GitHub Secret Scanning

    2. Select the **GitHub** option.
    ![Select GitHub Option](/images/platform/secret-scanning/github/github-data-source-step-2.png)

    3. Select the **GitHub Radar Connection** to use and configure which repositories you would like to scan. Then click **Next**.
    ![Data Source Configuration](/images/platform/secret-scanning/github/github-data-source-step-3.png)

        - **GitHub Radar Connection** - the connection that has access to the repositories you want to scan.
        - **Scan Repositories** - select which repositories you would like to scan.
            - **All Repositories** - Infisical will scan all repositories associated with your connection.
            - **Select Repositories** - Infisical will scan the selected repositories.
        - **Auto-Scan Enabled** - whether Infisical should automatically perform a scan when a push is made to configured repositories.

    4. Give your data source a name and description (optional). Then click **Next**.
    ![Data Source Details](/images/platform/secret-scanning/github/github-data-source-step-4.png)

        - **Name** - the name of the data source. Must be slug-friendly.
        - **Description** (optional) - a description of this data source.

    5. Review your data source, then click **Create Data Source**.
    ![Data Source Review](/images/platform/secret-scanning/github/github-data-source-step-5.png)

    6. Your **GitHub Data Source** is now available and will begin a full scan if **Auto-Scan** is enabled.
    ![Data Source Created](/images/platform/secret-scanning/github/github-data-source-step-6.png)

    7. You can view repositories and scan results by clicking on your data source.
    ![Data Source Page](/images/platform/secret-scanning/github/github-data-source-step-7.png)

    8. In addition, you can review any findings from the **Findings Page**.
    ![Findings Page](/images/platform/secret-scanning/github/github-data-source-step-8.png)
</Tab>
<Tab title="API">
    To create a GitHub Data Source, make an API request to the [Create GitHub Data Source](/api-reference/endpoints/secret-scanning/data-sources/github/create) API endpoint.

    ### Sample request

    ```bash Request
    curl --request POST \
    --url https://us.infisical.com/api/v2/secret-scanning/data-sources/github \
    --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
    --data '{
        "name": "my-github-source",
        "projectId": "3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a",
        "description": "my github data source",
        "connectionId": "3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a",
        "isAutoScanEnabled": true,
        "config": {
            "includeRepos": ["*"]
        }
    }'
    ```

    ### Sample response

    ```bash Response
    {
        "dataSource": {
            "id": "3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a",
            "externalId": "1234567890",
            "name": "my-github-source",
            "description": "my github data source",
            "isAutoScanEnabled": true,
            "projectId": "3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a",
            "createdAt": "2023-11-07T05:31:56Z",
            "updatedAt": "2023-11-07T05:31:56Z",
            "type": "github",
            "connectionId": "3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a",
            "connection": {
                "app": "github-radar",
                "name": "my-radar-app",
                "id": "3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a"
            },
            "config": {
                "includeRepos": ["*"]
            }
        }
    }
    ```
</Tab>