Sample - GitHub REST API
GET/repos/{owner}/{repo}/agents/variables/{name}

Get a repository variable

Gets a specific variable in a repository.

The authenticated user must have collaborator access to the repository to use this endpoint.

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

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

3 parameters
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.
namestringrequired
The name of the variable.

1 status code
200Response
namestringrequired
The name of the variable.
valuestringrequired
The value of the variable.
created_atstringrequired
The date and time at which the variable was created, in ISO 8601 format':' YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM:SSZ.
updated_atstringrequired
The date and time at which the variable was last updated, in ISO 8601 format':' YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM:SSZ.