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Using GitHub gist to post as a bot instead of me #21881
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I currently run a Discord bot that used to use anonymous GitHub Gists. Now that anonymous Gists have been disabled 😠 I need another solution. From the API docs: Is there a way to have the author show up as created by the bot, instead of created by me? Do I have to create a new GitHub account for this? Should I make an organization account? |
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If you want the Gist to show up as created by a different account than yours, you’ll need to create a new machine account for that. An organization can’t log in as a user, so it wouldn’t work for what you’re describing. |
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Is a “machine account” a specific thing, or just a user account that happens to only be used by a machine? |
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@bmintz It’s a regular user account used by a bot/machine. |
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If you want the Gist to show up as created by a different account than yours, you’ll need to create a new machine account for that. An organization can’t log in as a user, so it wouldn’t work for what you’re describing.