Github Copilot Usage & Acceptance Analytics

How to get GitHub Copilot Metrics JSON

• Get a GitHub Personal Access Token (PAT):
  1. Log in to your GitHub account.
  2. Go to Settings → Developer settings → Personal access tokens → Tokens (classic).
  3. Click Generate new token (classic) and configure it as follows:
     • Name: Metrics API (or any name you prefer)
     • Scopes needed:
       • read:enterprise
       • read:org
       • copilot (with manage_billing:copilot, manage_billing:enterprise)
     • Click Generate token at the bottom of the page
  4. Copy the token (e.g., ghp_xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx) and store it securely.
• Fetch JSON Data with curl:
  1. Open your terminal (Command Prompt, Terminal, or equivalent).
  2. Run the following command, replacing <YOUR-TOKEN>, <ORG-NAME> as needed:

  curl -L \
    -H "Accept: application/vnd.github+json" \
    -H "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR-TOKEN>" \
    -H "X-GitHub-Api-Version: 2022-11-28" \
    https://api.github.com/orgs/<ORG-NAME>/copilot/metrics \
    -o metrics.json
  

  • Example:

  curl -L \
    -H "Accept: application/vnd.github+json" \
    -H "Authorization: Bearer ghp_xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx" \
    -H "X-GitHub-Api-Version: 2022-11-28" \
    https://api.github.com/orgs/coaxsoft/copilot/metrics \
    -o metrics.json
  

• Open metrics.json in a text editor to confirm the data was downloaded successfully.