GET/repos/{owner}/{repo}/code-scanning/codeql/databases/{language}

Get a CodeQL database for a repository

Gets a CodeQL database for a language in a repository.

By default this endpoint returns JSON metadata about the CodeQL database. To download the CodeQL database binary content, set the Accept header of the request to application/zip, and make sure your HTTP client is configured to follow redirects or use the Location header to make a second request to get the redirect URL.

OAuth app tokens and personal access tokens (classic) need the repo scope to use this endpoint with private or public repositories, or the public_repo scope to use this endpoint with only public repositories.

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.

languagestringrequired

The language of the CodeQL database.

5 status codes

200Response

idintegerrequired

The ID of the CodeQL database.

namestringrequired

The name of the CodeQL database.

languagestringrequired

The language of the CodeQL database.

uploaderobjectrequired

A GitHub user.

content_typestringrequired

The MIME type of the CodeQL database file.

sizeintegerrequired

The size of the CodeQL database file in bytes.

created_atstringrequired

The date and time at which the CodeQL database was created, in ISO 8601 format':' YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM:SSZ.

updated_atstringrequired

The date and time at which the CodeQL database was last updated, in ISO 8601 format':' YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM:SSZ.

urlstringrequired

The URL at which to download the CodeQL database. The `Accept` header must be set to the value of the `content_type` property.

commit_oidstringoptional

The commit SHA of the repository at the time the CodeQL database was created.

302Found

403Response if GitHub Advanced Security is not enabled for this repository

messagestringoptional

documentation_urlstringoptional

urlstringoptional

statusstringoptional

404Resource not found

messagestringoptional

documentation_urlstringoptional

urlstringoptional

statusstringoptional

503Service unavailable

codestringoptional

messagestringoptional

documentation_urlstringoptional

Error handling

A 403 is returned: Response if GitHub Advanced Security is not enabled for this repository. A 404 is returned: Resource not found. A 503 is returned: Service unavailable.

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.databases.get({
  owner: "octocat",
  repo: "hello-world",
  language: "example",
});

{
  "id": 1,
  "name": "database.zip",
  "language": "java",
  "uploader": {
    "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
  },
  "content_type": "application/zip",
  "size": 1024,
  "created_at": "2022-09-12T12:14:32Z",
  "updated_at": "2022-09-12T12:14:32Z",
  "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/code-scanning/codeql/databases/java",
  "commit_oid": "1927de39fefa25a9d0e64e3f540ff824a72f538c"
}

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