curl -X GET 'https://api.github.com/orgs/example-org/actions/variables?per_page=10&page=1' \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $GITHUB_TOKEN" \
  -H 'Accept: application/vnd.github+json' \
  -H 'X-GitHub-Api-Version: 2026-03-10'

# GET /orgs/{org}/actions/variables (GitHub API)
Base URL: https://api.github.com
Auth: Authorization; GitHub token; required.
Last verified: 2026-10-20

> List organization variables

## Critical Gotchas
* GitHub recommends an `Accept: application/vnd.github+json` header and an explicit `X-GitHub-Api-Version` header.
* Fine-grained tokens only authorize repositories and permissions selected when the token is created.

## cURL
curl -X GET 'https://api.github.com/orgs/example-org/actions/variables?per_page=10&page=1' \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $GITHUB_TOKEN" \
  -H 'Accept: application/vnd.github+json' \
  -H 'X-GitHub-Api-Version: 2026-03-10'

## Parameters
| Name | In | Type | Required | Description |
| :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- |
| org | path | string | Yes | The organization name. The name is not case sensitive. |
| per_page | query | integer | No | The number of results per page (max 30). For more information, see "[Using pa... |
| page | query | integer | No | The page number of the results to fetch. For more information, see "[Using pa... |

## Response example
{"total_count":0,"variables":[{}]}

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GET

GET /orgs/{org}/actions/variables — GitHub API

GitHub token (required); https://api.github.com

GitHub API

List organization variables

Base URL: https://api.github.com
Auth: Authorization: Bearer <GITHUB_API_KEY>
Last verified: 2026-10-20 · upstream hash matched

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Critical gotchas

GitHub recommends an Accept: application/vnd.github+json header and an explicit X-GitHub-Api-Version header.

Fine-grained tokens only authorize repositories and permissions selected when the token is created.

cURL

curl -X GET 'https://api.github.com/orgs/example-org/actions/variables?per_page=10&page=1' \  -H "Authorization: Bearer $GITHUB_TOKEN" \  -H 'Accept: application/vnd.github+json' \  -H 'X-GitHub-Api-Version: 2026-03-10'

Parameters

Name	In	Type	Required	Description
org	path	string	Yes	The organization name. The name is not case sensitive.
per_page	query	integer	No	The number of results per page (max 30). For more information, see "[Using pagination in the REST API](https://docs.github.com/rest/using-the-rest-api/using-pagination-in-the-rest-api)."
page	query	integer	No	The page number of the results to fetch. For more information, see "[Using pagination in the REST API](https://docs.github.com/rest/using-the-rest-api/using-pagination-in-the-rest-api)."

Response 200 OK

{
  "total_count": 0,
  "variables": [
    {
      "name": "USERNAME",
      "value": "octocat",
      "created_at": "2019-01-24T22:45:36.000Z",
      "updated_at": "2019-01-24T22:45:36.000Z",
      "visibility": "all",
      "selected_repositories_url": "https://api.github.com/organizations/org/variables/USERNAME/repositories"
    }
  ]
}

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