GET
GET /repos/{owner}/{repo}/code-scanning/analyses — GitHub API
GitHub token (required); https://api.github.com
GitHub APIList code scanning analyses 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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cURL
curl -X GET 'https://api.github.com/repos/example-owner/example-repo/code-scanning/analyses?tool_name=example-tool-name&tool_guid=example-tool-guid&page=1&per_page=30&pr=10&ref=example-ref&sarif_id=6c81cd8e-b078-4ac3-a3be-1dad7dbd0b53&direction=desc&sort=created' \ -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 sensitive. |
| tool_name | query | string | No | The name of a code scanning tool. Only results by this tool will be listed. You can specify the tool by using either `tool_name` or `tool_guid`, but not both. |
| tool_guid | query | string | No | The GUID of a code scanning tool. Only results by this tool will be listed. Note that some code scanning tools may not include a GUID in their analysis data. You can specify the tool by using either `tool_guid` or `tool_name`, but not both. |
| 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)." |
| 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)." |
| pr | query | integer | No | The number of the pull request for the results you want to list. |
| ref | query | string | No | The Git reference for the analyses you want to list. The `ref` for a branch can be formatted either as `refs/heads/<branch name>` or simply `<branch name>`. To reference a pull request use `refs/pull/<number>/merge`. |
| sarif_id | query | string | No | Filter analyses belonging to the same SARIF upload. |
| direction | query | string | No | The direction to sort the results by. |
| sort | query | string | No | The property by which to sort the results. |
Response 200 OK
[
{
"ref": "string",
"commit_sha": "string",
"analysis_key": "string",
"environment": "string",
"category": "string",
"error": "error reading field xyz",
"created_at": "2026-09-03T00:00:00Z",
"results_count": 0,
"rules_count": 0,
"id": 0,
"url": "https://example.com",
"sarif_id": "6c81cd8e-b078-4ac3-a3be-1dad7dbd0b53",
"tool": {
"name": "string",
"version": "string",
"guid": "string"
},
"deletable": true,
"warning": "123 results were ignored"
}
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