POST

Try POST /repos/{owner}/{repo}/keys — GitHub API

GitHub playground

Create a deploy key

Credentials

GitHub token · sent as Authorization

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Headers

Accept · fixedX-GitHub-Api-Version · fixed

Path

owner · required · string The account owner of the repository. The name is not case sensitive. repo · required · string The name of the repository without the `.git` extension. The name is not case sensitive.

Body application/json

3 body fields

title · optional · string — A name for the key.
key · required · string — The contents of the key.
read_only · optional · boolean — If `true`, the key will only be able to read repository contents. Otherwise, the key will be able to read and write. Deploy keys with write access can perform the same actions as an organization member with admin access, or a collaborator on a personal repository. For more information, see "[Repository permission levels for an organization](https://docs.github.com/articles/repository-permission-levels-for-an-organization/)" and "[Permission levels for a user account repository](https://docs.github.com/articles/permission-levels-for-a-user-account-repository/)."