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Gists

Gist API 允许授权用户在 GitHub 上列出、创建、更新和删除公共 gist。

关于 Gist API

通过 Gist API，可以查看和修改 Gist。 有关 Gist 的详细信息，请参阅“使用 Gist 编辑和共享内容”。

身份验证

可以匿名读取公共 Gist 并为没有令牌的匿名用户创建它们。要代表用户读取或写入 Gist，需要 Gist OAuth 作用域和令牌。 有关详细信息，请参阅“OAuth 应用的作用域”。

截断

Gist API 为 Gist 中的每个文件提供最多一兆字节的内容。 通过 API 为 Gist 返回的每个文件都有一个名为 truncated 的密钥。 如果 truncated 是 true，则文件太大，仅返回了 content 部分内容。

如果需要文件的完整内容，可以向 raw_url 指定的 URL 发出 GET 请求。 请注意，对于超过十兆字节的文件，需要通过 git_pull_url 提供的 URL 克隆 Gist。

除了特定文件的内容被截断外，如果文件总数超过 300 个，则整个文件列表也可能被截断。 如果顶层 truncated 键为 true，则仅返回文件列表中的前 300 个文件。 如果需要获取 Gist 的所有文件，需要通过 git_pull_url 提供的 URL 克隆 Gist。

Gist 的自定义媒体类型

以下是获取 Gist 内容所支持的媒体类型。

application/vnd.github.raw
application/vnd.github.base64

有关详细信息，请参阅“媒体类型”。

List gists for the authenticated user

Lists the authenticated user's gists or if called anonymously, this endpoint returns all public gists:

Parameters

Headers
acceptstring

Setting to application/vnd.github+json is recommended.

Query parameters
sincestring

Only show notifications updated after the given time. This is a timestamp in ISO 8601 format: YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM:SSZ.

per_pageinteger

The number of results per page (max 100).

Default: 30

pageinteger

Page number of the results to fetch.

Default: 1

HTTP response status codes

Status codeDescription
200

OK

304

Not modified

403

Forbidden

Code samples

get/gists
curl \ -H "Accept: application/vnd.github+json" \ -H "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR-TOKEN>" \ http(s)://HOSTNAME/api/v3/gists

Response

Status: 200
[ { "url": "https://api.github.com/gists/aa5a315d61ae9438b18d", "forks_url": "https://api.github.com/gists/aa5a315d61ae9438b18d/forks", "commits_url": "https://api.github.com/gists/aa5a315d61ae9438b18d/commits", "id": "aa5a315d61ae9438b18d", "node_id": "MDQ6R2lzdGFhNWEzMTVkNjFhZTk0MzhiMThk", "git_pull_url": "https://gist.github.com/aa5a315d61ae9438b18d.git", "git_push_url": "https://gist.github.com/aa5a315d61ae9438b18d.git", "html_url": "https://gist.github.com/aa5a315d61ae9438b18d", "files": { "hello_world.rb": { "filename": "hello_world.rb", "type": "application/x-ruby", "language": "Ruby", "raw_url": "https://gist.githubusercontent.com/octocat/6cad326836d38bd3a7ae/raw/db9c55113504e46fa076e7df3a04ce592e2e86d8/hello_world.rb", "size": 167 } }, "public": true, "created_at": "2010-04-14T02:15:15Z", "updated_at": "2011-06-20T11:34:15Z", "description": "Hello World Examples", "comments": 0, "user": null, "comments_url": "https://api.github.com/gists/aa5a315d61ae9438b18d/comments/", "owner": { "login": "octocat", "id": 1, "node_id": "MDQ6VXNlcjE=", "avatar_url": "https://github.com/images/error/octocat_happy.gif", "gravatar_id": "", "url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat", "html_url": "https://github.com/octocat", "followers_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/followers", "following_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/following{/other_user}", "gists_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/gists{/gist_id}", "starred_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/starred{/owner}{/repo}", "subscriptions_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/subscriptions", "organizations_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/orgs", "repos_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/repos", "events_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/events{/privacy}", "received_events_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/received_events", "type": "User", "site_admin": false }, "truncated": false } ]

Create a gist

Allows you to add a new gist with one or more files.

Note: Don't name your files "gistfile" with a numerical suffix. This is the format of the automatic naming scheme that Gist uses internally.

Parameters

Headers
acceptstring

Setting to application/vnd.github+json is recommended.

Body parameters
descriptionstring

Description of the gist

filesobjectRequired

Names and content for the files that make up the gist

keyobject

A user-defined key to represent an item in files.

contentstringRequired

Content of the file

publicboolean or string

Flag indicating whether the gist is public

HTTP response status codes

Status codeDescription
201

Created

304

Not modified

403

Forbidden

404

Resource not found

422

Validation failed, or the endpoint has been spammed.

Code samples

post/gists
curl \ -X POST \ -H "Accept: application/vnd.github+json" \ -H "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR-TOKEN>" \ http(s)://HOSTNAME/api/v3/gists \ -d '{"description":"Example of a gist","public":false,"files":{"README.md":{"content":"Hello World"}}}'

Response

Status: 201
{ "url": "https://api.github.com/gists/2decf6c462d9b4418f2", "forks_url": "https://api.github.com/gists/2decf6c462d9b4418f2/forks", "commits_url": "https://api.github.com/gists/2decf6c462d9b4418f2/commits", "id": "2decf6c462d9b4418f2", "node_id": "G_kwDOBhHyLdZDliNDQxOGYy", "git_pull_url": "https://gist.github.com/2decf6c462d9b4418f2.git", "git_push_url": "https://gist.github.com/2decf6c462d9b4418f2.git", "html_url": "https://gist.github.com/2decf6c462d9b4418f2", "files": { "README.md": { "filename": "README.md", "type": "text/markdown", "language": "Markdown", "raw_url": "https://gist.githubusercontent.com/monalisa/2decf6c462d9b4418f2/raw/ac3e6daf176fafe73609fd000cd188e4472010fb/README.md", "size": 23, "truncated": false, "content": "Hello world from GitHub" } }, "public": true, "created_at": "2022-09-20T12:11:58Z", "updated_at": "2022-09-21T10:28:06Z", "description": "An updated gist description.", "comments": 0, "user": null, "comments_url": "https://api.github.com/gists/2decf6c462d9b4418f2/comments", "owner": { "login": "monalisa", "id": 104456405, "node_id": "U_kgDOBhHyLQ", "avatar_url": "https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/104456405?v=4", "gravatar_id": "", "url": "https://api.github.com/users/monalisa", "html_url": "https://github.com/monalisa", "followers_url": "https://api.github.com/users/monalisa/followers", "following_url": "https://api.github.com/users/monalisa/following{/other_user}", "gists_url": "https://api.github.com/users/monalisa/gists{/gist_id}", "starred_url": "https://api.github.com/users/monalisa/starred{/owner}{/repo}", "subscriptions_url": "https://api.github.com/users/monalisa/subscriptions", "organizations_url": "https://api.github.com/users/monalisa/orgs", "repos_url": "https://api.github.com/users/monalisa/repos", "events_url": "https://api.github.com/users/monalisa/events{/privacy}", "received_events_url": "https://api.github.com/users/monalisa/received_events", "type": "User", "site_admin": true }, "forks": [], "history": [ { "user": { "login": "monalisa", "id": 104456405, "node_id": "U_kgyLQ", "avatar_url": "https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/104456405?v=4", "gravatar_id": "", "url": "https://api.github.com/users/monalisa", "html_url": "https://github.com/monalisa", "followers_url": "https://api.github.com/users/monalisa/followers", "following_url": "https://api.github.com/users/monalisa/following{/other_user}", "gists_url": "https://api.github.com/users/monalisa/gists{/gist_id}", "starred_url": "https://api.github.com/users/monalisa/starred{/owner}{/repo}", "subscriptions_url": "https://api.github.com/users/monalisa/subscriptions", "organizations_url": "https://api.github.com/users/monalisa/orgs", "repos_url": "https://api.github.com/users/monalisa/repos", "events_url": "https://api.github.com/users/monalisa/events{/privacy}", "received_events_url": "https://api.github.com/users/monalisa/received_events", "type": "User", "site_admin": true }, "version": "468aac8caed5f0c3b859b8286968", "committed_at": "2022-09-21T10:28:06Z", "change_status": { "total": 2, "additions": 1, "deletions": 1 }, "url": "https://api.github.com/gists/8481a81af6b7a2d418f2/468aac8caed5f0c3b859b8286968" } ], "truncated": false }

List public gists

List public gists sorted by most recently updated to least recently updated.

Note: With pagination, you can fetch up to 3000 gists. For example, you can fetch 100 pages with 30 gists per page or 30 pages with 100 gists per page.

Parameters

Headers
acceptstring

Setting to application/vnd.github+json is recommended.

Query parameters
sincestring

Only show notifications updated after the given time. This is a timestamp in ISO 8601 format: YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM:SSZ.

per_pageinteger

The number of results per page (max 100).

Default: 30

pageinteger

Page number of the results to fetch.

Default: 1

HTTP response status codes

Status codeDescription
200

OK

304

Not modified

403

Forbidden

422

Validation failed, or the endpoint has been spammed.

Code samples

get/gists/public
curl \ -H "Accept: application/vnd.github+json" \ -H "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR-TOKEN>" \ http(s)://HOSTNAME/api/v3/gists/public

Response

Status: 200
[ { "url": "https://api.github.com/gists/aa5a315d61ae9438b18d", "forks_url": "https://api.github.com/gists/aa5a315d61ae9438b18d/forks", "commits_url": "https://api.github.com/gists/aa5a315d61ae9438b18d/commits", "id": "aa5a315d61ae9438b18d", "node_id": "MDQ6R2lzdGFhNWEzMTVkNjFhZTk0MzhiMThk", "git_pull_url": "https://gist.github.com/aa5a315d61ae9438b18d.git", "git_push_url": "https://gist.github.com/aa5a315d61ae9438b18d.git", "html_url": "https://gist.github.com/aa5a315d61ae9438b18d", "files": { "hello_world.rb": { "filename": "hello_world.rb", "type": "application/x-ruby", "language": "Ruby", "raw_url": "https://gist.githubusercontent.com/octocat/6cad326836d38bd3a7ae/raw/db9c55113504e46fa076e7df3a04ce592e2e86d8/hello_world.rb", "size": 167 } }, "public": true, "created_at": "2010-04-14T02:15:15Z", "updated_at": "2011-06-20T11:34:15Z", "description": "Hello World Examples", "comments": 0, "user": null, "comments_url": "https://api.github.com/gists/aa5a315d61ae9438b18d/comments/", "owner": { "login": "octocat", "id": 1, "node_id": "MDQ6VXNlcjE=", "avatar_url": "https://github.com/images/error/octocat_happy.gif", "gravatar_id": "", "url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat", "html_url": "https://github.com/octocat", "followers_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/followers", "following_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/following{/other_user}", "gists_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/gists{/gist_id}", "starred_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/starred{/owner}{/repo}", "subscriptions_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/subscriptions", "organizations_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/orgs", "repos_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/repos", "events_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/events{/privacy}", "received_events_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/received_events", "type": "User", "site_admin": false }, "truncated": false } ]

List starred gists

List the authenticated user's starred gists:

Parameters

Headers
acceptstring

Setting to application/vnd.github+json is recommended.

Query parameters
sincestring

Only show notifications updated after the given time. This is a timestamp in ISO 8601 format: YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM:SSZ.

per_pageinteger

The number of results per page (max 100).

Default: 30

pageinteger

Page number of the results to fetch.

Default: 1

HTTP response status codes

Status codeDescription
200

OK

304

Not modified

401

Requires authentication

403

Forbidden

Code samples

get/gists/starred
curl \ -H "Accept: application/vnd.github+json" \ -H "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR-TOKEN>" \ http(s)://HOSTNAME/api/v3/gists/starred

Response

Status: 200
[ { "url": "https://api.github.com/gists/aa5a315d61ae9438b18d", "forks_url": "https://api.github.com/gists/aa5a315d61ae9438b18d/forks", "commits_url": "https://api.github.com/gists/aa5a315d61ae9438b18d/commits", "id": "aa5a315d61ae9438b18d", "node_id": "MDQ6R2lzdGFhNWEzMTVkNjFhZTk0MzhiMThk", "git_pull_url": "https://gist.github.com/aa5a315d61ae9438b18d.git", "git_push_url": "https://gist.github.com/aa5a315d61ae9438b18d.git", "html_url": "https://gist.github.com/aa5a315d61ae9438b18d", "files": { "hello_world.rb": { "filename": "hello_world.rb", "type": "application/x-ruby", "language": "Ruby", "raw_url": "https://gist.githubusercontent.com/octocat/6cad326836d38bd3a7ae/raw/db9c55113504e46fa076e7df3a04ce592e2e86d8/hello_world.rb", "size": 167 } }, "public": true, "created_at": "2010-04-14T02:15:15Z", "updated_at": "2011-06-20T11:34:15Z", "description": "Hello World Examples", "comments": 0, "user": null, "comments_url": "https://api.github.com/gists/aa5a315d61ae9438b18d/comments/", "owner": { "login": "octocat", "id": 1, "node_id": "MDQ6VXNlcjE=", "avatar_url": "https://github.com/images/error/octocat_happy.gif", "gravatar_id": "", "url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat", "html_url": "https://github.com/octocat", "followers_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/followers", "following_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/following{/other_user}", "gists_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/gists{/gist_id}", "starred_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/starred{/owner}{/repo}", "subscriptions_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/subscriptions", "organizations_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/orgs", "repos_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/repos", "events_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/events{/privacy}", "received_events_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/received_events", "type": "User", "site_admin": false }, "truncated": false } ]

Get a gist

Parameters

Headers
acceptstring

Setting to application/vnd.github+json is recommended.

Path parameters
gist_idstringRequired

The unique identifier of the gist.

HTTP response status codes

Status codeDescription
200

OK

304

Not modified

403

Forbidden Gist

404

Resource not found

Code samples

get/gists/{gist_id}
curl \ -H "Accept: application/vnd.github+json" \ -H "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR-TOKEN>" \ http(s)://HOSTNAME/api/v3/gists/GIST_ID

Response

Status: 200
{ "url": "https://api.github.com/gists/2decf6c462d9b4418f2", "forks_url": "https://api.github.com/gists/2decf6c462d9b4418f2/forks", "commits_url": "https://api.github.com/gists/2decf6c462d9b4418f2/commits", "id": "2decf6c462d9b4418f2", "node_id": "G_kwDOBhHyLdZDliNDQxOGYy", "git_pull_url": "https://gist.github.com/2decf6c462d9b4418f2.git", "git_push_url": "https://gist.github.com/2decf6c462d9b4418f2.git", "html_url": "https://gist.github.com/2decf6c462d9b4418f2", "files": { "README.md": { "filename": "README.md", "type": "text/markdown", "language": "Markdown", "raw_url": "https://gist.githubusercontent.com/monalisa/2decf6c462d9b4418f2/raw/ac3e6daf176fafe73609fd000cd188e4472010fb/README.md", "size": 23, "truncated": false, "content": "Hello world from GitHub" } }, "public": true, "created_at": "2022-09-20T12:11:58Z", "updated_at": "2022-09-21T10:28:06Z", "description": "An updated gist description.", "comments": 0, "user": null, "comments_url": "https://api.github.com/gists/2decf6c462d9b4418f2/comments", "owner": { "login": "monalisa", "id": 104456405, "node_id": "U_kgDOBhHyLQ", "avatar_url": "https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/104456405?v=4", "gravatar_id": "", "url": "https://api.github.com/users/monalisa", "html_url": "https://github.com/monalisa", "followers_url": "https://api.github.com/users/monalisa/followers", "following_url": "https://api.github.com/users/monalisa/following{/other_user}", "gists_url": "https://api.github.com/users/monalisa/gists{/gist_id}", "starred_url": "https://api.github.com/users/monalisa/starred{/owner}{/repo}", "subscriptions_url": "https://api.github.com/users/monalisa/subscriptions", "organizations_url": "https://api.github.com/users/monalisa/orgs", "repos_url": "https://api.github.com/users/monalisa/repos", "events_url": "https://api.github.com/users/monalisa/events{/privacy}", "received_events_url": "https://api.github.com/users/monalisa/received_events", "type": "User", "site_admin": true }, "forks": [], "history": [ { "user": { "login": "monalisa", "id": 104456405, "node_id": "U_kgyLQ", "avatar_url": "https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/104456405?v=4", "gravatar_id": "", "url": "https://api.github.com/users/monalisa", "html_url": "https://github.com/monalisa", "followers_url": "https://api.github.com/users/monalisa/followers", "following_url": "https://api.github.com/users/monalisa/following{/other_user}", "gists_url": "https://api.github.com/users/monalisa/gists{/gist_id}", "starred_url": "https://api.github.com/users/monalisa/starred{/owner}{/repo}", "subscriptions_url": "https://api.github.com/users/monalisa/subscriptions", "organizations_url": "https://api.github.com/users/monalisa/orgs", "repos_url": "https://api.github.com/users/monalisa/repos", "events_url": "https://api.github.com/users/monalisa/events{/privacy}", "received_events_url": "https://api.github.com/users/monalisa/received_events", "type": "User", "site_admin": true }, "version": "468aac8caed5f0c3b859b8286968", "committed_at": "2022-09-21T10:28:06Z", "change_status": { "total": 2, "additions": 1, "deletions": 1 }, "url": "https://api.github.com/gists/8481a81af6b7a2d418f2/468aac8caed5f0c3b859b8286968" } ], "truncated": false }

Update a gist

Allows you to update a gist's description and to update, delete, or rename gist files. Files from the previous version of the gist that aren't explicitly changed during an edit are unchanged.

Parameters

Headers
acceptstring

Setting to application/vnd.github+json is recommended.

Path parameters
gist_idstringRequired

The unique identifier of the gist.

Body parameters
descriptionstring

The description of the gist.

filesobject

The gist files to be updated, renamed, or deleted. Each key must match the current filename (including extension) of the targeted gist file. For example: hello.py.

To delete a file, set the whole file to null. For example: hello.py : null.

keyobject

A user-defined key to represent an item in files.

contentstring

The new content of the file.

filenamestring or null

The new filename for the file.

HTTP response status codes

Status codeDescription
200

OK

404

Resource not found

422

Validation failed, or the endpoint has been spammed.

Code samples

patch/gists/{gist_id}
curl \ -X PATCH \ -H "Accept: application/vnd.github+json" \ -H "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR-TOKEN>" \ http(s)://HOSTNAME/api/v3/gists/GIST_ID \ -d '{"description":"An updated gist description","files":{"README.md":{"content":"Hello World from GitHub"}}}'

Response

Status: 200
{ "url": "https://api.github.com/gists/2decf6c462d9b4418f2", "forks_url": "https://api.github.com/gists/2decf6c462d9b4418f2/forks", "commits_url": "https://api.github.com/gists/2decf6c462d9b4418f2/commits", "id": "2decf6c462d9b4418f2", "node_id": "G_kwDOBhHyLdZDliNDQxOGYy", "git_pull_url": "https://gist.github.com/2decf6c462d9b4418f2.git", "git_push_url": "https://gist.github.com/2decf6c462d9b4418f2.git", "html_url": "https://gist.github.com/2decf6c462d9b4418f2", "files": { "README.md": { "filename": "README.md", "type": "text/markdown", "language": "Markdown", "raw_url": "https://gist.githubusercontent.com/monalisa/2decf6c462d9b4418f2/raw/ac3e6daf176fafe73609fd000cd188e4472010fb/README.md", "size": 23, "truncated": false, "content": "Hello world from GitHub" } }, "public": true, "created_at": "2022-09-20T12:11:58Z", "updated_at": "2022-09-21T10:28:06Z", "description": "An updated gist description.", "comments": 0, "user": null, "comments_url": "https://api.github.com/gists/2decf6c462d9b4418f2/comments", "owner": { "login": "monalisa", "id": 104456405, "node_id": "U_kgDOBhHyLQ", "avatar_url": "https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/104456405?v=4", "gravatar_id": "", "url": "https://api.github.com/users/monalisa", "html_url": "https://github.com/monalisa", "followers_url": "https://api.github.com/users/monalisa/followers", "following_url": "https://api.github.com/users/monalisa/following{/other_user}", "gists_url": "https://api.github.com/users/monalisa/gists{/gist_id}", "starred_url": "https://api.github.com/users/monalisa/starred{/owner}{/repo}", "subscriptions_url": "https://api.github.com/users/monalisa/subscriptions", "organizations_url": "https://api.github.com/users/monalisa/orgs", "repos_url": "https://api.github.com/users/monalisa/repos", "events_url": "https://api.github.com/users/monalisa/events{/privacy}", "received_events_url": "https://api.github.com/users/monalisa/received_events", "type": "User", "site_admin": true }, "forks": [], "history": [ { "user": { "login": "monalisa", "id": 104456405, "node_id": "U_kgyLQ", "avatar_url": "https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/104456405?v=4", "gravatar_id": "", "url": "https://api.github.com/users/monalisa", "html_url": "https://github.com/monalisa", "followers_url": "https://api.github.com/users/monalisa/followers", "following_url": "https://api.github.com/users/monalisa/following{/other_user}", "gists_url": "https://api.github.com/users/monalisa/gists{/gist_id}", "starred_url": "https://api.github.com/users/monalisa/starred{/owner}{/repo}", "subscriptions_url": "https://api.github.com/users/monalisa/subscriptions", "organizations_url": "https://api.github.com/users/monalisa/orgs", "repos_url": "https://api.github.com/users/monalisa/repos", "events_url": "https://api.github.com/users/monalisa/events{/privacy}", "received_events_url": "https://api.github.com/users/monalisa/received_events", "type": "User", "site_admin": true }, "version": "468aac8caed5f0c3b859b8286968", "committed_at": "2022-09-21T10:28:06Z", "change_status": { "total": 2, "additions": 1, "deletions": 1 }, "url": "https://api.github.com/gists/8481a81af6b7a2d418f2/468aac8caed5f0c3b859b8286968" } ], "truncated": false }

Delete a gist

Parameters

Headers
acceptstring

Setting to application/vnd.github+json is recommended.

Path parameters
gist_idstringRequired

The unique identifier of the gist.

HTTP response status codes

Status codeDescription
204

No Content

304

Not modified

403

Forbidden

404

Resource not found

Code samples

delete/gists/{gist_id}
curl \ -X DELETE \ -H "Accept: application/vnd.github+json" \ -H "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR-TOKEN>" \ http(s)://HOSTNAME/api/v3/gists/GIST_ID

Response

Status: 204

List gist commits

Parameters

Headers
acceptstring

Setting to application/vnd.github+json is recommended.

Path parameters
gist_idstringRequired

The unique identifier of the gist.

Query parameters
per_pageinteger

The number of results per page (max 100).

Default: 30

pageinteger

Page number of the results to fetch.

Default: 1

HTTP response status codes

Status codeDescription
200

OK

304

Not modified

403

Forbidden

404

Resource not found

Code samples

get/gists/{gist_id}/commits
curl \ -H "Accept: application/vnd.github+json" \ -H "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR-TOKEN>" \ http(s)://HOSTNAME/api/v3/gists/GIST_ID/commits

Response

Status: 200
[ { "url": "https://api.github.com/gists/aa5a315d61ae9438b18d/57a7f021a713b1c5a6a199b54cc514735d2d462f", "version": "57a7f021a713b1c5a6a199b54cc514735d2d462f", "user": { "login": "octocat", "id": 1, "node_id": "MDQ6VXNlcjE=", "avatar_url": "https://github.com/images/error/octocat_happy.gif", "gravatar_id": "", "url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat", "html_url": "https://github.com/octocat", "followers_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/followers", "following_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/following{/other_user}", "gists_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/gists{/gist_id}", "starred_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/starred{/owner}{/repo}", "subscriptions_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/subscriptions", "organizations_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/orgs", "repos_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/repos", "events_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/events{/privacy}", "received_events_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/received_events", "type": "User", "site_admin": false }, "change_status": { "deletions": 0, "additions": 180, "total": 180 }, "committed_at": "2010-04-14T02:15:15Z" } ]

List gist forks

Parameters

Headers
acceptstring

Setting to application/vnd.github+json is recommended.

Path parameters
gist_idstringRequired

The unique identifier of the gist.

Query parameters
per_pageinteger

The number of results per page (max 100).

Default: 30

pageinteger

Page number of the results to fetch.

Default: 1

HTTP response status codes

Status codeDescription
200

OK

304

Not modified

403

Forbidden

404

Resource not found

Code samples

get/gists/{gist_id}/forks
curl \ -H "Accept: application/vnd.github+json" \ -H "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR-TOKEN>" \ http(s)://HOSTNAME/api/v3/gists/GIST_ID/forks

Response

Status: 200
[ { "url": "https://api.github.com/gists/aa5a315d61ae9438b18d", "forks_url": "https://api.github.com/gists/aa5a315d61ae9438b18d/forks", "commits_url": "https://api.github.com/gists/aa5a315d61ae9438b18d/commits", "id": "aa5a315d61ae9438b18d", "node_id": "MDQ6R2lzdGFhNWEzMTVkNjFhZTk0MzhiMThk", "git_pull_url": "https://gist.github.com/aa5a315d61ae9438b18d.git", "git_push_url": "https://gist.github.com/aa5a315d61ae9438b18d.git", "html_url": "https://gist.github.com/aa5a315d61ae9438b18d", "files": { "hello_world.rb": { "filename": "hello_world.rb", "type": "application/x-ruby", "language": "Ruby", "raw_url": "https://gist.githubusercontent.com/octocat/6cad326836d38bd3a7ae/raw/db9c55113504e46fa076e7df3a04ce592e2e86d8/hello_world.rb", "size": 167 } }, "public": true, "created_at": "2010-04-14T02:15:15Z", "updated_at": "2011-06-20T11:34:15Z", "description": "Hello World Examples", "comments": 1, "user": null, "comments_url": "https://api.github.com/gists/aa5a315d61ae9438b18d/comments/", "owner": { "login": "octocat", "id": 1, "node_id": "MDQ6VXNlcjE=", "avatar_url": "https://github.com/images/error/octocat_happy.gif", "gravatar_id": "", "url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat", "html_url": "https://github.com/octocat", "followers_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/followers", "following_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/following{/other_user}", "gists_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/gists{/gist_id}", "starred_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/starred{/owner}{/repo}", "subscriptions_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/subscriptions", "organizations_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/orgs", "repos_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/repos", "events_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/events{/privacy}", "received_events_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/received_events", "type": "User", "site_admin": false } } ]

Fork a gist

Parameters

Headers
acceptstring

Setting to application/vnd.github+json is recommended.

Path parameters
gist_idstringRequired

The unique identifier of the gist.

HTTP response status codes

Status codeDescription
201

Created

304

Not modified

403

Forbidden

404

Resource not found

422

Validation failed, or the endpoint has been spammed.

Code samples

post/gists/{gist_id}/forks
curl \ -X POST \ -H "Accept: application/vnd.github+json" \ -H "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR-TOKEN>" \ http(s)://HOSTNAME/api/v3/gists/GIST_ID/forks

Response

Status: 201
{ "url": "https://api.github.com/gists/aa5a315d61ae9438b18d", "forks_url": "https://api.github.com/gists/aa5a315d61ae9438b18d/forks", "commits_url": "https://api.github.com/gists/aa5a315d61ae9438b18d/commits", "id": "aa5a315d61ae9438b18d", "node_id": "MDQ6R2lzdGFhNWEzMTVkNjFhZTk0MzhiMThk", "git_pull_url": "https://gist.github.com/aa5a315d61ae9438b18d.git", "git_push_url": "https://gist.github.com/aa5a315d61ae9438b18d.git", "html_url": "https://gist.github.com/aa5a315d61ae9438b18d", "files": { "hello_world.rb": { "filename": "hello_world.rb", "type": "application/x-ruby", "language": "Ruby", "raw_url": "https://gist.githubusercontent.com/octocat/6cad326836d38bd3a7ae/raw/db9c55113504e46fa076e7df3a04ce592e2e86d8/hello_world.rb", "size": 167 } }, "public": true, "created_at": "2010-04-14T02:15:15Z", "updated_at": "2011-06-20T11:34:15Z", "description": "Hello World Examples", "comments": 0, "user": null, "comments_url": "https://api.github.com/gists/aa5a315d61ae9438b18d/comments/", "owner": { "login": "octocat", "id": 1, "node_id": "MDQ6VXNlcjE=", "avatar_url": "https://github.com/images/error/octocat_happy.gif", "gravatar_id": "", "url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat", "html_url": "https://github.com/octocat", "followers_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/followers", "following_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/following{/other_user}", "gists_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/gists{/gist_id}", "starred_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/starred{/owner}{/repo}", "subscriptions_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/subscriptions", "organizations_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/orgs", "repos_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/repos", "events_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/events{/privacy}", "received_events_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/received_events", "type": "User", "site_admin": false }, "truncated": false }

Check if a gist is starred

Parameters

Headers
acceptstring

Setting to application/vnd.github+json is recommended.

Path parameters
gist_idstringRequired

The unique identifier of the gist.

HTTP response status codes

Status codeDescription
204

Response if gist is starred

304

Not modified

403

Forbidden

404

Not Found if gist is not starred

Code samples

get/gists/{gist_id}/star
curl \ -H "Accept: application/vnd.github+json" \ -H "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR-TOKEN>" \ http(s)://HOSTNAME/api/v3/gists/GIST_ID/star

Response if gist is starred

Status: 204

Star a gist

Note that you'll need to set Content-Length to zero when calling out to this endpoint. For more information, see "HTTP verbs."

Parameters

Headers
acceptstring

Setting to application/vnd.github+json is recommended.

Path parameters
gist_idstringRequired

The unique identifier of the gist.

HTTP response status codes

Status codeDescription
204

No Content

304

Not modified

403

Forbidden

404

Resource not found

Code samples

put/gists/{gist_id}/star
curl \ -X PUT \ -H "Accept: application/vnd.github+json" \ -H "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR-TOKEN>" \ http(s)://HOSTNAME/api/v3/gists/GIST_ID/star

Response

Status: 204

Unstar a gist

Parameters

Headers
acceptstring

Setting to application/vnd.github+json is recommended.

Path parameters
gist_idstringRequired

The unique identifier of the gist.

HTTP response status codes

Status codeDescription
204

No Content

304

Not modified

403

Forbidden

404

Resource not found

Code samples

delete/gists/{gist_id}/star
curl \ -X DELETE \ -H "Accept: application/vnd.github+json" \ -H "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR-TOKEN>" \ http(s)://HOSTNAME/api/v3/gists/GIST_ID/star

Response

Status: 204

Get a gist revision

Parameters

Headers
acceptstring

Setting to application/vnd.github+json is recommended.

Path parameters
gist_idstringRequired

The unique identifier of the gist.

shastringRequired

HTTP response status codes

Status codeDescription
200

OK

403

Forbidden

404

Resource not found

422

Validation failed, or the endpoint has been spammed.

Code samples

get/gists/{gist_id}/{sha}
curl \ -H "Accept: application/vnd.github+json" \ -H "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR-TOKEN>" \ http(s)://HOSTNAME/api/v3/gists/GIST_ID/SHA

Response

Status: 200
{ "url": "https://api.github.com/gists/2decf6c462d9b4418f2", "forks_url": "https://api.github.com/gists/2decf6c462d9b4418f2/forks", "commits_url": "https://api.github.com/gists/2decf6c462d9b4418f2/commits", "id": "2decf6c462d9b4418f2", "node_id": "G_kwDOBhHyLdZDliNDQxOGYy", "git_pull_url": "https://gist.github.com/2decf6c462d9b4418f2.git", "git_push_url": "https://gist.github.com/2decf6c462d9b4418f2.git", "html_url": "https://gist.github.com/2decf6c462d9b4418f2", "files": { "README.md": { "filename": "README.md", "type": "text/markdown", "language": "Markdown", "raw_url": "https://gist.githubusercontent.com/monalisa/2decf6c462d9b4418f2/raw/ac3e6daf176fafe73609fd000cd188e4472010fb/README.md", "size": 23, "truncated": false, "content": "Hello world from GitHub" } }, "public": true, "created_at": "2022-09-20T12:11:58Z", "updated_at": "2022-09-21T10:28:06Z", "description": "An updated gist description.", "comments": 0, "user": null, "comments_url": "https://api.github.com/gists/2decf6c462d9b4418f2/comments", "owner": { "login": "monalisa", "id": 104456405, "node_id": "U_kgDOBhHyLQ", "avatar_url": "https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/104456405?v=4", "gravatar_id": "", "url": "https://api.github.com/users/monalisa", "html_url": "https://github.com/monalisa", "followers_url": "https://api.github.com/users/monalisa/followers", "following_url": "https://api.github.com/users/monalisa/following{/other_user}", "gists_url": "https://api.github.com/users/monalisa/gists{/gist_id}", "starred_url": "https://api.github.com/users/monalisa/starred{/owner}{/repo}", "subscriptions_url": "https://api.github.com/users/monalisa/subscriptions", "organizations_url": "https://api.github.com/users/monalisa/orgs", "repos_url": "https://api.github.com/users/monalisa/repos", "events_url": "https://api.github.com/users/monalisa/events{/privacy}", "received_events_url": "https://api.github.com/users/monalisa/received_events", "type": "User", "site_admin": true }, "forks": [], "history": [ { "user": { "login": "monalisa", "id": 104456405, "node_id": "U_kgyLQ", "avatar_url": "https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/104456405?v=4", "gravatar_id": "", "url": "https://api.github.com/users/monalisa", "html_url": "https://github.com/monalisa", "followers_url": "https://api.github.com/users/monalisa/followers", "following_url": "https://api.github.com/users/monalisa/following{/other_user}", "gists_url": "https://api.github.com/users/monalisa/gists{/gist_id}", "starred_url": "https://api.github.com/users/monalisa/starred{/owner}{/repo}", "subscriptions_url": "https://api.github.com/users/monalisa/subscriptions", "organizations_url": "https://api.github.com/users/monalisa/orgs", "repos_url": "https://api.github.com/users/monalisa/repos", "events_url": "https://api.github.com/users/monalisa/events{/privacy}", "received_events_url": "https://api.github.com/users/monalisa/received_events", "type": "User", "site_admin": true }, "version": "468aac8caed5f0c3b859b8286968", "committed_at": "2022-09-21T10:28:06Z", "change_status": { "total": 2, "additions": 1, "deletions": 1 }, "url": "https://api.github.com/gists/8481a81af6b7a2d418f2/468aac8caed5f0c3b859b8286968" } ], "truncated": false }

List gists for a user

Lists public gists for the specified user:

Parameters

Headers
acceptstring

Setting to application/vnd.github+json is recommended.

Path parameters
usernamestringRequired

The handle for the GitHub user account.

Query parameters
sincestring

Only show notifications updated after the given time. This is a timestamp in ISO 8601 format: YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM:SSZ.

per_pageinteger

The number of results per page (max 100).

Default: 30

pageinteger

Page number of the results to fetch.

Default: 1

HTTP response status codes

Status codeDescription
200

OK

422

Validation failed, or the endpoint has been spammed.

Code samples

get/users/{username}/gists
curl \ -H "Accept: application/vnd.github+json" \ -H "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR-TOKEN>" \ http(s)://HOSTNAME/api/v3/users/USERNAME/gists

Response

Status: 200
[ { "url": "https://api.github.com/gists/aa5a315d61ae9438b18d", "forks_url": "https://api.github.com/gists/aa5a315d61ae9438b18d/forks", "commits_url": "https://api.github.com/gists/aa5a315d61ae9438b18d/commits", "id": "aa5a315d61ae9438b18d", "node_id": "MDQ6R2lzdGFhNWEzMTVkNjFhZTk0MzhiMThk", "git_pull_url": "https://gist.github.com/aa5a315d61ae9438b18d.git", "git_push_url": "https://gist.github.com/aa5a315d61ae9438b18d.git", "html_url": "https://gist.github.com/aa5a315d61ae9438b18d", "files": { "hello_world.rb": { "filename": "hello_world.rb", "type": "application/x-ruby", "language": "Ruby", "raw_url": "https://gist.githubusercontent.com/octocat/6cad326836d38bd3a7ae/raw/db9c55113504e46fa076e7df3a04ce592e2e86d8/hello_world.rb", "size": 167 } }, "public": true, "created_at": "2010-04-14T02:15:15Z", "updated_at": "2011-06-20T11:34:15Z", "description": "Hello World Examples", "comments": 0, "user": null, "comments_url": "https://api.github.com/gists/aa5a315d61ae9438b18d/comments/", "owner": { "login": "octocat", "id": 1, "node_id": "MDQ6VXNlcjE=", "avatar_url": "https://github.com/images/error/octocat_happy.gif", "gravatar_id": "", "url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat", "html_url": "https://github.com/octocat", "followers_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/followers", "following_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/following{/other_user}", "gists_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/gists{/gist_id}", "starred_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/starred{/owner}{/repo}", "subscriptions_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/subscriptions", "organizations_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/orgs", "repos_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/repos", "events_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/events{/privacy}", "received_events_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/received_events", "type": "User", "site_admin": false }, "truncated": false } ]