Do you wish to obtain a company’s Github profile? You just need its domain and an API!
GitHub, Inc. provides Git-based Internet hosting for software development and version control that has been a Microsoft subsidiary since 2018, with headquarters in California. For each project, it provides access control as well as various collaboration tools such as bug tracking, feature requests, task management, continuous integration, and wikis.
The most well-known feature of GitHub is “forking,” which is the process of moving a repository from one user’s account to another. This allows you to alter a project that you don’t have write access to under your own account. If you make modifications that you want to share, you may notify the original owner using a “pull request.”
Many companies use this to save time and share their projects, so it wouldn’t be a surprise if your clients or competitors have an account in Github. But, how can you know if they do and which is their official profile? Well, for that, you can use an API.
How APIs Work
If you’re unfamiliar with the term “API,” we’ll explain it in layman’s terms. This is a system that collects data from a location and then sends it to the person who asked for it. This is accomplished by allowing two computers or apps to connect and interact with one another.
APIs are used for a variety of purposes and are present in practically every website we visit on a regular basis, even if you are unaware of it. In this situation, it may be used to request domain information and collect various sorts of data. To do this, you must first locate a software that supports the API that can supply you with reliable and relevant information.
There are a few of them available online, and selecting one that meets your requirements might be time consuming. To assist you with this and better understand the process, we propose Klazify, one of the most popular and comprehensive data APIs accessible at the present.
To utilize it, you must do the following:
- Get the company’s website’s URL or an email address related to the company.
- To receive your own private API key, log in to www.klazify.com.
- Copy and paste the domain into the provided field, then confirm that you are not a robot and submit it.
- The API response will be returned to you in one or more programming languages.
- Look for the ‘tech’ tag and see whether the domain is associated with a Github account.
That’s all! It’s simple, and it might help you and your company in a number of ways.
More Details on Klazify
Klazify is a free and widely used API for website categorization that uses Natural Language Processing (NLP) and a Machine Learning Engine. This API connects to the site or URL you specify, collects data, then categorizes it into over 385 distinct categories. The response will be shown in a number of computer languages, including JSON, PHP, and Python.
Also published on Medium.