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GitHub connector reference

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This feature is in Beta. Workspace admins can control access to this feature from the Previews page. See Manage Databricks previews.

This page contains reference documentation for the GitHub connector in Lakeflow Connect.

Connection properties

When you create the Unity Catalog connection, you must specify the following properties for OAuth U2M authentication. These values come from the GitHub OAuth App you configured in Configure OAuth U2M for GitHub ingestion.

Property

Required

Description

Client ID

Yes

The client ID from your GitHub OAuth App.

Client secret

Yes

The client secret from your GitHub OAuth App. This value is displayed only once when you generate it.

Enterprise domain

No

Your GitHub Enterprise Server (GHES) hostname, if applicable (for example, github.mycompany.com). Leave empty for github.com and GitHub Enterprise Cloud (GHEC). If not set, defaults to api.github.com.

Supported source tables

For information about which tables support incremental updates and which are fully refreshed on each pipeline run, see Supported data.