---
title: REST API endpoints for OAuth authorizations
shortTitle: OAuth authorizations
allowTitleToDifferFromFilename: true
intro: >-
  Use the REST API to interact with {% data
  variables.product.prodname_oauth_apps %} and OAuth authorizations of {% data
  variables.product.prodname_github_apps %}
topics:
  - API
versions: # DO NOT MANUALLY EDIT. CHANGES WILL BE OVERWRITTEN BY A 🤖
  fpt: '*'
  ghec: '*'
  ghes: '*'
autogenerated: rest
---

## About {% data variables.product.prodname_oauth_apps %} and OAuth authorizations of {% data variables.product.prodname_github_apps %}

You can use these endpoints to manage the OAuth tokens that {% data variables.product.prodname_oauth_apps %} or {% data variables.product.prodname_github_apps %} use to access people's accounts on {% data variables.product.github %}.

Tokens for {% data variables.product.prodname_oauth_apps %} have the prefix `gho_`, while OAuth tokens for {% data variables.product.prodname_github_apps %}, used for authenticating on behalf of the user, have the prefix `ghu_`. You can use the following endpoints for both types of OAuth tokens.

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