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Question about Github API Authentication

John Medina_sk1ry7

Hello,

I'm working on a dataProviderModule to retrieve data from an external source (via Github API calls). I am authenticating my API calls as coming from a Github App authentication, and have tested it with a local application I created and have gotten valid responses. In trying to replicate it on a dataProviderModule, I've come up with consistent `401` errors.

Is there anything that I may be missing when it comes to making external API calls with Compass apps (like the dataProviderModule) that I need to be considering? Or any examples I can be trying to follow when it comes to getting data from external sources within a Compass app?

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Sascha Reuter

Did you maybe forget to add your authentication provider to your dataProvider function in the manifest?

I didn't work on a compass:dataProvider module yet, but this is how it looks for a panel.

Screen Shot 2022-08-30 at 12.58.19 pm.png

John Medina_sk1ry7

That's interesting. Do you know where I could find the documentation for this?

John Medina_sk1ry7

And with your approach, did you then just authenticate the API request like you normally would (through questmate) within the function body?

Sascha Reuter

In our case, the API authentication is based on tokens acquired through OAuth2, just like Github. The documentation for that lives here: https://developer.atlassian.com/platform/forge/runtime-reference/external-fetch-api/

Edit: Actually, the best place to look for an example is: https://developer.atlassian.com/platform/forge/manifest-reference/providers/#authentication

I also just remembered setting this up with Github in the past, so it definitely should work. If you have problems though let me know, and I can quickly jump on a Zoom call and help you out.

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