curl -X POST 'https://api.github.com/users/example-username/packages/npm/example-package-name/restore?token=example-token' \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $GITHUB_TOKEN" \
  -H 'Accept: application/vnd.github+json' \
  -H 'X-GitHub-Api-Version: 2026-03-10'

# POST /users/{username}/packages/{package_type}/{package_name}/restore (GitHub API)
Base URL: https://api.github.com
Auth: Authorization; GitHub token; required.
Last verified: 2026-10-20

> Restore a package for a user

## 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/users/example-username/packages/npm/example-package-name/restore?token=example-token' \
  -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 |
| :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- |
| package_type | path | string | Yes | The type of supported package. Packages in GitHub's Gradle registry have the... |
| package_name | path | string | Yes | The name of the package. |
| username | path | string | Yes | The handle for the GitHub user account. |
| token | query | string | No | package token |

## Response example
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POST

POST /users/{username}/packages/{package_type}/{package_name}/restore — GitHub API

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

GitHub API

Restore a package for a user

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/users/example-username/packages/npm/example-package-name/restore?token=example-token' \  -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
package_type	path	string	Yes	The type of supported package. Packages in GitHub's Gradle registry have the type `maven`. Docker images pushed to GitHub's Container registry (`ghcr.io`) have the type `container`. You can use the type `docker` to find images that were pushed to GitHub's Docker registry (`docker.pkg.github.com`), even if these have now been migrated to the Container registry.
package_name	path	string	Yes	The name of the package.
username	path	string	Yes	The handle for the GitHub user account.
token	query	string	No	package token

Response 200 OK

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