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title: "Add a GitHub profile"
canonical: "https://support.appfire.com/space/MARKDOWN/72385260/Add%20a%20GitHub%20profile"
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> ❌ **Removal notice:**
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> ❌ Please note that the URL user and URL user password parameters were removed in 3.8.2 (see [Deprecation notice: URL user and URL user password parameters](https://bobswift.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/info/pages/2537850172/Deprecation+notice%3A+URL+user+and+URL+user+password+parameters)). We recommend using [profiles](https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/x/PIRQB#Configuration-Profiles)<span style="color: #000000"> </span>to access external data.

<span style="color: #000000">This article illustrates the process of adding a GitHub profile to the </span>*<span style="color: #000000">Markdown from a URL</span>*<span style="color: #000000"> 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 need the following:</span>
> ℹ️ 
> ℹ️ - [<span style="color: #000000">Personal access token</span>](https://help.github.com/en/github/authenticating-to-github/creating-a-personal-access-token-for-the-command-line)<span style="color: #000000"> </span><span style="color: #000000">for information about generating a </span><span style="color: #000000">GitHub</span><span style="color: #000000"> </span><span style="color: #000000">access token. Refer to </span>[<span style="color: #000000">GitHub access token</span>](https://github.com/settings/tokens)<span style="color: #000000"> </span><span style="color: #000000">for the actual URL to get the access token</span><span style="color: #000000"> if you have a GitHub account.</span>
> ℹ️ - <span style="color: #000000">Whitelist</span><span style="color: #000000"> </span><span style="color: #000000">the GitHub URL in Confluence configuration settings </span><span style="color: #000000">if </span>*<span style="color: #000000">Restrict URL access</span>*<span style="color: #000000"> </span><span style="color: #000000">in Markdown for Confluence Configuration is enabled.</span>
> ℹ️ - <span style="color: #000000">Raw URL of the file to be rendered. </span>

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

1. <span style="color: #000000">Navigate to </span>**<span style="color: #000000">CONFLUENCE ADMINISTRATION ></span>**<span style="color: #000000"> </span>***<span style="color: #000000">General Configuration > </span>*****<span style="color: #000000">BOB SWIFT CONFIGURATION > </span>****<span style="color: #000000">Markdown > Profiles.</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 </span>*<span style="color: #000000">GitHub</span>*<span style="color: #000000"> from the options in </span>*<span style="color: #000000">Profile type</span>*<span style="color: #000000">.</span>  
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5. <span style="color: #000000">Enter</span> <span style="color: #000000">the</span><span style="color: #091e42"> </span><span style="color: #000000">relevant</span><span style="color: #091e42"> </span><span style="color: #000000">URL for GitHub in the </span>*<span style="color: #000000">URL</span>*<span style="color: #000000"> text box. Example: </span>*<span style="color: #000000">https://api.github.com/repos</span>*<span style="color: #000000">.</span>
6. <span style="color: #000000">Enter</span><span style="color: #000000"> </span>*<span style="color: #000000">User</span>*<span style="color: #000000"> </span><span style="color: #000000">and</span><span style="color: #000000"> </span>*<span style="color: #000000">Password</span>*<span style="color: #000000"> </span><span style="color: #000000">credentials required to access the given URL, or enter the </span><span style="color: #000000">access token</span><span style="color: #091e42"> </span><span style="color: #000000">for your GitHub profile in the</span><span style="color: #000000"> </span>*<span style="color: #000000">Access token</span>*<span style="color: #000000"> </span><span style="color: #000000">text box. </span><span style="color: #091e42">Refer to this </span>[<span style="color: #000000">personal access token</span>](https://help.github.com/en/github/authenticating-to-github/creating-a-personal-access-token-for-the-command-line)<span style="color: #000000"> article to know how to create your personal access token. </span>
7. <span style="color: #000000">Click</span><span style="color: #333333"> </span>**Save profile**<span style="color: #000000"> to create the profile.</span>

# <span style="color: #000000">Addition links</span>

- [<span style="color: #000000">Add a GitLab profile</span>](https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/x/KoNQB)
- [Create a profile with a URL](https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/x/BodQB)
- [<span style="color: #000000">Profile configuration</span>](https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/x/PIRQB#Configuration-md_configProfiles)
- [<span style="color: #000000">How to use URLs in Markdown from a URL macro</span>](https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/x/u4NQB)