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Project board cards

The Project board cards API lets you create and manage cards on a project board.

Get a project card

Works with GitHub Apps

Parameters

Headers
acceptstring

Setting to application/vnd.github.v3+json is recommended.

See preview notice
Path parameters
card_idintegerRequired

The unique identifier of the card.

HTTP response status codes

Status codeDescription
200

OK

304

Not modified

401

Requires authentication

403

Forbidden

404

Resource not found

Code samples

get/projects/columns/cards/{card_id}
curl \ -H "Accept: application/vnd.github.v3+json" \ -H "Authorization: token <TOKEN>" \ http(s)://HOSTNAME/api/v3/projects/columns/cards/CARD_ID

Response

Status: 200
{ "url": "https://api.github.com/projects/columns/cards/1478", "id": 1478, "node_id": "MDExOlByb2plY3RDYXJkMTQ3OA==", "note": "Add payload for delete Project column", "creator": { "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 }, "created_at": "2016-09-05T14:21:06Z", "updated_at": "2016-09-05T14:20:22Z", "archived": false, "column_url": "https://api.github.com/projects/columns/367", "content_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/api-playground/projects-test/issues/3", "project_url": "https://api.github.com/projects/120" }

Preview notice

The Projects API is currently available for developers to preview. During the preview period, the API may change without advance notice. Please see the blog post for full details. To access the API during the preview period, you must provide a custom media type in the Accept header:

application/vnd.github.inertia-preview+json

Update an existing project card

Works with GitHub Apps

Parameters

Headers
acceptstring

Setting to application/vnd.github.v3+json is recommended.

See preview notice
Path parameters
card_idintegerRequired

The unique identifier of the card.

Body parameters
notestring or null

The project card's note

archivedboolean

Whether or not the card is archived

HTTP response status codes

Status codeDescription
200

OK

304

Not modified

401

Requires authentication

403

Forbidden

404

Resource not found

422

Validation failed

Code samples

patch/projects/columns/cards/{card_id}
curl \ -X PATCH \ -H "Accept: application/vnd.github.v3+json" \ -H "Authorization: token <TOKEN>" \ http(s)://HOSTNAME/api/v3/projects/columns/cards/CARD_ID \ -d '{"note":"Add payload for delete Project column"}'

Response

Status: 200
{ "url": "https://api.github.com/projects/columns/cards/1478", "id": 1478, "node_id": "MDExOlByb2plY3RDYXJkMTQ3OA==", "note": "Add payload for delete Project column", "creator": { "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 }, "created_at": "2016-09-05T14:21:06Z", "updated_at": "2016-09-05T14:20:22Z", "archived": false, "column_url": "https://api.github.com/projects/columns/367", "content_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/api-playground/projects-test/issues/3", "project_url": "https://api.github.com/projects/120" }

Preview notice

The Projects API is currently available for developers to preview. During the preview period, the API may change without advance notice. Please see the blog post for full details. To access the API during the preview period, you must provide a custom media type in the Accept header:

application/vnd.github.inertia-preview+json

Delete a project card

Works with GitHub Apps

Parameters

Headers
acceptstring

Setting to application/vnd.github.v3+json is recommended.

See preview notice
Path parameters
card_idintegerRequired

The unique identifier of the card.

HTTP response status codes

Status codeDescription
204

No Content

304

Not modified

401

Requires authentication

403

Forbidden

404

Resource not found

Code samples

delete/projects/columns/cards/{card_id}
curl \ -X DELETE \ -H "Accept: application/vnd.github.v3+json" \ -H "Authorization: token <TOKEN>" \ http(s)://HOSTNAME/api/v3/projects/columns/cards/CARD_ID

Response

Status: 204

Preview notice

The Projects API is currently available for developers to preview. During the preview period, the API may change without advance notice. Please see the blog post for full details. To access the API during the preview period, you must provide a custom media type in the Accept header:

application/vnd.github.inertia-preview+json

Move a project card

Works with GitHub Apps

Parameters

Headers
acceptstring

Setting to application/vnd.github.v3+json is recommended.

See preview notice
Path parameters
card_idintegerRequired

The unique identifier of the card.

Body parameters
positionstringRequired

The position of the card in a column. Can be one of: top, bottom, or after:<card_id> to place after the specified card.

column_idinteger

The unique identifier of the column the card should be moved to

HTTP response status codes

Status codeDescription
201

Created

304

Not modified

401

Requires authentication

403

Forbidden

422

Validation failed

503

Service Unavailable

Code samples

post/projects/columns/cards/{card_id}/moves
curl \ -X POST \ -H "Accept: application/vnd.github.v3+json" \ -H "Authorization: token <TOKEN>" \ http(s)://HOSTNAME/api/v3/projects/columns/cards/CARD_ID/moves \ -d '{"column_id":42,"position":"bottom"}'

Response

Status: 201

Preview notice

The Projects API is currently available for developers to preview. During the preview period, the API may change without advance notice. Please see the blog post for full details. To access the API during the preview period, you must provide a custom media type in the Accept header:

application/vnd.github.inertia-preview+json

List project cards

Works with GitHub Apps

Parameters

Headers
acceptstring

Setting to application/vnd.github.v3+json is recommended.

See preview notice
Path parameters
column_idintegerRequired

The unique identifier of the column.

Query parameters
archived_statestring

Filters the project cards that are returned by the card's state.

Default: not_archived

Can be one of: all, archived, not_archived

per_pageinteger

The number of results per page (max 100).

Default: 30

pageinteger

Page number of the results to fetch.

Default: 1

HTTP response status codes

Status codeDescription
200

OK

304

Not modified

401

Requires authentication

403

Forbidden

Code samples

get/projects/columns/{column_id}/cards
curl \ -H "Accept: application/vnd.github.v3+json" \ -H "Authorization: token <TOKEN>" \ http(s)://HOSTNAME/api/v3/projects/columns/COLUMN_ID/cards

Response

Status: 200
[ { "url": "https://api.github.com/projects/columns/cards/1478", "id": 1478, "node_id": "MDExOlByb2plY3RDYXJkMTQ3OA==", "note": "Add payload for delete Project column", "creator": { "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 }, "created_at": "2016-09-05T14:21:06Z", "updated_at": "2016-09-05T14:20:22Z", "archived": false, "column_url": "https://api.github.com/projects/columns/367", "content_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/api-playground/projects-test/issues/3", "project_url": "https://api.github.com/projects/120" } ]

Preview notice

The Projects API is currently available for developers to preview. During the preview period, the API may change without advance notice. Please see the blog post for full details. To access the API during the preview period, you must provide a custom media type in the Accept header:

application/vnd.github.inertia-preview+json

Create a project card

Works with GitHub Apps

Parameters

Headers
acceptstring

Setting to application/vnd.github.v3+json is recommended.

See preview notice
Path parameters
column_idintegerRequired

The unique identifier of the column.

Body parameters
notestring or nullRequired

The project card's note

content_idintegerRequired

The unique identifier of the content associated with the card

content_typestringRequired

The piece of content associated with the card

HTTP response status codes

Status codeDescription
201

Created

304

Not modified

401

Requires authentication

403

Forbidden

422

Validation failed

503

Service Unavailable

Code samples

post/projects/columns/{column_id}/cards
curl \ -X POST \ -H "Accept: application/vnd.github.v3+json" \ -H "Authorization: token <TOKEN>" \ http(s)://HOSTNAME/api/v3/projects/columns/COLUMN_ID/cards \ -d '{"note":"Add payload for delete Project column"}'

Response

Status: 201
{ "url": "https://api.github.com/projects/columns/cards/1478", "id": 1478, "node_id": "MDExOlByb2plY3RDYXJkMTQ3OA==", "note": "Add payload for delete Project column", "creator": { "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 }, "created_at": "2016-09-05T14:21:06Z", "updated_at": "2016-09-05T14:20:22Z", "archived": false, "column_url": "https://api.github.com/projects/columns/367", "content_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/api-playground/projects-test/issues/3", "project_url": "https://api.github.com/projects/120" }

Preview notice

The Projects API is currently available for developers to preview. During the preview period, the API may change without advance notice. Please see the blog post for full details. To access the API during the preview period, you must provide a custom media type in the Accept header:

application/vnd.github.inertia-preview+json