2 units. A failed run costs 0. The same input within 30 min costs 0.

github-trending

Q: How do I get GitHub data through an API?

Call POST /recipes/github-trending with your key and since and limit. You get rows with the 7 fields above. The recipe is tested against the live site every 6 hours.

Q: Can I try it without paying?

Yes. Sign up with Google, GitHub or email for a free key with 1,000 credits every month. No credit card.

Q: What if the site changes?

The health check runs every 6 hours against the live site. A failing recipe shows as failing on this page until we fix it.

The repositories trending on GitHub today: name, description, language, stars and stars gained today. since is daily, weekly or monthly.

verifiedgithub.comJSON recipe7 fields2 unitsfresh 30 min

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…json

POST api.crawl4ai.com/recipes/…

$ crawl recipe

Live · your key · counts against your quota✓ 200 OK

# Hit Run - the rows render here as a table, with the cost

Fields

7 columns on every row. null means the site does not state it.

field	type	meaning
name	string
url	string
description	string
language	string
stars	integer
forks	integer
stars_today	integer

null means the site does not state it.

namestring

urlstring

descriptionstring

languagestring

starsinteger

forksinteger

stars_todayinteger

How it behaves

Cost. 2 units. A failed run costs 0.

Freshness 30 min. The same input within 30 min is served from cache at 0 units.

Questions about this recipeQuestions

Short answers. The API reference has the long ones.

How do I get GitHub data through an API?

Call POST /recipes/github-trending with your key and since and limit. You get rows with the 7 fields above. The recipe is tested against the live site every 6 hours.

What does it cost?

Can I try it without paying?

What if the site changes?

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