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Meta API Reference

Endpoints that give information about the API.

5 endpoints tagged meta, each listing its parameters and possible responses. Search or scroll the index below to jump to a specific endpoint.

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GitHub API Root

GET /

Get Hypermedia links to resources accessible in GitHub's REST API

Parameters

No parameters.

Responses

StatusDescriptionHas JSON body
200Responseyes

Get GitHub meta information

GET /meta

Returns meta information about GitHub, including a list of GitHub's IP addresses. For more information, see "About GitHub's IP addresses."

Parameters

No parameters.

Responses

StatusDescriptionHas JSON body
200Responseyes
304Not modifiedno

Get Octocat

GET /octocat

Get the octocat as ASCII art

Parameters

NameInRequiredDescription
squerynoThe words to show in Octocat's speech bubble

Responses

StatusDescriptionHas JSON body
200Responseno

Get all API versions

GET /versions

Get all supported GitHub API versions.

Parameters

No parameters.

Responses

StatusDescriptionHas JSON body
200Responseyes
404Resource not foundyes

Get the Zen of GitHub

GET /zen

Get a random sentence from the Zen of GitHub

Parameters

No parameters.

Responses

StatusDescriptionHas JSON body
200Responseno