GitHub: Get repository star history

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Operation github.activity_get_stargazer_history_for_repo

Provider route: GET /repos/{owner}/{repo}/stargazers/history. Alter supplies the connection’s credentials and routing.

Call through Alter

Install @alter-ai/sdk @alter-ai/github with npm, or alter-sdk-github with pip. Supply your connected customer’s grant ID and the arguments described below.

import { App } from "@alter-ai/sdk";
import { GitHubIntegration } from "@alter-ai/github";

async function execute(input: Parameters<GitHubIntegration["activity"]["activityGetStargazerHistoryForRepo"]>[0]) {
  const app = new App({ apiKey: process.env.ALTER_API_KEY! });
  try {
    const provider = new GitHubIntegration(app, { grantId: process.env.PROVIDER_GRANT_ID! });
    const call = await provider.activity.activityGetStargazerHistoryForRepo(input);
    const result = await call.wait();
    return result.bodyJson();
  } finally {
    await app.close();
  }
}

import os
from alter_sdk import App
from alter_sdk_github import GitHubIntegration

async def execute(arguments):
    async with App(api_key=os.environ["ALTER_API_KEY"]) as app:
        provider = GitHubIntegration(app, {"grant_id": os.environ["PROVIDER_GRANT_ID"]})
        call = await provider.activity.activity_get_stargazer_history_for_repo(arguments)
        result = await call.wait()
        return result.body_json()

Input

Field	Type	Presence	Description and constraints
$	object	Root	Additional keys: not allowed
path	object	Required within parent	Additional keys: not allowed
path.owner	string	Required within parent
path.repo	string	Required within parent
query	object	Optional	Additional keys: not allowed
query.per_page	integer	Optional	Default: 30 Maximum: 30 Minimum: 1
query.page	integer	Optional	Default: 1 Maximum: 100 Minimum: 1

Response

Response media type: application/json. The table describes the pinned successful response. Referenced models link to their complete fields.

Field	Type	Presence	Description and constraints
$	array	Root	Maximum items: 30
$[]	Model	Each item	Expand Get repository star history — response body — item

Referenced models: Get repository star history — response body — item

Schemas

Get repository star history — response body — item

Field	Type	Presence	Description and constraints
$	object	Root	Stargazer History
days	array	Required within parent	The number of stars created on each day of the week, starting on Sunday.
days[]	JSON	Each item
days[] (anyOf 1)	integer	Alternative
days[] (anyOf 2)	string	Alternative	Pattern: ^-?[0-9]+(?:\.[0-9]+)?(?:[eE][+-]?[0-9]+)?$
total	JSON	Required within parent
total (anyOf 1)	integer	Alternative	The number of stars created during the week.
total (anyOf 2)	string	Alternative	Pattern: ^-?[0-9]+(?:\.[0-9]+)?(?:[eE][+-]?[0-9]+)?$
week	JSON	Required within parent
week (anyOf 1)	integer	Alternative	The start of the week, given as a Unix timestamp.
week (anyOf 2)	string	Alternative	Pattern: ^-?[0-9]+(?:\.[0-9]+)?(?:[eE][+-]?[0-9]+)?$

Policy, approvals and errors

SDK function policy ID: github.activity_get_stargazer_history_for_repo. Catalog operation: activity/get-stargazer-history-for-repo. Rules can name either ID; function rules distinguish managed calls and conservatively cover raw calls sharing the route. Existing grant permissions and policy rules apply. wait() returns an immediate result or waits for a required approval; it never approves the request itself. Persist the approval ID to resume after a restart.

Provider errors retain their response; JSON decoding raises ProviderAPIError for provider failures. ManagedOperationError identifies contract/input/retention errors. See error handling and provider-specific behavior. Sensitive input may be refused before approval storage. A decoding error never resubmits a write.

Pinned headers: {"X-GitHub-Api-Version": "2026-03-10", "User-Agent": "Alter", "Accept": "application/vnd.github+json"}

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