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title: "Add a GitHub profile"
canonical: "https://support.appfire.com/space/SUPPORT/89137383/Add%20a%20GitHub%20profile"
format: markdown
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<span style="color: #000000">Description</span>

<span style="color: #000000">This article illustrates the process of adding a GitHub profile to the 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/)<span style="color: #000000">.</span>
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> ℹ️ <span style="color: #000000">Global Configuration settings:</span>
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> ℹ️ - <span style="color: #000000">Whitelist the URL for GitHub.</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 GitHub from the options in </span>*<span style="color: #000000">Profile type</span>*<span style="color: #000000">. You will notice that the Request header parameters are auto-filled.</span>  
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5. Enter the [API URL](https://developer.github.com/v3/) for GitHub in the *URL* text box<span style="color: #000000">. For example, </span>[<span style="color: #000000">https://api.github.com/repos</span>](https://api.github.com.)<span style="color: #000000">.</span>
6. Enter the [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. Click <span style="color: #000000">**Save profile**</span><span style="color: #000000"> to create a Profile.</span>