List repository contributors

GET

/repos/{owner}/{repo}/contributors

Lists contributors to the specified repository and sorts them by the number of commits per contributor in descending order. This endpoint may return information that is a few hours old because the GitHub REST API caches contributor data to improve performance.

GitHub identifies contributors by author email address. This endpoint groups contribution counts by GitHub user, which includes all associated email addresses. To improve performance, only the first 500 author email addresses in the repository link to GitHub users. The rest will appear as anonymous contributors without associated GitHub user information.

API method documentation

Parameters

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

anon

string

Set to 1 or true to include anonymous contributors in results.

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

200

If repository contains content

Media type application/json

Array<object>

Contributor

Contributor

object

login

string

id

integer

node_id

string

avatar_url

string format: uri

gravatar_id

string

nullable

url

string format: uri

html_url

string format: uri

followers_url

string format: uri

following_url

string

gists_url

string

starred_url

string

subscriptions_url

string format: uri

organizations_url

string format: uri

repos_url

string format: uri

events_url

string

received_events_url

string format: uri

type

required

string

site_admin

boolean

contributions

required

integer

email

string

name

string

user_view_type

string

Examples

Example response-if-repository-contains-content

[
  {
    "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,
    "contributions": 32
  }
]

Headers

Link

string

Example

<https://api.github.com/resource?page=2>; rel="next", <https://api.github.com/resource?page=5>; rel="last"

204

Response if repository is empty

403

Forbidden

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"
}

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"
}