codespaces

Get public key for the authenticated user

Gets your public key, which you need to encrypt secrets. You need to encrypt a secret before you can create or update secrets.

The authenticated user must have Codespaces access to use this endpoint.

OAuth app tokens and personal access tokens (classic) need the codespace or codespace:secrets scope to use this endpoint.

get/user/codespaces/secrets/public-key

Request

  • Base URL: https://api.github.com
  • URL: https://api.github.com/user/codespaces/secrets/public-key
  • Auth: none declared

Response

Response

key_idstring required

The identifier for the key.

keystring required

The Base64 encoded public key.

Example response

{
  "key_id": "1234567",
  "key": "hBT5WZEj8ZoOv6TYJsfWq7MxTEQopZO5/IT3ZCVQPzs="
}

Changes

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