GitHub uses the REST API to view repository sizes

Little scum · Posted on 10/6/2023 11:03:27 AM

Requirements: For relatively large projects, it may take a long time to clone it, and you want to know the size of the repository and let yourself evaluate whether to download it.

Download large projects using Git shallow clone source code
https://www.itsvse.com/thread-10451-1-1.html

GitHub REST API documentation:The hyperlink login is visible.

Request restrictions: For unauthenticated requests, the rate limit allows up to 60 requests per hour. User access token requests are limited to 5,000 requests per authenticated user per hour.

Repository interface documentation:The hyperlink login is visible.

Get warehouse information:https://api.github.com/repos/{owner}/{repo}, replace {owner} and {repo} with the corresponding items, for example:

https://api.github.com/repos/itsvse/Dapper.Contrib

When retrieving information about the repository, the attribute namedsizeThe value is the size of the entire repository, including all of its history (In KB kilobytes）。 (But it's not the exact right size for the repository)

If you want to see the size of the repositories under your account, you can visit:The hyperlink login is visible., as shown in the figure below:

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GitHub uses the REST API to view repository sizes

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