Getting the data
Before using the API, we need to set the authorization. The API gives you access to all publicly available data, but some endpoints need user permission. You can create a new token with some specific scope access using the application settings. The scope depends on your application's needs, such as accessing user email, updating user profile, and so on.
Password authorization is only needed in some cases, like access by user authorized applications. In that case, you need to provide your username or email, and your password.
All API access is over HTTPS, and accessed from the https://api.github.com/ domain. All data is sent and received as JSON.
Rate Limits
The GitHub Search API is designed to help to find specific items (repository, users, and so on). The rate limit policy allows up to 1,000 results for each search. For requests using basic authentication, OAuth, or client ID and secret, you can make up to 30 requests per minute. For unauthenticated requests, the rate limit...
