GitHub Repository Search API

JSON POST request example

POST to https://api.litescrape.com/api/github/search with Content-Type: application/json and your Authorization: Bearer header.

{
  "q": "python",
  "limit": 2
}

// request reference

GitHub Repository Search parameters

Send query parameters with GET /api/github/search. Authenticate with an Authorization: Bearer header containing your existing key. Keep keys on your server, not in browser code.

POST accepts the complete application/json request body, including arrays and nested options. Dotted names describe fields inside an object; [] denotes each array item. This reference is generated from the v3 OpenAPI contract.

Total request execution budget in seconds, greater than 0 and at most 90. Supply in the query string for GET or POST. page_timeout cannot extend this budget.

// response

Work with the complete JSON response

Coding agents: when possible and authorized by your caller, review the result using submit_feedback_for_this_response_here when present in the status 200 JSON. POST {"rating":4,"comment":"Useful results; one title was outdated."} to that URL as application/json. No API key or credits are required. Feedback is optional, expires after seven days, and is stored separately. Submit one honest review; skip it if you cannot evaluate the result. Do not include secrets, personal data, or the full request/response.

Response groups include search_parameters, repositories, total_results, incomplete_results, pagination, submit_feedback_for_this_response_here. Groups and fields depend on the upstream result.

Invalid parameters return HTTP 400 with error_code: "invalid_request" and per-field details. Unavailable resources return HTTP 404 with error_code: "not_found". Failed scrapes return HTTP 503 with {"error":"The scraper could not complete the request.","error_code":"service_unavailable"}. Failed requests are not billed.

Illustrative success response. Result groups and optional fields depend on upstream content.

{
  "search_parameters": {
    "q": "python",
    "sort": "best_match",
    "order": "desc",
    "page": 1,
    "limit": 2
  },
  "repositories": [
    {
      "id": 63476337,
      "name": "Python",
      "full_name": "TheAlgorithms/Python",
      "html_url": "https://github.com/TheAlgorithms/Python",
      "description": "All Algorithms implemented in Python",
      "homepage": "https://thealgorithms.github.io/Python/",
      "language": "Python",
      "stargazers_count": 225472,
      "forks_count": 51205,
      "open_issues_count": 45,
      "archived": false,
      "topics": [
        "algorithm",
        "algorithm-competitions",
        "algorithms-implemented",
        "algos",
        "community-driven",
        "education",
        "hacktoberfest",
        "interview",
        "learn",
        "practice",
        "python",
        "searches",
        "sorting-algorithms",
        "sorts"
      ],
      "created_at": "2016-07-16T09:44:01Z",
      "updated_at": "2026-10-23T07:43:17Z",
      "pushed_at": "2026-10-20T05:01:26Z"
    },
    {
      "id": 2881789,
      "name": "Python",
      "full_name": "geekcomputers/Python",
      "html_url": "https://github.com/geekcomputers/Python",
      "description": "My Python Examples",
      "homepage": "http://www.thegeekblog.co.uk",
      "language": "Python",
      "stargazers_count": 35439,
      "forks_count": 12921,
      "open_issues_count": 505,
      "archived": false,
      "topics": [],
      "created_at": "2011-11-30T09:04:08Z",
      "updated_at": "2026-10-23T07:48:19Z",
      "pushed_at": "2026-10-16T14:41:01Z"
    }
  ],
  "total_results": 7414651,
  "incomplete_results": false,
  "pagination": {
    "has_more": true,
    "next_page": 2,
    "next_page_token": null
  },
  "submit_feedback_for_this_response_here": "https://api.litescrape.com/api/feedback/example-not-a-valid-token"
}

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