GET/user/migrations/{migration_id}/archive

Download a user migration archive

Fetches the URL to download the migration archive as a tar.gz file. Depending on the resources your repository uses, the migration archive can contain JSON files with data for these objects:

  • attachments
  • bases
  • commit_comments
  • issue_comments
  • issue_events
  • issues
  • milestones
  • organizations
  • projects
  • protected_branches
  • pull_request_reviews
  • pull_requests
  • releases
  • repositories
  • review_comments
  • schema
  • users

The archive will also contain an attachments directory that includes all attachment files uploaded to GitHub.com and a repositories directory that contains the repository's Git data.

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

1 parameter
migration_idintegerrequired
The unique identifier of the migration.

4 status codes
302Response
304Not modified
401Requires authentication
messagestringoptional
documentation_urlstringoptional
urlstringoptional
statusstringoptional
403Forbidden
messagestringoptional
documentation_urlstringoptional
urlstringoptional
statusstringoptional

Error handling

A 401 is returned: Requires authentication. A 403 is returned: Forbidden.

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