curl -X GET 'https://api.github.com/orgs/example-org/organization-roles' \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $GITHUB_TOKEN" \
  -H 'Accept: application/vnd.github+json' \
  -H 'X-GitHub-Api-Version: 2026-03-10'

# GET /orgs/{org}/organization-roles (GitHub API)
Base URL: https://api.github.com
Auth: Authorization; GitHub token; required.
Last verified: 2026-10-20

> Get all organization roles for an organization

## 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/orgs/example-org/organization-roles' \
  -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 example
{"total_count":0,"roles":[{}]}

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GET /orgs/{org}/organization-roles — GitHub API

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

GitHub API

Get all organization roles for 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

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/orgs/example-org/organization-roles' \  -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

{
  "total_count": 0,
  "roles": [
    {
      "id": 0,
      "name": "string",
      "description": "string",
      "base_role": "read",
      "source": "Organization",
      "permissions": [
        "string"
      ],
      "organization": {
        "name": "string",
        "email": "string",
        "login": "octocat",
        "id": 1,
        "node_id": "MDQ6VXNlcjE=",
        "avatar_url": "https://github.com/images/error/octocat_happy.gif",
        "gravatar_id": "41d064eb2195891e12d0413f63227ea7",
        "url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat",
        "html_url": "https://github.com/octocat",
        "followers_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/followers",
        "following_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/following{/other_user}",
        "gists_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/gists{/gist_id}",
        "starred_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/starred{/owner}{/repo}",
        "subscriptions_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/subscriptions",
        "organizations_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/orgs",
        "repos_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/repos",
        "events_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/events{/privacy}",
        "received_events_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/received_events",
        "type": "User",
        "site_admin": true,
        "starred_at": "\"2020-07-09T00:17:55Z\"",
        "user_view_type": "public"
      },
      "created_at": "2026-09-03T00:00:00Z",
      "updated_at": "2026-09-03T00:00:00Z"
    }
  ]
}

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