Difference between revisions of "GitHub Connector"

Revision as of 12:03, 28 July 2016

In this guide we describe the GitHub Connector wizard web interface.

Overview

GitHub Connector is a wizard to import GitHub project in a specific folder in the user workspace.

Select Credential

When the wizard start, you have to enter your GitHub credentials. The types of access are: Anonymous, Login and OAuth2.

Note that in case of large projects only OAuth2 supports downloading of the entire project, and in any case this is the preferred way.

GitHub Connector, Credential Basic

To access using Login or OAuth2 you must have a GitHub profile. In the GitHub website you can create one

GitHub Connector, GitHub Create Accounting

In the case of OAuth2 you must have a token

GitHub Connector, Credential OAuth2

If you want to generate a token steps to follow are:

1. Registered and logged in
2. Go in Settings
3. Generate a Token

GitHub Connector, GitHub Settings

GitHub Connector, GitHub Generate Token

Select Repository

After entering the credentials, you have to choose the owner and the name of the repository that you want to download.

GitHub Connector, Repository Selection

So clicking on Finish button the repository content will be downloaded to the required folder.

Who uses GitHub Connector