PUT /repos/{owner}/{repo}/actions/permissions/workflow

Sets the default workflow permissions granted to the GITHUB_TOKEN when running workflows in a repository, and sets if GitHub Actions can submit approving pull request reviews. For more information, see "Setting the permissions of the GITHUB_TOKEN for your repository."

OAuth app tokens and personal access tokens (classic) need the repo scope to use this endpoint.

Servers

Path parameters

Name Type Required Description
repo String Yes

The name of the repository without the .git extension. The name is not case sensitive.

owner String Yes

The account owner of the repository. The name is not case sensitive.

Request headers

Name Type Required Description
Content-Type String Yes The media type of the request body.

Default value: "application/json"

Request body fields

Name Type Required Description
default_workflow_permissions String No

The default workflow permissions granted to the GITHUB_TOKEN when running workflows.

Possible values:

  • "read"
  • "write"
can_approve_pull_request_reviews Boolean No

Whether GitHub Actions can approve pull requests. Enabling this can be a security risk.

How to start integrating

  1. Add HTTP Task to your workflow definition.
  2. Search for the API you want to integrate with and click on the name.
    • This loads the API reference documentation and prepares the Http request settings.
  3. Click Test request to test run your request to the API and see the API's response.