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GitHub User & Organization API

Public GitHub profile of a user or organization: name, bio, company, location, website, social links, followers and following, public repository count, organizations, and the pinned or most popular repositories with stars, forks and language. For organizations also the verified domains, top languages, topics and recently updated repositories. Email addresses are never returned.

GEThttps://api.gridlode.com/v1/github/user
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Parameters

NameTypeDescription
usernamerequiredstringGitHub user or organisation login (torvalds, python) or its github.com profile URL.
max_ageintegerAccept a cached answer up to this many seconds old, billed at 50%. Default 0 (always fresh).

Response fields

    Code

    curl "https://api.gridlode.com/v1/github/user?username=torvalds" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $GRIDLODE_KEY"
    1 credit per request
    One credit is $0.001 on the smallest pack, from $0.0003 on enterprise plans.
    Half price for cached data
    Cached for up to 6 h. Pass max_age to use it.
    Failed requests are free
    Blocks, timeouts and target errors never cost credits.

    Market reference: Apify GitHub profile scrapers ~$2-5 per 1k; GitHub REST API 60 req/h unauthenticated.

    Questions

    How much does the GitHub User & Organization API cost?

    1 credit per request. One credit costs $0.001 on the smallest pack and as little as $0.0003 on enterprise plans. Cached answers cost half and failed calls are free.

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