curl -X GET 'https://api.github.com/orgs/example-org/rulesets/10' \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $GITHUB_TOKEN" \
  -H 'Accept: application/vnd.github+json' \
  -H 'X-GitHub-Api-Version: 2026-03-10'

# GET /orgs/{org}/rulesets/{ruleset_id} (GitHub API)
Base URL: https://api.github.com
Auth: Authorization; GitHub token; required.
Last verified: 2026-10-20

> Get an organization repository ruleset

## 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 GET 'https://api.github.com/orgs/example-org/rulesets/10' \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $GITHUB_TOKEN" \
  -H 'Accept: application/vnd.github+json' \
  -H 'X-GitHub-Api-Version: 2026-03-10'

## Parameters
| Name | In | Type | Required | Description |
| :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- |
| org | path | string | Yes | The organization name. The name is not case sensitive. |
| ruleset_id | path | integer | Yes | The ID of the ruleset. |

## Response example
{"id":0,"name":"string"}

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GET

GET /orgs/{org}/rulesets/{ruleset_id} — GitHub API

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

GitHub API

Get an organization repository ruleset

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 GET 'https://api.github.com/orgs/example-org/rulesets/10' \  -H "Authorization: Bearer $GITHUB_TOKEN" \  -H 'Accept: application/vnd.github+json' \  -H 'X-GitHub-Api-Version: 2026-03-10'

Parameters

Name	In	Type	Required	Description
org	path	string	Yes	The organization name. The name is not case sensitive.
ruleset_id	path	integer	Yes	The ID of the ruleset.

Response 200 OK

{
  "id": 0,
  "name": "string",
  "target": "branch",
  "source_type": "Repository",
  "source": "string",
  "enforcement": "disabled",
  "bypass_actors": [
    {
      "actor_id": 0,
      "actor_type": "Integration",
      "bypass_mode": "always"
    }
  ],
  "current_user_can_bypass": "always",
  "node_id": "string",
  "_links": {
    "self": {
      "href": "string"
    },
    "html": {
      "href": "string"
    }
  },
  "conditions": {
    "ref_name": {
      "include": [
        "string"
      ],
      "exclude": [
        "string"
      ]
    }
  },
  "rules": [
    {
      "type": "creation"
    }
  ],
  "created_at": "2026-09-03T00:00:00Z",
  "updated_at": "2026-09-03T00:00:00Z"
}

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