GitHub trending developers API reference

GET /v1/github/trending/developers

GitHub's public Trending developers page: ranked users with name, avatar and the popular repository GitHub shows for them (in extra).

Cost: 1 credit
Cache: Results are kept up to 1 day; send max_age_days to reuse them for free.
Timeout: A request still running after about 25 seconds answers 202 with a job to poll (Batch and jobs).

Parameters#

Name	Type	Required	Description
`language`	string	no	Coding language, e.g. javascript, python, go.
`since`	string	no	Trending range. One of `daily`, `weekly`, `monthly`. Default `daily`.

Every request also accepts:

cursor: the cursor from the previous page (Pagination).
trim: true for a smaller response without null fields and extra.
raw: true to also get the platform's original object as raw.
max_age_days: accept a cached result up to this many days old, for 0 credits (Caching).

Example request#

Set your key in the environment first (see Authentication).

1curl -G "https://api.socialscrape.dev/v1/github/trending/developers" \2  -H "x-api-key: $SOCIALSCRAPE_API_KEY" \3  --data-urlencode "language=python" \4  --data-urlencode "since=weekly"

1import os2import requests34params = {5    "language": "python",6    "since": "weekly",7}8res = requests.get(9    "https://api.socialscrape.dev/v1/github/trending/developers",10    headers={"x-api-key": os.environ["SOCIALSCRAPE_API_KEY"]},11    params=params,12)13body = res.json()1415if body["ok"]:16    print(body["data"])17else:18    print(body["error"]["code"], body["error"]["message"])

1const url = new URL("https://api.socialscrape.dev/v1/github/trending/developers");2url.search = new URLSearchParams({3  "language": "python",4  "since": "weekly"5}).toString();6const res = await fetch(url, {7  headers: { "x-api-key": process.env.SOCIALSCRAPE_API_KEY! },8});9const body = await res.json();1011if (body.ok) {12  console.log(body.data);13} else {14  console.error(body.error.code, body.error.message);15}

1{2  "nodes": [3    {4      "name": "SocialScrape GitHub trending developers",5      "type": "n8n-nodes-base.httpRequest",6      "typeVersion": 4.2,7      "position": [8        0,9        010      ],11      "parameters": {12        "method": "GET",13        "url": "https://api.socialscrape.dev/v1/github/trending/developers",14        "sendQuery": true,15        "queryParameters": {16          "parameters": [17            {18              "name": "language",19              "value": "python"20            },21            {22              "name": "since",23              "value": "weekly"24            }25          ]26        },27        "sendHeaders": true,28        "headerParameters": {29          "parameters": [30            {31              "name": "x-api-key",32              "value": "={{ $env.SOCIALSCRAPE_API_KEY }}"33            }34          ]35        }36      }37    }38  ],39  "connections": {}40}

Example response#

This is a sample from a recorded response, lists and long text are shortened. Status 200.

200 OKSample response

1{2  "ok": true,3  "credits_charged": 1,4  "credits_remaining": 4999,5  "cached": false,6  "cached_at": null,7  "request_id": "req_f84bd4fd20d383847abb3c0d",8  "data": {9    "object": "list",10    "items": [11      {12        "object": "profile",13        "platform": "github",14        "id": null,15        "handle": "mvanhorn",16        "name": "Matt Van Horn",17        "headline": null,18        "url": "https://github.com/mvanhorn",19        "kind": "person",20        "bio": null,21        "avatar_url": "https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/455140?s=96&v=4",22        "banner_url": null,23        "verified": null,24        "is_private": null,25        "external_url": null,26        "links": null,27        "location": null,28        "category": null,29        "created_at": null,30        "stats": {31          "followers": null,32          "following": null,33          "posts": null,34          "likes": null,35          "views": null36        },37        "extra": {38          "language_filter": "python",39          "popular_repository": {40            "description": "AI agent skill that researches any topic across Reddit, X, YouTube, HN, Polymarket, and the web - then synthesizes a grounded summary",41            "full_name": "mvanhorn/last30days-skill",42            "name": "last30days-skill",43            "owner": "mvanhorn",44            "repo": "last30days-skill",45            "url": "https://github.com/mvanhorn/last30days-skill"46          },47          "rank": 1,48          "since": "weekly"49        }50      },51      {52        "object": "profile",53        "platform": "github",54        "id": null,55        "handle": "Gathin23",56        "name": "Gathin",57        "headline": null,58        "url": "https://github.com/Gathin23",59        "kind": "person",60        "bio": null,61        "avatar_url": "https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/94786511?s=96&v=4",62        "banner_url": null,63        "verified": null,64        "is_private": null,65        "external_url": null,66        "links": null,67        "location": null,68        "category": null,69        "created_at": null,70        "stats": {71          "followers": null,72          "following": null,73          "posts": null,74          "likes": null,75          "views": null76        },77        "extra": {78          "language_filter": "python",79          "popular_repository": {80            "description": "Debloat any Android or Google TV over Wi-Fi and get an Apple TV-style home.",81            "full_name": "Gathin23/cleanyourtv",82            "name": "cleanyourtv",83            "owner": "Gathin23",84            "repo": "cleanyourtv",85            "url": "https://github.com/Gathin23/cleanyourtv"86          },87          "rank": 2,88          "since": "weekly"89        }90      }91    ],92    "cursor": null,93    "has_more": false,94    "parent": null95  },96  "cursor": null,97  "has_more": false98}

Response#

A list of Profile objects in data.items, with data.cursor and data.has_more.

See Data models for every field. The envelope around data is described in Responses.

Errors#

Failures are free: credits_charged is 0. Branch on error.code, never on the message.

Code	HTTP	Retry	Meaning
`invalid_params`	400	no	A parameter is missing, unknown or has the wrong type.
`not_found`	404	no	The platform says this profile, post or item does not exist.

Every request can also fail with the account and platform errors listed on the Errors page.

GitHub user (GET /v1/github/user)
GitHub user repositories (GET /v1/github/user/repositories)
GitHub repository (GET /v1/github/repository)
GitHub followers (GET /v1/github/user/followers)
GitHub following (GET /v1/github/user/following)
GitHub contribution calendar (GET /v1/github/user/contributions)
GitHub public activity (GET /v1/github/user/activity)
GitHub pull requests by a user (GET /v1/github/user/pull-requests)

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