GITHUB API

Trending Developers

Retrieve trending developers from GitHub with a single API request.

GET/api/data/v1/github/trending/developers
1credit base cost

Request parameters

Up to 1 credit

Optional trending coding language, e.g. javascript, python, or go.

Trending range: daily, weekly, or monthly. Defaults to daily.

Try in the console

Live requests use your prepaid balance. Cached responses cost zero where supported.

curl --request GET \
  --url 'https://fetchgoblin.com/api/data/v1/github/trending/developers' \
  --header 'x-api-key: YOUR_FETCHGOBLIN_API_KEY'

Response

Example
{
  "success": true,
  "credits_charged": 1,
  "since": "daily",
  "language": null,
  "developers": [
    {
      "rank": 1,
      "username": "koala73",
      "name": "Elie Habib",
      "url": "https://github.com/koala73",
      "avatar_url": "https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/996596?s=96&v=4",
      "popular_repository": {
        "owner": "koala73",
        "repo": "worldmonitor",
        "full_name": "koala73/worldmonitor",
        "url": "https://github.com/koala73/worldmonitor",
        "name": "worldmonitor",
        "description": "Real-time global intelligence dashboard. AI-powered news aggregation, geopolitical monitoring, and infrastructure tracking in a unified s…"
      }
    }
  ]
}
Example data from the API specification. Run a request to retrieve current data.

Response shape

This schema describes the documented data shape. Some platform fields may be absent or null. The response also includes your FetchGoblin request ID and current credit balance.

View JSON Schema +
{
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "success": {
      "type": "boolean"
    },
    "credits_remaining": {
      "type": "integer"
    },
    "credits_charged": {
      "type": "integer"
    },
    "since": {
      "type": "string"
    },
    "language": {
      "type": [
        "string",
        "object",
        "array",
        "number",
        "boolean",
        "null"
      ]
    },
    "developers": {
      "type": "array",
      "items": {
        "type": "object",
        "properties": {
          "rank": {
            "type": "integer"
          },
          "username": {
            "type": "string"
          },
          "name": {
            "type": "string"
          },
          "url": {
            "type": "string"
          },
          "avatar_url": {
            "type": "string"
          },
          "popular_repository": {
            "type": "object",
            "properties": {
              "owner": {
                "type": "string"
              },
              "repo": {
                "type": "string"
              },
              "full_name": {
                "type": "string"
              },
              "url": {
                "type": "string"
              },
              "name": {
                "type": "string"
              },
              "description": {
                "type": "string"
              }
            }
          }
        }
      }
    }
  }
}