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List public events

We delay the public events feed by five minutes, which means the most recent event returned by the public events API actually occurred at least five minutes ago.

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

Request

Query Parameters
per_page integer
optional

Results per page (max 100)

page integer
optional

Page number of the results to fetch.

Responses

application/json array[Event object]

Response

items Event object

Event

actor Actor object
required

Actor

avatar_url string<uri>
required
display_login string
optional
gravatar_id string
requirednullable
id integer
required
login string
required
url string<uri>
required
created_at string<date-time>
requirednullable
id string
required
org Actor object
optional

Actor

avatar_url string<uri>
required
display_login string
optional
gravatar_id string
requirednullable
id integer
required
login string
required
url string<uri>
required
payload object
required
action string
optional
comment Issue Comment object
optional

Comments provide a way for people to collaborate on an issue.

author_association
string< author_association >
required

How the author is associated with the repository.

Example: OWNER

Allowed: "COLLABORATOR""CONTRIBUTOR""FIRST_TIMER""FIRST_TIME_CONTRIBUTOR""MANNEQUIN""MEMBER""NONE""OWNER"

body string
optional

Contents of the issue comment

Example: What version of Safari were you using when you observed this bug?

body_html string
optional
body_text string
optional
created_at string<date-time>
required

Example: 2011-04-14T16:00:49Z

html_url string<uri>
required
id integer
required

Unique identifier of the issue comment

Example: 42

issue_url string<uri>
required
node_id string
required
performed_via_github_app GitHub app object
optionalnullable

GitHub apps are a new way to extend GitHub. They can be installed directly on organizations and user accounts and granted access to specific repositories. They come with granular permissions and built-in webhooks. GitHub apps are first class actors within GitHub.

reactions Reaction Rollup object
optional
updated_at string<date-time>
required

Example: 2011-04-14T16:00:49Z

url string<uri>
required

URL for the issue comment

Example: https://api.github.com/repositories/42/issues/comments/1

user Simple User object
requirednullable

Simple User

issue Issue object
optional

Issues are a great way to keep track of tasks, enhancements, and bugs for your projects.

active_lock_reason string
optionalnullable
assignee Simple User object
requirednullable

Simple User

assignees array
optionalnullable
author_association
string< author_association >
required

How the author is associated with the repository.

Example: OWNER

Allowed: "COLLABORATOR""CONTRIBUTOR""FIRST_TIMER""FIRST_TIME_CONTRIBUTOR""MANNEQUIN""MEMBER""NONE""OWNER"

body string
optionalnullable

Contents of the issue

Example:
It looks like the new widget form is broken on Safari. When I try and create the widget, Safari crashes. This is reproducible on 10.8, but not 10.9. Maybe a browser bug?
body_html string
optional
body_text string
optional
closed_at string<date-time>
requirednullable
closed_by Simple User object
optionalnullable

Simple User

comments integer
required
comments_url string<uri>
required
created_at string<date-time>
required
draft boolean
optional
events_url string<uri>
required
html_url string<uri>
required
id integer
required
labels array
required

Labels to associate with this issue; pass one or more label names to replace the set of labels on this issue; send an empty array to clear all labels from the issue; note that the labels are silently dropped for users without push access to the repository

Example:
[
  "bug",
  "registration"
]
labels_url string
required
locked boolean
required
milestone Milestone object
requirednullable

A collection of related issues and pull requests.

node_id string
required
number integer
required

Number uniquely identifying the issue within its repository

Example: 42

performed_via_github_app GitHub app object
optionalnullable

GitHub apps are a new way to extend GitHub. They can be installed directly on organizations and user accounts and granted access to specific repositories. They come with granular permissions and built-in webhooks. GitHub apps are first class actors within GitHub.

pull_request object
optional
reactions Reaction Rollup object
optional
repository Repository object
optional

A git repository

repository_url string<uri>
required
state string
required

State of the issue; either 'open' or 'closed'

Example: open

timeline_url string<uri>
optional
title string
required

Title of the issue

Example: Widget creation fails in Safari on OS X 10.8

updated_at string<date-time>
required
url string<uri>
required

URL for the issue

Example: https://api.github.com/repositories/42/issues/1

user Simple User object
requirednullable

Simple User

pages array[object]
optional
public boolean
required
repo object
required
id integer
required
name string
required
url string<uri>
required
type string
requirednullable

Not modified

application/json Basic Error object

Forbidden

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

Service unavailable

code string
optional
documentation_url string
optional
message string
optional