curl -X PUT 'https://api.github.com/repos/example-owner/example-repo/interaction-limits' \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $GITHUB_TOKEN" \
  -H 'Accept: application/vnd.github+json' \
  -H 'X-GitHub-Api-Version: 2026-03-10' \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{
  "limit": "collaborators_only"
}'

# PUT /repos/{owner}/{repo}/interaction-limits (GitHub API)
Base URL: https://api.github.com
Auth: Authorization; GitHub token; required.
Request formats: application/json.
Last verified: 2026-10-20

> Set interaction restrictions for a repository

## 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 PUT 'https://api.github.com/repos/example-owner/example-repo/interaction-limits' \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $GITHUB_TOKEN" \
  -H 'Accept: application/vnd.github+json' \
  -H 'X-GitHub-Api-Version: 2026-03-10' \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{
  "limit": "collaborators_only"
}'

## 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... |
| limit | body | string | Yes | The type of GitHub user that can comment, open issues, or create pull request... |
| expiry | body | string | No | The duration of the interaction restriction. Default: `one_day`. |

## Response example
{"limit":"collaborators_only","origin":"repository","expires_at":"2018-08-17T04:18:39Z"}

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PUT

PUT /repos/{owner}/{repo}/interaction-limits — GitHub API

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

GitHub API

Set interaction restrictions 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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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 PUT 'https://api.github.com/repos/example-owner/example-repo/interaction-limits' \  -H "Authorization: Bearer $GITHUB_TOKEN" \  -H 'Accept: application/vnd.github+json' \  -H 'X-GitHub-Api-Version: 2026-03-10' \  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \  -d '{  "limit": "collaborators_only"}'

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.
limit	body	string	Yes	The type of GitHub user that can comment, open issues, or create pull requests while the interaction limit is in effect.
expiry	body	string	No	The duration of the interaction restriction. Default: `one_day`.

Response 200 OK

{
  "limit": "collaborators_only",
  "origin": "repository",
  "expires_at": "2018-08-17T04:18:39Z"
}

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