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POST /repos/{owner}/{repo}/stacks — GitHub API

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

GitHub API

Create a pull request stack

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

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cURL

curl -X POST 'https://api.github.com/repos/example-owner/example-repo/stacks' \  -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 '{  "pull_requests": [    0  ]}'

Parameters

Name In Type Required Description
owner path string Yes The account owner of the repository. The name is not case sensitive.
repo path string Yes The name of the repository without the `.git` extension. The name is not case sensitive.
pull_requests body integer[] Yes An ordered list of pull request numbers forming the stack from bottom to top.

Response 200 OK

{
  "id": 0,
  "number": 0,
  "node_id": "string",
  "url": "https://example.com",
  "base": {
    "ref": "string"
  },
  "open": true,
  "created_at": "2026-09-03T00:00:00Z",
  "pull_requests": [
    {
      "id": 0,
      "number": 0,
      "url": "string",
      "head": {
        "ref": "string",
        "sha": "string",
        "repo": {
          "id": 0,
          "url": "string",
          "name": "string"
        }
      },
      "base": {
        "ref": "string",
        "sha": "string",
        "repo": {
          "id": 0,
          "url": "string",
          "name": "string"
        }
      },
      "node_id": "string",
      "title": "string",
      "state": "open",
      "merged_at": "2026-09-03T00:00:00Z",
      "draft": true,
      "html_url": "https://example.com",
      "user": {
        "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"
      }
    }
  ]
}
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