---
title: "Trending"
method: GET
path: "/v1/github/trending"
tags: ["GitHub"]
---

# Trending

`GET /v1/github/trending`

## Request

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

Discover trending repositories or developers with type=repositories or developers, programming language and daily, weekly or monthly periods. Each successful request costs 1 account credit, including partial results. Failed requests cost 0 credits.

## Query parameters

- `language` string
- `since` 'daily' | 'weekly' | 'monthly'
- `spoken_language_code` string
- `spokenLanguageCode` string
- `type` 'repositories' | 'developers'

## 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
    - `since` 'daily' | 'weekly' | 'monthly', required
    - `language` string, nullable, required
    - `spoken_language_code` string, nullable, required
    - `repositories` object[], required
      - `rank` integer, required
      - `owner` string, required
      - `repo` string, required
      - `full_name` string, required
      - `url` string, uri, required
      - `description` string, nullable, required
      - `language` string, nullable, required
      - `language_color` string, nullable, required
      - `stars_count` integer, nullable, required
      - `forks_count` integer, nullable, required
      - `stars_today` integer, nullable, required
      - `stars_today_text` string, nullable, required
      - `built_by` object[], required
        - `username` string, required
        - `avatar_url` string, uri, nullable, required
      - `starsInPeriod` integer, nullable
      - `period` 'daily' | 'weekly' | 'monthly'
    - `data` object, required
      - `since` 'daily' | 'weekly' | 'monthly', required
      - `language` string, nullable, required
      - `spokenLanguageCode` string, nullable, required
      - `repositories` object[], required
        - `rank` integer, required
        - `owner` string, required
        - `repo` string, required
        - `url` string, uri, required
        - `description` string, nullable, required
        - `language` string, nullable, required
        - `starsInPeriod` integer, nullable
        - `period` 'daily' | 'weekly' | 'monthly'
        - `fullName` string, required
        - `languageColor` string, nullable, required
        - `starsCount` integer, nullable, required
        - `forksCount` integer, nullable, required
        - `starsToday` integer, nullable, required
        - `starsTodayText` string, nullable, required
        - `builtBy` object[], required
          - `username` string, required
          - `avatarUrl` string, uri, nullable, required
      - `totalResults` 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
    - `since` 'daily' | 'weekly' | 'monthly', required
    - `language` string, nullable, required
    - `developers` object[], required
      - `rank` integer, required
      - `username` string, required
      - `name` string, nullable, required
      - `url` string, uri, required
      - `avatar_url` string, uri, nullable, required
      - `popular_repository` object, nullable, required
        - `owner` string, required
        - `repo` string, required
        - `full_name` string, required
        - `url` string, uri, required
        - `name` string, required
        - `description` string, nullable, required
    - `data` object, required
      - `since` 'daily' | 'weekly' | 'monthly', required
      - `language` string, nullable, required
      - `developers` object[], required
        - `rank` integer, required
        - `handle` string, required
        - `displayName` string, nullable, required
        - `profileUrl` string, uri, required
        - `avatarUrl` string, uri, nullable, required
        - `popularRepository` object, nullable, required
          - `owner` string, required
          - `repo` string, required
          - `fullName` string, required
          - `url` string, uri, required
          - `name` string, required
          - `description` string, nullable, required
      - `totalResults` 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

## 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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