# GitHub Trending API (github.trending)

- Canonical page: https://everyinfra.com/en/github-api/trending
- Endpoint: POST /api/v1/social with {"platform": "github", "action": "trending", "params": {...}}
- Price: $0.000806 per call ($0.81 per 1,000 requests); failed and empty results are not charged
- Returns: list, default 25, max 25 per call
- Mode: sync; add "mode": "async" for slow tasks

## Health

- Live health (24h percent, hourly and daily trends): https://api.everyinfra.com/api/v1/social/availability?platform=github&action=trending

## Parameters

| name | type | required | default | description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| limit | integer (1–25) | no | 25 | The most rows to return in this call, an integer from 1 to 25. The default applies when you leave it out, and a call can return fewer rows. Larger values return 422 before any charge. |

## Response fields (items in `results`)

| field | meaning |
|---|---|
| rank | Position in this response from 1: by commit count for contributors, in Trending order for trending. |
| full_name | Repository name as owner/repo; a renamed or transferred repository shows its new name. |
| owner_username | Username of the repository owner (user or organization). |
| name | Name of the object itself, for account, product and business capabilities. |
| url | Link to the record on the platform. |
| description | Summary or description, usually shorter than text. |
| platform | Source platform identifier, the same as platform in the request (for example xiaohongshu, tiktok). |

## Example

```bash
curl -X POST 'https://api.everyinfra.com/api/v1/social' \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $EVERYINFRA_API_KEY" \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --data-raw '{
  "platform": "github",
  "action": "trending",
  "params": {}
}'
```

```python
import os
import requests

response = requests.post(
    "https://api.everyinfra.com/api/v1/social",
    headers={"Authorization": f"Bearer {os.environ['EVERYINFRA_API_KEY']}"},
    json={
        "platform": "github",
        "action": "trending",
        "params": {},
    },
    timeout=120,
)
print(response.status_code)
print(response.json())
```

## Response example

No real sample for these example parameters yet: structure only, every value is a placeholder (…).

```text
{
  "id": "req_…",
  "platform": "github",
  "action": "trending",
  "results": [
    {
      "rank": …,
      "full_name": …,
      "owner_username": …,
      "name": …,
      "url": …,
      "description": …,
      "platform": …
    }
  ],
  "count": …,
  "billing": {
    "charged": …,
    "charged_usd": …,
    "balance_after_usd": …,
    …
  },
  "quota": { … }
}
```

## Also

- Capability catalog (no key): https://api.everyinfra.com/api/v1/social/catalog?platform=github
- OpenAPI: https://everyinfra.com/openapi.json · Agents guide: https://everyinfra.com/agents.md