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Create GitHub Account
Create GitHub OAuth App
- Create a new OAuth application (direct link) by:
- Click on your profile photo in the top right.
- Click on Settings.
- In the left menu, click Developer settings at the bottom.
- Click on Oauth Apps in the left menu.
- Click on New OAuth App button in the top right.
- Fill in Application Name.
- Fill in Homepage URL.
- Fill in Authorization callback URL with your OAuth Callback URL from Nhost.
- Click Generate a new client secret to generate an OAuth client secret.
- Copy and paste the Client ID and Client Secret from GitHub to your Nhost OAuth settings for GitHub. Make sure the OAuth provider is enabled in Nhost.
- Click the checkbox “I have pasted the redirect URI into GitHub”.
- Click Confirm settings.
Sign In Users
Once you’ve configured GitHub as an OAuth provider in Nhost, you can sign in users using the GitHub provider. See the OAuth Provider Sign-In Guide for detailed implementation instructions including the complete OAuth flow, error handling, and session management. 
