---
title: "User repositories"
method: GET
path: "/v1/github/user/repositories"
tags: ["GitHub"]
---

# User repositories

`GET /v1/github/user/repositories`

## Request

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

List public repositories with owners, descriptions, stars, forks, topics, licenses and timestamps; choose native, normalized or camelCase fields with format and paginate with cursor or page. Use view=pinned for the repositories pinned on the profile, in displayed order. Each successful request costs 1 account credit, including partial results. Failed requests cost 0 credits.

## Query parameters

- `handle` string
- `url` string
- `cursor` string
- `page` string
- `limit` string
- `per_page` string
- `type` 'owner' | 'all' | 'member'
- `sort` 'created' | 'updated' | 'pushed' | 'full_name'
- `direction` 'asc' | 'desc'
- `format` 'native' | 'normalized' | 'camelCase'
- `view` 'list' | 'pinned'

## 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
    - `repositories` object[], required
      - `id` integer, required
      - `node_id` string, required
      - `name` string, required
      - `full_name` string, required
      - `owner` object, required
        - `id` integer, required
        - `login` string, required
        - `avatar_url` string, uri, required
        - `url` string, uri, required
        - `type` string, required
      - `private` false, required
      - `description` string, nullable, required
      - `fork` boolean, required
      - `homepage` string, nullable, required
      - `language` string, nullable, required
      - `forks_count` integer, required
      - `watchers_count` integer, required
      - `size` integer, required
      - `default_branch` string, required
      - `open_issues_count` integer, required
      - `topics` string[], required
      - `license` object, nullable, required
        - `key` string, required
        - `name` string, required
        - `spdx_id` string, nullable, required
      - `archived` boolean, required
      - `disabled` boolean, required
      - `visibility` string, required
      - `pushed_at` string, nullable, required
      - `created_at` string, required
      - `updated_at` string, required
      - `url` string, uri, required
      - `stars_count` integer, required
      - `subscriberCount` integer, nullable
      - `networkCount` integer, nullable
      - `hasIssues` boolean, nullable
      - `hasDiscussions` boolean, nullable
      - `hasWiki` boolean, nullable
      - `hasPages` boolean, nullable
      - `isTemplate` boolean, nullable
      - `parentRepository` object, nullable
        - `fullName` string, required
        - `url` string, uri, required
      - `sourceRepository` object, nullable
        - `fullName` string, required
        - `url` string, uri, required
    - `cursor` integer, nullable, required
    - `has_more` boolean, 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
        - `id` integer, required
        - `node_id` string, required
        - `name` string, required
        - `full_name` string, required
        - `owner` object, required
          - `id` integer, required
          - `login` string, required
          - `avatar_url` string, uri, required
          - `url` string, uri, required
          - `type` string, required
        - `private` false, required
        - `description` string, nullable, required
        - `fork` boolean, required
        - `homepage` string, nullable, required
        - `language` string, nullable, required
        - `forks_count` integer, required
        - `watchers_count` integer, required
        - `size` integer, required
        - `default_branch` string, required
        - `open_issues_count` integer, required
        - `topics` string[], required
        - `license` object, nullable, required
          - `key` string, required
          - `name` string, required
          - `spdx_id` string, nullable, required
        - `archived` boolean, required
        - `disabled` boolean, required
        - `visibility` string, required
        - `pushed_at` string, nullable, required
        - `created_at` string, required
        - `updated_at` string, required
        - `url` string, uri, required
        - `stars_count` integer, required
        - `subscriberCount` integer, nullable
        - `networkCount` integer, nullable
        - `hasIssues` boolean, nullable
        - `hasDiscussions` boolean, nullable
        - `hasWiki` boolean, nullable
        - `hasPages` boolean, nullable
        - `isTemplate` boolean, nullable
        - `parentRepository` object, nullable
          - `fullName` string, required
          - `url` string, uri, required
        - `sourceRepository` object, nullable
          - `fullName` string, required
          - `url` string, uri, required
        - `stargazers_count` integer, required
        - `post` object
          - `id` string, required
          - `url` string, uri, nullable, required
          - `content` object, required
            - `text` string, nullable, required
            - `media_urls` string[], nullable, required
            - `thumbnail_url` string, nullable, required
            - `duration_seconds` number, nullable, required
          - `author` object, required
            - `username` string, nullable, required
            - `display_name` string, nullable, required
            - `avatar_url` string, uri, nullable, required
            - `verified` boolean, nullable, required
          - `engagement` object, required
            - `views` integer, nullable, required
            - `likes` integer, nullable, required
            - `comments` integer, nullable, required
            - `shares` integer, nullable, required
            - `saves` integer, nullable, required
          - `flags` object, required
            - `nsfw` boolean, nullable, required
            - `spoiler` boolean, nullable, required
            - `pinned` boolean, nullable, required
            - `deleted` boolean, required
          - `published_at` string, nullable, required
          - `ext` object
      - `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
  - 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
      - `lookupStatus` 'found' | 'not_found', required
      - `repositories` object[], required
        - `platformRepoId` string, required
        - `nodeId` string, required
        - `name` string, required
        - `fullName` string, required
        - `owner` object, required
          - `platformUserId` string, required
          - `handle` string, required
          - `avatarUrl` string, uri, required
          - `profileUrl` string, uri, required
          - `accountType` string, required
          - `siteAdmin` boolean
          - `nodeId` string
          - `displayName` string, nullable
          - `company` string, nullable
          - `blog` string, nullable
          - `location` string, nullable
          - `email` string, nullable
          - `bio` string, nullable
          - `twitterUsername` string, nullable
          - `accountCreatedAt` string
          - `accountUpdatedAt` string
          - `platform` 'github'
        - `isPrivate` boolean, required
        - `profileUrl` string, uri, required
        - `description` string, nullable, required
        - `isFork` boolean, required
        - `homepage` string, nullable, required
        - `language` string, nullable, required
        - `forksCount` integer, required
        - `starsCount` integer, required
        - `watchersCount` integer, required
        - `sizeKb` integer, required
        - `defaultBranch` string, required
        - `openIssuesCount` integer, required
        - `topics` string[], required
        - `license` object, nullable, required
          - `key` string, required
          - `name` string, required
          - `spdxId` string, nullable, required
        - `archived` boolean, required
        - `disabled` boolean, required
        - `visibility` string, required
        - `pushedAt` string, nullable, required
        - `createdAt` string, required
        - `updatedAt` string, required
        - `subscriberCount` integer, nullable
        - `networkCount` integer, nullable
        - `hasIssues` boolean, nullable
        - `hasDiscussions` boolean, nullable
        - `hasWiki` boolean, nullable
        - `hasPages` boolean, nullable
        - `isTemplate` boolean, nullable
        - `parentRepository` object, nullable
          - `fullName` string, required
          - `url` string, uri, required
        - `sourceRepository` object, nullable
          - `fullName` string, required
          - `url` string, uri, required
      - `page` object, required
        - `nextCursor` string, nullable, required
        - `hasMore` boolean, 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
        - `fullName` string, required
        - `url` string, uri, required
        - `description` string, nullable, required
        - `language` string, nullable, required
        - `metricsApproximate` boolean, required
        - `starsCount` integer, nullable, required
        - `forksCount` integer, nullable, 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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