Search GitHub Issues API
Search issues and pull requests across all of GitHub with GitHub's search syntax. Returns parsed rows (author, repo, labels, comment count, reactions) plus the rate-limit headers so you can pace yourself. Works without a token (10 searches/min per IP); pass your own token for 30/min.
How to call it
Send one POST to api.upapi.io/github-search-issues.get with your key in the X-Api-Key header and the parameters below as a JSON body. Each call spends 6 weighted units of your monthly quota. The operation times out after 30 seconds. Identical requests are served from cache for 120 seconds, unbilled.
POST https://api.upapi.io/github-search-issues.get
Search GitHub Issues API reference
Request parameters
- q
- stringrequired — GitHub search syntax, e.g. 'is:issue is:open "note taking app" language:python'
- page
- integer — Page number (search caps at 1000 rows)
- sort
- string — comments | reactions | created | updated | interactions (default: best match)
- order
- string — asc | desc
- token
- string — Optional GitHub token: raises the limit from 10 to 30 searches/min and lets the search see private repos the token can read
- perPage
- integer — Rows per page (max 100)
- proxyUrl
- string — Optional exit to send from; a datacenter exit is leased when omitted
- includePullRequests
- boolean — GitHub returns PRs on this endpoint too; false filters them out client-side
Response fields
- items
- arrayrequired
- items[].id
- integerrequired
- items[].body
- stringrequired
- items[].state
- stringrequired
- items[].title
- stringrequired
- items[].author
- stringrequired
- items[].labels
- arrayrequired
- items[].number
- integerrequired
- items[].htmlUrl
- stringrequired
- items[].closedAt
- stringrequired
- items[].comments
- integerrequired
- items[].createdAt
- stringrequired
- items[].reactions
- integerrequired
- items[].updatedAt
- stringrequired
- items[].authorType
- stringrequired
- items[].repository
- stringrequired — owner/repo the issue belongs to
- items[].isPullRequest
- booleanrequired — GitHub lists pull requests on the issues endpoints; this tells them apart
- items[].authorAssociation
- stringrequired
- fetchedAt
- 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
- totalCount
- integerrequired
- incompleteResults
- booleanrequired
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.
{
"q": "is:issue is:open \"note taking app\" language:python",
"page": 1,
"perPage": 30,
"includePullRequests": true
}{
"items": [
{
"id": 1,
"body": "example",
"state": "example",
"title": "Alan Turing",
"author": "example",
"labels": [
"example"
],
"number": 1,
"htmlUrl": "example",
"closedAt": "example",
"comments": 1,
"createdAt": "example",
"reactions": 1,
"updatedAt": "example",
"authorType": "example",
"repository": "example",
"isPullRequest": false,
"authorAssociation": "example"
}
],
"fetchedAt": "example",
"rateLimit": {
"limit": 5,
"resetAt": "example",
"resource": "example",
"remaining": 1,
"resetEpoch": 1
},
"totalCount": 1,
"incompleteResults": false
}Code snippets
cURL
curl -X POST https://api.upapi.io/github-search-issues.get \
-H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
-H 'x-api-key: YOUR_API_KEY' \
-d '{ "q": "is:issue is:open \"note taking app\" language:python", "page": 1, "perPage": 30, "includePullRequests": true }'JavaScript
const response = await fetch('https://api.upapi.io/github-search-issues.get', {
method: 'POST',
headers: {
'Content-Type': 'application/json',
'x-api-key': 'YOUR_API_KEY',
},
body: JSON.stringify({
"q": "is:issue is:open \"note taking app\" language:python",
"page": 1,
"perPage": 30,
"includePullRequests": true
}),
});
const data = await response.json();
console.log(data);Python
import requests
response = requests.post(
'https://api.upapi.io/github-search-issues.get',
headers={
'Content-Type': 'application/json',
'x-api-key': 'YOUR_API_KEY',
},
json={
"q": "is:issue is:open \"note taking app\" language:python",
"page": 1,
"perPage": 30,
"includePullRequests": True
},
)
print(response.json())Go
package main
import (
"bytes"
"encoding/json"
"fmt"
"io"
"net/http"
)
func main() {
payload := []byte(`{ "q": "is:issue is:open \"note taking app\" language:python", "page": 1, "perPage": 30, "includePullRequests": true }`)
req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", "https://api.upapi.io/github-search-issues.get", 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([
'q' => 'is:issue is:open "note taking app" language:python',
'page' => 1,
'perPage' => 30,
'includePullRequests' => true,
]);
$ch = curl_init('https://api.upapi.io/github-search-issues.get');
curl_setopt_array($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-search-issues.get')
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 = { "q": "is:issue is:open \"note taking app\" language:python", "page": 1, "perPage": 30, "includePullRequests": true }.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 = "{ \"q\": \"is:issue is:open \\\"note taking app\\\" language:python\", \"page\": 1, \"perPage\": 30, \"includePullRequests\": true }";
RequestBody body = RequestBody.create(json, MediaType.get("application/json"));
Request request = new Request.Builder()
.url("https://api.upapi.io/github-search-issues.get")
.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>("{ \"q\": \"is:issue is:open \\\"note taking app\\\" language:python\", \"page\": 1, \"perPage\": 30, \"includePullRequests\": true }");
var response = await client.PostAsJsonAsync("https://api.upapi.io/github-search-issues.get", payload);
var result = await response.Content.ReadFromJsonAsync<JsonElement>();
Console.WriteLine(result);Frequently asked questions
How much does the Search GitHub Issues API cost per call?
Each call spends 6 weighted units of your plan's monthly quota. Full pricing is at https://upapi.io/pricing.
How do I authenticate to the Search GitHub Issues API?
Send your key in the X-Api-Key header. A free guest key is available without creating an account.
Are Search GitHub Issues API responses cached?
Yes — identical requests are served from cache for 120 seconds, and a cache hit is not billed.