How to find the number of downloads of my public repository

[nitin120895]

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Hi,

I want to know if there is any way to find the below information

1. no. of downloads
2. no. of clones
3. no . of forks

I tried the below api but the response is empty

Example:

curl -s https://api.github.com/repos/andybalaam/rabbit-escape/releases | egrep '"name"|"download_count"'

Refer: https://artificialworlds.net/blog/2015/10/16/finding-the-download-count-of-github-releases/#:~:text=You%20can%20use%20the%20GitHub,your%20releases%20have%20been%20downloaded.&text=Or%20you%20can%20look%20through,escape%2Freleases%20in%20your%20browser.

Would someone be able to help me on this?

Thanks

[aamijar]

Hi @nitin120895, that command should be correct to get the download count.
See the https://docs.github.com/en/rest/metrics/traffic docs to get the clone count.
To get the fork count you can run this curl -s https://api.github.com/repos/andybalaam/rabbit-escape

[krackjack234]

hi @aamijar we want to know the no. of downloads. When we execute the api, we see api response 200 but the response is empty. Is this expected?

[aamijar]

Hmm, the response should have the download count, if you visit https://api.github.com/repos/andybalaam/rabbit-escape/releases you will see the download_count fields. Are you trying to view it on some other repo?

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