fix

app/api/star-history/route.ts

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
+import { auth } from "@clerk/nextjs/server";
 import { NextRequest, NextResponse } from "next/server";
 import createOctokitInstance from "../../../lib/createOctokitInstance";
-import { auth } from "@clerk/nextjs/server";
 
 /**
  * Fetches stargazers for a GitHub repo from the GitHub API.
@@ -11,7 +11,8 @@ import { auth } from "@clerk/nextjs/server";
  * @returns A promise resolving to the array of stargazer records for the requested page
  */
 async function fetchStargazers(username: string, repo: string, page: number) {
-  const octokit = await createOctokitInstance();
+  const { userId } = auth();
+  const octokit = await createOctokitInstance(userId ? userId : undefined);
   const responseData = await octokit.rest.activity.listStargazersForRepo({
     owner: username,
     repo: repo,

lib/createOctokitInstance.ts

@@ -2,8 +2,17 @@ import { clerkClient } from "@clerk/nextjs/server";
 import { Octokit } from "octokit";
 
 export default async function createOctokitInstance(userId?: string) {
+  // set token in development mode
   let auth;
-  if (userId !== null && userId !== undefined) {
+
+  if (process.env.NODE_ENV === "development")
+    auth = process.env.GITHUB_TOKEN || "";
+
+  if (
+    userId !== null &&
+    userId !== undefined &&
+    process.env.NODE_ENV !== "development"
+  ) {
     const user = await clerkClient.users.getUser(userId);
     auth = user.unsafeMetadata.token as string;
   }