Create Token

Create a Github OAuth access token.

Installation

$ npm install github-create-token

Usage

var createToken = require( 'github-create-token' );

createToken( options, clbk )

Creates a Github OAuth access token.

var opts = {
    'username': 'beep',
    'password': 'boop',
    'scopes': [ 'public_repo', 'read:org' ],
    'note': 'beep'
};
 
createToken( opts, clbk );
 
function clbk( error, results, info ) {
    // Check for rate limit information...
    if ( info ) {
        console.error( 'Limit: %d', info.limit );
        console.error( 'Remaining: %d', info.remaining );
        console.error( 'Reset: %s', (new Date( info.reset*1000 )).toISOString() );
    }
    if ( error ) {
        throw new Error( error.message );
    }
    console.log( JSON.stringify( results ) );
    /* returns
        {
            "id": 1,
            "url":"https://api.github.com/authorizations/1",
            "app": {
                "name":"beep",
                "url":"https://developer.github.com/v3/oauth_authorizations/",
                "client_id":"00000000000000000000"
            },
            "token": "abcdefgh12345678",
            "hashed_token": "25f94a2a5c7fbaf499c665bc73d67c1c87e496da8985131633ee0a95819db2e8",
            "token_last_eight": "12345678",
            "note": "beep",
            "note_url": null,
            "created_at": "2016-03-05T06:34:01Z",
            "updated_at": "2016-03-05T06:34:01Z",
            "scopes": [
                "public_repo",
                "read:org"
            ],
            "fingerprint": null
        }
    */
}

The function accepts the following options:

• username: Github username (required).
• password: Github password (required).
• scopes: list of scopes (required).
• note: a note as to the purpose of the token (required).
• otp: Github one-time password (2-factor authentication).
• note_url: an app URL if authorizing an application.
• client_id: a 20 character OAuth app client key for which to create the token.
• client_secret: a 40 character OAuth app client secret for which to create the token.
• fingerprint: a unique string to distinguish a token from others created for the same client id and user.
• useragent: user agent string.

The function only supports basic authentication using a username and password. To authenticate with Github, set the username and password options.

var opts = {
    'username': 'beep',
    'password': 'boop',
    'scopes': [ 'public_repo' ],
    'note': 'for my beepboop app'
};
 
createToken( opts, clbk );

To specify a user agent, set the useragent option.

var opts = {
    'username': 'beep',
    'password': 'boop',
    'scopes': [ 'public_repo' ],
    'note': 'for my beepboop app',
    'useragent': 'hello-github!'
};
 
createToken( opts, clbk );

If a user has two-factor authentication enabled, set the otp (one-time password) option.

var opts = {
    'username': 'beep',
    'password': 'boop',
    'otp': '1234',
    'scopes': [ 'public_repo' ],
    'note': 'for my beepboop app'
};
 
createToken( opts, clbk );

Notes

• Rate limit information includes the following:
  • limit: maximum number of requests a consumer is permitted to make per hour.
  • remaining: number of remaining requests.
  • reset: time at which the current rate limit window resets in UTC seconds.

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Examples

var createToken = require( 'github-create-token' );
 
var opts = {
    'username': '<username>',
    'password': '<password>',
    'otp': '<otp>',
    'scopes': [ 'public_repo' ],
    'note': 'for my beepboop app',
    'useragent': 'beep-boop-bop'
};
 
createToken( opts, clbk );
 
function clbk( error, results, info ) {
    if ( info ) {
        console.error( info );
    }
    if ( error ) {
        throw new Error( error.message );
    }
    console.log( results );
}

To run the example code from the top-level application directory,

$ node ./examples/index.js

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CLI

Installation

To use the module as a general utility, install the module globally

$ npm install -g github-create-token

Usage

Usage: ghcreatetoken [options]
 
Options:
 
  -h,  --help                      Print this message.
  -V,  --version                   Print the package version.
       --lscopes                   List all possible scopes.
       --username username         Github username.
       --password password         Github password.
       --otp password              Github one-time password.
  -ua, --useragent ua              User agent.
       --scopes scope1,scope2,...  List of scopes.
       --note note                 Token note.
       --note_url url              Application URL.
       --client_id id              Client id.
       --client_secret secret      Client secret.
       --fingerprint fingerprint   Unique token identifier.

Notes

• If a username is not provided, the implementation will attempt to infer a username by executing

  git config user.name
  

  in the current working directory.

• If a password is not provided, the user will be prompted to provide a password.

• In addition to the username and password options, a username and password may also be specified by GITHUB_USERNAME and GITHUB_PASSWORD environment variables. The command-line options always take precedence.

• Token information is written to stdout.

• Rate limit information is written to stderr.

Examples

Setting a username and password using the command-line options:

$ DEBUG=* ghcreatetoken --username <username> --password <password> --scopes=read_org,repo_status --note 'for my beepboop app'
# => '{...}'

Setting a username and password using environment variables:

$ DEBUG=* GITHUB_USERNAME=<username> GITHUB_PASSWORD=<password> ghcreatetoken --scopes=read_org,repo_status --note 'for my beepboop app'
# => '{...}'

For local installations, modify the command to point to the local installation directory; e.g.,

$ DEBUG=* ./node_modules/.bin/ghcreatetoken --scopes=read_org,repo_status --note 'for my beepboop app'
# => '{...}'

Or, if you have cloned this repository and run npm install, modify the command to point to the executable; e.g.,

$ DEBUG=* node ./bin/cli --scopes=read_org,repo_status --note 'for my beepboop app'
# => '{...}'

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Tests

Unit

This repository uses tape for unit tests. To run the tests, execute the following command in the top-level application directory:

$ make test

All new feature development should have corresponding unit tests to validate correct functionality.

Test Coverage

This repository uses Istanbul as its code coverage tool. To generate a test coverage report, execute the following command in the top-level application directory:

$ make test-cov

Istanbul creates a ./reports/coverage directory. To access an HTML version of the report,

$ make view-cov

Browser Support

This repository uses Testling for browser testing. To run the tests in a (headless) local web browser, execute the following command in the top-level application directory:

$ make test-browsers

To view the tests in a local web browser,

$ make view-browser-tests

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License

MIT license.

Copyright

Copyright © 2016. Athan Reines.