Download file from API: GET /repos/{owner}/{repo}/contents/{path}

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Hi, I used this API: GET /repos/{owner}/{repo}/contents/{path} to query file from private repo.
I can successfully get data from that API and use download_url to start download actually content.

The problem is the respond I get from download_url is alway 404. I tested the url with Private Browser and it work but from any HTTP request library it is alway 404.

After several testing, turn out that the parameter token in the url seem does not work and I must pass token to the payload of GET request. The problem is the HTTP library I use does not allow payload when run GET.

Does anyone have this issue?

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