Update a secret scanning alert
Updates the status of a secret scanning alert in a private repository. To use this endpoint, you must be an administrator for the repository or organization, and you must use an access token with the repo
scope or security_events
scope.
GitHub Apps must have the secret_scanning_alerts
write permission to use this endpoint.
Parameters
Example Response
Status: 200
{
"number": 42,
"created_at": "2020-11-06T18:18:30Z",
"url": "https://api.github.com/repos/owner/private-repo/secret-scanning/alerts/42",
"html_url": "https://github.com/owner/private-repo/security/secret-scanning/42",
"state": "resolved",
"resolution": "used_in_tests",
"resolved_at": "2020-11-16T22:42:07Z",
"resolved_by": {
"login": "monalisa",
"id": 2,
"node_id": "MDQ6VXNlcjI=",
"avatar_url": "https://alambic.github.com/avatars/u/2?",
"gravatar_id": "",
"url": "https://api.github.com/users/monalisa",
"html_url": "https://github.com/monalisa",
"followers_url": "https://api.github.com/users/monalisa/followers",
"following_url": "https://api.github.com/users/monalisa/following{/other_user}",
"gists_url": "https://api.github.com/users/monalisa/gists{/gist_id}",
"starred_url": "https://api.github.com/users/monalisa/starred{/owner}{/repo}",
"subscriptions_url": "https://api.github.com/users/monalisa/subscriptions",
"organizations_url": "https://api.github.com/users/monalisa/orgs",
"repos_url": "https://api.github.com/users/monalisa/repos",
"events_url": "https://api.github.com/users/monalisa/events{/privacy}",
"received_events_url": "https://api.github.com/users/monalisa/received_events",
"type": "User",
"site_admin": true
},
"secret_type": "mailchimp_api_key",
"secret": "XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX-us2"
}
See documentation on GitHub developer guides