Error "Bad Credentials" when running github action

[NikosDev]

Discussed in https://github.com/lowlighter/metrics/discussions/1580

^{Originally posted by **NikosDev** December 11, 2023} I have used the [ github action setup](https://github.com/lowlighter/metrics/blob/master/.github/readme/partials/documentation/setup/action.md) to create my metrics but it fails with error "Bad Credentials" when github action is triggered. I have created a secret in my repository called METRICS_TOKEN and assigned the token value. My yaml file is this: ```yaml # Visit https://github.com/lowlighter/metrics#-documentation for full reference name: Metrics on: # Schedule updates (each hour) schedule: [{cron: "0 * * * *"}] # Lines below let you run workflow manually and on each commit workflow_dispatch: push: {branches: ["master", "main"]} jobs: github-metrics: runs-on: ubuntu-latest permissions: contents: write steps: - uses: lowlighter/metrics@latest with: # Your GitHub token # The following scopes are required: # - public_access (default scope) # The following additional scopes may be required: # - read:org (for organization related metrics) # - read:user (for user related data) # - read:packages (for some packages related data) # - repo (optional, if you want to include private repositories) token: ${{ secrets.METRICS_TOKEN }} # Options user: NikosDev template: classic base: header, activity, community, repositories, metadata config_timezone: Europe/Athens ``` My github action error:  Github action error log: ```yaml ───── Metrics │ Setup │ complete Version │ 3.34.0 Using prebuilt image │ true Debug mode │ false Debug flags │ (none) GitHub token │ (provided) GitHub token format │ classic GitHub GraphQL API │ ok GitHub GraphQL API endpoint │ (default) GitHub REST API │ ok GitHub REST API endpoint │ (default) API requests (REST) │ (unknown) API requests (GraphQL) │ (unknown) API requests (Search) │ (unknown) Token validity │ (could not verify) GitHub account │ NikosDev Current repository │ NikosDev/NikosDev Committer token │ (provided) Committer branch │ main Committer head branch │ main Committer REST API │ ok Committer account │ (github-actions) Committer head branch status │ ok Previous render sha │ (none) SVG output │ github-metrics.svg SVG optimization │ css, xml SVG verification after generation │ false ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── Templates │ Community templates │ (none) Template used │ classic Query additional params │ {} ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── Core │ Markdown template path │ TEMPLATE.md Extra CSS │ Extra JavaScript │ Timezone for dates │ Europe/Athens Plugin order │ Use twemojis │ false Use GitHub custom emojis │ true Use GitHub octicons │ false Display width (for image output formats) │ regular Use CSS animations │ true Base64-encoded images │ true Output padding │ 0, 8 + 11% Output format │ auto Configuration presets │ Notice about new releases of metrics │ true Experimental features │ Plugin errors │ (displayed in generated image) ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── Base content │ Fetched repositories │ 100 Indepth mode │ false Show `Available for hire!` in header section │ false Skip base content │ false Fetched repositories per query │ 100 Include forks │ false Repositories affiliations │ owner Default skipped repositories │ Default ignored users │ github-actions[bot],dependabot[bot],dependabot-preview[bot],actions-user,action@github.com Identifiers that has been used for authoring commits │ .user.login Base sections │ header, activity, community, repositories, metadata ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── Rendering │ RequestError [HttpError]: Bad credentials at /metrics/node_modules/@octokit/graphql/node_modules/@octokit/request/dist-node/index.js:112:21 at process.processTicksAndRejections (node:internal/process/task_queues:95:5) at async Object.default [as base] (file:///metrics/source/plugins/base/index.mjs:32:23) at async metrics (file:///metrics/source/app/metrics/index.mjs:79:5) at async retry.retries.retries (file:///metrics/source/app/action/index.mjs:407:40) at async retry (file:///metrics/source/app/action/index.mjs:57:22) at async file:///metrics/source/app/action/index.mjs:406:28 { ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── undefined An error occurred, logging debug message : TypeError: Cannot read properties of null (reading 'oid') at file:///metrics/source/app/action/index.mjs:307:38 at process.processTicksAndRejections (node:internal/process/task_queues:95:5) Attempt 1/3 metrics/compute/NikosDev > start { template: 'classic', 'debug.flags': '', markdown: 'TEMPLATE.md', 'extras.css': '', 'extras.js': '', 'config.timezone': 'Europe/Athens', 'config.order': [], 'config.twemoji': false, 'config.gemoji': true, 'config.octicon': false, 'config.display': 'regular', 'config.animations': true, 'config.base64': true, 'config.padding': '0, 8 + 11%', 'config.output': 'auto', 'config.presets': [], 'notice.releases': true, 'experimental.features': [], hireable: false, skip: false, 'repositories.batch': 100, 'repositories.forks': false, 'repositories.affiliations': [ 'owner' ], 'repositories.skipped': [], 'users.ignored': [ 'github-actions[bot]', 'dependabot[bot]', 'dependabot-preview[bot]', 'actions-user', 'action@github.com' ], 'commits.authoring': [ '.user.login' ], base: false, 'base.header': true, 'base.activity': true, 'base.community': true, 'base.repositories': true, 'base.metadata': true, 'base.indepth': false } metrics/compute/NikosDev > output format set to svg metrics/compute/NikosDev > content order : base.header,introduction,base.activity+community,base.repositories,lines,followup,discussions,languages,notable,projects,repositories,gists,pagespeed,habits,topics,music,nightscout,posts,rss,tweets,isocalendar,calendar,stars,starlists,stargazers,people,activity,reactions,anilist,wakatime,skyline,support,stackoverflow,leetcode,stock,achievements,screenshot,code,chess,sponsors,sponsorships,poopmap,16personalities,fortune,splatoon,steam metrics/compute/NikosDev > compute metrics/compute/NikosDev/base > started metrics/compute/NikosDev/base > affiliations constraints , ownerAffiliations: [OWNER], affiliations: [OWNER] metrics/compute/NikosDev/base > account user metrics/compute/NikosDev/base > account user > failed : HttpError: Bad credentials Warning: Bad credentials Attempt 2/3 Warning: Bad credentials Attempt 3/3 Warning: Bad credentials Error: Bad credentials Error: Process completed with exit code 1. ```

[NikosDev]

I solved the issue by adding an environment key-value to the yaml file 🎉🎉🎉

This is my working yaml file:

# Visit https://github.com/lowlighter/metrics#-documentation for full reference
name: Metrics
on:
  # Schedule updates (each hour)
  schedule: [{cron: "0 * * * *"}]
  # Lines below let you run workflow manually and on each commit
  workflow_dispatch:
  push: {branches: ["master", "main"]}
jobs:
  github-metrics:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    environment: 
      name: production
    permissions:
      contents: write
    steps:
      - uses: lowlighter/metrics@latest
        with:
          # Your GitHub token
          # The following scopes are required:
          #  - public_access (default scope)
          # The following additional scopes may be required:
          #  - read:org      (for organization related metrics)
          #  - read:user     (for user related data)
          #  - read:packages (for some packages related data)
          #  - repo          (optional, if you want to include private repositories)
          token: ${{ secrets.METRICS_TOKEN }}

          # Options
          user: NikosDev
          template: classic
          base: header, activity, community, repositories, metadata
          config_timezone: Europe/Athens

And this is the METRICS_TOKEN that i specified in my personal repository: