Custom location text for GitHub organization

Question

How do I set a custom text for the location field of my GitHub organization? Such as the one below:

Under the settings of the organization, I can only find a drop-down menu that lets me select a country.

Answer 1

A little late to the game, but this solved my issue!

For organizations:

curl -H "Authorization: bearer GH_PAT_HERE" -d '{"location":"YOUR CUSTOM LOCATION"}' https://api.github.com/orgs/ORG_NAME

Additionally for users:

curl -H "Authorization: bearer GH_PAT_HERE" -d '{"location":"YOUR CUSTOM LOCATION"}' https://api.github.com/user

Credit: https://github.community/t/setting-custom-location-for-github-free-organizations/193506/2

Answer 2

There is also a way to get the Text Field back.

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First, search for this in the DevTools Elements page.

<input class="js-org-location-input-hidden" autocomplete="off" type="hidden" name="organization[profile_location]" id="organization_profile_location">

And replace it with this:

<input class="js-org-location-input-hidden" autocomplete="off" name="organization[profile_location]" id="organization_profile_location">

The result is there will be a text field. How it looks with the text field

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Remember, this is glitchy a lot. The dropdown will appear sometimes while typing.

Answer 3

The previous method didn't work for me in 2022, but I found something much simpler.

First, go to your organisation settings.

Next, open DevTools and find the element with ID organization_profile_location. Change its value to whatever you like.

Finally, press "Update profile" to save your changes. Use this method at your own risk, as it is not official.

According to Teddy van Jerry (someone in the comments), this isn't valid for requesting publisher verification.