# GitHub Issues API

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/apis/github/github-issues-api/  
**Provider:** GitHub — https://apis.io/providers/github/  
**Base URL:** https://api.github.com/  
**Documentation:** https://docs.github.com/en/rest/issues?apiVersion=2022-11-28

GitHub Issues API is one of 350 APIs that [GitHub](https://apis.io/providers/github/) publishes on the [APIs.io](https://apis.io/) network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification. Tagged areas include Issues. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification and API documentation.

The GitHub Issues API lets you programmatically manage issue tracking on GitHub, enabling you to list and filter issues across repositories, create and edit issues, change their state (open/closed), and manage assignees, labels, and milestones. It supports adding, updating, and deleting comments; applying reactions; locking or unlocking conversations; and viewing issue events and timelines for auditing and automation.

## Machine-readable artifacts (2)

- **OpenAPI** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/github/refs/heads/main/openapi/github-issues-api-openapi.yml
- **Documentation** — https://docs.github.com/en/rest/issues

## Other GitHub APIs (12)

- [GitHub Events API](https://apis.io/apis/github/github-events-api/)
- [GitHub Feeds API](https://apis.io/apis/github/github-feeds-api/)
- [GitHub Gists API](https://apis.io/apis/github/github-gists-api/)
- [GitHub Licenses API](https://apis.io/apis/github/github-licenses-api/)
- [GitHub Markdown API](https://apis.io/apis/github/github-markdown-api/)
- [GitHub Meta API](https://apis.io/apis/github/github-meta-api/)
- [GitHub Notifications API](https://apis.io/apis/github/github-notifications-api/)
- [GitHub Octocat API](https://apis.io/apis/github/github-octocat-api/)
- [GitHub Projects API](https://apis.io/apis/github/github-projects-api/)
- [GitHub Repos API](https://apis.io/apis/github/github-repos-api/)
- [GitHub Search API](https://apis.io/apis/github/github-search-api/)
- [GitHub User API](https://apis.io/apis/github/github-user-api/)

## Tags

Issues

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