REST API endpoints for team members

About team members

These endpoints are only available to authenticated members of the team's organization. OAuth access tokens require the read:org scope. GitHub generates the team's slug from the team name.

Where pull and push permissions are accepted, these will map to the Read and Write roles for an organization repository. For more information about repository roles, see Repository roles for an organization.

Note

When you have team synchronization set up for a team with your organization's identity provider (IdP), you will see an error if you attempt to use the API to make changes to the team's membership. If you have access to manage group membership in your IdP, you can manage GitHub team membership through your identity provider, which automatically adds and removes team members in an organization. For more information, see Managing team synchronization for your organization.

List pending team invitations

The return hash contains a role field which refers to the Organization Invitation role and will be one of the following values: direct_member, admin, billing_manager, hiring_manager, or reinstate. If the invitee is not a GitHub member, the login field in the return hash will be null.

Note

You can also specify a team by org_id and team_id using the route GET /organizations/{org_id}/team/{team_id}/invitations.

Fine-grained access tokens for "List pending team invitations"

This endpoint works with the following fine-grained token types:

The fine-grained token must have the following permission set:

"Members" organization permissions (read)

Parameters for "List pending team invitations"

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

Path parameters
Name, Type, Description
`org` string Required The organization name. The name is not case sensitive.
`team_slug` string Required The slug of the team name.

Query parameters
Name, Type, Description
`per_page` integer The number of results per page (max 100). For more information, see "Using pagination in the REST API." Default: `30`
`page` integer The page number of the results to fetch. For more information, see "Using pagination in the REST API." Default: `1`

HTTP response status codes for "List pending team invitations"

Status code	Description
`200`	OK
`422`	Unprocessable entity if you attempt to modify an enterprise team at the organization level.

Code samples for "List pending team invitations"

Request example

get/orgs/{org}/teams/{team_slug}/invitations

curl -L \
  -H "Accept: application/vnd.github+json" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR-TOKEN>" \
  -H "X-GitHub-Api-Version: 2026-03-10" \
  https://api.github.com/orgs/ORG/teams/TEAM_SLUG/invitations

Response

Status: 200

[
  {
    "id": 1,
    "login": "monalisa",
    "node_id": "MDQ6VXNlcjE=",
    "email": "octocat@github.com",
    "role": "direct_member",
    "created_at": "2016-11-30T06:46:10-08:00",
    "failed_at": "",
    "failed_reason": "",
    "inviter": {
      "login": "other_user",
      "id": 1,
      "node_id": "MDQ6VXNlcjE=",
      "avatar_url": "https://github.com/images/error/other_user_happy.gif",
      "gravatar_id": "",
      "url": "https://api.github.com/users/other_user",
      "html_url": "https://github.com/other_user",
      "followers_url": "https://api.github.com/users/other_user/followers",
      "following_url": "https://api.github.com/users/other_user/following{/other_user}",
      "gists_url": "https://api.github.com/users/other_user/gists{/gist_id}",
      "starred_url": "https://api.github.com/users/other_user/starred{/owner}{/repo}",
      "subscriptions_url": "https://api.github.com/users/other_user/subscriptions",
      "organizations_url": "https://api.github.com/users/other_user/orgs",
      "repos_url": "https://api.github.com/users/other_user/repos",
      "events_url": "https://api.github.com/users/other_user/events{/privacy}",
      "received_events_url": "https://api.github.com/users/other_user/received_events",
      "type": "User",
      "site_admin": false
    },
    "team_count": 2,
    "invitation_teams_url": "https://api.github.com/organizations/2/invitations/1/teams",
    "invitation_source": "member"
  }
]

List team members

Team members will include the members of child teams.

Each member includes their role on the team (member or maintainer) and an inherited flag indicating whether the membership is inherited from a child team (true) or is a direct membership (false). These fields let you read a member's role and direct/inherited status without additional requests.

To list members in a team, the team must be visible to the authenticated user.

Note

You can also specify a team by org_id and team_id using the route GET /organizations/{org_id}/team/{team_id}/members.

Fine-grained access tokens for "List team members"

This endpoint works with the following fine-grained token types:

The fine-grained token must have the following permission set:

"Members" organization permissions (read)

Parameters for "List team members"

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

Path parameters
Name, Type, Description
`org` string Required The organization name. The name is not case sensitive.
`team_slug` string Required The slug of the team name.

Query parameters
Name, Type, Description
`role` string Filters members returned by their role in the team. Default: `all` Can be one of: `member`, `maintainer`, `all`
`per_page` integer The number of results per page (max 100). For more information, see "Using pagination in the REST API." Default: `30`
`page` integer The page number of the results to fetch. For more information, see "Using pagination in the REST API." Default: `1`

HTTP response status codes for "List team members"

Status code	Description
`200`	OK

Code samples for "List team members"

Request example

get/orgs/{org}/teams/{team_slug}/members

curl -L \
  -H "Accept: application/vnd.github+json" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR-TOKEN>" \
  -H "X-GitHub-Api-Version: 2026-03-10" \
  https://api.github.com/orgs/ORG/teams/TEAM_SLUG/members

Response

Status: 200

[
  {
    "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,
    "role": "member",
    "inherited": false
  }
]

Get team membership for a user

Team members will include the members of child teams.

To get a user's membership with a team, the team must be visible to the authenticated user.

Note

You can also specify a team by org_id and team_id using the route GET /organizations/{org_id}/team/{team_id}/memberships/{username}.

Note

The response contains the