---
title: "Verify GitHub repository access"
method: POST
path: "/api/github/repositories/verify"
tags: ["GitHub"]
---

# Verify GitHub repository access

`POST /api/github/repositories/verify`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://git.cafe`
- URL: `https://git.cafe/api/github/repositories/verify`
- Auth: API key in cookie `gc-session`

Checks that the linked identity and selected installation grant access to one GitHub repository.

## Request body

- object
  - `installationId` integer, required
  - `repositoryId` integer, required

## Response `200`

Response for status 200

- object
  - `githubUserId` integer, required
  - `installationPermissions` object, required
  - `installationId` integer, required
  - `repository` object, required
    - `id` integer, required
    - `node_id` string, required
    - `name` string, required
    - `owner` object, required
      - `login` string, required
    - `private` boolean, required
    - `allow_merge_commit` boolean
    - `allow_squash_merge` boolean
    - `allow_rebase_merge` boolean
    - `archived` boolean, required
    - `fork` boolean, required
    - `default_branch` string, required
    - `size` integer
    - `permissions` object, required
      - `pull` boolean, required
      - `push` boolean, required
      - `admin` boolean, required
      - `maintain` boolean
      - `triage` boolean
  - `permission` 'read' | 'write' | 'admin', required
  - `importAdmission` union, required
    - object
      - `admitted` true, required
      - `sizeBytes` integer, nullable, required
      - `importMaxBytes` integer, required
    - object
      - `admitted` false, required
      - `reason` 'size-unsupported' | 'size-exceeds-ceiling', required
      - `sizeBytes` integer, nullable, required
      - `ceilingBytes` 26843545600, required

## Other responses

- `400`: The request is invalid.
- `401`: Authentication is required, or the supplied credential is invalid.
- `403`: The credential does not permit this operation. A `code`, when present, names the refusal.
- `404`: The resource does not exist or is not visible to the caller.
- `409`: The request conflicts with the current state. A `code`, when present, names the refusal; `retryable` says whether the same request can succeed later, and `operationId` names the operation in the way.
- `429`: A rate limit is exhausted. Wait Retry-After seconds; the value is a hint, so back off on a repeat 429.
- `503`: A required service is temporarily unavailable; retry later.

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[API](https://skmtc.dev/gitcafe/apis/git-cafe-api.md) - [All operations](https://skmtc.dev/gitcafe/apis/git-cafe-api/llms.txt) - [OpenAPI document](https://skmtc.dev/gitcafe/apis/git-cafe-api/revisions/9fa233d2986d?raw)