GitHub: Search topics

GitHub search.searchTopics: arguments, response, policy and SDK examples.

Operation github.search_topics

Provider route: GET /search/topics. 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["search"]["searchTopics"]>[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.search.searchTopics(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.search.search_topics(arguments)
        result = await call.wait()
        return result.body_json()

Input

Field	Type	Presence	Description and constraints
`$`	object	Root	Additional keys: not allowed
`query`	object	Required within parent	Additional keys: not allowed
`query.q`	string	Required within parent
`query.per_page`	integer	Optional	Default: 30
`query.page`	integer	Optional	Default: 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
`$`	object	Root
`incomplete_results`	boolean	Required within parent
`items`	array	Required within parent
`items[]`	Model	Each item	Expand Search topics — response body — items item
`total_count`	JSON	Required within parent
`total_count (anyOf 1)`	integer	Alternative
`total_count (anyOf 2)`	string	Alternative	Pattern: ^-?[0-9]+(?:.[0-9]+)?(?:[eE][+-]?[0-9]+)?$

Referenced models: Search topics — response body — items item

Schemas

Search topics — response body — items item

Field	Type	Presence	Description and constraints
`$`	object	Root	Topic Search Result Item
`aliases`	JSON	Optional
`aliases (anyOf 1)`	array	Alternative
`aliases (anyOf 1)[]`	object	Each item
`aliases (anyOf 1)[].topic_relation`	object	Optional
`aliases (anyOf 1)[].topic_relation.id`	JSON	Optional
`aliases (anyOf 1)[].topic_relation.id (anyOf 1)`	integer	Alternative
`aliases (anyOf 1)[].topic_relation.id (anyOf 2)`	string	Alternative	Pattern: ^-?[0-9]+(?:\.[0-9]+)?(?:[eE][+-]?[0-9]+)?$
`aliases (anyOf 1)[].topic_relation.name`	string	Optional
`aliases (anyOf 1)[].topic_relation.relation_type`	string	Optional
`aliases (anyOf 1)[].topic_relation.topic_id`	JSON	Optional
`aliases (anyOf 1)[].topic_relation.topic_id (anyOf 1)`	integer	Alternative
`aliases (anyOf 1)[].topic_relation.topic_id (anyOf 2)`	string	Alternative	Pattern: ^-?[0-9]+(?:\.[0-9]+)?(?:[eE][+-]?[0-9]+)?$
`aliases (anyOf 2)`	null	Alternative
`created_at`	string	Required within parent	Format: date-time
`created_by`	JSON	Required within parent
`created_by (anyOf 1)`	string	Alternative
`created_by (anyOf 2)`	null	Alternative
`curated`	boolean	Required within parent
`description`	JSON	Required within parent
`description (anyOf 1)`	string	Alternative
`description (anyOf 2)`	null	Alternative
`display_name`	JSON	Required within parent
`display_name (anyOf 1)`	string	Alternative
`display_name (anyOf 2)`	null	Alternative
`featured`	boolean	Required within parent
`logo_url`	JSON	Optional
`logo_url (anyOf 1)`	string	Alternative	Format: uri
`logo_url (anyOf 2)`	null	Alternative
`name`	string	Required within parent
`related`	JSON	Optional
`related (anyOf 1)`	array	Alternative
`related (anyOf 1)[]`	object	Each item
`related (anyOf 1)[].topic_relation`	object	Optional
`related (anyOf 1)[].topic_relation.id`	JSON	Optional
`related (anyOf 1)[].topic_relation.id (anyOf 1)`	integer	Alternative
`related (anyOf 1)[].topic_relation.id (anyOf 2)`	string	Alternative	Pattern: ^-?[0-9]+(?:\.[0-9]+)?(?:[eE][+-]?[0-9]+)?$
`related (anyOf 1)[].topic_relation.name`	string	Optional
`related (anyOf 1)[].topic_relation.relation_type`	string	Optional
`related (anyOf 1)[].topic_relation.topic_id`	JSON	Optional
`related (anyOf 1)[].topic_relation.topic_id (anyOf 1)`	integer	Alternative
`related (anyOf 1)[].topic_relation.topic_id (anyOf 2)`	string	Alternative	Pattern: ^-?[0-9]+(?:\.[0-9]+)?(?:[eE][+-]?[0-9]+)?$
`related (anyOf 2)`	null	Alternative
`released`	JSON	Required within parent
`released (anyOf 1)`	string	Alternative
`released (anyOf 2)`	null	Alternative
`repository_count`	JSON	Optional
`repository_count (anyOf 1)`	JSON	Alternative
`repository_count (anyOf 1) (anyOf 1)`	integer	Alternative
`repository_count (anyOf 1) (anyOf 2)`	string	Alternative	Pattern: ^-?[0-9]+(?:\.[0-9]+)?(?:[eE][+-]?[0-9]+)?$
`repository_count (anyOf 2)`	null	Alternative
`score`	JSON	Required within parent
`score (anyOf 1)`	number	Alternative
`score (anyOf 2)`	string	Alternative	Pattern: ^-?[0-9]+(?:\.[0-9]+)?(?:[eE][+-]?[0-9]+)?$
`short_description`	JSON	Required within parent
`short_description (anyOf 1)`	string	Alternative
`short_description (anyOf 2)`	null	Alternative
`text_matches`	Model	Optional	Expand Search code — response body — items item text matches
`updated_at`	string	Required within parent	Format: date-time

Referenced models: Search code — response body — items item text matches

Search code — response body — items item text matches

Field	Type	Presence	Description and constraints
`$`	array	Root
`$[]`	object	Each item
`$[].fragment`	string	Optional
`$[].matches`	array	Optional
`$[].matches[]`	object	Each item
`$[].matches[].indices`	array	Optional
`$[].matches[].indices[]`	JSON	Each item
`$[].matches[].indices[] (anyOf 1)`	integer	Alternative
`$[].matches[].indices[] (anyOf 2)`	string	Alternative	Pattern: ^-?[0-9]+(?:\.[0-9]+)?(?:[eE][+-]?[0-9]+)?$
`$[].matches[].text`	string	Optional
`$[].object_type`	JSON	Optional
`$[].object_type (anyOf 1)`	string	Alternative
`$[].object_type (anyOf 2)`	null	Alternative
`$[].object_url`	string	Optional
`$[].property`	string	Optional

Policy, approvals and errors

SDK function policy ID: github.search_topics. Catalog operation: search/topics. 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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