# GitHub User — Zapi reference

> Fetch public profile information for a GitHub user.

**Base URL:** `https://api.zpi.web.id`
**Auth:** Send `x-api-key: YOUR_KEY` header on every request. Get a free key at https://zpi.web.id/dashboard/keys.
**Response envelope:** `{ status, message, content }`
**Rate limit:** 60 req/min on free tier.

**Related:**
- Detail page: https://zpi.web.id/api/social-media/github-user
- Endpoint catalog: https://zpi.web.id/category/social-media
- Concise index: https://zpi.web.id/llms.txt
- Full reference: https://zpi.web.id/llms-full.txt

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## GitHub User

**Category:** social-media · **Slug:** `github-user`
**Detail page:** https://zpi.web.id/api/social-media/github-user

Fetch public profile information for a GitHub user.

**Tags:** github, developer

### User Profile

Get a GitHub user's public profile.

- **Method:** `GET`
- **Endpoint:** `https://api.zpi.web.id/v1/social-media:github-user/profile/:username`
- **Cache TTL:** 300s

**Parameters:**

| Name | Type | Location | Required | Description |
|------|------|----------|----------|-------------|
| `username` | string | path | yes | GitHub username (without @) |

**cURL:**
```bash
curl "https://api.zpi.web.id/v1/social-media:github-user/profile/:username" \
  -H "x-api-key: YOUR_API_KEY"
```

**JavaScript / TypeScript:**
```javascript
const res = await fetch("https://api.zpi.web.id/v1/social-media:github-user/profile/:username", {
  headers: { "x-api-key": process.env.ZAPI_KEY }
});
const data = await res.json();
```

**Python:**
```python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://api.zpi.web.id/v1/social-media:github-user/profile/:username",
  headers={"x-api-key": "YOUR_API_KEY"})
data = r.json()
```

**Example response:**
```json
{
  "ok": true,
  "user": {
    "id": 1024025,
    "bio": "",
    "blog": "",
    "name": "Linus Torvalds",
    "type": "User",
    "email": "",
    "login": "torvalds",
    "avatar": "https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1024025?v=4",
    "company": "Linux Foundation",
    "htmlUrl": "https://github.com/torvalds",
    "twitter": "",
    "hireable": false,
    "location": "Portland, OR",
    "createdAt": "2011-09-03T15:26:22Z",
    "followers": 304705,
    "following": 0,
    "updatedAt": "2026-05-25T22:34:10Z",
    "publicGists": 1,
    "publicRepos": 11
  },
  "repos": [
    {
      "id": 2325298,
      "fork": false,
      "name": "linux",
      "forks": 62572,
      "stars": 234576,
      "topics": [],
      "htmlUrl": "https://github.com/torvalds/linux",
      "archived": false,
      "fullName": "torvalds/linux",
      "language": "C",
      "pushedAt": "2026-05-26T23:41:14Z",
      "watchers": 234576,
      "updatedAt": "2026-05-27T13:19:45Z",
      "openIssues": 3,
      "description": "Linux kernel source tree"
    },
    {
      "id": 79171906,
      "fork": true,
      "name": "libdc-for-dirk",
      "forks": 52,
      "stars": 387,
      "topics": [],
      "htmlUrl": "https://github.com/torvalds/libdc-for-dirk",
      "archived": false,
      "fullName": "torvalds/libdc-for-dirk",
      "language": "C",
      "pushedAt": "2024-12-26T20:12:43Z",
      "watchers": 387,
      "updatedAt": "2026-05-27T10:26:00Z",
      "openIssues": 1,
      "description": "Only use for syncing with Dirk, don't use for anything else"
    },
    {
      "id": 1058343058,
      "fork": false,
      "name": "GuitarPedal",
      "forks": 69,
      "stars": 1941,
      "topics": [],
      "htmlUrl": "https://github.com/torvalds/GuitarPedal",
      "archived": false,
      "fullName": "torvalds/GuitarPedal",
      "language": "C",
      "pushedAt": "2026-05-24T23:39:40Z",
      "watchers": 1941,
      "updatedAt": "2026-05-27T06:46:10Z",
      "openIssues": 3,
      "description": "Linus learns analog circuits"
    },
    {
      "id": 1130786764,
      "fork": false,
      "name": "AudioNoise",
      "forks": 206,
      "stars": 4374,
      "topics": [],
      "htmlUrl": "https://github.com/torvalds/AudioNoise",
      "archived": false,
      "fullName": "torvalds/AudioNoise",
      "language": "C",
      "pushedAt": "2026-05-08T17:20:22Z",
      "watchers": 4374,
      "updatedAt": "2026-05-27T06:00:09Z",
      "openIssues": 30,
      "description": "Random digital audio effects"
    },
    {
      "id": 117900805,
      "fork": false,
      "name": "uemacs",
      "forks": 308,
      "stars": 2031,
      "topics": [],
      "htmlUrl": "https://github.com/torvalds/uemacs",
      "archived": false,
      "fullName": "torvalds/uemacs",
      "language": "C",
      "pushedAt": "2026-02-25T19:15:47Z",
      "watchers": 2031,
      "updatedAt": "2026-05-26T08:41:38Z",
      "openIssues": 13,
      "description": "Random version of microemacs with my private modificatons"
    },
    {
      "id": 519408694,
      "fork": true,
      "name": "libgit2",
      "forks": 28,
      "stars": 358,
      "topics": [],
      "htmlUrl": "https://github.com/torvalds/libgit2",
      "archived": false,
      "fullName": "torvalds/libgit2",
      "language": "C",
      "pushedAt": "2023-12-19T11:45:42Z",
      "watchers": 358,
      "updatedAt": "2026-05-26T06:59:22Z",
      "openIssues": 1,
      "description": "A cross-platform, linkable library implementation of Git that you can use in your application."
    },
    {
      "id": 86106493,
      "fork": false,
      "name": "test-tlb",
      "forks": 219,
      "stars": 1002,
      "topics": [],
      "htmlUrl": "https://github.com/torvalds/test-tlb",
      "archived": false,
      "fullName": "torvalds/test-tlb",
      "language": "C",
      "pushedAt": "2024-08-19T21:13:36Z",
      "watchers": 1002,
      "updatedAt": "2026-05-26T06:32:36Z",
      "openIssues": 13,
      "description": "Stupid memory latency and TLB tester"
    },
    {
      "id": 940929652,
      "fork": false,
      "name": "1590A",
      "forks": 22,
      "stars": 566,
      "topics": [],
      "htmlUrl": "https://github.com/torvalds/1590A",
      "archived": true,
      "fullName": "torvalds/1590A",
      "language": "OpenSCAD",
      "pushedAt": "2025-09-19T02:54:14Z",
      "watchers": 566,
      "updatedAt": "2026-05-24T17:40:00Z",
      "openIssues": 0,
      "description": "Random odd guitar pedal design in kicad"
    },
    {
      "id": 78665021,
      "fork": true,
      "name": "subsurface-for-dirk",
      "forks": 68,
      "stars": 457,
      "topics": [],
      "htmlUrl": "https://github.com/torvalds/subsurface-for-dirk",
      "archived": false,
      "fullName": "torvalds/subsurface-for-dirk",
      "language": "C++",
      "pushedAt": "2024-08-28T08:00:07Z",
      "watchers": 457,
      "updatedAt": "2026-05-24T08:35:27Z",
      "openIssues": 2,
      "description": "Do not use - the real upstream is  Subsurface-divelog/subsurface"
    },
    {
      "id": 113099837,
      "fork": false,
      "name": "pesconvert",
      "forks": 75,
      "stars": 560,
      "topics": [],
      "htmlUrl": "https://github.com/torvalds/pesconvert",
      "archived": false,
      "fullName": "torvalds/pesconvert",
      "language": "C",
      "pushedAt": "2022-12-22T10:46:37Z",
      "watchers": 560,
      "updatedAt": "2026-05-22T10:46:53Z",
      "openIssues": 6,
      "description": "Brother PES file converter"
    }
  ]
}
```

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_Generated: 2026-08-02T14:22:06.607Z_