# \LicensesApi

All URIs are relative to *https://api.github.com*

Method | HTTP request | Description
------------- | ------------- | -------------
[**licenses_slash_get**](LicensesApi.md#licenses_slash_get) | **GET** /licenses/{license} | Get a license
[**licenses_slash_get_all_commonly_used**](LicensesApi.md#licenses_slash_get_all_commonly_used) | **GET** /licenses | Get all commonly used licenses
[**licenses_slash_get_for_repo**](LicensesApi.md#licenses_slash_get_for_repo) | **GET** /repos/{owner}/{repo}/license | Get the license for a repository



## licenses_slash_get

> models::License licenses_slash_get(license)
Get a license

Gets information about a specific license. For more information, see \"[Licensing a repository ](https://docs.github.com/repositories/managing-your-repositorys-settings-and-features/customizing-your-repository/licensing-a-repository).\"

### Parameters


Name | Type | Description  | Required | Notes
------------- | ------------- | ------------- | ------------- | -------------
**license** | **String** |  | [required] |

### Return type

[**models::License**](license.md)

### Authorization

No authorization required

### HTTP request headers

- **Content-Type**: Not defined
- **Accept**: application/json

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## licenses_slash_get_all_commonly_used

> Vec<models::LicenseSimple> licenses_slash_get_all_commonly_used(featured, per_page, page)
Get all commonly used licenses

Lists the most commonly used licenses on GitHub. For more information, see \"[Licensing a repository ](https://docs.github.com/repositories/managing-your-repositorys-settings-and-features/customizing-your-repository/licensing-a-repository).\"

### Parameters


Name | Type | Description  | Required | Notes
------------- | ------------- | ------------- | ------------- | -------------
**featured** | Option<**bool**> |  |  |
**per_page** | Option<**i32**> | The number of results per page (max 100). For more information, see \"[Using pagination in the REST API](https://docs.github.com/rest/using-the-rest-api/using-pagination-in-the-rest-api).\" |  |[default to 30]
**page** | Option<**i32**> | The page number of the results to fetch. For more information, see \"[Using pagination in the REST API](https://docs.github.com/rest/using-the-rest-api/using-pagination-in-the-rest-api).\" |  |[default to 1]

### Return type

[**Vec<models::LicenseSimple>**](license-simple.md)

### Authorization

No authorization required

### HTTP request headers

- **Content-Type**: Not defined
- **Accept**: application/json

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## licenses_slash_get_for_repo

> models::LicenseContent licenses_slash_get_for_repo(owner, repo, r#ref)
Get the license for a repository

This method returns the contents of the repository's license file, if one is detected.  This endpoint supports the following custom media types. For more information, see \"[Media types](https://docs.github.com/rest/using-the-rest-api/getting-started-with-the-rest-api#media-types).\"  - **`application/vnd.github.raw+json`**: Returns the raw contents of the license. - **`application/vnd.github.html+json`**: Returns the license contents in HTML. Markup languages are rendered to HTML using GitHub's open-source [Markup library](https://github.com/github/markup).

### Parameters


Name | Type | Description  | Required | Notes
------------- | ------------- | ------------- | ------------- | -------------
**owner** | **String** | The account owner of the repository. The name is not case sensitive. | [required] |
**repo** | **String** | The name of the repository without the `.git` extension. The name is not case sensitive. | [required] |
**r#ref** | Option<**String**> | The Git reference for the results you want to list. The `ref` for a branch can be formatted either as `refs/heads/<branch name>` or simply `<branch name>`. To reference a pull request use `refs/pull/<number>/merge`. |  |

### Return type

[**models::LicenseContent**](license-content.md)

### Authorization

No authorization required

### HTTP request headers

- **Content-Type**: Not defined
- **Accept**: application/json

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