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POST /applications/{client_id}/token/scoped — GitHub API

GitHub OAuth application credentials (required); https://api.github.com

GitHub API

Create a scoped access token

Base URL
https://api.github.com
Auth
Authorization: Bearer <GITHUB_API_KEY>
Last verified
2026-10-20 · upstream hash matched
Actions Try in browser→
Agents: curl -H "Accept: text/markdown" this URL
→ 355 tokens · Vary: Accept

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 POST 'https://api.github.com/applications/client-id/token/scoped' \  -H "Authorization: Basic $GITHUB_BASIC_TOKEN" \  -H 'Accept: application/vnd.github+json' \  -H 'X-GitHub-Api-Version: 2026-03-10' \  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \  -d '{  "access_token": "e72e16c7e42f292c6912e7710c838347ae178b4a"}'

Parameters

Name In Type Required Description
client_id path string Yes The client ID of the GitHub app.
access_token body string Yes The access token used to authenticate to the GitHub API.
target body string No The name of the user or organization to scope the user access token to. **Required** unless `target_id` is specified.
target_id body integer No The ID of the user or organization to scope the user access token to. **Required** unless `target` is specified.
repositories body string[] No The list of repository names to scope the user access token to. `repositories` may not be specified if `repository_ids` is specified.
repository_ids body integer[] No The list of repository IDs to scope the user access token to. `repository_ids` may not be specified if `repositories` is specified.
permissions body object No The permissions granted to the fine-grained access token.

Response 200 OK

{
  "id": 0,
  "url": "https://example.com",
  "scopes": [
    "string"
  ],
  "token": "string",
  "token_last_eight": "string",
  "hashed_token": "string",
  "app": {
    "client_id": "string",
    "name": "string",
    "url": "https://example.com"
  },
  "note": "string",
  "note_url": "https://example.com",
  "updated_at": "2026-09-03T00:00:00Z",
  "created_at": "2026-09-03T00:00:00Z",
  "fingerprint": "string",
  "user": {
    "name": "string",
    "email": "string",
    "login": "octocat",
    "id": 1,
    "node_id": "MDQ6VXNlcjE=",
    "avatar_url": "https://github.com/images/error/octocat_happy.gif",
    "gravatar_id": "41d064eb2195891e12d0413f63227ea7",
    "url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat",
    "html_url": "https://github.com/octocat",
    "followers_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/followers",
    "following_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/following{/other_user}",
    "gists_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/gists{/gist_id}",
    "starred_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/starred{/owner}{/repo}",
    "subscriptions_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/subscriptions",
    "organizations_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/orgs",
    "repos_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/repos",
    "events_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/events{/privacy}",
    "received_events_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/received_events",
    "type": "User",
    "site_admin": true,
    "starred_at": "\"2020-07-09T00:17:55Z\"",
    "user_view_type": "public"
  },
  "installation": {
    "permissions": {
      "contents": "read",
      "issues": "read",
      "deployments": "write",
      "single_file": "read"
    },
    "repository_selection": "all",
    "single_file_name": "config.yaml",
    "has_multiple_single_files": true,
    "single_file_paths": [
      "config.yml",
      ".github/issue_TEMPLATE.md"
    ],
    "repositories_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/repos",
    "account": {
      "name": "string",
      "email": "string",
      "login": "octocat",
      "id": 1,
      "node_id": "MDQ6VXNlcjE=",
      "avatar_url": "https://github.com/images/error/octocat_happy.gif",
      "gravatar_id": "41d064eb2195891e12d0413f63227ea7",
      "url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat",
      "html_url": "https://github.com/octocat",
      "followers_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/followers",
      "following_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/following{/other_user}",
      "gists_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/gists{/gist_id}",
      "starred_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/starred{/owner}{/repo}",
      "subscriptions_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/subscriptions",
      "organizations_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/orgs",
      "repos_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/repos",
      "events_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/events{/privacy}",
      "received_events_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/received_events",
      "type": "User",
      "site_admin": true,
      "starred_at": "\"2020-07-09T00:17:55Z\"",
      "user_view_type": "public"
    }
  },
  "expires_at": "2026-09-03T00:00:00Z"
}
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