curl -X GET 'https://api.github.com/users/example-username/projectsV2/10/items/10?fields=example-fields' \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $GITHUB_TOKEN" \
  -H 'Accept: application/vnd.github+json' \
  -H 'X-GitHub-Api-Version: 2026-03-10'

# GET /users/{username}/projectsV2/{project_number}/items/{item_id} (GitHub API)
Base URL: https://api.github.com
Auth: Authorization; GitHub token; required.
Last verified: 2026-10-20

> Get an item for a user owned project

## 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/users/example-username/projectsV2/10/items/10?fields=example-fields' \
  -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 |
| :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- |
| project_number | path | integer | Yes | The project's number. |
| username | path | string | Yes | The handle for the GitHub user account. |
| item_id | path | integer | Yes | The unique identifier of the project item. |
| fields | query | string | No | Limit results to specific fields, by their IDs. If not specified, the title f... |

## Response example
{"id":0,"node_id":"string"}

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GET /users/{username}/projectsV2/{project_number}/items/{item_id} — GitHub API

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GitHub API

Get an item for a user owned project

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/users/example-username/projectsV2/10/items/10?fields=example-fields' \  -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
project_number	path	integer	Yes	The project's number.
username	path	string	Yes	The handle for the GitHub user account.
item_id	path	integer	Yes	The unique identifier of the project item.
fields	query	string	No	Limit results to specific fields, by their IDs. If not specified, the title field will be returned. Example: fields[]=123&fields[]=456&fields[]=789 or fields=123,456,789

Response 200 OK

{
  "id": 0,
  "node_id": "string",
  "project_url": "https://api.github.com/users/monalisa/2/projectsV2/3",
  "content_type": "Issue",
  "content": {},
  "creator": {
    "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": "2022-04-28T12:00:00Z",
  "updated_at": "2022-04-28T12:00:00Z",
  "archived_at": "2022-04-28T12:00:00Z",
  "item_url": "https://api.github.com/users/monalisa/2/projectsV2/items/3",
  "fields": [
    {}
  ]
}

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