7 GitHub API Endpoints You Probably Never Knew Existed

GitHub has a massive API. Most developers know about repos and issues. But there are hidden endpoints that can save you hours. Here are 7 that surprised me. 1. Get Any User's Public Activity curl -s https://api.github.com/users/torvalds/events | jq '.[0:3] | .[] | {type: .type, repo: .repo.name, created_at: .created_at}' This shows what any GitHub user has been doing — pushes, stars, issue comments. No authentication needed. Use case: Monitor what your favorite developers are working on. I use this to discover trending repos before they blow up. 2. Search Code Across All of GitHub curl -s "https://api.github.com/search/code?q=fastapi+rate+limit+language:python" | jq '.items[:3] | .[] | {repo: .repository.full_name, path: .path}' Forget Google for code search. GitHub's code search API finds exact patterns across millions of repos. Pro tip: Add language:python or filename:.env to narrow results. 3. Get Traffic Data for Your Repos curl -s -H "Authorization: token YOUR_TOKEN" \ https://api