Proxy server
- Last Updated: May 13, 2025
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- DataDirect Connectors
- JDBC
- GitHub 6.0
- Documentation
This string includes the properties you may need to connect through a proxy server with OAuth 2.0 authentication.
jdbc:datadirect:github:ServerName=server_name;ProxyHost=proxy_host;
ProxyPassword=proxy_password;ProxyPort=proxy_port;ProxyUser=proxy_user;
AuthenticationMethod=OAuth2;AccessToken=access_token;[property=value[;...]];
where:
- server_name
- specifies the base URL of the GitHub instance to which you want to issue requests. For example, api.github.com for cloud accounts and github.enterprise.com for enterprise accounts.
- proxy_host
- specifies the proxy server to use for the first connection.
- proxy_password
- specifies the password needed to connect to a proxy server for the first connection.
- proxy_port
- specifies the port number where the proxy server is listening for
requests for the first connection. The default is
0.
- proxy_user
- specifies the user name needed to connect to a proxy server for the first connection.
- OAuth2
- specifies the authentication method used to connect to the service.
- access_token
- specifies the access token used to authenticate to the GitHub
service.
Important: The access token is a confidential value used to authenticate to the server. To prevent unauthorized access, this value must be securely maintained.
- property=value
- specifies connection property settings. Multiple properties are separated by a semi-colon.
The following example connection string includes the properties required for using a proxy server with OAuth 2.0 authentication.
Connection conn = DriverManager.getConnection
("jdbc:datadirect:github:
ServerName=api.github.com;
ProxyHost=pserver;ProxyPassword=secret;ProxyPort=808;ProxyUser=jsmith;
AuthenticationMethod=OAuth2;
AccessToken=12a3=bCD/EfGh4Ijk+Lgd8g-44tk3c527831;");