On webhooks, when the PR is assigned you get
{
"action": "assigned",
"number": 73,
"pull_request": {
"url":
...
"body": "",
"created_at": "2016-04-13T13:51:23Z",
"updated_at": "2016-04-13T13:51:37Z",
"closed_at": null,
"merged_at": null,
"merge_commit_sha": "333a18e2215ec59bfd09fefd730f71492a52f983",
"assignee": {
"login": "someuser",
"id": ...