I am trying to make a request to github's API. Here is my request:
var url = 'https://api.github.com/' + requestUrl + '/' + repo + '/';
request(url, function(err, res, body) {
if (!err && res.statusCode == 200) {
var link = "https://github.com/" + repo;
opener(link);
process.exit();
} else {
console.log(res.body);
console.log(err);
console.log('This ' + person + ' does not exist');
process.exit();
}
});
This is what I get for my response:
Request forbidden by administrative rules. Please make sure your request has a User-Agent header (http://developer.github.com/v3/#user-agent-required). Check https://developer.github.com for other possible causes.
I have used the exact same code in the past, and it has worked. No errors are being thrown by request. Now I am confused with why I am getting a 403 (Forbidden)? Any solutions?
As explained in the URL given in the response, requests to GitHub's API now require a User-Agent
header:
All API requests MUST include a valid
User-Agent
header. Requests with noUser-Agent
header will be rejected. We request that you use your GitHub username, or the name of your application, for theUser-Agent
header value. This allows us to contact you if there are problems.
The request
documentation shows specifically how to add a User-Agent
header to your request:
var request = require('request');
var options = {
url: 'https://api.github.com/repos/request/request',
headers: {
'User-Agent': 'request'
}
};
function callback(error, response, body) {
if (!error && response.statusCode == 200) {
var info = JSON.parse(body);
console.log(info.stargazers_count + " Stars");
console.log(info.forks_count + " Forks");
}
}
request(options, callback);