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Try the Search public GitHub repositories API

Test Crawlora's Search public GitHub repositories 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/search/repositories
Platform: GitHub
Auth: apiKey
Credits: 3 credits/request
Required params: q
Common optional params: sort, order, page, per_page

Search public GitHub repositories API documentation GitHub platform page Crawlora API pricing Try GitHub Org Profile API Try GitHub Org Repos API Try Retrieve a GitHub repository API Try List a repository's contributors API Try List a repository's public forks API

Prefilled cURL

curl "https://api.crawlora.net/api/v1/github/search/repositories?q=<q>&sort=stars&order=asc" \
  -H "x-api-key: $CRAWLORA_API_KEY"

Request parameters visible to crawlers

Parameter	Type	Required	Prefilled value	Description
q	string	Yes		GitHub repository search query
sort	string	No	stars	Sort field
order	string	No	asc	Sort order
page	integer	No		Page number
per_page	integer	No		Results per page (max 100)

Example JSON response

{
  "code": 200,
  "msg": "OK",
  "data": {
    "total_count": 18742,
    "items": [
      {
        "full_name": "torvalds/linux",
        "owner": "torvalds",
        "description": "Linux kernel source tree",
        "language": "C",
        "stars": 180000,
        "forks": 53000,
        "topics": [
          "kernel",
          "linux"
        ],
        "license": "GPL-2.0"
      }
    ]
  }
}

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Endpoint

GETapiKey3 credits/requestapp.ResponseGitHub

GET /github/search/repositories

Search public GitHub repositories

Searches public GitHub repositories (market/competitive discovery). Unauthenticated search is rate limited to roughly 10 requests per minute.

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Required query parameters

requiredstring

GitHub repository search query

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Sample responseGET

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{
  "code": 200,
  "msg": "OK",
  "data": {
    "total_count": 18742,
    "items": [
      {
        "full_name": "torvalds/linux",
        "owner": "torvalds",
        "description": "Linux kernel source tree",
        "language": "C",
        "stars": 180000,
        "forks": 53000,
        "topics": [
          "kernel",
          "linux"
        ],
        "license": "GPL-2.0"
      }
    ]
  }
}

Endpoint details

Searches public GitHub repositories (market/competitive discovery). Unauthenticated search is rate limited to roughly 10 requests per minute.

Method: GET
Path: /github/search/repositories
Authentication: apiKey
Credit cost: 3 credits/request
Platform: GitHub
Parameters: 6 documented fields

Request parameters

q:querysort:queryorder:querypage:queryper_page:queryx-api-key:header

Response schema fields

codedatamsg

Sample response summary

{
  "code": 200,
  "msg": "OK",
  "data": {
    "total_count": 18742,
    "items": [
      {
        "full_name": "torvalds/linux",
        "owner": "torvalds",
        "description": "Linux kernel source tree",
        "language": "C",
        "stars": 180000,
        "forks": 53000,
        "topics": [
          "kernel",
          "linux"
        ],
        "license": "GPL-2.0"
      }
    ]
  }
}

cURL example

curl "https://api.crawlora.net/api/v1/github/search/repositories?q=<q>" \
  -H "x-api-key: $CRAWLORA_API_KEY"

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Request parameters visible to crawlers

Parameter	Type	Required	Prefilled value	Description
q	string	Yes		GitHub repository search query
sort	string	No	stars	Sort field
order	string	No	asc	Sort order
page	integer	No		Page number
per_page	integer	No		Results per page (max 100)

Example JSON response

{
  "code": 200,
  "msg": "OK",
  "data": {
    "total_count": 18742,
    "items": [
      {
        "full_name": "torvalds/linux",
        "owner": "torvalds",
        "description": "Linux kernel source tree",
        "language": "C",
        "stars": 180000,
        "forks": 53000,
        "topics": [
          "kernel",
          "linux"
        ],
        "license": "GPL-2.0"
      }
    ]
  }
}

{ "code": 200, "msg": "OK", "data": { "total_count": 18742, "items": [ { "full_name": "torvalds/linux", "owner": "torvalds", "description": "Linux kernel source tree", "language": "C", "stars": 180000, "forks": 53000, "topics": [ "kernel", "linux" ], "license": "GPL-2.0" } ] } }

Endpoint details

Searches public GitHub repositories (market/competitive discovery). Unauthenticated search is rate limited to roughly 10 requests per minute.

Method: GET
Path: /github/search/repositories
Authentication: apiKey
Credit cost: 3 credits/request
Platform: GitHub
Parameters: 6 documented fields

Request parameters

q:querysort:queryorder:querypage:queryper_page:queryx-api-key:header

Response schema fields

codedatamsg

Sample response summary

{
  "code": 200,
  "msg": "OK",
  "data": {
    "total_count": 18742,
    "items": [
      {
        "full_name": "torvalds/linux",
        "owner": "torvalds",
        "description": "Linux kernel source tree",
        "language": "C",
        "stars": 180000,
        "forks": 53000,
        "topics": [
          "kernel",
          "linux"
        ],
        "license": "GPL-2.0"
      }
    ]
  }
}

cURL example

curl "https://api.crawlora.net/api/v1/github/search/repositories?q=<q>" \
  -H "x-api-key: $CRAWLORA_API_KEY"