GitHub v3 REST API

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Endpoints that give information about the API.

GitHub API Root

Get Hypermedia links to resources accessible in GitHub’s REST API

get
http://HOSTNAME/api/v3/

Response

200 application/json

Response

current_user_urlstring(uri-template)required
current_user_authorizations_html_urlstring(uri-template)required
authorizations_urlstring(uri-template)required
code_search_urlstring(uri-template)required
commit_search_urlstring(uri-template)required
emails_urlstring(uri-template)required
emojis_urlstring(uri-template)required
events_urlstring(uri-template)required
feeds_urlstring(uri-template)required
followers_urlstring(uri-template)required
following_urlstring(uri-template)required
gists_urlstring(uri-template)required
hub_urlstring(uri-template)required
issue_search_urlstring(uri-template)required
issues_urlstring(uri-template)required
keys_urlstring(uri-template)required
label_search_urlstring(uri-template)required
notifications_urlstring(uri-template)required
organization_urlstring(uri-template)required
organization_repositories_urlstring(uri-template)required
organization_teams_urlstring(uri-template)required
public_gists_urlstring(uri-template)required
rate_limit_urlstring(uri-template)required
repository_urlstring(uri-template)required
repository_search_urlstring(uri-template)required
current_user_repositories_urlstring(uri-template)required
starred_urlstring(uri-template)required
starred_gists_urlstring(uri-template)required
topic_search_urlstring(uri-template)
user_urlstring(uri-template)required
user_organizations_urlstring(uri-template)required
user_repositories_urlstring(uri-template)required
user_search_urlstring(uri-template)required
get/
 
200 application/json

Get GitHub Enterprise Server meta information

get
http://HOSTNAME/api/v3/meta

Response

application/json

Response

Api Overview

Api Overview

verifiable_password_authenticationbooleanrequired

Example:true

packagesarray[string]

Example:["13.65.0.0/16","157.55.204.33/32","2a01:111:f403:f90c::/62"]

dependabotarray[string]

Example:["192.168.7.15/32","192.168.7.16/32"]

installed_versionstring

Example:3.0.0

get/meta
 
application/json

Get Octocat

Get the octocat as ASCII art

get
http://HOSTNAME/api/v3/octocat

Query Parameters

sstring

The words to show in Octocat’s speech bubble

Response

200 application/octocat-stream

Response

string
get/octocat
 
200 application/octocat-stream

Get the Zen of GitHub

Get a random sentence from the Zen of GitHub

get
http://HOSTNAME/api/v3/zen

Response

200 text/plain

Response

string
get/zen
 
200 text/plain