This guide provides step-by-step instructions to configure your .env file and securely use a GitHub Personal Access Token in your FastAPI project.

1. Navigate to the backend directory where your project is set up.
2. Create a new file named .env (if it doesn’t already exist).

1. Open the .env file and add the following line:

   GITHUB_TOKEN=your_personal_access_token_here
   

2. Replace your_personal_access_token_here with your actual GitHub Personal Access Token.

1. Go to GitHub Developer Settings.
2. Click on Tokens (classic) and then Generate new token and then generate the classic token.
3. Select the required scopes for your application:
   • For public repositories: Check repo.
   • For additional access: Check read:org, read:user, etc., as needed.
4. Copy the generated token (it will only be displayed once).

Ensure you have these things installed in your project:

pip install python-dotenv requests fastapi uvicorn

Run your FastAPI server:

uvicorn backend.main:app --reload

Use curl or Postman to test the /api/repo-stats endpoint:

curl -X POST http://localhost:8000/api/repo-stats \
     -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
     -d '{"repo_url": "https://github.com/AOSSIE-Org/Devr.AI/"}'

If all the things correctly got setup then you will see the JSON repsponse

Now, your FastAPI application is securely set up to use GitHub API credentials from a .env file!