`HTTP error 403` error in R studio - unable to execute solution proved in other posts.

[jon4thin]

I saw that the below solution worked but it is not R code so I do not know how to implement it... What do I have to do so I can run remotes::install_github() in R? My error code is slightly different, it is HTTP error 403.

`API rate limit exceeded for 136.142.159.90. (But here's the good news: Authenticated requests get a higher rate limit. Check out the documentation for more details.)

Rate limit remaining: 0/60 Rate limit reset at: 2023-07-06 17:23:43 UTC

To increase your GitHub API rate limit

• Use usethis::create_github_token() to create a Personal Access Token.
• Use usethis::edit_r_environ() and add the token as GITHUB_PAT.`

I created the github token with usethis::create_github_token() but i do not know what to do with that token....

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          I was able to fix the `HTTP error 401`  on GitHub Actions by defining `GITHUB_PAT` with the job's token:

    env:
      GITHUB_PAT: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}

In general it seems that relying on the bundled PAT is not robust. A similar issue was discussed in #330

Originally posted by @jdblischak in https://github.com/r-lib/remotes/issues/638#issuecomment-897741838

[jdblischak]

@jon4thin Checkout the usethis vignette Managing Git(Hub) Credentials for configuring your local development environment to properly authenticate with GitHub

[gaborcsardi]

What @jdblischak said above.

TLDR: run

gitcreds::gitcreds_set()

[jon4thin]

Thanks, sorry! that worked!