POST /user/repos

Creates a new repository for the authenticated user.

OAuth app tokens and personal access tokens (classic) need the public_repo or repo scope to create a public repository, and repo scope to create a private repository.

Servers

https://api.github.com

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
`has_discussions`	Boolean	No	Whether discussions are enabled. Default value: false
`description`	String	No	A short description of the repository.
`team_id`	Integer	No	The id of the team that will be granted access to this repository. This is only valid when creating a repository in an organization.
`license_template`	String	No	The license keyword of the open source license for this repository.
`squash_merge_commit_message`	String	No	The default value for a squash merge commit message: `PR_BODY` - default to the pull request's body. `COMMIT_MESSAGES` - default to the branch's commit messages. `BLANK` - default to a blank commit message. Possible values: `"BLANK"` `"PR_BODY"` `"COMMIT_MESSAGES"`
`has_issues`	Boolean	No	Whether issues are enabled. Default value: true
`merge_commit_message`	String	No	The default value for a merge commit message. `PR_TITLE` - default to the pull request's title. `PR_BODY` - default to the pull request's body. `BLANK` - default to a blank commit message. Possible values: `"BLANK"` `"PR_BODY"` `"PR_TITLE"`
`squash_merge_commit_title`	String	No	Required when using `squash_merge_commit_message`. The default value for a squash merge commit title: `PR_TITLE` - default to the pull request's title. `COMMIT_OR_PR_TITLE` - default to the commit's title (if only one commit) or the pull request's title (when more than one commit). Possible values: `"PR_TITLE"` `"COMMIT_OR_PR_TITLE"`
`has_wiki`	Boolean	No	Whether the wiki is enabled. Default value: true
`allow_squash_merge`	Boolean	No	Whether to allow squash merges for pull requests. Default value: true
`delete_branch_on_merge`	Boolean	No	Whether to delete head branches when pull requests are merged Default value: false
`merge_commit_title`	String	No	Required when using `merge_commit_message`. The default value for a merge commit title. `PR_TITLE` - default to the pull request's title. `MERGE_MESSAGE` - default to the classic title for a merge message (e.g., Merge pull request #123 from branch-name). Possible values: `"PR_TITLE"` `"MERGE_MESSAGE"`
`is_template`	Boolean	No	Whether this repository acts as a template that can be used to generate new repositories. Default value: false
`homepage`	String	No	A URL with more information about the repository.
`name`	String	Yes	The name of the repository.
`auto_init`	Boolean	No	Whether the repository is initialized with a minimal README. Default value: false
`allow_rebase_merge`	Boolean	No	Whether to allow rebase merges for pull requests. Default value: true
`allow_auto_merge`	Boolean	No	Whether to allow Auto-merge to be used on pull requests. Default value: false
`private`	Boolean	No	Whether the repository is private. Default value: false
`has_projects`	Boolean	No	Whether projects are enabled. Default value: true
`gitignore_template`	String	No	The desired language or platform to apply to the .gitignore.
`allow_merge_commit`	Boolean	No	Whether to allow merge commits for pull requests. Default value: true
`has_downloads`	Boolean	No	Whether downloads are enabled. Default value: true

How to start integrating

Add HTTP Task to your workflow definition.
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.
Click Test request to test run your request to the API and see the API's response.