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Added my "pro tip" after doing the wrong thing #330

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curl -u mojombo https://api.github.com/user
</pre>

Problems with the `curl` command above? Be sure that you use the word "user" at the end of the URL,
and *not* your username (i.e. not "mojombo"). (we will know who you from your "-u" username
and don't need it repeated)

### Via OAuth Tokens

Alternatively, you can authenticate using [personal access
tokens][personal-access-tokens] or OAuth tokens. To do so, provide the token as
the username and provide a blank password or a password of `x-oauth-basic`. For
example:
the username and provide a blank password or a password of `x-oauth-basic`.
Here is the OAuth Token example (again, use the literal word "user" on the end of the URL, not your username):

<pre class='terminal'>
curl -u 3816d821c80a6847ca84550052c1ff6246e8169b:x-oauth-basic https://api.github.com/user
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