Searches for query terms inside of a file. This method returns up to 100 results per page. When searching for code, you can get text match metadata for the file content and file path fields when you pass the text-match media type. For more details about how to receive highlighted search results, see Text match metadata. For example, if you want to find the definition of the addClass function inside jQuery repository, your query would look something like this: q=addClass+in:file+language:js+repo:jquery/jquery This query searches for the keyword addClass within a file’s contents. The query limits the search to files where the language is JavaScript in the jquery/jquery repository. Considerations for code search: Due to the complexity of searching code, there are a few restrictions on how searches are performed: * Only the default branch is considered. In most cases, this will be the master branch. * Only files smaller than 384 KB are searchable. * You must always include at least one search term when searching source code. For example, searching for language:go is not valid, while amazing language:go is. This endpoint requires you to authenticate and limits you to 10 requests per minute.
Find commits via various criteria on the default branch (usually main). This method returns up to 100 results per page. When searching for commits, you can get text match metadata for the message field when you provide the text-match media type. For more details about how to receive highlighted search results, see Text match metadata. For example, if you want to find commits related to CSS in the octocat/Spoon-Knife repository. Your query would look something like this: q=repo:octocat/Spoon-Knife+css
Find issues by state and keyword. This method returns up to 100 results per page. When searching for issues, you can get text match metadata for the issue title, issue body, and issue comment body fields when you pass the text-match media type. For more details about how to receive highlighted search results, see Text match metadata. For example, if you want to find the oldest unresolved Python bugs on Windows. Your query might look something like this. q=windows+label:bug+language:python+state:open&sort=created&order=asc This query searches for the keyword windows, within any open issue that is labeled as bug. The search runs across repositories whose primary language is Python. The results are sorted by creation date in ascending order, which means the oldest issues appear first in the search results. Note: For requests made by GitHub Apps with a user access token, you can’t retrieve a combination of issues and pull requests in a single query. Requests that don’t include the is:issue or is:pull-request qualifier will receive an HTTP 422 Unprocessable Entity response. To get results for both issues and pull requests, you must send separate queries for issues and pull requests. For more information about the is qualifier, see "Searching only issues or pull requests."
Find labels in a repository with names or descriptions that match search keywords. Returns up to 100 results per page. When searching for labels, you can get text match metadata for the label name and description fields when you pass the text-match media type. For more details about how to receive highlighted search results, see Text match metadata. For example, if you want to find labels in the linguist repository that match bug, defect, or enhancement. Your query might look like this: q=bug+defect+enhancement&repository_id=64778136 The labels that best match the query appear first in the search results.
Find repositories via various criteria. This method returns up to 100 results per page. When searching for repositories, you can get text match metadata for the name and description fields when you pass the text-match media type. For more details about how to receive highlighted search results, see Text match metadata. For example, if you want to search for popular Tetris repositories written in assembly code, your query might look like this: q=tetris+language:assembly&sort=stars&order=desc This query searches for repositories with the word tetris in the name, the description, or the README. The results are limited to repositories where the primary language is assembly. The results are sorted by stars in descending order, so that the most popular repositories appear first in the search results.
Find topics via various criteria. Results are sorted by best match. This method returns up to 100 results per page. See "Searching topics" for a detailed list of qualifiers. When searching for topics, you can get text match metadata for the topic’s short\_description, description, name, or display\_name field when you pass the text-match media type. For more details about how to receive highlighted search results, see Text match metadata. For example, if you want to search for topics related to Ruby that are featured on https://github.com/topics. Your query might look like this: q=ruby+is:featured This query searches for topics with the keyword ruby and limits the results to find only topics that are featured. The topics that are the best match for the query appear first in the search results.
Find users via various criteria. This method returns up to 100 results per page. When searching for users, you can get text match metadata for the issue login, public email, and name fields when you pass the text-match media type. For more details about highlighting search results, see Text match metadata. For more details about how to receive highlighted search results, see Text match metadata. For example, if you’re looking for a list of popular users, you might try this query: q=tom+repos:%3E42+followers:%3E1000 This query searches for users with the name tom. The results are restricted to users with more than 42 repositories and over 1,000 followers. This endpoint does not accept authentication and will only include publicly visible users. As an alternative, you can use the GraphQL API. The GraphQL API requires authentication and will return private users, including Enterprise Managed Users (EMUs), that you are authorized to view. For more information, see "GraphQL Queries."