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tap-github (singer-io variant)🥈

Code hosting platform

The tap-github extractor pulls data from GitHub that can then be sent to a destination using a loader.

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Getting Started

Prerequisites

If you haven't already, follow the initial steps of the Getting Started guide:

  1. Install Meltano
  2. Create your Meltano project

Installation and configuration

  1. Add the tap-github extractor to your project using
    meltano add
    :
  2. meltano add extractor tap-github --variant singer-io
  3. Configure the tap-github settings using
    meltano config
    :
  4. meltano config tap-github set --interactive
  5. Test that extractor settings are valid using
    meltano config
    :
  6. meltano config tap-github test

Next steps

If you run into any issues, learn how to get help.

Capabilities

The current capabilities for tap-github may have been automatically set when originally added to the Hub. Please review the capabilities when using this extractor. If you find they are out of date, please consider updating them by making a pull request to the YAML file that defines the capabilities for this extractor.

This plugin has the following capabilities:

  • discover
  • properties
  • state

You can override these capabilities or specify additional ones in your meltano.yml by adding the capabilities key.

Settings

The tap-github settings that are known to Meltano are documented below. To quickly find the setting you're looking for, click on any setting name from the list:

You can also list these settings using

meltano config
with the list subcommand:

meltano config tap-github list

You can override these settings or specify additional ones in your meltano.yml by adding the settings key.

Please consider adding any settings you have defined locally to this definition on MeltanoHub by making a pull request to the YAML file that defines the settings for this plugin.

Personal Access Tokens (access_token)

  • Environment variable: TAP_GITHUB_ACCESS_TOKEN

Personal access token used to authenticate with GitHub. The token can be generated by going to the Personal Access Token settings page.


Configure this setting directly using the following Meltano command:

meltano config tap-github set access_token [value]

Repositories (repository)

  • Environment variable: TAP_GITHUB_REPOSITORY

Space-separated list of repositories. Each repository must be prefaced by the user/organization name, e.g. "meltano/meltano meltano/sdk meltano/hub"


Configure this setting directly using the following Meltano command:

meltano config tap-github set repository [value]

Start Date (start_date)

  • Environment variable: TAP_GITHUB_START_DATE

Defines how far into the past to pull data for the provided repositories.


Configure this setting directly using the following Meltano command:

meltano config tap-github set start_date [value]

Something missing?

This page is generated from a YAML file that you can contribute changes to.

Edit it on GitHub!

Looking for help?

If you're having trouble getting the tap-github extractor to work, look for an existing issue in its repository, file a new issue, or join the Meltano Slack community and ask for help in the
#plugins-general
channel.

Install

meltano add extractor tap-github --variant singer-io

Maintenance Status

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Repo

https://github.com/singer-io/tap-github
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