Python Social Media Analytics

Getting the data

Before using the API, we need to set the authorization. The API gives you access to all publicly available data, but some endpoints need user permission. You can create a new token with some specific scope access using the application settings. The scope depends on your application's needs, such as accessing user email, updating user profile, and so on.

Password authorization is only needed in some cases, like access by user authorized applications. In that case, you need to provide your username or email, and your password.

All API access is over HTTPS, and accessed from the https://api.github.com/ domain. All data is sent and received as JSON.