How to approve Github pull request using access token?

Question

As per API documentation https://docs.github.com/en/rest/reference/pulls#create-a-review-for-a-pull-request

We can use a CURL to approve pull request i.e.

curl -s -H "Authorization: token ghp_TOKEN" \
 -X POST -d '{"event": "APPROVE"}' \
 "https://api.github.com/repos/{owner}/{repo}/pulls/{pull_number}/reviews"

but I get this error:

{
  "message": "Not Found",
  "documentation_url": "https://docs.github.com/rest"
}

Although, the CURL is working fine for other APIs like:

curl -s -H "Authorization: token ghp_TOKEN" \
 -X POST -d '{"body": "some message"}' \
 "https://api.github.com/repos/{owner}/{repo}/issues/{pull_number}/reviews"

I have tried everything to make this work. Can somebody please help me with this?

FYI, this one is absolutely not working and giving the same error: curl \ -X POST \ -H "Accept: application/vnd.github.v3+json" \ https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/hello-world/pulls/42/reviews \ -d '{"commit_id":"commit_id"}' — Alok Nath
– Alok Nath, Commented Jan 25, 2022 at 12:09

Alok Nath · Accepted Answer · 2022-01-25 13:22:01Z

6

After bit of experiments, it has worked with API /repos/{owner}/{repo}/pulls/{pull_number}/reviews

I must say that Github documentation is very poor that I have to spend almost 3 hours to figure this out. A small but proper CURL would have helped in a few seconds and would have saved my time.

Anyway, leaving this solution on StackOverflow so that, this helps other people and saves their precious time.

CURL:

curl -s -H "Authorization: token ghp_BWuQzbiDANEvrQP9vZbqa5LHBAxxIzwi2gM7" \
 -X POST -d '{"event":"APPROVE"}' \
 "https://api.github.com/repos/tech-security/chatbot/pulls/4/reviews"

Python Code:

import requests

headers = {
    'Authorization': 'token ghp_BWuQzbiDANEvrQP9vZbqa5LHBAxxIzwi2gM7',
}

data = '{"event":"APPROVE"}'

response = requests.post('https://api.github.com/repos/tech-security/chatbot/pulls/4/reviews', headers=headers, data=data)

print (response.json())

Note: above github token is dummy, so don't freak out please! :D

edited Jan 25, 2022 at 13:22

answered Jan 25, 2022 at 13:03

Alok Nath

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2 Comments

Emilian Cebuc Over a year ago

For anyone wondering, in GitHub Enterprise Server, the URL structure to use in the CURL command is: https://[enterprise-hostname]/api/v3/repos/${{github.repository}}/pulls/${{github.event.number}}/reviews

UtahJarhead Aug 5 at 20:07

I recognize that this is 3+ years old, but please please sanitize your code.

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