With the GitHub modules in {{Make}}, you can:
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watch commits
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watch forks
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watch, retrieve, and search releases
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watch, retrieve, and search branches
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add, retrieve, search, and delete assignees
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watch, retrieve, and search milestones
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watch, retrieve, and search gists
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watch, retrieve, and search pull requests
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watch, create, update, delete, search, retrieve, add issues
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watch, add, and delete issues labels
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watch, create, update, retrieve, search, and delete comments
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watch commit comments
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watch, retrieve, and search organizations
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search organization members
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retrieve users
To get started with GitHub, create an account at github.com.
You can connect the GitHub app to {{Make}} in two ways:
To connect to GitHub:
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Log in to your {{Make}} account, add any GitHub module scenario, and click the Add button next to the Connection field. Select the Connection type as OAuth.
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Optional: In the Connection name field, enter a name for the connection.
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Optional: Click Show Advanced Settings and enter the client credentials.
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Click Save.
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Confirm the access by clicking Authorize.
You have successfully established the connection. You can now edit {{Make}} and add more GitHub modules. If your connection needs reauthorization, follow the connection renewal steps here.
To connect GitHub to {{Make}} using the token, you need to obtain a token from your GitHub account and insert it into the GitHub module scenario.
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Log in to your GitHub account and access Settings page.
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Click Personal Access Token, select the token type you want to create, select the expiry and scopes, and click Generate Token.
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Copy the token to a safe place.
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Log in to your {{Make}} account, add any GitHub module scenario, and click the Add button next to the Connection field. Select the Connection type as GitHub.
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Optional: In the Connection name field, enter a name for the connection.
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In the Token field, enter the token copied in step 4 and click Save.
You have successfully established the connection. You can now edit {{Make}} and add more GitHub modules. If your connection needs reauthorization, follow the connection renewal steps here.
You must create a custom app in your GitHub account to obtain client credentials.
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Log in to your GitHub account.
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Click Your Profile Token > Settings > Developer Settings > New GitHub app.
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Enter the following mandatory details to set up the app:
GitHub App name
Name of the application.
Homepage URL
Application website URL address.
Callback URL
Enter https://www.integromat.com/oauth/cb/github
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Click Create GitHub App.
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Click Generate a new client secret.
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Copy the Client ID and secret values to a safe place.
You have successfully retrieved the client credentials.
