GitHub API

APIs

GitHub two versions of the API:

GraphQL API is a preferred one to use as long as it provides more concise API rather then REST. It may reduce profiles parsing time significantly.

The following tables include brief descriptions of some valuable data that can be collected for a specific GitHub profile.

Data	Source	Description
Login	`User.login`	User login.
Nickname	`User.name`	User account name.
Organization	`User.company`	Organization user works for or a company hashtag.
City	`User.location`	City user lives in.
Email	`User.email`	User email.
Website	`User.websiteUrl`	User personal website.
Biography	`User.bio`	User biography.
Avatar	`User.avatarUrl`	User avatar url.
Hiring status	`User.isHireable`	Specifies if user is open for hiring or not.
Followers	`User.followers`	A list of users that follows the user.
Following	`User.following`	A list of users the user follows.
Starred repositories	`User.starredRepositories`	A list of repositories the user starred.
Registration date	`User.createdAt`	User registration date.
Repositories	`User.repositories`	A list of repositories that user owns.
Organizations	`User.organizations`	A list of organizations that user belongs to.

Data	Source	Description
Name	`Repository.name`	Repository name.
Tags	`Repository.labels`	Repository tags.
Language	`Repository.primaryLanguage`	Repository primary language.
Languages	`Repository.languages`	Repository languages.
Description	`Repository.description`	Repository description.
Creation date	`Repository.createdAt`	Repository creation date.
Website	`Repository.homepageUrl`	Repository website.
License	`Repository.licenseInfo`	Repository licence.
Fork status	`Repository.isFork`	Specifies if the repository is a fork or not.
Forked repositories	`Repository.forks`	Repositories that are forked from the repository.
Parent	`Repository.parent`	Parent repository if this is a fork repository.
Updated date	`Repository.pushedAt`	Repository latest updated date.