GitHub User profile API

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Read the public GitHub profile of a user or organization: name, bio, company, location, website, X username, followers, following, public repository and gist counts, and join date.

Price $0.96 per 1,000 requests ($0.000958 per call). Failed calls and empty results are not charged. Synchronous. For slow jobs add "mode": "async" to the body, take the job_id and poll.

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Please help me write a data collection script with the EveryInfra GitHub User profile endpoint (github/user).

How the endpoint works:
- Request: POST https://api.everyinfra.com/api/v1/social with the header Authorization: Bearer <API key>. Read the key from the EVERYINFRA_API_KEY environment variable and never hard-code it.
- In the request body, set platform to github and action to user, and put the parameters inside params.
- Required parameters:
  - username: A GitHub username such as torvalds, or the profile link; organizations work too.
- Returns one object. Main fields: username, id (GitHub's numeric ID, as a string), display_name, bio, company (Company written on the profile), location, website, twitter_username (X (Twitter) username written on the pro…), follower_count, following_count, public_repo_count (Public repositories), public_gist_count (Public gists); 16 fields in total, full list at https://api.everyinfra.com/api/v1/social/catalog?platform=github.
- Example request body:
{
  "platform": "github",
  "action": "user",
  "params": {
    "username": "torvalds"
  }
}
- Price: $0.96 per 1,000 requests; failed and empty results are not charged.
- For dozens or hundreds of targets, add "mode": "async" to the body: you get a job_id at once and poll GET https://api.everyinfra.com/api/v1/jobs/{job_id} for the result.
- On 422, fix the request using the suggested parameter names and allowed values in the error; on 429 or 503, wait for Retry-After and try again.

Before writing code, ask me which targets I need, how many, which fields, and what output format I want; then confirm the plan and the rough cost with me.

Request parameters

Name	In	Type	Required	Default	Description
`Authorization`	header	`string`	Yes	-	Bearer followed by your API key. Create it in the console; never put it in a URL or a code repository.
`platform`	body	`string`	Yes	`github`	Platform identifier, fixed value.
`action`	body	`string`	Yes	`user`	Capability identifier, fixed value.
`username`	body.params	`string`	Yes	-	A GitHub username such as `torvalds`, or the profile link; organizations work too.

Code samples

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": "user",
  "params": {
    "username": "torvalds"
  }
}'

OpenAPI definition (JSON)Samples read the key from the EVERYINFRA_API_KEY environment variable; copied code never contains your key.

Response example

Field preview

No sample response is available for these parameters yet. This preview shows the response shape and fields from the API definition, with … as placeholders; it is not the result of a live call.

json

{
  "id": "req_…",
  "platform": "github",
  "action": "user",
  "results": {
    "username": …,
    "id": …,
    "display_name": …,
    "bio": …,
    "company": …,
    "location": …,
    "website": …,
    "twitter_username": …,
    "follower_count": …,
    "following_count": …,
    "public_repo_count": …,
    "public_gist_count": …,
    "avatar_url": …,
    "url": …,
    "account_type": …,
    "created_at": …,
    "platform": …
  },
  "billing": {
    "charged": …,
    "charged_usd": …,
    "balance_after_usd": …,
    …
  },
  "quota": { … }
}

Response fields

Business data is in results. The table lists the fields a record can contain; values the platform does not show are never made up.

Field	Meaning
`username`	Username (@handle).
`id`	GitHub's numeric ID, as a string.
`display_name`	Display name; can differ from username.
`bio`	Profile bio written by the account; may contain line breaks and emoji.
`company`	Company written on the profile; absent when empty.
`location`	Location description passed through as is; the format varies by platform.
`website`	External website entered by the account or business.
`twitter_username`	X (Twitter) username written on the profile; absent when empty.
`follower_count`	Followers. null means not disclosed, not 0.
`following_count`	Accounts followed. null means not disclosed, not 0.
`public_repo_count`	Public repositories.
`public_gist_count`	Public gists.
`avatar_url`	Avatar image link. Some platforms return sized CDN links that can expire.
`url`	Link to the record on the platform.
`account_type`	Account type: User, Bot or Organization.
`created_at`	Creation time, same format as posted_at.
`platform`	Source platform identifier, the same as platform in the request (for example xiaohongshu, tiktok).

Errors and billing

401: Missing or invalid key.
402: Insufficient balance. Top up first.
422: Invalid parameter name or value. Fix it using the suggestions in the error. No charge.
429: Per-minute request limit reached. Wait for Retry-After, then try again.
503: Could not complete. The held charge is returned to your balance. If the outcome is unknown, verify it before you retry.
200 empty: No data. No charge.

Errors

Official references

Used only to check objects and terms. They do not imply authorization or endorsement of EveryInfra by the platform.

GitHub REST API: get a user ↗
GitHub's REST reference reads a public account by its username and documents the public profile fields. It confirms that `username` is the GitHub login, not the display name.
Checked 2026-11-01