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

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

> Get details about a codespace export

## 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/exports/export-id' \
  -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. |
| export_id | path | string | Yes | The ID of the export operation, or `latest`. Currently only `latest` is curre... |

## Response example
{"state":"succeeded | failed | in_progress","completed_at":"2021-01-01T19:01:12Z"}

---
Need an API key? Get one at https://github.com/settings/tokens

GET

GET /user/codespaces/{codespace_name}/exports/{export_id} — GitHub API

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

GitHub API

Get details about a codespace export

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
→ 195 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 GET 'https://api.github.com/user/codespaces/example-codespace-name/exports/export-id' \  -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.
export_id	path	string	Yes	The ID of the export operation, or `latest`. Currently only `latest` is currently supported.

Response 200 OK

{
  "state": "succeeded | failed | in_progress",
  "completed_at": "2021-01-01T19:01:12Z",
  "branch": "codespace-monalisa-octocat-hello-world-g4wpq6h95q",
  "sha": "fd95a81ca01e48ede9f39c799ecbcef817b8a3b2",
  "id": "latest",
  "export_url": "https://api.github.com/user/codespaces/:name/exports/latest",
  "html_url": "https://github.com/octocat/hello-world/tree/:branch"
}

Get a free GitHub API key → sponsored

Affiliate link - we may earn a commission, at no extra cost to you.