Update a check run (PATCH /repos/{owner}/{repo}/check-runs/{check_run

Update a check run

Note: The Checks API only looks for pushes in the repository where the check suite or check run were created. Pushes to a branch in a forked repository are not detected and return an empty pull_requests array.

Updates a check run for a specific commit in a repository. Your GitHub App must have the checks:write permission to edit check runs.

Parameters

token: string The token will be passed in the authorization header.
owner: string
repo: string
check_run_id: integer check_run_id parameter
name: string The name of the check. For example, "code-coverage".
details_url: string The URL of the integrator's site that has the full details of the check.
external_id: string A reference for the run on the integrator's system.
started_at: string This is a timestamp in ISO 8601 format: YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM:SSZ.
status: string The current status. Can be one of queued, in_progress, or completed.
conclusion: string Required if you provide completed_at or a status of completed. The final conclusion of the check. Can be one of success, failure, neutral, cancelled, skipped, timed_out, or action_required.
Note: Providing conclusion will automatically set the status parameter to completed. Only GitHub can change a check run conclusion to stale.
completed_at: string The time the check completed. This is a timestamp in ISO 8601 format: YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM:SSZ.
output: object Check runs can accept a variety of data in the output object, including a title and summary and can optionally provide descriptive details about the run. See the output object description.
output.title: string Required.
output.summary: string Can contain Markdown.
output.text: string Can contain Markdown.
output.annotations: object[] Adds information from your analysis to specific lines of code. Annotations are visible in GitHub's pull request UI. Annotations are visible in GitHub's pull request UI. The Checks API limits the number of annotations to a maximum of 50 per API request. To create more than 50 annotations, you have to make multiple requests to the Update a check run endpoint. Each time you update the check run, annotations are appended to the list of annotations that already exist for the check run. For details about annotations in the UI, see "About status checks". See the annotations object description for details.
output.annotations[].path: string The path of the file to add an annotation to. For example, assets/css/main.css.
output.annotations[].start_line: integer The start line of the annotation.
output.annotations[].end_line: integer The end line of the annotation.
output.annotations[].start_column: integer The start column of the annotation. Annotations only support start_column and end_column on the same line. Omit this parameter if start_line and end_line have different values.
output.annotations[].end_column: integer The end column of the annotation. Annotations only support start_column and end_column on the same line. Omit this parameter if start_line and end_line have different values.
output.annotations[].annotation_level: string The level of the annotation. Can be one of notice, warning, or failure.
output.annotations[].message: string A short description of the feedback for these lines of code. The maximum size is 64 KB.
output.annotations[].title: string The title that represents the annotation. The maximum size is 255 characters.
output.annotations[].raw_details: string Details about this annotation. The maximum size is 64 KB.
output.images: object[] Adds images to the output displayed in the GitHub pull request UI. See the images object description for details.
output.images[].alt: string The alternative text for the image.
output.images[].image_url: string The full URL of the image.
output.images[].caption: string A short image description.
actions: object[] Possible further actions the integrator can perform, which a user may trigger. Each action includes a label, identifier and description. A maximum of three actions are accepted. See the actions object description. To learn more about check runs and requested actions, see "Check runs and requested actions."
actions[].label: string The text to be displayed on a button in the web UI. The maximum size is 20 characters.
actions[].description: string A short explanation of what this action would do. The maximum size is 40 characters.
actions[].identifier: string A reference for the action on the integrator's system. The maximum size is 20 characters.

Request

PATCH https://api.github.com/repos///check-runs/
authorization: bearer undefined
accept: application/vnd.github.v3+json
user-agent: octokit.rest
content-length: 0

Example Response

Status: 200

{
  "id": 4,
  "head_sha": "ce587453ced02b1526dfb4cb910479d431683101",
  "node_id": "MDg6Q2hlY2tSdW40",
  "external_id": "",
  "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/github/hello-world/check-runs/4",
  "html_url": "https://github.com/github/hello-world/runs/4",
  "details_url": "https://example.com",
  "status": "completed",
  "conclusion": "neutral",
  "started_at": "2018-05-04T01:14:52Z",
  "completed_at": "2018-05-04T01:14:52Z",
  "output": {
    "title": "Mighty Readme report",
    "summary": "There are 0 failures, 2 warnings, and 1 notice.",
    "text": "You may have some misspelled words on lines 2 and 4. You also may want to add a section in your README about how to install your app.",
    "annotations_count": 2,
    "annotations_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/github/hello-world/check-runs/4/annotations"
  },
  "name": "mighty_readme",
  "check_suite": {
    "id": 5
  },
  "app": {
    "id": 1,
    "slug": "octoapp",
    "node_id": "MDExOkludGVncmF0aW9uMQ==",
    "owner": {
      "login": "github",
      "id": 1,
      "node_id": "MDEyOk9yZ2FuaXphdGlvbjE=",
      "url": "https://api.github.com/orgs/github",
      "repos_url": "https://api.github.com/orgs/github/repos",
      "events_url": "https://api.github.com/orgs/github/events",
      "avatar_url": "https://github.com/images/error/octocat_happy.gif",
      "gravatar_id": "",
      "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",
      "received_events_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/received_events",
      "type": "User",
      "site_admin": true
    },
    "name": "Octocat App",
    "description": "",
    "external_url": "https://example.com",
    "html_url": "https://github.com/apps/octoapp",
    "created_at": "2017-07-08T16:18:44-04:00",
    "updated_at": "2017-07-08T16:18:44-04:00",
    "permissions": {
      "metadata": "read",
      "contents": "read",
      "issues": "write",
      "single_file": "write"
    },
    "events": [
      "push",
      "pull_request"
    ]
  },
  "pull_requests": [
    {
      "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/github/hello-world/pulls/1",
      "id": 1934,
      "number": 3956,
      "head": {
        "ref": "say-hello",
        "sha": "3dca65fa3e8d4b3da3f3d056c59aee1c50f41390",
        "repo": {
          "id": 526,
          "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/github/hello-world",
          "name": "hello-world"
        }
      },
      "base": {
        "ref": "master",
        "sha": "e7fdf7640066d71ad16a86fbcbb9c6a10a18af4f",
        "repo": {
          "id": 526,
          "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/github/hello-world",
          "name": "hello-world"
        }
      }
    }
  ]
}

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Update a check run

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Example Response