Github API and Access-Control-Allow-Origin

Question

this probably is a simple (series of) question(s) but I can\'t wrap my head around it.

I\'m trying to access the github api from a web app hosted on my site. This is

Answer 1

In order to get CORS working for your site (e.g. http://example.com), you have to enable it by creating a GitHub OAuth application here: https://github.com/settings/applications

Since you are using a GitHub applications to get CORS to work (not using it for enabling OAuth itself), you can just enter your site's URL in all three fields in the "Create Application form":

• Name: http://example.com
• URL: http://example.com
• Callback URL: http://example.com

Note that if you intend to use OAuth functionality, you need to setup Callback URL differently.

After this, you should be able to send AJAX requests to GitHub APIs from your site http://example.com.