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The REST API is now versioned. For more information, see "About API versioning."

Gists

Verwende die REST-API, um die öffentlichen Gists auf GitHub aufzulisten, zu erstellen, zu aktualisieren und zu löschen.

Informationen zu Gists

Du kannst die REST-API verwenden, um Gists anzuzeigen und zu ändern. Weitere Informationen zu Gists findest du unter Bearbeiten und Freigeben von Inhalten mit Gists.

Authentifizierung

Du kannst öffentliche Gists anonym erstellen. Aber du musst bei GitHub angemeldet sein, um Gists erstellen zu können. Um Gists im Auftrag eines Benutzers zu lesen oder zu schreiben, benötigst du den OAuth-Bereich für Gist und ein Token. Weitere Informationen findest du unter Bereiche für OAuth-Apps.

Abschneiden

Die API bietet bis zu 1 Megabyte an Inhalten für jede Datei im Gist. Jede Datei, die für ein Gist über die API zurückgegeben wird, hat einen Schlüssel namens truncated. Wenn truncated gleich true ist, ist die Datei zu groß, sodass nur ein Teil des Inhalts in content zurückgegeben wurde.

Wenn du den gesamten Inhalt der Datei benötigst, kannst du die Anforderung GET an die durch raw_url angegebene URL stellen. Beachte, dass du bei Dateien mit einer Größe von mehr als 10 Megabyte das Gist über die von git_pull_url angegebene URL klonen musst.

Außerdem wird nicht nur der Inhalt einer bestimmten Datei abgeschnitten, sondern die gesamte Dateiliste, wenn die Gesamtanzahl 300 Dateien überschreitet. Wenn der Schlüssel auf oberster Ebene truncated gleich true ist, werden nur die ersten 300 Dateien in der Dateiliste angezeigt. Wenn du alle Dateien des Gists abrufen möchtest, musst du das Gist über die von git_pull_url angegebene URL klonen.

Benutzerdefinierte Medientypen für Gists

Dies sind die unterstützten Medientypen zum Abrufen von Gist-Inhalten.

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

Weitere Informationen findest du unter Medientypen.

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 codeBESCHREIBUNG
200

OK

304

Not modified

403

Forbidden

Code samples

get/gists
curl \ -H "Accept: application/vnd.github+json" \ -H "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR-TOKEN>"\ -H "X-GitHub-Api-Version: 2022-11-28" \ https://api.github.com/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 codeBESCHREIBUNG
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>"\ -H "X-GitHub-Api-Version: 2022-11-28" \ https://api.github.com/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 codeBESCHREIBUNG
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>"\ -H "X-GitHub-Api-Version: 2022-11-28" \ https://api.github.com/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 codeBESCHREIBUNG
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>"\ -H "X-GitHub-Api-Version: 2022-11-28" \ https://api.github.com/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 codeBESCHREIBUNG
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>"\ -H "X-GitHub-Api-Version: 2022-11-28" \ https://api.github.com/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 codeBESCHREIBUNG
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>"\ -H "X-GitHub-Api-Version: 2022-11-28" \ https://api.github.com/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 codeBESCHREIBUNG
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>"\ -H "X-GitHub-Api-Version: 2022-11-28" \ https://api.github.com/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 codeBESCHREIBUNG
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>"\ -H "X-GitHub-Api-Version: 2022-11-28" \ https://api.github.com/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 codeBESCHREIBUNG
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>"\ -H "X-GitHub-Api-Version: 2022-11-28" \ https://api.github.com/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 codeBESCHREIBUNG
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>"\ -H "X-GitHub-Api-Version: 2022-11-28" \ https://api.github.com/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 codeBESCHREIBUNG
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>"\ -H "X-GitHub-Api-Version: 2022-11-28" \ https://api.github.com/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 codeBESCHREIBUNG
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>"\ -H "X-GitHub-Api-Version: 2022-11-28" \ https://api.github.com/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 codeBESCHREIBUNG
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>"\ -H "X-GitHub-Api-Version: 2022-11-28" \ https://api.github.com/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 codeBESCHREIBUNG
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>"\ -H "X-GitHub-Api-Version: 2022-11-28" \ https://api.github.com/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 codeBESCHREIBUNG
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>"\ -H "X-GitHub-Api-Version: 2022-11-28" \ https://api.github.com/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 } ]