Star or Unstar a GitHub Repository

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POST api.upapi.io/github-repo-star.post

Star or unstar a repository as the supplied token's account. Idempotent in both directions. Bring your own GitHub token: a fine-grained PAT with the 'Starring' user permission (write) and 'Metadata' repository permission (read), or a classic PAT with 'public_repo' (broad, prefer fine-grained). The token is used for this one call, never stored; sent only to api.github.com.

githubstarrepowritepython

AuthAPI key

Cost1 unit

Timeout30s

CacheNone

Request schema

Field	Type	Description
`repo`req	string	Repo name
`owner`req	string	Repo owner (user or org)
`token`req	string	GitHub token of the account that will star. Fine-grained PAT: 'Starring' user permission (write) + 'Metadata' repository permission (read); classic PAT: 'public_repo' ('repo' for a private repository; broad, prefer fine-grained). Used for this one call, never stored; sent only to api.github.com.
`action`	string	star = PUT, unstar = DELETE. Both are idempotent.· default: `"star"`
`proxyUrl`		Optional proxy URL. Use the same one across related calls when the upstream expects a consistent IP.· default: `null`

Response schema

Field	Type	Description
`action`req	string
`status`req	integer	GitHub's status; 204 is its success for both directions
`actedAt`req	string
`rateLimit`req
`repository`req	string

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reporequired

Repo name

ownerrequired

Repo owner (user or org)

tokenrequired

GitHub token of the account that will star. Fine-grained PAT: 'Starring' user permission (write) + 'Metadata' repository permission (read); classic PAT: 'public_repo' ('repo' for a private repository; broad, prefer fine-grained). Used for this one call, never stored; sent only to api.github.com.

actionoptional· default: star

star = PUT, unstar = DELETE. Both are idempotent.

proxyUrloptional· default: null

Optional proxy URL. Use the same one across related calls when the upstream expects a consistent IP.

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Code examples

curl -X POST https://api.upapi.io/github-repo-star.post \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -H 'x-api-key: YOUR_API_KEY' \
  -d '{ "repo": "playwright", "owner": "microsoft", "token": "example", "action": "star" }'

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