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. If the repository is private you must use an access token with the repo scope. GitHub Apps must have the dependabot_secrets repository permission to use this endpoint.

Request Example

Shell

JavaScript

Java

Swift

curl --location --request GET 'https://api.github.com/repos///dependabot/secrets/public-key'

Response Example

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

Request

Path Params

owner

string

required

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

repo

string

required

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

Responses

🟢200Response

application/json

Body

The public key used for setting Dependabot Secrets.

key

string

required

The Base64 encoded public key.

Example:

hBT5WZEj8ZoOv6TYJsfWq7MxTEQopZO5/IT3ZCVQPzs=

key_id

string

required

The identifier for the key.

Example:

1234567

Modified at 2023-08-15 02:59:24

List repository secrets

Delete a repository secret