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Test board github with a token

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Assessment

Difficulty
2/5
Estimated time
1-3 hours
Newbie friendliness
62/100
Issue type
Bug
Clarity
Clearly specified
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
github, python
Domain
backend, testing

Research direction

Start with board_github in pins/constructors.py around line 245 and trace how its token argument is currently handled. Add a test that supplies a token and verifies it is used, then run the relevant Python test suite to confirm the behavior.

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Description

testing

Currently, board_github accepts a token argument, but does not use it. Let's use it and add a test that passes a token in.

https://github.com/rstudio/pins-python/blob/b6049c8436b749e5ded292922f9226852987a8ce/pins/constructors.py#L245

Dominant language
Python
Stars
59
Forks
11
PR merge metrics
No merged PRs in 30d

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