Sample - GitHub REST API
DELETE/orgs/{org}/secret-scanning/custom-patterns

Bulk delete organization custom patterns

Bulk deletes secret scanning custom patterns for an organization.

Personal access tokens (classic) need the write:org scope to use this endpoint.

  • RetriesRetries up to 2×, 500ms backoff, 30s timeout.

1 parameter · 2 body fields
orgstringrequired
The organization name. The name is not case sensitive.
patternsarray<SecretScanningCustomPatternToDelete>required
The list of custom patterns to delete.
post_delete_actionstringoptional
What to do with alerts associated with the deleted patterns. `delete_alerts` permanently removes the alerts. `resolve_alerts` resolves the alerts as "pattern deleted". Defaults to `delete_alerts` when not specified.
Allowed:delete_alertsresolve_alertsDefault:delete_alerts

5 status codes
204All patterns deleted successfully.
400Bad Request
messagestringoptional
documentation_urlstringoptional
urlstringoptional
statusstringoptional
403Forbidden
messagestringoptional
documentation_urlstringoptional
urlstringoptional
statusstringoptional
404Resource not found
messagestringoptional
documentation_urlstringoptional
urlstringoptional
statusstringoptional
412Precondition Failed
messagestringoptional
documentation_urlstringoptional
urlstringoptional
statusstringoptional

Error handling

A 400 is returned: Bad Request. A 403 is returned: Forbidden. A 404 is returned: Resource not found. A 412 is returned: Precondition Failed.