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Accessing private instances of Github and Gitlab through their respective Python APIs

Can I access private instances of Github and Gitlab through API wrappers in python such as pygithub and python-gitlab. For example, if I want to access my company's private server of Github and Gitlab, is it possible? Any help on the matter would be really appreciated!

Solution

  • When using python-gitlab, use:

    import gitlab
gl = gitlab.Gitlab('http://your_gitlab_instance_url.com', private_token='token')

    Mentioning the url of the private instance does the job. The method may fail though, if there is some other secondary forms of security authenticators.

    When using pygithub, use:

    from github import Github
g = Github(base_url="https://{hostname}/api/v3", login_or_token="access_token")

    Works fine with the Rest API for github api v3