curl -X GET 'https://api.github.com/app/hook/config' \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $GITHUB_APP_JWT" \
  -H 'Accept: application/vnd.github+json' \
  -H 'X-GitHub-Api-Version: 2026-03-10'

# GET /app/hook/config (GitHub API)
Base URL: https://api.github.com
Auth: Authorization; GitHub App JWT; required.
Last verified: 2026-10-20

> Get a webhook configuration for an app

## 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/app/hook/config' \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $GITHUB_APP_JWT" \
  -H 'Accept: application/vnd.github+json' \
  -H 'X-GitHub-Api-Version: 2026-03-10'

## Response example
{"url":"https://example.com/webhook","content_type":"\"json\""}

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GET

GET /app/hook/config — GitHub API

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

GitHub API

Get a webhook configuration for an app

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/app/hook/config' \  -H "Authorization: Bearer $GITHUB_APP_JWT" \  -H 'Accept: application/vnd.github+json' \  -H 'X-GitHub-Api-Version: 2026-03-10'

Parameters

No parameters.

Response 200 OK

{
  "url": "https://example.com/webhook",
  "content_type": "\"json\"",
  "secret": "\"********\"",
  "insecure_ssl": "\"0\""
}

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