Endpoints that give information about the API.
5 endpoints tagged meta, each listing its
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GET /
Get Hypermedia links to resources accessible in GitHub's REST API
No parameters.
| Status | Description | Has JSON body |
|---|---|---|
| 200 | Response | yes |
GET /meta
Returns meta information about GitHub, including a list of GitHub's IP addresses. For more information, see "About GitHub's IP addresses."
No parameters.
| Status | Description | Has JSON body |
|---|---|---|
| 200 | Response | yes |
| 304 | Not modified | no |
GET /octocat
Get the octocat as ASCII art
| Name | In | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
s | query | no | The words to show in Octocat's speech bubble |
| Status | Description | Has JSON body |
|---|---|---|
| 200 | Response | no |
GET /versions
Get all supported GitHub API versions.
No parameters.
| Status | Description | Has JSON body |
|---|---|---|
| 200 | Response | yes |
| 404 | Resource not found | yes |
GET /zen
Get a random sentence from the Zen of GitHub
No parameters.
| Status | Description | Has JSON body |
|---|---|---|
| 200 | Response | no |