curl -X GET 'https://api.github.com/repos/example-owner/example-repo/actions/runners?name=example-name&per_page=30&page=1' \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $GITHUB_TOKEN" \
  -H 'Accept: application/vnd.github+json' \
  -H 'X-GitHub-Api-Version: 2026-03-10'

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

> List self-hosted runners for a repository

## 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/repos/example-owner/example-repo/actions/runners?name=example-name&per_page=30&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 |
| :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- |
| owner | path | string | Yes | The account owner of the repository. The name is not case sensitive. |
| repo | path | string | Yes | The name of the repository without the `.git` extension. The name is not case... |
| name | query | string | No | The name of a self-hosted runner. |
| per_page | query | integer | No | The number of results per page (max 100). For more information, see "[Using p... |
| page | query | integer | No | The page number of the results to fetch. For more information, see "[Using pa... |

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

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GET

GET /repos/{owner}/{repo}/actions/runners — GitHub API

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

GitHub API

List self-hosted runners for a repository

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/repos/example-owner/example-repo/actions/runners?name=example-name&per_page=30&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
name	query	string	No	The name of a self-hosted runner.
owner	path	string	Yes	The account owner of the repository. The name is not case sensitive.
repo	path	string	Yes	The name of the repository without the `.git` extension. The name is not case sensitive.
per_page	query	integer	No	The number of results per page (max 100). 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,
  "runners": [
    {
      "id": 5,
      "runner_group_id": 1,
      "name": "iMac",
      "os": "macos",
      "status": "online",
      "busy": true,
      "labels": [
        {
          "id": 0,
          "name": "string",
          "type": "read-only"
        }
      ],
      "ephemeral": true,
      "version": "2.323.0"
    }
  ]
}

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