GitHub Connector 26.1
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# Retrieve Information from GitHub

To retrieve information from GitHub, create a new fetch task by following these steps. The connector runs fetch tasks automatically, based on the schedule that is configured in the configuration file.

To create a new Fetch Task

1. Stop the connector.
2. Open the configuration file in a text editor.

3. In the `[FetchTasks]` section of the configuration file, specify the number of fetch tasks using the `Number` parameter. If you are configuring the first fetch task, type `Number=1`. If one or more fetch tasks have already been configured, increase the value of the `Number` parameter by one (1). Below the `Number` parameter, specify the names of the fetch tasks, starting from zero (0). For example:

       [FetchTasks]
       Number=1
       0=MyTask

4. Below the `[FetchTasks]` section, create a new TaskName section. The name of the section must match the name of the new fetch task. For example:

       [FetchTasks]
       Number=1
       0=MyTask

       [MyTask]

1. In the new section, set the parameters required to authenticate with GitHub.

   - To use Basic authentication, set the following parameters:

     `BasicUsername` | Your user name.
     `BasicPassword` | A personal access token. For information about how to generate the token, see Set up Authentication.

   - To use OAuth authentication, create a GitHub OAuth application and run the OAuth configuration tool as described in OAuth Authentication. The OAuth tool creates a file named `oauth.cfg`, that contains the parameters required for authentication. You can import the parameters into the connector's configuration file as follows:

         [MyTask] < "oauth.cfg" [OAUTH]

     For more information about including parameters from another file, see Include an External Configuration File

2. Set the following configuration parameters:

   `GitHubApiURL` | The GitHub API URL.
   `ProxyHost` | (Optional) The host name or IP address of the proxy server to use to access GitHub.
   `ProxyPort` | (Optional) The port of the proxy server to use to access GitHub.
   `RepositoryNameMustHaveRegex` | (Optional) A regular expression that limits the content processed by the connector. The name of a repository must match the regular expression, otherwise the repository is ignored.
   `RepositoryNameCantHaveRegex` | (Optional) A regular expression that limits the content processed by the connector. If the name of a repository matches the regular expression, the repository is ignored.

   For a full list of configuration parameters that you can use to configure the connector, refer to the GitHub Connector Reference.

3. Save and close the configuration file.

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Product: Knowledge Discovery GitHub Connector 26.1

Topic Title: Retrieve Information from GitHub