I’m trying to use the Github v3 API - I already implemented the required OAuth flow and it works well.
Now I’m trying some of the Repos API endpoints (http://developer.github.com/v3/repos/).
So far, I’m able to get a List of my repos using: GET /user/repos
However, when I try to create a repo using POST /user/repos, I get a 404.
Any thoughts what I might be doing wrong?
Joubert
Can you please tell us how exactly you did the HTTP request? The 404 sounds like you were using a wrong path, probably. But to give a reliable answer instead a wild guess, we need to see your request, including how you are sending your token, just mask it with 'xxx' or something.
I'll show you in the meantime an example request, that is working:
curl -XPOST -H 'Authorization: token S3CR3T' https://api.github.com/user/repos -d '{"name":"my-new-repo","description":"my new repo description"}'
You would need to replace the OAuth token of course: S3CR3T
I had the same issue. The reason why you are getting a 404 with your oauth access token is that when you authorize to github you need to also additionally pass the scopes you want. For example, in the header you should see "X-OAuth-Scopes: repo, user", which means this user has read/write access to his profile and repositories. Once you have set the correct scopes you should be able to do POST/PUT requests just fine.
To see whether or not you have the correct permissions. You can do something like the following. Substitute the XXXXXXX with your access token.
curl -I https://api.github.com/user?access_token=XXXXXXXX
For creating repositories as a user you can use an personal access token and basic auth, which can be much simpler when you are fluffing around on the command line and have 2FA enabled.
curl -d '{"name":"test"}' -u githubuser:personaccesstoken https://api.github.com/user/repos
Create a personal access token here https://github.com/settings/tokens and make sure it has the 'repo' scope.
This script lets you read in in the token and project name as variables so you can use it in a script
#!/usr/bin/env bash -u
#
TOKEN=`cat token_file`
PROJECT=myproject
curl -X POST -H 'Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded' -d '{"name": "'"$PROJECT"'"}' https://api.github.com/user/repos?access_token=$TOKEN
Related
Within a GitHub Actions workflow in repository A we are trying to download release assets from another private repository B. Therefore the runner (running in a workflow in repo A) needs to authenticate against repository B.
There seem to be 2 possible solutions for that:
Create a private access token (PAT)
Create a GitHub application and use that for authenticating
Since we do not want this setup to be dependent on individual users, option 1) seems like the wrong approach. But we somehow got stuck with option 2). What we did so far:
Create a GitHub application (not oauth, since it should be independent of the user)
Grant all permissions for repositories to this app
Install the app in our organisation
Generate an app private key and create a JWT token following the documentation here
Sending a curl request with this generated JWT token, like
curl -i -X POST \
-H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_JWT" \
-H "Accept: application/vnd.github+json" \
https://api.github.com/app/installations/:installation_id/access_tokens
But this request always gives us a 401.
So first question is: are we on the right track here? Second question would be: how can we make this work?
It also puzzles us that we would have to re-create the JWT token with every workflow run (since we cannot use a long enough expiration time), and would rather like to have something that can be put into the secrets store of the workflow.
I have a script that I'd like to be able to access via a curl command against its https://raw.githubusercontent.com/... location. Using git.io, it's really easy to shorten this URL to something like https://git.io/ABCDE.
But there's an issue related to the fact that my script exists in a private repository. If I directly curl against the githubusercontent URL, I get 404: Not Found. I'm able to bypass this by passing an authorization header with the request, e.g.
$ curl -H "Authorization: token <My Github Personal Access Token>" \
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/...
> !#/bin/bash
... # rest of script
However, when I use my shortened URL, I don't get anything back. Not even a 404.
$ curl -H "Authorization: token <My Github Personal Access Token>" \
https://git.io/ABCDE
$
Anyone know what's going on here?
The way a URL shortener works is that it issues some sort of 3xx-series HTTP status code that redirects you to the new location, and then you make your request against that new location. However, by default, curl does not follow redirects, so all you see when you make your request is the output from git.io, which in this case is nothing.
If you want to follow redirects, then you should use the -L option to curl, which will make it follow redirects. Note that this can be insecure in many cases when passing credentials, since any credentials passed with -H will be passed to any remote server that the data is redirected to. In this case, that's what you want, but it can be a security problem in other cases if the credentials were only intended for the original server.
I'm trying to build an integration between two repositories. For that I've decided to use Github Apps.
I was able to sign working JWT and use it to get an access token (from https://api.github.com/app/installations/{{INST_ID}}/access_tokens). It looks like this: ghs_tVGHE4l5i4kjhasslirerno666222.
Now I'm trying to use it to trigger an dispatches event for a project workflow with on: workflow_dispatch: trigger.
But I just can't find a way to put ghs* token to use.
Examples I saw say:
curl -X POST https://api.github.com/repos/{{user}}/{{repo}}/dispatches \
-H 'Accept: application/vnd.github.everest-preview+json' \
-u ${{ ACCESS_TOKEN }} \
--data '{...}'
But it does not work, -u option is for 'user', not for token.
How to use ghs* token with github api?
The easiest way to do this is to just use the Token TOKEN Authorization header:
-H 'Authorization: Token ghs_tVGHE4l5i4kjhasslirerno666222
You may also try using Basic authentication with the x-token username. While that worked in the past, GitHub has disabled Basic authentication for the API, so that syntax may or may not function anymore.
I have a web application secured by Keycloak. Now I want to read all the security groups and users from keycloak in my application. Is it possible?
Keycloak has a very good documentation around the APIs.
I believe you are looking to get all the groups and users from the Keycloak. It could be as straightforward as calling any REST APIs.
You can follow this link to get all the groups from the Keycloak.
And this link to get the users based on the given search criteria.
But I would be wary of the performance implication it might have calling these APIs. Make sure to use pagination and appropriate filters for getting users.
Also, if you want, you can write a custom extension in Keycloak to serve your purpose. You can follow this link for it.
I could get the access token using the client secret key using the curl command from command line.
$curl -X POST -d "client_id=my_client" -d "username=username" -d "client_secret=c957b0ba-c421-4021-8433-764aa2fwes72" -d "grant_type=client_credentials" HOST/auth/realms/my_realm/protocol/openid-connect/token
I could also get the list of users after getting the access token
$curl -X GET HOST/auth/admin/realms/my_realm/users -H "Authorization: Bearer access-token" -H 'cache-control: no-cache'
Now, I'm thinking how can I do this from my web application.
This seems to be answered elsewhere but using the same command as other answers I still get a 404.
I'm trying to test creating a file with GitHub's v3 API. Whether I use curl or a rest api tester I get a 404 "not found" error. I believe I am getting properly authorized as I can check my rate count and it is counting down from 5,000 (the rate limit you get when authorized).
I can do a GET like so:
curl -X GET -H "Authorization: token <mytoken>" https://api.github.com/repos/<myorg>/<myrepo>/contents/testfile
My PUT is like so:
curl -X PUT -H "Authorization: token <mytoken>" https://api.github.com/repos/<myorg>/<myrepo>/contents/newfile -d "{'message': 'Initial Commit','content': 'bXkgbmV3IGZpbGUgY29udGVudHM='}"
I've also tried this:
curl -X PUT -H "Authorization: token <mytoken>" https://api.github.com/repos/<myorg>/<myrepo>/contents/test.txt -d "{'path': 'test.txt', 'branch': 'dev', 'message': 'Initial Commit', 'committer': {'name': '<myname>', 'email': '<myemail>'}, 'content': 'bXkgbmV3IGZpbGUgY29udGVudHM='}"
So to recap, GET seems to work. PUT seems to not work. If anyone can help please do. If I get no answer, someone please tell my story.
Turns out, I'm just a moron. I was using the personal access token (PAT) of a user that had read-only access to my repo. Using a PAT of someone that had write access worked just fine. Who knew?
Sorry about that, internet. I'll never doubt you again.
I was creating an API wrapper and my input path had an extra leading "/" I removed the forward slash and no more error 404.
So, look for typos in the request URL, especially if your path constructor places a trailing slash. Good constructors usually take care of this case, but clearly not all.