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Repository statistics
Use the REST API to fetch the data that GitHub Enterprise Server uses for visualizing different types of repository activity.
About repository statistics
You can use the REST API to fetch the data that GitHub Enterprise Server uses for visualizing different types of repository activity.
Best practices for 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. You should allow the job a short time 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 this:
- 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 |
acceptstringSetting to |
| Path parameters |
| Name, Type, Description |
ownerstringRequiredThe account owner of the repository. The name is not case sensitive. |
repostringRequiredThe 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+json" \
-H "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR-TOKEN>" \
http(s)://HOSTNAME/api/v3/repos/OWNER/REPO/stats/code_frequencyReturns 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 |
acceptstringSetting to |
| Path parameters |
| Name, Type, Description |
ownerstringRequiredThe account owner of the repository. The name is not case sensitive. |
repostringRequiredThe 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+json" \
-H "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR-TOKEN>" \
http(s)://HOSTNAME/api/v3/repos/OWNER/REPO/stats/commit_activityResponse
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 |
acceptstringSetting to |
| Path parameters |
| Name, Type, Description |
ownerstringRequiredThe account owner of the repository. The name is not case sensitive. |
repostringRequiredThe 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+json" \
-H "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR-TOKEN>" \
http(s)://HOSTNAME/api/v3/repos/OWNER/REPO/stats/contributorsResponse
Status: 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 |
acceptstringSetting to |
| Path parameters |
| Name, Type, Description |
ownerstringRequiredThe account owner of the repository. The name is not case sensitive. |
repostringRequiredThe 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+json" \
-H "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR-TOKEN>" \
http(s)://HOSTNAME/api/v3/repos/OWNER/REPO/stats/participationThe 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 |
acceptstringSetting to |
| Path parameters |
| Name, Type, Description |
ownerstringRequiredThe account owner of the repository. The name is not case sensitive. |
repostringRequiredThe 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+json" \
-H "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR-TOKEN>" \
http(s)://HOSTNAME/api/v3/repos/OWNER/REPO/stats/punch_cardFor 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
]
]