Meta

Use the REST API to get meta information about GitHub AE, including the IP addresses of GitHub AE services.

GitHub API Root

Get Hypermedia links to resources accessible in GitHub's REST API

HTTP response status codes for "GitHub API Root"

Status code	Description
`200`	OK

Code samples for "GitHub API Root"

get/

curl -L \
  -H "Accept: application/vnd.github+json" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR-TOKEN>" \
  https://HOSTNAME/api/v3/

Response

Status: 200

{
  "current_user_url": "https://api.github.com/user",
  "current_user_authorizations_html_url": "https://github.com/settings/connections/applications{/client_id}",
  "authorizations_url": "https://api.github.com/authorizations",
  "code_search_url": "https://api.github.com/search/code?q={query}{&page,per_page,sort,order}",
  "commit_search_url": "https://api.github.com/search/commits?q={query}{&page,per_page,sort,order}",
  "emails_url": "https://api.github.com/user/emails",
  "emojis_url": "https://api.github.com/emojis",
  "events_url": "https://api.github.com/events",
  "feeds_url": "https://api.github.com/feeds",
  "followers_url": "https://api.github.com/user/followers",
  "following_url": "https://api.github.com/user/following{/target}",
  "gists_url": "https://api.github.com/gists{/gist_id}",
  "hub_url": "https://api.github.com/hub",
  "issue_search_url": "https://api.github.com/search/issues?q={query}{&page,per_page,sort,order}",
  "issues_url": "https://api.github.com/issues",
  "keys_url": "https://api.github.com/user/keys",
  "label_search_url": "https://api.github.com/search/labels?q={query}&repository_id={repository_id}{&page,per_page}",
  "notifications_url": "https://api.github.com/notifications",
  "organization_url": "https://api.github.com/orgs/{org}",
  "organization_repositories_url": "https://api.github.com/orgs/{org}/repos{?type,page,per_page,sort}",
  "organization_teams_url": "https://api.github.com/orgs/{org}/teams",
  "public_gists_url": "https://api.github.com/gists/public",
  "rate_limit_url": "https://api.github.com/rate_limit",
  "repository_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/{owner}/{repo}",
  "repository_search_url": "https://api.github.com/search/repositories?q={query}{&page,per_page,sort,order}",
  "current_user_repositories_url": "https://api.github.com/user/repos{?type,page,per_page,sort}",
  "starred_url": "https://api.github.com/user/starred{/owner}{/repo}",
  "starred_gists_url": "https://api.github.com/gists/starred",
  "topic_search_url": "https://api.github.com/search/topics?q={query}{&page,per_page}",
  "user_url": "https://api.github.com/users/{user}",
  "user_organizations_url": "https://api.github.com/user/orgs",
  "user_repositories_url": "https://api.github.com/users/{user}/repos{?type,page,per_page,sort}",
  "user_search_url": "https://api.github.com/search/users?q={query}{&page,per_page,sort,order}"
}

Get GitHub AE meta information

Works with GitHub Apps

Returns meta information about GitHub, including a list of GitHub's IP addresses. For more information, see "About GitHub's IP addresses."

The API's response also includes a list of GitHub's domain names.

The values shown in the documentation's response are example values. You must always query the API directly to get the latest values.

Note: This endpoint returns both IPv4 and IPv6 addresses. However, not all features support IPv6. You should refer to the specific documentation for each feature to determine if IPv6 is supported.

HTTP response status codes for "Get GitHub AE meta information"

Status code	Description
`200`	OK
`304`	Not modified

Code samples for "Get GitHub AE meta information"

get/meta

curl -L \
  -H "Accept: application/vnd.github+json" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR-TOKEN>" \
  https://HOSTNAME/api/v3/meta

Response

Status: 200

{
  "verifiable_password_authentication": true,
  "ssh_key_fingerprints": {
    "SHA256_RSA": 1234567890,
    "SHA256_DSA": 1234567890,
    "SHA256_ECDSA": 1234567890,
    "SHA256_ED25519": 1234567890
  },
  "hooks": [
    "192.0.2.1"
  ],
  "github_enterprise_importer": [
    "192.0.2.1"
  ],
  "web": [
    "192.0.2.1"
  ],
  "api": [
    "192.0.2.1"
  ],
  "git": [
    "192.0.2.1"
  ],
  "packages": [
    "192.0.2.1"
  ],
  "pages": [
    "192.0.2.1"
  ],
  "importer": [
    "192.0.2.1"
  ],
  "actions": [
    "192.0.2.1"
  ],
  "dependabot": [
    "192.0.2.1"
  ],
  "domains": {
    "website": [
      "*.example.com"
    ],
    "codespaces": [
      "*.example.com"
    ],
    "copilot": [
      "*.example.com"
    ],
    "packages": [
      "*.example.com"
    ]
  }
}

Get Octocat

Works with GitHub Apps

Get the octocat as ASCII art

Parameters for "Get Octocat"

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

Query parameters
Name, Type, Description
`s` string The words to show in Octocat's speech bubble

HTTP response status codes for "Get Octocat"

Status code	Description
`200`	OK

Code samples for "Get Octocat"

get/octocat

curl -L \
  -H "Accept: application/vnd.github+json" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR-TOKEN>" \
  https://HOSTNAME/api/v3/octocat

Response

Status: 200

"               MMM.           .MMM\n               MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM\n               MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM      ___________________________________\n              MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM    |                                   |\n             MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM   | Avoid administrative distraction. |\n            MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM   |_   _______________________________|\n            MMMM::- -:::::::- -::MMMM    |/\n             MM~:~ 00~:::::~ 00~:~MM\n        .. MMMMM::.00:::+:::.00::MMMMM ..\n              .MM::::: ._. :::::MM.\n                 MMMM;:::::;MMMM\n          -MM        MMMMMMM\n          ^  M+     MMMMMMMMM\n              MMMMMMM MM MM MM\n                   MM MM MM MM\n                   MM MM MM MM\n                .~~MM~MM~MM~MM~~.\n             ~~~~MM:~MM~~~MM~:MM~~~~\n            ~~~~~~==~==~~~==~==~~~~~~\n             ~~~~~~==~==~==~==~~~~~~\n                 :~==~==~==~==~~\n"

Get the Zen of GitHub

Works with GitHub Apps

Get a random sentence from the Zen of GitHub

HTTP response status codes for "Get the Zen of GitHub"

Status code	Description
`200`	OK

Code samples for "Get the Zen of GitHub"

get/zen

curl -L \
  -H "Accept: application/vnd.github+json" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR-TOKEN>" \
  https://HOSTNAME/api/v3/zen

Example response

Status: 200

"Responsive is better than fast"