Python (re)

GitHub Personal Access Token in PY

Match GitHub Personal Access Tokens (classic + fine-grained) and OAuth tokens by their `ghX_` prefix.

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Pattern

regexPY
gh[pousr]_[A-Za-z0-9]{36,255}   (flags: g)

Python (re) code

pyPython
import re

pattern = re.compile(r"gh[pousr]_[A-Za-z0-9]{36,255}")
input_text = "Use ghp_AbCd1234EfGh5678IjKl9012MnOp3456QrSt for the API"
for m in pattern.finditer(input_text):
    print(m.group(0))

Stdlib `re` module — no third-party dependency. Works on Python 3.6+.

How the pattern works

gh[pousr]_ matches the GitHub token-type prefix: ghp_ (PAT classic), gho_ (OAuth), ghu_ (user-to-server), ghs_ (server-to-server), ghr_ (refresh). [A-Za-z0-9]{36,255} matches the token body — GitHub fine-grained tokens are longer than the classic 36-char tokens, so we allow up to 255.

Examples

Input

Use ghp_AbCd1234EfGh5678IjKl9012MnOp3456QrSt for the API

Matches

  • ghp_AbCd1234EfGh5678IjKl9012MnOp3456QrSt

Input

GITHUB_TOKEN=gho_xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Matches

  • gho_xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Input

no token here

No match

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Same pattern, other engines

JavaScript / ECMAScript

Supported

See how this pattern looks (and behaves) in JavaScript's built-in RegExp.

Go (RE2)

Supported

See how this pattern looks (and behaves) in Go's `regexp` package (RE2 engine).

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