REST API endpoints for repository traffic

About repository traffic

You can use these endpoints to retrieve information provided in your repository graph, for repositories that you have write access to. For more information, see "Viewing traffic to a repository".

Get repository clones

Get the total number of clones and breakdown per day or week for the last 14 days. Timestamps are aligned to UTC midnight of the beginning of the day or week. Week begins on Monday.

Fine-grained access tokens for "Get repository clones"

This endpoint works with the following fine-grained token types:

The fine-grained token must have the following permission set:

"Administration" repository permissions (read)

Parameters for "Get repository clones"

Headers
Name, Type, Description
`accept` string Setting to `application/vnd.github+json` is recommended.

Path parameters
Name, Type, Description
`owner` string Required The account owner of the repository. The name is not case sensitive.
`repo` string Required The name of the repository without the `.git` extension. The name is not case sensitive.

Query parameters
Name, Type, Description
`per` string The time frame to display results for. Default: `day` Can be one of: `day`, `week`

HTTP response status codes for "Get repository clones"

Status code	Description
`200`	OK
`403`	Forbidden

Code samples for "Get repository clones"

If you access GitHub at GHE.com, replace api.github.com with your enterprise's dedicated subdomain at api.SUBDOMAIN.ghe.com.

Request example

get/repos/{owner}/{repo}/traffic/clones

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/repos/OWNER/REPO/traffic/clones

Response

Status: 200

{
  "count": 173,
  "uniques": 128,
  "clones": [
    {
      "timestamp": "2016-10-10T00:00:00Z",
      "count": 2,
      "uniques": 1
    },
    {
      "timestamp": "2016-10-11T00:00:00Z",
      "count": 17,
      "uniques": 16
    },
    {
      "timestamp": "2016-10-12T00:00:00Z",
      "count": 21,
      "uniques": 15
    },
    {
      "timestamp": "2016-10-13T00:00:00Z",
      "count": 8,
      "uniques": 7
    },
    {
      "timestamp": "2016-10-14T00:00:00Z",
      "count": 5,
      "uniques": 5
    },
    {
      "timestamp": "2016-10-15T00:00:00Z",
      "count": 2,
      "uniques": 2
    },
    {
      "timestamp": "2016-10-16T00:00:00Z",
      "count": 8,
      "uniques": 7
    },
    {
      "timestamp": "2016-10-17T00:00:00Z",
      "count": 26,
      "uniques": 15
    },
    {
      "timestamp": "2016-10-18T00:00:00Z",
      "count": 19,
      "uniques": 17
    },
    {
      "timestamp": "2016-10-19T00:00:00Z",
      "count": 19,
      "uniques": 14
    },
    {
      "timestamp": "2016-10-20T00:00:00Z",
      "count": 19,
      "uniques": 15
    },
    {
      "timestamp": "2016-10-21T00:00:00Z",
      "count": 9,
      "uniques": 7
    },
    {
      "timestamp": "2016-10-22T00:00:00Z",
      "count": 5,
      "uniques": 5
    },
    {
      "timestamp": "2016-10-23T00:00:00Z",
      "count": 6,
      "uniques": 5
    },
    {
      "timestamp": "2016-10-24T00:00:00Z",
      "count": 7,
      "uniques": 5
    }
  ]
}

Get top referral paths

Get the top 10 popular contents over the last 14 days.

Fine-grained access tokens for "Get top referral paths"

This endpoint works with the following fine-grained token types:

The fine-grained token must have the following permission set:

"Administration" repository permissions (read)

Parameters for "Get top referral paths"

Headers
Name, Type, Description
`accept` string Setting to `application/vnd.github+json` is recommended.

Path parameters
Name, Type, Description
`owner` string Required The account owner of the repository. The name is not case sensitive.
`repo` string Required The name of the repository without the `.git` extension. The name is not case sensitive.

HTTP response status codes for "Get top referral paths"

Status code	Description
`200`	OK
`403`	Forbidden

Code samples for "Get top referral paths"

If you access GitHub at GHE.com, replace api.github.com with your enterprise's dedicated subdomain at api.SUBDOMAIN.ghe.com.

Request example

get/repos/{owner}/{repo}/traffic/popular/paths

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/repos/OWNER/REPO/traffic/popular/paths

Response

Status: 200

[
  {
    "path": "/github/hubot",
    "title": "github/hubot: A customizable life embetterment robot.",
    "count": 3542,
    "uniques": 2225
  },
  {
    "path": "/github/hubot/blob/master/docs/scripting.md",
    "title": "hubot/scripting.md at master · github/hubot · GitHub",
    "count": 1707,
    "uniques": 804
  },
  {
    "path": "/github/hubot/tree/master/docs",
    "title": "hubot/docs at master · github/hubot · GitHub",
    "count": 685,
    "uniques": 435
  },
  {
    "path": "/github/hubot/tree/master/src",
    "title": "hubot/src at master · github/hubot · GitHub",
    "count": 577,
    "uniques": 347
  },
  {
    "path": "/github/hubot/blob/master/docs/index.md",
    "title": "hubot/index.md at master · github/hubot · GitHub",
    "count": 379,
    "uniques": 259
  },
  {
    "path": "/github/hubot/blob/master/docs/adapters.md",
    "title": "hubot/adapters.md at master · github/hubot · GitHub",
    "count": 354,
    "uniques": 201
  },
  {
    "path": "/github/hubot/tree/master/examples",
    "title": "hubot/examples at master · github/hubot · GitHub",
    "count": 340,
    "uniques": 260
  },
  {
    "path": "/github/hubot/blob/master/docs/deploying/heroku.md",
    "title": "hubot/heroku.md at master · github/hubot · GitHub",
    "count": 324,
    "uniques": 217
  },
  {
    "path": "/github/hubot/blob/master/src/robot.coffee",
    "title": "hubot/robot.coffee at master · github/hubot · GitHub",
    "count": 293,
    "uniques": 191
  },
  {
    "path": "/github/hubot/blob/master/LICENSE.md",
    "title": "hubot/LICENSE.md at master · github/hubot · GitHub",
    "count": 281,
    "uniques": 222
  }
]

Get top referral sources

Get the top 10 referrers over the last 14 days.

Fine-grained access tokens for "Get top referral sources"

This endpoint works with the following fine-grained token types:

The fine-grained token must have the following permission set:

"Administration" repository permissions (read)

Parameters for "Get top referral sources"

Headers
Name, Type, Description
`accept` string Setting to `application/vnd.github+json` is recommended.

Path parameters
Name, Type, Description
`owner` string Required The account owner of the repository. The name is not case sensitive.
`repo` string Required The name of the repository without the `.git` extension. The name is not case sensitive.

HTTP response status codes for "Get top referral sources"

Status code	Description
`200`	OK
`403`	Forbidden

Code samples for "Get top referral sources"

If you access GitHub at GHE.com, replace api.github.com with your enterprise's dedicated subdomain at api.SUBDOMAIN.ghe.com.

Request example

get/repos/{owner}/{repo}/traffic/popular/referrers

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/repos/OWNER/REPO/traffic/popular/referrers

Response

Status: 200

[
  {
    "referrer": "Google",
    "count": 4,
    "uniques": 3
  },
  {
    "referrer": "stackoverflow.com",
    "count": 2,
    "uniques": 2
  },
  {
    "referrer": "eggsonbread.com",
    "count": 1,
    "uniques": 1
  },
  {
    "referrer": "yandex.ru",
    "count": 1,
    "uniques": 1
  }
]

Get page views

Get the total number of views and breakdown per day or week for the last 14 days. Timestamps are aligned to UTC midnight of the beginning of the day or week. Week begins on Monday.

Fine-grained access tokens for "Get page views"

This endpoint works with the following fine-grained token types:

The fine-grained token must have the following permission set:

"Administration" repository permissions (read)

Parameters for "Get page views"

Headers
Name, Type, Description
`accept` string Setting to `application/vnd.github+json` is recommended.

Path parameters
Name, Type, Description
`owner` string Required The account owner of the repository. The name is not case sensitive.
`repo` string Required The name of the repository without the `.git` extension. The name is not case sensitive.

Query parameters
Name, Type, Description
`per` string The time frame to display results for. Default: `day` Can be one of: `day`, `week`

HTTP response status codes for "Get page views"

Status code	Description
`200`	OK
`403`	Forbidden

Code samples for "Get page views"

If you access GitHub at GHE.com, replace api.github.com with your enterprise's dedicated subdomain at api.SUBDOMAIN.ghe.com.

Request example

get/repos/{owner}/{repo}/traffic/views

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/repos/OWNER/REPO/traffic/views

Response

Status: 200

{
  "count": 14850,
  "uniques": 3782,
  "views": [
    {
      "timestamp": "2016-10-10T00:00:00Z",
      "count": 440,
      "uniques": 143
    },
    {
      "timestamp": "2016-10-11T00:00:00Z",
      "count": 1308,
      "uniques": 414
    },
    {
      "timestamp": "2016-10-12T00:00:00Z",
      "count": 1486,
      "uniques": 452
    },
    {
      "timestamp": "2016-10-13T00:00:00Z",
      "count": 1170,
      "uniques": 401
    },
    {
      "timestamp": "2016-10-14T00:00:00Z",
      "count": 868,
      "uniques": 266
    },
    {
      "timestamp": "2016-10-15T00:00:00Z",
      "count": 495,
      "uniques": 157
    },
    {
      "timestamp": "2016-10-16T00:00:00Z",
      "count": 524,
      "uniques": 175
    },
    {
      "timestamp": "2016-10-17T00:00:00Z",
      "count": 1263,
      "uniques": 412
    },
    {
      "timestamp": "2016-10-18T00:00:00Z",
      "count": 1402,
      "uniques": 417
    },
    {
      "timestamp": "2016-10-19T00:00:00Z",
      "count": 1394,
      "uniques": 424
    },
    {
      "timestamp": "2016-10-20T00:00:00Z",
      "count": 1492,
      "uniques": 448
    },
    {
      "timestamp": "2016-10-21T00:00:00Z",
      "count": 1153,
      "uniques": 332
    },
    {
      "timestamp": "2016-10-22T00:00:00Z",
      "count": 566,
      "uniques": 168
    },
    {
      "timestamp": "2016-10-23T00:00:00Z",
      "count": 675,
      "uniques": 184
    },
    {
      "timestamp": "2016-10-24T00:00:00Z",
      "count": 614,
      "uniques": 237
    }
  ]
}