Use the REST API to interact with GitHub feeds.
Get feeds
Lists the feeds available to the authenticated user. The response provides a URL for each feed. You can then get a specific feed by sending a request to one of the feed URLs.
- Timeline: The GitHub global public timeline
- User: The public timeline for any user, using
uri_template. For more information, see "Hypermedia." - Current user public: The public timeline for the authenticated user
- Current user: The private timeline for the authenticated user
- Current user actor: The private timeline for activity created by the authenticated user
- Current user organizations: The private timeline for the organizations the authenticated user is a member of.
- Security advisories: A collection of public announcements that provide information about security-related vulnerabilities in software on GitHub.
By default, timeline resources are returned in JSON. You can specify the application/atom+xml type in the Accept header to return timeline resources in Atom format. For more information, see "Media types."
Fine-grained access tokens for "Get feeds"
This endpoint works with the following fine-grained token types:
- GitHub App user access tokens
- GitHub App installation access tokens
- Fine-grained personal access tokens
The fine-grained token does not require any permissions.
HTTP response status codes for "Get feeds"
| Status code | Description |
|---|---|
200 | OK |
Code samples for "Get feeds"
Request example
get/feeds
curl -L \
-H "Accept: application/vnd.github+json" \
-H "X-GitHub-Api-Version: 2026-03-10" \
https://api.github.com/feeds
Response
Status: 200
{
"timeline_url": "https://github.com/timeline",
"user_url": "https://github.com/{user}",
"current_user_public_url": "https://github.com/octocat",
"current_user_url": "https://github.com/octocat.private?token=abc123",
"current_user_actor_url": "https://github.com/octocat.private.actor?token=abc123",
"current_user_organization_url": "",
"current_user_organization_urls": [
"https://github.com/organizations/github/octocat.private.atom?token=abc123"
],
"security_advisories_url": "https://github.com/security-advisories",
"_links": {
"timeline": {
"href": "https://github.com/timeline",
"type": "application/atom+xml"
},
"user": {
"href": "https://github.com/{user}",
"type": "application/atom+xml"
},
"current_user_public": {
"href": "https://github.com/octocat",
"type": "application/atom+xml"
},
"current_user": {
"href": "https://github.com/octocat.private?token=abc123",
"type": "application/atom+xml"
},
"current_user_actor": {
"href": "https://github.com/octocat.private.actor?token=abc123",
"type": "application/atom+xml"
},
"current_user_organization": {
"href": "",
"type": ""
},
"current_user_organizations": [
{
"href": "https://github.com/organizations/github/octocat.private.atom?token=abc123",
"type": "application/atom+xml"
}
],
"security_advisories": {
"href": "https://github.com/security-advisories",
"type": "application/atom+xml"
}
}
}