# GitHub API Lacks a Read-Only OAuth Scope

DevFeed: [GitHub API Lacks a Read-Only OAuth Scope](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/read-only-oauth-scope-on-github-please-20066.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<http://jollygoodcode.com/blog/2015/10/18/read-only-oauth-scope-on-github-please.html>)

Published: 2015-10-18T07:19:15Z

Content type: opinion

Language: en

Sources: [Jolly Good Code](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/jolly-good-code.md>)

Topics: [GitHub](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/github.md>), [OAuth](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/oauth.md>), [GitHub API](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/github-api.md>)

Tags: [api](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/api.md>), [github](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/github.md>), [oauth](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/oauth.md>), [scope](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/scope.md>)

## AI overview

The article argues that GitHub's API lacks a read-only OAuth scope, limiting how applications can use the API without write access.

## Source excerpt

We love the GitHub API, because it allows us to do creative things with GitHub. But GitHub's API lacks a Read-Only OAuth Scope.