> ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.githits.com/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Search supported programming languages > Find supported programming languages by name or alias. Results provide a canonical name, a display name, and aliases for each match, ordered by relevance. Use the canonical name when choosing a language for a generated code example. ## OpenAPI ````yaml https://api.githits.dev/v1/openapi.json get /v1/languages openapi: 3.1.0 info: description: >- Explore package metadata, security advisories, dependencies, documentation and source code with the GitHits API. ## Choose an operation | Task | Operations | | --- | --- | | Inspect a package | Release metadata, vulnerabilities and dependencies | | Review releases or upgrades | Changelog and batch upgrade reviews | | Read documentation or source code | Browse with list, then follow an exact action through the unified read operation | | Browse known content | List source files, local documentation, or an explicit hosted site | | Find exact text | Grep across ordered packages, repositories and hosted sites, then follow exact read actions | | Compare source trees | Compare files, line statistics and patches between package versions or repository refs | | Discover relevant content | Search across packages, repositories and documentation sites; retrieve a search's status and retained results | | Resolve a target name | Find ranked package, repository and documentation-site targets | | Research a cited question | Generate an answer grounded in a package, repository or documentation site, or continue a conversation | | Generate an example | Generate and save a code example, then submit feedback | | Generate an SBOM | Upload manifests and lockfiles to receive a CycloneDX, SPDX or text inventory | | Find a language identifier | Search supported programming languages | ## Authenticate and send requests The production API origin is `https://api.githits.dev`; development uses `https://api-dev.githits.dev`. Examples target production. Replace `` with your GitHits token. Send the token in `Authorization: Bearer `. JSON request bodies use `Content-Type: application/json`; public JSON field names use `snake_case`. Standard SBOM documents retain their format's field names. Percent-encode path parameters such as package names as one path segment, including any embedded slash. The unified read target is a query value: encode a literal plus sign as `%2B` and a literal fragment marker as `%23`; ordinary form decoding interprets `+` as a space. Each operation documents its accepted parameters and encoding rules. ## Select the data you need Where supported, `fields` is a comma-separated **query parameter**, including on POST requests. Omit it to use the operation's defaults. Supplying it replaces those defaults; required identity and information needed to interpret the result remain present. A **selector** names a supported **group** of response fields. Groups are atomic: their members are selected together. A **wildcard bundle**, such as `vulnerabilities.*`, selects only the groups listed for that bundle. A bare group does not automatically include nested groups. Arbitrary subfields and undeclared wildcards are not supported. Each operation lists its selectors, defaults, dependencies and the data they return. Selection can reduce transferred data without reducing the work needed to produce it; consult its parameter and response field documentation. Small fixed responses do not offer `fields`. ## Interpret responses and errors An omitted optional field can mean unselected or unavailable data, according to the operation's contract. Null has an operation-specific meaning: it can mark unavailable or inapplicable data, or an unselected search result. Empty arrays, zero and false are values, not substitutes for unavailable data. Always retain the result's completeness and freshness information when displaying or processing it. **Requested** identity records caller intent; **resolved** identity records what that intent resolved to; **served** identity identifies the artifact that produced the response. These can differ while indexing or refresh work continues. Use served identity when an exact follow-up read is required, preserving package-relative or repository-relative path scope. Errors normally use `application/problem+json`. Branch on the stable `code`, not the human-readable `detail`. Include `X-Request-ID` when reporting a problem; error `instance` matches that ID. Respect `Retry-After` when present. If request identity cannot be created, the response is an empty HTTP 500 without a request ID. Responses use `Cache-Control: no-store`. Timeouts do not guarantee that work stopped. Read the documented timeout responses, especially for Research, generated examples and append-only feedback. Optional `X-GitHits-*` request headers attribute client, agent and session usage. The OpenAPI extension `x-githits-cost` is provisional operation metadata, not a price or a measure of computation. ## Contract status This API is pre-production. The external v1 contract is not yet frozen. license: name: Proprietary title: GitHits Public API version: 0.1.0 servers: - description: Production url: https://api.githits.dev security: [] tags: - description: >- Find exact text across ordered source and hosted-documentation scopes, check coverage, and follow exact reads. name: Grep - description: >- Browse package, repository or hosted-site paths and follow exact read and browse actions. name: List - description: >- Package metadata, release history, vulnerabilities, dependency graphs and upgrade comparisons. Each operation documents its registry, version and evidence scope. name: Packages - description: >- Read an exact documentation page or source file and retain the page, package-version or repository-commit details needed to cite it. name: Read - description: >- Discover evidence across package, repository and documentation-site targets, then retrieve retained search results and progress. name: Search - description: >- Find supported programming-language names and aliases for example requests. name: Languages - description: >- Generate code examples for programming tasks, with source references and license attribution. name: Examples - description: Rate generated examples or sessions and provide written feedback. name: Feedback - description: >- Preview operations for target resolution, source comparison, cited questions and SBOM generation. Routes use /v1/experimental and may later move to permanent v1 locations under a documented migration policy. name: Experimental paths: /v1/languages: get: tags: - Languages summary: Search supported programming languages description: >- Find supported programming languages by name or alias. Results provide a canonical name, a display name, and aliases for each match, ordered by relevance. Use the canonical name when choosing a language for a generated code example. operationId: search_languages parameters: - description: >- Nonempty language name or alias to search for. Text is preserved after URL decoding. example: typescript in: query name: query required: true schema: minLength: 1 type: string - description: Maximum matches; default 5, inclusive range 1–20. example: 5 in: query name: limit required: false schema: default: 5 format: int32 maximum: 20 minimum: 1 type: integer - description: >- Optional client attribution: trimmed printable ASCII, at most 80 bytes. Invalid optional values are dropped. in: header name: X-GitHits-Client-Name required: false schema: type: string - description: >- Optional client-version attribution: trimmed printable ASCII, at most 80 bytes. Invalid optional values are dropped. in: header name: X-GitHits-Client-Version required: false schema: type: string - description: >- Optional agent attribution: trimmed printable ASCII, at most 160 bytes. Invalid optional values are dropped. in: header name: X-GitHits-Agent required: false schema: type: string - description: >- Optional caller-defined session ID: one to 64 ASCII letters, digits, underscores or hyphens, preserved exactly. Supply the header at most once. Invalid supplied IDs return 400 INVALID_SESSION_ID; no session is created. in: header name: X-GitHits-Session-ID required: false schema: maxLength: 64 minLength: 1 pattern: ^[A-Za-z0-9_-]{1,64}$ type: string responses: '200': content: application/json: examples: default: summary: Default lookup value: - aliases: - ts display_name: TypeScript name: typescript empty: summary: No matches value: [] schema: items: $ref: '#/components/schemas/LanguageResponse' type: array description: Matches in backend ranking order; [] when no languages match. headers: Cache-Control: schema: enum: - no-store type: string X-Request-ID: description: Request trace ID. schema: type: string '400': content: application/problem+json: examples: invalid_session_id: value: code: INVALID_SESSION_ID detail: >- X-GitHits-Session-ID must occur once and match [A-Za-z0-9_-]{1,64}. instance: 4bf92f3577b34da6a3ce929d0e0e4736 status: 400 title: Invalid session ID type: about:blank validation: value: code: VALIDATION_ERROR detail: The request is invalid. instance: 4bf92f3577b34da6a3ce929d0e0e4736 status: 400 title: Validation error type: about:blank schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/ProblemResponse' description: >- VALIDATION_ERROR: missing/empty query, invalid limit, or unknown/repeated parameter. INVALID_SESSION_ID: a supplied session header is invalid or duplicated. headers: Cache-Control: schema: enum: - no-store type: string X-Request-ID: description: Request trace ID. schema: type: string '401': content: application/problem+json: example: code: AUTHENTICATION_REQUIRED detail: A bearer credential is required. instance: 4bf92f3577b34da6a3ce929d0e0e4736 status: 401 title: Authentication required type: about:blank schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/ProblemResponse' description: >- AUTHENTICATION_REQUIRED: missing, malformed or upstream-rejected credential (including waitlist denial). headers: Cache-Control: schema: enum: - no-store type: string WWW-Authenticate: description: Bearer challenge. schema: type: string X-Request-ID: description: Request trace ID. schema: type: string '403': content: application/problem+json: example: code: TERMS_ACCEPTANCE_REQUIRED detail: The caller must accept the applicable terms. instance: 4bf92f3577b34da6a3ce929d0e0e4736 status: 403 title: Terms acceptance required type: about:blank schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/ProblemResponse' description: >- FORBIDDEN or TERMS_ACCEPTANCE_REQUIRED; safe terms/acceptance links may be supplied. headers: Cache-Control: schema: enum: - no-store type: string X-Request-ID: description: Request trace ID. schema: type: string '405': content: application/problem+json: example: code: METHOD_NOT_ALLOWED detail: The requested method is not supported for this route. instance: 4bf92f3577b34da6a3ce929d0e0e4736 status: 405 title: Method not allowed type: about:blank schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/ProblemResponse' description: 'METHOD_NOT_ALLOWED: the route does not support this HTTP method.' headers: Allow: description: 'Supported methods: GET, HEAD.' schema: type: string Cache-Control: schema: enum: - no-store type: string X-Request-ID: description: >- Request trace ID for diagnostics; matches problem.instance on failures. schema: type: string '429': content: application/problem+json: example: code: RATE_LIMITED detail: The request was rate limited. instance: 4bf92f3577b34da6a3ce929d0e0e4736 status: 429 title: Rate limited type: about:blank schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/ProblemResponse' description: 'RATE_LIMITED: wait before retrying.' headers: Cache-Control: schema: enum: - no-store type: string Retry-After: description: Optional validated delay in seconds or HTTP-date from upstream. schema: type: string X-Request-ID: description: Request trace ID. schema: type: string '500': description: >- Request identity could not be created. Empty body without X-Request-ID; no problem object is available. headers: Cache-Control: schema: enum: - no-store type: string x-githits-empty-identity-failure: true '502': content: application/problem+json: example: code: UPSTREAM_ERROR detail: The upstream service failed to provide a response. instance: 4bf92f3577b34da6a3ce929d0e0e4736 status: 502 title: Upstream error type: about:blank schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/ProblemResponse' description: >- UPSTREAM_ERROR: transport failure, unexpected status or malformed response; upstream details are suppressed. headers: Cache-Control: schema: enum: - no-store type: string X-Request-ID: description: Request trace ID. schema: type: string '504': content: application/problem+json: example: code: TIMEOUT detail: The upstream request did not complete in time. instance: 4bf92f3577b34da6a3ce929d0e0e4736 status: 504 title: Upstream timeout type: about:blank schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/ProblemResponse' description: 'TIMEOUT: backend total request deadline exceeded.' headers: Cache-Control: schema: enum: - no-store type: string X-Request-ID: description: Request trace ID. schema: type: string security: - bearer_auth: [] components: schemas: LanguageResponse: description: >- One supported language; names and aliases retain upstream spelling and order. properties: aliases: description: >- Alternative language spellings; an empty array means no aliases are listed. items: type: string type: array display_name: description: Human-readable language name. type: string name: description: Canonical language name accepted by `GitHits` search operations. type: string required: - name - display_name - aliases type: object ProblemResponse: description: >- The stable problem document returned for an unsuccessful public API request. properties: acceptance_url: description: An optional acceptance URL supplied by the upstream allow-list. type: string code: description: The stable uppercase API error code. type: string detail: description: A stable, client-safe explanation of the failure. type: string instance: description: The active request trace ID. type: string status: description: The HTTP status returned with this problem. format: int32 minimum: 0 type: integer terms_url: description: An optional terms URL supplied by the upstream allow-list. type: string title: description: A short, stable title for the error. type: string type: description: The generic RFC 9457 problem type. type: string required: - type - title - status - detail - instance - code type: object securitySchemes: bearer_auth: scheme: bearer type: http ```` This documentation is built and hosted on [Mintlify](https://mintlify.com), a developer documentation platform.