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:
Installation and configuration
- 
                      Add the tap-github extractor to your
                      project using
                      
 :meltano add
- 
                        Configure the tap-github
                        settings using
                        
 :meltano config
- 
                        Test that extractor settings are valid using
                        
 :meltano config
meltano add extractor tap-github --variant singer-iomeltano config tap-github set --interactivemeltano config tap-github testNext steps
Follow the remaining steps of the Getting Started guide:
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 If you find they are out of date, please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
      
      with the meltano configlist
      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?
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