@octokit/rest/README.md

# rest.js

> GitHub REST API client for JavaScript

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## Usage

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Browsers
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Load <code>@octokit/rest</code> directly from <a href="https://cdn.skypack.dev">cdn.skypack.dev</a>
        
```html
<script type="module">
import { Octokit } from "https://cdn.skypack.dev/@octokit/rest";
</script>
```

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Node
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Install with <code>npm install @octokit/rest</code>

```js
const { Octokit } = require("@octokit/rest");
// or: import { Octokit } from "@octokit/rest";
```

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```js
const octokit = new Octokit();

// Compare: https://docs.github.com/en/rest/reference/repos/#list-organization-repositories
octokit.rest.repos
  .listForOrg({
    org: "octokit",
    type: "public",
  })
  .then(({ data }) => {
    // handle data
  });
```

See https://octokit.github.io/rest.js for full documentation.

## Contributing

We would love you to contribute to `@octokit/rest`, pull requests are very welcome! Please see [CONTRIBUTING.md](CONTRIBUTING.md) for more information.

## Credits

`@octokit/rest` was originally created as [`node-github`](https://www.npmjs.com/package/github) in 2012 by Mike de Boer from Cloud9 IDE, Inc. [The original commit](https://github.blog/2020-04-09-from-48k-lines-of-code-to-10-the-story-of-githubs-javascript-sdk/) is from 2010 which predates the npm registry.

It was adopted and renamed by GitHub in 2017. Learn more about it's origin on GitHub's blog: [From 48k lines of code to 10—the story of GitHub’s JavaScript SDK](https://github.blog/2020-04-09-from-48k-lines-of-code-to-10-the-story-of-githubs-javascript-sdk/)

## LICENSE

[MIT](LICENSE)