GitHub

GitHub Profile API

A GitHub user's public profile: name, bio, company, location, blog, follower and following counts, public repo and gist counts, and account creation date. Costs 1 credit per request.

POST/api/v1/github/profile

Authorizations

Authorizationstringheaderrequired

Bearer authentication header of the form Bearer <token>, where <token> is your Scavio API key (e.g. Bearer sk_live_your_key).

Body

application/json

handlestringrequired

GitHub username, @handle, or a github.com/<user> URL.

Example: torvalds

Request

from scavio import ScavioClient

client = ScavioClient(api_key="sk_live_your_key")
result = client.github.profile("torvalds")
print(result)

Response

"login": "torvalds",

"id": 1024025,

"name": "Linus Torvalds",

"company": "Linux Foundation",

"blog": "",

"location": "Portland, OR",

"email": "[email protected]",

"bio": null,

"twitter_username": null,

"public_repos": 12,

"public_gists": 1,

"followers": 317546,

"following": 0,

"created_at": "2011-09-03T15:26:22Z",

"updated_at": "2026-07-21T17:42:26Z",

"avatar_url": "https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1024025?v=4",

"hireable": null

"response_time": 2888

}