Sample - GitHub REST API
POST/repos/{owner}/{repo}/hooks/{hook_id}/pings

Ping a repository webhook

This will trigger a ping event to be sent to the hook.

  • 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.
hook_idintegerrequired
The unique identifier of the hook. You can find this value in the `X-GitHub-Hook-ID` header of a webhook delivery.

2 status codes
204Response
404Resource not found
messagestringoptional
documentation_urlstringoptional
urlstringoptional
statusstringoptional

Error handling

A 404 is returned: Resource not found.