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GET

GET /orgs/{org} — GitHub API

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

GitHub API

Get an organization

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

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cURL

curl -X GET 'https://api.github.com/orgs/example-org' \  -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
org path string Yes The organization name. The name is not case sensitive.

Response 200 OK

{
  "login": "github",
  "id": 1,
  "node_id": "MDEyOk9yZ2FuaXphdGlvbjE=",
  "url": "https://api.github.com/orgs/github",
  "repos_url": "https://api.github.com/orgs/github/repos",
  "events_url": "https://api.github.com/orgs/github/events",
  "hooks_url": "https://api.github.com/orgs/github/hooks",
  "issues_url": "https://api.github.com/orgs/github/issues",
  "members_url": "https://api.github.com/orgs/github/members{/member}",
  "public_members_url": "https://api.github.com/orgs/github/public_members{/member}",
  "avatar_url": "https://github.com/images/error/octocat_happy.gif",
  "description": "A great organization",
  "name": "github",
  "company": "GitHub",
  "blog": "https://github.com/blog",
  "location": "San Francisco",
  "email": "[email protected]",
  "twitter_username": "github",
  "is_verified": true,
  "has_organization_projects": true,
  "has_repository_projects": true,
  "public_repos": 2,
  "public_gists": 1,
  "followers": 20,
  "following": 0,
  "html_url": "https://github.com/octocat",
  "type": "Organization",
  "total_private_repos": 100,
  "owned_private_repos": 100,
  "private_gists": 81,
  "disk_usage": 10000,
  "collaborators": 8,
  "billing_email": "[email protected]",
  "plan": {
    "name": "string",
    "space": 0,
    "private_repos": 0,
    "filled_seats": 0,
    "seats": 0
  },
  "default_repository_permission": "string",
  "default_repository_branch": "main",
  "members_can_create_repositories": true,
  "two_factor_requirement_enabled": true,
  "members_allowed_repository_creation_type": "all",
  "members_can_create_public_repositories": true,
  "members_can_create_private_repositories": true,
  "members_can_create_internal_repositories": true,
  "members_can_create_pages": true,
  "members_can_create_public_pages": true,
  "members_can_create_private_pages": true,
  "members_can_delete_repositories": true,
  "members_can_change_repo_visibility": true,
  "members_can_invite_outside_collaborators": true,
  "members_can_delete_issues": true,
  "display_commenter_full_name_setting_enabled": true,
  "readers_can_create_discussions": true,
  "members_can_create_teams": true,
  "members_can_view_dependency_insights": true,
  "members_can_fork_private_repositories": false,
  "web_commit_signoff_required": false,
  "advanced_security_enabled_for_new_repositories": false,
  "dependabot_alerts_enabled_for_new_repositories": false,
  "dependabot_security_updates_enabled_for_new_repositories": false,
  "dependency_graph_enabled_for_new_repositories": false,
  "secret_scanning_enabled_for_new_repositories": false,
  "secret_scanning_push_protection_enabled_for_new_repositories": false,
  "secret_scanning_push_protection_custom_link": "https://github.com/test-org/test-repo/blob/main/README.md",
  "created_at": "2008-01-14T04:33:35Z",
  "updated_at": "2026-09-03T00:00:00Z",
  "archived_at": "2026-09-03T00:00:00Z",
  "deploy_keys_enabled_for_repositories": false
}
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