GitHub

GitHub Repo API

A repository's stars, forks, open issues, watchers, license, topics, primary language, default branch, and creation and last-push timestamps. Costs 1 credit per request.

POST/api/v1/github/repo

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

urlstringrequired

A github.com/<owner>/<repo> URL or a bare <owner>/<repo>.

Example: facebook/react

Request

from scavio import ScavioClient

client = ScavioClient(api_key="sk_live_your_key")
result = client.github.repo("facebook/react")
print(result)

Response

"full_name": "react/react",

"description": "The library for web and native user interfaces.",

"homepage": "https://react.dev",

"stars": 247629,

"forks": 51245,

"open_issues": 1260,

"watchers": 6601,

"language": "JavaScript",

"license": "MIT",

"default_branch": "main",

"size_kb": 1069095,

"archived": false,

"fork": false,

"created_at": "2013-05-24T16:15:54Z",

"updated_at": "2026-08-22T17:34:50Z",

"pushed_at": "2026-08-22T16:14:40Z"

"response_time": 3669

}