curl -X POST 'https://api.github.com/orgs/example-org/artifacts/metadata/storage-record' \
  -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 '{
  "name": "libfoo",
  "digest": "sha256:0ecbaa601dba202129058746c7d8e3f282d0efb5fff0...",
  "registry_url": "https://reg.example.com/artifactory/"
}'

# POST /orgs/{org}/artifacts/metadata/storage-record (GitHub API)
Base URL: https://api.github.com
Auth: Authorization; GitHub token; required.
Request formats: application/json.
Last verified: 2026-10-20

> Create artifact metadata storage record

## 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/orgs/example-org/artifacts/metadata/storage-record' \
  -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 '{
  "name": "libfoo",
  "digest": "sha256:0ecbaa601dba202129058746c7d8e3f282d0efb5fff0...",
  "registry_url": "https://reg.example.com/artifactory/"
}'

## Parameters
| Name | In | Type | Required | Description |
| :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- |
| org | path | string | Yes | The organization name. The name is not case sensitive. |
| name | body | string | Yes | The name of the artifact. |
| digest | body | string | Yes | The digest of the artifact (algorithm:hex-encoded-digest). |
| registry_url | body | string | Yes | The base URL of the artifact registry. |
| version | body | string | No | The artifact version. |
| artifact_url | body | string | No | The URL where the artifact is stored. |
| path | body | string | No | The path of the artifact. |
| repository | body | string | No | The repository name within the registry. |
Other params: status, github_repository, return_records

## Response example
{"total_count":1,"storage_records":[{}]}

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POST

POST /orgs/{org}/artifacts/metadata/storage-record — GitHub API

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

GitHub API

Create artifact metadata storage record

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 POST 'https://api.github.com/orgs/example-org/artifacts/metadata/storage-record' \  -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 '{  "name": "libfoo",  "digest": "sha256:0ecbaa601dba202129058746c7d8e3f282d0efb5fff0...",  "registry_url": "https://reg.example.com/artifactory/"}'

Parameters

Name	In	Type	Required	Description
org	path	string	Yes	The organization name. The name is not case sensitive.
name	body	string	Yes	The name of the artifact.
digest	body	string	Yes	The digest of the artifact (algorithm:hex-encoded-digest).
version	body	string	No	The artifact version.
artifact_url	body	string	No	The URL where the artifact is stored.
path	body	string	No	The path of the artifact.
registry_url	body	string	Yes	The base URL of the artifact registry.
repository	body	string	No	The repository name within the registry.
status	body	string	No	The status of the artifact (e.g., active, inactive).
github_repository	body	string	No	The name of the GitHub repository associated with the artifact. This should be used when there are no provenance attestations available for the artifact. The repository must belong to the organization specified in the path parameter. If a provenance attestation is available for the artifact, the API will use the repository information from the attestation instead of this parameter.
return_records	body	boolean	No	If true, the endpoint will return the created record in the response body.

Response 200 OK

{
  "total_count": 1,
  "storage_records": [
    {
      "id": 0,
      "name": "string",
      "digest": "string",
      "artifact_url": "string",
      "registry_url": "string",
      "repository": "string",
      "status": "string",
      "created_at": "string",
      "updated_at": "string"
    }
  ]
}

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