# Validating data on GitHub

This is a very short tutorial on using goodtables.io to continuously validate data hosted on [GitHub][github].

## Pre-requisites

• Tabular data on a [GitHub repository][gh-new-repo]

## Instructions

1. Login on [goodtables.io][gtio] using your GitHub account and accept the permissions confirmation. 1. Once we’ve synchronized your repository list, go to the [Manage Sources][gtio-managesources] page and enable the repository with the data you want to validate.

• If you can’t find the repository, try clicking on the Refresh button on the Manage Sources page

Goodtables will then validate all tabular data files (CSV, XLS, XLSX, ODS) and [data packages][datapackage] in the repository. These validations will be executed on every change, including pull requests.

## Next steps

• Add a badge to your README to display your data validation status. The instructions are on the “Get badge” tab in the data report page.

• [Write a table schema][gtio-dataschema] to validate the contents of your data

• [Configure which files are validated and how][gtio-configuring]

[gtio]: https://goodtables.io/ “Goodtables.io” [github]: https://github.com/ “GitHub” [gh-new-repo]: https://help.github.com/articles/create-a-repo/ “GitHub: Create new repository tutorial” [gtio-managesources]: https://goodtables.io/settings “Goodtables.io: Manage sources” [datapackage]: https://frictionlessdata.io/data-packages/ “Data Package” [gtio-dataschema]: ../writing_data_schema.html “Writing a data schema” [gtio-configuring]: ../../configuration/ “Configuring goodtables.io”