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GitHub Issues

Consume issues from the GitHub API

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Issue → Get

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Summary

Fetches a single GitHub issue for the specified repository and issue number.

Inputs

  • authentication (required) — Authentication method – either a personal access token or OAuth2.
  • owner (required) — GitHub repository owner (user or organization). Can be selected from a list, entered by name, or extracted from a URL.
  • repository (required) — GitHub repository name. Can be selected from a list, entered by name, or extracted from a URL.
  • issue (required) — Issue to fetch. Can be selected from a list of issues or entered by issue number.
  • requestOptions — Optional HTTP request settings such as batching, proxy, timeout, and SSL verification.

Output shape

object

The full GitHub issue object returned by the API (includes id, number, title, state, user, labels, assignee, timestamps, etc.).

Examples

Example 1: Retrieve issue #42 from the n8n-io/n8n repository using an access token.

Authentication: Access Token; Owner: n8n-io; Repository: n8n; Issue: 42

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