curl -X GET 'https://api.github.com/users/example-username/hovercard?subject_type=organization&subject_id=subject-id' \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $GITHUB_TOKEN" \
  -H 'Accept: application/vnd.github+json' \
  -H 'X-GitHub-Api-Version: 2026-03-10'

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

> Get contextual information 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/hovercard?subject_type=organization&subject_id=subject-id' \
  -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. |
| subject_type | query | string | No | Identifies which additional information you'd like to receive about the perso... |
| subject_id | query | string | No | Uses the ID for the `subject_type` you specified. **Required** when using `su... |

## Response example
{"contexts":[{"message":"string","octicon":"string"}]}

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GET

GET /users/{username}/hovercard — GitHub API

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

GitHub API

Get contextual information 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/hovercard?subject_type=organization&subject_id=subject-id' \  -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.
subject_type	query	string	No	Identifies which additional information you'd like to receive about the person's hovercard. Can be `organization`, `repository`, `issue`, `pull_request`. Required when using `subject_id`.
subject_id	query	string	No	Uses the ID for the `subject_type` you specified. Required when using `subject_type`.

Response 200 OK

{
  "contexts": [
    {
      "message": "string",
      "octicon": "string"
    }
  ]
}

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