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

REST API endpoints for admin stats

Use the REST API to retrieve a variety of metrics about your installation.

These endpoints only support authentication using a personal access token (classic). For more information, see "Managing your personal access tokens."

Get GitHub Enterprise Server statistics

Returns aggregate usage metrics for your GitHub Enterprise Server 3.5+ instance for a specified time period up to 365 days.

To use this endpoint, your GitHub Enterprise Server instance must be connected to GitHub Enterprise Cloud using GitHub Connect. You must enable Server Statistics, and for the API request provide your enterprise account name or organization name connected to the GitHub Enterprise Server. For more information, see "Enabling Server Statistics for your enterprise" in the GitHub Enterprise Server documentation.

OAuth app tokens and personal access tokens (classic) need:

  • the read:enterprise scope if you connected your GitHub Enterprise Server to an enterprise account and enabled Server Statistics
  • the read:org scope if you connected your GitHub Enterprise Server to an organization account and enabled Server Statistics

Fine-grained access tokens for "Get GitHub Enterprise Server statistics"

This endpoint works with the following token types:

The token must have at least one of the following permission sets:

  • organization_administration:read
  • enterprise_administration:read

Parameters for "Get GitHub Enterprise Server statistics"

Headers
Name, Type, Description
accept string

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

Path parameters
Name, Type, Description
enterprise_or_org string Required

The slug version of the enterprise name or the login of an organization.

Query parameters
Name, Type, Description
date_start string

A cursor, as given in the Link header. If specified, the query only searches for events after this cursor.

date_end string

A cursor, as given in the Link header. If specified, the query only searches for events before this cursor.

HTTP response status codes for "Get GitHub Enterprise Server statistics"

Status codeDescription
200

OK

Code samples for "Get GitHub Enterprise Server statistics"

Request example

get/enterprise-installation/{enterprise_or_org}/server-statistics
curl -L \ -H "Accept: application/vnd.github+json" \ -H "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR-TOKEN>" \ -H "X-GitHub-Api-Version: 2022-11-28" \ https://api.github.com/enterprise-installation/ENTERPRISE_OR_ORG/server-statistics

Response

Status: 200
{ "server_id": "ea6088f3-f095-4bf2-8d7f-c573819e8768", "collection_date": "2021-12-14T23:59:59Z", "schema_version": "20230306", "ghes_version": "3.9.0", "host_name": "github.example.com", "github_connect": { "features_enabled": [ "license_usage_sync", "content_analysis", "content_analysis_notifications" ] }, "ghe_stats": { "comments": { "total_commit_comments": 1000, "total_gist_comments": 1000, "total_issue_comments": 0, "total_pull_request_comments": 0 }, "gists": { "total_gists": 100, "private_gists": 59, "public_gists": 41 }, "hooks": { "total_hooks": 2, "active_hooks": 1, "inactive_hooks": 1 }, "issues": { "total_issues": 3421, "open_issues": 1234, "closed_issues": 1222 }, "milestones": { "total_milestones": 50, "open_milestones": 20, "closed_milestones": 30 }, "orgs": { "total_orgs": 100, "disabled_orgs": 22, "total_teams": 299, "total_team_members": 400 }, "pages": { "total_pages": 10 }, "pulls": { "total_pulls": 1232, "merged_pulls": 223, "mergeable_pulls": 435, "unmergeable_pulls": 0 }, "repos": { "total_repos": 12, "root_repos": 1, "fork_repos": 2, "org_repos": 1, "total_pushes": 42, "total_wikis": 1 }, "users": { "total_users": 2000, "admin_users": 299, "suspended_users": 423 } }, "dormant_users": { "total_dormant_users": 5, "dormancy_threshold": "90 days" }, "actions_stats": { "$ref": "server-statistics-actions.yaml" }, "packages_stats": { "$ref": "server-statistics-packages.yaml" } }