Is private raw file access with PAT in URL still available?

[alexwhiteoval]

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I used to be able to make the following call with a Personal Access Token (the classic token)

curl https://$PAT@raw.githubusercontent.com/$ORG/$REPO/master/$FILE

But now I just get the Github default 404 response.

If I follow a different approach the the file is accessible.

curl -H 'Authorization: token $PAT' \
-H 'Accept: application/vnd.github.v3.raw' \
-O -L https://api.github.com/$ORG/$REPO/master/$FILE

I can't find anything in the docs that states the old curl URL request has been removed. Has this method now been removed?

[jdevfullstack]

not very sure if this is the answer

https://docs.github.com/en/rest/overview/other-authentication-methods?apiVersion=2022-11-28#basic-authentication

it mentions fine-grained, so I think it's updated

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