POST

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

GitHub playground

Create a fork

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

organization · optional · string — Optional parameter to specify the organization name if forking into an organization.
name · optional · string — When forking from an existing repository, a new name for the fork.
default_branch_only · optional · boolean — When forking from an existing repository, fork with only the default branch.