curl -X GET 'https://api.github.com/orgs/example-org/rulesets?per_page=30&page=1&targets=branch%2Ctag%2Cpush' \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $GITHUB_TOKEN" \
  -H 'Accept: application/vnd.github+json' \
  -H 'X-GitHub-Api-Version: 2026-03-10'

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

> Get all organization repository rulesets

## 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?per_page=30&page=1&targets=branch%2Ctag%2Cpush' \
  -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. |
| per_page | query | integer | No | The number of results per page (max 100). For more information, see "[Using p... |
| page | query | integer | No | The page number of the results to fetch. For more information, see "[Using pa... |
| targets | query | string | No | A comma-separated list of rule targets to filter by. If provided, only rulese... |

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

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GET

GET /orgs/{org}/rulesets — GitHub API

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

GitHub API

Get all organization repository rulesets

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?per_page=30&page=1&targets=branch%2Ctag%2Cpush' \  -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.
per_page	query	integer	No	The number of results per page (max 100). For more information, see "[Using pagination in the REST API](https://docs.github.com/rest/using-the-rest-api/using-pagination-in-the-rest-api)."
page	query	integer	No	The page number of the results to fetch. For more information, see "[Using pagination in the REST API](https://docs.github.com/rest/using-the-rest-api/using-pagination-in-the-rest-api)."
targets	query	string	No	A comma-separated list of rule targets to filter by. If provided, only rulesets that apply to the specified targets will be returned. For example, `branch,tag,push`.

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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