# Github Profile Finder (`saswave/github-profile-finder`) Actor

Find github profile account suggestions from fullname, username or email search. Enrich and scale your data analysis

- **URL**: https://apify.com/saswave/github-profile-finder.md
- **Developed by:** [SASWAVE](https://apify.com/saswave) (community)
- **Categories:** Lead generation, Social media, SEO tools
- **Stats:** 82 total users, 3 monthly users, 97.7% runs succeeded, 1 bookmarks
- **User rating**: 5.00 out of 5 stars

## Pricing

from $0.90 / 1,000 results

This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events.
Since this Actor supports Apify Store discounts, the price gets lower the higher subscription plan you have.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/actors/running/actors-in-store.md#pay-per-event

## What's an Apify Actor?

Actors are web data automations that power AI and operations. They run on the Apify platform to scrape websites, process data, connect APIs, and automate workflows.
In Batch mode, an Actor accepts a well-defined JSON input, performs an action which can take anything from a few seconds to a few hours,
and optionally produces a well-defined JSON output, datasets with results, or files in key-value store.
In Standby mode, an Actor provides a web server which can be used as a website, API, or an MCP server.
Actors are written with capital "A".

## How to integrate an Actor?

If asked about integration, you help developers integrate Actors into their projects.
You adapt to their stack and deliver integrations that are safe, well-documented, and production-ready.
The best way to integrate Actors is as follows.

- **AI agents and MCP clients** — the [Apify MCP server](https://docs.apify.com/integrations/mcp.md) at `https://mcp.apify.com` (remote, streamable HTTP, OAuth on first use).
- **Agentic workflows and local Actor development** — [Agent Skills](https://apify.com/.well-known/agent-skills/index.json) with the [Apify CLI](https://docs.apify.com/cli/docs.md): `npm install -g apify-cli`, then `apify login`.
- **JavaScript/TypeScript projects** — the official [JS/TS client](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs.md): `npm install apify-client`.
- **Python projects** — the official [Python client](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs.md): `pip install apify-client`.
- **Any other language** — the [REST API](https://docs.apify.com/api/v2.md).

For usage examples, see the [API](#api) section below.

For more details, see Apify documentation as [Markdown index](https://docs.apify.com/llms.txt) and [Markdown full-text](https://docs.apify.com/llms-full.txt).

# README

### GitHub Profile Reverse Lookup Scraper

Find GitHub accounts from an email address, full name, or username.

Resolve unknown GitHub users instantly and enrich your datasets at scale.

This scraper allows you to identify GitHub profiles using minimal data and transform partial information into a verified developer identity.

### 🚀 Features

##### 🔍 Reverse GitHub Search

Search for GitHub profiles using:

Email address

Full name

Username fragment

The scraper identifies matching GitHub users and returns structured profile information.

##### ⚡ Fast & Scalable

Designed for bulk lookups and automation workflows:

Supports batch searches

Reliable error handling

Proxy friendly

API-ready output format

##### 🧠 Identity Enrichment

Automatically augment your dataset with:

GitHub username

User ID

Avatar URL

Verified profile link (if available in your implementation)

Ideal for:

Lead enrichment

Cybersecurity investigations

Fraud detection

OSINT workflows

Internal audits

Developer outreach

### How to extract cookies from your browser

- install EditThisCookie chrome extension
- login to your account and go to your linkedin feed page
- Use the extension and click "export"
- Paste the cookies in the input "cookies" from the actor

The apify documentation has a tutorial on how to do it with screenshots, https://docs.apify.com/tutorials/log-in-by-transferring-cookies#export-your-cookies go to the export your cookies section

### WHY PROVIDE COOKIE & REPOSITORY URL

Used to reverse user profile search result

### Outputs

```json
{
  "url": "https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/314690?s=80&v=4",
  "username": "thomasdarimont",
  "id": "314690",
  "name": "Thomas Darimont",
  "location": "Saarland / Germany",
  "followers": 1321,
  "bio": "@keycloak maintainer\r\n@jugsaar \r\n@openid-foundation Certification Team\r\n\r\nSpring Team Alumni",
  "repos": 915,
  "is_sponsorable": true
}
```

### 🎯 Use Cases

This actor is perfect for:

Open-source intelligence (OSINT)

Background checks

Lead enhancement

Growth marketing

Security research

Compliance teams

Recruiting

Startup intelligence

### ✅ Advantages

✅ No authentication required
✅ No GitHub API key needed
✅ Lightweight and fast
✅ Automation-ready
✅ Easy integration with CRMs and workflows

### 🛟 SUPPORT

Share your runs with the developer team and create issues on error to help us improve actor quality.

You might discover edge case we didn't test yet

We stay available anytime

# Actor input Schema

## `searchs` (type: `array`):

From fullname, username or email. Get github profiles suggestions from any keywords

## `max_pages` (type: `integer`):

No description

## `sort_option` (type: `string`):

Select the desired sort order

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "searchs": [
    "brad@danga.com"
  ],
  "max_pages": 1,
  "sort_option": "s=&o=desc"
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `results` (type: `string`):

No description

# API

You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup.

## JavaScript example

```javascript
import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

// Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
// Replace the '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {
    "searchs": [
        "brad@danga.com"
    ]
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("saswave/github-profile-finder").call(input);

// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)
console.log('Results from dataset');
console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
items.forEach((item) => {
    console.dir(item);
});

// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs

```

## Python example

```python
from apify_client import ApifyClient

# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = { "searchs": ["brad@danga.com"] }

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("saswave/github-profile-finder").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print(f"💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/{run.default_dataset_id}")
for item in client.dataset(run.default_dataset_id).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{
  "searchs": [
    "brad@danga.com"
  ]
}' |
apify call saswave/github-profile-finder --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,saswave/github-profile-finder"
        }
    }
}

```

The hosted server signs you in with OAuth on first connect, so no API token belongs in this config. Clients without OAuth support can send an `Authorization: Bearer <APIFY_API_TOKEN>` header instead, using a token from API & Integrations in Apify Console (https://console.apify.com/settings/integrations).

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/UN5Ui3gPKxH3z7h3e/builds/TN5F1OlXoJsoPEswJ/openapi.json