microsoft/PowerShellForGitHub

Add support for authentication with JWT

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#405 opened on Apr 19, 2023

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Greetings

First of all: Great job getting portion of the API working. I just encountered an issue today where this could have been helpful. Although I wonder how this pans out for large-scale automations where the token limit of 5000 will be hit (just had such a case today).

Is it possible to also use a GitHub App AccessToken? I know that in order to get that we need a signed JWT, but that could be accomplished with PowerShell I think, provided we provide a certificate.

Alternatively, is it possible to provide my own Bearer Token?

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Research direction
Explore how to generate a JWT from a certificate in PowerShell, then exchange it for an installation access token, and finally use that token as a Bearer token for GitHub API calls. Also implement a method to allow users to provide their own Bearer token.
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apibackend
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Feature
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3
Estimated timeA rough time range for an experienced contributor to investigate, implement, test, and prepare a pull request.
1-2 days
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Active
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Clear
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PowerShellGitGitHub API
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45