GitHub

Integrate your application with the GitHub API

🚀 Quickstart

Connect to GitHub with Nango and see data flow in 2 minutes.

1. Create the integration

   In Nango (free signup), go to Integrations -> Configure New Integration -> GitHub.

2. Authorize GitHub

   Go to Connections -> Add Test Connection -> Authorize, then log in to GitHub. Later, you’ll let your users do the same directly from your app.

3. Call the GitHub API

   Let’s make your first request to the GitHub API. Replace the placeholders below with your secret key, integration ID, and connection ID:

   cURL

   curl "https://api.nango.dev/proxy/repos" \
     -H "Authorization: Bearer <NANGO-SECRET-KEY>" \
     -H "Provider-Config-Key: <INTEGRATION-ID>" \
     -H "Connection-Id: <CONNECTION-ID>"
   

   Or fetch credentials with the Node SDK or API.

   ✅ You’re connected! Check the Logs tab in Nango to inspect requests.

4. Implement Nango in your app

   Follow our quickstart to integrate Nango in your app.

   To obtain your own production credentials, follow the setup guide linked below.

📚 GitHub Integration Guides

Nango maintained guides for common use cases.

• How to register your own GitHub OAuth app
  Register an OAuth app with GitHub and obtain credentials to connect it to Nango

• How to set up a GitHub App with Nango Learn the differences between GitHub Apps and OAuth Apps, and how to configure a GitHub App in Nango

Official docs: GitHub REST API Documentation

🧩 Pre-built syncs & actions for GitHub

Enable them in your dashboard. Extend and customize to fit your needs.

Files

Function name	Description	Type	Source code
write-file	Write content to a particular github file within a repo. If the file doesn’t exist it creates and then writes to it	Action	🔗 Github
list-files	Lists all the files of a Github repo given a specific branch	Sync	🔗 Github

Others

Function name	Description	Type	Source code
list-repos	List github repos from an organization.	Action	🔗 Github
issues	Fetches Github issues from all a user’s repositories	Sync	🔗 Github
issues-lite	Fetches Github issues but up to a maximum of 15	Sync	🔗 Github

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