curl -X GET 'https://api.github.com/users/example-username/events/public?per_page=30&page=1' \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $GITHUB_TOKEN" \
  -H 'Accept: application/vnd.github+json' \
  -H 'X-GitHub-Api-Version: 2026-03-10'

# GET /users/{username}/events/public (GitHub API)
Base URL: https://api.github.com
Auth: Authorization; GitHub token; required.
Last verified: 2026-10-20

> List public events for a user

## Critical Gotchas
* GitHub recommends an `Accept: application/vnd.github+json` header and an explicit `X-GitHub-Api-Version` header.
* Fine-grained tokens only authorize repositories and permissions selected when the token is created.

## cURL
curl -X GET 'https://api.github.com/users/example-username/events/public?per_page=30&page=1' \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $GITHUB_TOKEN" \
  -H 'Accept: application/vnd.github+json' \
  -H 'X-GitHub-Api-Version: 2026-03-10'

## Parameters
| Name | In | Type | Required | Description |
| :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- |
| username | path | string | Yes | The handle for the GitHub user account. |
| per_page | query | integer | No | The number of results per page (max 100). For more information, see "[Using p... |
| page | query | integer | No | The page number of the results to fetch. For more information, see "[Using pa... |

## Response example
[{"id":"string","type":"string"}]

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GET

GET /users/{username}/events/public — GitHub API

GitHub token (required); https://api.github.com

GitHub API

List public events for a user

Base URL: https://api.github.com
Auth: Authorization: Bearer <GITHUB_API_KEY>
Last verified: 2026-10-20 · upstream hash matched

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Critical gotchas

GitHub recommends an Accept: application/vnd.github+json header and an explicit X-GitHub-Api-Version header.

Fine-grained tokens only authorize repositories and permissions selected when the token is created.

cURL

curl -X GET 'https://api.github.com/users/example-username/events/public?per_page=30&page=1' \  -H "Authorization: Bearer $GITHUB_TOKEN" \  -H 'Accept: application/vnd.github+json' \  -H 'X-GitHub-Api-Version: 2026-03-10'

Parameters

Name	In	Type	Required	Description
username	path	string	Yes	The handle for the GitHub user account.
per_page	query	integer	No	The number of results per page (max 100). For more information, see "[Using pagination in the REST API](https://docs.github.com/rest/using-the-rest-api/using-pagination-in-the-rest-api)."
page	query	integer	No	The page number of the results to fetch. For more information, see "[Using pagination in the REST API](https://docs.github.com/rest/using-the-rest-api/using-pagination-in-the-rest-api)."

Response 200 OK

[
  {
    "id": "string",
    "type": "string",
    "actor": {
      "id": 0,
      "login": "string",
      "display_login": "string",
      "gravatar_id": "string",
      "url": "https://example.com",
      "avatar_url": "https://example.com"
    },
    "repo": {
      "id": 0,
      "name": "string",
      "url": "https://example.com"
    },
    "org": {
      "id": 0,
      "login": "string",
      "display_login": "string",
      "gravatar_id": "string",
      "url": "https://example.com",
      "avatar_url": "https://example.com"
    },
    "payload": {
      "ref": "string",
      "ref_type": "string",
      "full_ref": "string",
      "master_branch": "string",
      "description": "string",
      "pusher_type": "string"
    },
    "public": true,
    "created_at": "2026-09-03T00:00:00Z"
  }
]

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