You can access the GitHub Repository Details Scraper programmatically from your own applications by using the Apify API. You can also choose the language preference from below. To use the Apify API, you’ll need an Apify account and your API token, found in API & Integrations in Apify Console.

Python

JavaScript

CLI

OpenAPI

HTTP

MCP

1from apify_client import ApifyClient
2
3# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
4# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
5client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")
6
7# Prepare the Actor input
8run_input = { "startUrls": [
9        { "url": "https://github.com/psf/requests" },
10        { "url": "https://github.com/rails/rails" },
11        { "url": "https://github.com/tensorflow/tensorflow" },
12    ] }
13
14# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
15run = client.actor("ahmdshrif/github-repo-details-scraper").call(run_input=run_input)
16
17# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
18print(f"💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/{run.default_dataset_id}")
19for item in client.dataset(run.default_dataset_id).iterate_items():
20    print(item)
21
22# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

GitHub Repository Scraper - Export Repo Metadata as JSON API in Python

The Apify API client for Python is the official library that allows you to use GitHub Repository Details Scraper API in Python, providing convenience functions and automatic retries on errors.

Install the apify-client

$pip install apify-client

Other API clients include:

GitHub Repository Details Scraper API in JavaScript

GitHub Repository Details Scraper API through CLI

GitHub Repository Details Scraper OpenAPI definition

GitHub Repository Details Scraper API

Github Repository Analyzer

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GitHub Repository Analyzer extracts comprehensive repository metrics using the official GitHub API: stars, forks, watchers, contributors, commit activity, and issues/PRs.

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GitHub Repository Scraper

skystone_labs/github-repo-scraper

Extract GitHub repository metadata using GitHub API and scraping. Get repo info, stars, forks, language, topics, and README content. Perfect for research, analysis, and building datasets.

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GitHub Repository Scraper - Stars, Forks, Topics

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Search and scrape GitHub repositories: stars, forks, language, topics, license, issues. No login. Export JSON, CSV, Excel.

Arad S

GitHub Repository Stats Scraper

neuton/github-repository-stats-scraper

Extract public GitHub repository metadata, stars, forks, issues, topics, license, owner details, and recent release data by repo URL, owner/name, user, or search query.

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GitHub Repository Scraper

koreyoshi/github-repo-scraper

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GitHub Repo Stats. Stars, Forks, Languages, Contributors

seemuapps/github-repo-stats-scraper

Get stars, forks, issues, language breakdown, license, last commit, and contributor counts for any GitHub repository. Bulk-process a list of repos in one run.