GitHub User Info
GET
Retrieve public GitHub user profile data including bio, company, location, follower count, repositories, and associated email addresses.
Credit cost: 1 credit per call
ApiKeyAuthheader
x-api-key<token>Your API key. Include it in the x-api-key header for every request.
query*stringA GitHub user identifier. Multiple formats are accepted:
- GitHub profile URL:
https://github.com/example-user - Username:
example-user - Email address:
name@company.com
Examples:
https://github.com/example-userNote: When using an email address, the lookup resolves the associated GitHub account if one is linked publicly.
Successful response
application/json- response
id?integername?stringemail?array<string>login?stringcompany?stringgist_url?stringgpg_keys?stringlocation?stringssh_keys?stringfollowers?integerfollowing?integeravatar_url?stringcreated_at?stringupdated_at?stringpublic_gists?integerpublic_repos?integercurl -X GET 'https://api.piloterr.com/v2/github/user/info?query=string'Example Response
{ "id": 1024025, "name": "Alex Martin", "email": [ "name@example.com" ], "login": "example-user", "company": "Linux Foundation", "gist_url": "https://gist.github.com/example-user", "gpg_keys": "https://github.com/example-user.gpg", "location": "Portland, OR", "ssh_keys": "https://github.com/example-user.keys", "followers": 329840, "following": 0, "avatar_url": "https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/placeholder/example-user.jpg", "created_at": "2011-09-03T15:26:22Z", "updated_at": "2026-10-16T15:33:53Z", "public_gists": 1, "public_repos": 12}