Using GitHub REST API in GitHub Pages

[jcubic]

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I have a project when I need to get files from the repository. I use

https://api.github.com/repos/jcubic/gaiman/git/trees/master

endpoint for this. But got catch by rate limiter while debugging.

Is there a way to use the API and authenticate myself for GitHub pages. Obviously you don't want to expose your TOKEN (it will be invalidated anyway).

[LiteBrite82]

Hi @jcubic

Admittedly, this is a little outside of my wheel house. I found some documentation on the rate limits and some basic instructions for using your token with a secret.

[LiteBrite82]

there isn't a way, that I am aware of, to use environmental variables in GitHub pages - you need a server for that; i believe.

[LiteBrite82]

That being said, you could create a small custom backend and run it on netlify or something like that.

[jcubic]

Thanks for the reply. Yes, I probably will need to create a backend somewhere.