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List public gists

List public gists sorted by most recently updated to least recently updated. Note: With [pagination](https://docs.github.com/[email protected]/rest/overview/resources-in-the-rest-api#pagination), you can fetch up to 3000 gists. For example, you can fetch 100 pages with 30 gists per page or 30 pages with 100 gists per page.

GET/gists/public
Source
github-v3-rest.json
Revision
f5f067c1e6f6
Active snapshot
85e53e3d0d65

Request

Query Parameters
since string<date-time>
optional

Only show notifications updated after the given time. This is a timestamp in [ISO 8601](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_8601) format: `YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM:SSZ`.

per_page integer
optional

Results per page (max 100)

page integer
optional

Page number of the results to fetch.

Responses

application/json array[Base Gist object]

Response

Headers
Link string
Example:
<https://api.github.com/resource?page=2>; rel="next", <https://api.github.com/resource?page=5>; rel="last"
items Base Gist object

Base Gist

comments integer
required
comments_url string<uri>
required
commits_url string<uri>
required
created_at string<date-time>
required
description string
requirednullable
files object
required
forks array
optional
forks_url string<uri>
required
git_pull_url string<uri>
required
git_push_url string<uri>
required
history array
optional
html_url string<uri>
required
id string
required
node_id string
required
owner Simple User object
optional

Simple User

avatar_url string<uri>
required

Example: https://github.com/images/error/octocat_happy.gif

email string
optionalnullable
events_url string
required

Example: https://api.github.com/users/octocat/events{/privacy}

followers_url string<uri>
required

Example: https://api.github.com/users/octocat/followers

following_url string
required

Example: https://api.github.com/users/octocat/following{/other_user}

gists_url string
required

Example: https://api.github.com/users/octocat/gists{/gist_id}

gravatar_id string
requirednullable

Example: 41d064eb2195891e12d0413f63227ea7

html_url string<uri>
required

Example: https://github.com/octocat

id integer
required

Example: 1

login string
required

Example: octocat

name string
optionalnullable
node_id string
required

Example: MDQ6VXNlcjE=

organizations_url string<uri>
required

Example: https://api.github.com/users/octocat/orgs

received_events_url string<uri>
required

Example: https://api.github.com/users/octocat/received_events

repos_url string<uri>
required

Example: https://api.github.com/users/octocat/repos

site_admin boolean
required
starred_at string
optional

Example: "2020-07-09T00:17:55Z"

starred_url string
required

Example: https://api.github.com/users/octocat/starred{/owner}{/repo}

subscriptions_url string<uri>
required

Example: https://api.github.com/users/octocat/subscriptions

type string
required

Example: User

url string<uri>
required

Example: https://api.github.com/users/octocat

public boolean
required
truncated boolean
optional
updated_at string<date-time>
required
url string<uri>
required
user Simple User object
requirednullable

Simple User

avatar_url string<uri>
required

Example: https://github.com/images/error/octocat_happy.gif

email string
optionalnullable
events_url string
required

Example: https://api.github.com/users/octocat/events{/privacy}

followers_url string<uri>
required

Example: https://api.github.com/users/octocat/followers

following_url string
required

Example: https://api.github.com/users/octocat/following{/other_user}

gists_url string
required

Example: https://api.github.com/users/octocat/gists{/gist_id}

gravatar_id string
requirednullable

Example: 41d064eb2195891e12d0413f63227ea7

html_url string<uri>
required

Example: https://github.com/octocat

id integer
required

Example: 1

login string
required

Example: octocat

name string
optionalnullable
node_id string
required

Example: MDQ6VXNlcjE=

organizations_url string<uri>
required

Example: https://api.github.com/users/octocat/orgs

received_events_url string<uri>
required

Example: https://api.github.com/users/octocat/received_events

repos_url string<uri>
required

Example: https://api.github.com/users/octocat/repos

site_admin boolean
required
starred_at string
optional

Example: "2020-07-09T00:17:55Z"

starred_url string
required

Example: https://api.github.com/users/octocat/starred{/owner}{/repo}

subscriptions_url string<uri>
required

Example: https://api.github.com/users/octocat/subscriptions

type string
required

Example: User

url string<uri>
required

Example: https://api.github.com/users/octocat

Not modified

application/json Basic Error object

Forbidden

documentation_url string
optional
message string
optional
status string
optional
url string
optional
application/json Validation Error object

Validation failed

documentation_url string
required
errors array[object]
optional
items object
code string
required
field string
optional
index integer
optional
message string
optional
resource string
optional
value
optional
message string
required