GET

Try GET /search/code — GitHub API

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Search code

Credentials

GitHub token · sent as Authorization

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Headers

Accept · fixedX-GitHub-Api-Version · fixed

Query

q · required · string The query contains one or more search keywords and qualifiers. Qualifiers allow you to limit your search to specific areas of GitHub. The REST API supports the same qualifiers as the web interface for GitHub. To learn more about the format of the query, see [Constructing a search query](https://docs.github.com/rest/search/search#constructing-a-search-query). See "[Searching code](https://docs.github.com/search-github/searching-on-github/searching-code)" for a detailed list of qualifiers. sort · optional · string **This field is closing down.** Sorts the results of your query. Can only be `indexed`, which indicates how recently a file has been indexed by the GitHub search infrastructure. Default: [best match](https://docs.github.com/rest/search/search#ranking-search-results) order · optional · string **This field is closing down.** Determines whether the first search result returned is the highest number of matches (`desc`) or lowest number of matches (`asc`). This parameter is ignored unless you provide `sort`. per_page · optional · integer 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 · optional · integer 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)."