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GET {{baseUrl}}/repos/:owner/:repo/issues/:issue_number

The API returns a 301 Moved Permanently status if the issue was transferred to another repository. If the issue was transferred to or deleted from a repository where the authenticated user lacks read access, the API returns a 404 Not Found status. If the issue was deleted from a repository where the authenticated user has read access, the API returns a 410 Gone status. To receive webhook events for transferred and deleted issues, subscribe to the issues webhook.

Note: GitHub's REST API v3 considers every pull request an issue, but not every issue is a pull request. For this reason, Issues endpoints may return both issues and pull requests in the response. You can identify pull requests by the pull_request key. Be aware that the id of a pull request returned from Issues endpoints will be an issue id. To find out the pull request id, use the [List pull requests](https://developer.github.com/v3/pulls/#list-pull-requests) endpoint.

RESPONSES

status: OK

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