# GitHub User API

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/apis/github/github-user-api/  
**Provider:** GitHub — https://apis.io/providers/github/  
**Base URL:** https://api.github.com/  
**Documentation:** https://docs.github.com/en/rest/users?apiVersion=2022-11-28

GitHub User 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 User. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification and API documentation.

The GitHub Users API (part of the REST API) lets applications read and, for the authenticated account, manage user-related data on GitHub. It can fetch public profiles for any user or the authenticated users private profile details, list a users public repositories and organizations, and view activity like followers and following.

## Machine-readable artifacts (2)

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

## 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 Octocat API](https://apis.io/apis/github/github-octocat-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/)

## Tags

User

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