Get a repository public key

GET

/repos/{owner}/{repo}/codespaces/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 write access to the codespaces_secrets repository permission to use this endpoint.

Request Example

Shell

JavaScript

Java

Swift

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

Response Example

{
    "created_at": "2011-01-26T19:01:12.000Z",
    "id": 2,
    "key": "hBT5WZEj8ZoOv6TYJsfWq7MxTEQopZO5/IT3ZCVQPzs=",
    "key_id": "1234567",
    "title": "ssh-rsa AAAAB3NzaC1yc2EAAA",
    "url": "https://api.github.com/user/keys/2"
}

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 Codespaces secrets.

created_at

string

optional

Example:

2011-01-26T19:01:12.000Z

integer

optional

Example:

key

string

required

The Base64 encoded public key.

Example:

hBT5WZEj8ZoOv6TYJsfWq7MxTEQopZO5/IT3ZCVQPzs=

key_id

string

required

The identifier for the key.

Example:

1234567

title

string

optional

Example:

ssh-rsa AAAAB3NzaC1yc2EAAA

url

string

optional

Example:

https://api.github.com/user/keys/2

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

List repository secrets

Delete a repository secret