curl -X POST 'https://api.github.com/repos/example-owner/example-repo/pulls/10/reviews/10/events' \
  -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 '{
  "event": "APPROVE"
}'

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

> Submit a review for 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 POST 'https://api.github.com/repos/example-owner/example-repo/pulls/10/reviews/10/events' \
  -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 '{
  "event": "APPROVE"
}'

## 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. |
| review_id | path | integer | Yes | The unique identifier of the review. |
| event | body | string | Yes | The review action you want to perform. The review actions include: `APPROVE`,... |
| body | body | string | No | The body text of the pull request review |

## Response example
{"id":42,"node_id":"MDE3OlB1bGxSZXF1ZXN0UmV2aWV3ODA="}

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POST /repos/{owner}/{repo}/pulls/{pull_number}/reviews/{review_id}/events — GitHub API

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

GitHub API

Submit a review for 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 POST 'https://api.github.com/repos/example-owner/example-repo/pulls/10/reviews/10/events' \  -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 '{  "event": "APPROVE"}'

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.
review_id	path	integer	Yes	The unique identifier of the review.
body	body	string	No	The body text of the pull request review
event	body	string	Yes	The review action you want to perform. The review actions include: `APPROVE`, `REQUEST_CHANGES`, or `COMMENT`. When you leave this blank, the API returns _HTTP 422 (Unrecognizable entity)_ and sets the review action state to `PENDING`, which means you will need to re-submit the pull request review using a review action.

Response 200 OK

{
  "id": 42,
  "node_id": "MDE3OlB1bGxSZXF1ZXN0UmV2aWV3ODA=",
  "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"
  },
  "body": "This looks great.",
  "state": "CHANGES_REQUESTED",
  "html_url": "https://github.com/octocat/Hello-World/pull/12#pullrequestreview-80",
  "pull_request_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/pulls/12",
  "_links": {
    "html": {
      "href": "string"
    },
    "pull_request": {
      "href": "string"
    }
  },
  "submitted_at": "2026-09-03T00:00:00Z",
  "commit_id": "54bb654c9e6025347f57900a4a5c2313a96b8035",
  "body_html": "string",
  "body_text": "string",
  "author_association": "OWNER"
}

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