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GitHub Watching API

The GitHub Watching API lets you subscribe to notifications for activity in a repository. It provides endpoints to list watchers of a repository, get and set a repository subscription, delete a subscription, and list repositories watched by the authenticated user or a specific user. Watching a repository means you receive notifications for new issues, pull requests, and other activity.

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https://docs.github.com/en/rest/activity/watching

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API entry from apis.yml

apis.yml Raw ↑ 
aid: github:github-watching-api
name: GitHub Watching API
tags:
- Activity
- Notification
- Watching
tags_raw:
- Activity
- Notifications
- Watching
baseURL: https://api.github.com
humanURL: https://docs.github.com/en/rest/activity/watching?apiVersion=2022-11-28
properties:
- url: https://docs.github.com/en/rest/activity/watching
  type: Documentation
description: The GitHub Watching API lets you subscribe to notifications for activity in a repository.
  It provides endpoints to list watchers of a repository, get and set a repository subscription, delete
  a subscription, and list repositories watched by the authenticated user or a specific user. Watching
  a repository means you receive notifications for new issues, pull requests, and other activity.