How to create repository in github through github API?

Question

I am trying to use github api to create repositories under a particular organization. I was looking at this site which talks about how to create repositories under a particular organization.

Create a new repository in this organization. The authenticated user must be a member of the specified organization.
POST /orgs/:org/repos

Now I am not able to understand what will be my full URL that I need to use to create the repository under a particular organization? I have my username and password which I can use to create the repository under an organization through https url.

My github instance url is like this - https://github.host.com

And I want my repository to be like this after getting created -

https://github.host.com/Database/ClientService

What will be my curl command look like to create the repository under an organization?

All the information you need is here, describes in the gihub help pages developer.github.com/v3/guides/getting-started/… — CodeWizard
– CodeWizard, Commented Feb 7, 2015 at 18:42
Thanks for your suggestion. What is token here? And how I will get the token? Sorry for asking stupid question, working for the first time so not sure. — john
– john, Commented Feb 7, 2015 at 18:44

Preston Martin · Accepted Answer · 2021-10-01 17:32:14Z

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Go to Settings -> Developer Settings -> Personal Access Token Under OAuth Apps. Now, Generate a New Access token with Required privileges enabled. Ignore This if you already have one.

User Account:

Replace ACCESS_TOKEN with Token and NEW_REPO_NAME with your New Repository Name in the command below:

curl -H "Authorization: token ACCESS_TOKEN" --data '{"name":"NEW_REPO_NAME"}' https://api.github.com/user/repos

Organization:

curl -H "Authorization: token ACCESS_TOKEN" --data '{"name":"NEW_REPO_NAME"}' https://api.github.com/orgs/ORGANIZATION_NAME/repos

edited Oct 1, 2021 at 17:32

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Timo Over a year ago

What is the priviledge to create a repo?

Community · Accepted Answer · 2020-04-28 01:08:59Z

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Step 1: Create a personal access token and use it in place of password

Step 2: On command line use the given API as a POST request

https://api.github.com/orgs/<organisation_name>/repos?access_token=<generated token>

or

https://api.github.com/user/<username>/repos?access_token=<generated token>

In body, pass this as a payload:

{
  "name": "<Repo Name>",
  "description": "<Some message>",
  "homepage": "https://github.com",
  "private": false,
}

You can pass other details.
For more details: click here

edited Apr 28, 2020 at 1:08

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glls Over a year ago

this method is no longer supported - cannot add access tokens in the url. you will have to use Authorization headers

Methodox Charles Zhang Over a year ago

If using Insomnia, one can still use this kind of url and JSON payload - just put the token inside as Bearer type auth.

chenrui · Accepted Answer · 2022-03-05 17:49:20Z

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There is a new solution official from cli.github.com. The other answers are deprecated.

First Install GitHub CLI. Run:

brew install gh

Then to create a repository with a specific name. Enter the following command:

gh repo create --private my-project

Here is the official documentation link to create a repo.

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answered Sep 5, 2020 at 9:37

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Mike Pennington · Accepted Answer · 2023-08-07 22:30:35Z

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To create a new repo in github for Enterprise this worked for me:

Please change the value in angular brackets before executing. Put username:token after -u

curl -u https://github.com/api/v3/orgs/<org-name>/repos -d '{"name":"<reponame>"}

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Mike Pennington Over a year ago

In my case, our company has a custom github domain; for sake of argument pretend our github domain is "stuff.tinycorp.localdomain". I had to replace "github.com" above with "stuff.tinycorp.localdomain". Otherwise, quite a helpful answer.

phuclv · Accepted Answer · 2021-07-08 04:42:36Z

Based on the two above answers, here's a bash >=4.2 script to create a clone a repo.

#!/usr/bin/env bash
TOKEN=0000000000000000000000000000000000000000

if [[ $# < 3 ]]; then
    echo "arguments: $0 <RepoName> <RepoDescription>"
    exit 1
fi

REPO_NAME=$1; shift
REPO_DESCRIPTION="$@"

echo "Name: $REPO_NAME"
echo "Description: $REPO_DESCRIPTION"
echo "Calling GitHub to create repo"

read -r -d '' PAYLOAD <<EOP
{
  "name": "$REPO_NAME",
  "description": "$REPO_DESCRIPTION",
  "homepage": "https://github.com/$REPO_NAME",
  "private": false
}
EOP

shopt -s lastpipe
curl -H "Authorization: token $TOKEN" --data "$PAYLOAD" \
    https://api.github.com/user/repos | readarray output

url=''
for line in "${output[@]}"; do
    echo -n "$line"
    #   "html_url": "https://github.com/sfinktah/vim-hex-sum",
    if [[ $line == *html_url* ]]; then
        l=${line#*\"}; l=${l#*\"}; l=${l#*\"}; url=${l%\"*}
    fi
done

count=0
[[ $url == http*://*github.com/* ]] &&
    until git clone $url; do 
        sleep 10; (( count++ > 5 )) && break; echo Waiting...
    done

cds · Accepted Answer · 2020-09-22 06:45:35Z

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Checkout this answer this is an old method, without installing github cli

create repo in terminal directly with api

replace userName and repoName

curl -u "userNameHere" https://api.github.com/user/repos -d > '{"name":"repoNameHere","private":true}'

enter password and done

for more info refer new official doc here

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answered Jul 24, 2020 at 13:54

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Henry · Accepted Answer · 2021-07-24 22:50:13Z

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Recommend Github SDK Octokit. To create a repository:

const octokit = new Octokit({ auth: `personal-access-token123` });

// Create a repo for user.
octokit.rest.repos.createForAuthenticatedUser({
  name,
});

// Create a repo in an organization.
octokit.rest.repos.createInOrg({
  org,
  name,
});

answered Jul 24, 2021 at 22:50

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