GitHub v3 REST API
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GitHub's v3 REST API.
Authentication
No authentication requiredFree to use with no key needed.
Sample Requests
GET
List issues assigned to the authenticated user
List issues assigned to the authenticated user across all visible repositories including owned repositories, member repositories, and organization repositories. You can use the `filter` query parameter to fetch issues that are not necessarily assigned to you. **Note**: GitHub's REST API v3 conside
https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/github.com/ghes-2.18/1.1.4/issues?orgs=true&page=1&sort=created&owned=true&pulls=true&since=example&state=open&collab=true&filter=assigned&labels=example&per_page=30&direction=desc
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curl -X GET "https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/github.com/ghes-2.18/1.1.4/issues?orgs=true&page=1&sort=created&owned=true&pulls=true&since=example&state=open&collab=true&filter=assigned&labels=example&per_page=30&direction=desc"
import requests
params = {
"orgs": "true",
"page": "1",
"sort": "created",
"owned": "true",
"pulls": "true",
"since": "example",
"state": "open",
"collab": "true",
"filter": "assigned",
"labels": "example",
"per_page": "30",
"direction": "desc"
}
response = requests.get(
"https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/github.com/ghes-2.18/1.1.4/issues",
params=params,
)
print(response.json())const url = new URL('https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/github.com/ghes-2.18/1.1.4/issues');
url.searchParams.set('orgs', 'true');
url.searchParams.set('page', '1');
url.searchParams.set('sort', 'created');
url.searchParams.set('owned', 'true');
url.searchParams.set('pulls', 'true');
url.searchParams.set('since', 'example');
url.searchParams.set('state', 'open');
url.searchParams.set('collab', 'true');
url.searchParams.set('filter', 'assigned');
url.searchParams.set('labels', 'example');
url.searchParams.set('per_page', '30');
url.searchParams.set('direction', 'desc');
const response = await fetch(url);
const data = await response.json();
console.log(data);package main
import (
"fmt"
"io"
"net/http"
"net/url"
)
func main() {
baseURL, _ := url.Parse("https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/github.com/ghes-2.18/1.1.4/issues")
q := baseURL.Query()
q.Set("orgs", "true")
q.Set("page", "1")
q.Set("sort", "created")
q.Set("owned", "true")
q.Set("pulls", "true")
q.Set("since", "example")
q.Set("state", "open")
q.Set("collab", "true")
q.Set("filter", "assigned")
q.Set("labels", "example")
q.Set("per_page", "30")
q.Set("direction", "desc")
baseURL.RawQuery = q.Encode()
targetURL := baseURL.String()
req, _ := http.NewRequest("GET", targetURL, nil)
client := &http.Client{}
resp, _ := client.Do(req)
defer resp.Body.Close()
body, _ := io.ReadAll(resp.Body)
fmt.Println(string(body))
}require "net/http"
require "json"
uri = URI("https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/github.com/ghes-2.18/1.1.4/issues")
uri.query = URI.encode_www_form({
"orgs" => "true",
"page" => "1",
"sort" => "created",
"owned" => "true",
"pulls" => "true",
"since" => "example",
"state" => "open",
"collab" => "true",
"filter" => "assigned",
"labels" => "example",
"per_page" => "30",
"direction" => "desc"
})
http = Net::HTTP.new(uri.host, uri.port)
http.use_ssl = uri.scheme == "https"
req = Net::HTTP::Get.new(uri)
res = http.request(req)
puts JSON.parse(res.body)<?php
$url = "https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/github.com/ghes-2.18/1.1.4/issues?" . http_build_query([
"orgs" => "true",
"page" => "1",
"sort" => "created",
"owned" => "true",
"pulls" => "true",
"since" => "example",
"state" => "open",
"collab" => "true",
"filter" => "assigned",
"labels" => "example",
"per_page" => "30",
"direction" => "desc"
]);
$opts = ["http" => [
"method" => "GET",
]];
$ctx = stream_context_create($opts);
$res = file_get_contents($url, false, $ctx);
print_r(json_decode($res, true));
GET
Get all commonly used licenses
Get all commonly used licenses
https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/github.com/ghes-2.18/1.1.4/licenses?page=1&featured=true&per_page=30
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curl -X GET "https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/github.com/ghes-2.18/1.1.4/licenses?page=1&featured=true&per_page=30"
import requests
params = {
"page": "1",
"featured": "true",
"per_page": "30"
}
response = requests.get(
"https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/github.com/ghes-2.18/1.1.4/licenses",
params=params,
)
print(response.json())const url = new URL('https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/github.com/ghes-2.18/1.1.4/licenses');
url.searchParams.set('page', '1');
url.searchParams.set('featured', 'true');
url.searchParams.set('per_page', '30');
const response = await fetch(url);
const data = await response.json();
console.log(data);package main
import (
"fmt"
"io"
"net/http"
"net/url"
)
func main() {
baseURL, _ := url.Parse("https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/github.com/ghes-2.18/1.1.4/licenses")
q := baseURL.Query()
q.Set("page", "1")
q.Set("featured", "true")
q.Set("per_page", "30")
baseURL.RawQuery = q.Encode()
targetURL := baseURL.String()
req, _ := http.NewRequest("GET", targetURL, nil)
client := &http.Client{}
resp, _ := client.Do(req)
defer resp.Body.Close()
body, _ := io.ReadAll(resp.Body)
fmt.Println(string(body))
}require "net/http"
require "json"
uri = URI("https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/github.com/ghes-2.18/1.1.4/licenses")
uri.query = URI.encode_www_form({
"page" => "1",
"featured" => "true",
"per_page" => "30"
})
http = Net::HTTP.new(uri.host, uri.port)
http.use_ssl = uri.scheme == "https"
req = Net::HTTP::Get.new(uri)
res = http.request(req)
puts JSON.parse(res.body)<?php
$url = "https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/github.com/ghes-2.18/1.1.4/licenses?" . http_build_query([
"page" => "1",
"featured" => "true",
"per_page" => "30"
]);
$opts = ["http" => [
"method" => "GET",
]];
$ctx = stream_context_create($opts);
$res = file_get_contents($url, false, $ctx);
print_r(json_decode($res, true));
GET
Get Octocat
Get the octocat as ASCII art
https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/github.com/ghes-2.18/1.1.4/octocat?s=example
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curl -X GET "https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/github.com/ghes-2.18/1.1.4/octocat?s=example"
import requests
params = {
"s": "example"
}
response = requests.get(
"https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/github.com/ghes-2.18/1.1.4/octocat",
params=params,
)
print(response.json())const url = new URL('https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/github.com/ghes-2.18/1.1.4/octocat');
url.searchParams.set('s', 'example');
const response = await fetch(url);
const data = await response.json();
console.log(data);package main
import (
"fmt"
"io"
"net/http"
"net/url"
)
func main() {
baseURL, _ := url.Parse("https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/github.com/ghes-2.18/1.1.4/octocat")
q := baseURL.Query()
q.Set("s", "example")
baseURL.RawQuery = q.Encode()
targetURL := baseURL.String()
req, _ := http.NewRequest("GET", targetURL, nil)
client := &http.Client{}
resp, _ := client.Do(req)
defer resp.Body.Close()
body, _ := io.ReadAll(resp.Body)
fmt.Println(string(body))
}require "net/http"
require "json"
uri = URI("https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/github.com/ghes-2.18/1.1.4/octocat")
uri.query = URI.encode_www_form({
"s" => "example"
})
http = Net::HTTP.new(uri.host, uri.port)
http.use_ssl = uri.scheme == "https"
req = Net::HTTP::Get.new(uri)
res = http.request(req)
puts JSON.parse(res.body)<?php
$url = "https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/github.com/ghes-2.18/1.1.4/octocat?" . http_build_query([
"s" => "example"
]);
$opts = ["http" => [
"method" => "GET",
]];
$ctx = stream_context_create($opts);
$res = file_get_contents($url, false, $ctx);
print_r(json_decode($res, true));Postman Setup Guide
- See official documentation for authentication and setup.
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