Page created: 30 Sep 2019
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Page updated: 8 Feb 2022
GitHub supports a multitude of attributes. The most important ones are described below.
For additional attributes, see an example payload in JSON Pointer syntax reference.
Attribute | Description |
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access_token | The access token that GitHub provides to your application. |
The user's public email address, as shown their GitHub profile page. | |
emails | The complete list of email addresses associated with the
user, including primary, public, and other addresses. This data
is retrieved from the email endpoint and requires the
email scope. The result is a JSON array
that is stored as a string. |
id | The unique ID for the user. This ID is only used in the context of your application. |
name | The user's name, as shown on the user's GitHub profile page. |
primary_email | The user's email address that is marked as primary. This
value is only available with the email
scope. |
username | The user's GitHub username. |