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Searching for repositories that use a specific file extension #24490
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Couldn’t see this in the dropdown. I’m trying to phrase a query with the Search API that’ll return a list of all public repositories that have a specific file extension. For example if I wanted to get all that contain a .json file. Right now I’ve tried: https://api.github.com/search/extension:.[extensionname]&type=Code |
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Hey @ljsikuade, Thanks for being here! You can search by file extension, per the docs: Suppose you want to search for popular Tetris repositories written in Assembly. Your query might look like this. You can search for multiple topics by adding more In this request, we’re searching for repositories with the word Check out the docs for more info. I hope this helps! Andrea |
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https://api.github.com/search/extension:.[extensionname]&type=Code |
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Hey @ljsikuade,
Thanks for being here! You can search by file extension, per the docs:
Suppose you want to search for popular Tetris repositories written in Assembly. Your query might look like this.
You can search for multiple topics by adding more
topic:instances, and including themercy-previewheader. For example:In this request, we’re searching for repositories with the word
tetrisin the name, the description, or the README. We’re limiting the results to o…