try to use token for authenticated access to GitHub REST API

dominikschubert · dominikschubert · commit 5de094e5f806 · 2023-02-20T10:39:05.000+01:00
diff --git a/.github/workflows/pro-integration.yml b/.github/workflows/pro-integration.yml
@@ -47,6 +47,8 @@ jobs:
       run:
         working-directory: localstack-ext
     environment: localstack-ext-tests
+    env:
+      GITHUB_API_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }} # used for increased rate-limits when installing packages
     if: github.event_name != 'pull_request' || github.event.pull_request.head.repo.full_name == github.repository  # skip job if fork PR
     steps:
       - name: Determine companion-ref
diff --git a/localstack/packages/core.py b/localstack/packages/core.py
@@ -142,7 +142,12 @@ def __init__(self, name: str, tag: str, github_slug: str):
     @lru_cache()
     def _get_download_url(self) -> str:
         asset_name = self._get_github_asset_name()
-        response = requests.get(self.github_tag_url)
+        # try to use a token when calling the GH API for increased API rate limits
+        headers = None
+        gh_token = os.environ.get("GITHUB_API_TOKEN")
+        if gh_token:
+            headers = {"authorization": f"Bearer {gh_token}"}
+        response = requests.get(self.github_tag_url, headers=headers)
         if not response.ok:
             raise PackageException(
                 f"Could not get list of releases from {self.github_tag_url}: {response.text}"
