Is it possible to make batch requests on the github api?

Question

I want to be able to get an array of users for a series of repositories. As far as I know, the only way to achieve that is to loop through the repositories and make a request for each. Unfortunately, this eats up my api-hit-count, which is limited to 5000/hour. Is there a way that I can pass up an array of repositories, and get an 2d array of JSON?

Note: I'm writing this using node.js

Current situation

for( var iRepo=0; iRepo<repos.length; ++iRepo )
    request(repo.stargazers_url, parseUserCallback )

I want to do

request( batchEndpoint, {repos:repos}, parseRepoUserMapCallback )

This seems like something that could be solved with a simple google search, but searching for anything with "GitHub" in it just brings up various repositories.

Renascent

Answer 1

Sadly, GitHub's API documentation has no signs of any form of batch operations for this endpoint.

So you might want to do caching or figure out something else.

Almeta

That's correct -- the GitHub API doesn't support batch operations currently. – Loos

Answer 2

The better way to perform such an operation would be to use the GitHub GraphQL API. GraphQL allows you to get exactly and only what you need from the API.

I suggest you consider abandoning the REST api and switching to the GraphQL one.

Acquah

Good idea but it's worth noting the GraphQL API and REST API support different features. E.g. there doesn't appear to be a GraphQL connection between repos and GH Actions workflows so I couldn't batch requests for repo workflows. Had to stick with the REST API instead. – Thermochemistry