Create a release
POST {{baseUrl}}/repos/:owner/:repo/releases
Users with push access to the repository can create a release.
This endpoint triggers notifications. Creating content too quickly using this endpoint may result in abuse rate limiting. See [Abuse rate limits](https://developer.github.com/v3/#abuse-rate-limits)
and [Dealing with abuse rate limits](https://developer.github.com/v3/guides/best-practices-for-integrators/#dealing-with-abuse-rate-limits)
for details.
Request Body
{"tag_name"=>"<string>", "target_commitish"=>"<string>", "name"=>"<string>", "body"=>"<string>", "draft"=>false, "prerelease"=>false}
HEADERS
| Key | Datatype | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
Content-Type | string |
RESPONSES
status: Created
{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/releases/1","html_url":"https://github.com/octocat/Hello-World/releases/v1.0.0","assets_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/releases/1/assets","upload_url":"https://uploads.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/releases/1/assets{?name,label}","tarball_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/tarball/v1.0.0","zipball_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/zipball/v1.0.0","id":1,"node_id":"MDc6UmVsZWFzZTE=","tag_name":"v1.0.0","target_commitish":"master","name":"v1.0.0","body":"Description of the release","draft":false,"prerelease":false,"created_at":"2013-02-27T19:35:32Z","published_at":"2013-02-27T19:35:32Z","author":{"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},"assets":[{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/releases/assets/1","browser_download_url":"https://github.com/octocat/Hello-World/releases/download/v1.0.0/example.zip","id":1,"node_id":"MDEyOlJlbGVhc2VBc3NldDE=","name":"example.zip","label":"short description","state":"uploaded","content_type":"application/zip","size":1024,"download_count":42,"created_at":"2013-02-27T19:35:32Z","updated_at":"2013-02-27T19:35:32Z","uploader":{"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}}]}