GitHub API error

[jrosen48]

When I run the following code in the github_repos chunk:

s_ghn <- safely(gh_next) # API calls are fraught with peril, so make this one a bit safer

my_repos_file <- file.path(rt, "data", "my_repos.rds")

if (!file.exists(my_repos_file)) {
  curr_repo <- gh("/user/repos", username = "public")
  my_repos <- list()
  i <- 1
  my_repos[i] <- list(curr_repo)
  spin <-  TRUE
  while(spin) {
    curr_repo <- s_ghn(curr_repo)
    if (is.null(curr_repo$result)) break
    i <- i + 1
    curr_repo <- curr_repo$result
    my_repos[i] <- list(curr_repo)
  }
  my_repos <- unlist(my_repos, recursive=FALSE)
  write_rds(my_repos, my_repos_file)
} else {
  my_repos <- read_rds(my_repos_file)
}

The following error is returned:

Error in gh("/user/repos", username = "public") : 
  GitHub API error (401): 401 Unauthorized
  Requires authentication

I checked on a few ways to authenticate but could not find out how to authenticate with GitHub. Is there a separate step (through GitHub - or locally) that needs to be done before running this?

Thank you for sharing this awesome resource!

[hrbrmstr]

Thx for taking the Rmd for a spin (or a knit :-) and also taking time to post an issue/questions!

Aye. And I likely shld have noted it far better than I did. Rather than duplicate the (albeit not really easy to find gh docs), take a look here for how to get the token in your environment. https://github.com/r-lib/gh/blob/eecde016754be7769f6f401deb39cc90f3ac7cdd/R/gh_whoami.R

[hrbrmstr]

I've now noted this in the README and in the first Rmd comment snippet. If you do try it again and it works, I'll close the issue.

[jrosen48]

Thank you! If I understand correctly, I need to get an API key in my environment by running the gh_whoami() function. When I did this the following error was returned:

> gh::gh_whoami()
No personal access token (PAT) available.
Obtain a PAT from here:
https://github.com/settings/tokens
For more on what to do with the PAT, see ?gh_whoami.

I navigated to https://github.com/settings/tokens and generated a token - and then used it in as follows:

gh::gh_whoami([TOKEN])

(I get the sense I'm completely missing the point of what this function does, which is to automatically generate a token.)

When I run the above chunk again, the following error is returned:

Error in map(.x, .f, ...) : object 'public_repos' not found

Thank you again for the help. I can hop over to gh, but if I might ask for one more tip on how I can get the token in my environment - now I really want for this to work.

Thanks!