I'm sort of new to REST..

For full disclosure, I'm running this code inside of a Netlify Lambda function and testing via netlify-lambda.

My curl mand works:

 curl -u "<username>:<password>" /<username>/<reponame>

But when I attempt a get request via axios I'm getting a 404 (which according to github docs implies an auth issue). This is what I'm doing (also doesn't work without the custom headers, I've just been trying random things).

axios({
    method: "get",
    url: `/${user}/<reponame>/`,
    headers: {
        Authorization: `Bearer ${githubToken}`,
        "Content-Type": "application/json"
    },
    auth: {
        username: user,
        password: pass
    }
    })
    .then(res => {
        callback(null, {
            statusCode: 200,
            body: JSON.stringify(res.data)
        });
    })
    .catch(err => {
        callback(err);
    });

One thing I noticed was that it seems axios was taking my username and password and prepending them to the url i.g. https://<username>:<password>@api.github/repos/<username>/<reponame>

Is this how auth should be sent over?

I'm sort of new to REST..

For full disclosure, I'm running this code inside of a Netlify Lambda function and testing via netlify-lambda.

My curl mand works:

 curl -u "<username>:<password>" https://api.github./repos/<username>/<reponame>

But when I attempt a get request via axios I'm getting a 404 (which according to github docs implies an auth issue). This is what I'm doing (also doesn't work without the custom headers, I've just been trying random things).

axios({
    method: "get",
    url: `https://api.github./repos/${user}/<reponame>/`,
    headers: {
        Authorization: `Bearer ${githubToken}`,
        "Content-Type": "application/json"
    },
    auth: {
        username: user,
        password: pass
    }
    })
    .then(res => {
        callback(null, {
            statusCode: 200,
            body: JSON.stringify(res.data)
        });
    })
    .catch(err => {
        callback(err);
    });

One thing I noticed was that it seems axios was taking my username and password and prepending them to the url i.g. https://<username>:<password>@api.github./repos/<username>/<reponame>

Is this how auth should be sent over?

• javascript
• node.js
• axios
• github-api

• could you link the authentication you're trying or alteast the plete working curl – 1565986223 Commented Apr 29, 2019 at 2:55
• Is this a copy/paste error in the Axios example?: url: api.github./repos/${user}/<reponame>/,. If not, you are substituting ${user} but leaving <reponame> as literal text (which would be a 404 error for sure). – Henry Mueller Commented Apr 29, 2019 at 5:12
• No, I have a variable for my github user and pass and I'm simply omitting my personal repo name – Esten Commented Apr 29, 2019 at 13:45
• @1556089774 I'm not sure what you are asking – Esten Commented Apr 29, 2019 at 18:19
• I know you're saying that it fails with or without the custom headers but sending an Authorization header while using axios basic auth seems suspect. – Sam Alpher Commented Apr 29, 2019 at 19:43

2 Answers 2

I shouldn't have had a trailing forward slash at the end of my URL.

If you already have a token you don’t need user/pass, just add the token to the header.