GET

Try GET /search/issues — GitHub API

GitHub playground

Search issues and pull requests

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 issues and pull requests](https://docs.github.com/search-github/searching-on-github/searching-issues-and-pull-requests)" for a detailed list of qualifiers. sort · optional · string Sorts the results of your query by the number of `comments`, `reactions`, `reactions-+1`, `reactions--1`, `reactions-smile`, `reactions-thinking_face`, `reactions-heart`, `reactions-tada`, or `interactions`. You can also sort results by how recently the items were `created` or `updated`, Default: [best match](https://docs.github.com/rest/search/search#ranking-search-results) order · optional · string 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)." advanced_search · optional · string Set to `true` to use advanced search. Example: `http://api.github.com/search/issues?q={query}&advanced_search=true` search_type · optional · string The type of search to perform on issues. When not specified, the default is lexical search. - `semantic` — performs a pure semantic (vector) search using embedding-based understanding. - `hybrid` — combines semantic search with lexical search for best results. Semantic and hybrid search require authentication and are rate limited to 10 requests per minute. Only applies to issue searches (`/search/issues`).