# GitHub repo search API - export 1,000 results as JSON

**Use case:** 

The query language:typescript stars:>500 matched 10,950 repositories when this example was measured on 2026-09-13, and GitHub search returns at most 1,000 of them however many match - page 11 answers HTTP 422. This run takes the top 1,000 by stars and says so in the log, with the workaround: split the query by date, for example created:2024-01-01..2024-06-30, and run it again.

## Input

```json
{
  "query": "language:typescript stars:>500",
  "sort": "stars",
  "order": "desc",
  "maxResults": 1000,
  "minStars": 0,
  "excludeForks": false,
  "excludeArchived": false,
  "waitForRateLimit": true
}
```

## Output

```json
{
  "fullName": {
    "label": "Repository",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "stars": {
    "label": "Stars",
    "format": "integer"
  },
  "starsPerYear": {
    "label": "Stars/year",
    "format": "number"
  },
  "forks": {
    "label": "Forks",
    "format": "integer"
  },
  "language": {
    "label": "Language",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "license": {
    "label": "License",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "daysSinceLastPush": {
    "label": "Days since push",
    "format": "integer"
  },
  "isArchived": {
    "label": "Archived",
    "format": "boolean"
  },
  "isFork": {
    "label": "Fork",
    "format": "boolean"
  },
  "openIssues": {
    "label": "Open issues",
    "format": "integer"
  },
  "description": {
    "label": "Description",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "topics": {
    "label": "Topics",
    "format": "array"
  },
  "url": {
    "label": "URL",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "createdAt": {
    "label": "Created",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "source": {
    "label": "Source",
    "format": "string"
  }
}
```

## About this Actor

This example demonstrates how to use [GitHub Repo Search API - Stars, Language, Date, Official API](https://apify.com/neverempty/github-repo-search.md) with a specific input configuration. Visit the [Actor detail page](https://apify.com/neverempty/github-repo-search.md) to learn more, explore other use cases, and run it yourself.


## How to integrate an Actor?

This Task's input is already configured above. Use it as-is rather than inventing a new one.

Do not guess an integration path. Every one of them is in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md: the Apify MCP server, Agent Skills with the Apify CLI, the JavaScript and Python clients, the REST API, and the account-free path for an agent with no human to sign in. It also carries the rule on stating cost before the first paid run.

For full API examples (JavaScript, Python, CLI, MCP, OpenAPI), see this Task's Actor page: https://apify.com/neverempty/github-repo-search.md

Each client library has reference documentation the quickstart does not restate: [JavaScript/TypeScript](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs.md) (`npm install apify-client`) and [Python](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs.md) (`pip install apify-client`).