GitHub Container Registry

GitHub Container Registry Packages API

Manage packages for authenticated users and organizations.

GitHub OpenAPI

Operations 24

GET /orgs/{org}/packages List packages for an organization #
GET /orgs/{org}/packages/{package_type}/{package_name} Get a package for an organization #
DELETE /orgs/{org}/packages/{package_type}/{package_name} Delete a package for an organization #
POST /orgs/{org}/packages/{package_type}/{package_name}/restore Restore a package for an organization #
GET /orgs/{org}/packages/{package_type}/{package_name}/versions List package versions for a package owned by an organization #
GET /orgs/{org}/packages/{package_type}/{package_name}/versions/{package_version_id} Get a package version for an organization #
DELETE /orgs/{org}/packages/{package_type}/{package_name}/versions/{package_version_id} Delete package version for an organization #
POST /orgs/{org}/packages/{package_type}/{package_name}/versions/{package_version_id}/restore Restore package version for an organization #
GET /user/packages List packages for the authenticated user's namespace #
GET /user/packages/{package_type}/{package_name} Get a package for the authenticated user #
DELETE /user/packages/{package_type}/{package_name} Delete a package for the authenticated user #
POST /user/packages/{package_type}/{package_name}/restore Restore a package for the authenticated user #
GET /user/packages/{package_type}/{package_name}/versions List package versions for a package owned by the authenticated user #
GET /user/packages/{package_type}/{package_name}/versions/{package_version_id} Get a package version for the authenticated user #
DELETE /user/packages/{package_type}/{package_name}/versions/{package_version_id} Delete a package version for the authenticated user #
POST /user/packages/{package_type}/{package_name}/versions/{package_version_id}/restore Restore a package version for the authenticated user #
GET /users/{username}/packages List packages for a user #
GET /users/{username}/packages/{package_type}/{package_name} Get a package for a user #
DELETE /users/{username}/packages/{package_type}/{package_name} Delete a package for a user #
POST /users/{username}/packages/{package_type}/{package_name}/restore Restore a package for a user #
GET /users/{username}/packages/{package_type}/{package_name}/versions List package versions for a package owned by a user #
GET /users/{username}/packages/{package_type}/{package_name}/versions/{package_version_id} Get a package version for a user #
DELETE /users/{username}/packages/{package_type}/{package_name}/versions/{package_version_id} Delete package version for a user #
POST /users/{username}/packages/{package_type}/{package_name}/versions/{package_version_id}/restore Restore package version for a user #

Documentation

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Documentation
https://docs.github.com/en/packages/working-with-a-github-packages-registry/working-with-the-container-registry
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GettingStarted
https://docs.github.com/en/packages/working-with-a-github-packages-registry/working-with-the-container-registry#authenticating-to-the-container-registry

Specifications

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OpenAPI
https://artifacts.apis.io/github-container-registry/openapi/github-container-registry-packages-api-openapi.yml

Schemas & Data

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JSONSchema
https://artifacts.apis.io/github-container-registry/json-schema/github-container-registry-package-version-schema.json
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JSONSchema
https://artifacts.apis.io/github-container-registry/json-schema/github-container-registry-package-schema.json

Other Resources

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API Documentation
https://docs.github.com/en/rest/packages/packages
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Capabilities
https://artifacts.apis.io/github-container-registry/capabilities/github-container-registry-capabilities.yml
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Rules
https://artifacts.apis.io/github-container-registry/rules/github-container-registry-rules.yml
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Pricing
https://docs.github.com/en/billing/managing-billing-for-github-packages/about-billing-for-github-packages

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OpenAPI Specification

github-container-registry-packages-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑ 
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: Github Container Registry Packages API
  version: 1.1.4
  contact:
    name: Support
    url: https://support.github.com/contact?tags=dotcom-rest-api
  license:
    name: MIT
    url: https://spdx.org/licenses/MIT
  termsOfService: https://docs.github.com/articles/github-terms-of-service
  x-github-plan: api.github.com
  description: 'Operations tagged packages across 2 of this provider''s published API definitions: github-container-registry-github-packages.yml, github-container-registry-packages-api-openapi.yml. Each path carries the servers of the definition it was published in.'
servers:
- url: https://api.github.com
tags:


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