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GitHub Attributes

Configuring GitHub is optional but can allow you to avoid rate limits when requesting data from GitHub.

Requests made with a GitHub token have a higher rate limit than anonymous requests.

A github mapping is in the root of the config file, sampled below.

config.yml GitHub sample
github:
  token: thisismytoken
Attribute Description Allowed Values (default in bold) Required
token GitHub personal access token. Any valid token or leave blank
  • The GitHub Personal Access Token can be generated here.