curl -X GET 'https://api.github.com/user/codespaces/example-codespace-name/machines' \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $GITHUB_TOKEN" \
  -H 'Accept: application/vnd.github+json' \
  -H 'X-GitHub-Api-Version: 2026-03-10'

# GET /user/codespaces/{codespace_name}/machines (GitHub API)
Base URL: https://api.github.com
Auth: Authorization; GitHub token; required.
Last verified: 2026-10-20

> List machine types for a codespace

## 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/user/codespaces/example-codespace-name/machines' \
  -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 |
| :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- |
| codespace_name | path | string | Yes | The name of the codespace. |

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

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GET /user/codespaces/{codespace_name}/machines — GitHub API

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

GitHub API

List machine types for a codespace

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/user/codespaces/example-codespace-name/machines' \  -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
codespace_name	path	string	Yes	The name of the codespace.

Response 200 OK

{
  "total_count": 0,
  "machines": [
    {
      "name": "standardLinux",
      "display_name": "4 cores, 16 GB RAM, 64 GB storage",
      "operating_system": "linux",
      "storage_in_bytes": 68719476736,
      "memory_in_bytes": 17179869184,
      "cpus": 4,
      "prebuild_availability": "ready"
    }
  ]
}

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