# GitHub API

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/apis/git/github/  
**Provider:** Git — https://apis.io/providers/git/  
**Base URL:** https://api.github.com  
**Documentation:** https://docs.github.com/en/rest

GitHub API is one of 4 APIs that [Git](https://apis.io/providers/git/) publishes on the [APIs.io](https://apis.io/) network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification. Tagged areas include Git and GitHub. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes API documentation, an OpenAPI specification, and authentication docs.

RESTful API for GitHub's Git hosting platform.

## Machine-readable artifacts (5)

- **Documentation** — https://docs.github.com/en/rest
- **OpenAPI** — https://github.com/github/rest-api-description
- **Authentication** — https://docs.github.com/en/rest/authentication
- **SecurityTxt** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/git/refs/heads/main/well-known/git-github-security.txt
- **LLMsTxt** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/git/refs/heads/main/llms/git-github-llms.txt

## Other Git APIs (3)

- [Git CLI](https://apis.io/apis/git/git-cli/)
- [GitLab API](https://apis.io/apis/git/gitlab/)
- [Gitea API](https://apis.io/apis/git/gitea/)

## Tags

Git, GitHub

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Profiled by [API Evangelist](https://apievangelist.com) and published on [APIs.io](https://apis.io/apis/git/github/). The API's provider profile, Kin Score and agent-readiness rating are at https://apis.io/providers/git/.