Bearer token authentication
- Last Updated: May 13, 2025
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- DataDirect Connectors
- JDBC
- GitHub 6.0
- Documentation
To configure the driver to use bearer token authentication.
- Set the ServerName property to specifiy the URL of the GitHub service to which you want to issue requests. For example, https://github.enterprise.com for enterprise accounts.
- Set the SecurityToken property to specify the personal access token assigned to you.
The following examples show the connection information required to establish a connection using the bearer token authentication.
Connection URL
Connection conn = DriverManager.getConnection
("jdbc:datadirect:github:ServerName=https://github.enterprise.com;
SecurityToken=secret;");
Data Source
GitHubDataSource mds = new GitHubDataSource();
mds.setDescription("My GitHub Data Source");
mds.setServerName("github.enterprise.com");
mds.setSecurityToken("secret");