Octokit Javascript Github Sdk Rest Graphql App Automation

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name: "Octokit JavaScript GitHub SDK for REST GraphQL and App Automation"
slug: "octokit-javascript-github-sdk-rest-graphql-app-automation"
description: "Octokit is GitHub’s JavaScript SDK family for REST API requests, GraphQL queries, authentication, webhooks, and GitHub App workflows. It gives agents and automation systems a typed, maintained client for working with GitHub from Node.js, browsers, and Deno."
github_stars: 7736
verification: "security_reviewed"
source: "https://github.com/octokit/octokit.js"
category: "Library & API Reference"
framework: "Multi-Framework"
tool_ecosystem:
  github_repo: "octokit/octokit.js"
  github_stars: 7736
  npm_package: "octokit"
  npm_weekly_downloads: 7006664
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# Octokit JavaScript GitHub SDK for REST GraphQL and App Automation

Octokit is GitHub’s JavaScript SDK family for REST API requests, GraphQL queries, authentication, webhooks, and GitHub App workflows. It gives agents and automation systems a typed, maintained client for working with GitHub from Node.js, browsers, and Deno.

## Installation

Requirements and caveats from upstream:
- The all-batteries-included GitHub SDK for Browsers, Node.js, and Deno.
- [Proxy Servers (Node.js only)](#proxy-servers-nodejs-only)
- **Universal**. Works in all modern browsers, [Node.js](https://nodejs.org/), and [Deno](https://deno.land/).

Basic usage or getting-started notes:
- [Usage](#usage)
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- Source: https://github.com/octokit/octokit.js
- Extracted from upstream docs: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/octokit/octokit.js/HEAD/README.md

## Source

- [Agent Skill Exchange](https://agentskillexchange.com/skills/octokit-javascript-github-sdk-rest-graphql-app-automation/)