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$ curl https://api.github.com/users/ihabunek ! { "login": "ihabunek", "id": 482138, "gravatar_id": "890c6bbeb909f220b1fc47948e86cee0", "type": "User", "name": "Ivan Habunek", "location": "Zagreb, Croatia", "email": "[email protected]", "public_repos": 34, "followers": 11, "following": 6, "created_at": "2010-11-15T11:53:51Z", "updated_at": "2013-10-18T21:59:08Z", "public_gists": 12, "url": "https://api.github.com/users/ihabunek", "html_url": "https://github.com/ihabunek", "followers_url": "https://api.github.com/users/ihabunek/followers", "subscriptions_url": "https://api.github.com/users/ihabunek/subscriptions", "organizations_url": "https://api.github.com/users/ihabunek/orgs", "repos_url": "https://api.github.com/users/ihabunek/repos" }

$ curl https://api.github.com/users/ihabunek ! { "login": "ihabunek", "id": 482138, "gravatar_id": "890c6bbeb909f220b1fc47948e86cee0", "type": "User", "name": "Ivan Habunek", "location": "Zagreb, Croatia", "email": "[email protected]", "public_repos": 34, "followers": 11, "following": 6, "created_at": "2010-11-15T11:53:51Z", "updated_at": "2013-10-18T21:59:08Z", "public_gists": 12, "url": "https://api.github.com/users/ihabunek", "html_url": "https://github.com/ihabunek", "followers_url": "https://api.github.com/users/ihabunek/followers", "subscriptions_url": "https://api.github.com/users/ihabunek/subscriptions", "organizations_url": "https://api.github.com/users/ihabunek/orgs", "repos_url": "https://api.github.com/users/ihabunek/repos" }

$ curl https://api.github.com/users/ihabunek ! { "login": "ihabunek", "id": 482138, "gravatar_id": "890c6bbeb909f220b1fc47948e86cee0", "type": "User", "name": "Ivan Habunek", "location": "Zagreb, Croatia", "email": "[email protected]", "public_repos": 34, "followers": 11, "following": 6, "created_at": "2010-11-15T11:53:51Z", "updated_at": "2013-10-18T21:59:08Z", "public_gists": 12, "url": "https://api.github.com/users/ihabunek", "html_url": "https://github.com/ihabunek", "followers_url": "https://api.github.com/users/ihabunek/followers", "subscriptions_url": "https://api.github.com/users/ihabunek/subscriptions", "organizations_url": "https://api.github.com/users/ihabunek/orgs", "repos_url": "https://api.github.com/users/ihabunek/repos" }

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! “My API call is not working!” ! “curl -v or it didn’t happen.”

! $ curl -v -X DELETE 'Authorization: token XXX' https://api.github.com/repos/izuzak/test ! * About to connect() to api.github.com port 443 (#0) * Trying 192.30.252.139... * Connected to api.github.com (192.30.252.139) port 443 (#0) * SSLv3, TLS handshake, Client hello (1): * SSLv3, TLS handshake, Server hello (2): * SSLv3, TLS handshake, CERT (11): * SSLv3, TLS handshake, Server finished (14): * SSLv3, TLS handshake, Client key exchange (16): * SSLv3, TLS change cipher, Client hello (1): * SSLv3, TLS handshake, Finished (20): * SSLv3, TLS change cipher, Client hello (1): * SSLv3, TLS handshake, Finished (20): * SSL connection using RC4-SHA * Server certificate: * subject: C=US; ST=California; L=San Francisco; O=GitHub, Inc.; CN=*.github.com * start date: 2012-04-30 00:00:00 GMT * expire date: 2014-07-09 12:00:00 GMT * subjectAltName: api.github.com matched * issuer: C=US; O=DigiCert Inc; OU=www.digicert.com; CN=DigiCert High Assurance CA-3 * SSL certificate verify ok. ! > DELETE /repos/izuzak/test HTTP/1.1 ...

! $ curl -v -X DELETE 'Authorization: token XXX' https://api.github.com/repos/izuzak/test ! * Could not resolve host: api.github.com; nodename nor servname provided, or not known * Closing connection #0 ! * SSLv3, TLS handshake, Client hello (1): * SSLv3, TLS handshake, Server hello (2): * SSLv3, TLS handshake, CERT (11): * SSLv3, TLS handshake, Server finished (14): * SSLv3, TLS handshake, Client key exchange (16): * SSLv3, TLS change cipher, Client hello (1): * SSLv3, TLS handshake, Finished (20): * SSLv3, TLS change cipher, Client hello (1): * SSLv3, TLS handshake, Finished (20): * SSL connection using RC4-SHA * Server certificate: * subject: C=US; ST=California; L=San Francisco; O=GitHub, Inc.; CN=*.github.com * start date: 2012-04-30 00:00:00 GMT * expire date: 2014-07-09 12:00:00 GMT * subjectAltName: api.github.com matched * issuer: C=US; O=DigiCert Inc; OU=www.digicert.com; CN=DigiCert High Assurance CA-3 * SSL certificate verify ok. ! > DELETE /repos/izuzak/test HTTP/1.1 ...

! $ curl -v -X DELETE 'Authorization: token XXX' https://api.github.com/repos/izuzak/test ! * About to connect() to api.github.com port 443 (#0) * Trying 192.30.252.139... * Connected to api.github.com (192.30.252.139) port 443 (#0) ! * SSLv3, TLS handshake, Client hello (1): * SSLv3, TLS handshake, Server hello (2): * SSLv3, TLS handshake, CERT (11): * SSLv3, TLS alert, Server hello (2): * SSL certificate problem: unable to get local issuer certificate * Closing connection 0 curl: (60) SSL certificate problem: unable to get local issuer certificate More details here: http://curl.haxx.se/docs/sslcerts.html ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! > DELETE /repos/izuzak/test HTTP/1.1

! $ curl -v -X DELETE 'Authorization: token XXX' https://api.github.com/repos/izuzak/test ! * About to connect() to api.github.com port 443 (#0) * Trying 192.30.252.139... * Connected to api.github.com (192.30.252.139) port 443 (#0) ! * SSLv3, TLS handshake, Client hello (1): * SSLv3, TLS handshake, Server hello (2): * SSLv3, TLS handshake, CERT (11): * SSLv3, TLS handshake, Server finished (14): * SSLv3, TLS handshake, Client key exchange (16): * SSLv3, TLS change cipher, Client hello (1): * SSLv3, TLS handshake, Finished (20): * SSLv3, TLS change cipher, Client hello (1): * SSLv3, TLS handshake, Finished (20): * SSL connection using RC4-SHA * Server certificate: * subject: C=US; ST=California; L=San Francisco; O=GitHub, Inc.; CN=*.github.com * start date: 2012-04-30 00:00:00 GMT * expire date: 2014-07-09 12:00:00 GMT * subjectAltName: api.github.com matched * issuer: C=US; O=DigiCert Inc; OU=www.digicert.com; CN=DigiCert High Assurance CA-3 * SSL certificate verify ok. ! > DELETE /repos/izuzak/test HTTP/1.1

! $ curl -v -X DELETE 'Authorization: token XXX' https://api.github.com/repos/izuzak/test ! > DELETE /repos/izuzak/test HTTP/1.1 > User-Agent: curl/7.24.0 (x86_64-apple-darwin12.0) libcurl/7.24.0 OpenSSL/0.9.8y zlib/1.2.5 > Host: api.github.com > Accept: */* ! < HTTP/1.1 404 Not Found < Date: Mon, 21 Oct 2013 15:23:50 GMT < Content-Type: application/json; charset=utf-8 < Content-Length: 86 < Access-Control-Allow-Credentials: true < Access-Control-Expose-Headers: ETag, Link, X-RateLimit-Limit, X-RateLimit-Remaining, ... < Access-Control-Allow-Origin: * < X-RateLimit-Limit: 5000 < X-RateLimit-Remaining: 4999 < X-RateLimit-Reset: 1382372630 < X-OAuth-Scopes: user, public_repo, repo, gist < X-Accepted-OAuth-Scopes: delete_repo < X-GitHub-Media-Type: github.beta < X-Content-Type-Options: nosniff < X-GitHub-Request-Id: 4D3B8BF5:78F1:1E760DDF:52654706 ! { ... }

! $ curl -v -X DELETE 'Authorization: token XXX' https://api.github.com/repos/izuzak/test ! > DELETE /repos/izuzak/test HTTP/1.1 > User-Agent: curl/7.24.0 (x86_64-apple-darwin12.0) libcurl/7.24.0 OpenSSL/0.9.8y zlib/1.2.5 > Host: api.github.com > Accept: */* ! < HTTP/1.1 404 Not Found < Date: Mon, 21 Oct 2013 15:23:50 GMT < Content-Type: application/json; charset=utf-8 < Content-Length: 86 < Access-Control-Allow-Credentials: true < Access-Control-Expose-Headers: ETag, Link, X-RateLimit-Limit, X-RateLimit-Remaining, ... < Access-Control-Allow-Origin: * < X-RateLimit-Limit: 5000 < X-RateLimit-Remaining: 4999 < X-RateLimit-Reset: 1382372630 < X-OAuth-Scopes: user, public_repo, repo, gist < X-Accepted-OAuth-Scopes: delete_repo < X-GitHub-Media-Type: github.beta < X-Content-Type-Options: nosniff < X-GitHub-Request-Id: 4D3B8BF5:78F1:1E760DDF:52654706 ! { ... }

! $ curl -v -X DELETE 'Authorization: token XXX' https://api.github.com/repos/izuzak/test ! > DELETE /repos/izuzak/test HTTP/1.1 > User-Agent: curl/7.24.0 (x86_64-apple-darwin12.0) libcurl/7.24.0 OpenSSL/0.9.8y zlib/1.2.5 > Host: api.github.com > Accept: */* ! < HTTP/1.1 404 Not Found < Date: Mon, 21 Oct 2013 15:23:50 GMT < Content-Type: application/json; charset=utf-8 < Content-Length: 86 < Access-Control-Allow-Credentials: true < Access-Control-Expose-Headers: ETag, Link, X-RateLimit-Limit, X-RateLimit-Remaining, ... < Access-Control-Allow-Origin: * < X-RateLimit-Limit: 5000 < X-RateLimit-Remaining: 4999 < X-RateLimit-Reset: 1382372630 < X-OAuth-Scopes: user, public_repo, repo, gist < X-Accepted-OAuth-Scopes: delete_repo < X-GitHub-Media-Type: github.beta < X-Content-Type-Options: nosniff < X-GitHub-Request-Id: 4D3B8BF5:78F1:1E760DDF:52654706 ! { ... }

! $ curl -v -X DELETE 'Authorization: token XXX' https://api.github.com/repos/izuzak/test ! > DELETE /repos/izuzak/test HTTP/1.1 > User-Agent: curl/7.24.0 (x86_64-apple-darwin12.0) libcurl/7.24.0 OpenSSL/0.9.8y zlib/1.2.5 > Host: api.github.com > Accept: */* ! < HTTP/1.1 404 Not Found < Date: Mon, 21 Oct 2013 15:23:50 GMT < Content-Type: application/json; charset=utf-8 < Content-Length: 86 < Access-Control-Allow-Credentials: true < Access-Control-Expose-Headers: ETag, Link, X-RateLimit-Limit, X-RateLimit-Remaining, ... < Access-Control-Allow-Origin: * < X-RateLimit-Limit: 5000 < X-RateLimit-Remaining: 4999 < X-RateLimit-Reset: 1382372630 < X-OAuth-Scopes: user, public_repo, repo, gist < X-Accepted-OAuth-Scopes: delete_repo < X-GitHub-Media-Type: github.beta < X-Content-Type-Options: nosniff < X-GitHub-Request-Id: 4D3B8BF5:78F1:1E760DDF:52654706 ! { }

! “My API call is not working!” ! “Use the response (headers), Luke!”

! $ curl -v -X DELETE 'Authorization: token XXX' https://api.github.com/repos/izuzak/test ! > DELETE /repos/izuzak/test HTTP/1.1 ! < HTTP/1.1 404 Not Found ! < X-OAuth-Scopes: user, public_repo, repo, gist < X-Accepted-OAuth-Scopes: delete_repo ! { ... }

! $ curl -v -X DELETE 'Authorization: token XXX' https://api.github.com/repos/izuzak/test ! > DELETE /repos/izuzak/test HTTP/1.1 ! < HTTP/1.1 404 Not Found ! < X-OAuth-Scopes: user, public_repo, repo, gist < X-Accepted-OAuth-Scopes: delete_repo ! { }

! “My API call is not working!” ! “Use the response (body), Luke!”

! $ curl -v https://api.github.com/search/repositories?q=webcampzg ! > GET /search/repositories?q=webcampzg HTTP/1.1 > Accept: */* < HTTP/1.1 415 Unsupported Media Type ! ! ! ! ! !

! $ curl -v https://api.github.com/search/repositories?q=webcampzg ! > GET /search/repositories?q=webcampzg HTTP/1.1 > Accept: */* < HTTP/1.1 415 Unsupported Media Type < Content-Type: application/json; charset=utf-8 { "message": "If you would like to help us test the Search API during its preview period, you must specify a custom media type in the 'Accept' header. Please see the docs for full details.", "documentation_url": "http://developer.github.com/v3/search#preview-mode" }

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! “Can you bump my API rate limit?” ! “Sure! Also, let see if we can find a way to optimize your API usage.”

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! “GitHub can’t seem to do X ?” ! “Have you seen our API?”

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! $ curl https://api.github.com/octocat?s=Thank%20you,%20Web%20Camp%20Zagreb!%20%3C3 ! ! MMM. .MMM MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM ________________________________ MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM | | MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM | Thank you, Web Camp Zagreb! <3 | MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM |_ ____________________________| MMMM::- -:::::::- -::MMMM |/ MM~:~ ~:::::~ ~:~MM .. MMMMM::. .:::+:::. .::MMMMM .. .MM::::: ._. :::::MM. MMMM;:::::;MMMM -MM MMMMMMM ^ M+ MMMMMMMMM MMMMMMM MM MM MM MM MM MM MM MM MM MM MM .~~MM~MM~MM~MM~~. ~~~~MM:~MM~~~MM~:MM~~~~ ~~~~~~==~==~~~==~==~~~~~~ ~~~~~~==~==~==~==~~~~~~ :~==~==~==~==~~

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