Searches public repositories with the GitHub search syntax (for example language:go stars:>1000). Returns the total match count, an incomplete_results flag and one page of full repository objects with the same fields as the repository endpoint. GitHub serves only the first 1,000 results, so page times per_page above 1000 answers 422. Costs 1 credit per successful request.
Run this endpoint
Endpoint
Parameters
Start with the required fields, then add optional filters only when your use case needs them.
Runnable path
1 required parameter needed before sending a request.
4 optional filters available.
string
Required
Search query. Supports qualifiers such as language:go, stars:>1000, topic:cli or user:laravel.
laravel
string
Optional
stars, forks, help-wanted-issues or updated. Defaults to best match.
stars
string
Optional
asc or desc. Defaults to desc.
example
integer
Optional
1-based page. Defaults to 1.
1
integer
Optional
Results per page, 1-100. Defaults to 30.
10
Request Examples
<?php
$curl = curl_init();
curl_setopt_array($curl, [
CURLOPT_URL => "https://scrappa.co/api/github/search/repositories?q=laravel&sort=stars&per_page=10",
CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "GET",
CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
"x-api-key: YOUR_API_KEY_HERE"
],
]);
$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);
curl_close($curl);
if ($err) {
echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
echo $response;
}
<?php
use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Http;
$response = Http::timeout(30)
->withHeaders(['x-api-key' => 'YOUR_API_KEY_HERE'])
->get('https://scrappa.co/api/github/search/repositories?q=laravel&sort=stars&per_page=10');
if ($response->successful()) {
echo $response->body();
} else {
echo "Error: " . $response->status();
}
const options = {
method: 'GET',
headers: {
'x-api-key': 'YOUR_API_KEY_HERE'
}
};
fetch('https://scrappa.co/api/github/search/repositories?q=laravel&sort=stars&per_page=10', options)
.then(response => {
if (!response.ok) {
throw new Error(`HTTP error! status: ${response.status}`);
}
return response.text();
})
.then(data => console.log(data))
.catch(error => console.error('Error:', error));
const axios = require('axios');
const options = {
method: 'GET',
url: 'https://scrappa.co/api/github/search/repositories?q=laravel&sort=stars&per_page=10',
headers: {
x-api-key: 'YOUR_API_KEY_HERE',
}
};
try {
const response = await axios(options);
console.log(response.data);
} catch (error) {
console.error('Error:', error.message);
}
require 'net/http'
require 'uri'
uri = URI.parse("https://scrappa.co/api/github/search/repositories?q=laravel&sort=stars&per_page=10")
http = Net::HTTP.new(uri.host, uri.port)
http.use_ssl = uri.scheme == 'https'
request = Net::HTTP::Get.new(uri.request_uri)
request['x-api-key'] = 'YOUR_API_KEY_HERE'
begin
response = http.request(request)
puts response.body
rescue => e
puts "Error: #{e.message}"
end
import http.client
import json
conn = http.client.HTTPSConnection("scrappa.co")
headers = {
'x-api-key': 'YOUR_API_KEY_HERE',
}
try:
conn.request("GET", "/api/github/search/repositories?q=laravel&sort=stars&per_page=10", headers=headers)
res = conn.getresponse()
data = res.read()
print(data.decode("utf-8"))
except Exception as e:
print(f"Error: {e}")
finally:
conn.close()
import requests
headers = {
'x-api-key': 'YOUR_API_KEY_HERE',
}
try:
response = requests.get('https://scrappa.co/api/github/search/repositories?q=laravel&sort=stars&per_page=10', headers=headers)
response.raise_for_status()
print(response.text)
except requests.exceptions.RequestException as e:
print(f"Error: {e}")
import okhttp3.OkHttpClient;
import okhttp3.Request;
import okhttp3.Response;
import java.io.IOException;
public class ApiExample {
public static void main(String[] args) {
OkHttpClient client = new OkHttpClient();
Request request = new Request.Builder()
.url("https://scrappa.co/api/github/search/repositories?q=laravel&sort=stars&per_page=10")
.addHeader("x-api-key", "YOUR_API_KEY_HERE")
.build();
try (Response response = client.newCall(request).execute()) {
if (response.isSuccessful()) {
System.out.println(response.body().string());
} else {
System.out.println("Error: " + response.code());
}
} catch (IOException e) {
System.out.println("Error: " + e.getMessage());
}
}
}
package main
import (
"fmt"
"net/http"
"io/ioutil"
)
func main() {
client := &http.Client{}
req, err := http.NewRequest("GET", "https://scrappa.co/api/github/search/repositories?q=laravel&sort=stars&per_page=10", nil)
if err != nil {
fmt.Println("Error creating request:", err)
return
}
req.Header.Set("x-api-key", "YOUR_API_KEY_HERE")
resp, err := client.Do(req)
if err != nil {
fmt.Println("Error making request:", err)
return
}
defer resp.Body.Close()
body, err := ioutil.ReadAll(resp.Body)
if err != nil {
fmt.Println("Error reading response:", err)
return
}
fmt.Println(string(body))
}
#!/bin/bash
curl -X GET \
-H "x-api-key: YOUR_API_KEY_HERE" \
"https://scrappa.co/api/github/search/repositories?q=laravel&sort=stars&per_page=10"
using System;
using System.Net.Http;
using System.Threading.Tasks;
class Program
{
static async Task Main()
{
using var client = new HttpClient();
client.DefaultRequestHeaders.Add("x-api-key", "YOUR_API_KEY_HERE");
try
{
var response = await client.SendAsync(new HttpRequestMessage(HttpMethod.Get, "https://scrappa.co/api/github/search/repositories?q=laravel&sort=stars&per_page=10"));
var content = await response.Content.ReadAsStringAsync();
Console.WriteLine(content);
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
Console.WriteLine($"Error: {ex.Message}");
}
}
}
import axios from 'axios';
async function run(): Promise<void> {
try {
const response = await axios({
method: 'GET',
url: 'https://scrappa.co/api/github/search/repositories?q=laravel&sort=stars&per_page=10',
headers: {
'x-api-key': 'YOUR_API_KEY_HERE',
},
});
console.log(response.data);
} catch (error) {
console.error('Error:', error);
}
}
void run();
use reqwest::Client;
#[tokio::main]
async fn main() -> Result<(), Box<dyn std::error::Error>> {
let client = Client::new();
let response = client
.get("https://scrappa.co/api/github/search/repositories?q=laravel&sort=stars&per_page=10")
.header("x-api-key", "YOUR_API_KEY_HERE")
.send()
.await?;
println!("{}", response.text().await?);
Ok(())
}
Response Schema
Example response fields are illustrative; inspect the JSON before integrating.
Example response fields
Scan these fields before integrating.
search_parameters
total_count
incomplete_results
page
per_page
has_more
repositories
result_count
Common repositories fields
id
name
full_name
html_url
{
"search_parameters": {
"engine": "github_search_repositories",
"q": "laravel",
"sort": "stars",
"per_page": 10
},
"total_count": 933161,
"incomplete_results": false,
"page": 1,
"per_page": 10,
"has_more": true,
"repositories": [
{
"id": 1863329,
"name": "laravel",
"full_name": "laravel/laravel",
"html_url": "https://github.com/laravel/laravel",
"description": "Laravel is a web application framework with expressive, elegant syntax. We\u2019ve already laid the foundation for your next ",
"fork": false,
"created_at": "2011-06-08T03:06:08Z",
"updated_at": "2026-11-04T01:21:00Z",
"pushed_at": "2026-10-30T13:45:03Z",
"homepage": "https://laravel.com",
"size": 11048,
"stargazers_count": 85214,
"watchers_count": 85214,
"language": "Blade",
"forks_count": 26239,
"open_issues_count": 31,
"license": null,
"topics": [
"framework",
"laravel",
"php"
],
"default_branch": "13.x",
"score": 1,
"owner": {
"login": "laravel",
"type": "Organization"
}
}
],
"result_count": 10
}
Errors
Handle these documented responses before retrying or showing customer-facing failures.
Validation Error
A parameter failed validation.
GitHub Upstream Unavailable
The upstream service is temporarily unavailable. Please retry shortly.
{
"error": "GitHub upstream is temporarily unavailable.",
"error_code": "github_upstream_unavailable",
"retryable": true
}Parser Drift
GitHub returned a response shape this parser does not recognise. The incident has been reported; retrying will return the same result.
{
"error": "GitHub response shape changed unexpectedly. The incident has been reported.",
"error_code": "github_parser_drift",
"retryable": false
}Not Acceptable Upstream
GitHub has no JSON representation for this route, or rejected the request headers. Never charged.
{
"error": "This GitHub route has no JSON representation.",
"error_code": "github_html_only_route_json_requested",
"retryable": false
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