Get default attributes for a codespace | Sample

4 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.

refstringoptional

The branch or commit to check for a default devcontainer path. If not specified, the default branch will be checked.

client_ipstringoptional

An alternative IP for default location auto-detection, such as when proxying a request.

4 status codes

200Response when a user is able to create codespaces from the repository.

billable_ownerobjectoptional

A GitHub user.

defaultsobjectoptional

401Requires authentication

messagestringoptional

documentation_urlstringoptional

urlstringoptional

statusstringoptional

403Forbidden

messagestringoptional

documentation_urlstringoptional

urlstringoptional

statusstringoptional

404Resource not found

messagestringoptional

documentation_urlstringoptional

urlstringoptional

statusstringoptional

Error handling

A 401 is returned: Requires authentication. A 403 is returned: Forbidden. A 404 is returned: Resource not found.

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.new.list({
  owner: "octocat",
  repo: "hello-world",
  ref: "main",
  clientIp: "example",
});

{
  "billable_owner": {
    "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
  },
  "defaults": {
    "location": "EastUs",
    "devcontainer_path": ".devcontainer/devcontainer.json"
  }
}

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Response

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