Example of authenticating a GitHub app using jwt in Python

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Two notes that I also found helpful:

• github's walkthrough of some of this: https://developer.github.com/apps/building-github-apps/authenticating-with-github-apps/#authenticating-as-a-github-app
• since I'm working against a github enterprise install on a private domain, I had to replace https://api.github.com/app with https://<private domain>/api/v3/app. Previously, I was just using https://<private domain>/app I was getting 406 responses; as soon as I adjusted the path, I started getting 200s.

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Note that this functionality is offered by github3.py. See Issue with JWT token authentication in PyGithub for an example. The access token can be retrieved from the GitHub instance (GitHub.session.auth.token).

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In [53] code block
headers = {"Authorization": "Bearer {}".format(actual_jwt.decode()) ....
will be
headers = {"Authorization": "Bearer {}".format(actual_jwt) .....

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In [60] code block
resp = requests.post('https://api.github.com/installations/{}/access_tokens'.format(installation_id),
will be
resp = requests.post('https://api.github.com/app/installations/{}/access_tokens'.format(installation_id),

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Just in case is wondering, these are the dependencies needed. Do not install jwt but pyjwt. (see https://stackoverflow.com/questions/33198428/jwt-module-object-has-no-attribute-encode).

certifi==2022.9.24
cffi==1.15.1
charset-normalizer==2.1.1
cryptography==38.0.3
idna==3.4
pycparser==2.21
PyJWT==2.6.0
requests==2.28.1
urllib3==1.26.12