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title: "How to create a GitHub profile"
canonical: "https://support.appfire.com/space/atdc/2911505023/How%20to%20create%20a%20GitHub%20profile"
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> Macro (aura-html)

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

<span style="color: #000000">This article illustrates the process of adding a GitHub profile for use with the </span><span style="color: #000000">*CSV Table*</span><span style="color: #000000"> or </span><span style="color: #000000">*JSON Table*</span><span style="color: #000000"> macros.</span>

> ℹ️ ## <span style="color: #000000">Before you begin:</span>
> ℹ️ 
> ℹ️ <span style="color: #000000">To add a profile, you need the following:</span>
> ℹ️ 
> ℹ️ - <span style="color: #000000">[Personal access token](https://help.github.com/en/articles/creating-a-personal-access-token-for-the-command-line)</span><span style="color: #000000"> for GitHub profile</span>
> ℹ️ - <span style="color: #000000">[GitHub API URL](https://developer.github.com/v3/)</span>
> ℹ️ - <span style="color: #000000">Verify that the GitHub URL </span><span style="color: #091e42">conforms to the Confluence Whitelist; provided, whitelisting is enabled </span><span style="color: #000000">in </span><span style="color: #000000">[Configuration](https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/atdc/pages/2911502499/Configuration+-+8.x#at810_config_RestrictURLs)</span><span style="color: #000000"> settings</span>

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

1. <span style="color: #000000">Navigate to </span><span style="color: #000000">***CONFLUENCE ADMINISTRATION > Settings > Manage apps > Advanced Tables > Profiles***</span><span style="color: #000000">.</span>
2. <span style="color: #000000">Click </span><span style="color: #000000">*Add Profile*</span><span style="color: #000000">.</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>

> ℹ️ Ensure that you provide a unique profile name. If you enter a profile name that already exists, the existing profile gets replaced with the given information.

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">. Note that the </span><span style="color: #000000">*Request headers*</span><span style="color: #000000"> parameter is auto-filled.</span>
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](https://api.github.com)</span><span style="color: #000000">.</span>

> ℹ️ To know more about URLs, refer to the [How to create a profile with a URL](https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/atdc/pages/2911505106) article.

6. <span style="color: #000000">Enter the relevant user name and password in </span><span style="color: #000000">*User*</span><span style="color: #000000"> and </span><span style="color: #000000">*Password*</span><span style="color: #000000"> respectively.</span>
7. <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>
8. <span style="color: #000000">Click </span><span style="color: #000000">**Save profile**</span><span style="color: #000000"> to create a profile.</span>