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List gists for a user

GET
/users/{username}/gists

Lists public gists for the specified user:

API method documentation

Parameters

Section titled “ Parameters ”

Path Parameters

Section titled “ Path Parameters ”
username
required
string

The handle for the GitHub user account.

Query Parameters

Section titled “ Query Parameters ”
since
string format: date-time

Only show results that were last updated after the given time. This is a timestamp in ISO 8601 format: YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM:SSZ.

per_page
integer
default: 30

The number of results per page (max 100). For more information, see “Using pagination in the REST API.”

page
integer
default: 1

The page number of the results to fetch. For more information, see “Using pagination in the REST API.”

Responses

Section titled “ Responses ”

200

Section titled “ 200 ”

Response

Media type application/json
Array<object>
Base Gist

Base Gist

object
url
required
string format: uri
forks_url
required
string format: uri
commits_url
required
string format: uri
id
required
string
node_id
required
string
git_pull_url
required
string format: uri
git_push_url
required
string format: uri
html_url
required
string format: uri
files
required
object
key
additional properties
object
filename
string
type
string
language
string
raw_url
string
size
integer
encoding

The encoding used for content. Currently, "utf-8" and "base64" are supported.

string
default: utf-8
public
required
boolean
created_at
required
string format: date-time
updated_at
required
string format: date-time
description
required
string
nullable
comments
required
integer
comments_enabled
boolean
user
required
Simple User

A GitHub user.

object
name
string
nullable
email
string
nullable
login
required
string
id
required
integer format: int64
node_id
required
string
avatar_url
required
string format: uri
gravatar_id
required
string
nullable
url
required
string format: uri
html_url
required
string format: uri
followers_url
required
string format: uri
following_url
required
string
gists_url
required
string
starred_url
required
string
subscriptions_url
required
string format: uri
organizations_url
required
string format: uri
repos_url
required
string format: uri
events_url
required
string
received_events_url
required
string format: uri
type
required
string
site_admin
required
boolean
starred_at
string
user_view_type
string
comments_url
required
string format: uri
owner
Simple User

A GitHub user.

object
name
string
nullable
email
string
nullable
login
required
string
id
required
integer format: int64
node_id
required
string
avatar_url
required
string format: uri
gravatar_id
required
string
nullable
url
required
string format: uri
html_url
required
string format: uri
followers_url
required
string format: uri
following_url
required
string
gists_url
required
string
starred_url
required
string
subscriptions_url
required
string format: uri
organizations_url
required
string format: uri
repos_url
required
string format: uri
events_url
required
string
received_events_url
required
string format: uri
type
required
string
site_admin
required
boolean
starred_at
string
user_view_type
string
truncated
boolean
forks
Array
history
Array
Examples
Example default 
[
  {
    "url": "https://api.github.com/gists/aa5a315d61ae9438b18d",
    "forks_url": "https://api.github.com/gists/aa5a315d61ae9438b18d/forks",
    "commits_url": "https://api.github.com/gists/aa5a315d61ae9438b18d/commits",
    "id": "aa5a315d61ae9438b18d",
    "node_id": "MDQ6R2lzdGFhNWEzMTVkNjFhZTk0MzhiMThk",
    "git_pull_url": "https://gist.github.com/aa5a315d61ae9438b18d.git",
    "git_push_url": "https://gist.github.com/aa5a315d61ae9438b18d.git",
    "html_url": "https://gist.github.com/aa5a315d61ae9438b18d",
    "files": {
      "hello_world.rb": {
        "filename": "hello_world.rb",
        "type": "application/x-ruby",
        "language": "Ruby",
        "raw_url": "https://gist.githubusercontent.com/octocat/6cad326836d38bd3a7ae/raw/db9c55113504e46fa076e7df3a04ce592e2e86d8/hello_world.rb",
        "size": 167
      }
    },
    "public": true,
    "created_at": "2010-04-14T02:15:15Z",
    "updated_at": "2011-06-20T11:34:15Z",
    "description": "Hello World Examples",
    "comments": 0,
    "user": null,
    "comments_url": "https://api.github.com/gists/aa5a315d61ae9438b18d/comments/",
    "owner": {
      "login": "octocat",
      "id": 1,
      "node_id": "MDQ6VXNlcjE=",
      "avatar_url": "https://github.com/images/error/octocat_happy.gif",
      "gravatar_id": "",
      "url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat",
      "html_url": "https://github.com/octocat",
      "followers_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/followers",
      "following_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/following{/other_user}",
      "gists_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/gists{/gist_id}",
      "starred_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/starred{/owner}{/repo}",
      "subscriptions_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/subscriptions",
      "organizations_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/orgs",
      "repos_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/repos",
      "events_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/events{/privacy}",
      "received_events_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/received_events",
      "type": "User",
      "site_admin": false
    },
    "truncated": false
  }
]

Headers

Section titled “ Headers ”
Link
string
Example 
<https://api.github.com/resource?page=2>; rel="next", <https://api.github.com/resource?page=5>; rel="last"

422

Section titled “ 422 ”

Validation failed, or the endpoint has been spammed.

Media type application/json
Validation Error

Validation Error

object
message
required
string
documentation_url
required
string
errors
Array<object>
object
resource
string
field
string
message
string
code
required
string
index
integer
value
One of:
string
nullable
Example generated 
{
  "message": "example",
  "documentation_url": "example",
  "errors": [
    {
      "resource": "example",
      "field": "example",
      "message": "example",
      "code": "example",
      "index": 1,
      "value": [
        "example"
      ]
    }
  ]
}