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Try the Retrieve a GitHub repository API

Test Crawlora's Retrieve a GitHub repository API with realistic prefilled parameters. Generate a cURL request, inspect the expected structured JSON response, and open the full docs or pricing page when you are ready to integrate this public web data extraction endpoint into your application.

Endpoint facts

Method: GET
API path: /github/repo/{owner}/{repo}
Platform: GitHub
Auth: apiKey
Credits: 2 credits/request
Required params: owner, repo

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Prefilled cURL

curl "https://api.crawlora.net/api/v1/github/repo/<owner>/<repo>" \
  -H "x-api-key: $CRAWLORA_API_KEY"

Request parameters visible to crawlers

Parameter	Type	Required	Prefilled value	Description
owner (path)	string	Yes		Repository owner (user or org login)
repo (path)	string	Yes		Repository name

Example JSON response

{
  "code": 200,
  "msg": "OK",
  "data": {
    "name": "linux",
    "full_name": "torvalds/linux",
    "owner": "torvalds",
    "description": "Linux kernel source tree",
    "language": "C",
    "topics": [
      "kernel",
      "linux"
    ],
    "stars": 180000,
    "forks": 53000,
    "watchers": 180000,
    "open_issues": 0,
    "license": "GPL-2.0",
    "default_branch": "master",
    "pushed_at": "2026-06-20T11:02:33Z"
  }
}

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GETapiKey2 credits/requestapp.ResponseGitHub

GET /github/repo/{owner}/{repo}

Retrieve a GitHub repository

Returns public detail for a single repository (the core project object).

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Path parameters

owner

requiredstring

Repository owner (user or org login)repo

requiredstring

Repository name

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Sample responseGET

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{
  "code": 200,
  "msg": "OK",
  "data": {
    "name": "linux",
    "full_name": "torvalds/linux",
    "owner": "torvalds",
    "description": "Linux kernel source tree",
    "language": "C",
    "topics": [
      "kernel",
      "linux"
    ],
    "stars": 180000,
    "forks": 53000,
    "watchers": 180000,
    "open_issues": 0,
    "license": "GPL-2.0",
    "default_branch": "master",
    "pushed_at": "2026-06-20T11:02:33Z"
  }
}

Endpoint details

Returns public detail for a single repository (the core project object).

Method: GET
Path: /github/repo/{owner}/{repo}
Authentication: apiKey
Credit cost: 2 credits/request
Platform: GitHub
Parameters: 3 documented fields

Request parameters

owner:pathrepo:pathx-api-key:header

Response schema fields

codedatamsg

Sample response summary

{
  "code": 200,
  "msg": "OK",
  "data": {
    "name": "linux",
    "full_name": "torvalds/linux",
    "owner": "torvalds",
    "description": "Linux kernel source tree",
    "language": "C",
    "topics": [
      "kernel",
      "linux"
    ],
    "stars": 180000,
    "forks": 53000,
    "watchers": 180000,
    "open_issues": 0,
    "license": "GPL-2.0",
    "default_branch": "master",
    "pushed_at": "2026-06-20T11:02:33Z"
  }
}

cURL example

curl "https://api.crawlora.net/api/v1/github/repo/<owner>/<repo>" \
  -H "x-api-key: $CRAWLORA_API_KEY"

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Request parameters visible to crawlers

Parameter	Type	Required	Prefilled value	Description
owner (path)	string	Yes		Repository owner (user or org login)
repo (path)	string	Yes		Repository name

Example JSON response

{
  "code": 200,
  "msg": "OK",
  "data": {
    "name": "linux",
    "full_name": "torvalds/linux",
    "owner": "torvalds",
    "description": "Linux kernel source tree",
    "language": "C",
    "topics": [
      "kernel",
      "linux"
    ],
    "stars": 180000,
    "forks": 53000,
    "watchers": 180000,
    "open_issues": 0,
    "license": "GPL-2.0",
    "default_branch": "master",
    "pushed_at": "2026-06-20T11:02:33Z"
  }
}

{ "code": 200, "msg": "OK", "data": { "name": "linux", "full_name": "torvalds/linux", "owner": "torvalds", "description": "Linux kernel source tree", "language": "C", "topics": [ "kernel", "linux" ], "stars": 180000, "forks": 53000, "watchers": 180000, "open_issues": 0, "license": "GPL-2.0", "default_branch": "master", "pushed_at": "2026-06-20T11:02:33Z" } }

Endpoint details

Returns public detail for a single repository (the core project object).

Method: GET
Path: /github/repo/{owner}/{repo}
Authentication: apiKey
Credit cost: 2 credits/request
Platform: GitHub
Parameters: 3 documented fields

Request parameters

owner:pathrepo:pathx-api-key:header

Response schema fields

codedatamsg

Sample response summary

{
  "code": 200,
  "msg": "OK",
  "data": {
    "name": "linux",
    "full_name": "torvalds/linux",
    "owner": "torvalds",
    "description": "Linux kernel source tree",
    "language": "C",
    "topics": [
      "kernel",
      "linux"
    ],
    "stars": 180000,
    "forks": 53000,
    "watchers": 180000,
    "open_issues": 0,
    "license": "GPL-2.0",
    "default_branch": "master",
    "pushed_at": "2026-06-20T11:02:33Z"
  }
}

cURL example

curl "https://api.crawlora.net/api/v1/github/repo/<owner>/<repo>" \
  -H "x-api-key: $CRAWLORA_API_KEY"