REST API endpoints for an organization's custom property values

Use the REST API to manage custom property values for an organization

Get all custom property values for an organization

Gets all custom property values that are set for an organization.

The organization must belong to an enterprise.

Access requirements:

Organization admins
OAuth tokens and personal access tokens (classic) with the read:org scope
Actors with the organization-level "read custom properties for an organization" fine-grained permission or above

fine_grained_access

works_with_fine_grained_tokens:

permission_set:

"Custom properties for organizations" organization permissions (read)

Parameters for "Get all custom property values for an organization"

Headers
Name, Type, Description
`accept` string Setting to `application/vnd.github+json` is recommended.

Path parameters
Name, Type, Description
`org` string Required The organization name. The name is not case sensitive.

http_status_code

status_code	Description
`200`	OK
`403`	Forbidden
`404`	Resource not found

code_samples

request_example

get/organizations/{org}/org-properties/values

curl -L \
  -H "Accept: application/vnd.github+json" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR-TOKEN>" \
  -H "X-GitHub-Api-Version: 2026-03-10" \
  http(s)://HOSTNAME/api/v3/organizations/ORG/org-properties/values

Response

Status: 200

[
  {
    "property_name": "environment",
    "value": "production"
  },
  {
    "property_name": "service",
    "value": "web"
  },
  {
    "property_name": "team",
    "value": "octocat"
  }
]

Create or update custom property values for an organization

Create new or update existing custom property values for an organization. To remove a custom property value from an organization, set the property value to null.

The organization must belong to an enterprise.

Access requirements:

Organization admins
OAuth tokens and personal access tokens (classic) with the admin:org scope
Actors with the organization-level "edit custom properties for an organization" fine-grained permission

fine_grained_access

works_with_fine_grained_tokens:

permission_set:

"Custom properties for organizations" organization permissions (write)

Parameters for "Create or update custom property values for an organization"

Headers
Name, Type, Description
`accept` string Setting to `application/vnd.github+json` is recommended.

Path parameters
Name, Type, Description
`org` string Required The organization name. The name is not case sensitive.

Name, Type, Description

properties array of objects Required

A list of custom property names and associated values to apply to the organization.

Properties of properties

Name, Type, Description
`property_name` string Required The name of the property
`value` null or string or array Required The value assigned to the property

http_status_code

status_code	Description
`204`	No Content when custom property values are successfully created or updated
`403`	Forbidden
`404`	Resource not found
`422`	Validation failed, or the endpoint has been spammed.

code_samples

request_example

patch/organizations/{org}/org-properties/values

curl -L \
  -X PATCH \
  -H "Accept: application/vnd.github+json" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR-TOKEN>" \
  -H "X-GitHub-Api-Version: 2026-03-10" \
  http(s)://HOSTNAME/api/v3/organizations/ORG/org-properties/values \
  -d '{"properties":[{"property_name":"environment","value":"production"},{"property_name":"service","value":"web"},{"property_name":"team","value":"octocat"}]}'

No Content when custom property values are successfully created or updated

Status: 204