REST API endpoints for dependency submission

Use the REST API to submit dependencies.

About dependency submissions

Note: The ability to use the REST API for dependency submission is currently in public beta and subject to change.

You can use the REST API to submit dependencies for a project. This enables you to add dependencies, such as those resolved when software is compiled or built, to GitHub's dependency graph feature, providing a more complete picture of all of your project's dependencies.

The dependency graph shows any dependencies you submit using the API in addition to any dependencies that are identified from manifest or lock files in the repository (for example, a package-lock.json file in a JavaScript project). For more information about viewing the dependency graph, see "Exploring the dependencies of a repository."

Submitted dependencies will receive Dependabot alerts and Dependabot security updates for any known vulnerabilities. You will only get Dependabot alerts for dependencies that are from one of the supported ecosystems for the GitHub Advisory Database. For more information about these ecosystems, see "About the GitHub Advisory database." For transitive dependencies submitted via the dependency submission API, Dependabot will automatically open pull requests to update the parent dependency, if an update is available.

Submitted dependencies will not be surfaced in dependency review or your organization's dependency insights.

You can submit dependencies in the form of a snapshot. A snapshot is a set of dependencies associated with a commit SHA and other metadata, that reflects the current state of your repository for a commit. You can choose to use pre-made actions or create your own actions to submit your dependencies in the required format each time your project is built. For more information, see "Using the dependency submission API."

You can submit multiple sets of dependencies to be included in your dependency graph. The REST API uses the job.correlator property and the detector.name category of the snapshot to ensure the latest submissions for each workflow get shown. The correlator property itself is the primary field you will use to keep independent submissions distinct. An example correlator could be a simple combination of two variables available in actions runs: <GITHUB_WORKFLOW> <GITHUB_JOB>.

Create a snapshot of dependencies for a repository

Create a new snapshot of a repository's dependencies.

The authenticated user must have access to the repository.

OAuth app tokens and personal access tokens (classic) need the repo scope to use this endpoint.

Parameters for "Create a snapshot of dependencies for a repository"

Headers
Name, Type, Description
`accept` string Setting to `application/vnd.github+json` is recommended.

Path parameters
Name, Type, Description
`owner` string Required The account owner of the repository. The name is not case sensitive.
`repo` string Required The name of the repository without the `.git` extension. The name is not case sensitive.

Body parameters
Name, Type, Description
`version` integer Required The version of the repository snapshot submission.
`job` object Required
`sha` string Required The commit SHA associated with this dependency snapshot. Maximum length: 40 characters.
`ref` string Required The repository branch that triggered this snapshot.
`detector` object Required A description of the detector used.
`metadata` object User-defined metadata to store domain-specific information limited to 8 keys with scalar values.
`manifests` object A collection of package manifests, which are a collection of related dependencies declared in a file or representing a logical group of dependencies.
`scanned` string Required The time at which the snapshot was scanned.

HTTP response status codes for "Create a snapshot of dependencies for a repository"

Status code	Description
`201`	Created

Code samples for "Create a snapshot of dependencies for a repository"

Request example

post/repos/{owner}/{repo}/dependency-graph/snapshots

curl -L \
 -X POST \
 -H "Accept: application/vnd.github+json" \
 -H "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR-TOKEN>" \
 -H "X-GitHub-Api-Version: 2022-11-28" \
 http(s)://HOSTNAME/api/v3/repos/OWNER/REPO/dependency-graph/snapshots \
 -d '{"version":0,"sha":"ce587453ced02b1526dfb4cb910479d431683101","ref":"refs/heads/main","job":{"correlator":"yourworkflowname_youractionname","id":"yourrunid"},"detector":{"name":"octo-detector","version":"0.0.1","url":"https://github.com/octo-org/octo-repo"},"scanned":"2022-06-14T20:25:00Z","manifests":{"package-lock.json":{"name":"package-lock.json","file":{"source_location":"src/package-lock.json"},"resolved":{"@actions/core":{"package_url":"pkg:/npm/%40actions/core@1.1.9","dependencies":["@actions/http-client"]},"@actions/http-client":{"package_url":"pkg:/npm/%40actions/http-client@1.0.7","dependencies":["tunnel"]},"tunnel":{"package_url":"pkg:/npm/tunnel@0.0.6"}}}}}'

Response

Status: 201

{
 "id": 12345,
 "created_at": "2018-05-04T01:14:52Z",
 "message": "Dependency results for the repo have been successfully updated.",
 "result": "SUCCESS"
}

URL: https://docs.github.com/en/enterprise-server@3.9/rest/dependency-graph/dependency-submission