Get GitHub Repository

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POST api.upapi.io/github-repo.get

Fetch metadata (stars, forks, topics, license, dates) for a public GitHub repository via the REST API.

githubrepometadatapython

AuthAPI key

Cost1 unit

Timeout15s

Cache300s

Request schema

Field	Type	Description
`repo`req	string	Repo name
`owner`req	string	Repo owner (user or org)

Response schema

Field	Type	Description
`forks`req	integer
`stars`req	integer
`isFork`req	boolean
`topics`req	array
`htmlUrl`req	string
`license`req
`fullName`req	string
`homepage`req
`language`req
`pushedAt`req	string
`watchers`req	integer
`createdAt`req	string
`fetchedAt`req	string
`updatedAt`req	string
`isArchived`req	boolean
`isTemplate`req	boolean
`openIssues`req	integer
`description`req
`defaultBranch`req	string

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reporequired

Repo name

ownerrequired

Repo owner (user or org)

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Code examples

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

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