# 搜索的 REST API 端点

使用 REST API 在 GitHub 上搜索特定项目。

## 关于搜索

可以使用 REST API 搜索要查找的特定项。 例如，您可以在仓库中找到用户或特定文件。 就像您进行 Google 搜索时的思考方式一样。 它旨在帮助您找到要查找的一个或几个结果。 就像在 Google 上搜索一样，有时您希望查看几页搜索结果，以便找到最能满足您需求的条目。 为了满足这一需求， GitHub REST API **为每个搜索提供最多 1,000 个结果**。

您可以使用查询缩小搜索范围。 若要详细了解搜索查询语法，请参阅 [搜索的 REST API 端点](/zh/enterprise-server@3.20/rest/search/search#constructing-a-search-query)。

### 排列搜索结果

除非提供另一个排序选项作为查询参数，否则将按照最佳匹配的原则对结果进行降序排列。 多种因素相结合，将最相关的条目顶到结果列表的顶部。

### 速率限制

> \[!NOTE]
> 默认禁用 GitHub Enterprise Server 的速率限制。 请与站点管理员联系，以确认实例的速率限制。

REST API 具有用于搜索的自定义速率限制。 对于经过身份验证的请求，除了请求限制为 10 个请求。 对于未经身份验证的请求，速率限制允许每分钟最多发出 10 个请求。

有关如何确定当前速率限制状态的信息，请参阅[速率限制](/zh/enterprise-server@3.20/rest/rate-limit/rate-limit)。

### 构建搜索查询

每个搜索终结点都使用 [查询参数](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Query_string) 来执行搜索 GitHub。 有关包含终结点和查询参数的示例，请参阅各个终结点。

查询可以包含支持的 GitHub搜索限定符的任意组合。 搜索查询的格式为：

```text
SEARCH_KEYWORD_1 SEARCH_KEYWORD_N QUALIFIER_1 QUALIFIER_N
```

例如，如果您想要搜索由 \_\_ 拥有的所有`defunkt`，并在 README 文件中包含单词 `GitHub` 和 `Octocat`，您可以在 *search repositories* 端点使用以下查询：

```text
GitHub Octocat in:readme user:defunkt
```

注意：请务必使用语言的首选 HTML 编码器构造查询字符串。 例如：

```javascript
// JavaScript
const queryString = 'q=' + encodeURIComponent('GitHub Octocat in:readme user:defunkt');
```

有关可用限定符及其格式的完整列表和使用示例，请参阅 [在 GitHub 上搜索](/zh/enterprise-server@3.20/search-github/searching-on-github)。 有关如何使用运算符匹配特定数量、日期或排除结果的信息，请参阅 [了解搜索语法](/zh/enterprise-server@3.20/search-github/getting-started-with-searching-on-github/understanding-the-search-syntax)。

### 查询长度限制

无法使用以下类型的查询：

* 超过 256 个字符（不包括运算符或限定符）。
* 拥有超过五个 `AND`、`OR` 或 `NOT` 运算符。

这些搜索查询将返回“验证失败”错误消息。

### 搜索范围限制

为了让所有人都能快速使用 REST API，我们限制了查询将搜索的存储库数。 REST API 将查找最多 4,000 个与筛选器匹配的存储库，并从这些存储库返回结果。

### 超时和不完整的结果

为了让所有人都能快速使用 REST API，我们限制了任何单个查询能够运行的时长。 对于[超出时间限制](https://developer.github.com/changes/2014-04-07-understanding-search-results-and-potential-timeouts/)的查询，API 将返回超时之前已找到的匹配项，并且响应的 `incomplete_results` 属性设为 `true`。

达到时间限制并不意味着搜索结果不完整。
可能已找到更多结果，也可能没有找到。

### 访问错误或缺少搜索结果

需要成功完成身份验证并对搜索查询中的存储库具有访问权限，否则，你将看到 `422 Unprocessable Entry` 错误和“验证失败”消息。 例如，如果你的查询包含 `repo:`、`user:` 或 `org:` 限定符，而这些限定符请求的是你在登录 GitHub 时无权访问的资源，则搜索将失败。

当搜索查询请求多个资源时，响应将只包含你有权访问的资源，并且不会提供列出未返回资源的错误消息。

例如，如果搜索查询要搜索 `octocat/test` 和 `codertocat/test` 存储库，但你只拥有对 `octocat/test` 的访问权限，则响应将显示对 `octocat/test` 的搜索结果，而不会显示对 `codertocat/test` 的搜索结果。 这种行为模仿了搜索在 GitHub 上的工作方式。

### 文本匹配元数据

打开 GitHub后，可以使用代码片段提供的上下文并在搜索结果中突出显示。 搜索接口返回额外的元数据，允许你在显示搜索结果时突出显示匹配的搜索词。

请求可以选择在响应中接收这些文本片段，并且每个片段都附带数字偏移，以标识每个匹配搜索词的确切位置。

若要在搜索结果中获取这种元数据，请在 `text-match` 标头中指定 `Accept` 媒体类型。

```shell
application/vnd.github.text-match+json
```

提供 `text-match` 媒体类型时，你将在 JSON 有效负载中收到一个额外的键，名为 `text_matches`，它提供有关搜索词在文本中的位置以及包含该搜索词的 `property` 的信息。 在 `text_matches` 数组中，每个对象都包含以下属性：

| 名称                                   | 说明                                                                                                       |
| ------------------------------------ | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| `object_url`                         | 包含匹配某个搜索词的字符串属性的资源 URL。                                                                                  |
| `object_type`                        | 在给定 `object_url` 中存在的资源类型的名称。                                                                            |
| `property`                           | 在 `object_url` 中存在的资源属性的名称。 属性是与某个搜索词相匹配的字符串。 （在从 `object_url` 返回的 JSON 中，`fragment` 的完整内容存在于具有此名称的属性中。） |
| `fragment`                           |                                                                                                          |
| `property` 值的子集。 这是与一个或多个搜索词匹配的文本片段。 |                                                                                                          |
| `matches`                            | 存在于 `fragment` 中的一个或多个搜索词组成的数组。 索引（即“偏移量”）与片段相关。 （它们与 \_\_ 的完整内容无关。）                                     |

#### 示例

使用 `curl` 命令和上面的[示例问题搜索](#search-issues-and-pull-requests)时，API 请求如下所示：

```shell
curl -H 'Accept: application/vnd.github.text-match+json' \
'http(s)://HOSTNAME/api/v3/search/issues?q=windows+label:bug \
+language:python+state:open&sort=created&order=asc'
```

对于每个搜索结果，响应将包含一个 `text_matches` 数组。 在下面的 JSON 中，`text_matches` 数组中有两个对象。

第一个文本匹配出现在问题的 `body` 属性中。 我们在议题正文中看到了一个文本段落。 搜索词 (`windows`) 在该片段中出现了两次，我们有每次出现时的索引。

第二个文本匹配出现在其中一个问题注释的 `body` 属性中。 我们有相关议题注释的 URL。 当然，我们从注释正文中看到了文本片段。 搜索词 (`windows`) 在该片段中出现了一次。

```json
{
  "text_matches": [
    {
      "object_url": "https://api.github.com/repositories/215335/issues/132",
      "object_type": "Issue",
      "property": "body",
      "fragment": "comprehensive windows font I know of).\n\nIf we can find a commonly
      distributed windows font that supports them then no problem (we can use html
      font tags) but otherwise the '(21)' style is probably better.\n",
      "matches": [
        {
          "text": "windows",
          "indices": [
            14,
            21
          ]
        },
        {
          "text": "windows",
          "indices": [
            78,
            85
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "object_url": "https://api.github.com/repositories/215335/issues/comments/25688",
      "object_type": "IssueComment",
      "property": "body",
      "fragment": " right after that are a bit broken IMHO :). I suppose we could
      have some hack that maxes out at whatever the font does...\n\nI'll check
      what the state of play is on Windows.\n",
      "matches": [
        {
          "text": "Windows",
          "indices": [
            163,
            170
          ]
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
}
```

> \[!NOTE]
> Most endpoints use `Authorization: Bearer <YOUR-TOKEN>` and `Accept: application/vnd.github+json` headers, plus `X-GitHub-Api-Version: 2022-11-28`. Curl examples below omit these standard headers for brevity.

## Search code

```
GET /search/code
```

Searches for query terms inside of a file. This method returns up to 100 results per page.
When searching for code, you can get text match metadata for the file content and file path fields when you pass the text-match media type. For more details about how to receive highlighted search results, see Text match metadata.
For example, if you want to find the definition of the addClass function inside jQuery repository, your query would look something like this:
q=addClass+in:file+language:js+repo:jquery/jquery
This query searches for the keyword addClass within a file's contents. The query limits the search to files where the language is JavaScript in the jquery/jquery repository.
Considerations for code search:
Due to the complexity of searching code, there are a few restrictions on how searches are performed:

Only the default branch is considered. In most cases, this will be the master branch.
Only files smaller than 384 KB are searchable.
You must always include at least one search term when searching source code. For example, searching for language:go is not valid, while amazing language:go is.

### Parameters

#### Headers

* **`accept`** (string)
  Setting to `application/vnd.github+json` is recommended.

#### Path and query parameters

* **`q`** (string) (required)
  The query contains one or more search keywords and qualifiers. Qualifiers allow you to limit your search to specific areas of GitHub Enterprise Server. The REST API supports different qualifiers than the web interface for GitHub Enterprise Server. To learn more about the format of the query, see Constructing a search query. See "Searching code" for a detailed list of qualifiers.

* **`sort`** (string)
  Sorts the results of your query. Can only be indexed, which indicates how recently a file has been indexed by the GitHub Enterprise Server search infrastructure. Default: best match
  Can be one of: `indexed`

* **`order`** (string)
  Determines whether the first search result returned is the highest number of matches (desc) or lowest number of matches (asc). This parameter is ignored unless you provide sort.
  Default: `desc`
  Can be one of: `desc`, `asc`

* **`per_page`** (integer)
  The number of results per page (max 100). For more information, see "Using pagination in the REST API."
  Default: `30`

* **`page`** (integer)
  The page number of the results to fetch. For more information, see "Using pagination in the REST API."
  Default: `1`

### HTTP response status codes

* **200** - OK

* **304** - Not modified

* **403** - Forbidden

* **422** - Validation failed, or the endpoint has been spammed.

* **503** - Service unavailable

### Code examples

#### Example

**Request:**

```curl
curl -L \
  -X GET \
  http(s)://HOSTNAME/api/v3/search/code
```

**Response schema (Status: 200):**

* `total_count`: required, integer
* `incomplete_results`: required, boolean
* `items`: required, array of `Code Search Result Item`:
  * `name`: required, string
  * `path`: required, string
  * `sha`: required, string
  * `url`: required, string, format: uri
  * `git_url`: required, string, format: uri
  * `html_url`: required, string, format: uri
  * `repository`: required, `Minimal Repository`:
    * `id`: required, integer, format: int64
    * `node_id`: required, string
    * `name`: required, string
    * `full_name`: required, string
    * `owner`: required, `Simple User`:
      * `name`: string or null
      * `email`: string or null
      * `login`: required, string
      * `id`: required, integer, format: int64
      * `node_id`: required, string
      * `avatar_url`: required, string, format: uri
      * `gravatar_id`: required, string or null
      * `url`: required, string, format: uri
      * `html_url`: required, string, format: uri
      * `followers_url`: required, string, format: uri
      * `following_url`: required, string
      * `gists_url`: required, string
      * `starred_url`: required, string
      * `subscriptions_url`: required, string, format: uri
      * `organizations_url`: required, string, format: uri
      * `repos_url`: required, string, format: uri
      * `events_url`: required, string
      * `received_events_url`: required, string, format: uri
      * `type`: required, string
      * `site_admin`: required, boolean
      * `starred_at`: string
      * `user_view_type`: string
    * `private`: required, boolean
    * `html_url`: required, string, format: uri
    * `description`: required, string or null
    * `fork`: required, boolean
    * `url`: required, string, format: uri
    * `archive_url`: required, string
    * `assignees_url`: required, string
    * `blobs_url`: required, string
    * `branches_url`: required, string
    * `collaborators_url`: required, string
    * `comments_url`: required, string
    * `commits_url`: required, string
    * `compare_url`: required, string
    * `contents_url`: required, string
    * `contributors_url`: required, string, format: uri
    * `deployments_url`: required, string, format: uri
    * `downloads_url`: required, string, format: uri
    * `events_url`: required, string, format: uri
    * `forks_url`: required, string, format: uri
    * `git_commits_url`: required, string
    * `git_refs_url`: required, string
    * `git_tags_url`: required, string
    * `git_url`: string
    * `issue_comment_url`: required, string
    * `issue_events_url`: required, string
    * `issues_url`: required, string
    * `keys_url`: required, string
    * `labels_url`: required, string
    * `languages_url`: required, string, format: uri
    * `merges_url`: required, string, format: uri
    * `milestones_url`: required, string
    * `notifications_url`: required, string
    * `pulls_url`: required, string
    * `releases_url`: required, string
    * `ssh_url`: string
    * `stargazers_url`: required, string, format: uri
    * `statuses_url`: required, string
    * `subscribers_url`: required, string, format: uri
    * `subscription_url`: required, string, format: uri
    * `tags_url`: required, string, format: uri
    * `teams_url`: required, string, format: uri
    * `trees_url`: required, string
    * `clone_url`: string
    * `mirror_url`: string or null
    * `hooks_url`: required, string, format: uri
    * `svn_url`: string
    * `homepage`: string or null
    * `language`: string or null
    * `forks_count`: integer
    * `stargazers_count`: integer
    * `watchers_count`: integer
    * `size`: integer
    * `default_branch`: string
    * `open_issues_count`: integer
    * `is_template`: boolean
    * `topics`: array of string
    * `has_issues`: boolean
    * `has_projects`: boolean
    * `has_wiki`: boolean
    * `has_pages`: boolean
    * `has_downloads`: boolean
    * `has_discussions`: boolean
    * `has_pull_requests`: boolean
    * `pull_request_creation_policy`: string, enum: `all`, `collaborators_only`
    * `archived`: boolean
    * `disabled`: boolean
    * `visibility`: string
    * `pushed_at`: string or null, format: date-time
    * `created_at`: string or null, format: date-time
    * `updated_at`: string or null, format: date-time
    * `permissions`: object:
      * `admin`: boolean
      * `maintain`: boolean
      * `push`: boolean
      * `triage`: boolean
      * `pull`: boolean
    * `role_name`: string
    * `temp_clone_token`: string
    * `delete_branch_on_merge`: boolean
    * `subscribers_count`: integer
    * `network_count`: integer
    * `code_of_conduct`: `Code Of Conduct`:
      * `key`: required, string
      * `name`: required, string
      * `url`: required, string, format: uri
      * `body`: string
      * `html_url`: required, string or null, format: uri
    * `license`: object or null:
      * `key`: string
      * `name`: string
      * `spdx_id`: string
      * `url`: string or null
      * `node_id`: string
    * `forks`: integer
    * `open_issues`: integer
    * `watchers`: integer
    * `allow_forking`: boolean
    * `web_commit_signoff_required`: boolean
    * `security_and_analysis`: object or null:
      * `advanced_security`: object:
        * `status`: string, enum: `enabled`, `disabled`
      * `code_security`: object:
        * `status`: string, enum: `enabled`, `disabled`
      * `dependabot_security_updates`: object:
        * `status`: string, enum: `enabled`, `disabled`
      * `secret_scanning`: object:
        * `status`: string, enum: `enabled`, `disabled`
      * `secret_scanning_push_protection`: object:
        * `status`: string, enum: `enabled`, `disabled`
      * `secret_scanning_non_provider_patterns`: object:
        * `status`: string, enum: `enabled`, `disabled`
    * `custom_properties`: object, additional properties allowed
  * `score`: required, number
  * `file_size`: integer
  * `language`: string or null
  * `last_modified_at`: string, format: date-time
  * `line_numbers`: array of string
  * `text_matches`: array of objects:
    * `object_url`: string
    * `object_type`: string or null
    * `property`: string
    * `fragment`: string
    * `matches`: array of objects:
      * `text`: string
      * `indices`: array of integer

## Search commits

```
GET /search/commits
```

Find commits via various criteria on the default branch (usually main). This method returns up to 100 results per page.
When searching for commits, you can get text match metadata for the message field when you provide the text-match media type. For more details about how to receive highlighted search results, see Text match
metadata.
For example, if you want to find commits related to CSS in the octocat/Spoon-Knife repository. Your query would look something like this:
q=repo:octocat/Spoon-Knife+css

### Parameters

#### Headers

* **`accept`** (string)
  Setting to `application/vnd.github+json` is recommended.

#### Path and query parameters

* **`q`** (string) (required)
  The query contains one or more search keywords and qualifiers. Qualifiers allow you to limit your search to specific areas of GitHub Enterprise Server. The REST API supports the same qualifiers as the web interface for GitHub Enterprise Server. To learn more about the format of the query, see Constructing a search query. See "Searching commits" for a detailed list of qualifiers.

* **`sort`** (string)
  Sorts the results of your query by author-date or committer-date. Default: best match
  Can be one of: `author-date`, `committer-date`

* **`order`** (string)
  Determines whether the first search result returned is the highest number of matches (desc) or lowest number of matches (asc). This parameter is ignored unless you provide sort.
  Default: `desc`
  Can be one of: `desc`, `asc`

* **`per_page`** (integer)
  The number of results per page (max 100). For more information, see "Using pagination in the REST API."
  Default: `30`

* **`page`** (integer)
  The page number of the results to fetch. For more information, see "Using pagination in the REST API."
  Default: `1`

### HTTP response status codes

* **200** - OK

* **304** - Not modified

### Code examples

#### Example

**Request:**

```curl
curl -L \
  -X GET \
  http(s)://HOSTNAME/api/v3/search/commits
```

**Response schema (Status: 200):**

* `total_count`: required, integer
* `incomplete_results`: required, boolean
* `items`: required, array of `Commit Search Result Item`:
  * `url`: required, string, format: uri
  * `sha`: required, string
  * `html_url`: required, string, format: uri
  * `comments_url`: required, string, format: uri
  * `commit`: required, object:
    * `author`: required, object:
      * `name`: required, string
      * `email`: required, string
      * `date`: required, string, format: date-time
    * `committer`: required, any of:
      * **null**
      * **Git User**
        * `name`: string
        * `email`: string
        * `date`: string, format: date-time
    * `comment_count`: required, integer
    * `message`: required, string
    * `tree`: required, object:
      * `sha`: required, string
      * `url`: required, string, format: uri
    * `url`: required, string, format: uri
    * `verification`: `Verification`:
      * `verified`: required, boolean
      * `reason`: required, string
      * `payload`: required, string or null
      * `signature`: required, string or null
      * `verified_at`: required, string or null
  * `author`: required, any of:
    * **null**
    * **Simple User**
      * `name`: string or null
      * `email`: string or null
      * `login`: required, string
      * `id`: required, integer, format: int64
      * `node_id`: required, string
      * `avatar_url`: required, string, format: uri
      * `gravatar_id`: required, string or null
      * `url`: required, string, format: uri
      * `html_url`: required, string, format: uri
      * `followers_url`: required, string, format: uri
      * `following_url`: required, string
      * `gists_url`: required, string
      * `starred_url`: required, string
      * `subscriptions_url`: required, string, format: uri
      * `organizations_url`: required, string, format: uri
      * `repos_url`: required, string, format: uri
      * `events_url`: required, string
      * `received_events_url`: required, string, format: uri
      * `type`: required, string
      * `site_admin`: required, boolean
      * `starred_at`: string
      * `user_view_type`: string
  * `committer`: required, any of:
    * **null**
    * **Git User** (see above)
  * `parents`: required, array of objects:
    * `url`: string
    * `html_url`: string
    * `sha`: string
  * `repository`: required, `Minimal Repository`:
    * `id`: required, integer, format: int64
    * `node_id`: required, string
    * `name`: required, string
    * `full_name`: required, string
    * `owner`: required, `Simple User` (see above)
    * `private`: required, boolean
    * `html_url`: required, string, format: uri
    * `description`: required, string or null
    * `fork`: required, boolean
    * `url`: required, string, format: uri
    * `archive_url`: required, string
    * `assignees_url`: required, string
    * `blobs_url`: required, string
    * `branches_url`: required, string
    * `collaborators_url`: required, string
    * `comments_url`: required, string
    * `commits_url`: required, string
    * `compare_url`: required, string
    * `contents_url`: required, string
    * `contributors_url`: required, string, format: uri
    * `deployments_url`: required, string, format: uri
    * `downloads_url`: required, string, format: uri
    * `events_url`: required, string, format: uri
    * `forks_url`: required, string, format: uri
    * `git_commits_url`: required, string
    * `git_refs_url`: required, string
    * `git_tags_url`: required, string
    * `git_url`: string
    * `issue_comment_url`: required, string
    * `issue_events_url`: required, string
    * `issues_url`: required, string
    * `keys_url`: required, string
    * `labels_url`: required, string
    * `languages_url`: required, string, format: uri
    * `merges_url`: required, string, format: uri
    * `milestones_url`: required, string
    * `notifications_url`: required, string
    * `pulls_url`: required, string
    * `releases_url`: required, string
    * `ssh_url`: string
    * `stargazers_url`: required, string, format: uri
    * `statuses_url`: required, string
    * `subscribers_url`: required, string, format: uri
    * `subscription_url`: required, string, format: uri
    * `tags_url`: required, string, format: uri
    * `teams_url`: required, string, format: uri
    * `trees_url`: required, string
    * `clone_url`: string
    * `mirror_url`: string or null
    * `hooks_url`: required, string, format: uri
    * `svn_url`: string
    * `homepage`: string or null
    * `language`: string or null
    * `forks_count`: integer
    * `stargazers_count`: integer
    * `watchers_count`: integer
    * `size`: integer
    * `default_branch`: string
    * `open_issues_count`: integer
    * `is_template`: boolean
    * `topics`: array of string
    * `has_issues`: boolean
    * `has_projects`: boolean
    * `has_wiki`: boolean
    * `has_pages`: boolean
    * `has_downloads`: boolean
    * `has_discussions`: boolean
    * `has_pull_requests`: boolean
    * `pull_request_creation_policy`: string, enum: `all`, `collaborators_only`
    * `archived`: boolean
    * `disabled`: boolean
    * `visibility`: string
    * `pushed_at`: string or null, format: date-time
    * `created_at`: string or null, format: date-time
    * `updated_at`: string or null, format: date-time
    * `permissions`: object:
      * `admin`: boolean
      * `maintain`: boolean
      * `push`: boolean
      * `triage`: boolean
      * `pull`: boolean
    * `role_name`: string
    * `temp_clone_token`: string
    * `delete_branch_on_merge`: boolean
    * `subscribers_count`: integer
    * `network_count`: integer
    * `code_of_conduct`: `Code Of Conduct`:
      * `key`: required, string
      * `name`: required, string
      * `url`: required, string, format: uri
      * `body`: string
      * `html_url`: required, string or null, format: uri
    * `license`: object or null:
      * `key`: string
      * `name`: string
      * `spdx_id`: string
      * `url`: string or null
      * `node_id`: string
    * `forks`: integer
    * `open_issues`: integer
    * `watchers`: integer
    * `allow_forking`: boolean
    * `web_commit_signoff_required`: boolean
    * `security_and_analysis`: object or null:
      * `advanced_security`: object:
        * `status`: string, enum: `enabled`, `disabled`
      * `code_security`: object:
        * `status`: string, enum: `enabled`, `disabled`
      * `dependabot_security_updates`: object:
        * `status`: string, enum: `enabled`, `disabled`
      * `secret_scanning`: object:
        * `status`: string, enum: `enabled`, `disabled`
      * `secret_scanning_push_protection`: object:
        * `status`: string, enum: `enabled`, `disabled`
      * `secret_scanning_non_provider_patterns`: object:
        * `status`: string, enum: `enabled`, `disabled`
    * `custom_properties`: object, additional properties allowed
  * `score`: required, number
  * `node_id`: required, string
  * `text_matches`: array of objects:
    * `object_url`: string
    * `object_type`: string or null
    * `property`: string
    * `fragment`: string
    * `matches`: array of objects:
      * `text`: string
      * `indices`: array of integer

## Search issues and pull requests

```
GET /search/issues
```

Find issues by state and keyword. This method returns up to 100 results per page.
When searching for issues, you can get text match metadata for the issue title, issue body, and issue comment body fields when you pass the text-match media type. For more details about how to receive highlighted
search results, see Text match metadata.
For example, if you want to find the oldest unresolved Python bugs on Windows. Your query might look something like this.
q=windows+label:bug+language:python+state:open\&sort=created\&order=asc
This query searches for the keyword windows, within any open issue that is labeled as bug. The search runs across repositories whose primary language is Python. The results are sorted by creation date in ascending order, which means the oldest issues appear first in the search results.
Note

For requests made by GitHub Apps with a user access token, you can't retrieve a combination of issues and pull requests in a single query. Requests that don't include the is:issue or is:pull-request qualifier will receive an HTTP 422 Unprocessable Entity response. To get results for both issues and pull requests, you must send separate queries for issues and pull requests. For more information about the is qualifier, see "Searching only issues or pull requests."

### Parameters

#### Headers

* **`accept`** (string)
  Setting to `application/vnd.github+json` is recommended.

#### Path and query parameters

* **`q`** (string) (required)
  The query contains one or more search keywords and qualifiers. Qualifiers allow you to limit your search to specific areas of GitHub Enterprise Server. The REST API supports the same qualifiers as the web interface for GitHub Enterprise Server. To learn more about the format of the query, see Constructing a search query. See "Searching issues and pull requests" for a detailed list of qualifiers.

* **`sort`** (string)
  Sorts the results of your query by the number of comments, reactions, reactions-+1, reactions--1, reactions-smile, reactions-thinking\_face, reactions-heart, reactions-tada, or interactions. You can also sort results by how recently the items were created or updated, Default: best match
  Can be one of: `comments`, `reactions`, `reactions-+1`, `reactions--1`, `reactions-smile`, `reactions-thinking_face`, `reactions-heart`, `reactions-tada`, `interactions`, `created`, `updated`

* **`order`** (string)
  Determines whether the first search result returned is the highest number of matches (desc) or lowest number of matches (asc). This parameter is ignored unless you provide sort.
  Default: `desc`
  Can be one of: `desc`, `asc`

* **`per_page`** (integer)
  The number of results per page (max 100). For more information, see "Using pagination in the REST API."
  Default: `30`

* **`page`** (integer)
  The page number of the results to fetch. For more information, see "Using pagination in the REST API."
  Default: `1`

* **`advanced_search`** (string)
  Set to true to use advanced search.
  Example: <http://api.github.com/search/issues?q={query}&advanced_search=true>

* **`search_type`** (string)
  The type of search to perform on issues. When not specified, the default is lexical search.

semantic — performs a pure semantic (vector) search using embedding-based understanding.
hybrid — combines semantic search with lexical search for best results.

Semantic and hybrid search require authentication and are rate limited to 10 requests per minute.
Only applies to issue searches (/search/issues).
Can be one of: `semantic`, `hybrid`

### HTTP response status codes

* **200** - OK

* **304** - Not modified

* **401** - Requires authentication

* **403** - Forbidden

* **422** - Validation failed, or the endpoint has been spammed.

* **503** - Service unavailable

### Code examples

#### Example 1: Status Code 200

**Request:**

```curl
curl -L \
  -X GET \
  http(s)://HOSTNAME/api/v3/search/issues
```

**Response schema (Status: 200):**

* `total_count`: required, integer
* `incomplete_results`: required, boolean
* `items`: required, array of `Issue Search Result Item`:
  * `url`: required, string, format: uri
  * `repository_url`: required, string, format: uri
  * `labels_url`: required, string
  * `comments_url`: required, string, format: uri
  * `events_url`: required, string, format: uri
  * `html_url`: required, string, format: uri
  * `id`: required, integer, format: int64
  * `node_id`: required, string
  * `number`: required, integer
  * `title`: required, string
  * `locked`: required, boolean
  * `active_lock_reason`: string or null
  * `assignees`: array of `Simple User` or null:
    * `name`: string or null
    * `email`: string or null
    * `login`: required, string
    * `id`: required, integer, format: int64
    * `node_id`: required, string
    * `avatar_url`: required, string, format: uri
    * `gravatar_id`: required, string or null
    * `url`: required, string, format: uri
    * `html_url`: required, string, format: uri
    * `followers_url`: required, string, format: uri
    * `following_url`: required, string
    * `gists_url`: required, string
    * `starred_url`: required, string
    * `subscriptions_url`: required, string, format: uri
    * `organizations_url`: required, string, format: uri
    * `repos_url`: required, string, format: uri
    * `events_url`: required, string
    * `received_events_url`: required, string, format: uri
    * `type`: required, string
    * `site_admin`: required, boolean
    * `starred_at`: string
    * `user_view_type`: string
  * `user`: required, any of:
    * **null**
    * **Simple User** (see above)
  * `labels`: required, array of objects:
    * `id`: integer, format: int64
    * `node_id`: string
    * `url`: string
    * `name`: string
    * `color`: string
    * `default`: boolean
    * `description`: string or null
  * `sub_issues_summary`: `Sub-issues Summary`:
    * `total`: required, integer
    * `completed`: required, integer
    * `percent_completed`: required, integer
  * `issue_dependencies_summary`: `Issue Dependencies Summary`:
    * `blocked_by`: required, integer
    * `blocking`: required, integer
    * `total_blocked_by`: required, integer
    * `total_blocking`: required, integer
  * `issue_field_values`: array of `Issue Field Value`:
    * `issue_field_id`: required, integer, format: int64
    * `issue_field_name`: string
    * `node_id`: required, string
    * `data_type`: required, string, enum: `text`, `single_select`, `multi_select`, `number`, `date`
    * `value`: required, any of:
      * **string**
      * **number**
      * **integer**
    * `single_select_option`: object or null:
      * `id`: required, integer, format: int64
      * `name`: required, string
      * `color`: required, string
    * `multi_select_options`: array of objects or null:
      * `id`: required, integer, format: int64
      * `name`: required, string
      * `color`: required, string
  * `state`: required, string
  * `state_reason`: string or null
  * `assignee`: required, any of:
    * **null**
    * **Simple User** (see above)
  * `milestone`: required, any of:
    * **null**
    * **Milestone**
      * `url`: required, string, format: uri
      * `html_url`: required, string, format: uri
      * `labels_url`: required, string, format: uri
      * `id`: required, integer
      * `node_id`: required, string
      * `number`: required, integer
      * `state`: required, string, enum: `open`, `closed`, default: `"open"`
      * `title`: required, string
      * `description`: required, string or null
      * `creator`: required, any of:
        * **null**
        * **Simple User** (see above)
      * `open_issues`: required, integer
      * `closed_issues`: required, integer
      * `created_at`: required, string, format: date-time
      * `updated_at`: required, string, format: date-time
      * `closed_at`: required, string or null, format: date-time
      * `due_on`: required, string or null, format: date-time
  * `comments`: required, integer
  * `created_at`: required, string, format: date-time
  * `updated_at`: required, string, format: date-time
  * `closed_at`: required, string or null, format: date-time
  * `text_matches`: array of objects:
    * `object_url`: string
    * `object_type`: string or null
    * `property`: string
    * `fragment`: string
    * `matches`: array of objects:
      * `text`: string
      * `indices`: array of integer
  * `pull_request`: object:
    * `merged_at`: string or null, format: date-time
    * `diff_url`: required, string or null, format: uri
    * `html_url`: required, string or null, format: uri
    * `patch_url`: required, string or null, format: uri
    * `url`: required, string or null, format: uri
  * `body`: string
  * `score`: required, number
  * `author_association`: required, string, enum: `COLLABORATOR`, `CONTRIBUTOR`, `FIRST_TIMER`, `FIRST_TIME_CONTRIBUTOR`, `MANNEQUIN`, `MEMBER`, `NONE`, `OWNER`
  * `draft`: boolean
  * `repository`: `Repository`:
    * `id`: required, integer, format: int64
    * `node_id`: required, string
    * `name`: required, string
    * `full_name`: required, string
    * `license`: required, any of:
      * **null**
      * **License Simple**
        * `key`: required, string
        * `name`: required, string
        * `url`: required, string or null, format: uri
        * `spdx_id`: required, string or null
        * `node_id`: required, string
        * `html_url`: string, format: uri
    * `forks`: required, integer
    * `permissions`: object:
      * `admin`: required, boolean
      * `pull`: required, boolean
      * `triage`: boolean
      * `push`: required, boolean
      * `maintain`: boolean
    * `owner`: required, `Simple User` (see above)
    * `private`: required, boolean, default: `false`
    * `html_url`: required, string, format: uri
    * `description`: required, string or null
    * `fork`: required, boolean
    * `url`: required, string, format: uri
    * `archive_url`: required, string
    * `assignees_url`: required, string
    * `blobs_url`: required, string
    * `branches_url`: required, string
    * `collaborators_url`: required, string
    * `comments_url`: required, string
    * `commits_url`: required, string
    * `compare_url`: required, string
    * `contents_url`: required, string
    * `contributors_url`: required, string, format: uri
    * `deployments_url`: required, string, format: uri
    * `downloads_url`: required, string, format: uri
    * `events_url`: required, string, format: uri
    * `forks_url`: required, string, format: uri
    * `git_commits_url`: required, string
    * `git_refs_url`: required, string
    * `git_tags_url`: required, string
    * `git_url`: required, string
    * `issue_comment_url`: required, string
    * `issue_events_url`: required, string
    * `issues_url`: required, string
    * `keys_url`: required, string
    * `labels_url`: required, string
    * `languages_url`: required, string, format: uri
    * `merges_url`: required, string, format: uri
    * `milestones_url`: required, string
    * `notifications_url`: required, string
    * `pulls_url`: required, string
    * `releases_url`: required, string
    * `ssh_url`: required, string
    * `stargazers_url`: required, string, format: uri
    * `statuses_url`: required, string
    * `subscribers_url`: required, string, format: uri
    * `subscription_url`: required, string, format: uri
    * `tags_url`: required, string, format: uri
    * `teams_url`: required, string, format: uri
    * `trees_url`: required, string
    * `clone_url`: required, string
    * `mirror_url`: required, string or null, format: uri
    * `hooks_url`: required, string, format: uri
    * `svn_url`: required, string, format: uri
    * `homepage`: required, string or null, format: uri
    * `language`: required, string or null
    * `forks_count`: required, integer
    * `stargazers_count`: required, integer
    * `watchers_count`: required, integer
    * `size`: required, integer
    * `default_branch`: required, string
    * `open_issues_count`: required, integer
    * `is_template`: boolean, default: `false`
    * `topics`: array of string
    * `has_issues`: required, boolean, default: `true`
    * `has_projects`: required, boolean, default: `true`
    * `has_wiki`: required, boolean, default: `true`
    * `has_pages`: required, boolean
    * `has_downloads`: required, boolean, default: `true`, deprecated
    * `has_discussions`: boolean, default: `false`
    * `has_pull_requests`: boolean, default: `true`
    * `pull_request_creation_policy`: string, enum: `all`, `collaborators_only`
    * `archived`: required, boolean, default: `false`
    * `disabled`: required, boolean
    * `visibility`: string, default: `"public"`
    * `pushed_at`: required, string or null, format: date-time
    * `created_at`: required, string or null, format: date-time
    * `updated_at`: required, string or null, format: date-time
    * `allow_rebase_merge`: boolean, default: `true`
    * `temp_clone_token`: string
    * `allow_squash_merge`: boolean, default: `true`
    * `allow_auto_merge`: boolean, default: `false`
    * `delete_branch_on_merge`: boolean, default: `false`
    * `allow_update_branch`: boolean, default: `false`
    * `use_squash_pr_title_as_default`: boolean, default: `false`, deprecated
    * `squash_merge_commit_title`: string, enum: `PR_TITLE`, `COMMIT_OR_PR_TITLE`
    * `squash_merge_commit_message`: string, enum: `PR_BODY`, `COMMIT_MESSAGES`, `BLANK`
    * `merge_commit_title`: string, enum: `PR_TITLE`, `MERGE_MESSAGE`
    * `merge_commit_message`: string, enum: `PR_BODY`, `PR_TITLE`, `BLANK`
    * `allow_merge_commit`: boolean, default: `true`
    * `allow_forking`: boolean
    * `web_commit_signoff_required`: boolean, default: `false`
    * `open_issues`: required, integer
    * `watchers`: required, integer
    * `master_branch`: string
    * `starred_at`: string
    * `anonymous_access_enabled`: boolean
    * `code_search_index_status`: object:
      * `lexical_search_ok`: boolean
      * `lexical_commit_sha`: string
  * `body_html`: string
  * `body_text`: string
  * `timeline_url`: string, format: uri
  * `type`: `Issue Type`:
    * `id`: required, integer
    * `node_id`: required, string
    * `name`: required, string
    * `description`: required, string or null
    * `color`: string or null, enum: `gray`, `blue`, `green`, `yellow`, `orange`, `red`, `pink`, `purple`, `null`
    * `created_at`: string, format: date-time
    * `updated_at`: string, format: date-time
    * `is_enabled`: boolean
  * `performed_via_github_app`: any of:
    * **null**
    * **GitHub app**
      * `id`: required, integer
      * `slug`: string
      * `node_id`: required, string
      * `client_id`: string
      * `owner`: required, one of:
        * **Simple User** (see above)
        * **Enterprise**
          * `description`: string or null
          * `html_url`: required, string, format: uri
          * `website_url`: string or null, format: uri
          * `id`: required, integer
          * `node_id`: required, string
          * `name`: required, string
          * `slug`: required, string
          * `created_at`: required, string or null, format: date-time
          * `updated_at`: required, string or null, format: date-time
          * `avatar_url`: required, string, format: uri
      * `name`: required, string
      * `description`: required, string or null
      * `external_url`: required, string, format: uri
      * `html_url`: required, string, format: uri
      * `created_at`: required, string, format: date-time
      * `updated_at`: required, string, format: date-time
      * `permissions`: required, object, additional properties: string:
        * `issues`: string
        * `checks`: string
        * `metadata`: string
        * `contents`: string
        * `deployments`: string
      * `events`: required, array of string
      * `installations_count`: integer
  * `pinned_comment`: any of:
    * **null**
    * **Issue Comment**
      * `id`: required, integer, format: int64
      * `node_id`: required, string
      * `url`: required, string, format: uri
      * `body`: string
      * `body_text`: string
      * `body_html`: string
      * `html_url`: required, string, format: uri
      * `user`: required, any of:
        * **null**
        * **Simple User** (see above)
      * `created_at`: required, string, format: date-time
      * `updated_at`: required, string, format: date-time
      * `issue_url`: required, string, format: uri
      * `author_association`: string, enum: `COLLABORATOR`, `CONTRIBUTOR`, `FIRST_TIMER`, `FIRST_TIME_CONTRIBUTOR`, `MANNEQUIN`, `MEMBER`, `NONE`, `OWNER`
      * `performed_via_github_app`: any of:
        * **null**
        * **GitHub app** (see above)
      * `reactions`: `Reaction Rollup`:
        * `url`: required, string, format: uri
        * `total_count`: required, integer
        * `+1`: required, integer
        * `-1`: required, integer
        * `laugh`: required, integer
        * `confused`: required, integer
        * `heart`: required, integer
        * `hooray`: required, integer
        * `eyes`: required, integer
        * `rocket`: required, integer
      * `pin`: any of:
        * **null**
        * **Pinned Issue Comment**
          * `pinned_at`: required, string, format: date-time
          * `pinned_by`: required, any of:
            * **null**
            * **Simple User** (see above)
      * `minimized`: any of:
        * **null**
        * **Minimized Issue Comment**
          * `reason`: required, string or null
  * `reactions`: `Reaction Rollup` (see above)
* `search_type`: required, string, enum: `lexical`, `semantic`, `hybrid`
* `lexical_fallback_reason`: array of string, enum: `no_text_terms`, `quoted_text`, `non_issue_target`, `or_boolean_not_supported`, `no_accessible_repos`, `server_error`, `only_non_semantic_fields_requested`, `service_unavailable`

#### Example 2: Status Code 200

**Request:**

```curl
curl -L \
  -X GET \
  http(s)://HOSTNAME/api/v3/search/issues
```

**Response schema (Status: 200):**

* `total_count`: required, integer
* `incomplete_results`: required, boolean
* `items`: required, array of `Issue Search Result Item`:
  * `url`: required, string, format: uri
  * `repository_url`: required, string, format: uri
  * `labels_url`: required, string
  * `comments_url`: required, string, format: uri
  * `events_url`: required, string, format: uri
  * `html_url`: required, string, format: uri
  * `id`: required, integer, format: int64
  * `node_id`: required, string
  * `number`: required, integer
  * `title`: required, string
  * `locked`: required, boolean
  * `active_lock_reason`: string or null
  * `assignees`: array of `Simple User` or null:
    * `name`: string or null
    * `email`: string or null
    * `login`: required, string
    * `id`: required, integer, format: int64
    * `node_id`: required, string
    * `avatar_url`: required, string, format: uri
    * `gravatar_id`: required, string or null
    * `url`: required, string, format: uri
    * `html_url`: required, string, format: uri
    * `followers_url`: required, string, format: uri
    * `following_url`: required, string
    * `gists_url`: required, string
    * `starred_url`: required, string
    * `subscriptions_url`: required, string, format: uri
    * `organizations_url`: required, string, format: uri
    * `repos_url`: required, string, format: uri
    * `events_url`: required, string
    * `received_events_url`: required, string, format: uri
    * `type`: required, string
    * `site_admin`: required, boolean
    * `starred_at`: string
    * `user_view_type`: string
  * `user`: required, any of:
    * **null**
    * **Simple User** (see above)
  * `labels`: required, array of objects:
    * `id`: integer, format: int64
    * `node_id`: string
    * `url`: string
    * `name`: string
    * `color`: string
    * `default`: boolean
    * `description`: string or null
  * `sub_issues_summary`: `Sub-issues Summary`:
    * `total`: required, integer
    * `completed`: required, integer
    * `percent_completed`: required, integer
  * `issue_dependencies_summary`: `Issue Dependencies Summary`:
    * `blocked_by`: required, integer
    * `blocking`: required, integer
    * `total_blocked_by`: required, integer
    * `total_blocking`: required, integer
  * `issue_field_values`: array of `Issue Field Value`:
    * `issue_field_id`: required, integer, format: int64
    * `issue_field_name`: string
    * `node_id`: required, string
    * `data_type`: required, string, enum: `text`, `single_select`, `multi_select`, `number`, `date`
    * `value`: required, any of:
      * **string**
      * **number**
      * **integer**
    * `single_select_option`: object or null:
      * `id`: required, integer, format: int64
      * `name`: required, string
      * `color`: required, string
    * `multi_select_options`: array of objects or null:
      * `id`: required, integer, format: int64
      * `name`: required, string
      * `color`: required, string
  * `state`: required, string
  * `state_reason`: string or null
  * `assignee`: required, any of:
    * **null**
    * **Simple User** (see above)
  * `milestone`: required, any of:
    * **null**
    * **Milestone**
      * `url`: required, string, format: uri
      * `html_url`: required, string, format: uri
      * `labels_url`: required, string, format: uri
      * `id`: required, integer
      * `node_id`: required, string
      * `number`: required, integer
      * `state`: required, string, enum: `open`, `closed`, default: `"open"`
      * `title`: required, string
      * `description`: required, string or null
      * `creator`: required, any of:
        * **null**
        * **Simple User** (see above)
      * `open_issues`: required, integer
      * `closed_issues`: required, integer
      * `created_at`: required, string, format: date-time
      * `updated_at`: required, string, format: date-time
      * `closed_at`: required, string or null, format: date-time
      * `due_on`: required, string or null, format: date-time
  * `comments`: required, integer
  * `created_at`: required, string, format: date-time
  * `updated_at`: required, string, format: date-time
  * `closed_at`: required, string or null, format: date-time
  * `text_matches`: array of objects:
    * `object_url`: string
    * `object_type`: string or null
    * `property`: string
    * `fragment`: string
    * `matches`: array of objects:
      * `text`: string
      * `indices`: array of integer
  * `pull_request`: object:
    * `merged_at`: string or null, format: date-time
    * `diff_url`: required, string or null, format: uri
    * `html_url`: required, string or null, format: uri
    * `patch_url`: required, string or null, format: uri
    * `url`: required, string or null, format: uri
  * `body`: string
  * `score`: required, number
  * `author_association`: required, string, enum: `COLLABORATOR`, `CONTRIBUTOR`, `FIRST_TIMER`, `FIRST_TIME_CONTRIBUTOR`, `MANNEQUIN`, `MEMBER`, `NONE`, `OWNER`
  * `draft`: boolean
  * `repository`: `Repository`:
    * `id`: required, integer, format: int64
    * `node_id`: required, string
    * `name`: required, string
    * `full_name`: required, string
    * `license`: required, any of:
      * **null**
      * **License Simple**
        * `key`: required, string
        * `name`: required, string
        * `url`: required, string or null, format: uri
        * `spdx_id`: required, string or null
        * `node_id`: required, string
        * `html_url`: string, format: uri
    * `forks`: required, integer
    * `permissions`: object:
      * `admin`: required, boolean
      * `pull`: required, boolean
      * `triage`: boolean
      * `push`: required, boolean
      * `maintain`: boolean
    * `owner`: required, `Simple User` (see above)
    * `private`: required, boolean, default: `false`
    * `html_url`: required, string, format: uri
    * `description`: required, string or null
    * `fork`: required, boolean
    * `url`: required, string, format: uri
    * `archive_url`: required, string
    * `assignees_url`: required, string
    * `blobs_url`: required, string
    * `branches_url`: required, string
    * `collaborators_url`: required, string
    * `comments_url`: required, string
    * `commits_url`: required, string
    * `compare_url`: required, string
    * `contents_url`: required, string
    * `contributors_url`: required, string, format: uri
    * `deployments_url`: required, string, format: uri
    * `downloads_url`: required, string, format: uri
    * `events_url`: required, string, format: uri
    * `forks_url`: required, string, format: uri
    * `git_commits_url`: required, string
    * `git_refs_url`: required, string
    * `git_tags_url`: required, string
    * `git_url`: required, string
    * `issue_comment_url`: required, string
    * `issue_events_url`: required, string
    * `issues_url`: required, string
    * `keys_url`: required, string
    * `labels_url`: required, string
    * `languages_url`: required, string, format: uri
    * `merges_url`: required, string, format: uri
    * `milestones_url`: required, string
    * `notifications_url`: required, string
    * `pulls_url`: required, string
    * `releases_url`: required, string
    * `ssh_url`: required, string
    * `stargazers_url`: required, string, format: uri
    * `statuses_url`: required, string
    * `subscribers_url`: required, string, format: uri
    * `subscription_url`: required, string, format: uri
    * `tags_url`: required, string, format: uri
    * `teams_url`: required, string, format: uri
    * `trees_url`: required, string
    * `clone_url`: required, string
    * `mirror_url`: required, string or null, format: uri
    * `hooks_url`: required, string, format: uri
    * `svn_url`: required, string, format: uri
    * `homepage`: required, string or null, format: uri
    * `language`: required, string or null
    * `forks_count`: required, integer
    * `stargazers_count`: required, integer
    * `watchers_count`: required, integer
    * `size`: required, integer
    * `default_branch`: required, string
    * `open_issues_count`: required, integer
    * `is_template`: boolean, default: `false`
    * `topics`: array of string
    * `has_issues`: required, boolean, default: `true`
    * `has_projects`: required, boolean, default: `true`
    * `has_wiki`: required, boolean, default: `true`
    * `has_pages`: required, boolean
    * `has_downloads`: required, boolean, default: `true`, deprecated
    * `has_discussions`: boolean, default: `false`
    * `has_pull_requests`: boolean, default: `true`
    * `pull_request_creation_policy`: string, enum: `all`, `collaborators_only`
    * `archived`: required, boolean, default: `false`
    * `disabled`: required, boolean
    * `visibility`: string, default: `"public"`
    * `pushed_at`: required, string or null, format: date-time
    * `created_at`: required, string or null, format: date-time
    * `updated_at`: required, string or null, format: date-time
    * `allow_rebase_merge`: boolean, default: `true`
    * `temp_clone_token`: string
    * `allow_squash_merge`: boolean, default: `true`
    * `allow_auto_merge`: boolean, default: `false`
    * `delete_branch_on_merge`: boolean, default: `false`
    * `allow_update_branch`: boolean, default: `false`
    * `use_squash_pr_title_as_default`: boolean, default: `false`, deprecated
    * `squash_merge_commit_title`: string, enum: `PR_TITLE`, `COMMIT_OR_PR_TITLE`
    * `squash_merge_commit_message`: string, enum: `PR_BODY`, `COMMIT_MESSAGES`, `BLANK`
    * `merge_commit_title`: string, enum: `PR_TITLE`, `MERGE_MESSAGE`
    * `merge_commit_message`: string, enum: `PR_BODY`, `PR_TITLE`, `BLANK`
    * `allow_merge_commit`: boolean, default: `true`
    * `allow_forking`: boolean
    * `web_commit_signoff_required`: boolean, default: `false`
    * `open_issues`: required, integer
    * `watchers`: required, integer
    * `master_branch`: string
    * `starred_at`: string
    * `anonymous_access_enabled`: boolean
    * `code_search_index_status`: object:
      * `lexical_search_ok`: boolean
      * `lexical_commit_sha`: string
  * `body_html`: string
  * `body_text`: string
  * `timeline_url`: string, format: uri
  * `type`: `Issue Type`:
    * `id`: required, integer
    * `node_id`: required, string
    * `name`: required, string
    * `description`: required, string or null
    * `color`: string or null, enum: `gray`, `blue`, `green`, `yellow`, `orange`, `red`, `pink`, `purple`, `null`
    * `created_at`: string, format: date-time
    * `updated_at`: string, format: date-time
    * `is_enabled`: boolean
  * `performed_via_github_app`: any of:
    * **null**
    * **GitHub app**
      * `id`: required, integer
      * `slug`: string
      * `node_id`: required, string
      * `client_id`: string
      * `owner`: required, one of:
        * **Simple User** (see above)
        * **Enterprise**
          * `description`: string or null
          * `html_url`: required, string, format: uri
          * `website_url`: string or null, format: uri
          * `id`: required, integer
          * `node_id`: required, string
          * `name`: required, string
          * `slug`: required, string
          * `created_at`: required, string or null, format: date-time
          * `updated_at`: required, string or null, format: date-time
          * `avatar_url`: required, string, format: uri
      * `name`: required, string
      * `description`: required, string or null
      * `external_url`: required, string, format: uri
      * `html_url`: required, string, format: uri
      * `created_at`: required, string, format: date-time
      * `updated_at`: required, string, format: date-time
      * `permissions`: required, object, additional properties: string:
        * `issues`: string
        * `checks`: string
        * `metadata`: string
        * `contents`: string
        * `deployments`: string
      * `events`: required, array of string
      * `installations_count`: integer
  * `pinned_comment`: any of:
    * **null**
    * **Issue Comment**
      * `id`: required, integer, format: int64
      * `node_id`: required, string
      * `url`: required, string, format: uri
      * `body`: string
      * `body_text`: string
      * `body_html`: string
      * `html_url`: required, string, format: uri
      * `user`: required, any of:
        * **null**
        * **Simple User** (see above)
      * `created_at`: required, string, format: date-time
      * `updated_at`: required, string, format: date-time
      * `issue_url`: required, string, format: uri
      * `author_association`: string, enum: `COLLABORATOR`, `CONTRIBUTOR`, `FIRST_TIMER`, `FIRST_TIME_CONTRIBUTOR`, `MANNEQUIN`, `MEMBER`, `NONE`, `OWNER`
      * `performed_via_github_app`: any of:
        * **null**
        * **GitHub app** (see above)
      * `reactions`: `Reaction Rollup`:
        * `url`: required, string, format: uri
        * `total_count`: required, integer
        * `+1`: required, integer
        * `-1`: required, integer
        * `laugh`: required, integer
        * `confused`: required, integer
        * `heart`: required, integer
        * `hooray`: required, integer
        * `eyes`: required, integer
        * `rocket`: required, integer
      * `pin`: any of:
        * **null**
        * **Pinned Issue Comment**
          * `pinned_at`: required, string, format: date-time
          * `pinned_by`: required, any of:
            * **null**
            * **Simple User** (see above)
      * `minimized`: any of:
        * **null**
        * **Minimized Issue Comment**
          * `reason`: required, string or null
  * `reactions`: `Reaction Rollup` (see above)
* `search_type`: required, string, enum: `lexical`, `semantic`, `hybrid`
* `lexical_fallback_reason`: array of string, enum: `no_text_terms`, `quoted_text`, `non_issue_target`, `or_boolean_not_supported`, `no_accessible_repos`, `server_error`, `only_non_semantic_fields_requested`, `service_unavailable`

## Search labels

```
GET /search/labels
```

Find labels in a repository with names or descriptions that match search keywords. Returns up to 100 results per page.
When searching for labels, you can get text match metadata for the label name and description fields when you pass the text-match media type. For more details about how to receive highlighted search results, see Text match metadata.
For example, if you want to find labels in the linguist repository that match bug, defect, or enhancement. Your query might look like this:
q=bug+defect+enhancement\&repository\_id=64778136
The labels that best match the query appear first in the search results.

### Parameters

#### Headers

* **`accept`** (string)
  Setting to `application/vnd.github+json` is recommended.

#### Path and query parameters

* **`repository_id`** (integer) (required)
  The id of the repository.

* **`q`** (string) (required)
  The search keywords. This endpoint does not accept qualifiers in the query. To learn more about the format of the query, see Constructing a search query.

* **`sort`** (string)
  Sorts the results of your query by when the label was created or updated. Default: best match
  Can be one of: `created`, `updated`

* **`order`** (string)
  Determines whether the first search result returned is the highest number of matches (desc) or lowest number of matches (asc). This parameter is ignored unless you provide sort.
  Default: `desc`
  Can be one of: `desc`, `asc`

* **`per_page`** (integer)
  The number of results per page (max 100). For more information, see "Using pagination in the REST API."
  Default: `30`

* **`page`** (integer)
  The page number of the results to fetch. For more information, see "Using pagination in the REST API."
  Default: `1`

### HTTP response status codes

* **200** - OK

* **304** - Not modified

* **403** - Forbidden

* **404** - Resource not found

* **422** - Validation failed, or the endpoint has been spammed.

### Code examples

#### Example

**Request:**

```curl
curl -L \
  -X GET \
  http(s)://HOSTNAME/api/v3/search/labels
```

**Response schema (Status: 200):**

* `total_count`: required, integer
* `incomplete_results`: required, boolean
* `items`: required, array of `Label Search Result Item`:
  * `id`: required, integer
  * `node_id`: required, string
  * `url`: required, string, format: uri
  * `name`: required, string
  * `color`: required, string
  * `default`: required, boolean
  * `description`: required, string or null
  * `score`: required, number
  * `text_matches`: array of objects:
    * `object_url`: string
    * `object_type`: string or null
    * `property`: string
    * `fragment`: string
    * `matches`: array of objects:
      * `text`: string
      * `indices`: array of integer

## Search repositories

```
GET /search/repositories
```

Find repositories via various criteria. This method returns up to 100 results per page.
When searching for repositories, you can get text match metadata for the name and description fields when you pass the text-match media type. For more details about how to receive highlighted search results, see Text match metadata.
For example, if you want to search for popular Tetris repositories written in assembly code, your query might look like this:
q=tetris+language:assembly\&sort=stars\&order=desc
This query searches for repositories with the word tetris in the name, the description, or the README. The results are limited to repositories where the primary language is assembly. The results are sorted by stars in descending order, so that the most popular repositories appear first in the search results.

### Parameters

#### Headers

* **`accept`** (string)
  Setting to `application/vnd.github+json` is recommended.

#### Path and query parameters

* **`q`** (string) (required)
  The query contains one or more search keywords and qualifiers. Qualifiers allow you to limit your search to specific areas of GitHub Enterprise Server. The REST API supports the same qualifiers as the web interface for GitHub Enterprise Server. To learn more about the format of the query, see Constructing a search query. See "Searching for repositories" for a detailed list of qualifiers.

* **`sort`** (string)
  Sorts the results of your query by number of stars, forks, or help-wanted-issues or how recently the items were updated. Default: best match
  Can be one of: `stars`, `forks`, `help-wanted-issues`, `updated`

* **`order`** (string)
  Determines whether the first search result returned is the highest number of matches (desc) or lowest number of matches (asc). This parameter is ignored unless you provide sort.
  Default: `desc`
  Can be one of: `desc`, `asc`

* **`per_page`** (integer)
  The number of results per page (max 100). For more information, see "Using pagination in the REST API."
  Default: `30`

* **`page`** (integer)
  The page number of the results to fetch. For more information, see "Using pagination in the REST API."
  Default: `1`

### HTTP response status codes

* **200** - OK

* **304** - Not modified

* **422** - Validation failed, or the endpoint has been spammed.

* **503** - Service unavailable

### Code examples

#### Example

**Request:**

```curl
curl -L \
  -X GET \
  http(s)://HOSTNAME/api/v3/search/repositories
```

**Response schema (Status: 200):**

* `total_count`: required, integer
* `incomplete_results`: required, boolean
* `items`: required, array of `Repo Search Result Item`:
  * `id`: required, integer
  * `node_id`: required, string
  * `name`: required, string
  * `full_name`: required, string
  * `owner`: required, any of:
    * **null**
    * **Simple User**
      * `name`: string or null
      * `email`: string or null
      * `login`: required, string
      * `id`: required, integer, format: int64
      * `node_id`: required, string
      * `avatar_url`: required, string, format: uri
      * `gravatar_id`: required, string or null
      * `url`: required, string, format: uri
      * `html_url`: required, string, format: uri
      * `followers_url`: required, string, format: uri
      * `following_url`: required, string
      * `gists_url`: required, string
      * `starred_url`: required, string
      * `subscriptions_url`: required, string, format: uri
      * `organizations_url`: required, string, format: uri
      * `repos_url`: required, string, format: uri
      * `events_url`: required, string
      * `received_events_url`: required, string, format: uri
      * `type`: required, string
      * `site_admin`: required, boolean
      * `starred_at`: string
      * `user_view_type`: string
  * `private`: required, boolean
  * `html_url`: required, string, format: uri
  * `description`: required, string or null
  * `fork`: required, boolean
  * `url`: required, string, format: uri
  * `created_at`: required, string, format: date-time
  * `updated_at`: required, string, format: date-time
  * `pushed_at`: required, string, format: date-time
  * `homepage`: required, string or null, format: uri
  * `size`: required, integer
  * `stargazers_count`: required, integer
  * `watchers_count`: required, integer
  * `language`: required, string or null
  * `forks_count`: required, integer
  * `open_issues_count`: required, integer
  * `master_branch`: string
  * `default_branch`: required, string
  * `score`: required, number
  * `forks_url`: required, string, format: uri
  * `keys_url`: required, string
  * `collaborators_url`: required, string
  * `teams_url`: required, string, format: uri
  * `hooks_url`: required, string, format: uri
  * `issue_events_url`: required, string
  * `events_url`: required, string, format: uri
  * `assignees_url`: required, string
  * `branches_url`: required, string
  * `tags_url`: required, string, format: uri
  * `blobs_url`: required, string
  * `git_tags_url`: required, string
  * `git_refs_url`: required, string
  * `trees_url`: required, string
  * `statuses_url`: required, string
  * `languages_url`: required, string, format: uri
  * `stargazers_url`: required, string, format: uri
  * `contributors_url`: required, string, format: uri
  * `subscribers_url`: required, string, format: uri
  * `subscription_url`: required, string, format: uri
  * `commits_url`: required, string
  * `git_commits_url`: required, string
  * `comments_url`: required, string
  * `issue_comment_url`: required, string
  * `contents_url`: required, string
  * `compare_url`: required, string
  * `merges_url`: required, string, format: uri
  * `archive_url`: required, string
  * `downloads_url`: required, string, format: uri
  * `issues_url`: required, string
  * `pulls_url`: required, string
  * `milestones_url`: required, string
  * `notifications_url`: required, string
  * `labels_url`: required, string
  * `releases_url`: required, string
  * `deployments_url`: required, string, format: uri
  * `git_url`: required, string
  * `ssh_url`: required, string
  * `clone_url`: required, string
  * `svn_url`: required, string, format: uri
  * `forks`: required, integer
  * `open_issues`: required, integer
  * `watchers`: required, integer
  * `topics`: array of string
  * `mirror_url`: required, string or null, format: uri
  * `has_issues`: required, boolean
  * `has_projects`: required, boolean
  * `has_pages`: required, boolean
  * `has_wiki`: required, boolean
  * `has_downloads`: required, boolean
  * `has_discussions`: boolean
  * `has_pull_requests`: boolean
  * `pull_request_creation_policy`: string, enum: `all`, `collaborators_only`
  * `archived`: required, boolean
  * `disabled`: required, boolean
  * `visibility`: string
  * `license`: required, any of:
    * **null**
    * **License Simple**
      * `key`: required, string
      * `name`: required, string
      * `url`: required, string or null, format: uri
      * `spdx_id`: required, string or null
      * `node_id`: required, string
      * `html_url`: string, format: uri
  * `permissions`: object:
    * `admin`: required, boolean
    * `maintain`: boolean
    * `push`: required, boolean
    * `triage`: boolean
    * `pull`: required, boolean
  * `text_matches`: array of objects:
    * `object_url`: string
    * `object_type`: string or null
    * `property`: string
    * `fragment`: string
    * `matches`: array of objects:
      * `text`: string
      * `indices`: array of integer
  * `temp_clone_token`: string
  * `allow_merge_commit`: boolean
  * `allow_squash_merge`: boolean
  * `allow_rebase_merge`: boolean
  * `allow_auto_merge`: boolean
  * `delete_branch_on_merge`: boolean
  * `allow_forking`: boolean
  * `is_template`: boolean
  * `web_commit_signoff_required`: boolean

## Search topics

```
GET /search/topics
```

Find topics via various criteria. Results are sorted by best match. This method returns up to 100 results per page. See "Searching topics" for a detailed list of qualifiers.
When searching for topics, you can get text match metadata for the topic's short\_description, description, name, or display\_name field when you pass the text-match media type. For more details about how to receive highlighted search results, see Text match metadata.
For example, if you want to search for topics related to Ruby that are featured on <https://github.com/topics>. Your query might look like this:
q=ruby+is:featured
This query searches for topics with the keyword ruby and limits the results to find only topics that are featured. The topics that are the best match for the query appear first in the search results.

### Parameters

#### Headers

* **`accept`** (string)
  Setting to `application/vnd.github+json` is recommended.

#### Path and query parameters

* **`q`** (string) (required)
  The query contains one or more search keywords and qualifiers. Qualifiers allow you to limit your search to specific areas of GitHub Enterprise Server. The REST API supports the same qualifiers as the web interface for GitHub Enterprise Server. To learn more about the format of the query, see Constructing a search query.

* **`per_page`** (integer)
  The number of results per page (max 100). For more information, see "Using pagination in the REST API."
  Default: `30`

* **`page`** (integer)
  The page number of the results to fetch. For more information, see "Using pagination in the REST API."
  Default: `1`

### HTTP response status codes

* **200** - OK

* **304** - Not modified

### Code examples

#### Example

**Request:**

```curl
curl -L \
  -X GET \
  http(s)://HOSTNAME/api/v3/search/topics
```

**Response schema (Status: 200):**

* `total_count`: required, integer
* `incomplete_results`: required, boolean
* `items`: required, array of `Topic Search Result Item`:
  * `name`: required, string
  * `display_name`: required, string or null
  * `short_description`: required, string or null
  * `description`: required, string or null
  * `created_by`: required, string or null
  * `released`: required, string or null
  * `created_at`: required, string, format: date-time
  * `updated_at`: required, string, format: date-time
  * `featured`: required, boolean
  * `curated`: required, boolean
  * `score`: required, number
  * `repository_count`: integer or null
  * `logo_url`: string or null, format: uri
  * `text_matches`: array of objects:
    * `object_url`: string
    * `object_type`: string or null
    * `property`: string
    * `fragment`: string
    * `matches`: array of objects:
      * `text`: string
      * `indices`: array of integer
  * `related`: array of objects or null:
    * `topic_relation`: object:
      * `id`: integer
      * `name`: string
      * `topic_id`: integer
      * `relation_type`: string
  * `aliases`: array of objects or null:
    * `topic_relation`: object:
      * `id`: integer
      * `name`: string
      * `topic_id`: integer
      * `relation_type`: string

## Search users

```
GET /search/users
```

Find users via various criteria. This method returns up to 100 results per page.
When searching for users, you can get text match metadata for the issue login, public email, and name fields when you pass the text-match media type. For more details about highlighting search results, see Text match metadata. For more details about how to receive highlighted search results, see Text match metadata.
For example, if you're looking for a list of popular users, you might try this query:
q=tom+repos:%3E42+followers:%3E1000
This query searches for users with the name tom. The results are restricted to users with more than 42 repositories and over 1,000 followers.
This endpoint does not accept authentication and will only include publicly visible users. As an alternative, you can use the GraphQL API. The GraphQL API requires authentication and will return private users, including Enterprise Managed Users (EMUs), that you are authorized to view. For more information, see "GraphQL Queries."

### Parameters

#### Headers

* **`accept`** (string)
  Setting to `application/vnd.github+json` is recommended.

#### Path and query parameters

* **`q`** (string) (required)
  The query contains one or more search keywords and qualifiers. Qualifiers allow you to limit your search to specific areas of GitHub Enterprise Server. The REST API supports the same qualifiers as the web interface for GitHub Enterprise Server. To learn more about the format of the query, see Constructing a search query. See "Searching users" for a detailed list of qualifiers.

* **`sort`** (string)
  Sorts the results of your query by number of followers or repositories, or when the person joined GitHub Enterprise Server. Default: best match
  Can be one of: `followers`, `repositories`, `joined`

* **`order`** (string)
  Determines whether the first search result returned is the highest number of matches (desc) or lowest number of matches (asc). This parameter is ignored unless you provide sort.
  Default: `desc`
  Can be one of: `desc`, `asc`

* **`per_page`** (integer)
  The number of results per page (max 100). For more information, see "Using pagination in the REST API."
  Default: `30`

* **`page`** (integer)
  The page number of the results to fetch. For more information, see "Using pagination in the REST API."
  Default: `1`

### HTTP response status codes

* **200** - OK

* **304** - Not modified

* **422** - Validation failed, or the endpoint has been spammed.

* **503** - Service unavailable

### Code examples

#### Example

**Request:**

```curl
curl -L \
  -X GET \
  http(s)://HOSTNAME/api/v3/search/users
```

**Response schema (Status: 200):**

* `total_count`: required, integer
* `incomplete_results`: required, boolean
* `items`: required, array of `User Search Result Item`:
  * `login`: required, string
  * `id`: required, integer, format: int64
  * `node_id`: required, string
  * `avatar_url`: required, string, format: uri
  * `gravatar_id`: required, string or null
  * `url`: required, string, format: uri
  * `html_url`: required, string, format: uri
  * `followers_url`: required, string, format: uri
  * `subscriptions_url`: required, string, format: uri
  * `organizations_url`: required, string, format: uri
  * `repos_url`: required, string, format: uri
  * `received_events_url`: required, string, format: uri
  * `type`: required, string
  * `score`: required, number
  * `following_url`: required, string
  * `gists_url`: required, string
  * `starred_url`: required, string
  * `events_url`: required, string
  * `public_repos`: integer
  * `public_gists`: integer
  * `followers`: integer
  * `following`: integer
  * `created_at`: string, format: date-time
  * `updated_at`: string, format: date-time
  * `name`: string or null
  * `bio`: string or null
  * `email`: string or null, format: email
  * `location`: string or null
  * `site_admin`: required, boolean
  * `hireable`: boolean or null
  * `text_matches`: array of objects:
    * `object_url`: string
    * `object_type`: string or null
    * `property`: string
    * `fragment`: string
    * `matches`: array of objects:
      * `text`: string
      * `indices`: array of integer
  * `blog`: string or null
  * `company`: string or null
  * `suspended_at`: string or null, format: date-time
  * `user_view_type`: string