curl -X PATCH 'https://api.github.com/orgs/example-org/hooks/10' \
  -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 '{}'

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

> Update an organization webhook

## 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 PATCH 'https://api.github.com/orgs/example-org/hooks/10' \
  -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 '{}'

## Parameters
| Name | In | Type | Required | Description |
| :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- |
| org | path | string | Yes | The organization name. The name is not case sensitive. |
| hook_id | path | integer | Yes | The unique identifier of the hook. You can find this value in the `X-GitHub-H... |
| config | body | object | No | Key/value pairs to provide settings for this webhook. |
| events | body | string[] | No | Determines what [events](https://docs.github.com/webhooks/event-payloads) the... |
| active | body | boolean | No | Determines if notifications are sent when the webhook is triggered. Set to `t... |
| name | body | string | No | Request body field name. |

## Response example
{"id":1,"url":"https://api.github.com/orgs/octocat/hooks/1"}

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GitHub API

Update an organization webhook

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 PATCH 'https://api.github.com/orgs/example-org/hooks/10' \  -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 '{}'

Parameters

Name	In	Type	Required	Description
org	path	string	Yes	The organization name. The name is not case sensitive.
hook_id	path	integer	Yes	The unique identifier of the hook. You can find this value in the `X-GitHub-Hook-ID` header of a webhook delivery.
config	body	object	No	Key/value pairs to provide settings for this webhook.
events	body	string[]	No	Determines what [events](https://docs.github.com/webhooks/event-payloads) the hook is triggered for.
active	body	boolean	No	Determines if notifications are sent when the webhook is triggered. Set to `true` to send notifications.
name	body	string	No	Request body field name.

Response 200 OK

{
  "id": 1,
  "url": "https://api.github.com/orgs/octocat/hooks/1",
  "ping_url": "https://api.github.com/orgs/octocat/hooks/1/pings",
  "deliveries_url": "https://api.github.com/orgs/octocat/hooks/1/deliveries",
  "name": "web",
  "events": [
    "push",
    "pull_request"
  ],
  "active": true,
  "config": {
    "url": "\"http://example.com/2\"",
    "insecure_ssl": "\"0\"",
    "content_type": "\"form\"",
    "secret": "\"********\""
  },
  "updated_at": "2011-09-06T20:39:23Z",
  "created_at": "2011-09-06T17:26:27Z",
  "type": "string"
}

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