GitHub

Repository and code collaboration API for reading repos, issues, pull requests, and commits. Use when a workflow needs to gather development context, check PR status, or read code. Requires a personal access token — most endpoints use the authenticated user’s permissions. 7 example endpoints available through Lava’s AI Gateway. See the GitHub API docs for full documentation.

This provider requires your own credentials — connect your API key or OAuth account before use.

This is a catch-all provider — any valid URL under https://api.github.com is supported. Any GitHub REST API endpoint. Construct URL as https://api.github.com/{path}. See https://docs.github.com/en/rest for full reference. The endpoints below are curated examples.

Endpoints

Get authenticated user

GET https://api.github.com/user — Free

SDK
cURL

const data = await lava.gateway('https://api.github.com/user', { method: 'GET' });

curl "https://api.lava.so/v1/forward?u=https%3A%2F%2Fapi.github.com%2Fuser" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $LAVA_SECRET_KEY"

List user repositories

GET https://api.github.com/user/repos — Free

SDK
cURL

const data = await lava.gateway('https://api.github.com/user/repos', { method: 'GET' });

curl "https://api.lava.so/v1/forward?u=https%3A%2F%2Fapi.github.com%2Fuser%2Frepos" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $LAVA_SECRET_KEY"

List pull requests for a repository

GET https://api.github.com/repos/{owner}/{repo}/pulls — Free

SDK
cURL

const data = await lava.gateway('https://api.github.com/repos/{owner}/{repo}/pulls', { method: 'GET' });

curl "https://api.lava.so/v1/forward?u=https%3A%2F%2Fapi.github.com%2Frepos%2F%7Bowner%7D%2F%7Brepo%7D%2Fpulls" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $LAVA_SECRET_KEY"

Create an issue

POST https://api.github.com/repos/{owner}/{repo}/issues — Free

SDK
cURL

const data = await lava.gateway('https://api.github.com/repos/{owner}/{repo}/issues', { body: {"title":"Bug report","body":"Description of the issue"} });

curl -X POST "https://api.lava.so/v1/forward?u=https%3A%2F%2Fapi.github.com%2Frepos%2F%7Bowner%7D%2F%7Brepo%7D%2Fissues" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $LAVA_SECRET_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"title":"Bug report","body":"Description of the issue"}'

Update an issue

PATCH https://api.github.com/repos/{owner}/{repo}/issues/{issue_number} — Free

SDK
cURL

const data = await lava.gateway('https://api.github.com/repos/{owner}/{repo}/issues/{issue_number}', { method: 'PATCH', body: {"state":"closed"} });

curl -X PATCH "https://api.lava.so/v1/forward?u=https%3A%2F%2Fapi.github.com%2Frepos%2F%7Bowner%7D%2F%7Brepo%7D%2Fissues%2F%7Bissue_number%7D" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $LAVA_SECRET_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"state":"closed"}'

Merge a pull request

PUT https://api.github.com/repos/{owner}/{repo}/pulls/{pull_number}/merge — Free

SDK
cURL

const data = await lava.gateway('https://api.github.com/repos/{owner}/{repo}/pulls/{pull_number}/merge', { method: 'PUT', body: {"merge_method":"squash"} });

curl -X PUT "https://api.lava.so/v1/forward?u=https%3A%2F%2Fapi.github.com%2Frepos%2F%7Bowner%7D%2F%7Brepo%7D%2Fpulls%2F%7Bpull_number%7D%2Fmerge" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $LAVA_SECRET_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"merge_method":"squash"}'

Delete a repository

DELETE https://api.github.com/repos/{owner}/{repo} — Free

SDK
cURL

const data = await lava.gateway('https://api.github.com/repos/{owner}/{repo}', { method: 'DELETE' });

curl -X DELETE "https://api.lava.so/v1/forward?u=https%3A%2F%2Fapi.github.com%2Frepos%2F%7Bowner%7D%2F%7Brepo%7D" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $LAVA_SECRET_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json"

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Get authenticated user

List user repositories

List pull requests for a repository

Create an issue

Update an issue

Merge a pull request

Delete a repository

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​Endpoints

​Get authenticated user

​List user repositories

​List pull requests for a repository

​Create an issue

​Update an issue

​Merge a pull request

​Delete a repository

​Next Steps

All Providers

Forward Proxy

Endpoints

Get authenticated user

List user repositories

List pull requests for a repository

Create an issue

Update an issue

Merge a pull request

Delete a repository

Next Steps