Trying to figure out how I can retrieve the delete_branch_on_merge
field from the GET /repos/:owner/:repo
api call using a GitHub App for authentication.
I’m authenticating with a github app installation that has permissions to view all repos in an org, and Repository permissions including Administration/readonly
and Metadata/readonly
however the field delete_branch_on_merge
is missing from the API response. This field appears to be a default response from the docs here. There is a “Notes” section with a link “Works with GitHub Apps” so I am assuming this field should be available with the permissions specified above.
Heres how I’m authenticating
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Using the github apps private key and github app id I’m generating a jwt
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Using the JWT I’m fetching an access token at the
https://api.github.com/app/installations/#{ENV['GITHUB_INSTALLATION_ID']}/access_tokens
endpoint -
Using this token im then making a request to
curl -i \
-H "Authorization: token TOKEN-HERE" \
-H "Accept: application/vnd.github.v3+json" \
https://api.github.com/repos/:owner/:repo
This response only contains a subset of fields indicated by the docs, and does not contain the delete_branch_on_merge
field.