github.GithubException.GithubException: 401 {'message': 'Requires authentication',

[sk193]

Hello PyGithub Community - First off, thank you for supporting this tool you folks are the best!

Issue: I am attempting to authenticate to github enterprise using client_id and client_secret. I need to leverage PyGithub to post issues. Please let me know if there is a better route I should take, below are the errors I am hitting.

Code:

from github import Github

client_id=<xyz>
client_secret=<abc>
g = Github(base_url="https://<enterprise>/api/v3", client_id=client_id, client_secret=client_secret)

for repo in g.get_user().get_repos():
    print(repo.name)

repo = g.get_repo("<repo>")
repo.create_issue(title="This is a new issue", body="This is the issue body" 

Error:

Traceback (most recent call last):
    File "script.py", line 7, in <module>
      for repo in g.get_user().get_repos():
    File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.7/lib/python3.7/site-packages/github/PaginatedList.py", line 64, in __iter__
      newElements = self._grow()
    File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.7/lib/python3.7/site-packages/github/PaginatedList.py", line 76, in _grow
      newElements = self._fetchNextPage()
    File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.7/lib/python3.7/site-packages/github/PaginatedList.py", line 201, in _fetchNextPage
      headers=self.__headers
    File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.7/lib/python3.7/site-packages/github/Requester.py", line 275, in requestJsonAndCheck
      return self.__check(*self.requestJson(verb, url, parameters, headers, input, self.__customConnection(url)))
    File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.7/lib/python3.7/site-packages/github/Requester.py", line 286, in __check
      raise self.__createException(status, responseHeaders, output)
  github.GithubException.GithubException: 401 {'message': 'Requires authentication', 'documentation_url': 'https://developer.github.com/enterprise/2.16/v3/repos/#list-your-repositories'}

Thanks again for all the help!

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[mudit-mhjn]

Hey, I'm facing the same issue. Did you resolve it or any method you used to get around it?

[kbenzle]

Hey, I'm facing the same issue. Did you resolve it or any method you used to get around it?

LOL, from 2019 to 4 days ago :) I'm having the same problem. You find anything?

[scottdangelo]

I'm having a similar issue. My scripts used to work, now I get this 401:

    headers, data = self.__requester.requestJsonAndCheck(
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.9/site-packages/github/Requester.py", line 315, in requestJsonAndCheck
    return self.__check(
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.9/site-packages/github/Requester.py", line 340, in __check
    raise self.__createException(status, responseHeaders, output)
github.GithubException.GithubException: 401 {"message": "Must authenticate to access this API.", "documentation_url": "https://developer.github.com/enterprise/2.21/v3"}

[scottdangelo]

@kbenzle @mudit-mhjn FYI, I opened a new issue:
#1865

[sekmani123]

same problem here

[iwangliguo]

I have the same problem now, is there any solutions？ thanks.

[varchasa]

I have the same problem. Any solutions ?

[satyam-nykaa]

any solution ?

[iwangliguo]

I gave up it and changed to another lib called git,so you can run your code in Python just like in git bash.(maybe pip install git, sorry if it's wrong)

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[MengFanjun020906]

any solution?It is 2024 now😭

[sk193]

Hello everyone, sorry I thought I replied to this post. I was able to fix this issue by doing the following.

Basically you need to generate access token and pass that through (look at what I am doing for rez and g in this sample code). Once authenticated you should be able to make a call to create an issue. This token will be alive for 10mins but you can alter that if needed.

Sorry it took 5 years to post but hope this helps!

#! /usr/bin/python3.7

import jwt 
import time
import requests
import json
from github import Github

keyFile = open("./123.pem", "r")
keyFileLines = keyFile.readlines()

keyString = ''.join(keyFileLines)

#print(keyString)

payload = {
    # issued at time
    'iat': time.time(),
    # JWT expiration time (10 minute maximum)
    'exp': int(time.time()) + (10 * 60),
    # GitHub App's identifier
    'iss': '14'
}

encodedJWT = jwt.encode(payload, keyString, algorithm="RS256")

header = {"Authorization": "Bearer {}".format(encodedJWT.decode()),
               "Accept": "application/vnd.github.machine-man-preview+json"}
    
#resp = requests.get('https://api.git.<domain>.net/app', headers=header)

#print(resp.status_code)
#print(resp.content.decode())
#print (encodedJWT)
###END AUTH###

rez = requests.post('https://git.<domain>.net/api/v3/installations/29/access_tokens', headers=header)
response = rez.json()
token = response['token']

g = Github(base_url="https://git.<domain>.net/api/v3", login_or_token=token)

repo = g.get_repo("Sysops/sk193-dev")
repo.create_issue(title="This is a new issue", body="Brah")

[EnricoMi]

Are you trying to authenticate an app installation as the user? The current way to do this is show in this example.

However, looks like this does not support Github Enterprise: #2766, #2485.
Good news: a fix is available: #2780

Can you please test if #2780 works for you?

[MengFanjun020906]

I will try, thanks