Gitee Search API

Search across repositories, issues, and users.

Operations 3

GET /search/repositories Search repositories #
GET /search/issues Search issues #
GET /search/users Search users #

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OpenAPI Specification

gitee-search-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: Gitee Open API v5 (core subset) Search API
  description: A curated, representative subset of the Gitee (码云) Open API v5, the documented REST API of the China-based Git hosting and DevOps platform operated by OSChina / Shenzhen Oschina (开源中国).
  version: 5.4.92
  contact:
    name: Gitee
    url: https://gitee.com
servers:
- url: https://gitee.com/api/v5
  description: Gitee Open API v5 (production)
security:
- accessTokenQuery: []
- bearerAuth: []
- oauth2:
  - projects
tags:
- name: Search
  description: Search across repositories, issues, and users.
paths:
  /search/repositories:
    get:
      operationId: searchRepositories
      tags:
      - Search
      summary: Search repositories
      parameters:
      - name: q
        in: query
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
        description: Search keyword.
      - name: page
        in: query
        schema:
          type: integer
          default: 1
      - name: per_page
        in: query
        schema:
          type: integer
          default: 20
          maximum: 100
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Matching repositories.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: array
                items:
                  $ref: '#/components/schemas/Repository'
  /search/issues:
    get:
      operationId: searchIssues
      tags:
      - Search
      summary: Search issues
      parameters:
      - name: q
        in: query
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
        description: Search keyword.
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Matching issues.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: array
                items:
                  $ref: '#/components/schemas/Issue'
  /search/users:
    get:
      operationId: searchUsers
      tags:
      - Search
      summary: Search users
      parameters:
      - name: q
        in: query
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
        description: Search keyword.
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Matching users.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: array
                items:
                  $ref: '#/components/schemas/User'
components:
  schemas:
    Issue:
      type: object
      properties:
        id:
          type: integer
        number:
          type: string
        title:
          type: string
        state:
          type: string
        body:
          type: string
        user:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/User'
        created_at:
          type: string
          format: date-time
    Repository:
      type: object
      properties:
        id:
          type: integer
        full_name:
          type: string
        human_name:
          type: string
        path:
          type: string
        name:
          type: string
        owner:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/User'
        description:
          type: string
        private:
          type: boolean
        html_url:
          type: string
        stargazers_count:
          type: integer
        forks_count:
          type: integer
    User:
      type: object
      properties:
        id:
          type: integer
        login:
          type: string
        name:
          type: string
        html_url:
          type: string
        avatar_url:
          type: string
        type:
          type: string
  securitySchemes:
    accessTokenQuery:
      type: apiKey
      in: query
      name: access_token
      description: Personal access token passed as the `access_token` query parameter. Present on the large majority of Gitee v5 operations.
    bearerAuth:
      type: http
      scheme: bearer
      description: 'Personal access token passed as `Authorization: Bearer <token>`.'
    oauth2:
      type: oauth2
      description: Gitee OAuth2. Authorize at https://gitee.com/oauth/authorize and exchange for a token at https://gitee.com/oauth/token.
      flows:
        authorizationCode:
          authorizationUrl: https://gitee.com/oauth/authorize
          tokenUrl: https://gitee.com/oauth/token
          refreshUrl: https://gitee.com/oauth/token
          scopes:
            user_info: Read the user's profile.
            projects: Read and manage repositories.
            pull_requests: Read and manage pull requests.
            issues: Read and manage issues.
            notes: Read and manage comments.
            keys: Read and manage SSH keys.
            hook: Read and manage webhooks.
            groups: Read and manage organizations.
            gists: Read and manage gists.
            enterprises: Read and manage enterprises.
            emails: Read the user's email addresses.