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GitHub Credentials

You can use these credentials to authenticate the following nodes with GitHub.

Prerequisites​

Create a GitHub account.

Using OAuth​

!!! note "Robbot Automation Cloud users" You'll only need to enter the Credentials Name and click on the circle button in the OAuth section to connect your GitHub account to Robbot Automation.

  1. Open your GitHub dashboard.
  2. Select your user icon in the top right.
  3. Select Settings > Developer settings >OAuth Apps.
  4. Select Register a new application .
  5. Enter the Application name and Homepage URL.
  6. Copy the OAuth Callback URL from Robbot Automation and paste it in the Authorization callback URL field.
  7. Select Register application.
  8. Copy the Client ID.
  9. Enter the name for your credentials in the Credentials Name field in GitHub OAuth2 API credentials in Robbot Automation.
  10. Paste the client ID in the Client ID field in GitHub OAuth2 API credentials in Robbot Automation.
  11. On your application page, select Generate a new client secret.
  12. Copy the displayed Client Secret.
  13. Paste the client secret in the Client Secret field in GitHub OAuth2 API credentials in Robbot Automation.
  14. Select the circle button in the OAuth section to connect a GitHub account to Robbot Automation.
  15. Select Save button to save your credentials in Robbot Automation.

Using Access Token​

  1. Open your GitHub dashboard.
  2. Select your user icon in the top right.
  3. Select Settings > Developer settings > Personal access tokens.
  4. Select Generate new token.
  5. Choose your token type.
  6. Enter a note in the Note field.
  7. Select scopes in the Select scopes section. The scopes you need depend on the resources you're accessing.
  8. Scroll down to the bottom and select Generate token.
  9. Copy the displayed Personal access token.
  10. Enter the name for your credentials in the Credentials Name field in the GitHub API credentials in Robbot Automation.
  11. Enter your GitHub username in the User field in the GitHub API credentials in Robbot Automation.
  12. Paste the access token in the Access Token field in the GitHub API credentials in Robbot Automation.
  13. Select Save to save your credentials in Robbot Automation.