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Licensing

Use the REST API to get licensing information.

List enterprise consumed licenses

Lists the license consumption information for all users, including those from connected servers, associated with an enterprise.

The authenticated user must be an enterprise admin to use this endpoint.

OAuth app tokens and personal access tokens (classic) need the read:enterprise scope to use this endpoint.

Fine-grained access tokens for "List enterprise consumed licenses"

This endpoint works with the following fine-grained token types:

The fine-grained token must have the following permission set:

  • "Enterprise administration" enterprise permissions (read)

Parameters for "List enterprise consumed licenses"

Headers
Name, Type, Description
accept string

Setting to application/vnd.github+json is recommended.

Path parameters
Name, Type, Description
enterprise string Required

The slug version of the enterprise name.

Query parameters
Name, Type, Description
per_page integer

The number of results per page (max 100). For more information, see "Using pagination in the REST API."

Default: 30

page integer

The page number of the results to fetch. For more information, see "Using pagination in the REST API."

Default: 1

HTTP response status codes for "List enterprise consumed licenses"

Status codeDescription
200

Consumed Licenses Response

Code samples for "List enterprise consumed licenses"

If you access GitHub at GHE.com, replace api.github.com with your enterprise's dedicated subdomain at api.SUBDOMAIN.ghe.com.

Request example

get/enterprises/{enterprise}/consumed-licenses
curl -L \ -H "Accept: application/vnd.github+json" \ -H "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR-TOKEN>" \ -H "X-GitHub-Api-Version: 2022-11-28" \ https://api.github.com/enterprises/ENTERPRISE/consumed-licenses

Consumed Licenses Response

Status: 200
{ "total_seats_consumed": 5000, "total_seats_purchased": 4500, "users": [ { "github_com_login": "monalisa", "github_com_name": "Mona Lisa", "enterprise_server_user_ids": [ "example_host_name.com:123", "example_host_name_2:222" ], "github_com_user": true, "enterprise_server_user": true, "visual_studio_subscription_user": false, "license_type": "enterprise", "github_com_profile": "https://github.com/monalisa", "github_com_member_roles": [ "org1:Owner", "org2:Owner" ], "github_com_enterprise_roles": [ "owner" ], "github_com_verified_domain_emails": [ "monalisa@github.com" ], "github_com_saml_name_id": "monalisa", "github_com_orgs_with_pending_invites": [ "org1", "org2" ], "github_com_two_factor_auth": true, "enterprise_server_emails": [ "monalisa@github.com" ], "visual_studio_license_status": "", "visual_studio_subscription_email": "", "total_user_accounts": 3 }, { "github_com_login": "", "github_com_name": "", "enterprise_server_user_ids": [ "example_host_name:123" ], "github_com_user": false, "enterprise_server_user": true, "visual_studio_subscription_user": false, "license_type": "enterprise", "github_com_profile": "", "github_com_member_roles": [], "github_com_enterprise_role": "", "github_com_enterprise_roles": [], "github_com_verified_domain_emails": [], "github_com_saml_name_id": "", "github_com_orgs_with_pending_invites": [], "github_com_two_factor_auth": "", "enterprise_server_emails": [ "hubot@example.com" ], "visual_studio_license_status": "", "visual_studio_subscription_email": "", "total_user_accounts": 1 } ] }

Get a license sync status

Gets information about the status of a license sync job for an enterprise.

The authenticated user must be an enterprise admin to use this endpoint.

OAuth app tokens and personal access tokens (classic) need the read:enterprise scope to use this endpoint.

Fine-grained access tokens for "Get a license sync status"

This endpoint works with the following fine-grained token types:

The fine-grained token must have the following permission set:

  • "Enterprise administration" enterprise permissions (read)

Parameters for "Get a license sync status"

Headers
Name, Type, Description
accept string

Setting to application/vnd.github+json is recommended.

Path parameters
Name, Type, Description
enterprise string Required

The slug version of the enterprise name.

HTTP response status codes for "Get a license sync status"

Status codeDescription
200

License Sync Status Response

Code samples for "Get a license sync status"

If you access GitHub at GHE.com, replace api.github.com with your enterprise's dedicated subdomain at api.SUBDOMAIN.ghe.com.

Request example

get/enterprises/{enterprise}/license-sync-status
curl -L \ -H "Accept: application/vnd.github+json" \ -H "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR-TOKEN>" \ -H "X-GitHub-Api-Version: 2022-11-28" \ https://api.github.com/enterprises/ENTERPRISE/license-sync-status

License Sync Status Response

Status: 200
{ "server_instances": [ { "server_id": "deadbeef1", "hostname": "github.example.com", "last_sync": { "date": "2020-01-01T00:00:00Z", "status": "success", "error": "" } }, { "server_id": "filetoffish1", "hostname": "github2.example.com", "last_sync": { "date": "2020-01-01T00:00:00Z", "status": "success", "error": "" } } ] }

Get GitHub Advanced Security active committers for an enterprise

Gets the GitHub Advanced Security active committers for an enterprise per repository. The authenticated user must be an enterprise admin or billing manager.

Each distinct user login across all repositories is counted as a single Advanced Security seat, so the total_advanced_security_committers is not the sum of active_users for each repository.

The total number of repositories with committer information is tracked by the total_count field.

Fine-grained access tokens for "Get GitHub Advanced Security active committers for an enterprise"

This endpoint works with the following fine-grained token types:

The fine-grained token must have the following permission set:

  • "Enterprise administration" enterprise permissions (write)

Parameters for "Get GitHub Advanced Security active committers for an enterprise"

Headers
Name, Type, Description
accept string

Setting to application/vnd.github+json is recommended.

Path parameters
Name, Type, Description
enterprise string Required

The slug version of the enterprise name.

Query parameters
Name, Type, Description
advanced_security_product string

The security product to get GitHub Advanced Security active committers for.

For standalone Code Scanning or Secret Protection products, this parameter is required to specify which product you want committer information for. For other plans this parameter cannot be used.

Can be one of: code_security, secret_protection

per_page integer

The number of results per page (max 100). For more information, see "Using pagination in the REST API."

Default: 30

page integer

The page number of the results to fetch. For more information, see "Using pagination in the REST API."

Default: 1

HTTP response status codes for "Get GitHub Advanced Security active committers for an enterprise"

Status codeDescription
200

Success

Code samples for "Get GitHub Advanced Security active committers for an enterprise"

If you access GitHub at GHE.com, replace api.github.com with your enterprise's dedicated subdomain at api.SUBDOMAIN.ghe.com.

Request example

get/enterprises/{enterprise}/settings/billing/advanced-security
curl -L \ -H "Accept: application/vnd.github+json" \ -H "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR-TOKEN>" \ -H "X-GitHub-Api-Version: 2022-11-28" \ https://api.github.com/enterprises/ENTERPRISE/settings/billing/advanced-security

Success

Status: 200
{ "total_advanced_security_committers": 2, "total_count": 2, "maximum_advanced_security_committers": 4, "purchased_advanced_security_committers": 4, "repositories": [ { "name": "octocat-org/Hello-World", "advanced_security_committers": 2, "advanced_security_committers_breakdown": [ { "user_login": "octocat", "last_pushed_date": "2021-11-03", "last_pushed_email": "octocat@github.com" }, { "user_login": "octokitten", "last_pushed_date": "2021-10-25", "last_pushed_email": "octokitten@github.com" } ] }, { "name": "octocat-org/server", "advanced_security_committers": 1, "advanced_security_committers_breakdown": [ { "user_login": "octokitten", "last_pushed_date": "2021-10-26", "last_pushed_email": "octokitten@github.com" } ] } ] }