Creating GitHub Apps
You can build GitHub Apps for yourself or others to use.
- Setting up a GitHub App
- About creating GitHub Apps
- Registering a GitHub App
- About the user authorization callback URL
- About the setup URL
- Choosing permissions for a GitHub App
- Using webhooks with GitHub Apps
- Making a GitHub App public or private
- Rate limits for GitHub Apps
- Creating a custom badge for your GitHub App
- Migrating OAuth Apps to GitHub Apps
- Best practices for creating a GitHub App
- Authenticating with a GitHub App
- About authentication with a GitHub App
- Authenticating as a GitHub App
- Authenticating as a GitHub App installation
- Authenticating with a GitHub App on behalf of a user
- Managing private keys for GitHub Apps
- Generating a JSON Web Token (JWT) for a GitHub App
- Generating an installation access token for a GitHub App
- Generating a user access token for a GitHub App
- Refreshing user access tokens
- Guides
- Quickstart for building GitHub Apps
- Building a GitHub App that responds to webhook events
- Building a "Login with GitHub" button with a GitHub App
- Building a CLI with a GitHub App
- Making authenticated API requests with a GitHub App in a GitHub Actions workflow
- Setting up your development environment to create a GitHub App
- Using the GitHub API in your app
- Creating CI tests with the Checks API