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title: "Add a GitHub profile - Cloud"
canonical: "https://support.appfire.com/space/MARKDOWN/72385102/Add%20a%20GitHub%20profile%20-%20Cloud"
format: markdown
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> ❌ **Deprecation notice (applicable for Markdown from a URL macro):**
> ❌ 
> ❌ <span style="color: #000000">Please note that the </span>*URL user*<span style="color: #000000"> and </span>*URL password*<span style="color: #000000"> parameters </span><span style="color: #000000">are deprecated and will be removed on March 31, 2022</span><span style="color: #000000">. We recommend using </span>[<span style="color: #000000">profiles</span>](https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/x/y4JQB#Configuration-Cloud-Profiles)<span style="color: #000000"> to access your data from remote locations.</span>

<span style="color: #000000">Description</span>

<span style="color: #000000">This article illustrates the process of adding a GitHub profile to a Markdown macro.</span>

> ℹ️ ## <span style="color: #000000">Before you begin:</span>
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> ℹ️ <span style="color: #000000">To add a profile, you will need the following:</span>
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> ℹ️ - [<span style="color: #000000">Personal access token</span>](https://help.github.com/en/articles/creating-a-personal-access-token-for-the-command-line)<span style="color: #000000"> for GitHub profile</span>
> ℹ️ - [<span style="color: #000000">GitHub API URL</span>](https://developer.github.com/v3/)
> ℹ️ - <span style="color: #000000">Whitelist</span><span style="color: #000000"> the GitHub URL in </span>[<span style="color: #000000">Configuration settings</span>](https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/MARKDOWN/pages/72385227/Configuration+-+Cloud#Configuration-Cloud-MDC_Whitelist)

## <span style="color: #000000">Steps</span>

1. <span style="color: #000000">Navigate</span><span style="color: #000000"> to </span>**<span style="color: #000000">CONFLUENCE ADMINISTRATION > Settings > ATLASSIAN MARKETPLACE > </span>****<span style="color: #000000">Markdown Configuration > Profiles</span>**<span style="color: #000000">.</span>
2. <span style="color: #000000">Click </span>**<span style="color: #000000">Add Profile.</span>**
3. <span style="color: #000000">Enter a unique profile name in the </span>*<span style="color: #000000">Profile name</span>*<span style="color: #000000"> text box. </span>
4. <span style="color: #000000">Select GitHub from the options in </span>*<span style="color: #000000">Profile type</span>*<span style="color: #000000">. Notice that the </span>*<span style="color: #000000">Request headers</span>*<span style="color: #000000"> parameter is auto-filled.</span>  
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5. <span style="color: #000000">Enter the</span> [API URL](https://developer.github.com/v3/)<span style="color: #000000"> for GitHub in the </span>*<span style="color: #000000">URL</span>*<span style="color: #000000"> text box. For example, </span>[<span style="color: #000000">https://api.github.com/repos</span>](https://api.github.com.)<span style="color: #000000">.</span>
6. <span style="color: #000000">Enter the</span> [personal access token](https://help.github.com/en/articles/creating-a-personal-access-token-for-the-command-line) <span style="color: #000000">for your GitHub profile in the </span>*<span style="color: #000000">Access token</span>*<span style="color: #000000"> text box. </span>
7. <span style="color: #000000">Click </span>**<span style="color: #000000">Save profile</span>**<span style="color: #000000"> to create a profile.</span>