curl -X GET 'https://api.github.com/users/example-username/settings/billing/usage?year=10&month=10&day=10' \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $GITHUB_TOKEN" \
  -H 'Accept: application/vnd.github+json' \
  -H 'X-GitHub-Api-Version: 2026-03-10'

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

> Get billing usage report 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/settings/billing/usage?year=10&month=10&day=10' \
  -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. |
| year | query | integer | No | If specified, only return results for a single year. The value of `year` is a... |
| month | query | integer | No | If specified, only return results for a single month. The value of `month` is... |
| day | query | integer | No | If specified, only return results for a single day. The value of `day` is an... |

## Response example
{"usageItems":[{}]}

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GET

GET /users/{username}/settings/billing/usage — GitHub API

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

GitHub API

Get billing usage report 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/settings/billing/usage?year=10&month=10&day=10' \  -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.
year	query	integer	No	If specified, only return results for a single year. The value of `year` is an integer with four digits representing a year. For example, `2025`. Default value is the current year.
month	query	integer	No	If specified, only return results for a single month. The value of `month` is an integer between `1` and `12`. If no year is specified the default `year` is used.
day	query	integer	No	If specified, only return results for a single day. The value of `day` is an integer between `1` and `31`. If no `year` or `month` is specified, the default `year` and `month` are used.

Response 200 OK

{
  "usageItems": [
    {
      "date": "string",
      "product": "string",
      "sku": "string",
      "quantity": 0,
      "unitType": "string",
      "pricePerUnit": 0,
      "grossAmount": 0,
      "discountAmount": 0,
      "netAmount": 0,
      "repositoryName": "string"
    }
  ]
}

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