curl -X POST 'https://api.github.com/user/social_accounts' \
  -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 '{
  "account_urls": []
}'

# POST /user/social_accounts (GitHub API)
Base URL: https://api.github.com
Auth: Authorization; GitHub token; required.
Request formats: application/json.
Last verified: 2026-10-20

> Add social accounts for the authenticated user

## 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 POST 'https://api.github.com/user/social_accounts' \
  -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 '{
  "account_urls": []
}'

## Parameters
| Name | In | Type | Required | Description |
| :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- |
| account_urls | body | string[] | Yes | Full URLs for the social media profiles to add. |

## Response example
[{"provider":"linkedin","url":"https://www.linkedin.com/company/github/"}]

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POST

POST /user/social_accounts — GitHub API

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

GitHub API

Add social accounts for the authenticated user

Base URL: https://api.github.com
Auth: Authorization: Bearer <GITHUB_API_KEY>
Last verified: 2026-10-20 · upstream hash matched

Actions Try in browser→

Agents: curl -H "Accept: text/markdown" this URL
→ 184 tokens · Vary: Accept

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 POST 'https://api.github.com/user/social_accounts' \  -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 '{  "account_urls": []}'

Parameters

Name	In	Type	Required	Description
account_urls	body	string[]	Yes	Full URLs for the social media profiles to add.

Response 200 OK

[
  {
    "provider": "linkedin",
    "url": "https://www.linkedin.com/company/github/"
  }
]

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