Update helper.lua - Make authenticated GitHub API request

Author: CsBigDataHub

lib/helper.lua

@@ -25,4 +25,45 @@ end
 function M.get_platform()
     return M.get_os() .. "-" .. M.get_arch()
 end
+
+-- Make authenticated GitHub API request
+function M.github_request(url)
+    local http = require("http")
+    local headers = {}
+
+    -- Try to get GitHub token from environment
+    local token = os.getenv("GITHUB_TOKEN") or os.getenv("GITHUB_API_TOKEN") or os.getenv("GH_TOKEN")
+    if token then
+        headers["Authorization"] = "Bearer " .. token
+    end
+
+    -- Set User-Agent (required by GitHub API)
+    headers["User-Agent"] = "mise-vfox-eca-plugin"
+
+    local resp, err = http.get({
+        url = url,
+        headers = headers
+    })
+
+    if err then
+        return nil, "HTTP request failed: " .. err
+    end
+
+    if resp.status_code == 403 then
+        local err_msg = "GitHub API rate limit exceeded. "
+        if not token then
+            err_msg = err_msg .. "Please set GITHUB_TOKEN environment variable to authenticate and increase rate limit."
+        else
+            err_msg = err_msg .. "Authenticated request failed with 403."
+        end
+        return nil, err_msg
+    end
+
+    if resp.status_code ~= 200 then
+        return nil, "GitHub API returned status code: " .. resp.status_code
+    end
+
+    return resp, nil
+end
+
 return M