, purple, null
created_at: string, format: date-time
updated_at: string, format: date-time
is_enabled: boolean