OpenSSF

OpenSSF Projects API

The Projects API from OpenSSF — 1 operation(s) for projects.

GitHub OpenAPI

Operations 1

GET /projects/{platform}/{org}/{repo} Get Scorecard report for a repository #

Documentation

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Documentation
https://google.github.io/osv.dev/api/
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Documentation
https://osv.dev/
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Documentation
https://github.com/ossf/scorecard
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Documentation
https://scorecard.dev/

Specifications

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OpenAPI
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/openssf/refs/heads/main/openapi/openssf-projects-api-openapi.yml

SDKs

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GitHubRepository
https://github.com/google/osv.dev
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GitHubRepository
https://github.com/ossf/osv-schema

Schemas & Data

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JSONSchema
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/openssf/refs/heads/main/json-schema/openssf-osv-vulnerability-schema.json

Other Resources

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JSONLDContext
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/openssf/refs/heads/main/json-ld/openssf-context.jsonld

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OpenAPI Specification

openssf-projects-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑ 
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: OpenSSF Scorecard Projects API
  description: The OpenSSF Scorecard public API returns automated security health metrics for open source repositories hosted on supported platforms (currently github.com). Scorecard runs a series of checks (such as Branch-Protection, Code-Review, Dangerous-Workflow, Dependency-Update-Tool, Pinned-Dependencies, Signed-Releases, Token-Permissions, Vulnerabilities) and returns per-check scores plus an aggregate score.
  version: '1'
  contact:
    name: OpenSSF Scorecard
    url: https://scorecard.dev/
  license:
    name: Apache 2.0
    url: https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
servers:
- url: https://api.securityscorecards.dev
  description: Scorecard public API
- url: https://api.scorecard.dev
  description: Scorecard public API (alternate hostname)
tags:
- name: Projects
paths:
  /projects/{platform}/{org}/{repo}:
    get:
      operationId: getProjectScorecard
      summary: Get Scorecard report for a repository
      description: Return the most recent Scorecard report for a public repository on a supported source-control platform. Reports include the aggregate score, the date of evaluation, the Scorecard version, and per-check scores with documentation URLs.
      parameters:
      - name: platform
        in: path
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
          enum:
          - github.com
      - name: org
        in: path
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: repo
        in: path
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: commit
        in: query
        required: false
        schema:
          type: string
        description: Optional commit hash to retrieve a historical report.
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Scorecard report.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ScorecardResult'
        '404':
          description: No report available for this repository.
      tags:
      - Projects
components:
  schemas:
    ScorecardResult:
      type: object
      properties:
        date:
          type: string
          format: date
        repo:
          type: object
          properties:
            name:
              type: string
            commit:
              type: string
        scorecard:
          type: object
          properties:
            version:
              type: string
            commit:
              type: string
        score:
          type: number
          minimum: 0
          maximum: 10
          description: Aggregate Scorecard score (0-10).
        checks:
          type: array
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/ScorecardCheck'
        metadata:
          type: array
          items:
            type: string
    ScorecardCheck:
      type: object
      properties:
        name:
          type: string
          description: Check name (e.g., Branch-Protection, Code-Review, Vulnerabilities).
        score:
          type: integer
          minimum: -1
          maximum: 10
          description: Check score, or -1 when not applicable.
        reason:
          type: string
        details:
          type: array
          items:
            type: string
        documentation:
          type: object
          properties:
            short:
              type: string
            url:
              type: string
              format: uri
externalDocs:
  description: OpenSSF Scorecard project
  url: https://github.com/ossf/scorecard