ChatGPT Access to GitHub Repositories — Part 3

In order to access private repositories we need to delve into the black art of authentication and authorization. Our focus will be on authenticating RESTful APIs, as that is what GitHub uses.

Figure 1. A RESTful GET Request [Image Credit: DALL-E]

RESTful API Message Contents

When making a request to a RESTful API, several components are involved (Figure 2). These include: