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Create Repo returning 403? #24348
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GitHub API Create Repo returning 403?
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Seth Painter
on 09:15PM - 27 Oct 20 UTC
I’m making a GitHub app, and I’m trying to create a repo according to this documentation Repositories - GitHub DocsWhen I make a GET request to that URL, it works and I get the user’s repos, but making a post request like this: Returns this My app has these permissions |
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Hey there @TheFoxarmy 👋 Thanks so much for joining our Community and for submitting your post. I appreciate the details you’ve provided, though I think there may be a confusion about where that You’ve shown us the permissions that the repository itself has in relation to the installation of your app, but the Relevant documentation for this lives here: Scopes for OAuth Apps - GitHub DocsThis should be what you need! If you can verify that the token that your app leverages has the appropriate scope defined and you are still experiencing this problem, please let us know. 🙇 |
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Hi, so your post and further reading about this subject has actually lead me to conclude that creating repos is a feature of OAuth Apps, not GitHub Apps? |
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Hey there @TheFoxarmy 👋
Thanks so much for joining our Community and for submitting your post. I appreciate the details you’ve provided, though I think there may be a confusion about where that
scopeneeds to be defined.You’ve shown us the permissions that the repository itself has in relation to the installation of your app, but the
reposcopeneeds to be defined for the application’s token and not within the repository’s permissions.Relevant documentation for this lives here:
docs.github.comScopes for OAuth Apps - GitHub Docs
This should be what you need!
If you can verify that the token that your app leverages has the appropriate scope defined and you are still experiencing t…