Github API Discussion

[ashutoshkrris]

Why use Personal Access Token for Github API Requests?

[ashutoshkrris]

Answer :
The data from these APIs will be used in a page. The problem arises when too many people start accessing the Contributors page. Everytime the contributors page is opened up, a new API request is made.

For unauthenticated requests, the rate limit is just 60 requests per hour
Whereas for authenticated requests, it bumps to 5000 requests per hour.