In jimrothstein/yt_api: R functions to use Google Youtube API

Github Personal Access Token (PAT)

• Replacement for password
• Scope: controls what resources , time limits

To get token (PAT)

• get token: https://docs.github.com/en/rest/guides/getting-started-with-the-rest-api

• (Walk through) Github token (Personal Access Token)

• settings | developer settings (bottom left)
• SCOPE

Next: where to savely store it?

store the token ~/.Renviron token, works

GITHUB_PAT=abc.....

To retrieve and use the token

```{zsh, echo=T} export token=$(Rscript -e "cat(Sys.getenv('GITHUB_PAT'))")

echo $token

curl -si -u jimrothstein:$token https://api.github.com/users/jimrothstein | head

```{zsh, echo=T}
export token=$(Rscript -e "cat(Sys.getenv('GITHUB_PAT'))")
echo $token
curl -Hs "Authorization: token $token" https://api.github.com/users/codertocat -I

jimrothstein/yt_api documentation built on Nov. 5, 2022, 8:05 p.m.