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J. G.
J. G.

Reputation: 1832

Can't get curl to do anything with github api

So this is a really stupid problem, I'm trying to follow this tutorial: https://gist.github.com/caspyin/2288960

but it just doesn't DO anything when I type:

curl https://api.github.com/users/caspyin

No error (if curl isn't in the directory i'm in, I do get an error) but it doesn't noticably return anything. 

curl https://api.github.com/zen

Also doesn't return the little zen saying.

These apis work fine in the browser but I want to be able to run more complex post scripts so I can create issues... and I'm just struggling to get started here. What am I doing wrong?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 1556

Answers (2)

J. G.
J. G.

Reputation: 1832

The problem ended up being that they've changed and now require authentication in almost every instance. I solved this problem by requesting a private github key to use for authentication purposes and then played with the headers until I got what I needed.

Upvotes: 1

Tony DiFranco
Tony DiFranco

Reputation: 843

try:

curl https://api.github.com/zen -k --proxy https://your_proxy_host:443 --proxy-user your_username:your_password

Upvotes: 0

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