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Try the Retrieve a GitHub user profile API

Returns a public GitHub user's profile plus user-published social links. Email is included only when the user has made it public on their profile.

What a live request returned

14 Oct 2026: Single record response; 13 fields had a value in every checked item.

Observed request: GET /github/user/torvalds
Fields with a value in every checked item: login, id, type, name, company, location, avatar_url, html_url

Sample value profiles: created_at: 2011-09-03; public_repos: 12; avatar_url: avatars.githubusercontent.com.

Request: GET /github/user/{username}
Cost: 3 credits/request
Auth: apiKey
Checks passed, 7 days to 14 Oct 2026: 99.9%, median 2.30 s
Monitored request: GET /github/user/torvalds

Retrieve a GitHub user profile API documentation GitHub platform page Pricing

Prefilled cURL

curl 'https://api.crawlora.net/api/v1/github/user/torvalds' \
  -H "x-api-key: $CRAWLORA_API_KEY"

Request parameters

Parameter	Type	Required	Prefilled value	Description
username (path)	string	Yes	torvalds	GitHub username

Example JSON response

{
  "code": 200,
  "msg": "OK",
  "data": {
    "login": "torvalds",
    "name": "Linus Torvalds",
    "company": "Linux Foundation",
    "blog": "",
    "location": "Portland, OR",
    "twitter_username": null,
    "public_repos": 7,
    "followers": 228000,
    "social_accounts": [
      {
        "provider": "mastodon",
        "url": "https://social.kernel.org/users/torvalds"
      }
    ]
  }
}

More GitHub endpoints

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GETapiKey3 credits/requestapp.ResponseGitHub

GET /github/user/{username}

Retrieve a GitHub user profile

Returns a public GitHub user's profile plus user-published social links. Email is included only when the user has made it public on their profile.

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Path parameters

username

requiredstring

GitHub username

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Sample responseGET

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{
  "code": 200,
  "msg": "OK",
  "data": {
    "login": "torvalds",
    "name": "Linus Torvalds",
    "company": "Linux Foundation",
    "blog": "",
    "location": "Portland, OR",
    "twitter_username": null,
    "public_repos": 7,
    "followers": 228000,
    "social_accounts": [
      {
        "provider": "mastodon",
        "url": "https://social.kernel.org/users/torvalds"
      }
    ]
  }
}

Endpoint Playground

Try the Retrieve a GitHub user profile API

Returns a public GitHub user's profile plus user-published social links. Email is included only when the user has made it public on their profile.

What a live request returned

14 Oct 2026: Single record response; 13 fields had a value in every checked item.

Observed request: GET /github/user/torvalds
Fields with a value in every checked item: login, id, type, name, company, location, avatar_url, html_url

Sample value profiles: created_at: 2011-09-03; public_repos: 12; avatar_url: avatars.githubusercontent.com.

Request: GET /github/user/{username}
Cost: 3 credits/request
Auth: apiKey
Checks passed, 7 days to 14 Oct 2026: 99.9%, median 2.30 s
Monitored request: GET /github/user/torvalds

Retrieve a GitHub user profile API documentation GitHub platform page Pricing

Prefilled cURL

curl 'https://api.crawlora.net/api/v1/github/user/torvalds' \
  -H "x-api-key: $CRAWLORA_API_KEY"

Request parameters

Parameter	Type	Required	Prefilled value	Description
username (path)	string	Yes	torvalds	GitHub username

Example JSON response

{
  "code": 200,
  "msg": "OK",
  "data": {
    "login": "torvalds",
    "name": "Linus Torvalds",
    "company": "Linux Foundation",
    "blog": "",
    "location": "Portland, OR",
    "twitter_username": null,
    "public_repos": 7,
    "followers": 228000,
    "social_accounts": [
      {
        "provider": "mastodon",
        "url": "https://social.kernel.org/users/torvalds"
      }
    ]
  }
}

More GitHub endpoints

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GETapiKey3 credits/requestapp.ResponseGitHub

GET /github/user/{username}

Retrieve a GitHub user profile

Returns a public GitHub user's profile plus user-published social links. Email is included only when the user has made it public on their profile.

API key required. Paste a full key or rotate one from the API Keys page.

Set up API key

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API key

API key required for live requests. Your key is only used to send requests from this Playground.

not configured

Active Playground key: not configured

Manage API keys in Console

Path parameters

username

requiredstring

GitHub username

Add an API key to send a live request.

If an active API key is configured, Copy cURL includes it. Share links never include API keys.

View docs

Sample responseGET

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{
  "code": 200,
  "msg": "OK",
  "data": {
    "login": "torvalds",
    "name": "Linus Torvalds",
    "company": "Linux Foundation",
    "blog": "",
    "location": "Portland, OR",
    "twitter_username": null,
    "public_repos": 7,
    "followers": 228000,
    "social_accounts": [
      {
        "provider": "mastodon",
        "url": "https://social.kernel.org/users/torvalds"
      }
    ]
  }
}