---
title: "Repository activity"
method: GET
path: "/v1/github/repo/activity"
tags: ["GitHub"]
---

# Repository activity

`GET /v1/github/repo/activity`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://api.scrapeatlas.com`
- URL: `https://api.scrapeatlas.com/v1/github/repo/activity`
- Auth: API key in header `x-api-key`

Retrieve weekly and daily commit counts for repository activity charts. Use view=stars for weekly star totals and daily star counts; page through star history with cursor or page. Each successful request costs 1 account credit, including partial results. Failed requests cost 0 credits.

## Query parameters

- `url` string, required
- `cursor` string
- `page` string
- `limit` string
- `per_page` string
- `view` 'commits' | 'stars'

## Response `200`

Inspect the response status and failure or coverage fields.

- union
  - object
    - `platform` 'github'
    - `endpoint` string
    - `success` true, required
    - `status` 'success' | 'partial', required
    - `requestId` string, uuid, required
    - `sourceUrl` string, uri, required
    - `fetchedAt` string, date-time, required
    - `coverage` object, required
      - `source` 'public_api' | 'public_html', required
      - `complete` boolean, required
      - `warnings` string[], required
    - `accounting` object, required
      - `upstreamRequests` integer, required
      - `responseBytes` integer, required
      - `durationMs` number, required
    - `data` object, required
      - `weeks` object[], nullable, required
        - `week` integer, required
        - `total` integer, required
        - `days` integer[], required
  - object
    - `success` false, required
    - `status` 'failed' | 'challenged', required
    - `requestId` string, uuid, required
    - `failure` object, required
      - `code` 'invalid_request' | 'unauthorized' | 'not_found' | 'upstream_challenged' | 'upstream_rate_limited' | 'upstream_error' | 'unsupported_page' | 'response_too_large' | 'unsafe_redirect' | 'request_limit' | 'timeout' | 'busy' | 'payload_too_complex' | 'upstream_pending', required
      - `message` string, required
    - `accounting` object, required
      - `upstreamRequests` integer, required
      - `responseBytes` integer, required
      - `durationMs` number, required
  - object
    - `platform` 'github'
    - `endpoint` string
    - `success` true, required
    - `status` 'success' | 'partial', required
    - `requestId` string, uuid, required
    - `sourceUrl` string, uri, required
    - `fetchedAt` string, date-time, required
    - `coverage` object, required
      - `source` 'public_api' | 'public_html', required
      - `complete` boolean, required
      - `warnings` string[], required
    - `accounting` object, required
      - `upstreamRequests` integer, required
      - `responseBytes` integer, required
      - `durationMs` number, required
    - `data` object, required
      - `items` object[], required
        - `week` integer, required
        - `total` integer, required
        - `days` integer[], required
      - `next_cursor` string, nullable, required
      - `dropped` integer
      - `total` integer, nullable
    - `pagination` object, required
      - `next_cursor` string, nullable, required
      - `has_more` boolean, required
      - `page_size` integer
  - object
    - `success` false, required
    - `status` 'failed' | 'challenged', required
    - `requestId` string, uuid, required
    - `failure` object, required
      - `code` 'invalid_request' | 'unauthorized' | 'not_found' | 'upstream_challenged' | 'upstream_rate_limited' | 'upstream_error' | 'unsupported_page' | 'response_too_large' | 'unsafe_redirect' | 'request_limit' | 'timeout' | 'busy' | 'payload_too_complex' | 'upstream_pending', required
      - `message` string, required
    - `accounting` object, required
      - `upstreamRequests` integer, required
      - `responseBytes` integer, required
      - `durationMs` number, required

## Other responses

- `400`: Request could not complete; inspect error or failure.code.
- `401`: Request could not complete; inspect error or failure.code.
- `402`: Request could not complete; inspect error or failure.code.
- `403`: Request could not complete; inspect error or failure.code.
- `404`: Request could not complete; inspect error or failure.code.
- `408`: Request could not complete; inspect error or failure.code.
- `413`: Request could not complete; inspect error or failure.code.
- `429`: Request could not complete; inspect error or failure.code.
- `500`: Request could not complete; inspect error or failure.code.
- `502`: Request could not complete; inspect error or failure.code.
- `503`: Request could not complete; inspect error or failure.code.
- `504`: Request could not complete; inspect error or failure.code.

---

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