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title: REST API endpoints for issue assignees
allowTitleToDifferFromFilename: true
shortTitle: Assignees
intro: Use the REST API to manage assignees on issues and pull requests.
versions: # DO NOT MANUALLY EDIT. CHANGES WILL BE OVERWRITTEN BY A 🤖
  fpt: '*'
  ghec: '*'
  ghes: '*'
topics:
  - API
autogenerated: rest
---

## About issue and pull request assignees

You can use the REST API to view, add, and remove assignees on issues and pull requests. {% data reusables.pull_requests.issues-pr-shared-api %}

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