App Credentials

Github

Tag
  1. API
Name
Github

Prerequisites

Create a GitHub account.

Supported authentication methods

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API Access Token:
We use this method on all GitHub nodes.
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OAuth2:
This method only works with GitHub and GitHub trigger nodes, and is not used by the GitHub document loader .

Related Resources

For more information about the service, see the API documentation on GitHub .

Using API Access Tokens

You will need a GitHub account to configure these credentials .
There are two steps to setting up these credentials:
2.
Set your credentials .
Please see the sections below for detailed instructions.

Generate a personal access token

Recommended Access Token Types
N8n recommends using personal access tokens (classic). GitHub's fine-grained personal access tokens are still in beta and do not have access to all endpoints.
To generate a personal access token:
1.
If you haven't already, verify your email address on GitHub.
For more information, see Verifying Your Email Address .
2.
Open your GitHub profile settings .
3.
Select Developer Settings from the left navigation .
4.
In the left navigation, under Personal Access Tokens, select Tokens (Classic ) .
5.
Select Create New Token > Create New Token (Classic ) .
6.
Enter a descriptive name for the token in the Memo field. n8n integration
7.
Select the desired expiration for the token or select No expiration .
8.
Select the scope of the token . n8n repo for GitHub node
Just select the range
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Tokens that are not scoped can only access public information.
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Reference
9.
Select Generate Token .
10.
Copy the token.
For more information, see Creating a Personal Access Token (Classic) . For more information about GitHub scopes, see Scopes for OAuth Apps .

Set credentials

Then with your n8n credentials:
1.
If you are not using GitHub Enterprise Server, do not change your GitHub server URL.
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If you're using GitHub Enterprise Server, update your GitHub server to match the URL of your server .
2.
Enter your username as it appears on your GitHub profile .
3.
Enter the access token generated above .
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