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Repository statistics
The Repository statistics API allows you to fetch the data that GitHub Enterprise Server uses for visualizing different types of repository activity.
About the Repository statistics API
The Repository statistics API allows you to fetch the data that GitHub Enterprise Server uses for visualizing different types of repository activity.
A word about caching
Computing repository statistics is an expensive operation, so we try to return cached
data whenever possible. If the data hasn't been cached when you query a repository's
statistics, you'll receive a 202
response; a background job is also fired to
start compiling these statistics. Give the job a few moments to complete, and
then submit the request again. If the job has completed, that request will receive a
200
response with the statistics in the response body.
Repository statistics are cached by the SHA of the repository's default branch; pushing to the default branch resets the statistics cache.
Statistics exclude some types of commits
The statistics exposed by the API match the statistics shown by different repository graphs.
To summarize:
- All statistics exclude merge commits.
- Contributor statistics also exclude empty commits.
Get the weekly commit activity
Returns a weekly aggregate of the number of additions and deletions pushed to a repository.
Parameters
Headers |
---|
Name, Type, Description |
accept stringSetting to |
Path parameters |
Name, Type, Description |
owner stringRequiredThe account owner of the repository. The name is not case sensitive. |
repo stringRequiredThe name of the repository. The name is not case sensitive. |
HTTP response status codes
Status code | Description |
---|---|
200 | Returns a weekly aggregate of the number of additions and deletions pushed to a repository. |
202 | Accepted |
204 | A header with no content is returned. |
Code samples
curl \
-H "Accept: application/vnd.github.v3+json" \
-H "Authorization: token <TOKEN>" \
http(s)://HOSTNAME/api/v3/repos/OWNER/REPO/stats/code_frequency
Returns a weekly aggregate of the number of additions and deletions pushed to a repository.
Status: 200
[
[
1302998400,
1124,
-435
]
]
Get the last year of commit activity
Returns the last year of commit activity grouped by week. The days
array is a group of commits per day, starting on Sunday
.
Parameters
Headers |
---|
Name, Type, Description |
accept stringSetting to |
Path parameters |
Name, Type, Description |
owner stringRequiredThe account owner of the repository. The name is not case sensitive. |
repo stringRequiredThe name of the repository. The name is not case sensitive. |
HTTP response status codes
Status code | Description |
---|---|
200 | OK |
202 | Accepted |
204 | A header with no content is returned. |
Code samples
curl \
-H "Accept: application/vnd.github.v3+json" \
-H "Authorization: token <TOKEN>" \
http(s)://HOSTNAME/api/v3/repos/OWNER/REPO/stats/commit_activity
Response
Status: 200
[
{
"days": [
0,
3,
26,
20,
39,
1,
0
],
"total": 89,
"week": 1336280400
}
]
Get all contributor commit activity
Returns the total
number of commits authored by the contributor. In addition, the response includes a Weekly Hash (weeks
array) with the following information:
w
- Start of the week, given as a Unix timestamp.a
- Number of additionsd
- Number of deletionsc
- Number of commits
Parameters
Headers |
---|
Name, Type, Description |
accept stringSetting to |
Path parameters |
Name, Type, Description |
owner stringRequiredThe account owner of the repository. The name is not case sensitive. |
repo stringRequiredThe name of the repository. The name is not case sensitive. |
HTTP response status codes
Status code | Description |
---|---|
200 |
|
202 | Accepted |
204 | A header with no content is returned. |
Code samples
curl \
-H "Accept: application/vnd.github.v3+json" \
-H "Authorization: token <TOKEN>" \
http(s)://HOSTNAME/api/v3/repos/OWNER/REPO/stats/contributors
w
- Start of the week, given as a Unix timestamp.
a
- Number of additions
d
- Number of deletions
c
- Number of commits
w
- Start of the week, given as a Unix timestamp.a
- Number of additionsd
- Number of deletionsc
- Number of commitsStatus: 200
[
{
"author": {
"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
},
"total": 135,
"weeks": [
{
"w": 1367712000,
"a": 6898,
"d": 77,
"c": 10
}
]
}
]
Get the weekly commit count
Returns the total commit counts for the owner
and total commit counts in all
. all
is everyone combined, including the owner
in the last 52 weeks. If you'd like to get the commit counts for non-owners, you can subtract owner
from all
.
The array order is oldest week (index 0) to most recent week.
Parameters
Headers |
---|
Name, Type, Description |
accept stringSetting to |
Path parameters |
Name, Type, Description |
owner stringRequiredThe account owner of the repository. The name is not case sensitive. |
repo stringRequiredThe name of the repository. The name is not case sensitive. |
HTTP response status codes
Status code | Description |
---|---|
200 | The array order is oldest week (index 0) to most recent week. |
404 | Resource not found |
Code samples
curl \
-H "Accept: application/vnd.github.v3+json" \
-H "Authorization: token <TOKEN>" \
http(s)://HOSTNAME/api/v3/repos/OWNER/REPO/stats/participation
The array order is oldest week (index 0) to most recent week.
Status: 200
{
"all": [
11,
21,
15,
2,
8,
1,
8,
23,
17,
21,
11,
10,
33,
91,
38,
34,
22,
23,
32,
3,
43,
87,
71,
18,
13,
5,
13,
16,
66,
27,
12,
45,
110,
117,
13,
8,
18,
9,
19,
26,
39,
12,
20,
31,
46,
91,
45,
10,
24,
9,
29,
7
],
"owner": [
3,
2,
3,
0,
2,
0,
5,
14,
7,
9,
1,
5,
0,
48,
19,
2,
0,
1,
10,
2,
23,
40,
35,
8,
8,
2,
10,
6,
30,
0,
2,
9,
53,
104,
3,
3,
10,
4,
7,
11,
21,
4,
4,
22,
26,
63,
11,
2,
14,
1,
10,
3
]
}
Get the hourly commit count for each day
Each array contains the day number, hour number, and number of commits:
0-6
: Sunday - Saturday0-23
: Hour of day- Number of commits
For example, [2, 14, 25]
indicates that there were 25 total commits, during the 2:00pm hour on Tuesdays. All times are based on the time zone of individual commits.
Parameters
Headers |
---|
Name, Type, Description |
accept stringSetting to |
Path parameters |
Name, Type, Description |
owner stringRequiredThe account owner of the repository. The name is not case sensitive. |
repo stringRequiredThe name of the repository. The name is not case sensitive. |
HTTP response status codes
Status code | Description |
---|---|
200 | For example, |
204 | A header with no content is returned. |
Code samples
curl \
-H "Accept: application/vnd.github.v3+json" \
-H "Authorization: token <TOKEN>" \
http(s)://HOSTNAME/api/v3/repos/OWNER/REPO/stats/punch_card
For example, [2, 14, 25]
indicates that there were 25 total commits, during the 2:00pm hour on Tuesdays. All times are based on the time zone of individual commits.
Status: 200
[
[
0,
0,
5
],
[
0,
1,
43
],
[
0,
2,
21
]
]