issues

List issue events

Lists all events for an issue.

get/repos/{owner}/{repo}/issues/{issue_number}/events

Path parameters

ownerstring required

The account owner of the repository. The name is not case sensitive.

repostring required

The name of the repository without the .git extension. The name is not case sensitive.

issue_numberinteger required

The number that identifies the issue.

Query parameters

per_pageinteger

The number of results per page (max 100). For more information, see "Using pagination in the REST API."

pageinteger

The page number of the results to fetch. For more information, see "Using pagination in the REST API."

Response

Example response

[
  {
    "actor": {
      "login": "octocat",
      "id": 1,
      "node_id": "MDQ6VXNlcjE=",
      "avatar_url": "https://github.com/images/error/octocat_happy.gif",
      "gravatar_id": "41d064eb2195891e12d0413f63227ea7",
      "url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat",
      "html_url": "https://github.com/octocat",
      "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}",
      "starred_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/starred{/owner}{/repo}",
      "subscriptions_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/subscriptions",
      "organizations_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/orgs",
      "repos_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/repos",
      "events_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/events{/privacy}",
      "received_events_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/received_events",
      "type": "User",
      "starred_at": "\"2020-07-09T00:17:55Z\"",
      "user_view_type": "public"
    },
    "performed_via_github_app": {
      "id": 37,
      "slug": "probot-owners",
      "node_id": "MDExOkludGVncmF0aW9uMQ==",
      "client_id": "\"Iv1.25b5d1e65ffc4022\"",
      "owner": {
        "login": "octocat",
        "id": 1,
        "node_id": "MDQ6VXNlcjE=",
        "avatar_url": "https://github.com/images/error/octocat_happy.gif",
        "gravatar_id": "41d064eb2195891e12d0413f63227ea7",
        "url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat",
        "html_url": "https://github.com/octocat",
        "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}",
        "starred_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/starred{/owner}{/repo}",
        "subscriptions_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/subscriptions",
        "organizations_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/orgs",
        "repos_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/repos",
        "events_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/events{/privacy}",
        "received_events_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/received_events",
        "type": "User",
        "starred_at": "\"2020-07-09T00:17:55Z\"",
        "user_view_type": "public"
      },
      "name": "Probot Owners",
      "description": "The description of the app.",
      "external_url": "https://example.com",
      "html_url": "https://github.com/apps/super-ci",
      "created_at": "2017-07-08T16:18:44-04:00",
      "updated_at": "2017-07-08T16:18:44-04:00",
      "permissions": {
        "issues": "read",
        "deployments": "write"
      },
      "events": [
        "label",
        "deployment"
      ],
      "installations_count": 5
    }
  }
]

Changes

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  added the optional property items/anyOf[subschema #2: Unlabeled Issue Event]/intent to the response with the 200 status
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  added the optional property items/anyOf[subschema #8: Review Requested Issue Event]/requested_team/access_source to the response with the 200 status
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