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GitHub Issues

Consume issues from the GitHub API

Actions4

Issue → Get

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Summary

Retrieve a single GitHub issue from a specified repository.

Inputs

  • owner (required) — GitHub repository owner (user or organization). Can be selected from the built-in list or provided as a GitHub URL.
  • repository (required) — GitHub repository name. Can be selected from the built-in list or provided as part of a GitHub URL.
  • issue (required) — Issue number or ID (e.g., 123). Accepted as a numeric value; the UI supports entry via the 'By ID' field mapping to the issue number.
  • authentication — Authentication method for the GitHub API. Defaults to 'Access Token'; 'OAuth2' is also available. Controls which credential set is used for the API request.

Output shape

object

Full issue record returned by the GitHub API. Contains standard issue fields such as title, body, state, number, URL, labels, assignees, milestone, and created/updated timestamps.

Examples

Example 1: Fetch issue #42 from the n8n organization's n8n repository using an access token.

owner: n8n-io, repository: n8n, issue: 42, authentication: accessToken

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