How to use Jenkins github user credentials to access github api in my script?

Question

I have a Jenkins job foo that works perfectly well. It is authenticated with jenkins_foo_user. It is able to clone the repo and checkout the right branch.

In my codebase, I have another script - query_github.py a script used to query Github API to get information such as commits and pull request. To be able to use this API I need an access token.

I want to be able to use the jenkins user access token to authenticate and access the github credentials.

How do I do this?

Note: Using the Github Enterprise version

Answer 1

You want the Credentials Plugin.

The administrator of the Jenkins instance can add the plugin, then add the credential (access token) that the job needs. Then, in the job, use the credential as a variable.

See the documentation for more details.