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GET branch protection returning 404 #24582
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I’m trying to use the Github API to look at branch protection on a public repo. I’m doing a GET request (via Postman but also tried via curl) to the following: With the headers: However, I keep getting the following 404 response: Anyone got any ideas? |
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Can you check whether the user is an admin for that repo? Or is he in a team that has admin access to the repo? Because branch protection is something that is restricted. In the below example you can see that I can able to get the master branch details but I cannot get the branch protection details since I am not the admin for that repo. Regards Parithiban G |
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Yes, my mistake, I didn’t realise that just viewing branch protection required authorized user. Issue resolved now. |
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@jopintopaul
Can you check whether the user is an admin for that repo? Or is he in a team that has admin access to the repo? Because branch protection is something that is restricted.
In the below example you can see that I can able to get the master branch details but I cannot get the branch protection details since I am not the admin for that repo.
Regards
Parithiban G