curl -X PATCH 'https://api.github.com/repos/example-owner/example-repo/hooks/10' \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $GITHUB_TOKEN" \
  -H 'Accept: application/vnd.github+json' \
  -H 'X-GitHub-Api-Version: 2026-03-10' \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{}'

# PATCH /repos/{owner}/{repo}/hooks/{hook_id} (GitHub API)
Base URL: https://api.github.com
Auth: Authorization; GitHub token; required.
Request formats: application/json.
Last verified: 2026-10-20

> Update a repository webhook

## 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 PATCH 'https://api.github.com/repos/example-owner/example-repo/hooks/10' \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $GITHUB_TOKEN" \
  -H 'Accept: application/vnd.github+json' \
  -H 'X-GitHub-Api-Version: 2026-03-10' \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{}'

## 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... |
| hook_id | path | integer | Yes | The unique identifier of the hook. You can find this value in the `X-GitHub-H... |
| config | body | object | No | Configuration object of the webhook |
| events | body | string[] | No | Determines what [events](https://docs.github.com/webhooks/event-payloads) the... |
| add_events | body | string[] | No | Determines a list of events to be added to the list of events that the Hook t... |
| remove_events | body | string[] | No | Determines a list of events to be removed from the list of events that the Ho... |
| active | body | boolean | No | Determines if notifications are sent when the webhook is triggered. Set to `t... |

## Response example
{"type":"string","id":42}

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GitHub API

Update a repository webhook

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 PATCH 'https://api.github.com/repos/example-owner/example-repo/hooks/10' \  -H "Authorization: Bearer $GITHUB_TOKEN" \  -H 'Accept: application/vnd.github+json' \  -H 'X-GitHub-Api-Version: 2026-03-10' \  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \  -d '{}'

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.
hook_id	path	integer	Yes	The unique identifier of the hook. You can find this value in the `X-GitHub-Hook-ID` header of a webhook delivery.
config	body	object	No	Configuration object of the webhook
events	body	string[]	No	Determines what [events](https://docs.github.com/webhooks/event-payloads) the hook is triggered for. This replaces the entire array of events.
add_events	body	string[]	No	Determines a list of events to be added to the list of events that the Hook triggers for.
remove_events	body	string[]	No	Determines a list of events to be removed from the list of events that the Hook triggers for.
active	body	boolean	No	Determines if notifications are sent when the webhook is triggered. Set to `true` to send notifications.

Response 200 OK

{
  "type": "string",
  "id": 42,
  "name": "web",
  "active": true,
  "events": [
    "push",
    "pull_request"
  ],
  "config": {
    "url": "https://example.com/webhook",
    "content_type": "\"json\"",
    "secret": "\"********\"",
    "insecure_ssl": "\"0\""
  },
  "updated_at": "2011-09-06T20:39:23Z",
  "created_at": "2011-09-06T17:26:27Z",
  "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/hooks/1",
  "test_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/hooks/1/test",
  "ping_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/hooks/1/pings",
  "deliveries_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/hooks/1/deliveries",
  "last_response": {
    "code": 0,
    "status": "string",
    "message": "string"
  }
}

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