GitHub API limitation issue

[Kyle-Ye]

I tried to migrate from swiftbox to swiftly.

1. Install it and config it.

curl -L https://swift-server.github.io/swiftly/swiftly-install.sh | bash
> 1
. $HOME/.local/share/swiftly/env.sh

2. Try to install swift toolchain and I'll always get a 403 Forbidden result.

➜  kyle swiftly        
OVERVIEW: A utility for installing and managing Swift toolchains.

USAGE: swiftly <subcommand>

OPTIONS:
  --version               Show the version.
  -h, --help              Show help information.

SUBCOMMANDS:
  install                 Install a new toolchain.
  use                     Set the active toolchain.
  uninstall               Remove an installed toolchain.
  list                    List installed toolchains.

  See 'swiftly help <subcommand>' for detailed help.
➜  kyle swiftly list
Installed release toolchains
----------------------------

Installed snapshot toolchains
-----------------------------
➜  kyle swiftly install
Error: Missing expected argument '<version>'
Help:  <version>  The version of the toolchain to install.
Usage: swiftly install <version> [--token <token>]
  See 'swiftly install --help' for more information.
➜  kyle swiftly install latest
Fetching the latest stable Swift release...
Error: received status "403 Forbidden" when reaching https://api.github.com/repos/apple/swift/releases?per_page=100&page=1: {"message":"API rate limit exceeded for xxx. (But here's the good news: Authenticated requests get a higher rate limit. Check out the documentation for more details.)","documentation_url":"https://docs.github.com/rest/overview/resources-in-the-rest-api#rate-limiting"}

➜  kyle swiftly install 5.9   
Fetching the latest stable Swift 5.9 release...
Error: received status "403 Forbidden" when reaching https://api.github.com/repos/apple/swift/releases?per_page=100&page=1: {"message":"API rate limit exceeded for xxx. (But here's the good news: Authenticated requests get a higher rate limit. Check out the documentation for more details.)","documentation_url":"https://docs.github.com/rest/overview/resources-in-the-rest-api#rate-limiting"}

[Kyle-Ye]

The issue is due to the IP I use has reached GitHub limitation. After I changed to another IP to access GitHub API the issue is gone.

[patrickfreed]

Yeah this is a known limitation of using the GitHub API. To work around it, you can generate a no-privilege token and then pass it into swiftly via the --token argument or via the SWIFTLY_GITHUB_TOKEN environment variable. There's a note about this in the README, though I admit it is not the easiest to find.

[kkebo]

Does swiftly update have --token?

[kkebo]

Does swiftly update have --token?

No, but it may be fixed by #172.