openapi: 3.0.3 info: version: 1.1.4 title: GitHub Zen API description: >- The GitHub Zen API is a simple, lighthearted endpoint that returns a random piece of philosophical or inspirational wisdom from GitHub's design philosophy when called. This playful API serves no functional purpose in application development but instead offers a moment of reflection, often sharing pithy sayings about software development, collaboration, or design principles that embody GitHub's cultural values. Developers sometimes use it as a simple test endpoint to verify API connectivity, as an Easter egg in applications, or simply to get a bit of inspiration during their coding sessions—it's GitHub's way of adding a human touch to their technical platform. license: name: MIT url: https://spdx.org/licenses/MIT termsOfService: https://docs.github.com/articles/github-terms-of-service contact: name: Support url: https://support.github.com/contact?tags=dotcom-rest-api x-github-plan: ghes x-github-release: 3.9 tags: - name: Get - name: Zen servers: - url: '{protocol}://{hostname}/api/v3' variables: hostname: description: Self-hosted Enterprise Server hostname default: HOSTNAME protocol: description: Self-hosted Enterprise Server protocol default: http externalDocs: description: GitHub Enterprise Developer Docs url: https://docs.github.com/enterprise-server@3.9/rest/ paths: /zen: get: summary: GitHub Get the Zen of Github description: Get a random sentence from the Zen of GitHub tags: - Get - Zen operationId: getTheZenOfGithub externalDocs: description: API method documentation url: >- https://docs.github.com/enterprise-server@3.9/rest/meta/meta#get-the-zen-of-github responses: '200': description: Response content: application/json: schema: type: string examples: default: summary: Example response value: Responsive is better than fast x-github: githubCloudOnly: false enabledForGitHubApps: true category: meta subcategory: meta security: - bearerHttpAuthentication: [] x-microcks-operation: delay: 0 dispatcher: FALLBACK components: examples: {} reponses: {} parameters: {} schemas: {} responses: {} headers: {} securitySchemes: bearerHttpAuthentication: description: Bearer Token type: http scheme: Bearer