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

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

> Get all 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/repos/example-owner/example-repo/rulesets?per_page=30&page=1&includes_parents=true&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 |
| :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- |
| 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... |
| 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... |
| includes_parents | query | boolean | No | Include rulesets configured at higher levels that apply to this repository |
| 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 /repos/{owner}/{repo}/rulesets — GitHub API

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

GitHub API

Get all 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/repos/example-owner/example-repo/rulesets?per_page=30&page=1&includes_parents=true&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
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.
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)."
includes_parents	query	boolean	No	Include rulesets configured at higher levels that apply to this repository
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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