## CheckRepositoryAccess

`client.Runners.CheckRepositoryAccess(ctx, body) (*RunnerCheckRepositoryAccessResponse, error)`

**post** `/gitpod.v1.RunnerService/CheckRepositoryAccess`

Checks if a principal has read access to a repository.

Use this method to:

- Validate repository access before workflow execution
- Verify executor credentials for automation bindings

Returns:

- has_access: true if the principal can read the repository
- FAILED_PRECONDITION if authentication is required
- INVALID_ARGUMENT if the repository URL is invalid

### Examples

- Check access:

  Verifies read access to a repository.

  ```yaml
  runnerId: "d2c94c27-3b76-4a42-b88c-95a85e392c68"
  repositoryUrl: "https://github.com/org/repo"
  ```

### Parameters

- `body RunnerCheckRepositoryAccessParams`

  - `RepositoryURL param.Field[string]`

    repository_url is the URL of the repository to check access for.
    Can be a clone URL (https://github.com/org/repo.git) or web URL (https://github.com/org/repo).

  - `RunnerID param.Field[string]`

### Returns

- `type RunnerCheckRepositoryAccessResponse struct{…}`

  - `ErrorMessage string`

    error_message provides details when access check fails.
    Empty when has_access is true.

  - `HasAccess bool`

    has_access indicates whether the principal has read access to the repository.

### Example

```go
package main

import (
  "context"
  "fmt"

  "github.com/gitpod-io/gitpod-sdk-go"
  "github.com/gitpod-io/gitpod-sdk-go/option"
)

func main() {
  client := gitpod.NewClient(
    option.WithBearerToken("My Bearer Token"),
  )
  response, err := client.Runners.CheckRepositoryAccess(context.TODO(), gitpod.RunnerCheckRepositoryAccessParams{
    RepositoryURL: gitpod.F("https://github.com/org/repo"),
    RunnerID: gitpod.F("d2c94c27-3b76-4a42-b88c-95a85e392c68"),
  })
  if err != nil {
    panic(err.Error())
  }
  fmt.Printf("%+v\n", response.ErrorMessage)
}
```

#### Response

```json
{
  "errorMessage": "errorMessage",
  "hasAccess": true
}
```