You are developing an open source solution that uses a GitHub repository. You create a new public project in Azure DevOps. You plan to use Azure Pipelines for continuous build. The solution will use t

The correct answer is C. GitHub App. Write permission for the Checks API is only available to GitHub Apps. Note: Authenticating as a GitHub App lets you do a couple of things: - You can retrieve high-level management information about your GitHub App. - You can request access tokens for an installation of the app. h

Submitted by thandi_sa· Mar 6, 2026Design and implement build and release pipelines

Question

You are developing an open source solution that uses a GitHub repository. You create a new public project in Azure DevOps. You plan to use Azure Pipelines for continuous build. The solution will use the GitHub Checks API. Which authentication type should you use?

Options

Aa personal access token
BSAML
CGitHub App
DOAuth

How the community answered

(42 responses)

A
5% (2)
B
7% (3)
C
71% (30)
D
17% (7)

Explanation

Write permission for the Checks API is only available to GitHub Apps. Note: Authenticating as a GitHub App lets you do a couple of things: - You can retrieve high-level management information about your GitHub App. - You can request access tokens for an installation of the app. https://docs.github.com/en/rest/guides/getting-started-with-the-checks-apiapps/

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