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

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

> Get a private registry 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/private-registries/example-secret-name' \
  -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. |
| secret_name | path | string | Yes | The name of the secret. |

## Response example
{"name":"MAVEN_REPOSITORY_SECRET","registry_type":"maven_repository"}

---
Need an API key? Get one at https://github.com/settings/tokens

GET

GET /orgs/{org}/private-registries/{secret_name} — GitHub API

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

GitHub API

Get a private registry for an organization

Base URL: https://api.github.com
Auth: Authorization: Bearer <GITHUB_API_KEY>
Last verified: 2026-10-20 · upstream hash matched

Actions Try in browser→

Agents: curl -H "Accept: text/markdown" this URL
→ 186 tokens · Vary: Accept

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/private-registries/example-secret-name' \  -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.
secret_name	path	string	Yes	The name of the secret.

Response 200 OK

{
  "name": "MAVEN_REPOSITORY_SECRET",
  "registry_type": "maven_repository",
  "auth_type": "token",
  "url": "https://example.com",
  "username": "monalisa",
  "replaces_base": false,
  "visibility": "all",
  "tenant_id": "string",
  "client_id": "string",
  "aws_region": "string",
  "account_id": "string",
  "role_name": "string",
  "domain": "string",
  "domain_owner": "string",
  "jfrog_oidc_provider_name": "string",
  "audience": "string",
  "identity_mapping_name": "string",
  "namespace": "string",
  "service_slug": "string",
  "api_host": "string",
  "workload_identity_provider": "string",
  "service_account": "string",
  "created_at": "2026-09-03T00:00:00Z",
  "updated_at": "2026-09-03T00:00:00Z"
}

Get a free GitHub API key → sponsored

Affiliate link - we may earn a commission, at no extra cost to you.