Gists
Download SpecView, modify your gists.
List gists for the authenticated user
Lists the authenticated user's gists or if called anonymously, this endpoint returns all public gists:
since
string
date-time
Only show notifications updated after the given time. This is a timestamp in ISO 8601 format: YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM:SSZ
.
per_page
int
The number of results per page (max 100).
- Default
- 30
page
int
Page number of the results to fetch.
- Default
- 1
Response
Response
[
{
"url": "https://api.github.com/gists/aa5a315d61ae9438b18d",
"forks_url": "https://api.github.com/gists/aa5a315d61ae9438b18d/forks",
"commits_url": "https://api.github.com/gists/aa5a315d61ae9438b18d/commits",
"id": "aa5a315d61ae9438b18d",
"node_id": "MDQ6R2lzdGFhNWEzMTVkNjFhZTk0MzhiMThk",
"git_pull_url": "https://gist.github.com/aa5a315d61ae9438b18d.git",
"git_push_url": "https://gist.github.com/aa5a315d61ae9438b18d.git",
"html_url": "https://gist.github.com/aa5a315d61ae9438b18d",
"files": {
"hello_world.rb": {
"filename": "hello_world.rb",
"type": "application/x-ruby",
"language": "Ruby",
"raw_url": "https://gist.githubusercontent.com/octocat/6cad326836d38bd3a7ae/raw/db9c55113504e46fa076e7df3a04ce592e2e86d8/hello_world.rb",
"size": 167
}
},
"public": true,
"created_at": "2010-04-14T02:15:15Z",
"updated_at": "2011-06-20T11:34:15Z",
"description": "Hello World Examples",
"comments": 0,
"user": null,
"comments_url": "https://api.github.com/gists/aa5a315d61ae9438b18d/comments/",
"owner": {
"login": "octocat",
"id": 1,
"node_id": "MDQ6VXNlcjE=",
"avatar_url": "https://github.com/images/error/octocat_happy.gif",
"gravatar_id": "",
"url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat",
"html_url": "https://github.com/octocat",
"followers_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/followers",
"following_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/following{/other_user}",
"gists_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/gists{/gist_id}",
"starred_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/starred{/owner}{/repo}",
"subscriptions_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/subscriptions",
"organizations_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/orgs",
"repos_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/repos",
"events_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/events{/privacy}",
"received_events_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/received_events",
"type": "User",
"site_admin": false
},
"truncated": false
}
]
Empty response
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Empty response
Empty response
Empty response
Empty response
Empty response
Empty response
Empty response
No schema
message
string
documentation_url
string
url
string
status
string
Not modified
Empty response
Forbidden
{
"message": "string",
"documentation_url": "string",
"url": "string",
"status": "string"
}
array[object (Base Gist)]
- Content Type
- application/json
Base Gist
object (Base Gist)
Base Gist
url
string
uri
required
forks_url
string
uri
required
commits_url
string
uri
required
id
string
required
node_id
string
required
git_pull_url
string
uri
required
git_push_url
string
uri
required
html_url
string
uri
required
files
object (files)
required
public
boolean
required
created_at
string
date-time
required
updated_at
string
date-time
required
description
string or null
required
comments
int
required
user
object (user) or null
required
A GitHub user.
name
string or null
string or null
login
string
required
- Example
- "octocat"
id
int
required
- Example
- 1
node_id
string
required
- Example
- "MDQ6VXNlcjE="
avatar_url
string
uri
required
- Example
- "https://github.com/images/error/octocat_happy.gif"
gravatar_id
string or null
required
- Example
- "41d064eb2195891e12d0413f63227ea7"
url
string
uri
required
- Example
- "https://api.github.com/users/octocat"
html_url
string
uri
required
- Example
- "https://github.com/octocat"
followers_url
string
uri
required
- Example
- "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/followers"
following_url
string
required
- Example
- "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/following{/other_user}"
gists_url
string
required
- Example
- "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/gists{/gist_id}"
starred_url
string
required
- Example
- "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/starred{/owner}{/repo}"
subscriptions_url
string
uri
required
- Example
- "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/subscriptions"
organizations_url
string
uri
required
- Example
- "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/orgs"
repos_url
string
uri
required
- Example
- "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/repos"
events_url
string
required
- Example
- "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/events{/privacy}"
received_events_url
string
uri
required
- Example
- "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/received_events"
type
string
required
- Example
- "User"
site_admin
boolean
required
starred_at
string
- Example
- "\"2020-07-09T00:17:55Z\""
comments_url
string
uri
required
owner
object (owner)
A GitHub user.
name
string or null
string or null
login
string
required
- Example
- "octocat"
id
int
required
- Example
- 1
node_id
string
required
- Example
- "MDQ6VXNlcjE="
avatar_url
string
uri
required
- Example
- "https://github.com/images/error/octocat_happy.gif"
gravatar_id
string or null
required
- Example
- "41d064eb2195891e12d0413f63227ea7"
url
string
uri
required
- Example
- "https://api.github.com/users/octocat"
html_url
string
uri
required
- Example
- "https://github.com/octocat"
followers_url
string
uri
required
- Example
- "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/followers"
following_url
string
required
- Example
- "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/following{/other_user}"
gists_url
string
required
- Example
- "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/gists{/gist_id}"
starred_url
string
required
- Example
- "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/starred{/owner}{/repo}"
subscriptions_url
string
uri
required
- Example
- "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/subscriptions"
organizations_url
string
uri
required
- Example
- "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/orgs"
repos_url
string
uri
required
- Example
- "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/repos"
events_url
string
required
- Example
- "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/events{/privacy}"
received_events_url
string
uri
required
- Example
- "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/received_events"
type
string
required
- Example
- "User"
site_admin
boolean
required
starred_at
string
- Example
- "\"2020-07-09T00:17:55Z\""
truncated
boolean
forks
array[]
history
array[]
Link
string
Create a gist
Allows you to add a new gist with one or more files.
Note: Don't name your files "gistfile" with a numerical suffix. This is the format of the automatic naming scheme that Gist uses internally.
description
string
Description of the gist
- Example
- "Example Ruby script"
files
object (files)
required
Names and content for the files that make up the gist
- Example
- { "hello.rb": { "content": "puts \"Hello, World!\"" } }
public
One Of
boolean
Flag indicating whether the gist is public
- Default
- false
- Example
- true
string
- Default
- "false"
- Enum
-
- true
- false
- Example
- "true"
Request
{
"description": "Example of a gist",
"public": false,
"files": {
"README.md": {
"content": "Hello World"
}
}
}
Response
Response
{
"url": "https://api.github.com/gists/2decf6c462d9b4418f2",
"forks_url": "https://api.github.com/gists/2decf6c462d9b4418f2/forks",
"commits_url": "https://api.github.com/gists/2decf6c462d9b4418f2/commits",
"id": "2decf6c462d9b4418f2",
"node_id": "G_kwDOBhHyLdZDliNDQxOGYy",
"git_pull_url": "https://gist.github.com/2decf6c462d9b4418f2.git",
"git_push_url": "https://gist.github.com/2decf6c462d9b4418f2.git",
"html_url": "https://gist.github.com/2decf6c462d9b4418f2",
"files": {
"README.md": {
"filename": "README.md",
"type": "text/markdown",
"language": "Markdown",
"raw_url": "https://gist.githubusercontent.com/monalisa/2decf6c462d9b4418f2/raw/ac3e6daf176fafe73609fd000cd188e4472010fb/README.md",
"size": 23,
"truncated": false,
"content": "Hello world from GitHub"
}
},
"public": true,
"created_at": "2022-09-20T12:11:58Z",
"updated_at": "2022-09-21T10:28:06Z",
"description": "An updated gist description.",
"comments": 0,
"user": null,
"comments_url": "https://api.github.com/gists/2decf6c462d9b4418f2/comments",
"owner": {
"login": "monalisa",
"id": 104456405,
"node_id": "U_kgDOBhHyLQ",
"avatar_url": "https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/104456405?v=4",
"gravatar_id": "",
"url": "https://api.github.com/users/monalisa",
"html_url": "https://github.com/monalisa",
"followers_url": "https://api.github.com/users/monalisa/followers",
"following_url": "https://api.github.com/users/monalisa/following{/other_user}",
"gists_url": "https://api.github.com/users/monalisa/gists{/gist_id}",
"starred_url": "https://api.github.com/users/monalisa/starred{/owner}{/repo}",
"subscriptions_url": "https://api.github.com/users/monalisa/subscriptions",
"organizations_url": "https://api.github.com/users/monalisa/orgs",
"repos_url": "https://api.github.com/users/monalisa/repos",
"events_url": "https://api.github.com/users/monalisa/events{/privacy}",
"received_events_url": "https://api.github.com/users/monalisa/received_events",
"type": "User",
"site_admin": true
},
"forks": [],
"history": [
{
"user": {
"login": "monalisa",
"id": 104456405,
"node_id": "U_kgyLQ",
"avatar_url": "https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/104456405?v=4",
"gravatar_id": "",
"url": "https://api.github.com/users/monalisa",
"html_url": "https://github.com/monalisa",
"followers_url": "https://api.github.com/users/monalisa/followers",
"following_url": "https://api.github.com/users/monalisa/following{/other_user}",
"gists_url": "https://api.github.com/users/monalisa/gists{/gist_id}",
"starred_url": "https://api.github.com/users/monalisa/starred{/owner}{/repo}",
"subscriptions_url": "https://api.github.com/users/monalisa/subscriptions",
"organizations_url": "https://api.github.com/users/monalisa/orgs",
"repos_url": "https://api.github.com/users/monalisa/repos",
"events_url": "https://api.github.com/users/monalisa/events{/privacy}",
"received_events_url": "https://api.github.com/users/monalisa/received_events",
"type": "User",
"site_admin": true
},
"version": "468aac8caed5f0c3b859b8286968",
"committed_at": "2022-09-21T10:28:06Z",
"change_status": {
"total": 2,
"additions": 1,
"deletions": 1
},
"url": "https://api.github.com/gists/8481a81af6b7a2d418f2/468aac8caed5f0c3b859b8286968"
}
],
"truncated": false
}
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Empty response
No schema
message
string
documentation_url
string
url
string
status
string
message
string
documentation_url
string
url
string
status
string
Validation failed, or the endpoint has been spammed.
{
"message": "string",
"documentation_url": "string",
"errors": [
{
"resource": "string",
"field": "string",
"message": "string",
"code": "string",
"index": 123,
"value": "string"
}
]
}
Not modified
Empty response
Resource not found
{
"message": "string",
"documentation_url": "string",
"url": "string",
"status": "string"
}
Forbidden
{
"message": "string",
"documentation_url": "string",
"url": "string",
"status": "string"
}
message
string
required
documentation_url
string
required
errors
array[object]
object
resource
string
field
string
message
string
code
string
required
index
int
value
One Of
string or null
int or null
array[string] or null
string
forks
array[object] or null
deprecated
object
id
string
url
string
uri
user
object (user)
Public User
login
string
required
id
int
required
node_id
string
required
avatar_url
string
uri
required
gravatar_id
string or null
required
url
string
uri
required
html_url
string
uri
required
followers_url
string
uri
required
following_url
string
required
gists_url
string
required
starred_url
string
required
subscriptions_url
string
uri
required
organizations_url
string
uri
required
repos_url
string
uri
required
events_url
string
required
received_events_url
string
uri
required
type
string
required
site_admin
boolean
required
name
string or null
required
company
string or null
required
blog
string or null
required
location
string or null
required
string or null
required
hireable
boolean or null
required
bio
string or null
required
twitter_username
string or null
public_repos
int
required
public_gists
int
required
followers
int
required
following
int
required
created_at
string
date-time
required
updated_at
string
date-time
required
plan
object (plan)
collaborators
int
required
name
string
required
space
int
required
private_repos
int
required
suspended_at
string or null
date-time
private_gists
int
- Example
- 1
total_private_repos
int
- Example
- 2
owned_private_repos
int
- Example
- 2
disk_usage
int
- Example
- 1
collaborators
int
- Example
- 3
created_at
string
date-time
updated_at
string
date-time
history
array[object (Gist History)] or null
deprecated
Gist History
object (Gist History)
Gist History
user
object (user) or null
A GitHub user.
name
string or null
string or null
login
string
required
- Example
- "octocat"
id
int
required
- Example
- 1
node_id
string
required
- Example
- "MDQ6VXNlcjE="
avatar_url
string
uri
required
- Example
- "https://github.com/images/error/octocat_happy.gif"
gravatar_id
string or null
required
- Example
- "41d064eb2195891e12d0413f63227ea7"
url
string
uri
required
- Example
- "https://api.github.com/users/octocat"
html_url
string
uri
required
- Example
- "https://github.com/octocat"
followers_url
string
uri
required
- Example
- "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/followers"
following_url
string
required
- Example
- "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/following{/other_user}"
gists_url
string
required
- Example
- "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/gists{/gist_id}"
starred_url
string
required
- Example
- "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/starred{/owner}{/repo}"
subscriptions_url
string
uri
required
- Example
- "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/subscriptions"
organizations_url
string
uri
required
- Example
- "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/orgs"
repos_url
string
uri
required
- Example
- "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/repos"
events_url
string
required
- Example
- "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/events{/privacy}"
received_events_url
string
uri
required
- Example
- "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/received_events"
type
string
required
- Example
- "User"
site_admin
boolean
required
starred_at
string
- Example
- "\"2020-07-09T00:17:55Z\""
version
string
committed_at
string
date-time
change_status
object (change_status)
total
int
additions
int
deletions
int
url
string
uri
fork_of
object (fork_of) or null
Gist
url
string
uri
required
forks_url
string
uri
required
commits_url
string
uri
required
id
string
required
node_id
string
required
git_pull_url
string
uri
required
git_push_url
string
uri
required
html_url
string
uri
required
files
object (files)
required
public
boolean
required
created_at
string
date-time
required
updated_at
string
date-time
required
description
string or null
required
comments
int
required
user
object (user) or null
required
A GitHub user.
name
string or null
string or null
login
string
required
- Example
- "octocat"
id
int
required
- Example
- 1
node_id
string
required
- Example
- "MDQ6VXNlcjE="
avatar_url
string
uri
required
- Example
- "https://github.com/images/error/octocat_happy.gif"
gravatar_id
string or null
required
- Example
- "41d064eb2195891e12d0413f63227ea7"
url
string
uri
required
- Example
- "https://api.github.com/users/octocat"
html_url
string
uri
required
- Example
- "https://github.com/octocat"
followers_url
string
uri
required
- Example
- "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/followers"
following_url
string
required
- Example
- "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/following{/other_user}"
gists_url
string
required
- Example
- "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/gists{/gist_id}"
starred_url
string
required
- Example
- "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/starred{/owner}{/repo}"
subscriptions_url
string
uri
required
- Example
- "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/subscriptions"
organizations_url
string
uri
required
- Example
- "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/orgs"
repos_url
string
uri
required
- Example
- "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/repos"
events_url
string
required
- Example
- "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/events{/privacy}"
received_events_url
string
uri
required
- Example
- "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/received_events"
type
string
required
- Example
- "User"
site_admin
boolean
required
starred_at
string
- Example
- "\"2020-07-09T00:17:55Z\""
comments_url
string
uri
required
owner
object (owner) or null
A GitHub user.
name
string or null
string or null
login
string
required
- Example
- "octocat"
id
int
required
- Example
- 1
node_id
string
required
- Example
- "MDQ6VXNlcjE="
avatar_url
string
uri
required
- Example
- "https://github.com/images/error/octocat_happy.gif"
gravatar_id
string or null
required
- Example
- "41d064eb2195891e12d0413f63227ea7"
url
string
uri
required
- Example
- "https://api.github.com/users/octocat"
html_url
string
uri
required
- Example
- "https://github.com/octocat"
followers_url
string
uri
required
- Example
- "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/followers"
following_url
string
required
- Example
- "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/following{/other_user}"
gists_url
string
required
- Example
- "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/gists{/gist_id}"
starred_url
string
required
- Example
- "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/starred{/owner}{/repo}"
subscriptions_url
string
uri
required
- Example
- "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/subscriptions"
organizations_url
string
uri
required
- Example
- "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/orgs"
repos_url
string
uri
required
- Example
- "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/repos"
events_url
string
required
- Example
- "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/events{/privacy}"
received_events_url
string
uri
required
- Example
- "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/received_events"
type
string
required
- Example
- "User"
site_admin
boolean
required
starred_at
string
- Example
- "\"2020-07-09T00:17:55Z\""
truncated
boolean
forks
array[]
history
array[]
url
string
forks_url
string
commits_url
string
id
string
node_id
string
git_pull_url
string
git_push_url
string
html_url
string
files
object (files)
public
boolean
created_at
string
updated_at
string
description
string or null
comments
int
user
string or null
comments_url
string
owner
object (owner)
A GitHub user.
name
string or null
string or null
login
string
required
- Example
- "octocat"
id
int
required
- Example
- 1
node_id
string
required
- Example
- "MDQ6VXNlcjE="
avatar_url
string
uri
required
- Example
- "https://github.com/images/error/octocat_happy.gif"
gravatar_id
string or null
required
- Example
- "41d064eb2195891e12d0413f63227ea7"
url
string
uri
required
- Example
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string
required
starred_url
string
required
subscriptions_url
string
uri
required
organizations_url
string
uri
required
repos_url
string
uri
required
events_url
string
required
received_events_url
string
uri
required
type
string
required
site_admin
boolean
required
name
string or null
required
company
string or null
required
blog
string or null
required
location
string or null
required
string or null
required
hireable
boolean or null
required
bio
string or null
required
twitter_username
string or null
public_repos
int
required
public_gists
int
required
followers
int
required
following
int
required
created_at
string
date-time
required
updated_at
string
date-time
required
plan
object (plan)
collaborators
int
required
name
string
required
space
int
required
private_repos
int
required
suspended_at
string or null
date-time
private_gists
int
- Example
- 1
total_private_repos
int
- Example
- 2
owned_private_repos
int
- Example
- 2
disk_usage
int
- Example
- 1
collaborators
int
- Example
- 3
created_at
string
date-time
updated_at
string
date-time
history
array[object (Gist History)] or null
deprecated
Gist History
object (Gist History)
Gist History
user
object (user) or null
A GitHub user.
name
string or null
string or null
login
string
required
- Example
- "octocat"
id
int
required
- Example
- 1
node_id
string
required
- Example
- "MDQ6VXNlcjE="
avatar_url
string
uri
required
- Example
- "https://github.com/images/error/octocat_happy.gif"
gravatar_id
string or null
required
- Example
- "41d064eb2195891e12d0413f63227ea7"
url
string
uri
required
- Example
- "https://api.github.com/users/octocat"
html_url
string
uri
required
- Example
- "https://github.com/octocat"
followers_url
string
uri
required
- Example
- "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/followers"
following_url
string
required
- Example
- "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/following{/other_user}"
gists_url
string
required
- Example
- "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/gists{/gist_id}"
starred_url
string
required
- Example
- "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/starred{/owner}{/repo}"
subscriptions_url
string
uri
required
- Example
- "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/subscriptions"
organizations_url
string
uri
required
- Example
- "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/orgs"
repos_url
string
uri
required
- Example
- "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/repos"
events_url
string
required
- Example
- "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/events{/privacy}"
received_events_url
string
uri
required
- Example
- "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/received_events"
type
string
required
- Example
- "User"
site_admin
boolean
required
starred_at
string
- Example
- "\"2020-07-09T00:17:55Z\""
version
string
committed_at
string
date-time
change_status
object (change_status)
total
int
additions
int
deletions
int
url
string
uri
fork_of
object (fork_of) or null
Gist
url
string
uri
required
forks_url
string
uri
required
commits_url
string
uri
required
id
string
required
node_id
string
required
git_pull_url
string
uri
required
git_push_url
string
uri
required
html_url
string
uri
required
files
object (files)
required
public
boolean
required
created_at
string
date-time
required
updated_at
string
date-time
required
description
string or null
required
comments
int
required
user
object (user) or null
required
A GitHub user.
name
string or null
string or null
login
string
required
- Example
- "octocat"
id
int
required
- Example
- 1
node_id
string
required
- Example
- "MDQ6VXNlcjE="
avatar_url
string
uri
required
- Example
- "https://github.com/images/error/octocat_happy.gif"
gravatar_id
string or null
required
- Example
- "41d064eb2195891e12d0413f63227ea7"
url
string
uri
required
- Example
- "https://api.github.com/users/octocat"
html_url
string
uri
required
- Example
- "https://github.com/octocat"
followers_url
string
uri
required
- Example
- "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/followers"
following_url
string
required
- Example
- "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/following{/other_user}"
gists_url
string
required
- Example
- "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/gists{/gist_id}"
starred_url
string
required
- Example
- "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/starred{/owner}{/repo}"
subscriptions_url
string
uri
required
- Example
- "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/subscriptions"
organizations_url
string
uri
required
- Example
- "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/orgs"
repos_url
string
uri
required
- Example
- "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/repos"
events_url
string
required
- Example
- "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/events{/privacy}"
received_events_url
string
uri
required
- Example
- "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/received_events"
type
string
required
- Example
- "User"
site_admin
boolean
required
starred_at
string
- Example
- "\"2020-07-09T00:17:55Z\""
comments_url
string
uri
required
owner
object (owner) or null
A GitHub user.
name
string or null
string or null
login
string
required
- Example
- "octocat"
id
int
required
- Example
- 1
node_id
string
required
- Example
- "MDQ6VXNlcjE="
avatar_url
string
uri
required
- Example
- "https://github.com/images/error/octocat_happy.gif"
gravatar_id
string or null
required
- Example
- "41d064eb2195891e12d0413f63227ea7"
url
string
uri
required
- Example
- "https://api.github.com/users/octocat"
html_url
string
uri
required
- Example
- "https://github.com/octocat"
followers_url
string
uri
required
- Example
- "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/followers"
following_url
string
required
- Example
- "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/following{/other_user}"
gists_url
string
required
- Example
- "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/gists{/gist_id}"
starred_url
string
required
- Example
- "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/starred{/owner}{/repo}"
subscriptions_url
string
uri
required
- Example
- "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/subscriptions"
organizations_url
string
uri
required
- Example
- "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/orgs"
repos_url
string
uri
required
- Example
- "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/repos"
events_url
string
required
- Example
- "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/events{/privacy}"
received_events_url
string
uri
required
- Example
- "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/received_events"
type
string
required
- Example
- "User"
site_admin
boolean
required
starred_at
string
- Example
- "\"2020-07-09T00:17:55Z\""
truncated
boolean
forks
array[]
history
array[]
url
string
forks_url
string
commits_url
string
id
string
node_id
string
git_pull_url
string
git_push_url
string
html_url
string
files
object (files)
public
boolean
created_at
string
updated_at
string
description
string or null
comments
int
user
string or null
comments_url
string
owner
object (owner)
A GitHub user.
name
string or null
string or null
login
string
required
- Example
- "octocat"
id
int
required
- Example
- 1
node_id
string
required
- Example
- "MDQ6VXNlcjE="
avatar_url
string
uri
required
- Example
- "https://github.com/images/error/octocat_happy.gif"
gravatar_id
string or null
required
- Example
- "41d064eb2195891e12d0413f63227ea7"
url
string
uri
required
- Example
- "https://api.github.com/users/octocat"
html_url
string
uri
required
- Example
- "https://github.com/octocat"
followers_url
string
uri
required
- Example
- "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/followers"
following_url
string
required
- Example
- "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/following{/other_user}"
gists_url
string
required
- Example
- "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/gists{/gist_id}"
starred_url
string
required
- Example
- "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/starred{/owner}{/repo}"
subscriptions_url
string
uri
required
- Example
- "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/subscriptions"
organizations_url
string
uri
required
- Example
- "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/orgs"
repos_url
string
uri
required
- Example
- "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/repos"
events_url
string
required
- Example
- "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/events{/privacy}"
received_events_url
string
uri
required
- Example
- "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/received_events"
type
string
required
- Example
- "User"
site_admin
boolean
required
starred_at
string
- Example
- "\"2020-07-09T00:17:55Z\""
truncated
boolean
gist_id
string
required
The unique identifier of the gist.
Response
Response
Empty response
Empty response
Empty response
Empty response
Empty response
Empty response
Empty response
Empty response
Empty response
Empty response
Empty response
Empty response
No schema
No schema
message
string
documentation_url
string
url
string
status
string
message
string
documentation_url
string
url
string
status
string
Resource not found
{
"message": "string",
"documentation_url": "string",
"url": "string",
"status": "string"
}
Not modified
Empty response
Forbidden
{
"message": "string",
"documentation_url": "string",
"url": "string",
"status": "string"
}
Update a gist
Allows you to update a gist's description and to update, delete, or rename gist files. Files from the previous version of the gist that aren't explicitly changed during an edit are unchanged.
Any Of or null
- Content Type
- application/json
gist_id
string
required
The unique identifier of the gist.