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Re: Bug: Wrong GitHub API result when retrieving repository information

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Luca Milanesio <luca.milanesio@gmail.com>
Date
Feb 3, 2016, 08:39 UTC
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> On 3 Feb 2016, at 06:58, Wert Alexander <Alexander.Wert@novatec-gmbh.de> wrote:
> 
> Dear GitHub Developers,
> 
> I'm using the GitHub API for retrieving statistics like stargazers_count or watchers_count.
> Unfortunately, an API call to https://api.github.com/users/<USER>/repos returns (as JSON) the same number for stargazers_count and watchers_count, although on the Website the numbers are different.
> 
> Example:
> ...
> "size": 5279,
> "stargazers_count": 51,
> "watchers_count": 51,
> "language": "Java",
> ...
> 
> 
> The actual count on the website, however,  are 51 for stargazers and 20 for watchers.
> 
> Any idea what could be the problem?
> 
> Thank you in advance!
> 
> Regards,
> Alexander Wert
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  1. Wert AlexanderFeb 3, 2016
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