users

Creates, updates, deletes, gets or lists a users resource.

Overview

Name	users
Type	Resource
Id	github.search.users

Fields

The following fields are returned by SELECT queries:

users

Response

Name	Datatype	Description
incomplete_results	boolean
items	array
total_count	integer

Methods

The following methods are available for this resource:

Name	Accessible by	Required Params	Optional Params	Description
users	select	q	sort, order, per_page, page	Find users via various criteria. This method returns up to 100 results per page. When searching for users, you can get text match metadata for the issue login, public email, and name fields when you pass the text-match media type. For more details about highlighting search results, see Text match metadata. For more details about how to receive highlighted search results, see Text match metadata. For example, if you're looking for a list of popular users, you might try this query: q=tom+repos:%3E42+followers:%3E1000 This query searches for users with the name tom. The results are restricted to users with more than 42 repositories and over 1,000 followers. This endpoint does not accept authentication and will only include publicly visible users. As an alternative, you can use the GraphQL API. The GraphQL API requires authentication and will return private users, including Enterprise Managed Users (EMUs), that you are authorized to view. For more information, see "GraphQL Queries."

Parameters

Parameters can be passed in the WHERE clause of a query. Check the Methods section to see which parameters are required or optional for each operation.

Name	Datatype	Description
q	string	The query contains one or more search keywords and qualifiers. Qualifiers allow you to limit your search to specific areas of GitHub. The REST API supports the same qualifiers as the web interface for GitHub. To learn more about the format of the query, see Constructing a search query. See "Searching users" for a detailed list of qualifiers.
order	string	Determines whether the first search result returned is the highest number of matches (desc) or lowest number of matches (asc). This parameter is ignored unless you provide sort.
page	integer	The page number of the results to fetch. For more information, see "Using pagination in the REST API."
per_page	integer	The number of results per page (max 100). For more information, see "Using pagination in the REST API."
sort	string	Sorts the results of your query by number of followers or repositories, or when the person joined GitHub. Default: best match

SELECT examples

users

Find users via various criteria. This method returns up to 100 results per page.

When searching for users, you can get text match metadata for the issue login, public email, and name fields when you pass the text-match media type. For more details about highlighting search results, see Text match metadata. For more details about how to receive highlighted search results, see Text match metadata.

For example, if you're looking for a list of popular users, you might try this query:

q=tom+repos:%3E42+followers:%3E1000

This query searches for users with the name tom. The results are restricted to users with more than 42 repositories and over 1,000 followers.

This endpoint does not accept authentication and will only include publicly visible users. As an alternative, you can use the GraphQL API. The GraphQL API requires authentication and will return private users, including Enterprise Managed Users (EMUs), that you are authorized to view. For more information, see "GraphQL Queries."

SELECT
incomplete_results,
items,
total_count
FROM github.search.users
WHERE q = '{{ q }}' -- required
AND sort = '{{ sort }}'
AND order = '{{ order }}'
AND per_page = '{{ per_page }}'
AND page = '{{ page }}'
;