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Get commit authors

Deprecated
GET
/repos/{owner}/{repo}/import/authors

Each type of source control system represents authors in a different way. For example, a Git commit author has a display name and an email address, but a Subversion commit author just has a username. The GitHub Importer will make the author information valid, but the author might not be correct. For example, it will change the bare Subversion username hubot into something like hubot <hubot@12341234-abab-fefe-8787-fedcba987654>.

This endpoint and the Map a commit author endpoint allow you to provide correct Git author information.

[!WARNING] Endpoint closing down notice: Due to very low levels of usage and available alternatives, this endpoint is closing down and will no longer be available from 00:00 UTC on April 12, 2024. For more details and alternatives, see the changelog.

API method documentation

Parameters

Section titled “ Parameters ”

Path Parameters

Section titled “ Path Parameters ”
owner
required
string

The account owner of the repository. The name is not case sensitive.

repo
required
string

The name of the repository without the .git extension. The name is not case sensitive.

Query Parameters

Section titled “ Query Parameters ”
since
integer

A user ID. Only return users with an ID greater than this ID.

Responses

Section titled “ Responses ”

200

Section titled “ 200 ”

Response

Media type application/json
Array<object>
Porter Author

Porter Author

object
id
required
integer
remote_id
required
string
remote_name
required
string
email
required
string
name
required
string
url
required
string format: uri
import_url
required
string format: uri
Examples
Example default 
[
  {
    "id": 2268557,
    "remote_id": "nobody@fc7da526-431c-80fe-3c8c-c148ff18d7ef",
    "remote_name": "nobody",
    "email": "hubot@github.com",
    "name": "Hubot",
    "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/socm/import/authors/2268557",
    "import_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/socm/import"
  },
  {
    "id": 2268558,
    "remote_id": "svner@fc7da526-431c-80fe-3c8c-c148ff18d7ef",
    "remote_name": "svner",
    "email": "svner@fc7da526-431c-80fe-3c8c-c148ff18d7ef",
    "name": "svner",
    "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/socm/import/authors/2268558",
    "import_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/socm/import"
  },
  {
    "id": 2268559,
    "remote_id": "svner@example.com@fc7da526-431c-80fe-3c8c-c148ff18d7ef",
    "remote_name": "svner@example.com",
    "email": "svner@example.com@fc7da526-431c-80fe-3c8c-c148ff18d7ef",
    "name": "svner@example.com",
    "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/socm/import/authors/2268559",
    "import_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/socm/import"
  }
]

404

Section titled “ 404 ”

Resource not found

Media type application/json
Basic Error

Basic Error

object
message
string
documentation_url
string
url
string
status
string
Example generated 
{
  "message": "example",
  "documentation_url": "example",
  "url": "example",
  "status": "example"
}

503

Section titled “ 503 ”

Unavailable due to service under maintenance.

Media type application/json
Basic Error

Basic Error

object
message
string
documentation_url
string
url
string
status
string
Example generated 
{
  "message": "example",
  "documentation_url": "example",
  "url": "example",
  "status": "example"
}