Get all file names from a Github repo through the Github API

Question

Is it possible to get all the file names from repository using the GitHub API?

I\'m currently trying to tinker this using PyGithub, but I\'m totally ok with manually

Answer 1

You can use Github git trees

https://api.github.com/repos/[USER]/[REPO]/git/trees/[BRANCH]?recursive=1

Repo

https://github.com/deeja/bing-maps-loader

Api Call

https://api.github.com/repos/deeja/bing-maps-loader/git/trees/master?recursive=1

which returns

{
sha: "55382e87889ccb4c173bc99a42cc738358fc253a",
url: "https://api.github.com/repos/deeja/bing-maps-loader/git/trees/55382e87889ccb4c173bc99a42cc738358fc253a",
tree: [
{
path: "README.md",
mode: "100644",
type: "blob",
sha: "41ceefc1262bb80a25529342ee3ec2ec7add7063",
size: 3196,
url: "https://api.github.com/repos/deeja/bing-maps-loader/git/blobs/41ceefc1262bb80a25529342ee3ec2ec7add7063"
},
{
path: "index.js",
mode: "100644",
type: "blob",
sha: "a81c94f70d1ca2a0df02bae36eb2aa920c7fb20e",
size: 1581,
url: "https://api.github.com/repos/deeja/bing-maps-loader/git/blobs/a81c94f70d1ca2a0df02bae36eb2aa920c7fb20e"
},
{
path: "package.json",
mode: "100644",
type: "blob",
sha: "45f24dcb7a457b14fede4cb907e957600882b340",
size: 595,
url: "https://api.github.com/repos/deeja/bing-maps-loader/git/blobs/45f24dcb7a457b14fede4cb907e957600882b340"
}
],
truncated: false
}