GitHub trending repositories API

Q: Which errors can it return?

invalid_params (do not retry), not_found (do not retry). Account and platform errors from the errors list can also happen. A failure always costs 0 credits.

Q: How do I get more than one page?

Send the same request with cursor set to the cursor you received, until has_more is false . Each page costs its own price. See pagination .

Q: Is there an SDK call for it?

The Python client has client.github.trending_repositories(...) and the TypeScript client client.github.trendingRepositories() . Both return the same envelope as the HTTP API. Install them from PyPI ( socialscrape-sdk ) or npm ( socialscrape ); plain HTTP works in any language.

Q: Can an AI agent call it?

Yes. The MCP server , which you run on your own machine, reaches every built endpoint, with the same prices.

Cost: 1 credit
Cached repeats: 0 creditssend max_age_days, results kept 1 day
Failed requests: 0 credits

Part of the GitHub Scraper API: 10 GitHub endpoints on one key.

Request

Send your key in the x-api-key header.

1curl -G "https://api.socialscrape.dev/v1/github/trending/repositories" \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/repositories",10    headers={"x-api-key": os.environ["SOCIALSCRAPE_API_KEY"]},11    params=params,12    timeout=60,13)14body = res.json()1516if body["ok"]:17    print(body["data"])18else:19    print(body["error"]["code"], body["error"]["message"])

1const url = new URL("https://api.socialscrape.dev/v1/github/trending/repositories");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 repositories",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/repositories",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}

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
`language`	string	Coding language, e.g. javascript, python, go.
`since`	string	Trending range.
`spoken_language_code`	string	Spoken language filter, e.g. en.
`cursor`	string	Opaque cursor from the previous page; pass it back unchanged. Also accepted as `continuationToken`, `continuation_token`, `next_max_id`, `max_id`, `max_cursor`, `min_time`, `after`, `page_token`, `pageToken`, `paginationToken`, `next_page_id`, `page`.

Every request also accepts trim, raw and max_age_days.

Response

Sample from a recorded response, shortened. Values are examples, not your data.

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_c4fc774b21d57135067b1418",8  "data": {9    "object": "list",10    "items": [11      {12        "object": "repo",13        "platform": "github",14        "id": null,15        "full_name": "AgriciDaniel/claude-seo",16        "name": "claude-seo",17        "url": "https://github.com/AgriciDaniel/claude-seo",18        "owner": {19          "id": null,20          "handle": "AgriciDaniel",21          "name": null,22          "url": "https://github.com/AgriciDaniel",23          "avatar_url": null,24          "verified": null25        },26        "description": "Universal SEO skill for Claude Code. 26 sub-skills + 19 sub-agents covering technical SEO, E-E-A-T, schema, GEO/AEO, agent readiness (Lighthouse Agentic Brow...",27        "language": "Python",28        "topics": null,29        "license": null,30        "stars": 24017,31        "forks": 3224,32        "watchers": null,33        "open_issues": null,34        "is_fork": null,35        "is_archived": null,36        "default_branch": null,37        "created_at": null,38        "updated_at": null,39        "pushed_at": null,40        "extra": {41          "built_by": [42            {43              "avatar_url": "https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/223140489?s=40&v=4",44              "username": "AgriciDaniel"45            },46            {47              "avatar_url": "https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/81847?s=40&v=4",48              "username": "claude"49            },50            {51              "avatar_url": "https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/129338099?s=40&v=4",52              "username": "Nordalux"53            }54          ],55          "language_color": "#3572A5",56          "language_filter": "python",57          "rank": 1,58          "since": "weekly",59          "stars_in_range": 411060        }61      },62      {63        "object": "repo",64        "platform": "github",65        "id": null,66        "full_name": "TauricResearch/TradingAgents",67        "name": "TradingAgents",68        "url": "https://github.com/TauricResearch/TradingAgents",69        "owner": {70          "id": null,71          "handle": "TauricResearch",72          "name": null,73          "url": "https://github.com/TauricResearch",74          "avatar_url": null,75          "verified": null76        },77        "description": "TradingAgents: Multi-Agents LLM Financial Trading Framework",78        "language": "Python",79        "topics": null,80        "license": null,81        "stars": 118339,82        "forks": 22634,83        "watchers": null,84        "open_issues": null,85        "is_fork": null,86        "is_archived": null,87        "default_branch": null,88        "created_at": null,89        "updated_at": null,90        "pushed_at": null,91        "extra": {92          "built_by": [93            {94              "avatar_url": "https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/48253104?s=40&v=4",95              "username": "Yijia-Xiao"96            },97            {98              "avatar_url": "https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/68405458?s=40&v=4",99              "username": "EdwardoSunny"100            },101            {102              "avatar_url": "https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/91041827?s=40&v=4",103              "username": "CadeYu"104            }105          ],106          "language_color": "#3572A5",107          "language_filter": "python",108          "rank": 2,109          "since": "weekly",110          "stars_in_range": 5557111        }112      }113    ],114    "cursor": null,115    "has_more": false,116    "parent": null117  },118  "cursor": null,119  "has_more": false120}

Fields

A page of results. Each entry in items is a Repo. cursor and has_more page through the rest.

A field the platform does not give is null, never made up. Extra platform details are in extra.

Field	Type	Always	Notes
`object`	`"repo"`
`platform`	Platform	yes
`id`	string or null
`full_name`	string	yes	"owner/name"
`name`	string or null
`url`	string or null
`owner`	Author or null
`description`	string or null
`language`	string or null
`topics`	string[] or null
`license`	string or null
`stars`	integer or null
`forks`	integer or null
`watchers`	integer or null

Show the other 8 fields

Field	Type	Always	Notes
`open_issues`	integer or null
`is_fork`	boolean or null
`is_archived`	boolean or null
`default_branch`	string or null
`created_at`	string (ISO 8601 date-time) or null
`updated_at`	string (ISO 8601 date-time) or null
`pushed_at`	string (ISO 8601 date-time) or null
`extra`	object or null

Full field list in the reference for this endpoint and the data models. Errors are listed under Errors.

Questions

Which errors can it return?

invalid_params (do not retry), not_found (do not retry). Account and platform errors from the errors list can also happen. A failure always costs 0 credits.

How do I get more than one page?

Send the same request with cursor set to the cursor you received, until has_more is false. Each page costs its own price. See pagination.

Is there an SDK call for it?

The Python client has client.github.trending_repositories(...) and the TypeScript client client.github.trendingRepositories(). Both return the same envelope as the HTTP API. Install them from PyPI (socialscrape-sdk) or npm (socialscrape); plain HTTP works in any language.

Can an AI agent call it?

Yes. The MCP server, which you run on your own machine, reaches every built endpoint, with the same prices.

How to scrape GitHub trending repositoriesStep by step, nine languages GitHub userGET /v1/github/user GitHub user repositoriesGET /v1/github/user/repositories GitHub repositoryGET /v1/github/repository GitHub followersGET /v1/github/user/followers GitHub followingGET /v1/github/user/following Reference in the docsEvery parameter and error GitHub Scraper APIAll 10 GitHub endpoints