GitHub API

GitHub Repository API

Fetch a GitHub repository's metadata by URL (stars, forks, language, topics, license, and timestamps).

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$1.20/1k req, pay per request, no subscription.

What the API returned
{
"name": "next.js",
"fullName": "vercel/next.js",
"url": "https://github.com/vercel/next.js",
"owner": "vercel",
"private": false,
"description": "The React Framework",
"homepage": "https://nextjs.org",
"language": "JavaScript",
... 16 more fields
}
Uptime
99.57%
30d · 935 calls
Requests
939
30d · weekly, last 12 wks
Response
1.0s
median · 30d

Pricing and providers

GitHub Repository API pricing: one API, 2 interchangeable providers

The cheapest provider serves first. If it fails, the next one takes over in the same call.

You pay
$12.00
$1.20/1k req, only for what you use. No monthly plan.
Your first 83 requests are free with the $0.10 starting balance.

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{
  "found": true,
  "data": {
    "name": "next.js",
    "fullName": "vercel/next.js",
    "url": "https://github.com/vercel/next.js",
    "owner": "vercel",
    "private": false,
    "description": "The React Framework",
    "homepage": "https://nextjs.org",
    "language": "JavaScript",
    "stars": 132412,
    "forks": 27631,
    "license": "MIT License",
    "topics": [
      "react",
      "nextjs",
      "javascript",
      "typescript",
      "vercel"
    ],
    "defaultBranch": "canary",
    "createdUtc": 1450210800,
    "updatedAt": "2026-09-28T14:12:03Z",
    "pushedAt": "2026-09-28T13:40:11Z"
  }
}

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One request, one response shape.

Every field you send and every field you get back, each with a real example.

Last verified 2026-10-31 · uptime and latency measured over 30d

Request body

JSON, posted to this endpoint.

  • urlstring

    https://github.com/vercel/next.js

    GitHub repository URL (e.g. https://github.com/facebook/react).

You send. A small JSON body. The values shown are examples to replace with your own.

Response

JSON, one example value per field.

datadata

The repository record, or null when not found.

  • archivedboolean

    Whether the repository is archived.

  • avatarUrlstring

    Avatar image URL of the repository owner.

  • createdUtcnumber

    1450210800

    UTC epoch timestamp in seconds (Unix time). Multiply by 1000 for a JS Date in milliseconds. Populated whenever the provider has data for the entity.

  • defaultBranchstring

    canary

    Name of the default branch. Populated whenever the provider has data for the entity.

  • descriptionstring

    The React Framework

    Short repository description, or null if none.

  • forkboolean

    Whether the repository is a fork.

  • forksinteger

    27631

    Number of forks.

  • fullNamestring

    vercel/next.js

    Full repository name in owner/name form. Populated whenever the provider has data for the entity.

  • homepagestring

    https://nextjs.org

    Project homepage URL, or null if none.

  • idstring

    GitHub's numeric repository id, as a string.

  • languagestring

    JavaScript

    Primary programming language, or null if undetected.

  • licensestring

    MIT License

    License name, or null if unlicensed.

  • namestring

    next.js

    Repository short name (without owner). Populated whenever the provider has data for the entity.

  • openIssuesinteger

    Count of open issues and pull requests.

  • ownerstring

    vercel

    Login of the repository owner (user or organization). Populated whenever the provider has data for the entity.

  • privateboolean

    false

    Whether the repository is private.

  • profileUrlstring

    GitHub profile URL of the repository owner.

  • pushedAtstring

    2026-09-28T13:40:11Z

    Last push timestamp (ISO 8601). Populated whenever the provider has data for the entity.

  • sizeinteger

    Repository size in kilobytes as reported by GitHub.

  • starsinteger

    132412

    Number of stargazers.

  • topicsstring[]

    Repository topic tags.

  • updatedAtstring

    2026-09-28T14:12:03Z

    Last metadata update timestamp (ISO 8601). Populated whenever the provider has data for the entity.

  • urlstring

    https://github.com/vercel/next.js

    Canonical URL of the repository. Populated whenever the provider has data for the entity.

  • watchersinteger

    Number of watchers.

top level
  • foundboolean

    true

    Whether a repository was found for the requested URL.

  • reason"not_found"

    Present only when `found` is false, and says why there is no result. `not_found`: the source states the target does not exist, or returned nothing for it. A `found: false` answer is a successful call, not an error, and `costUsd` is what it actually cost.

You get back. Named, typed fields in the same shape whichever source answers.

FAQ

About the GitHub Repository API

The AnyAPI GitHub Repository API returns GitHub repository data as normalized JSON from one POST call to /v1/run/github.repository. Fetch a GitHub repository's metadata by URL (stars, forks, language, topics, license, and timestamps). AnyAPI routes each request across 2 sources and falls back automatically when one fails. It costs from $1.20 per 1,000 requests, in US dollars with no subscription and no monthly minimum. Over the last 30 days, 99.6% of GitHub repository calls through AnyAPI succeeded, with a median response time of 1.0 seconds across 935 measured calls.

It costs from $1.20 per 1,000 requests, in US dollars with no subscription and no monthly minimum. You fund one USD wallet and each call draws it down. Some failed wallet-funded requests incur processing charges that we pass through at cost, with no markup; the error response shows the amount charged.

Fetch a GitHub repository's metadata by URL (stars, forks, language, topics, license, and timestamps). The response is normalized JSON with the same envelope every AnyAPI endpoint returns, so parsing a second endpoint is a change of URL and nothing else.

Over the last 30 days, 99.6% of GitHub repository calls through AnyAPI succeeded, with a median response time of 1.0 seconds across 935 measured calls. These are AnyAPI's own measurements of traffic through the gateway, recomputed continuously, not a published service-level target.

Yes. A new AnyAPI account starts with $0.10 of free balance and no card required, which covers 83 GitHub Repository calls at $0.0012 each.

AnyAPI asks the next of its 2 sources in the same request, cheapest first, so one source going down does not fail your call.

Send a POST request to https://api.getanyapi.com/v1/run/github.repository with your AnyAPI key in an "Authorization: Bearer" header and the input as a JSON body. The same key and the same wallet work on every AnyAPI endpoint.

No. You add US dollars to one prepaid AnyAPI balance and each request draws it down. There is no monthly plan and no minimum, and the same balance pays for every AnyAPI endpoint.

Yes. Install @getanyapi/sdk from npm for TypeScript or getanyapi from pip for Python. Both call every AnyAPI endpoint with the same key, and any HTTP client works too.

Yes. An agent can connect to the AnyAPI MCP server at https://api.getanyapi.com/mcp, or create its own free-trial key with one unauthenticated POST to https://api.getanyapi.com/agent/signup and call this endpoint over HTTP.
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