[aws-amplify] Can't connect to GitHub

❓ General Issue

The Question

I’m trying to add an Amplify app via CDK but can’t connect to GitHub with my Personal Access Token (repo scope).

const amplifyApp = new amplify.App(this, 'App', {
  sourceCodeProvider: new amplify.GitHubSourceCodeProvider({
    owner: 'x',
    repository: 'y',
    oauthToken: cdk.SecretValue.plainText(process.env.PAT as string)
  }),
});

2:27:59 PM | CREATE_FAILED        | AWS::Amplify::App        | LandingF95672E9
There was an issue setting up your repository. Please try again later.({"message":"Not Found","documentation_url":"https://docs.github.com/rest/reference/repos#create-a-repository-webhook"
}) (Service: Amplify; Status Code: 400; Error Code: BadRequestException; Request ID: -)

I assume this is an access issue? However the access seems right to me. Am I using the plain text secret correctly? I also tried non-plain text but ran into different issues. For now, I’d just like to get it working as simple as possible.

Environment

• CDK CLI Version: 6.14.6
• Module Version:
• Node.js Version: v14.6.0
• OS: WSL2
• Language (Version): TS

Other information

[a-h]

I had this problem, and the underlying problem was that the user that created the Personal Access Token must also (for some reason) be an Admin of the repository: https://github.com/aws-amplify/amplify-console/issues/2160

[ryanjdillon]

My issues was storing the GitHub PAT as a key/value pair in AWS Secrets manager, which then requires that you pass the json option to the SecretManager. I rather saved it as a Plaintext secret, and that did the job.

This is what helped me: https://github.com/aws/aws-cdk/issues/3515#issuecomment-517844714