octokit-auth-netrc

octokit-auth-netrc

.netrc auth plugin for Octokit

Table of Contents

• Usage
  • Installation
  • Defining your token
  • Example
    • Import
    • Authenticate
  • API
    • createNetrcAuth
• Contributing
  • Dependencies
  • Verification

Usage

Installation

$ npm install octokit-auth-netrc --save-prod

Defining your token

Add a personal access token to your ~/.netrc file

machine api.github.com
  login <personal access token here>

machine github.acme-inc.com
  login <personal access token here>

Example

Import

import {createNetrcAuth} from './lib/index.cjs';

Authenticate

/*defaults to api.github.com*/
const auth = createNetrcAuth();

/*For use with GHES, override the default domain*/
const enterpriseAuth = createNetrcAuth({ domain: 'github.acme-inc.com' });

(async () => {
  await auth();
  await enterpriseAuth();
})();

API

createNetrcAuth

Returns an auth() function after reading your token from the ~/.netrc file. Throws an error with code ENONETRCTOKEN when an entry for api.github.com is not found in the ~/.netrc file.

Contributing

Dependencies

$ nvm install
$ npm install

Verification

$ NODE_OPTIONS=--no-experimental-fetch npm test