{repo}: GitHub repository star count

API: shields.io:shields
Endpoint: /github/stars/{owner}/{repo}
Response format: application/octet-stream
Auth: none
Method: GET
Last Status: 200
Latency: 139ms

Description

Get the star count badge for a GitHub repository.

Parameters (5)

label (string, query, optional)

Override the default label text

logo (string, query, optional)

Logo to display

owner (string, path, required)

GitHub repository owner username

repo (string, path, required)

GitHub repository name

style (string, query, optional)

Badge visual style

Examples (1)

GitHub repository star count openapi-spec

curl 'https://img.shields.io/github/stars/badges/shields'

import requests

resp = requests.get("https://img.shields.io/github/stars/badges/shields")
data = resp.json()

import zingu_apis

api = zingu_apis.api("shields")
result = api.fetch("github/stars/{owner}/{repo}")

for item in result:
    print(item)

const resp = await fetch("https://img.shields.io/github/stars/badges/shields");
const data = await resp.json();

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Time	Status	Latency
2026-04-16 00:31:29.829871	200	139ms
2026-04-15 00:10:58.242703	200	143ms
2026-04-14 00:47:38.119862	200	186ms
2026-04-12 14:41:55.954511	200	124ms
2026-04-10 03:06:38.734877	200	371ms