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GitHub Meta API

Use the REST API to get meta information about GitHub, including the IP addresses of GitHub services.

GitHub Meta API is one of 384 APIs that GitHub publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.

Tagged areas include Metadata. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification and API documentation.

This API exposes 4 operations across 4 paths, and defines 2 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.0.3, at version 1.1.4.

Requests are made against a single base URL, {protocol}://{hostname}/api/v3.

4 operations 4 paths 2 schemas 4 GET

Metadata

The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.

Specification
OpenAPI 3.0.3
API Version
1.1.4
Base URL
https://api.github.com/
Authentication
HTTP Bearer
Contact
License
Terms of Service
Resource Areas
1

Authentication & Security 1

GitHub Meta API declares 1 security scheme for authenticating requests. It accepts HTTP bearer tokens (bearerHttpAuthentication).

  • bearerHttpAuthentication — Bearer Token

Paths & Operations 4

Across 4 paths, the API surfaces 4 operations — 4 GET. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

Meta 4
GET
/meta
GitHub Get Github Enterprise Server Meta Information
getGithubEnterpriseServerMetaInformation → 200304
GET
/
GitHub API Root
meta/root → 200
GET
/octocat
GitHub Get Octocat
meta/get-octocat 1 param → 200
GET
/zen
GitHub Get the Zen of GitHub
meta/get-zen → 200

Schemas 2

The contract defines 2 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are root (33 properties), api-overview (5 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

api-overview
object
Api Overview
5 properties 1 required
root
object
33 properties 32 required

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

github-meta-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

Other APIs GitHub publishes across the network.

GitHub Events API
GitHub Feeds API
GitHub Gists API
GitHub Issues API
GitHub Licenses API
GitHub Markdown API
GitHub Notifications API
GitHub Octocat API
GitHub Projects API
GitHub Repos API
GitHub Search API
GitHub User API
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