curl -X PUT 'https://api.github.com/repos/example-owner/example-repo/pulls/10/merge' \
  -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 '{}'

# PUT /repos/{owner}/{repo}/pulls/{pull_number}/merge (GitHub API)
Base URL: https://api.github.com
Auth: Authorization; GitHub token; required.
Request formats: application/json.
Last verified: 2026-10-20

> Merge a pull request

## 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 PUT 'https://api.github.com/repos/example-owner/example-repo/pulls/10/merge' \
  -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 |
| :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- |
| 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... |
| pull_number | path | integer | Yes | The number that identifies the pull request. |
| commit_title | body | string | No | Title for the automatic commit message. |
| commit_message | body | string | No | Extra detail to append to automatic commit message. |
| sha | body | string | No | SHA that pull request head must match to allow merge. |
| merge_method | body | string | No | The merge method to use. |

## Response example
{"sha":"string","merged":true,"message":"string"}

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PUT

PUT /repos/{owner}/{repo}/pulls/{pull_number}/merge — GitHub API

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

GitHub API

Merge a pull request

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 PUT 'https://api.github.com/repos/example-owner/example-repo/pulls/10/merge' \  -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
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_number	path	integer	Yes	The number that identifies the pull request.
commit_title	body	string	No	Title for the automatic commit message.
commit_message	body	string	No	Extra detail to append to automatic commit message.
sha	body	string	No	SHA that pull request head must match to allow merge.
merge_method	body	string	No	The merge method to use.

Response 200 OK

{
  "sha": "string",
  "merged": true,
  "message": "string"
}

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