API List/GitHub API

GitHub API

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Access GitHub repositories, users, issues, pull requests, and more. The most popular developer API.

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Base URL

https://api.github.com

Authentication

Requires a Bearer token in the Authorization header.

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Endpoints

GET/users/{username}
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Get a user profile

GET/repos/{owner}/{repo}
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Get a repository

GET/users/{username}/repos
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List user repositories

GET/search/repositories
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Search repositories

qstringrequired— Search query

Example Request

GET https://api.github.com/users/octocat

Example Response

{
  "login": "octocat",
  "id": 1,
  "avatar_url": "https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/583231",
  "name": "The Octocat",
  "company": "@github",
  "blog": "https://github.blog",
  "location": "San Francisco",
  "public_repos": 8
}

Tags

gitrepositoriesdevelopersopen-source