How could I like my game to a private Github repository?

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#1

Is there a way that I make make a script inside my roblox game access my github repo that is set to private? Maybe using some sort of key? Thanks in advance :slight_smile:

#2

Im pretty sure this is impossible, as it uses OAuth which only works on web page. (according to my 10 seconds research)

#3

Sure

You’ll need a token for your GitHub account: Creating a personal access token - GitHub Docs

Pick a base64 encoding function: lua-users wiki: Base Sixty Four

Encode the string "your_username:your_token" using your favorite of the above functions to get a string like "b2J2aW91c2x5IHRoaXMgaXNuJ3QgbXkgdG9rZW4="

And then use that to set the Authorization header:

local result = HttpService:GetAsync("https://api.github.com/repos/your_username/your_repo", true, {
  Authorization = "Basic " .. your_base64_encoded_username_token_string
}
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#4

All put together

local EncodeBase64 -- from http://lua-users.org/wiki/BaseSixtyFour
do
	-- character table string
	local b='ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz0123456789+/'

	-- encoding
	function EncodeBase64(data)
		return ((data:gsub('.', function(x) 
			local r,b='',x:byte()
			for i=8,1,-1 do r=r..(b%2^i-b%2^(i-1)>0 and '1' or '0') end
			return r;
		end)..'0000'):gsub('%d%d%d?%d?%d?%d?', function(x)
			if (#x < 6) then return '' end
			local c=0
			for i=1,6 do c=c+(x:sub(i,i)=='1' and 2^(6-i) or 0) end
			return b:sub(c+1,c+1)
		end)..({ '', '==', '=' })[#data%3+1])
	end
end

local function GetWithBasicAuthAsync(username: string, token: string, url: string, nocache: boolean?, additionalHeaders: any?)
	local headers = additionalHeaders and table.clone(additionalHeaders) or {}
	local auth = EncodeBase64(username .. ":" .. token)
	headers["Authorization"] = "Basic " .. auth
	return game:GetService("HttpService"):GetAsync(url, nocache, headers)
end

local http = game:GetService("HttpService")
local user = "your_username"
local token = "b2J2aW91c2x5IHRoaXMgaXNuJ3QgbXkgdG9rZW4="
local result = GetWithBasicAuthAsync(user, token, "https://api.github.com/repos/your_username/your_repo")
print(http:JSONDecode(result))
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#5

How would I get this? Sorry for slow response.

#6

The first link I provided is a tutorial by GitHub explaining how to get an API token.

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#7

ok so i got it working, but where is the code? when it prints whatever it gives me a huge list of thigs. where can i find my code in that list?

#8

The API endpoint I gave (https://api.github.com/repos/…) was just an example. It gives you a bunch of information about your repo.

There are many other endpoints that GitHub provides, which is available on their documentation page (look for “REST API”):

For instance this looks promising:

It describes the endpoint https://api.github.com/repos/OWNER/REPO/contents/PATH, which apparently will give you the file content encoded in base64 (so you’ll need to grab a DEcoder from that same base64 link).

In other words, add /contents/path/to/your/file to the URL. Then you can decode the contents.

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