Get GitHub account using StackExchange API

Question

I am trying to use the StackExchange API to retrieve the GitHub link a user has set in his profile.

I am talking about this one:

However I'm not finding methods to retrieve that data. I'm also not sure whether the API offers access to that data.

Here are some documentations I found:

• https://api.stackexchange.com/docs/users
• https://api.stackexchange.com/2.2/users/?order=desc&sort=reputation&site=stackoverflow

So can I use this API to retrieve the GitHub account of a user?

Answer 1

The StackExchange API does not offer access to that data.

As you already have posted

• https://api.stackexchange.com/2.2/users/2411243?site=stackoverflow

is all information you can get from a user.

The official documentation lists all available fields and explains them. A GitHub field is not among them. Here is the complete documentation listing all available methods.

You will need to use different APIs or techniques to retrieve that data.

Answer 2

There is nothing in the API for a users a git hub account.