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Smith John
Smith John

Reputation: 1097

github search api can't find language:C++

I'm using this api: https://api.github.com/search/repositories?sort=stars&order=desc&q=language:C++ to find C++ repositories.

But the return page is all language:C, Why?

Upvotes: 1

Views: 599

Answers (2)

DragonLord
DragonLord

Reputation: 6611

Literal "+" signs in a URL after a "?" query customarily get replaced by SPACE characters. So this would normally get interpreted as "c ". In order to transmit "c++" after a "?", it is safest to type "c%2B%2B".

Upvotes: 0

Rohan Khude
Rohan Khude

Reputation: 4883

Lets keep aside about searching a repositories using API's for moment to understanding the expected results

When you search the C++ from github search engine then you will find very less amount of C++ repositories were C repositories also fetched.

But when you search for cpp from github search engine then you will get 95% of C++ repositories.

So same will work for API's. I tested same by API and got expected results.

Upvotes: 3

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