Get a repository variable

GET

/repos/{owner}/{repo}/actions/variables/{name}

Gets a specific variable in a repository. You must authenticate using an access token with the repo scope to use this endpoint. GitHub Apps must have the actions_variables:read repository permission to use this endpoint.

Request Example

Shell

JavaScript

Java

Swift

curl --location --request GET 'https://api.github.com/repos///actions/variables/'

Response Example

{
    "created_at": "2019-01-24T22:45:36.000Z",
    "name": "USERNAME",
    "updated_at": "2019-01-24T22:45:36.000Z",
    "value": "octocat"
}

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.

name

string

required

The name of the variable.

Responses

🟢200Response

application/json

Body

created_at

string <date-time>

required

The date and time at which the variable was created, in ISO 8601 format':' YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM:SSZ.

Example:

2019-01-24T22:45:36.000Z

name

string

required

The name of the variable.

Example:

USERNAME

updated_at

string <date-time>

required

The date and time at which the variable was last updated, in ISO 8601 format':' YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM:SSZ.

Example:

2019-01-24T22:45:36.000Z

value

string

required

The value of the variable.

Example:

octocat

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

Delete a repository variable

Update a repository variable