# GitHub Octocat API

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/apis/github/github-octocat-api/  
**Provider:** GitHub — https://apis.io/providers/github/  
**Base URL:** https://api.github.com/  
**Documentation:** https://github.com/octokit/octokit.js

GitHub Octocat API is one of 350 APIs that [GitHub](https://apis.io/providers/github/) publishes on the [APIs.io](https://apis.io/) network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification. Tagged areas include Octocat. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification and API documentation.

The GitHub Octocat API is a playful, non-functional endpoint in GitHubs REST API that returns an ASCII-art rendering of the Octocat mascot as plain text. Its primarily meant for fun and demospeople often use it to sanity-check connectivity, see how the API formats responses and headers, or showcase simple requests without touching real repository data. It doesnt manage or expose any GitHub resources, and in some clients you can even supply a short message that the Octocat says.

## Machine-readable artifacts (2)

- **OpenAPI** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/github/refs/heads/main/openapi/github-octocat-api-openapi.yml
- **Documentation** — https://docs.github.com/en/rest/meta/meta

## Other GitHub APIs (12)

- [GitHub Events API](https://apis.io/apis/github/github-events-api/)
- [GitHub Feeds API](https://apis.io/apis/github/github-feeds-api/)
- [GitHub Gists API](https://apis.io/apis/github/github-gists-api/)
- [GitHub Issues API](https://apis.io/apis/github/github-issues-api/)
- [GitHub Licenses API](https://apis.io/apis/github/github-licenses-api/)
- [GitHub Markdown API](https://apis.io/apis/github/github-markdown-api/)
- [GitHub Meta API](https://apis.io/apis/github/github-meta-api/)
- [GitHub Notifications API](https://apis.io/apis/github/github-notifications-api/)
- [GitHub Projects API](https://apis.io/apis/github/github-projects-api/)
- [GitHub Repos API](https://apis.io/apis/github/github-repos-api/)
- [GitHub Search API](https://apis.io/apis/github/github-search-api/)
- [GitHub User API](https://apis.io/apis/github/github-user-api/)

## Tags

Octocat

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