curl -X GET 'https://api.github.com/meta' \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $GITHUB_TOKEN" \
  -H 'Accept: application/vnd.github+json' \
  -H 'X-GitHub-Api-Version: 2026-03-10'

# GET /meta (GitHub API)
Base URL: https://api.github.com
Auth: Authorization; GitHub token; required.
Last verified: 2026-10-20

> Get GitHub meta information

## 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/meta' \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $GITHUB_TOKEN" \
  -H 'Accept: application/vnd.github+json' \
  -H 'X-GitHub-Api-Version: 2026-03-10'

## Response example
{"verifiable_password_authentication":true,"ssh_key_fingerprints":{"SHA256_RSA":"string","SHA256_DSA":"string"}}

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GET

GET /meta — GitHub API

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

GitHub API

Get GitHub meta information

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/meta' \  -H "Authorization: Bearer $GITHUB_TOKEN" \  -H 'Accept: application/vnd.github+json' \  -H 'X-GitHub-Api-Version: 2026-03-10'

Parameters

No parameters.

Response 200 OK

{
  "verifiable_password_authentication": true,
  "ssh_key_fingerprints": {
    "SHA256_RSA": "string",
    "SHA256_DSA": "string",
    "SHA256_ECDSA": "string",
    "SHA256_ED25519": "string"
  },
  "ssh_keys": [
    "ssh-ed25519 ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ"
  ],
  "hooks": [
    "192.0.2.1"
  ],
  "github_enterprise_importer": [
    "192.0.2.1"
  ],
  "web": [
    "192.0.2.1"
  ],
  "api": [
    "192.0.2.1"
  ],
  "git": [
    "192.0.2.1"
  ],
  "packages": [
    "192.0.2.1"
  ],
  "pages": [
    "192.0.2.1"
  ],
  "importer": [
    "192.0.2.1"
  ],
  "actions": [
    "192.0.2.1"
  ],
  "actions_macos": [
    "192.0.2.1"
  ],
  "codespaces": [
    "192.0.2.1"
  ],
  "dependabot": [
    "192.0.2.1"
  ],
  "copilot": [
    "192.0.2.1"
  ],
  "commit_signing_keys": [
    "ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ"
  ],
  "domains": {
    "website": [
      [
        "example.com"
      ]
    ],
    "codespaces": [
      [
        "example.com"
      ]
    ],
    "copilot": [
      [
        "example.com"
      ]
    ],
    "packages": [
      [
        "example.com"
      ]
    ],
    "storage": [
      [
        "example.com"
      ]
    ],
    "actions": [
      [
        "example.com"
      ]
    ],
    "actions_inbound": {
      "full_domains": [
        [
          "example.com"
        ]
      ],
      "wildcard_domains": [
        [
          "example.com"
        ]
      ]
    },
    "artifact_attestations": {
      "trust_domain": [
        "example"
      ],
      "services": [
        [
          "example.com"
        ]
      ]
    }
  }
}

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