REST-API-Endpunkte für Benutzer

Get the authenticated user

OAuth app tokens and personal access tokens (classic) need the user scope in order for the response to include private profile information.

HTTP-Antwortstatuscodes für „Get the authenticated user“

Statuscode	BESCHREIBUNG
`200`	OK
`304`	Not modified
`401`	Requires authentication
`403`	Forbidden

Codebeispiele für „Get the authenticated user“

Beispiele für Anforderungen

Select the example type

get/user

curl -L \
  -H "Accept: application/vnd.github+json" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR-TOKEN>" \
  -H "X-GitHub-Api-Version: 2022-11-28" \
  http(s)://HOSTNAME/api/v3/user

Response with public and private profile information

Status: 200

{
  "login": "octocat",
  "id": 1,
  "node_id": "MDQ6VXNlcjE=",
  "avatar_url": "https://github.com/images/error/octocat_happy.gif",
  "gravatar_id": "",
  "url": "https://HOSTNAME/users/octocat",
  "html_url": "https://github.com/octocat",
  "followers_url": "https://HOSTNAME/users/octocat/followers",
  "following_url": "https://HOSTNAME/users/octocat/following{/other_user}",
  "gists_url": "https://HOSTNAME/users/octocat/gists{/gist_id}",
  "starred_url": "https://HOSTNAME/users/octocat/starred{/owner}{/repo}",
  "subscriptions_url": "https://HOSTNAME/users/octocat/subscriptions",
  "organizations_url": "https://HOSTNAME/users/octocat/orgs",
  "repos_url": "https://HOSTNAME/users/octocat/repos",
  "events_url": "https://HOSTNAME/users/octocat/events{/privacy}",
  "received_events_url": "https://HOSTNAME/users/octocat/received_events",
  "type": "User",
  "site_admin": false,
  "name": "monalisa octocat",
  "company": "GitHub",
  "blog": "https://github.com/blog",
  "location": "San Francisco",
  "email": "octocat@github.com",
  "hireable": false,
  "bio": "There once was...",
  "public_repos": 2,
  "public_gists": 1,
  "followers": 20,
  "following": 0,
  "created_at": "2008-01-14T04:33:35Z",
  "updated_at": "2008-01-14T04:33:35Z",
  "private_gists": 81,
  "total_private_repos": 100,
  "owned_private_repos": 100,
  "disk_usage": 10000,
  "collaborators": 8,
  "two_factor_authentication": true,
  "plan": {
    "name": "Medium",
    "space": 400,
    "private_repos": 20,
    "collaborators": 0
  }
}

Update the authenticated user

Note: If your email is set to private and you send an email parameter as part of this request to update your profile, your privacy settings are still enforced: the email address will not be displayed on your public profile or via the API.

Parameter für „Update the authenticated user“

Header
Name, type, BESCHREIBUNG
`accept` string Setting to `application/vnd.github+json` is recommended.

Textparameter
Name, type, BESCHREIBUNG
`name` string The new name of the user.
`email` string The publicly visible email address of the user.
`blog` string The new blog URL of the user.
`twitter_username` string or null The new Twitter username of the user.
`company` string The new company of the user.
`location` string The new location of the user.
`hireable` boolean The new hiring availability of the user.
`bio` string The new short biography of the user.

HTTP-Antwortstatuscodes für „Update the authenticated user“

Statuscode	BESCHREIBUNG
`200`	OK
`304`	Not modified
`401`	Requires authentication
`403`	Forbidden
`404`	Resource not found
`422`	Validation failed, or the endpoint has been spammed.

Codebeispiele für „Update the authenticated user“

Anforderungsbeispiel

patch/user

curl -L \
  -X PATCH \
  -H "Accept: application/vnd.github+json" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR-TOKEN>" \
  -H "X-GitHub-Api-Version: 2022-11-28" \
  http(s)://HOSTNAME/api/v3/user \
  -d '{"blog":"https://github.com/blog","name":"monalisa octocat"}'

Response

Status: 200

{
  "login": "octocat",
  "id": 1,
  "node_id": "MDQ6VXNlcjE=",
  "avatar_url": "https://github.com/images/error/octocat_happy.gif",
  "gravatar_id": "",
  "url": "https://HOSTNAME/users/octocat",
  "html_url": "https://github.com/octocat",
  "followers_url": "https://HOSTNAME/users/octocat/followers",
  "following_url": "https://HOSTNAME/users/octocat/following{/other_user}",
  "gists_url": "https://HOSTNAME/users/octocat/gists{/gist_id}",
  "starred_url": "https://HOSTNAME/users/octocat/starred{/owner}{/repo}",
  "subscriptions_url": "https://HOSTNAME/users/octocat/subscriptions",
  "organizations_url": "https://HOSTNAME/users/octocat/orgs",
  "repos_url": "https://HOSTNAME/users/octocat/repos",
  "events_url": "https://HOSTNAME/users/octocat/events{/privacy}",
  "received_events_url": "https://HOSTNAME/users/octocat/received_events",
  "type": "User",
  "site_admin": false,
  "name": "monalisa octocat",
  "company": "GitHub",
  "blog": "https://github.com/blog",
  "location": "San Francisco",
  "email": "octocat@github.com",
  "hireable": false,
  "bio": "There once was...",
  "public_repos": 2,
  "public_gists": 1,
  "followers": 20,
  "following": 0,
  "created_at": "2008-01-14T04:33:35Z",
  "updated_at": "2008-01-14T04:33:35Z",
  "private_gists": 81,
  "total_private_repos": 100,
  "owned_private_repos": 100,
  "disk_usage": 10000,
  "collaborators": 8,
  "two_factor_authentication": true,
  "plan": {
    "name": "Medium",
    "space": 400,
    "private_repos": 20,
    "collaborators": 0
  }
}

Get a user using their ID

Provides publicly available information about someone with a GitHub account. This method takes their durable user ID instead of their login, which can change over time.

The email key in the following response is the publicly visible email address from your GitHub Enterprise Server profile page. When setting up your profile, you can select a primary email address to be “public” which provides an email entry for this endpoint. If you do not set a public email address for email, then it will have a value of null. You only see publicly visible email addresses when authenticated with GitHub Enterprise Server. For more information, see Authentication.

The Emails API enables you to list all of your email addresses, and toggle a primary email to be visible publicly. For more information, see "Emails API".

Parameter für „Get a user using their ID“

Header
Name, type, BESCHREIBUNG
`accept` string Setting to `application/vnd.github+json` is recommended.

Pfadparameter
Name, type, BESCHREIBUNG
`account_id` integer Erforderlich account_id parameter

HTTP-Antwortstatuscodes für „Get a user using their ID“

Statuscode	BESCHREIBUNG
`200`	OK
`404`	Resource not found

Codebeispiele für „Get a user using their ID“

Beispiele für Anforderungen

Select the example type

get/user/{account_id}

curl -L \
  -H "Accept: application/vnd.github+json" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR-TOKEN>" \
  -H "X-GitHub-Api-Version: 2022-11-28" \
  http(s)://HOSTNAME/api/v3/user/ACCOUNT_ID

Default response

Status: 200

{
  "login": "octocat",
  "id": 1,
  "node_id": "MDQ6VXNlcjE=",
  "avatar_url": "https://github.com/images/error/octocat_happy.gif",
  "gravatar_id": "",
  "url": "https://HOSTNAME/users/octocat",
  "html_url": "https://github.com/octocat",
  "followers_url": "https://HOSTNAME/users/octocat/followers",
  "following_url": "https://HOSTNAME/users/octocat/following{/other_user}",
  "gists_url": "https://HOSTNAME/users/octocat/gists{/gist_id}",
  "starred_url": "https://HOSTNAME/users/octocat/starred{/owner}{/repo}",
  "subscriptions_url": "https://HOSTNAME/users/octocat/subscriptions",
  "organizations_url": "https://HOSTNAME/users/octocat/orgs",
  "repos_url": "https://HOSTNAME/users/octocat/repos",
  "events_url": "https://HOSTNAME/users/octocat/events{/privacy}",
  "received_events_url": "https://HOSTNAME/users/octocat/received_events",
  "type": "User",
  "site_admin": false,
  "name": "monalisa octocat",
  "company": "GitHub",
  "blog": "https://github.com/blog",
  "location": "San Francisco",
  "email": "octocat@github.com",
  "hireable": false,
  "bio": "There once was...",
  "twitter_username": "monatheoctocat",
  "public_repos": 2,
  "public_gists": 1,
  "followers": 20,
  "following": 0,
  "created_at": "2008-01-14T04:33:35Z",
  "updated_at": "2008-01-14T04:33:35Z"
}

List users

Lists all users, in the order that they signed up on GitHub Enterprise Server. This list includes personal user accounts and organization accounts.

Note: Pagination is powered exclusively by the since parameter. Use the Link header to get the URL for the next page of users.

Parameter für „List users“

Header
Name, type, BESCHREIBUNG
`accept` string Setting to `application/vnd.github+json` is recommended.

Abfrageparameter
Name, type, BESCHREIBUNG
`since` integer A user ID. Only return users with an ID greater than this ID.
`per_page` integer The number of results per page (max 100). For more information, see "Using pagination in the REST API." Standard: `30`

HTTP-Antwortstatuscodes für „List users“

Statuscode	BESCHREIBUNG
`200`	OK
`304`	Not modified

Codebeispiele für „List users“

Anforderungsbeispiel

get/users

curl -L \
  -H "Accept: application/vnd.github+json" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR-TOKEN>" \
  -H "X-GitHub-Api-Version: 2022-11-28" \
  http(s)://HOSTNAME/api/v3/users

Response

Status: 200

[
  {
    "login": "octocat",
    "id": 1,
    "node_id": "MDQ6VXNlcjE=",
    "avatar_url": "https://github.com/images/error/octocat_happy.gif",
    "gravatar_id": "",
    "url": "https://HOSTNAME/users/octocat",
    "html_url": "https://github.com/octocat",
    "followers_url": "https://HOSTNAME/users/octocat/followers",
    "following_url": "https://HOSTNAME/users/octocat/following{/other_user}",
    "gists_url": "https://HOSTNAME/users/octocat/gists{/gist_id}",
    "starred_url": "https://HOSTNAME/users/octocat/starred{/owner}{/repo}",
    "subscriptions_url": "https://HOSTNAME/users/octocat/subscriptions",
    "organizations_url": "https://HOSTNAME/users/octocat/orgs",
    "repos_url": "https://HOSTNAME/users/octocat/repos",
    "events_url": "https://HOSTNAME/users/octocat/events{/privacy}",
    "received_events_url": "https://HOSTNAME/users/octocat/received_events",
    "type": "User",
    "site_admin": false
  }
]

Get a user

Provides publicly available information about someone with a GitHub account.

The email key in the following response is the publicly visible email address from your GitHub Enterprise Server profile page. When setting up your profile, you can select a primary email address to be “public” which provides an email entry for this endpoint. If you do not set a public email address for email, then it will have a value of null. You only see publicly visible email addresses when authenticated with GitHub Enterprise Server. For more information, see Authentication.

The Emails API enables you to list all of your email addresses, and toggle a primary email to be visible publicly. For more information, see "Emails API".

Parameter für „Get a user“

Header
Name, type, BESCHREIBUNG
`accept` string Setting to `application/vnd.github+json` is recommended.

Pfadparameter
Name, type, BESCHREIBUNG
`username` string Erforderlich The handle for the GitHub user account.

HTTP-Antwortstatuscodes für „Get a user“

Statuscode	BESCHREIBUNG
`200`	OK
`404`	Resource not found

Codebeispiele für „Get a user“

Beispiele für Anforderungen

Select the example type

get/users/{username}

curl -L \
  -H "Accept: application/vnd.github+json" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR-TOKEN>" \
  -H "X-GitHub-Api-Version: 2022-11-28" \
  http(s)://HOSTNAME/api/v3/users/USERNAME

Default response

Status: 200

{
  "login": "octocat",
  "id": 1,
  "node_id": "MDQ6VXNlcjE=",
  "avatar_url": "https://github.com/images/error/octocat_happy.gif",
  "gravatar_id": "",
  "url": "https://HOSTNAME/users/octocat",
  "html_url": "https://github.com/octocat",
  "followers_url": "https://HOSTNAME/users/octocat/followers",
  "following_url": "https://HOSTNAME/users/octocat/following{/other_user}",
  "gists_url": "https://HOSTNAME/users/octocat/gists{/gist_id}",
  "starred_url": "https://HOSTNAME/users/octocat/starred{/owner}{/repo}",
  "subscriptions_url": "https://HOSTNAME/users/octocat/subscriptions",
  "organizations_url": "https://HOSTNAME/users/octocat/orgs",
  "repos_url": "https://HOSTNAME/users/octocat/repos",
  "events_url": "https://HOSTNAME/users/octocat/events{/privacy}",
  "received_events_url": "https://HOSTNAME/users/octocat/received_events",
  "type": "User",
  "site_admin": false,
  "name": "monalisa octocat",
  "company": "GitHub",
  "blog": "https://github.com/blog",
  "location": "San Francisco",
  "email": "octocat@github.com",
  "hireable": false,
  "bio": "There once was...",
  "twitter_username": "monatheoctocat",
  "public_repos": 2,
  "public_gists": 1,
  "followers": 20,
  "following": 0,
  "created_at": "2008-01-14T04:33:35Z",
  "updated_at": "2008-01-14T04:33:35Z"
}

Get contextual information for a user

Provides hovercard information. You can find out more about someone in relation to their pull requests, issues, repositories, and organizations.

The subject_type and subject_id parameters provide context for the person's hovercard, which returns more information than without the parameters. For example, if you wanted to find out more about octocat who owns the Spoon-Knife repository, you would use a subject_type value of repository and a subject_id value of 1300192 (the ID of the Spoon-Knife repository).

OAuth app tokens and personal access tokens (classic) need the repo scope to use this endpoint.

Parameter für „Get contextual information for a user“

Header
Name, type, BESCHREIBUNG
`accept` string Setting to `application/vnd.github+json` is recommended.

Pfadparameter
Name, type, BESCHREIBUNG
`username` string Erforderlich The handle for the GitHub user account.

Abfrageparameter
Name, type, BESCHREIBUNG
`subject_type` string Identifies which additional information you'd like to receive about the person's hovercard. Can be `organization`, `repository`, `issue`, `pull_request`. Required when using `subject_id`. Kann eine der Folgenden sein: `organization`, `repository`, `issue`, `pull_request`
`subject_id` string Uses the ID for the `subject_type` you specified. Required when using `subject_type`.

HTTP-Antwortstatuscodes für „Get contextual information for a user“

Statuscode	BESCHREIBUNG
`200`	OK
`404`	Resource not found
`422`	Validation failed, or the endpoint has been spammed.

Codebeispiele für „Get contextual information for a user“

Anforderungsbeispiel

get/users/{username}/hovercard

curl -L \
  -H "Accept: application/vnd.github+json" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR-TOKEN>" \
  -H "X-GitHub-Api-Version: 2022-11-28" \
  http(s)://HOSTNAME/api/v3/users/USERNAME/hovercard

Response

Status: 200

{
  "contexts": [
    {
      "message": "Owns this repository",
      "octicon": "repo"
    }
  ]
}