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List trending GitHub developers

List trending GitHub developers for a language and time window.

Use `since` (`daily`, `weekly`, `monthly`) and optional `language` to narrow results. Each developer may include `popularRepository` when GitHub highlights one. For trending repositories instead of developers, use the trending repositories endpoint.

An empty `data.developers` array means GitHub returned no trending developers for the selected filters.

GET/v1/github/trending/developers
1credit
x-api-key*stringheader

API key (`sfk_...`)

Parameters
2
languagestringquery

Optional trending coding language filter.

min 1 chars

sincestringquery

Trending time window. Defaults to daily when omitted.

one of: daily, weekly, monthly

Response fields
21

Endpoint-specific response payload.

datasince
string

Trending time window applied to this response.

one of: daily, weekly, monthly

datalanguage
stringnullable

Coding language filter applied to this response, or null when all languages are included.

Ranked trending developers for the selected filters. Each entry may include a popularRepository when GitHub shows one.

datadevelopers[]rank
integer

Position on the trending developers page.

≥ 0

datadevelopers[]handle
string

GitHub username.

datadevelopers[]displayName
stringnullable

Display name when available.

datadevelopers[]profileUrl
string

Canonical public GitHub profile URL.

min 1 chars

datadevelopers[]avatarUrl
stringnullable

Avatar image URL when available.

Popular repository GitHub highlights for this developer.

datadevelopers[]popularRepositoryowner
string

Popular repository owner login.

datadevelopers[]popularRepositoryrepo
string

Popular repository name.

datadevelopers[]popularRepositoryfullName
string

Full repository name in `owner/repo` form.

datadevelopers[]popularRepositoryurl
string

Canonical public repository URL.

min 1 chars

datadevelopers[]popularRepositoryname
string

Display name for the popular repository when shown.

datadevelopers[]popularRepositorydescription
stringnullable

Repository description when available.

datatotalResults
integer

Number of developers in `data.developers` for this response.

≥ 0

Metadata describing the request and billing outcome.

metarequestId
string

Unique request identifier for tracing this API call.

min 1 chars

metacreditsCharged
integer

Credits charged for this request.

≥ 0

metaversion
string

Public API version that served the response.

one of: v1

Code example

curl "https://api.socialfetch.dev/v1/github/trending/developers?language=value&since=daily" \
  -H "x-api-key: YOUR_API_KEY"

Responses

Trending developers for the selected filters (see `data.totalResults`).

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