GitHub is a code hosting platform for version control and collaboration.
Personal access tokens (classic) function like ordinary OAuth access tokens. They can be used instead of a password for Git over HTTPS, or can be used to authenticate to the API over Basic Authentication.
Instructions on how to create a Personal access token.
- Click on the Avatar icon
![GitHub Avatar](https://how-to.sk/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/6mxsgsy7.bmp)
2. Settings
3. Developer Settings
![GitHub Developer settings](https://how-to.sk/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/3ex9klcy-295x1024.jpg)
4. Expand Personal access tokens
5. Tokens (classic)
![GitHub Tokens](https://how-to.sk/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/vp4l3f02-1024x256.jpg)
6. Expand Generate new token
7. Generate new token (classic)
![GitHub Tokens](https://how-to.sk/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/b62x9aff-1024x278.jpg)
![GitHub Tokens](https://how-to.sk/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/deickkok-1024x265.jpg)
8. Setup New personal access token (classic)
![GitHub Tokens](https://how-to.sk/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/mjr2ckwu-1024x542.jpg)