POST/repos/{owner}/{repo}/pulls/{pull_number}/reviews/{review_id}/events

Submit a review for a pull request

Submits a pending review for a pull request. For more information about creating a pending review for a pull request, see "Create a review for a pull request."

This endpoint supports the following custom media types. For more information, see "Media types."

application/vnd.github-commitcomment.raw+json: Returns the raw markdown body. Response will include body. This is the default if you do not pass any specific media type.
application/vnd.github-commitcomment.text+json: Returns a text only representation of the markdown body. Response will include body_text.
application/vnd.github-commitcomment.html+json: Returns HTML rendered from the body's markdown. Response will include body_html.
application/vnd.github-commitcomment.full+json: Returns raw, text, and HTML representations. Response will include body, body_text, and body_html.

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

4 parameters · 2 body fields

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.

pull_numberintegerrequired

The number that identifies the pull request.

review_idintegerrequired

The unique identifier of the review.

bodystringoptional

The body text of the pull request review

eventstringrequired

The review action you want to perform. The review actions include: `APPROVE`, `REQUEST_CHANGES`, or `COMMENT`. When you leave this blank, the API returns _HTTP 422 (Unrecognizable entity)_ and sets the review action state to `PENDING`, which means you will need to re-submit the pull request review using a review action.

Allowed:APPROVEREQUEST_CHANGESCOMMENT

4 status codes

200Response

idintegerrequired

Unique identifier of the review

node_idstringrequired

userobjectrequired

A GitHub user.

bodystringrequired

The text of the review.

statestringrequired

html_urlstringrequired

pull_request_urlstringrequired

_linksobjectrequired

submitted_atstringoptional

commit_idstringrequired

A commit SHA for the review. If the commit object was garbage collected or forcibly deleted, then it no longer exists in Git and this value will be `null`.

body_htmlstringoptional

body_textstringoptional

author_associationstringrequired

How the author is associated with the repository.

Allowed:COLLABORATORCONTRIBUTORFIRST_TIMERFIRST_TIME_CONTRIBUTORMANNEQUINMEMBERNONEOWNER

403Forbidden

messagestringoptional

documentation_urlstringoptional

urlstringoptional

statusstringoptional

404Resource not found

messagestringoptional

documentation_urlstringoptional

urlstringoptional

statusstringoptional

422Validation failed, or the endpoint has been spammed.

messagestringrequired

documentation_urlstringrequired

errorsarray<string>optional

Error handling

A 403 is returned: Forbidden. A 404 is returned: Resource not found. A 422 is returned: Validation failed, or the endpoint has been spammed.

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.events.create({
  owner: "octocat",
  repo: "hello-world",
  pullNumber: "example",
  reviewId: "c0a80123-4567-89ab-cdef-0123456789ab",
  event: "example",
});

{
  "id": 80,
  "node_id": "MDE3OlB1bGxSZXF1ZXN0UmV2aWV3ODA=",
  "user": {
    "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
  },
  "body": "Here is the body for the review.",
  "state": "APPROVED",
  "html_url": "https://github.com/octocat/Hello-World/pull/12#pullrequestreview-80",
  "pull_request_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/pulls/12",
  "_links": {
    "html": {
      "href": "https://github.com/octocat/Hello-World/pull/12#pullrequestreview-80"
    },
    "pull_request": {
      "href": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/pulls/12"
    }
  },
  "submitted_at": "2019-11-17T17:43:43Z",
  "commit_id": "ecdd80bb57125d7ba9641ffaa4d7d2c19d3f3091",
  "author_association": "COLLABORATOR"
}

Request

Response

Errors