What is the public URL for the GitHub GPG keys

Question

Is there a simple endpoint for retrieving a users gpg public key?

For SSH keys, github.com/<username>.keys, is there something similar for gpg keys?

score 17 · Answer 1 · answered Aug 27 '20 at 14:28

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If you do not want to use the API, because you do not want to process the data returned, you can get a raw key from:

curl https://github.com/<username>.gpg

The output can be used directly for import.

$ curl https://github.com/web-flow.gpg | gpg --import

answered Aug 27 '20 at 14:28

jnovack

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Where is this documented? There is also .keys. What else is out there? – stewSquared Nov 18 '21 at 06:04

VonC · Accepted Answer · 2021-10-26T06:15:41.840

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List GPG keys for a user
GET /users/:username/gpg_keys
Lists the GPG keys for a user. This information is accessible by anyone.

You can get the keys via the command line using
curl https://api.github.com/users/<username>/gpg_keys

gh gpg-key list [flags]

edited Oct 26 '21 at 06:15

answered Mar 09 '18 at 05:48

VonC

You can get the keys via the command line using `curl https://api.github.com/users//gpg_keys` – weiji14 Sep 13 '18 at 22:48
@weiji14 Thank you. I have included your comment in the answer for more visibility. – VonC Sep 14 '18 at 07:10

score 1 · Answer 3 · answered Jul 28 '20 at 19:01

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Also github.com/<username>.gpg works, at least within GHE it does, I haven't verified on public github

answered Jul 28 '20 at 19:01

mross

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