Explore the GitHub API data model

Pulling data from the GitHub API is only the first part of your reporting. You also need to understand the relationships between different endpoints - something that APIs typically fail to convey.

At SyncHub, we not only sync your GitHub API endpoints down into a reportable format, we also describe their relationships (e.g. in terms of foreign keys) so that you can quickly get a grasp of your data and how it fits together. This page is intended as technical documentation of these relationships.

Endpoints

Branch

Documentation: https://docs.github.com/en/rest/branches/branches?apiVersion=2022-11-28#list-branches

Column	Type	Relates to	Notes
RemoteID	string	-	-
WhenUpsertedIntoDataStore	datetime	-	-
MirrorRemoteID	int	-	-
IsDeleted	boolean	-	-
WhenCreated	datetime	-	-
WhenModified	datetime	-	-
Name	string	-	-
RepositoryRemoteID	string	-	-
InitiatingCommitSHA	string	Commit → Sha	-
Protected	boolean	-	-

Commit

Documentation: https://docs.github.com/en/rest/commits/commits?apiVersion=2022-11-28

Column	Type	Relates to	Notes
RemoteID	string	-	12 Feb 2024 Although commit lists are downloaded by branch, we can request them individually without the branch identifier. This makes sense, as there is actually a one-many relationship with commits as they get merged between branches
WhenUpsertedIntoDataStore	datetime	-	-
MirrorRemoteID	int	-	-
IsDeleted	boolean	-	-
WhenCreated	datetime	-	-
WhenModified	datetime	-	-
RepositoryRemoteID	string	-	-
SHA	string	-	-
CommitDate	datetime	-	-
AuthorLogin	string	User → Login	-
CommitterLogin	string	User → Login	-
CommitMessage	string	-	-

Issue

Documentation: https://docs.github.com/en/rest/issues/issues

Column	Type	Relates to	Notes
RemoteID	string	-	-
WhenUpsertedIntoDataStore	datetime	-	-
MirrorRemoteID	int	-	-
IsDeleted	boolean	-	-
WhenCreated	datetime	-	-
WhenModified	datetime	-	-
ID	long	-	-
RepositoryRemoteID	string	-	-
Number	long	-	-
CreatedAt	datetime	-	-
UpdatedAt	datetime	-	-
HtmlUrl	string	-	-
Title	string	-	-
RepositoryUrl	string	-	-
Body	string	-	-
ClosedAt	datetime	-	-
UserLogin	string	User → Login	-
IsPullRequest	boolean	-	-
WhenPullRequestMerged	datetime	-	-
TotalReactions	int	-	-
ThumbsDownReactions	int	-	-
ThumbsUpReactions	int	-	-
HeartReactions	int	-	-
ConfusedReactions	int	-	-
HoorayReactions	int	-	-
LaughReactions	int	-	-
RocketReactions	int	-	-
EyesReactions	int	-	-

IssueComment

Documentation: https://docs.github.com/en/rest/issues/comments#list-issue-comments-for-a-repository

Column	Type	Relates to	Notes
RemoteID	string	-	-
WhenUpsertedIntoDataStore	datetime	-	-
MirrorRemoteID	int	-	-
IsDeleted	boolean	-	-
WhenCreated	datetime	-	-
WhenModified	datetime	-	-
ID	long	-	-
NodeID	string	-	-
Body	string	-	-
CreatedAt	datetime	-	-
UpdatedAt	datetime	-	-
AuthorAssociation	string	-	-
IssueRemoteID	string	Issue → RemoteID	-
IssueNumber	long	Issue → Number	-
UserLogin	string	User → Login	-
RepositoryRemoteID	string	-	-

Repository

Documentation: https://docs.github.com/en/rest/repos/repos?apiVersion=2022-11-28

Column	Type	Relates to	Notes
RemoteID	string	-	-
WhenUpsertedIntoDataStore	datetime	-	-
MirrorRemoteID	int	-	-
IsDeleted	boolean	-	-
WhenCreated	datetime	-	-
WhenModified	datetime	-	-
ID	int	-	-
Name	string	-	-
Description	string	-	-
Archived	boolean	-	-
UpdatedAt	datetime	-	-
CreatedAt	datetime	-	-
OwnerLogin	string	User → Login	-

Label

Documentation: https://docs.github.com/en/rest/reference/issues#labels

Column	Type	Relates to	Notes
RemoteID	string	-	-
WhenUpsertedIntoDataStore	datetime	-	-
MirrorRemoteID	int	-	-
IsDeleted	boolean	-	-
WhenCreated	datetime	-	-
WhenModified	datetime	-	-
ID	long	-	-
Name	string	-	-
Description	string	-	-
RepositoryRemoteID	string	-	-
Color	string	-	-
Default	boolean	-	-

Team

Documentation: https://docs.github.com/en/rest/teams/teams?apiVersion=2022-11-28

Column	Type	Relates to	Notes
RemoteID	string	-	-
WhenUpsertedIntoDataStore	datetime	-	-
MirrorRemoteID	int	-	-
IsDeleted	boolean	-	-
WhenCreated	datetime	-	-
WhenModified	datetime	-	-
ID	long	-	-
Name	string	-	-
Description	string	-	-
NodeID	string	-	-
Privacy	string	-	-
NotificationSetting	string	-	-
Permission	string	-	-
MembersCount	int	-	-
ReposCount	int	-	-
UpdatedAt	datetime	-	-
CreatedAt	datetime	-	-
Slug	string	-	-

User

Documentation: https://docs.github.com/en/rest/users/users?apiVersion=2022-11-28

Column	Type	Relates to	Notes
RemoteID	string	-	-
WhenUpsertedIntoDataStore	datetime	-	-
MirrorRemoteID	int	-	-
IsDeleted	boolean	-	-
WhenCreated	datetime	-	-
WhenModified	datetime	-	-
ID	int	-	-
Name	string	-	-
Login	string	-	-
UpdatedAt	datetime	-	-
CreatedAt	datetime	-	-
AvatarUrl	string	-	-
Email	string	-	-

ParentCommit

Column	Type	Relates to	Notes
RemoteID	string	-	-
CommitRemoteID	string	Commit → RemoteID	-
WhenUpsertedIntoDataStore	datetime	-	-
MirrorRemoteID	int	-	-
IsDeleted	boolean	-	-
WhenCreated	datetime	-	-
WhenModified	datetime	-	-
ChildCommitRemoteID	string	Commit → RemoteID	-
ParentCommitRemoteID	string	Commit → RemoteID	-

CommitBranch

Column	Type	Relates to	Notes
RemoteID	string	-	-
CommitRemoteID	string	Commit → RemoteID	-
WhenUpsertedIntoDataStore	datetime	-	-
MirrorRemoteID	int	-	-
IsDeleted	boolean	-	-
WhenCreated	datetime	-	-
WhenModified	datetime	-	-
CommitSHA	string	Commit → Sha	-
BranchName	string	Branch → Name	-

IssueLabel

Column	Type	Relates to	Notes
RemoteID	string	-	-
IssueRemoteID	string	Issue → RemoteID	-
WhenUpsertedIntoDataStore	datetime	-	-
MirrorRemoteID	int	-	-
IsDeleted	boolean	-	-
WhenCreated	datetime	-	-
WhenModified	datetime	-	-
Name	string	Label → Name	-

IssueAssignee

Column	Type	Relates to	Notes
RemoteID	string	-	-
IssueRemoteID	string	Issue → RemoteID	-
WhenUpsertedIntoDataStore	datetime	-	-
MirrorRemoteID	int	-	-
IsDeleted	boolean	-	-
WhenCreated	datetime	-	-
WhenModified	datetime	-	-
Login	string	User → Name	-