DELETE/repos/{owner}/{repo}/branches/{branch}/protection/restrictions/users

Remove user access restrictions

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Removes the ability of a user to push to this branch.

Type	Description
`array`	Usernames of the people who should no longer have push access. Note: The list of users, apps, and teams in total is limited to 100 items.

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

3 parameters · 1 body field

ownerstringrequired

The account owner of the repository. The name is not case sensitive.

repostringrequired

The name of the repository without the `.git` extension. The name is not case sensitive.

branchstringrequired

The name of the branch. Cannot contain wildcard characters. To use wildcard characters in branch names, use [the GraphQL API](https://docs.github.com/graphql).

usersarray<string>required

The username for users

2 status codes

200Response

namestringoptional

emailstringoptional

loginstringrequired

idintegerrequired

node_idstringrequired

avatar_urlstringrequired

gravatar_idstringrequired

urlstringrequired

html_urlstringrequired

followers_urlstringrequired

following_urlstringrequired

gists_urlstringrequired

starred_urlstringrequired

subscriptions_urlstringrequired

organizations_urlstringrequired

repos_urlstringrequired

events_urlstringrequired

received_events_urlstringrequired

typestringrequired

site_adminbooleanrequired

starred_atstringoptional

user_view_typestringoptional

422Validation failed, or the endpoint has been spammed.

messagestringrequired

documentation_urlstringrequired

errorsarray<object>optional

Error handling

A 422 is returned: Validation failed, or the endpoint has been spammed.

import { Client } from "acme-sdk";

const client = new Client({
  baseUrl: "https://api.acme.com",
  auth: { bearer: process.env.API_TOKEN },
  retry: {
    maxAttempts: 3,
    retryOn: [
      408,
      425,
      429,
      500,
      502,
      503,
      504,
    ],
    backoffMs: 500,
    maxBackoffMs: 8000,
  },
  timeoutMs: 30000,
});

const result = await client.users.delete({
  owner: "octocat",
  repo: "hello-world",
  branch: "main",
  users: [],
});

[
  {
    "login": "octocat",
    "id": 1,
    "node_id": "MDQ6VXNlcjE=",
    "avatar_url": "https://github.com/images/error/octocat_happy.gif",
    "gravatar_id": "",
    "url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat",
    "html_url": "https://github.com/octocat",
    "followers_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/followers",
    "following_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/following{/other_user}",
    "gists_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/gists{/gist_id}",
    "starred_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/starred{/owner}{/repo}",
    "subscriptions_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/subscriptions",
    "organizations_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/orgs",
    "repos_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/repos",
    "events_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/events{/privacy}",
    "received_events_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/received_events",
    "type": "User",
    "site_admin": false
  }
]

Request

Response

Errors