Provide a way to retrieve an org's GitHub App Installation
Mariatta opened this issue · comments
For authenticating as a GitHub App, we need to have the app's installation_id
.
https://docs.github.com/en/apps/creating-github-apps/authenticating-with-a-github-app/generating-an-installation-access-token-for-a-github-app#generating-an-installation-access-token
The installation_id
is passed to the webhook payload. But it can also be retrieved through REST API, for apps that doesn't use webhooks. (i.e background processes).
The installation id can be retrieved through these endpoints, depending on the org and the user:
GET /users/{username}/installation
GET /repos/{owner}/{repo}/installation
GET /orgs/{org}/installation
GET /app/installations
These endpoints need to be accessed using jwt
, similar to how we handle get_installation_access_token
. So it would be great if gidgethub can provide this abstraction too.
https://gidgethub.readthedocs.io/en/latest/apps.html#gidgethub.apps.get_installation_access_token