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Star or Unstar a GitHub Repository API
Star or unstar a repository as the supplied token's account. Idempotent in both directions. Bring your own GitHub token: a fine-grained PAT with the 'Starring' user permission (write) and 'Metadata' repository permission (read), or a classic PAT with 'public_repo' (broad, prefer fine-grained). The token is used for this one call, never stored; sent only to api.github.com.
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How to call it
Send one POST to api.upapi.io/github-repo-star.post with your key in the X-Api-Key header and the parameters below as a JSON body. Each call spends 1 weighted unit of your monthly quota. The operation times out after 30 seconds. Responses are not cached; every call runs the operation.
POST https://api.upapi.io/github-repo-star.post
Star or Unstar a GitHub Repository API reference
Request parameters
- repo
- stringrequired — Repo name
- owner
- stringrequired — Repo owner (user or org)
- token
- stringrequired — GitHub token of the account that will star. Fine-grained PAT: 'Starring' user permission (write) + 'Metadata' repository permission (read); classic PAT: 'public_repo' ('repo' for a private repository; broad, prefer fine-grained). Used for this one call, never stored; sent only to api.github.com.
- action
- enum — star = PUT, unstar = DELETE. Both are idempotent.
- proxyUrl
- string — Optional proxy URL. Use the same one across related calls when the upstream expects a consistent IP.
Response fields
- action
- stringrequired
- status
- integerrequired — GitHub's status; 204 is its success for both directions
- actedAt
- stringrequired
- rateLimit
- objectrequired — The rate-limit headers GitHub returned on THIS response, surfaced so the caller can pace itself instead of the operation sleeping on its behalf.
- rateLimit.limit
- integerrequired — X-RateLimit-Limit: requests allowed per window
- rateLimit.resetAt
- stringrequired — X-RateLimit-Reset as an ISO-8601 UTC timestamp
- rateLimit.resource
- stringrequired — X-RateLimit-Resource: which bucket (core, search, graphql, ...)
- rateLimit.remaining
- integerrequired — X-RateLimit-Remaining: requests left
- rateLimit.resetEpoch
- integerrequired — X-RateLimit-Reset as unix seconds
- repository
- stringrequired
Example request and response
The example response is generated from this operation’s published output schema — it shows the shape and field names, not values from a recorded call.
{
"repo": "playwright",
"owner": "microsoft",
"token": "example",
"action": "star"
}{
"action": "example",
"status": 1,
"actedAt": "example",
"rateLimit": {
"limit": 5,
"resetAt": "example",
"resource": "example",
"remaining": 1,
"resetEpoch": 1
},
"repository": "example"
}Code snippets
cURL
curl -X POST https://api.upapi.io/github-repo-star.post \
-H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
-H 'x-api-key: YOUR_API_KEY' \
-d '{ "repo": "playwright", "owner": "microsoft", "token": "example", "action": "star" }'JavaScript
const response = await fetch('https://api.upapi.io/github-repo-star.post', {
method: 'POST',
headers: {
'Content-Type': 'application/json',
'x-api-key': 'YOUR_API_KEY',
},
body: JSON.stringify({
"repo": "playwright",
"owner": "microsoft",
"token": "example",
"action": "star"
}),
});
const data = await response.json();
console.log(data);Python
import requests
response = requests.post(
'https://api.upapi.io/github-repo-star.post',
headers={
'Content-Type': 'application/json',
'x-api-key': 'YOUR_API_KEY',
},
json={
"repo": "playwright",
"owner": "microsoft",
"token": "example",
"action": "star"
},
)
print(response.json())Go
package main
import (
"bytes"
"encoding/json"
"fmt"
"io"
"net/http"
)
func main() {
payload := []byte(`{ "repo": "playwright", "owner": "microsoft", "token": "example", "action": "star" }`)
req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", "https://api.upapi.io/github-repo-star.post", bytes.NewBuffer(payload))
req.Header.Set("Content-Type", "application/json")
req.Header.Set("x-api-key", "YOUR_API_KEY")
client := &http.Client{}
resp, err := client.Do(req)
if err != nil {
panic(err)
}
defer resp.Body.Close()
body, _ := io.ReadAll(resp.Body)
var result map[string]any
json.Unmarshal(body, &result)
fmt.Println(result)
}PHP
<?php
$payload = json_encode([
'repo' => 'playwright',
'owner' => 'microsoft',
'token' => 'example',
'action' => 'star',
]);
$ch = curl_init('https://api.upapi.io/github-repo-star.post');
curl_setopt_array($ch, [
CURLOPT_POST => true,
CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => $payload,
CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
'Content-Type: application/json',
'x-api-key: YOUR_API_KEY',
],
]);
$response = curl_exec($ch);
curl_close($ch);
$data = json_decode($response, true);
var_dump($data);Ruby
require 'net/http'
require 'uri'
require 'json'
uri = URI('https://api.upapi.io/github-repo-star.post')
http = Net::HTTP.new(uri.host, uri.port)
http.use_ssl = uri.scheme == 'https'
request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(uri.path)
request['Content-Type'] = 'application/json'
request['x-api-key'] = 'YOUR_API_KEY'
request.body = { "repo": "playwright", "owner": "microsoft", "token": "example", "action": "star" }.to_json
response = http.request(request)
puts JSON.parse(response.body)Java
import okhttp3.*;
import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper;
import java.util.Map;
OkHttpClient client = new OkHttpClient();
ObjectMapper mapper = new ObjectMapper();
String json = "{ \"repo\": \"playwright\", \"owner\": \"microsoft\", \"token\": \"example\", \"action\": \"star\" }";
RequestBody body = RequestBody.create(json, MediaType.get("application/json"));
Request request = new Request.Builder()
.url("https://api.upapi.io/github-repo-star.post")
.post(body)
.addHeader("Content-Type", "application/json")
.addHeader("x-api-key", "YOUR_API_KEY")
.build();
try (Response response = client.newCall(request).execute()) {
Map<?, ?> result = mapper.readValue(response.body().string(), Map.class);
System.out.println(result);
}C#
using System.Net.Http;
using System.Net.Http.Json;
using System.Text.Json;
using var client = new HttpClient();
client.DefaultRequestHeaders.Add("x-api-key", "YOUR_API_KEY");
var payload = JsonSerializer.Deserialize<object>("{ \"repo\": \"playwright\", \"owner\": \"microsoft\", \"token\": \"example\", \"action\": \"star\" }");
var response = await client.PostAsJsonAsync("https://api.upapi.io/github-repo-star.post", payload);
var result = await response.Content.ReadFromJsonAsync<JsonElement>();
Console.WriteLine(result);Frequently asked questions
How much does the Star or Unstar a GitHub Repository API cost per call?
Each call spends 1 weighted unit of your plan's monthly quota. Full pricing is at https://upapi.io/pricing.
How do I authenticate to the Star or Unstar a GitHub Repository API?
Send your key in the X-Api-Key header. A free guest key is available without creating an account.
Are Star or Unstar a GitHub Repository API responses cached?
No — every call runs the operation live; responses are not cached.