GitHub’s REST API supports integrations, data retrieval and workflow automation, with versioned endpoints and authentication guidance.
Read repository metadata before building a dashboard or integration.
List organization repositories to build an inventory of accessible projects.
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GitHub APIGET /repos/{owner}/{repo} returns repository information. Replace the owner and repository path segments to inspect another repository you can access. The endpoint can return 200, a redirect, 403 or 404; a successful response is not guaranteed for every repository.
Inspect the public Portman repositoryGitHub permits this endpoint without authentication for public repositories. Private repositories require authorization. A fine-grained token used for this endpoint needs repository Metadata read permission. The example reads the public Portman repository and contains no token.
Read authentication documentation ↗Yes, for this public repository example. No account or token is needed. Private repositories require authorization.
Requests run only when you choose to send them. Browser access depends on the provider’s CORS policy.
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GitHub’s REST API supports integrations, data retrieval and workflow automation, with versioned endpoints and authentication guidance.
Authentication enables access to more endpoints and higher rate limits. Use GitHub’s authentication guidance to choose credentials appropriate to your integration and the permissions it needs; do not assume public repository access grants access to private resources.
Provider sourceUse the linked GitHub provider documentation to check setup and supported capabilities.
Read documentationWork with GitHub repositories, issues, and pull requests. Supported operations are limited to those exposed by this implementation. Publisher evidence reviewed 2026-10-17. This review does not establish a working connection.
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Use https://github.com/settings/tokens to quickly generate API tokens to access the GitHub APIs. Make sure to keep tokens safe since they give access to all your account and repository data based on the scopes you assign to it.
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