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rfrezino
Copper Contributor
Aug 21, 2023

How to register an azure pipeline from a Github Repository using Azure Devops API

Hello!

I'm working on automating Azure Pipeline registrations. (to work similarly to GitHub actions)

Our scenario is:

  1. Our repositories are located on Github
    1. Yes, the service connection is there. I can use it normally from Azure DevOps Web
  2. Our pipeline definition is located in a file in the path automation/pipeline.yaml for each repository.

The question is, how I can use the Azure Devops API to do it?

I'm checking the documentation here: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/rest/api/azure/devops/pipelines/pipelines/create?view=azure-devops-rest-7.0

But I didn't find anything relevant. The descriptions of the parameters don't say much about how to configure the repository etc. Am I missing any necessary documentation? Any directions on how to do it?

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  • Kidd_Ip's avatar
    Kidd_Ip
    MVP
    Jul 19, 2025

    Take this as workaround by using Azure CLI + Script: 

    1. Install Azure DevOps CLI

    az extension add --name azure-devops


    2. Authenticate and Set Context

    az devops configure --defaults organization=https://dev.azure.com/YourOrg project=YourProject


    3. Create Pipeline from GitHub Repo

    az pipelines create \
  --name "MyPipeline" \
  --repository "https://github.com/YourOrg/YourRepo" \
  --branch "main" \
  --yml-path "automation/pipeline.yaml" \
  --repository-type github \
  --service-connection "GitHubServiceConnectionName"


    It can:
    •    Links the pipeline to your GitHub repo
    •    Points to the YAML file
    •    Uses the existing service connection

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