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Get GitHub Trending Repositories API
Fetch the github.com/trending page for the most-starred repos in a time window, optionally filtered by language. Pure HTTP (no browser). Returns full name, URL, description, language, total stars, stars this window, forks.
How to call it
Send one POST to api.upapi.io/github-trending.get 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. Identical requests are served from cache for 600 seconds, unbilled.
POST https://api.upapi.io/github-trending.get
Get GitHub Trending Repositories API reference
Request parameters
- limit
- integer
- since
- enum — Trend window
- language
- string — Programming language slug (python, rust, typescript, go, …). Empty = any language.
Response fields
- repos
- arrayrequired
- repos[].url
- stringrequired
- repos[].forks
- integerrequired
- repos[].fullName
- stringrequired
- repos[].language
- stringrequired
- repos[].position
- integerrequired
- repos[].starsToday
- integerrequired
- repos[].totalStars
- integerrequired
- repos[].description
- stringrequired
- since
- stringrequired
- language
- stringrequired
- fetchedAt
- stringrequired
- totalCount
- integerrequired
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.
{
"limit": 15,
"since": "daily",
"language": ""
}{
"repos": [
{
"url": "https://github.com",
"forks": 1,
"fullName": "example",
"language": "en",
"position": 1,
"starsToday": 1,
"totalStars": 1,
"description": "example"
}
],
"since": "example",
"language": "en",
"fetchedAt": "example",
"totalCount": 1
}Code snippets
cURL
curl -X POST https://api.upapi.io/github-trending.get \
-H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
-H 'x-api-key: YOUR_API_KEY' \
-d '{ "limit": 15, "since": "daily", "language": "" }'JavaScript
const response = await fetch('https://api.upapi.io/github-trending.get', {
method: 'POST',
headers: {
'Content-Type': 'application/json',
'x-api-key': 'YOUR_API_KEY',
},
body: JSON.stringify({
"limit": 15,
"since": "daily",
"language": ""
}),
});
const data = await response.json();
console.log(data);Python
import requests
response = requests.post(
'https://api.upapi.io/github-trending.get',
headers={
'Content-Type': 'application/json',
'x-api-key': 'YOUR_API_KEY',
},
json={
"limit": 15,
"since": "daily",
"language": ""
},
)
print(response.json())Go
package main
import (
"bytes"
"encoding/json"
"fmt"
"io"
"net/http"
)
func main() {
payload := []byte(`{ "limit": 15, "since": "daily", "language": "" }`)
req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", "https://api.upapi.io/github-trending.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([
'limit' => 15,
'since' => 'daily',
'language' => '',
]);
$ch = curl_init('https://api.upapi.io/github-trending.get');
curl_setopt_array($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-trending.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 = { "limit": 15, "since": "daily", "language": "" }.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 = "{ \"limit\": 15, \"since\": \"daily\", \"language\": \"\" }";
RequestBody body = RequestBody.create(json, MediaType.get("application/json"));
Request request = new Request.Builder()
.url("https://api.upapi.io/github-trending.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>("{ \"limit\": 15, \"since\": \"daily\", \"language\": \"\" }");
var response = await client.PostAsJsonAsync("https://api.upapi.io/github-trending.get", payload);
var result = await response.Content.ReadFromJsonAsync<JsonElement>();
Console.WriteLine(result);Frequently asked questions
How much does the Get GitHub Trending Repositories 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 Get GitHub Trending Repositories API?
Send your key in the X-Api-Key header. A free guest key is available without creating an account.
Are Get GitHub Trending Repositories API responses cached?
Yes — identical requests are served from cache for 600 seconds, and a cache hit is not billed.