GitHub Copilot REST API
GitHub Copilot primarily operates through integrations in IDEs (VS Code, JetBrains, Neovim, etc.), but GitHub does not provide a public REST API for Copilot at this time.
Alternative Options:
1. GitHub Copilot CLI (Experimental)
• GitHub is testing a CLI-based Copilot, which might expose API-like capabilities in the future.
2. Using OpenAI API Instead
• Since GitHub Copilot is built on OpenAI’s Codex model, you can use OpenAI’s GPT API (e.g., gpt-4-turbo) to achieve similar code-generation capabilities.
• Example OpenAI API call using Python:
import openai
response = openai.ChatCompletion.create(
model="gpt-4-turbo",
messages=[{"role": "user", "content": "Write a Python function to reverse a string"}]
)
print(response["choices"][0]["message"]["content"])
3. GitHub GraphQL & REST APIs for Repository Actions
• If you want automation related to GitHub repositories, issues, or PRs, you can use:
• GitHub REST API
Would you like help integrating OpenAI’s API as a Copilot alternative?