[maven-release-plugin] prepare release github-api-1.103

Closes #671

.github/PULL_REQUEST_TEMPLATE.md

@@ -7,4 +7,4 @@ We love getting PRs, but we hate asking people for the same basic changes every
 - [ ] Push your changes to a branch other than `master`. Create your PR from that branch.    
 - [ ] Add JavaDocs and other comments
 - [ ] Write tests that run and pass in CI. See [CONTRIBUTING.md](CONTRIBUTING.md) for details on how to capture snapshot data.
-- [ ] Run `mvn install site` locally. This may reformat your code, commit those changes. If this command doesn't succeed, your change will not pass CI.
+- [ ] Run `mvn -P ci install site` locally. This may reformat your code, commit those changes. If this command doesn't succeed, your change will not pass CI.

.github/workflows/maven-build.yml

@@ -11,12 +11,12 @@ jobs:
       matrix:
         java: [ '1.8.0', '11.0.x', '13.0.x' ]
     steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v1
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v2
     - name: Set up JDK
       uses: actions/setup-java@v1
       with:
         java-version: ${{ matrix.java }}
     - name: Maven Download all dependencies
-      run: mvn -B org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-dependency-plugin:3.1.1:go-offline
+      run: mvn -B org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-dependency-plugin:3.1.1:go-offline -P ci
     - name: Maven Build
       run: mvn -B install site -P ci --file pom.xml

.gitignore

@@ -7,3 +7,5 @@ target
 .project
 .settings/
 .DS_Store
+
+dependency-reduced-pom.xml

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -1,6 +1,14 @@
 # Changelog
 
-## [github-api-1.100](https://github.com/github-api/github-api/tree/github-api-1.100) (2019-11-27)
+## [github-api-1.101](https://github.com/github-api/github-api/tree/github-api-1.101) (2019-11-27)
+
+[Full Changelog](https://github.com/github-api/github-api/compare/github-api-1.100...github-api-1.101)
+
+### Fixes
+
+- Fixed `ClassNotFoundException` when creating `okhttp3.OkHttpConnector` with `Cache` @alecharp [\#627](https://github.com/github-api/github-api/issues/627)
+
+## [github-api-1.100](https://github.com/github-api/github-api/tree/github-api-1.100) (2019-11-26)
 
 [Full Changelog](https://github.com/github-api/github-api/compare/github-api-1.99...github-api-1.100)
 

pom.xml

@@ -1,14 +1,8 @@
 <project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
-  <parent>
-    <groupId>org.kohsuke</groupId>
-    <artifactId>pom</artifactId>
-    <version>21</version>
-    <relativePath />
-  </parent>
-
+  <groupId>org.kohsuke</groupId>
   <artifactId>github-api</artifactId>
-  <version>1.101</version>
+  <version>1.103</version>
   <name>GitHub API for Java</name>
   <url>https://github-api.kohsuke.org/</url>
   <description>GitHub API for Java</description>
@@ -17,10 +11,20 @@
     <connection>scm:git:git@github.com/github-api/${project.artifactId}.git</connection>
     <developerConnection>scm:git:ssh://git@github.com/github-api/${project.artifactId}.git</developerConnection>
     <url>https://${project.artifactId}.kohsuke.org/</url>
-    <tag>github-api-1.101</tag>
+    <tag>github-api-1.103</tag>
   </scm>
 
   <distributionManagement>
+    <snapshotRepository>
+      <id>sonatype-nexus-snapshots</id>
+      <name>Sonatype Nexus Snapshots</name>
+      <url>https://oss.sonatype.org/content/repositories/snapshots/</url>
+    </snapshotRepository>
+    <repository>
+      <id>sonatype-nexus-staging</id>
+      <name>Nexus Release Repository</name>
+      <url>https://oss.sonatype.org/service/local/staging/deploy/maven2/</url>
+    </repository>
     <site>
       <id>github-pages</id>
       <url>gitsite:git@github.com/github-api/${project.artifactId}.git</url>
@@ -33,14 +37,13 @@
     <spotbugs.version>3.1.12</spotbugs.version>
     <spotbugs-maven-plugin.failOnError>true</spotbugs-maven-plugin.failOnError>
     <hamcrest.version>2.2</hamcrest.version>
-    <okhttp3.version>4.2.2</okhttp3.version>
-    <okio.version>2.4.1</okio.version>
+    <okhttp3.version>4.3.1</okhttp3.version>
+    <okio.version>2.4.3</okio.version>
     <formatter-maven-plugin.goal>format</formatter-maven-plugin.goal>
     <impsort-maven-plugin.goal>sort</impsort-maven-plugin.goal>
-    <jacoco.coverage.target.class>.80</jacoco.coverage.target.class>
-    <jacoco.coverage.target.method>0.20</jacoco.coverage.target.method>
-    <jacoco.coverage.target.line>0.50</jacoco.coverage.target.line>
-    <jacoco.coverage.target.other>0.50</jacoco.coverage.target.other>
+    <!-- Using this as the minimum bar for code coverage.  Adding methods without covering them will fail this. -->
+    <jacoco.coverage.target.bundle.method>0.556</jacoco.coverage.target.bundle.method>
+    <jacoco.coverage.target.class.method>0.25</jacoco.coverage.target.class.method>
     <!-- For non-ci builds we'd like the build to still complete if jacoco metrics aren't met. -->
     <jacoco.haltOnFailure>false</jacoco.haltOnFailure>
   </properties>
@@ -57,6 +60,14 @@
         <artifactId>maven-scm-manager-plexus</artifactId>
         <version>1.11.2</version>
       </extension>
+      <!-- Doing site publishing manually for now -->
+<!--
+      <extension>
+        <groupId>org.kohsuke</groupId>
+        <artifactId>wagon-gitsite</artifactId>
+        <version>0.3.5</version>
+      </extension>
+-->
     </extensions>
     <testResources>
       <testResource>
@@ -68,11 +79,184 @@
     </testResources>
     <pluginManagement>
       <plugins>
-        <!-- adds jacoco coverage -->
+        <plugin>
+          <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+          <artifactId>maven-shade-plugin</artifactId>
+          <version>3.2.1</version>
+          <executions>
+            <execution>
+              <id>shaded-jar</id>
+              <phase>package</phase>
+              <goals>
+                <goal>shade</goal>
+              </goals>
+              <configuration>
+                <relocations>
+                  <relocation>
+                    <pattern>com.fasterxml.jackson</pattern>
+                    <shadedPattern>hidden.com.fasterxml.jackson</shadedPattern>
+                  </relocation>
+                  <relocation>
+                    <pattern>org.apache</pattern>
+                    <shadedPattern>hidden.org.apache</shadedPattern>
+                  </relocation>
+                </relocations>
+                <artifactSet>
+                  <excludes>
+                    <exclude>com.infradna.tool:bridge-method-annotation</exclude>
+                    <exclude>org.jenkins-ci:annotation-indexer</exclude>
+                    <exclude>com.squareup.*:*</exclude>
+                    <exclude>org.jetbrains*:*</exclude>
+                    <exclude>com.github.spotbugs:*</exclude>
+                    <exclude>com.google.code.findbugs:*</exclude>
+                  </excludes>
+                </artifactSet>
+                <shadedArtifactAttached>true</shadedArtifactAttached>
+                <filters>
+                  <filter>
+                    <artifact>*:*</artifact>
+                    <excludes>
+                      <exclude>module-info.class</exclude>
+                      <exclude>META-INF/*.SF</exclude>
+                      <exclude>META-INF/*.DSA</exclude>
+                      <exclude>META-INF/*.RSA</exclude>
+                    </excludes>
+                  </filter>
+                </filters>
+              </configuration>
+            </execution>
+          </executions>
+        </plugin>
+        <plugin>
+          <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+          <artifactId>maven-source-plugin</artifactId>
+          <version>3.2.1</version>
+        </plugin>
+        <plugin>
+          <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+          <artifactId>maven-gpg-plugin</artifactId>
+          <version>1.6</version>
+        </plugin>
         <plugin>
           <groupId>org.jacoco</groupId>
           <artifactId>jacoco-maven-plugin</artifactId>
           <version>0.8.5</version>
+          <executions>
+            <execution>
+              <goals>
+                <goal>prepare-agent</goal>
+              </goals>
+            </execution>
+            <!-- attached to Maven test phase -->
+            <execution>
+              <id>report</id>
+              <phase>test</phase>
+              <goals>
+                <goal>report</goal>
+              </goals>
+            </execution>
+            <execution>
+              <id>check</id>
+              <phase>test</phase>
+              <goals>
+                <goal>check</goal>
+              </goals>
+              <configuration>
+                <rules>
+                  <rule>
+                    <element>BUNDLE</element>
+                    <limits>
+                      <limit>
+                        <counter>METHOD</counter>
+                        <value>COVEREDRATIO</value>
+                        <minimum>${jacoco.coverage.target.bundle.method}</minimum>
+                      </limit>
+                    </limits>
+                  </rule>
+                  <rule>
+                    <!--We end up with chatty logs, but it shows us which particular classes    -->
+                    <!--are lacking in coverage. If this is too much, just remove the           -->
+                    <!--<element>CLASS</element> tag below.                                     -->
+                    <element>CLASS</element>
+                    <limits>
+                      <limit>
+                        <counter>METHOD</counter>
+                        <value>COVEREDRATIO</value>
+                        <minimum>${jacoco.coverage.target.class.method}</minimum>
+                      </limit>
+                    </limits>
+                    <excludes>
+                      <!-- Code implemented externally -->
+                      <exclude>org.kohsuke.github.extras.okhttp3.ObsoleteUrlFactory.**</exclude>
+                      <exclude>org.kohsuke.github.extras.okhttp3.ObsoleteUrlFactory</exclude>
+
+                      <!-- Sample only -->
+                      <exclude>org.kohsuke.github.example.*</exclude>
+
+                      <!-- No methods -->
+                      <exclude>org.kohsuke.github.DeleteToken</exclude>
+                      <exclude>org.kohsuke.github.Previews</exclude>
+
+                      <!-- Deprecated -->
+                      <exclude>org.kohsuke.github.extras.OkHttp3Connector</exclude>
+                      <exclude>org.kohsuke.github.EnforcementLevel</exclude>
+                      <exclude>org.kohsuke.github.GHPerson.1</exclude>
+                      <exclude>org.kohsuke.github.GHPerson.1.1</exclude>
+
+                      <!-- TODO: These still need test coverage -->
+                      <exclude>org.kohsuke.github.GHBranchProtection.RequiredSignatures</exclude>
+                      <exclude>org.kohsuke.github.GHBranchProtectionBuilder.Restrictions</exclude>
+                      <exclude>org.kohsuke.github.GHBranchProtection.Restrictions</exclude>
+                      <exclude>org.kohsuke.github.GHCommentAuthorAssociation</exclude>
+                      <exclude>org.kohsuke.github.GHCommitBuilder.UserInfo</exclude>
+                      <exclude>org.kohsuke.github.GHCommitSearchBuilder.CommitSearchResult</exclude>
+                      <exclude>org.kohsuke.github.GHCommitSearchBuilder.Sort</exclude>
+                      <exclude>org.kohsuke.github.GHCommitSearchBuilder</exclude>
+                      <exclude>org.kohsuke.github.GHCommitState</exclude>
+                      <exclude>org.kohsuke.github.GHCompare.Commit</exclude>
+                      <exclude>org.kohsuke.github.GHCompare.InnerCommit</exclude>
+                      <exclude>org.kohsuke.github.GHCompare.Status</exclude>
+                      <exclude>org.kohsuke.github.GHCompare.Tree</exclude>
+                      <exclude>org.kohsuke.github.GHCompare.User</exclude>
+                      <exclude>org.kohsuke.github.GHCompare</exclude>
+                      <exclude>org.kohsuke.github.GHDeployKey</exclude>
+                      <exclude>org.kohsuke.github.GHDeploymentStatusBuilder</exclude>
+                      <exclude>org.kohsuke.github.GHDirection</exclude>
+                      <exclude>org.kohsuke.github.GHEmail</exclude>
+                      <exclude>org.kohsuke.github.GHEventPayload.Ping</exclude>
+                      <exclude>org.kohsuke.github.GHEventPayload.Release</exclude>
+                      <exclude>org.kohsuke.github.GHException</exclude>
+                      <exclude>org.kohsuke.github.GHHook</exclude>
+                      <exclude>org.kohsuke.github.GHHooks.OrgContext</exclude>
+                      <exclude>org.kohsuke.github.GHInvitation</exclude>
+                      <exclude>org.kohsuke.github.GHIssueSearchBuilder.IssueSearchResult</exclude>
+                      <exclude>org.kohsuke.github.GHIssueSearchBuilder.Sort</exclude>
+                      <exclude>org.kohsuke.github.GHIssueSearchBuilder</exclude>
+                      <exclude>org.kohsuke.github.GHMilestoneState</exclude>
+                      <exclude>org.kohsuke.github.GHOrgHook</exclude>
+                      <exclude>org.kohsuke.github.GHProject.ProjectStateFilter</exclude>
+                      <exclude>org.kohsuke.github.GHPullRequestCommitDetail.Authorship</exclude>
+                      <exclude>org.kohsuke.github.GHPullRequestCommitDetail.Commit</exclude>
+                      <exclude>org.kohsuke.github.GHPullRequestCommitDetail.CommitPointer</exclude>
+                      <exclude>org.kohsuke.github.GHPullRequestCommitDetail.Tree</exclude>
+                      <exclude>org.kohsuke.github.GHPullRequestCommitDetail</exclude>
+                      <exclude>org.kohsuke.github.GHPullRequestFileDetail</exclude>
+                      <exclude>org.kohsuke.github.GHPullRequestQueryBuilder.Sort</exclude>
+                      <exclude>org.kohsuke.github.GHReleaseUpdater</exclude>
+                      <exclude>org.kohsuke.github.GHRepository.ForkSort</exclude>
+                      <exclude>org.kohsuke.github.GHRequestedAction</exclude>
+                      <exclude>org.kohsuke.github.GHStargazer</exclude>
+                      <exclude>org.kohsuke.github.GHTagObject</exclude>
+                      <exclude>org.kohsuke.github.GHTeam.Role</exclude>
+                      <exclude>org.kohsuke.github.GHUserSearchBuilder.Sort</exclude>
+                      <exclude>org.kohsuke.github.GHVerifiedKey</exclude>
+                      <exclude>org.kohsuke.github.GitHubBuilder.1</exclude>
+                    </excludes>
+                  </rule>
+                </rules>
+              </configuration>
+            </execution>
+          </executions>
         </plugin>
         <plugin>
           <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
@@ -81,6 +265,18 @@
           <configuration>
             <source>8</source>
             <failOnWarnings>true</failOnWarnings>
+            <doclint>all</doclint>
+          </configuration>
+        </plugin>
+        <plugin>
+          <groupId>org.sonatype.plugins</groupId>
+          <artifactId>nexus-staging-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+          <version>1.6.8</version>
+          <extensions>true</extensions>
+          <configuration>
+            <serverId>sonatype-nexus-staging</serverId>
+            <nexusUrl>https://oss.sonatype.org/</nexusUrl>
+            <autoReleaseAfterClose>true</autoReleaseAfterClose>
           </configuration>
         </plugin>
       </plugins>
@@ -102,6 +298,10 @@
           <goals>deploy</goals>
         </configuration>
       </plugin>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.sonatype.plugins</groupId>
+        <artifactId>nexus-staging-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+      </plugin>
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
         <artifactId>maven-project-info-reports-plugin</artifactId>
@@ -225,17 +425,6 @@
           </dependency>
         </dependencies>
       </plugin>
-      <!-- Do not use gmaven plugin -->
-      <plugin>
-        <groupId>org.codehaus.gmaven</groupId>
-        <artifactId>gmaven-plugin</artifactId>
-        <executions>
-          <execution>
-            <goals>
-            </goals>
-          </execution>
-        </executions>
-      </plugin>
     </plugins>
   </build>
 
@@ -245,11 +434,6 @@
       <artifactId>commons-lang3</artifactId>
       <version>3.9</version>
     </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>commons-codec</groupId>
-      <artifactId>commons-codec</artifactId>
-      <version>1.13</version>
-    </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.hamcrest</groupId>
       <artifactId>hamcrest</artifactId>
@@ -272,13 +456,13 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>junit</groupId>
       <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
-      <version>4.12</version>
+      <version>4.13</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId>
       <artifactId>jackson-databind</artifactId>
-      <version>2.10.1</version>
+      <version>2.10.2</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>commons-io</groupId>
@@ -291,6 +475,27 @@
       <version>1.18</version>
       <optional>true</optional>
     </dependency>
+    <!-- for stapler-jetty -->
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>commons-fileupload</groupId>
+      <artifactId>commons-fileupload</artifactId>
+      <version>1.4</version>
+      <scope>test</scope>
+    </dependency>
+    <!-- for stapler-jetty -->
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>commons-discovery</groupId>
+      <artifactId>commons-discovery</artifactId>
+      <version>0.5</version>
+      <scope>test</scope>
+    </dependency>
+    <!-- for stapler-jetty -->
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.kohsuke.stapler</groupId>
+      <artifactId>stapler</artifactId>
+      <version>1.258</version>
+      <scope>test</scope>
+    </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.kohsuke.stapler</groupId>
       <artifactId>stapler-jetty</artifactId>
@@ -300,7 +505,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.eclipse.jgit</groupId>
       <artifactId>org.eclipse.jgit</artifactId>
-      <version>5.5.1.201910021850-r</version>
+      <version>5.6.0.201912101111-r</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
@@ -338,14 +543,14 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.mockito</groupId>
       <artifactId>mockito-core</artifactId>
-      <version>3.1.0</version>
+      <version>3.2.4</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.github.spotbugs</groupId>
       <artifactId>spotbugs-annotations</artifactId>
       <version>${spotbugs.version}</version>
-      <optional>true</optional>
+      <scope>provided</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.github.tomakehurst</groupId>
@@ -375,118 +580,44 @@
   <profiles>
     <profile>
       <id>ci</id>
+      <activation>
+        <property>
+          <name>enable-ci</name>
+        </property>
+      </activation>
       <properties>
         <formatter-maven-plugin.goal>validate</formatter-maven-plugin.goal>
         <impsort-maven-plugin.goal>check</impsort-maven-plugin.goal>
+        <jacoco.haltOnFailure>true</jacoco.haltOnFailure>
       </properties>
-      <build>
-      </build>
-    </profile>
-    <profile>
-      <id>jacoco</id>
-      <activation>
-        <property>
-          <name>enable-jacoco</name>
-        </property>
-      </activation>
       <build>
         <plugins>
+          <plugin>
+            <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+            <artifactId>maven-shade-plugin</artifactId>
+          </plugin>
           <plugin>
             <groupId>org.jacoco</groupId>
             <artifactId>jacoco-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-            <version>0.8.5</version>
-            <executions>
-              <execution>
-                <goals>
-                  <goal>prepare-agent</goal>
-                </goals>
-              </execution>
-              <!-- attached to Maven test phase -->
-              <execution>
-                <id>report</id>
-                <phase>test</phase>
-                <goals>
-                  <goal>report</goal>
-                </goals>
-              </execution>
-              <execution>
-                <id>check</id>
-                <phase>install</phase>
-                <goals>
-                  <goal>check</goal>
-                </goals>
-                <configuration>
-                  <rules>
-                    <rule>
-                      <!--We end up with chatty logs, but it shows us which particular classes    -->
-                      <!--are lacking in coverage. If this is too much, just remove the           -->
-                      <!--<element>CLASS</element> tag below.                                     -->
-                      <element>CLASS</element>
-                      <limits>
-                        <!-- These limits can be overridden, in the form of `0.50` for          -->
-                        <!-- 50%, as necessary. Using a property just puts it in one spot.      -->
-                        <!--
-                                                <limit>
-                                                  <counter>LINE</counter>
-                                                  <value>COVEREDRATIO</value>
-                                                  <minimum>${jacoco.coverage.target.lines}</minimum>
-                                                </limit>
-                        -->
-                        <!--
-                                                <limit>
-                                                  <counter>BRANCH</counter>
-                                                  <value>COVEREDRATIO</value>
-                                                  <minimum>${jacoco.coverage.target.other}</minimum>
-                                                </limit>
-                        -->
-                        <!--
-                                                <limit>
-                                                  <counter>INSTRUCTION</counter>
-                                                  <value>COVEREDRATIO</value>
-                                                  <minimum>${jacoco.coverage.target.other}</minimum>
-                                                </limit>
-                        -->
-                        <!--
-                                                <limit>
-                                                  <counter>COMPLEXITY</counter>
-                                                  <value>COVEREDRATIO</value>
-                                                  <minimum>${jacoco.coverage.target.other}</minimum>
-                                                </limit>
-                        -->
-                        <limit>
-                          <counter>METHOD</counter>
-                          <value>COVEREDRATIO</value>
-                          <minimum>${jacoco.coverage.target.method}</minimum>
-                        </limit>
-                        <!--                        <limit>-->
-                        <!--                          <counter>CLASS</counter>-->
-                        <!--                          <value>COVEREDRATIO</value>-->
-                        <!--                          <minimum>${jacoco.coverage.target.class}</minimum>-->
-                        <!--                        </limit>-->
-                      </limits>
-                      <excludes>
-                        <exclude>org.kohsuke.github.extras.okhttp3.ObsoleteUrlFactory.**</exclude>
-                        <exclude>org.kohsuke.github.extras.okhttp3.ObsoleteUrlFactory</exclude>
-                        <exclude>org.kohsuke.github.extras.OkHttp3Connector</exclude>
-                        <!--<exclude>io.jenkins.plugins.todeclarative.converter.api.*</exclude>-->
-                      </excludes>
-                    </rule>
-                  </rules>
-                </configuration>
-              </execution>
-            </executions>
           </plugin>
         </plugins>
       </build>
     </profile>
     <profile>
       <id>release</id>
+      <properties>
+        <formatter-maven-plugin.goal>validate</formatter-maven-plugin.goal>
+        <impsort-maven-plugin.goal>check</impsort-maven-plugin.goal>
+      </properties>
       <build>
         <plugins>
+          <plugin>
+            <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+            <artifactId>maven-shade-plugin</artifactId>
+          </plugin>
           <plugin>
             <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
             <artifactId>maven-gpg-plugin</artifactId>
-            <version>1.6</version>
             <executions>
               <execution>
                 <id>sign-artifacts</id>
@@ -506,7 +637,26 @@
           <plugin>
             <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
             <artifactId>maven-source-plugin</artifactId>
-            <version>3.2.0</version>
+            <executions>
+              <execution>
+                <id>attach-sources</id>
+                <goals>
+                  <goal>jar-no-fork</goal>
+                </goals>
+              </execution>
+            </executions>
+          </plugin>
+          <plugin>
+            <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+            <artifactId>maven-javadoc-plugin</artifactId>
+            <executions>
+              <execution>
+                <id>attach-javadocs</id>
+                <goals>
+                  <goal>jar</goal>
+                </goals>
+              </execution>
+            </executions>
           </plugin>
         </plugins>
       </build>
@@ -540,4 +690,13 @@
       <archive>https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/github-api</archive>
     </mailingList>
   </mailingLists>
+
+  <developers>
+    <developer>
+      <name>Kohsuke Kawaguchi</name>
+      <id>kohsuke</id>
+      <email>kk@kohsuke.org</email>
+    </developer>
+  </developers>
+
 </project>

src/main/java/org/kohsuke/github/GHApp.java

@@ -178,9 +178,10 @@ public class GHApp extends GHObject {
     @Preview
     @Deprecated
     public PagedIterable<GHAppInstallation> listInstallations() {
-        return root.retrieve()
+        return root.createRequest()
                 .withPreview(MACHINE_MAN)
-                .asPagedIterable("/app/installations", GHAppInstallation[].class, item -> item.wrapUp(root));
+                .withUrlPath("/app/installations")
+                .toIterable(GHAppInstallation[].class, item -> item.wrapUp(root));
     }
 
     /**
@@ -198,9 +199,10 @@ public class GHApp extends GHObject {
     @Preview
     @Deprecated
     public GHAppInstallation getInstallationById(long id) throws IOException {
-        return root.retrieve()
+        return root.createRequest()
                 .withPreview(MACHINE_MAN)
-                .to(String.format("/app/installations/%d", id), GHAppInstallation.class)
+                .withUrlPath(String.format("/app/installations/%d", id))
+                .fetch(GHAppInstallation.class)
                 .wrapUp(root);
     }
 
@@ -220,9 +222,10 @@ public class GHApp extends GHObject {
     @Preview
     @Deprecated
     public GHAppInstallation getInstallationByOrganization(String name) throws IOException {
-        return root.retrieve()
+        return root.createRequest()
                 .withPreview(MACHINE_MAN)
-                .to(String.format("/orgs/%s/installation", name), GHAppInstallation.class)
+                .withUrlPath(String.format("/orgs/%s/installation", name))
+                .fetch(GHAppInstallation.class)
                 .wrapUp(root);
     }
 
@@ -244,9 +247,10 @@ public class GHApp extends GHObject {
     @Preview
     @Deprecated
     public GHAppInstallation getInstallationByRepository(String ownerName, String repositoryName) throws IOException {
-        return root.retrieve()
+        return root.createRequest()
                 .withPreview(MACHINE_MAN)
-                .to(String.format("/repos/%s/%s/installation", ownerName, repositoryName), GHAppInstallation.class)
+                .withUrlPath(String.format("/repos/%s/%s/installation", ownerName, repositoryName))
+                .fetch(GHAppInstallation.class)
                 .wrapUp(root);
     }
 
@@ -265,9 +269,10 @@ public class GHApp extends GHObject {
     @Preview
     @Deprecated
     public GHAppInstallation getInstallationByUser(String name) throws IOException {
-        return root.retrieve()
+        return root.createRequest()
                 .withPreview(MACHINE_MAN)
-                .to(String.format("/users/%s/installation", name), GHAppInstallation.class)
+                .withUrlPath(String.format("/users/%s/installation", name))
+                .fetch(GHAppInstallation.class)
                 .wrapUp(root);
     }
 

src/main/java/org/kohsuke/github/GHAppCreateTokenBuilder.java

@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ import static org.kohsuke.github.Previews.MACHINE_MAN;
  *
  * @author Paulo Miguel Almeida
  * @see GHAppInstallation#createToken(Map) GHAppInstallation#createToken(Map)
+ * @see GHAppInstallation#createToken() GHAppInstallation#createToken()
  */
 public class GHAppCreateTokenBuilder {
     private final GitHub root;
@@ -20,11 +21,17 @@ public class GHAppCreateTokenBuilder {
 
     @Preview
     @Deprecated
-    GHAppCreateTokenBuilder(GitHub root, String apiUrlTail, Map<String, GHPermissionType> permissions) {
+    GHAppCreateTokenBuilder(GitHub root, String apiUrlTail) {
         this.root = root;
         this.apiUrlTail = apiUrlTail;
-        this.builder = new Requester(root);
-        withPermissions(builder, permissions);
+        this.builder = root.createRequest();
+    }
+
+    @Preview
+    @Deprecated
+    GHAppCreateTokenBuilder(GitHub root, String apiUrlTail, Map<String, GHPermissionType> permissions) {
+        this(root, apiUrlTail);
+        permissions(permissions);
     }
 
     /**
@@ -43,6 +50,25 @@ public class GHAppCreateTokenBuilder {
         return this;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Set the permissions granted to the access token. The permissions object includes the permission names and their
+     * access type.
+     *
+     * @param permissions
+     *            Map containing the permission names and types.
+     * @return a GHAppCreateTokenBuilder
+     */
+    @Preview
+    @Deprecated
+    public GHAppCreateTokenBuilder permissions(Map<String, GHPermissionType> permissions) {
+        Map<String, String> retMap = new HashMap<>();
+        for (Map.Entry<String, GHPermissionType> entry : permissions.entrySet()) {
+            retMap.put(entry.getKey(), Requester.transformEnum(entry.getValue()));
+        }
+        builder.with("permissions", retMap);
+        return this;
+    }
+
     /**
      * Creates an app token with all the parameters.
      * <p>
@@ -57,16 +83,9 @@ public class GHAppCreateTokenBuilder {
     public GHAppInstallationToken create() throws IOException {
         return builder.method("POST")
                 .withPreview(MACHINE_MAN)
-                .to(apiUrlTail, GHAppInstallationToken.class)
+                .withUrlPath(apiUrlTail)
+                .fetch(GHAppInstallationToken.class)
                 .wrapUp(root);
     }
 
-    private static Requester withPermissions(Requester builder, Map<String, GHPermissionType> value) {
-        Map<String, String> retMap = new HashMap<String, String>();
-        for (Map.Entry<String, GHPermissionType> entry : value.entrySet()) {
-            retMap.put(entry.getKey(), Requester.transformEnum(entry.getValue()));
-        }
-        return builder.with("permissions", retMap);
-    }
-
 }

src/main/java/org/kohsuke/github/GHAppInstallation.java

@@ -271,7 +271,11 @@ public class GHAppInstallation extends GHObject {
     @Preview
     @Deprecated
     public void deleteInstallation() throws IOException {
-        root.retrieve().method("DELETE").withPreview(GAMBIT).to(String.format("/app/installations/%d", id));
+        root.createRequest()
+                .method("DELETE")
+                .withPreview(GAMBIT)
+                .withUrlPath(String.format("/app/installations/%d", id))
+                .send();
     }
 
     /**
@@ -283,11 +287,27 @@ public class GHAppInstallation extends GHObject {
      *
      * @param permissions
      *            map of permissions for the created token
-     * @return a GHAppCreateTokenBuilder on error
+     * @return a GHAppCreateTokenBuilder instance
+     * @deprecated Use {@link GHAppInstallation#createToken()} instead.
      */
     @Preview
     @Deprecated
     public GHAppCreateTokenBuilder createToken(Map<String, GHPermissionType> permissions) {
         return new GHAppCreateTokenBuilder(root, String.format("/app/installations/%d/access_tokens", id), permissions);
     }
+
+    /**
+     * Starts a builder that creates a new App Installation Token.
+     *
+     * <p>
+     * You use the returned builder to set various properties, then call {@link GHAppCreateTokenBuilder#create()} to
+     * finally create an access token.
+     *
+     * @return a GHAppCreateTokenBuilder instance
+     */
+    @Preview
+    @Deprecated
+    public GHAppCreateTokenBuilder createToken() {
+        return new GHAppCreateTokenBuilder(root, String.format("/app/installations/%d/access_tokens", id));
+    }
 }

src/main/java/org/kohsuke/github/GHAsset.java

@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ public class GHAsset extends GHObject {
     }
 
     private void edit(String key, Object value) throws IOException {
-        new Requester(root).with(key, value).method("PATCH").to(getApiRoute());
+        root.createRequest().with(key, value).method("PATCH").withUrlPath(getApiRoute()).send();
     }
 
     /**
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ public class GHAsset extends GHObject {
      *             the io exception
      */
     public void delete() throws IOException {
-        new Requester(root).method("DELETE").to(getApiRoute());
+        root.createRequest().method("DELETE").withUrlPath(getApiRoute()).send();
     }
 
     private String getApiRoute() {

src/main/java/org/kohsuke/github/GHBlob.java

@@ -1,11 +1,9 @@
 package org.kohsuke.github;
 
-import org.apache.commons.codec.binary.Base64InputStream;
-
 import java.io.ByteArrayInputStream;
 import java.io.InputStream;
-import java.io.UnsupportedEncodingException;
 import java.net.URL;
+import java.util.Base64;
 
 /**
  * The type GHBlob.
@@ -73,8 +71,9 @@ public class GHBlob {
     public InputStream read() {
         if (encoding.equals("base64")) {
             try {
-                return new Base64InputStream(new ByteArrayInputStream(content.getBytes("US-ASCII")), false);
-            } catch (UnsupportedEncodingException e) {
+                Base64.Decoder decoder = Base64.getMimeDecoder();
+                return new ByteArrayInputStream(decoder.decode(content));
+            } catch (IllegalArgumentException e) {
                 throw new AssertionError(e); // US-ASCII is mandatory
             }
         }

src/main/java/org/kohsuke/github/GHBlobBuilder.java

@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
 package org.kohsuke.github;
 
-import org.apache.commons.codec.binary.Base64;
-
 import java.io.IOException;
+import java.util.Base64;
 
 /**
  * Builder pattern for creating a new blob. Based on https://developer.github.com/v3/git/blobs/#create-a-blob
@@ -13,7 +12,7 @@ public class GHBlobBuilder {
 
     GHBlobBuilder(GHRepository repo) {
         this.repo = repo;
-        req = new Requester(repo.root);
+        req = repo.root.createRequest();
     }
 
     /**
@@ -37,7 +36,7 @@ public class GHBlobBuilder {
      * @return a GHBlobBuilder
      */
     public GHBlobBuilder binaryContent(byte[] content) {
-        String base64Content = Base64.encodeBase64String(content);
+        String base64Content = Base64.getEncoder().encodeToString(content);
         req.with("content", base64Content);
         req.with("encoding", "base64");
         return this;
@@ -55,6 +54,6 @@ public class GHBlobBuilder {
      *             if the blob cannot be created.
      */
     public GHBlob create() throws IOException {
-        return req.method("POST").to(getApiTail(), GHBlob.class);
+        return req.method("POST").withUrlPath(getApiTail()).fetch(GHBlob.class);
     }
 }

src/main/java/org/kohsuke/github/GHBranch.java

@@ -9,8 +9,6 @@ import java.net.URL;
 import java.util.Collection;
 import java.util.Objects;
 
-import static org.kohsuke.github.Previews.*;
-
 /**
  * A branch in a repository.
  *
@@ -103,7 +101,7 @@ public class GHBranch {
      *             the io exception
      */
     public GHBranchProtection getProtection() throws IOException {
-        return root.retrieve().to(protection_url, GHBranchProtection.class).wrap(this);
+        return root.createRequest().withUrlPath(protection_url).fetch(GHBranchProtection.class).wrap(this);
     }
 
     /**
@@ -122,7 +120,7 @@ public class GHBranch {
      *             if disabling protection fails
      */
     public void disableProtection() throws IOException {
-        new Requester(root).method("DELETE").to(protection_url);
+        root.createRequest().method("DELETE").withUrlPath(protection_url).send();
     }
 
     /**

src/main/java/org/kohsuke/github/GHBranchProtection.java

@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ public class GHBranchProtection {
     @Preview
     @Deprecated
     public void enabledSignedCommits() throws IOException {
-        requester().method("POST").to(url + REQUIRE_SIGNATURES_URI, RequiredSignatures.class);
+        requester().method("POST").withUrlPath(url + REQUIRE_SIGNATURES_URI).fetch(RequiredSignatures.class);
     }
 
     /**
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ public class GHBranchProtection {
     @Preview
     @Deprecated
     public void disableSignedCommits() throws IOException {
-        requester().method("DELETE").to(url + REQUIRE_SIGNATURES_URI);
+        requester().method("DELETE").withUrlPath(url + REQUIRE_SIGNATURES_URI).send();
     }
 
     /**
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ public class GHBranchProtection {
     @Preview
     @Deprecated
     public boolean getRequiredSignatures() throws IOException {
-        return requester().method("GET").to(url + REQUIRE_SIGNATURES_URI, RequiredSignatures.class).enabled;
+        return requester().withUrlPath(url + REQUIRE_SIGNATURES_URI).fetch(RequiredSignatures.class).enabled;
     }
 
     /**
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ public class GHBranchProtection {
     }
 
     private Requester requester() {
-        return new Requester(root).withPreview(ZZZAX);
+        return root.createRequest().withPreview(ZZZAX);
     }
 
     /**

src/main/java/org/kohsuke/github/GHBranchProtectionBuilder.java

@@ -93,7 +93,8 @@ public class GHBranchProtectionBuilder {
                 .withNullable("required_pull_request_reviews", prReviews)
                 .withNullable("restrictions", restrictions)
                 .withNullable("enforce_admins", enforceAdmins)
-                .to(branch.getProtectionUrl().toString(), GHBranchProtection.class)
+                .withUrlPath(branch.getProtectionUrl().toString())
+                .fetch(GHBranchProtection.class)
                 .wrap(branch);
     }
 
@@ -352,7 +353,7 @@ public class GHBranchProtectionBuilder {
     }
 
     private Requester requester() {
-        return new Requester(branch.getRoot()).withPreview(LUKE_CAGE);
+        return branch.getRoot().createRequest().withPreview(LUKE_CAGE);
     }
 
     private static class Restrictions {

src/main/java/org/kohsuke/github/GHCheckRun.java

@@ -0,0 +1,72 @@
+package org.kohsuke.github;
+
+import edu.umd.cs.findbugs.annotations.SuppressFBWarnings;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.net.URL;
+
+/**
+ * Represents a deployment
+ *
+ * @see <a href="https://developer.github.com/v3/checks/runs/">documentation</a>
+ */
+
+@SuppressFBWarnings(value = { "UWF_UNWRITTEN_FIELD", "NP_UNWRITTEN_FIELD", "URF_UNREAD_FIELD" },
+        justification = "JSON API")
+public class GHCheckRun extends GHObject {
+    GHRepository owner;
+    GitHub root;
+
+    private String status;
+    private String conclusion;
+    private String name;
+    private GHPullRequest[] pullRequests;
+
+    GHCheckRun wrap(GHRepository owner) {
+        this.owner = owner;
+        this.root = owner.root;
+        return this;
+    }
+
+    GHCheckRun wrap(GitHub root) {
+        this.root = root;
+        if (owner != null) {
+            owner.wrap(root);
+        }
+        return this;
+    }
+
+    GHPullRequest[] wrap() {
+        return pullRequests;
+    }
+
+    public String getStatus() {
+        return status;
+    }
+
+    public String getConclusion() {
+        return conclusion;
+    }
+
+    public String getName() {
+        return name;
+    }
+
+    GHPullRequest[] getPullRequests() throws IOException {
+        if (pullRequests != null && pullRequests.length != 0) {
+            for (GHPullRequest singlePull : pullRequests) {
+                singlePull.refresh();
+            }
+        }
+        return pullRequests;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @deprecated This object has no HTML URL.
+     */
+    @Override
+    public URL getHtmlUrl() {
+        return null;
+    }
+
+}

src/main/java/org/kohsuke/github/GHCommit.java

@@ -441,11 +441,10 @@ public class GHCommit {
      * @return {@link PagedIterable} with all the commit comments in this repository.
      */
     public PagedIterable<GHCommitComment> listComments() {
-        return owner.root.retrieve()
-                .asPagedIterable(
-                        String.format("/repos/%s/%s/commits/%s/comments", owner.getOwnerName(), owner.getName(), sha),
-                        GHCommitComment[].class,
-                        item -> item.wrap(owner));
+        return owner.root.createRequest()
+                .withUrlPath(
+                        String.format("/repos/%s/%s/commits/%s/comments", owner.getOwnerName(), owner.getName(), sha))
+                .toIterable(GHCommitComment[].class, item -> item.wrap(owner));
     }
 
     /**
@@ -466,12 +465,15 @@ public class GHCommit {
      *             if comment is not created
      */
     public GHCommitComment createComment(String body, String path, Integer line, Integer position) throws IOException {
-        GHCommitComment r = new Requester(owner.root).with("body", body)
+        GHCommitComment r = owner.root.createRequest()
+                .method("POST")
+                .with("body", body)
                 .with("path", path)
                 .with("line", line)
                 .with("position", position)
-                .to(String.format("/repos/%s/%s/commits/%s/comments", owner.getOwnerName(), owner.getName(), sha),
-                        GHCommitComment.class);
+                .withUrlPath(
+                        String.format("/repos/%s/%s/commits/%s/comments", owner.getOwnerName(), owner.getName(), sha))
+                .fetch(GHCommitComment.class);
         return r.wrap(owner);
     }
 
@@ -518,7 +520,7 @@ public class GHCommit {
      */
     void populate() throws IOException {
         if (files == null && stats == null)
-            owner.root.retrieve().to(owner.getApiTailUrl("commits/" + sha), this);
+            owner.root.createRequest().withUrlPath(owner.getApiTailUrl("commits/" + sha)).fetchInto(this);
     }
 
     GHCommit wrapUp(GHRepository owner) {

src/main/java/org/kohsuke/github/GHCommitBuilder.java

@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ public class GHCommitBuilder {
 
     GHCommitBuilder(GHRepository repo) {
         this.repo = repo;
-        req = new Requester(repo.root);
+        req = repo.root.createRequest().method("POST");
     }
 
     /**
@@ -118,6 +118,6 @@ public class GHCommitBuilder {
      */
     public GHCommit create() throws IOException {
         req.with("parents", parents);
-        return req.method("POST").to(getApiTail(), GHCommit.class).wrapUp(repo);
+        return req.method("POST").withUrlPath(getApiTail()).fetch(GHCommit.class).wrapUp(repo);
     }
 }

src/main/java/org/kohsuke/github/GHCommitComment.java

@@ -113,25 +113,33 @@ public class GHCommitComment extends GHObject implements Reactable {
      *             the io exception
      */
     public void update(String body) throws IOException {
-        new Requester(owner.root).with("body", body).method("PATCH").to(getApiTail(), GHCommitComment.class);
+        owner.root.createRequest()
+                .method("PATCH")
+                .with("body", body)
+                .withUrlPath(getApiTail())
+                .fetch(GHCommitComment.class);
         this.body = body;
     }
 
     @Preview
     @Deprecated
     public GHReaction createReaction(ReactionContent content) throws IOException {
-        return new Requester(owner.root).withPreview(SQUIRREL_GIRL)
+        return owner.root.createRequest()
+                .method("POST")
+                .withPreview(SQUIRREL_GIRL)
                 .with("content", content.getContent())
-                .to(getApiTail() + "/reactions", GHReaction.class)
+                .withUrlPath(getApiTail() + "/reactions")
+                .fetch(GHReaction.class)
                 .wrap(owner.root);
     }
 
     @Preview
     @Deprecated
     public PagedIterable<GHReaction> listReactions() {
-        return owner.root.retrieve()
+        return owner.root.createRequest()
                 .withPreview(SQUIRREL_GIRL)
-                .asPagedIterable(getApiTail() + "/reactions", GHReaction[].class, item -> item.wrap(owner.root));
+                .withUrlPath(getApiTail() + "/reactions")
+                .toIterable(GHReaction[].class, item -> item.wrap(owner.root));
     }
 
     /**
@@ -141,7 +149,7 @@ public class GHCommitComment extends GHObject implements Reactable {
      *             the io exception
      */
     public void delete() throws IOException {
-        new Requester(owner.root).method("DELETE").to(getApiTail());
+        owner.root.createRequest().method("DELETE").withUrlPath(getApiTail()).send();
     }
 
     private String getApiTail() {

src/main/java/org/kohsuke/github/GHCommitQueryBuilder.java

@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ public class GHCommitQueryBuilder {
 
     GHCommitQueryBuilder(GHRepository repo) {
         this.repo = repo;
-        this.req = repo.root.retrieve(); // requester to build up
+        this.req = repo.root.createRequest(); // requester to build up
     }
 
     /**
@@ -127,6 +127,6 @@ public class GHCommitQueryBuilder {
      * @return the paged iterable
      */
     public PagedIterable<GHCommit> list() {
-        return req.asPagedIterable(repo.getApiTailUrl("commits"), GHCommit[].class, item -> item.wrapUp(repo));
+        return req.withUrlPath(repo.getApiTailUrl("commits")).toIterable(GHCommit[].class, item -> item.wrapUp(repo));
     }
 }

src/main/java/org/kohsuke/github/GHContent.java

@@ -1,13 +1,12 @@
 package org.kohsuke.github;
 
 import edu.umd.cs.findbugs.annotations.SuppressFBWarnings;
-import org.apache.commons.codec.binary.Base64;
-import org.apache.commons.codec.binary.Base64InputStream;
 
 import java.io.ByteArrayInputStream;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.InputStream;
-import java.io.UnsupportedEncodingException;
+import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets;
+import java.util.Base64;
 
 /**
  * A Content of a repository.
@@ -114,7 +113,7 @@ public class GHContent implements Refreshable {
      */
     @SuppressFBWarnings("DM_DEFAULT_ENCODING")
     public String getContent() throws IOException {
-        return new String(Base64.decodeBase64(getEncodedContent()));
+        return new String(Base64.getMimeDecoder().decode(getEncodedContent()));
     }
 
     /**
@@ -175,8 +174,9 @@ public class GHContent implements Refreshable {
         refresh(content);
         if (encoding.equals("base64")) {
             try {
-                return new Base64InputStream(new ByteArrayInputStream(content.getBytes("US-ASCII")), false);
-            } catch (UnsupportedEncodingException e) {
+                Base64.Decoder decoder = Base64.getMimeDecoder();
+                return new ByteArrayInputStream(decoder.decode(content.getBytes(StandardCharsets.US_ASCII)));
+            } catch (IllegalArgumentException e) {
                 throw new AssertionError(e); // US-ASCII is mandatory
             }
         }
@@ -223,7 +223,7 @@ public class GHContent implements Refreshable {
      *             the io exception
      */
     protected synchronized void populate() throws IOException {
-        root.retrieve().to(url, this);
+        root.createRequest().withUrlPath(url).fetchInto(this);
     }
 
     /**
@@ -237,7 +237,7 @@ public class GHContent implements Refreshable {
         if (!isDirectory())
             throw new IllegalStateException(path + " is not a directory");
 
-        return root.retrieve().asPagedIterable(url, GHContent[].class, item -> item.wrap(repository));
+        return root.createRequest().setRawUrlPath(url).toIterable(GHContent[].class, item -> item.wrap(repository));
     }
 
     /**
@@ -304,9 +304,11 @@ public class GHContent implements Refreshable {
      */
     public GHContentUpdateResponse update(byte[] newContentBytes, String commitMessage, String branch)
             throws IOException {
-        String encodedContent = Base64.encodeBase64String(newContentBytes);
+        String encodedContent = Base64.getEncoder().encodeToString(newContentBytes);
 
-        Requester requester = new Requester(root).with("path", path)
+        Requester requester = root.createRequest()
+                .method("POST")
+                .with("path", path)
                 .with("message", commitMessage)
                 .with("sha", sha)
                 .with("content", encodedContent)
@@ -316,7 +318,8 @@ public class GHContent implements Refreshable {
             requester.with("branch", branch);
         }
 
-        GHContentUpdateResponse response = requester.to(getApiRoute(repository, path), GHContentUpdateResponse.class);
+        GHContentUpdateResponse response = requester.withUrlPath(getApiRoute(repository, path))
+                .fetch(GHContentUpdateResponse.class);
 
         response.getContent().wrap(repository);
         response.getCommit().wrapUp(repository);
@@ -350,7 +353,9 @@ public class GHContent implements Refreshable {
      *             the io exception
      */
     public GHContentUpdateResponse delete(String commitMessage, String branch) throws IOException {
-        Requester requester = new Requester(root).with("path", path)
+        Requester requester = root.createRequest()
+                .method("POST")
+                .with("path", path)
                 .with("message", commitMessage)
                 .with("sha", sha)
                 .method("DELETE");
@@ -359,7 +364,8 @@ public class GHContent implements Refreshable {
             requester.with("branch", branch);
         }
 
-        GHContentUpdateResponse response = requester.to(getApiRoute(repository, path), GHContentUpdateResponse.class);
+        GHContentUpdateResponse response = requester.withUrlPath(getApiRoute(repository, path))
+                .fetch(GHContentUpdateResponse.class);
 
         response.getCommit().wrapUp(repository);
         return response;
@@ -405,6 +411,6 @@ public class GHContent implements Refreshable {
      */
     @Override
     public synchronized void refresh() throws IOException {
-        root.retrieve().to(url, this);
+        root.createRequest().setRawUrlPath(url).fetchInto(this);
     }
 }

src/main/java/org/kohsuke/github/GHContentBuilder.java

@@ -1,9 +1,8 @@
 package org.kohsuke.github;
 
-import org.apache.commons.codec.binary.Base64;
-
 import java.io.IOException;
-import java.io.UnsupportedEncodingException;
+import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets;
+import java.util.Base64;
 
 /**
  * Used to create/update content.
@@ -21,7 +20,7 @@ public final class GHContentBuilder {
 
     GHContentBuilder(GHRepository repo) {
         this.repo = repo;
-        this.req = new Requester(repo.root).method("PUT");
+        this.req = repo.root.createRequest().method("PUT");
     }
 
     /**
@@ -50,7 +49,7 @@ public final class GHContentBuilder {
     }
 
     /**
-     * Used when updating (but not creating a new content) to specify Thetblob SHA of the file being replaced.
+     * Used when updating (but not creating a new content) to specify the blob SHA of the file being replaced.
      *
      * @param sha
      *            the sha
@@ -69,7 +68,7 @@ public final class GHContentBuilder {
      * @return the gh content builder
      */
     public GHContentBuilder content(byte[] content) {
-        req.with("content", Base64.encodeBase64String(content));
+        req.with("content", Base64.getEncoder().encodeToString(content));
         return this;
     }
 
@@ -81,11 +80,7 @@ public final class GHContentBuilder {
      * @return the gh content builder
      */
     public GHContentBuilder content(String content) {
-        try {
-            return content(content.getBytes("UTF-8"));
-        } catch (UnsupportedEncodingException x) {
-            throw new AssertionError();
-        }
+        return content(content.getBytes(StandardCharsets.UTF_8));
     }
 
     /**
@@ -108,7 +103,8 @@ public final class GHContentBuilder {
      *             the io exception
      */
     public GHContentUpdateResponse commit() throws IOException {
-        GHContentUpdateResponse response = req.to(GHContent.getApiRoute(repo, path), GHContentUpdateResponse.class);
+        GHContentUpdateResponse response = req.withUrlPath(GHContent.getApiRoute(repo, path))
+                .fetch(GHContentUpdateResponse.class);
 
         response.getContent().wrap(repo);
         response.getCommit().wrapUp(repo);

src/main/java/org/kohsuke/github/GHCreateRepositoryBuilder.java

@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ public class GHCreateRepositoryBuilder {
     GHCreateRepositoryBuilder(GitHub root, String apiUrlTail, String name) {
         this.root = root;
         this.apiUrlTail = apiUrlTail;
-        this.builder = new Requester(root);
+        this.builder = root.createRequest();
         this.builder.with("name", name);
     }
 
@@ -196,7 +196,7 @@ public class GHCreateRepositoryBuilder {
      *             if repsitory cannot be created
      */
     public GHRepository create() throws IOException {
-        return builder.method("POST").to(apiUrlTail, GHRepository.class).wrap(root);
+        return builder.method("POST").withUrlPath(apiUrlTail).fetch(GHRepository.class).wrap(root);
     }
 
 }

src/main/java/org/kohsuke/github/GHDeployKey.java

@@ -82,7 +82,9 @@ public class GHDeployKey {
      *             the io exception
      */
     public void delete() throws IOException {
-        new Requester(owner.root).method("DELETE")
-                .to(String.format("/repos/%s/%s/keys/%d", owner.getOwnerName(), owner.getName(), id));
+        owner.root.createRequest()
+                .method("DELETE")
+                .withUrlPath(String.format("/repos/%s/%s/keys/%d", owner.getOwnerName(), owner.getName(), id))
+                .send();
     }
 }

src/main/java/org/kohsuke/github/GHDeployment.java

@@ -131,7 +131,9 @@ public class GHDeployment extends GHObject {
      * @return the paged iterable
      */
     public PagedIterable<GHDeploymentStatus> listStatuses() {
-        return root.retrieve().asPagedIterable(statuses_url, GHDeploymentStatus[].class, item -> item.wrap(owner));
+        return root.createRequest()
+                .withUrlPath(statuses_url)
+                .toIterable(GHDeploymentStatus[].class, item -> item.wrap(owner));
     }
 
 }

src/main/java/org/kohsuke/github/GHDeploymentBuilder.java

@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ public class GHDeploymentBuilder {
      */
     public GHDeploymentBuilder(GHRepository repo) {
         this.repo = repo;
-        this.builder = new Requester(repo.root);
+        this.builder = repo.root.createRequest().method("POST");
     }
 
     /**
@@ -127,6 +127,6 @@ public class GHDeploymentBuilder {
      *             the io exception
      */
     public GHDeployment create() throws IOException {
-        return builder.to(repo.getApiTailUrl("deployments"), GHDeployment.class).wrap(repo);
+        return builder.withUrlPath(repo.getApiTailUrl("deployments")).fetch(GHDeployment.class).wrap(repo);
     }
 }

src/main/java/org/kohsuke/github/GHDeploymentStatusBuilder.java

@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ public class GHDeploymentStatusBuilder {
     GHDeploymentStatusBuilder(GHRepository repo, long deploymentId, GHDeploymentState state) {
         this.repo = repo;
         this.deploymentId = deploymentId;
-        this.builder = new Requester(repo.root);
+        this.builder = repo.root.createRequest().method("POST");
         this.builder.with("state", state);
     }
 
@@ -66,7 +66,8 @@ public class GHDeploymentStatusBuilder {
      *             the io exception
      */
     public GHDeploymentStatus create() throws IOException {
-        return builder.to(repo.getApiTailUrl("deployments/" + deploymentId + "/statuses"), GHDeploymentStatus.class)
+        return builder.withUrlPath(repo.getApiTailUrl("deployments/" + deploymentId + "/statuses"))
+                .fetch(GHDeploymentStatus.class)
                 .wrap(repo);
     }
 }

src/main/java/org/kohsuke/github/GHEvent.java

@@ -10,50 +10,58 @@ import java.util.Locale;
  * @see <a href="https://developer.github.com/v3/activity/events/types/">Event type reference</a>
  */
 public enum GHEvent {
+    CHECK_RUN,
+    CHECK_SUITE,
     COMMIT_COMMENT,
+    CONTENT_REFERENCE,
     CREATE,
     DELETE,
+    DEPLOY_KEY,
     DEPLOYMENT,
     DEPLOYMENT_STATUS,
     DOWNLOAD,
     FOLLOW,
     FORK,
     FORK_APPLY,
+    GITHUB_APP_AUTHORIZATION,
     GIST,
     GOLLUM,
     INSTALLATION,
     INSTALLATION_REPOSITORIES,
     INTEGRATION_INSTALLATION_REPOSITORIES,
-    CHECK_SUITE,
     ISSUE_COMMENT,
     ISSUES,
     LABEL,
     MARKETPLACE_PURCHASE,
     MEMBER,
     MEMBERSHIP,
+    META,
     MILESTONE,
     ORGANIZATION,
     ORG_BLOCK,
+    PACKAGE,
     PAGE_BUILD,
     PROJECT_CARD,
     PROJECT_COLUMN,
     PROJECT,
+    PING,
     PUBLIC,
     PULL_REQUEST,
     PULL_REQUEST_REVIEW,
     PULL_REQUEST_REVIEW_COMMENT,
     PUSH,
     RELEASE,
-    REPOSITORY, // only
-                // valid
-                // for
-                // org
-                // hooks
+    REPOSITORY_DISPATCH, // only valid for org hooks
+    REPOSITORY,
+    REPOSITORY_IMPORT,
+    REPOSITORY_VULNERABILITY_ALERT,
+    SECURITY_ADVISORY,
+    STAR,
     STATUS,
     TEAM,
     TEAM_ADD,
     WATCH,
-    PING,
+
     /**
      * Special event type that means "every possible event"
      */

src/main/java/org/kohsuke/github/GHEventPayload.java

@@ -47,6 +47,109 @@ public abstract class GHEventPayload {
         }
     }
 
+    // List of events that still need to be added:
+    // CheckRunEvent CheckSuiteEvent ContentReferenceEvent
+    // DeployKeyEvent DownloadEvent FollowEvent ForkApplyEvent GitHubAppAuthorizationEvent GistEvent GollumEvent
+    // InstallationEvent InstallationRepositoriesEvent IssuesEvent LabelEvent MarketplacePurchaseEvent MemberEvent
+    // MembershipEvent MetaEvent MilestoneEvent OrganizationEvent OrgBlockEvent PackageEvent PageBuildEvent
+    // ProjectCardEvent ProjectColumnEvent ProjectEvent RepositoryDispatchEvent RepositoryImportEvent
+    // RepositoryVulnerabilityAlertEvent SecurityAdvisoryEvent StarEvent StatusEvent TeamEvent TeamAddEvent WatchEvent
+
+    /**
+     * A check run event has been created, rerequested, completed, or has a requested_action.
+     *
+     * @see <a href="https://developer.github.com/v3/activity/events/types/#checkrunevent">authoritative source</a>
+     */
+    @SuppressFBWarnings(
+            value = { "UWF_UNWRITTEN_PUBLIC_OR_PROTECTED_FIELD", "UWF_UNWRITTEN_FIELD", "NP_UNWRITTEN_FIELD" },
+            justification = "JSON API")
+    public static class CheckRun extends GHEventPayload {
+        private String action;
+        private int number;
+        private GHCheckRun checkRun;
+        private GHRequestedAction requestedAction;
+        private GHRepository repository;
+
+        /**
+         * Gets action.
+         *
+         * @return the action
+         */
+        public String getAction() {
+            return action;
+        }
+
+        /**
+         * Gets number.
+         *
+         * @return the number
+         */
+        public int getNumber() {
+            return number;
+        }
+
+        /**
+         * Sets Check Run object
+         *
+         * @param currentCheckRun
+         *            the check run object
+         */
+        public void setCheckRun(GHCheckRun currentCheckRun) {
+            this.checkRun = currentCheckRun;
+        }
+
+        /**
+         * Gets Check Run object
+         *
+         * @return the current checkRun object
+         */
+        public GHCheckRun getCheckRun() {
+            return checkRun;
+        }
+
+        /**
+         * Sets the Requested Action object
+         *
+         * @param currentRequestedAction
+         *            the current action
+         */
+        public void setCheckRun(GHRequestedAction currentRequestedAction) {
+            this.requestedAction = currentRequestedAction;
+        }
+
+        /**
+         * Gets the Requested Action object
+         *
+         * @return the requested action
+         */
+        public GHRequestedAction getRequestedAction() {
+            return requestedAction;
+        }
+
+        /**
+         * Gets repository.
+         *
+         * @return the repository
+         */
+        public GHRepository getRepository() {
+            return repository;
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        void wrapUp(GitHub root) {
+            super.wrapUp(root);
+            if (checkRun == null)
+                throw new IllegalStateException(
+                        "Expected check_run payload, but got something else. Maybe we've got another type of event?");
+            if (repository != null) {
+                repository.wrap(root);
+                checkRun.wrap(repository);
+            } else {
+                checkRun.wrap(root);
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
     /**
      * A pull request status has changed.
      *

src/main/java/org/kohsuke/github/GHGist.java

@@ -182,7 +182,7 @@ public class GHGist extends GHObject {
      *             the io exception
      */
     public void star() throws IOException {
-        new Requester(root).method("PUT").to(getApiTailUrl("star"));
+        root.createRequest().method("PUT").withUrlPath(getApiTailUrl("star")).send();
     }
 
     /**
@@ -192,7 +192,7 @@ public class GHGist extends GHObject {
      *             the io exception
      */
     public void unstar() throws IOException {
-        new Requester(root).method("DELETE").to(getApiTailUrl("star"));
+        root.createRequest().method("DELETE").withUrlPath(getApiTailUrl("star")).send();
     }
 
     /**
@@ -203,7 +203,7 @@ public class GHGist extends GHObject {
      *             the io exception
      */
     public boolean isStarred() throws IOException {
-        return root.retrieve().asHttpStatusCode(getApiTailUrl("star")) / 100 == 2;
+        return root.createRequest().withUrlPath(getApiTailUrl("star")).fetchHttpStatusCode() / 100 == 2;
     }
 
     /**
@@ -214,7 +214,7 @@ public class GHGist extends GHObject {
      *             the io exception
      */
     public GHGist fork() throws IOException {
-        return new Requester(root).to(getApiTailUrl("forks"), GHGist.class).wrapUp(root);
+        return root.createRequest().method("POST").withUrlPath(getApiTailUrl("forks")).fetch(GHGist.class).wrapUp(root);
     }
 
     /**
@@ -223,7 +223,9 @@ public class GHGist extends GHObject {
      * @return the paged iterable
      */
     public PagedIterable<GHGist> listForks() {
-        return root.retrieve().asPagedIterable(getApiTailUrl("forks"), GHGist[].class, item -> item.wrapUp(root));
+        return root.createRequest()
+                .withUrlPath(getApiTailUrl("forks"))
+                .toIterable(GHGist[].class, item -> item.wrapUp(root));
     }
 
     /**
@@ -233,7 +235,7 @@ public class GHGist extends GHObject {
      *             the io exception
      */
     public void delete() throws IOException {
-        new Requester(root).method("DELETE").to("/gists/" + id);
+        root.createRequest().method("DELETE").withUrlPath("/gists/" + id).send();
     }
 
     /**

src/main/java/org/kohsuke/github/GHGistBuilder.java

@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ public class GHGistBuilder {
      */
     public GHGistBuilder(GitHub root) {
         this.root = root;
-        req = new Requester(root);
+        req = root.createRequest().method("POST");
     }
 
     /**
@@ -73,6 +73,6 @@ public class GHGistBuilder {
      */
     public GHGist create() throws IOException {
         req.with("files", files);
-        return req.to("/gists", GHGist.class).wrapUp(root);
+        return req.withUrlPath("/gists").fetch(GHGist.class).wrapUp(root);
     }
 }

src/main/java/org/kohsuke/github/GHGistUpdater.java

@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ public class GHGistUpdater {
 
     GHGistUpdater(GHGist base) {
         this.base = base;
-        this.builder = new Requester(base.root);
+        this.builder = base.root.createRequest();
 
         files = new LinkedHashMap<>();
     }
@@ -96,6 +96,6 @@ public class GHGistUpdater {
      */
     public GHGist update() throws IOException {
         builder.with("files", files);
-        return builder.method("PATCH").to(base.getApiTailUrl(""), GHGist.class).wrap(base.owner);
+        return builder.method("PATCH").withUrlPath(base.getApiTailUrl("")).fetch(GHGist.class).wrap(base.owner);
     }
 }

src/main/java/org/kohsuke/github/GHHook.java

@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ public abstract class GHHook extends GHObject {
      * @see <a href="https://developer.github.com/v3/repos/hooks/#ping-a-hook">Ping hook</a>
      */
     public void ping() throws IOException {
-        new Requester(getRoot()).method("POST").to(getApiRoute() + "/pings");
+        getRoot().createRequest().method("POST").withUrlPath(getApiRoute() + "/pings").send();
     }
 
     /**
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ public abstract class GHHook extends GHObject {
      *             the io exception
      */
     public void delete() throws IOException {
-        new Requester(getRoot()).method("DELETE").to(getApiRoute());
+        getRoot().createRequest().method("DELETE").withUrlPath(getApiRoute()).send();
     }
 
     /**

src/main/java/org/kohsuke/github/GHHooks.java

@@ -28,8 +28,10 @@ class GHHooks {
          */
         public List<GHHook> getHooks() throws IOException {
 
-            GHHook[] hookArray = root.retrieve().to(collection(), collectionClass()); // jdk/eclipse bug requires this
-                                                                                      // to be on separate line
+            GHHook[] hookArray = root.createRequest().withUrlPath(collection()).fetch(collectionClass()); // jdk/eclipse
+                                                                                                          // bug
+            // requires this
+            // to be on separate line
             List<GHHook> list = new ArrayList<GHHook>(Arrays.asList(hookArray));
             for (GHHook h : list)
                 wrap(h);
@@ -46,7 +48,7 @@ class GHHooks {
          *             the io exception
          */
         public GHHook getHook(int id) throws IOException {
-            GHHook hook = root.retrieve().to(collection() + "/" + id, clazz());
+            GHHook hook = root.createRequest().withUrlPath(collection() + "/" + id).fetch(clazz());
             return wrap(hook);
         }
 
@@ -74,11 +76,14 @@ class GHHooks {
                     ea.add(e.symbol());
             }
 
-            GHHook hook = new Requester(root).with("name", name)
+            GHHook hook = root.createRequest()
+                    .method("POST")
+                    .with("name", name)
                     .with("active", active)
                     .with("config", config)
                     .with("events", ea)
-                    .to(collection(), clazz());
+                    .withUrlPath(collection())
+                    .fetch(clazz());
 
             return wrap(hook);
         }

src/main/java/org/kohsuke/github/GHInvitation.java

@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ public class GHInvitation extends GHObject {
      *             the io exception
      */
     public void accept() throws IOException {
-        root.retrieve().method("PATCH").to("/user/repository_invitations/" + id);
+        root.createRequest().method("PATCH").withUrlPath("/user/repository_invitations/" + id).send();
     }
 
     /**
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ public class GHInvitation extends GHObject {
      *             the io exception
      */
     public void decline() throws IOException {
-        root.retrieve().method("DELETE").to("/user/repository_invitations/" + id);
+        root.createRequest().method("DELETE").withUrlPath("/user/repository_invitations/" + id).send();
     }
 
     @Override

src/main/java/org/kohsuke/github/GHIssue.java

@@ -206,7 +206,7 @@ public class GHIssue extends GHObject implements Reactable {
      *             the io exception
      */
     public void lock() throws IOException {
-        new Requester(root).method("PUT").to(getApiRoute() + "/lock");
+        root.createRequest().method("PUT").withUrlPath(getApiRoute() + "/lock").send();
     }
 
     /**
@@ -216,7 +216,7 @@ public class GHIssue extends GHObject implements Reactable {
      *             the io exception
      */
     public void unlock() throws IOException {
-        new Requester(root).method("PUT").to(getApiRoute() + "/lock");
+        root.createRequest().method("PUT").withUrlPath(getApiRoute() + "/lock").send();
     }
 
     /**
@@ -230,17 +230,20 @@ public class GHIssue extends GHObject implements Reactable {
      */
     @WithBridgeMethods(void.class)
     public GHIssueComment comment(String message) throws IOException {
-        GHIssueComment r = new Requester(root).with("body", message)
-                .to(getIssuesApiRoute() + "/comments", GHIssueComment.class);
+        GHIssueComment r = root.createRequest()
+                .method("POST")
+                .with("body", message)
+                .withUrlPath(getIssuesApiRoute() + "/comments")
+                .fetch(GHIssueComment.class);
         return r.wrapUp(this);
     }
 
     private void edit(String key, Object value) throws IOException {
-        new Requester(root).with(key, value).method("PATCH").to(getApiRoute());
+        root.createRequest().with(key, value).method("PATCH").withUrlPath(getApiRoute()).send();
     }
 
     private void editIssue(String key, Object value) throws IOException {
-        new Requester(root).with(key, value).method("PATCH").to(getIssuesApiRoute());
+        root.createRequest().with(key, value).method("PATCH").withUrlPath(getIssuesApiRoute()).send();
     }
 
     /**
@@ -442,27 +445,30 @@ public class GHIssue extends GHObject implements Reactable {
      *             the io exception
      */
     public PagedIterable<GHIssueComment> listComments() throws IOException {
-        return root.retrieve()
-                .asPagedIterable(getIssuesApiRoute() + "/comments",
-                        GHIssueComment[].class,
-                        item -> item.wrapUp(GHIssue.this));
+        return root.createRequest()
+                .withUrlPath(getIssuesApiRoute() + "/comments")
+                .toIterable(GHIssueComment[].class, item -> item.wrapUp(this));
     }
 
     @Preview
     @Deprecated
     public GHReaction createReaction(ReactionContent content) throws IOException {
-        return new Requester(owner.root).withPreview(SQUIRREL_GIRL)
+        return owner.root.createRequest()
+                .method("POST")
+                .withPreview(SQUIRREL_GIRL)
                 .with("content", content.getContent())
-                .to(getApiRoute() + "/reactions", GHReaction.class)
+                .withUrlPath(getApiRoute() + "/reactions")
+                .fetch(GHReaction.class)
                 .wrap(root);
     }
 
     @Preview
     @Deprecated
     public PagedIterable<GHReaction> listReactions() {
-        return owner.root.retrieve()
+        return owner.root.createRequest()
                 .withPreview(SQUIRREL_GIRL)
-                .asPagedIterable(getApiRoute() + "/reactions", GHReaction[].class, item -> item.wrap(owner.root));
+                .withUrlPath(getApiRoute() + "/reactions")
+                .toIterable(GHReaction[].class, item -> item.wrap(owner.root));
     }
 
     /**
@@ -486,10 +492,11 @@ public class GHIssue extends GHObject implements Reactable {
      *             the io exception
      */
     public void addAssignees(Collection<GHUser> assignees) throws IOException {
-        root.retrieve()
+        root.createRequest()
                 .method("POST")
                 .with(ASSIGNEES, getLogins(assignees))
-                .to(getIssuesApiRoute() + "/assignees", this);
+                .withUrlPath(getIssuesApiRoute() + "/assignees")
+                .fetchInto(this);
     }
 
     /**
@@ -513,7 +520,11 @@ public class GHIssue extends GHObject implements Reactable {
      *             the io exception
      */
     public void setAssignees(Collection<GHUser> assignees) throws IOException {
-        new Requester(root).with(ASSIGNEES, getLogins(assignees)).method("PATCH").to(getIssuesApiRoute());
+        root.createRequest()
+                .method("PATCH")
+                .with(ASSIGNEES, getLogins(assignees))
+                .withUrlPath(getIssuesApiRoute())
+                .send();
     }
 
     /**
@@ -537,11 +548,12 @@ public class GHIssue extends GHObject implements Reactable {
      *             the io exception
      */
     public void removeAssignees(Collection<GHUser> assignees) throws IOException {
-        root.retrieve()
+        root.createRequest()
                 .method("DELETE")
                 .with(ASSIGNEES, getLogins(assignees))
                 .inBody()
-                .to(getIssuesApiRoute() + "/assignees", this);
+                .withUrlPath(getIssuesApiRoute() + "/assignees")
+                .fetchInto(this);
     }
 
     /**
@@ -703,9 +715,8 @@ public class GHIssue extends GHObject implements Reactable {
      *             the io exception
      */
     public PagedIterable<GHIssueEvent> listEvents() throws IOException {
-        return root.retrieve()
-                .asPagedIterable(owner.getApiTailUrl(String.format("/issues/%s/events", number)),
-                        GHIssueEvent[].class,
-                        item -> item.wrapUp(GHIssue.this));
+        return root.createRequest()
+                .withUrlPath(owner.getApiTailUrl(String.format("/issues/%s/events", number)))
+                .toIterable(GHIssueEvent[].class, item -> item.wrapUp(this));
     }
 }

src/main/java/org/kohsuke/github/GHIssueBuilder.java

@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ public class GHIssueBuilder {
 
     GHIssueBuilder(GHRepository repo, String title) {
         this.repo = repo;
-        this.builder = new Requester(repo.root);
+        this.builder = repo.root.createRequest().method("POST");
         builder.with("title", title);
     }
 
@@ -95,7 +95,8 @@ public class GHIssueBuilder {
     public GHIssue create() throws IOException {
         return builder.with("labels", labels)
                 .with("assignees", assignees)
-                .to(repo.getApiTailUrl("issues"), GHIssue.class)
+                .withUrlPath(repo.getApiTailUrl("issues"))
+                .fetch(GHIssue.class)
                 .wrap(repo);
     }
 }

src/main/java/org/kohsuke/github/GHIssueComment.java

@@ -108,7 +108,11 @@ public class GHIssueComment extends GHObject implements Reactable {
      *             the io exception
      */
     public void update(String body) throws IOException {
-        new Requester(owner.root).with("body", body).method("PATCH").to(getApiRoute(), GHIssueComment.class);
+        owner.root.createRequest()
+                .method("PATCH")
+                .with("body", body)
+                .withUrlPath(getApiRoute())
+                .fetch(GHIssueComment.class);
         this.body = body;
     }
 
@@ -119,24 +123,28 @@ public class GHIssueComment extends GHObject implements Reactable {
      *             the io exception
      */
     public void delete() throws IOException {
-        new Requester(owner.root).method("DELETE").to(getApiRoute());
+        owner.root.createRequest().method("DELETE").withUrlPath(getApiRoute()).send();
     }
 
     @Preview
     @Deprecated
     public GHReaction createReaction(ReactionContent content) throws IOException {
-        return new Requester(owner.root).withPreview(SQUIRREL_GIRL)
+        return owner.root.createRequest()
+                .method("POST")
+                .withPreview(SQUIRREL_GIRL)
                 .with("content", content.getContent())
-                .to(getApiRoute() + "/reactions", GHReaction.class)
+                .withUrlPath(getApiRoute() + "/reactions")
+                .fetch(GHReaction.class)
                 .wrap(owner.root);
     }
 
     @Preview
     @Deprecated
     public PagedIterable<GHReaction> listReactions() {
-        return owner.root.retrieve()
+        return owner.root.createRequest()
                 .withPreview(SQUIRREL_GIRL)
-                .asPagedIterable(getApiRoute() + "/reactions", GHReaction[].class, item -> item.wrap(owner.root));
+                .withUrlPath(getApiRoute() + "/reactions")
+                .toIterable(GHReaction[].class, item -> item.wrap(owner.root));
     }
 
     private String getApiRoute() {

src/main/java/org/kohsuke/github/GHLabel.java

@@ -6,8 +6,6 @@ import java.util.Collection;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Objects;
 
-import static org.kohsuke.github.Previews.SYMMETRA;
-
 /**
  * The type GHLabel.
  *
@@ -51,8 +49,6 @@ public class GHLabel {
      *
      * @return the description
      */
-    @Preview
-    @Deprecated
     public String getDescription() {
         return description;
     }
@@ -69,7 +65,7 @@ public class GHLabel {
      *             the io exception
      */
     public void delete() throws IOException {
-        repo.root.retrieve().method("DELETE").to(url);
+        repo.root.createRequest().method("DELETE").setRawUrlPath(url).send();
     }
 
     /**
@@ -81,13 +77,13 @@ public class GHLabel {
      *             the io exception
      */
     public void setColor(String newColor) throws IOException {
-        repo.root.retrieve()
+        repo.root.createRequest()
                 .method("PATCH")
-                .withPreview(SYMMETRA)
                 .with("name", name)
                 .with("color", newColor)
                 .with("description", description)
-                .to(url);
+                .setRawUrlPath(url)
+                .send();
     }
 
     /**
@@ -98,16 +94,14 @@ public class GHLabel {
      * @throws IOException
      *             the io exception
      */
-    @Preview
-    @Deprecated
     public void setDescription(String newDescription) throws IOException {
-        repo.root.retrieve()
+        repo.root.createRequest()
                 .method("PATCH")
-                .withPreview(SYMMETRA)
                 .with("name", name)
                 .with("color", color)
                 .with("description", newDescription)
-                .to(url);
+                .setRawUrlPath(url)
+                .send();
     }
 
     static Collection<String> toNames(Collection<GHLabel> labels) {

src/main/java/org/kohsuke/github/GHLicense.java

@@ -199,7 +199,7 @@ public class GHLicense extends GHObject {
         if (description != null)
             return; // already populated
 
-        root.retrieve().to(url, this);
+        root.createRequest().withUrlPath(url).fetchInto(this);
     }
 
     @Override

src/main/java/org/kohsuke/github/GHMarketplaceAccount.java

@@ -0,0 +1,88 @@
+package org.kohsuke.github;
+
+import java.net.URL;
+
+/**
+ * Base class for Github Marketplace Account.
+ *
+ * @author Paulo Miguel Almeida
+ * @see GitHub#getMyMarketplacePurchases()
+ * @see GHMarketplaceListAccountBuilder#createRequest()
+ */
+public class GHMarketplaceAccount {
+
+    protected GitHub root;
+    private String url;
+    private long id;
+    private String login;
+    private String email;
+    private String organizationBillingEmail;
+    private GHMarketplaceAccountType type;
+
+    /**
+     * Wrap up gh marketplace account.
+     *
+     * @param root
+     *            the root
+     * @return an instance of the GHMarketplaceAccount class
+     */
+    GHMarketplaceAccount wrapUp(GitHub root) {
+        this.root = root;
+        return this;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Gets url.
+     *
+     * @return the url
+     */
+    public URL getUrl() {
+        return GitHub.parseURL(url);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Gets id.
+     *
+     * @return the id
+     */
+    public long getId() {
+        return id;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Gets login.
+     *
+     * @return the login
+     */
+    public String getLogin() {
+        return login;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Gets email.
+     *
+     * @return the email
+     */
+    public String getEmail() {
+        return email;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Gets organization billing email.
+     *
+     * @return the organization billing email
+     */
+    public String getOrganizationBillingEmail() {
+        return organizationBillingEmail;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Gets type.
+     *
+     * @return the type
+     */
+    public GHMarketplaceAccountType getType() {
+        return type;
+    }
+
+}

src/main/java/org/kohsuke/github/GHMarketplaceAccountPlan.java

@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+package org.kohsuke.github;
+
+import edu.umd.cs.findbugs.annotations.SuppressFBWarnings;
+
+/**
+ * A Github Marketplace Account Plan.
+ *
+ * @author Paulo Miguel Almeida
+ * @see GHMarketplaceListAccountBuilder#createRequest()
+ */
+public class GHMarketplaceAccountPlan extends GHMarketplaceAccount {
+
+    @SuppressFBWarnings(value = "UWF_UNWRITTEN_FIELD", justification = "Field comes from JSON deserialization")
+    private GHMarketplacePendingChange marketplacePendingChange;
+    @SuppressFBWarnings(value = "UWF_UNWRITTEN_FIELD", justification = "Field comes from JSON deserialization")
+    private GHMarketplacePurchase marketplacePurchase;
+
+    /**
+     * Wrap up gh marketplace account.
+     *
+     * @param root
+     *            the root
+     * @return an instance of the GHMarketplaceAccount class
+     */
+    GHMarketplaceAccountPlan wrapUp(GitHub root) {
+        super.wrapUp(root);
+        if (this.marketplacePendingChange != null)
+            this.marketplacePendingChange.wrapUp(this.root);
+
+        if (this.marketplacePurchase != null)
+            this.marketplacePurchase.wrapUp(this.root);
+
+        return this;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Gets marketplace pending change.
+     *
+     * @return the marketplace pending change
+     */
+    public GHMarketplacePendingChange getMarketplacePendingChange() {
+        return marketplacePendingChange;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Gets marketplace purchase.
+     *
+     * @return the marketplace purchase
+     */
+    public GHMarketplacePurchase getMarketplacePurchase() {
+        return marketplacePurchase;
+    }
+}

src/main/java/org/kohsuke/github/GHMarketplaceAccountType.java

@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+package org.kohsuke.github;
+
+import org.apache.commons.lang3.StringUtils;
+
+import java.util.Locale;
+
+/**
+ * GitHub Marketplace Account type.
+ *
+ * @author Paulo Miguel Almeida
+ * @see GHMarketplaceAccount
+ */
+public enum GHMarketplaceAccountType {
+    ORGANIZATION, USER;
+
+    /**
+     * Returns GitHub's internal representation of this event.
+     */
+    String symbol() {
+        return StringUtils.capitalize(name().toLowerCase(Locale.ENGLISH));
+    }
+}

src/main/java/org/kohsuke/github/GHMarketplaceListAccountBuilder.java

@@ -0,0 +1,71 @@
+package org.kohsuke.github;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+
+/**
+ * Returns any accounts associated with a plan, including free plans
+ *
+ * @author Paulo Miguel Almeida
+ * @see GHMarketplacePlan#listAccounts()
+ */
+public class GHMarketplaceListAccountBuilder {
+    private final GitHub root;
+    private final Requester builder;
+    private final long planId;
+
+    GHMarketplaceListAccountBuilder(GitHub root, long planId) {
+        this.root = root;
+        this.builder = root.createRequest();
+        this.planId = planId;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Sorts the GitHub accounts by the date they were created or last updated. Can be one of created or updated.
+     * <p>
+     * If omitted, the default sorting strategy will be "CREATED"
+     *
+     * @param sort
+     *            the sort strategy
+     * @return a GHMarketplaceListAccountBuilder
+     */
+    public GHMarketplaceListAccountBuilder sort(Sort sort) {
+        this.builder.with("sort", sort);
+        return this;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Orders the GitHub accounts results, Can be one of asc or desc. Ignored without the sort parameter.
+     *
+     * @param direction
+     *            the order strategy
+     * @return a GHMarketplaceListAccountBuilder
+     */
+    public GHMarketplaceListAccountBuilder direction(GHDirection direction) {
+        this.builder.with("direction", direction);
+        return this;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * The enum Sort.
+     */
+    public enum Sort {
+        CREATED, UPDATED
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * List any accounts associated with the plan specified on construction with all the order/sort parameters set.
+     * <p>
+     * GitHub Apps must use a JWT to access this endpoint.
+     * <p>
+     * OAuth Apps must use basic authentication with their client ID and client secret to access this endpoint.
+     *
+     * @return a paged iterable instance of GHMarketplaceAccountPlan
+     * @throws IOException
+     *             on error
+     */
+    public PagedIterable<GHMarketplaceAccountPlan> createRequest() throws IOException {
+        return builder.withUrlPath(String.format("/marketplace_listing/plans/%d/accounts", this.planId))
+                .toIterable(GHMarketplaceAccountPlan[].class, item -> item.wrapUp(root));
+    }
+
+}

src/main/java/org/kohsuke/github/GHMarketplacePendingChange.java

@@ -0,0 +1,74 @@
+package org.kohsuke.github;
+
+import edu.umd.cs.findbugs.annotations.SuppressFBWarnings;
+
+import java.util.Date;
+
+/**
+ * A Github Marketplace purchase pending change.
+ *
+ * @author Paulo Miguel Almeida
+ * @see GHMarketplaceListAccountBuilder#createRequest()
+ */
+public class GHMarketplacePendingChange {
+    private GitHub root;
+    private long id;
+    @SuppressFBWarnings(value = "UWF_UNWRITTEN_FIELD", justification = "Field comes from JSON deserialization")
+    private Long unitCount;
+    @SuppressFBWarnings(value = "UWF_UNWRITTEN_FIELD", justification = "Field comes from JSON deserialization")
+    private GHMarketplacePlan plan;
+    @SuppressFBWarnings(value = "UWF_UNWRITTEN_FIELD", justification = "Field comes from JSON deserialization")
+    private String effectiveDate;
+
+    /**
+     * Wrap up gh marketplace pending change.
+     *
+     * @param root
+     *            the root
+     * @return an instance of the GHMarketplacePendingChange class
+     */
+    GHMarketplacePendingChange wrapUp(GitHub root) {
+        this.root = root;
+        if (plan != null) { // sanity check
+            this.plan.wrapUp(this.root);
+        }
+        return this;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Gets id.
+     *
+     * @return the id
+     */
+    public long getId() {
+        return id;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Gets unit count.
+     *
+     * @return the unit count
+     */
+    public Long getUnitCount() {
+        return unitCount;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Gets plan.
+     *
+     * @return the plan
+     */
+    public GHMarketplacePlan getPlan() {
+        return plan;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Gets effective date.
+     *
+     * @return the effective date
+     */
+    public Date getEffectiveDate() {
+        return GitHub.parseDate(effectiveDate);
+    }
+
+}

src/main/java/org/kohsuke/github/GHMarketplacePlan.java

@@ -0,0 +1,184 @@
+package org.kohsuke.github;
+
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonProperty;
+
+import java.net.URL;
+import java.util.List;
+
+/**
+ * A Github Marketplace plan.
+ *
+ * @author Paulo Miguel Almeida
+ * @see GitHub#listMarketplacePlans()
+ */
+public class GHMarketplacePlan {
+
+    private GitHub root;
+    private String url;
+    private String accountsUrl;
+    private long id;
+    private long number;
+    private String name;
+    private String description;
+    private long monthlyPriceInCents;
+    private long yearlyPriceInCents;
+    private GHMarketplacePriceModel priceModel;
+    @JsonProperty("has_free_trial")
+    private boolean freeTrial; // JavaBeans Spec 1.01 section 8.3.2 forces us to have is<propertyName>
+    private String unitName;
+    private String state;
+    private List<String> bullets;
+
+    /**
+     * Wrap up gh marketplace plan.
+     *
+     * @param root
+     *            the root
+     * @return an instance of the GHMarketplacePlan class
+     */
+    GHMarketplacePlan wrapUp(GitHub root) {
+        this.root = root;
+        return this;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Gets url.
+     *
+     * @return the url
+     */
+    public URL getUrl() {
+        return GitHub.parseURL(url);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Gets accounts url.
+     *
+     * @return the accounts url
+     */
+    public String getAccountsUrl() {
+        return accountsUrl;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Gets id.
+     *
+     * @return the id
+     */
+    public long getId() {
+        return id;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Gets number.
+     *
+     * @return the number
+     */
+    public long getNumber() {
+        return number;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Gets name.
+     *
+     * @return the name
+     */
+    public String getName() {
+        return name;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Gets description.
+     *
+     * @return the description
+     */
+    public String getDescription() {
+        return description;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Gets monthly price in cents.
+     *
+     * @return the monthly price in cents
+     */
+    public long getMonthlyPriceInCents() {
+        return monthlyPriceInCents;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Gets yearly price in cents.
+     *
+     * @return the yearly price in cents
+     */
+    public long getYearlyPriceInCents() {
+        return yearlyPriceInCents;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Gets price model.
+     *
+     * @return the price model
+     */
+    public GHMarketplacePriceModel getPriceModel() {
+        return priceModel;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Is free trial boolean.
+     *
+     * @return the boolean
+     */
+    public boolean isFreeTrial() {
+        return freeTrial;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Gets unit name.
+     *
+     * @return the unit name
+     */
+    public String getUnitName() {
+        return unitName;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Gets state.
+     *
+     * @return the state
+     */
+    public String getState() {
+        return state;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Gets bullets.
+     *
+     * @return the bullets
+     */
+    public List<String> getBullets() {
+        return bullets;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Starts a builder that list any accounts associated with a plan, including free plans. For per-seat pricing, you
+     * see the list of accounts that have purchased the plan, including the number of seats purchased. When someone
+     * submits a plan change that won't be processed until the end of their billing cycle, you will also see the
+     * upcoming pending change.
+     *
+     * <p>
+     * You use the returned builder to set various properties, then call
+     * {@link GHMarketplaceListAccountBuilder#createRequest()} to finally list the accounts related to this plan.
+     *
+     * <p>
+     * GitHub Apps must use a JWT to access this endpoint.
+     * <p>
+     * OAuth Apps must use basic authentication with their client ID and client secret to access this endpoint.
+     *
+     * @return a GHMarketplaceListAccountBuilder instance
+     * @see <a href=
+     *      "https://developer.github.com/v3/apps/marketplace/#list-all-github-accounts-user-or-organization-on-a-specific-plan">List
+     *      all GitHub accounts (user or organization) on a specific plan</a>
+     */
+    public GHMarketplaceListAccountBuilder listAccounts() {
+        return new GHMarketplaceListAccountBuilder(root, this.id);
+    }
+}

src/main/java/org/kohsuke/github/GHMarketplacePriceModel.java

@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+package org.kohsuke.github;
+
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonValue;
+
+/**
+ * GitHub Marketplace plan pricing model.
+ *
+ * @author Paulo Miguel Almeida
+ * @see GHMarketplacePlan
+ */
+public enum GHMarketplacePriceModel {
+    FREE("free"), PER_UNIT("per-unit"), FLAT_RATE("flat-rate");
+
+    @JsonValue
+    private final String internalName;
+
+    GHMarketplacePriceModel(String internalName) {
+        this.internalName = internalName;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Returns GitHub's internal representation of this event.
+     *
+     * @return a string containing GitHub's internal representation of this event.
+     */
+    public String symbol() {
+        return internalName;
+    }
+}

src/main/java/org/kohsuke/github/GHMarketplacePurchase.java

@@ -0,0 +1,102 @@
+package org.kohsuke.github;
+
+import edu.umd.cs.findbugs.annotations.SuppressFBWarnings;
+
+import java.util.Date;
+
+/**
+ * A Github Marketplace purchase.
+ *
+ * @author Paulo Miguel Almeida
+ * @see GHMarketplaceListAccountBuilder#createRequest() GHMarketplaceListAccountBuilder#createRequest()
+ */
+public class GHMarketplacePurchase {
+
+    private GitHub root;
+    private String billingCycle;
+    private String nextBillingDate;
+    private boolean onFreeTrial;
+    private String freeTrialEndsOn;
+    private Long unitCount;
+    private String updatedAt;
+    @SuppressFBWarnings(value = "UWF_UNWRITTEN_FIELD", justification = "Field comes from JSON deserialization")
+    private GHMarketplacePlan plan;
+
+    /**
+     * Wrap up gh marketplace purchase.
+     *
+     * @param root
+     *            the root
+     * @return an instance of the GHMarketplacePurchase class
+     */
+    GHMarketplacePurchase wrapUp(GitHub root) {
+        this.root = root;
+        if (plan != null) { // sanity check
+            this.plan.wrapUp(this.root);
+        }
+        return this;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Gets billing cycle.
+     *
+     * @return the billing cycle
+     */
+    public String getBillingCycle() {
+        return billingCycle;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Gets next billing date.
+     *
+     * @return the next billing date
+     */
+    public Date getNextBillingDate() {
+        return GitHub.parseDate(nextBillingDate);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Is on free trial boolean.
+     *
+     * @return the boolean
+     */
+    public boolean isOnFreeTrial() {
+        return onFreeTrial;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Gets free trial ends on.
+     *
+     * @return the free trial ends on
+     */
+    public Date getFreeTrialEndsOn() {
+        return GitHub.parseDate(freeTrialEndsOn);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Gets unit count.
+     *
+     * @return the unit count
+     */
+    public Long getUnitCount() {
+        return unitCount;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Gets updated at.
+     *
+     * @return the updated at
+     */
+    public Date getUpdatedAt() {
+        return GitHub.parseDate(updatedAt);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Gets plan.
+     *
+     * @return the plan
+     */
+    public GHMarketplacePlan getPlan() {
+        return plan;
+    }
+}

src/main/java/org/kohsuke/github/GHMarketplaceUserPurchase.java

@@ -0,0 +1,113 @@
+package org.kohsuke.github;
+
+import edu.umd.cs.findbugs.annotations.SuppressFBWarnings;
+
+import java.util.Date;
+
+/**
+ * Github Marketplace User Purchase
+ *
+ * @author Paulo Miguel Almeida
+ * @see GitHub#getMyMarketplacePurchases()
+ */
+public class GHMarketplaceUserPurchase {
+    protected GitHub root;
+    private String billingCycle;
+    private String nextBillingDate;
+    private boolean onFreeTrial;
+    private String freeTrialEndsOn;
+    private Long unitCount;
+    private String updatedAt;
+    @SuppressFBWarnings(value = "UWF_UNWRITTEN_FIELD", justification = "Field comes from JSON deserialization")
+    private GHMarketplaceAccount account;
+    @SuppressFBWarnings(value = "UWF_UNWRITTEN_FIELD", justification = "Field comes from JSON deserialization")
+    private GHMarketplacePlan plan;
+
+    /**
+     * Wrap up GHMarketplaceUserPurchase.
+     *
+     * @param root
+     *            the root
+     * @return an instance of the GHMarketplaceUserPurchase class
+     */
+    GHMarketplaceUserPurchase wrapUp(GitHub root) {
+        this.root = root;
+        if (this.account != null)
+            this.account.wrapUp(this.root);
+        if (this.plan != null)
+            this.plan.wrapUp(this.root);
+        return this;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Gets billing cycle.
+     *
+     * @return the billing cycle
+     */
+    public String getBillingCycle() {
+        return billingCycle;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Gets next billing date.
+     *
+     * @return the next billing date
+     */
+    public Date getNextBillingDate() {
+        return GitHub.parseDate(nextBillingDate);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Is on free trial boolean.
+     *
+     * @return the boolean
+     */
+    public boolean isOnFreeTrial() {
+        return onFreeTrial;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Gets free trial ends on.
+     *
+     * @return the free trial ends on
+     */
+    public Date getFreeTrialEndsOn() {
+        return GitHub.parseDate(freeTrialEndsOn);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Gets unit count.
+     *
+     * @return the unit count
+     */
+    public Long getUnitCount() {
+        return unitCount;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Gets updated at.
+     *
+     * @return the updated at
+     */
+    public Date getUpdatedAt() {
+        return GitHub.parseDate(updatedAt);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Gets account.
+     *
+     * @return the account
+     */
+    public GHMarketplaceAccount getAccount() {
+        return account;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Gets plan.
+     *
+     * @return the plan
+     */
+    public GHMarketplacePlan getPlan() {
+        return plan;
+    }
+}

src/main/java/org/kohsuke/github/GHMembership.java

@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ public class GHMembership /* extends GHObject --- but it doesn't have id, create
      * @see GHMyself#getMembership(GHOrganization) GHMyself#getMembership(GHOrganization)
      */
     public void activate() throws IOException {
-        root.retrieve().method("PATCH").with("state", State.ACTIVE).to(url, this);
+        root.createRequest().method("PATCH").with("state", State.ACTIVE).withUrlPath(url).fetchInto(this);
     }
 
     GHMembership wrap(GitHub root) {

src/main/java/org/kohsuke/github/GHMilestone.java

@@ -155,11 +155,11 @@ public class GHMilestone extends GHObject {
      *             the io exception
      */
     public void delete() throws IOException {
-        root.retrieve().method("DELETE").to(getApiRoute());
+        root.createRequest().method("DELETE").withUrlPath(getApiRoute()).send();
     }
 
     private void edit(String key, Object value) throws IOException {
-        new Requester(root).with(key, value).method("PATCH").to(getApiRoute());
+        root.createRequest().with(key, value).method("PATCH").withUrlPath(getApiRoute()).send();
     }
 
     /**

src/main/java/org/kohsuke/github/GHMyself.java

@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ public class GHMyself extends GHUser {
      *             the io exception
      */
     public List<GHEmail> getEmails2() throws IOException {
-        GHEmail[] addresses = root.retrieve().to("/user/emails", GHEmail[].class);
+        GHEmail[] addresses = root.createRequest().withUrlPath("/user/emails").fetchArray(GHEmail[].class);
         return Collections.unmodifiableList(Arrays.asList(addresses));
     }
 
@@ -86,7 +86,8 @@ public class GHMyself extends GHUser {
      *             the io exception
      */
     public List<GHKey> getPublicKeys() throws IOException {
-        return Collections.unmodifiableList(Arrays.asList(root.retrieve().to("/user/keys", GHKey[].class)));
+        return Collections.unmodifiableList(
+                Arrays.asList(root.createRequest().withUrlPath("/user/keys").fetchArray(GHKey[].class)));
     }
 
     /**
@@ -100,8 +101,8 @@ public class GHMyself extends GHUser {
      *             the io exception
      */
     public List<GHVerifiedKey> getPublicVerifiedKeys() throws IOException {
-        return Collections.unmodifiableList(
-                Arrays.asList(root.retrieve().to("/users/" + getLogin() + "/keys", GHVerifiedKey[].class)));
+        return Collections.unmodifiableList(Arrays.asList(
+                root.createRequest().withUrlPath("/users/" + getLogin() + "/keys").fetchArray(GHVerifiedKey[].class)));
     }
 
     /**
@@ -114,7 +115,7 @@ public class GHMyself extends GHUser {
     public GHPersonSet<GHOrganization> getAllOrganizations() throws IOException {
         GHPersonSet<GHOrganization> orgs = new GHPersonSet<GHOrganization>();
         Set<String> names = new HashSet<String>();
-        for (GHOrganization o : root.retrieve().to("/user/orgs", GHOrganization[].class)) {
+        for (GHOrganization o : root.createRequest().withUrlPath("/user/orgs").fetchArray(GHOrganization[].class)) {
             if (names.add(o.getLogin())) // in case of rumoured duplicates in the data
                 orgs.add(root.getOrganization(o.getLogin()));
         }
@@ -175,9 +176,10 @@ public class GHMyself extends GHUser {
      * @return the paged iterable
      */
     public PagedIterable<GHRepository> listRepositories(final int pageSize, final RepositoryListFilter repoType) {
-        return root.retrieve()
+        return root.createRequest()
                 .with("type", repoType)
-                .asPagedIterable("/user/repos", GHRepository[].class, item -> item.wrap(root))
+                .withUrlPath("/user/repos")
+                .toIterable(GHRepository[].class, item -> item.wrap(root))
                 .withPageSize(pageSize);
     }
 
@@ -208,9 +210,10 @@ public class GHMyself extends GHUser {
      * @return the paged iterable
      */
     public PagedIterable<GHMembership> listOrgMemberships(final GHMembership.State state) {
-        return root.retrieve()
+        return root.createRequest()
                 .with("state", state)
-                .asPagedIterable("/user/memberships/orgs", GHMembership[].class, item -> item.wrap(root));
+                .withUrlPath("/user/memberships/orgs")
+                .toIterable(GHMembership[].class, item -> item.wrap(root));
     }
 
     /**
@@ -223,7 +226,10 @@ public class GHMyself extends GHUser {
      *             the io exception
      */
     public GHMembership getMembership(GHOrganization o) throws IOException {
-        return root.retrieve().to("/user/memberships/orgs/" + o.getLogin(), GHMembership.class).wrap(root);
+        return root.createRequest()
+                .withUrlPath("/user/memberships/orgs/" + o.getLogin())
+                .fetch(GHMembership.class)
+                .wrap(root);
     }
 
     // public void addEmails(Collection<String> emails) throws IOException {

src/main/java/org/kohsuke/github/GHNotificationStream.java

@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ public class GHNotificationStream implements Iterable<GHThread> {
      */
     public Iterator<GHThread> iterator() {
         // capture the configuration setting here
-        final Requester req = new Requester(root).method("GET")
+        final Requester req = root.createRequest()
                 .with("all", all)
                 .with("participating", participating)
                 .with("since", since);
@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@ public class GHNotificationStream implements Iterable<GHThread> {
 
                         req.setHeader("If-Modified-Since", lastModified);
 
-                        threads = req.to(apiUrl, GHThread[].class);
+                        threads = req.withUrlPath(apiUrl).fetchArray(GHThread[].class);
                         if (threads == null) {
                             threads = EMPTY_ARRAY; // if unmodified, we get empty array
                         } else {
@@ -232,10 +232,10 @@ public class GHNotificationStream implements Iterable<GHThread> {
      *             the io exception
      */
     public void markAsRead(long timestamp) throws IOException {
-        final Requester req = new Requester(root).method("PUT");
+        final Requester req = root.createRequest();
         if (timestamp >= 0)
             req.with("last_read_at", GitHub.printDate(new Date(timestamp)));
-        req.asHttpStatusCode(apiUrl);
+        req.withUrlPath(apiUrl).fetchHttpStatusCode();
     }
 
     private static final GHThread[] EMPTY_ARRAY = new GHThread[0];

src/main/java/org/kohsuke/github/GHOrganization.java

@@ -121,10 +121,9 @@ public class GHOrganization extends GHPerson {
      *             the io exception
      */
     public PagedIterable<GHTeam> listTeams() throws IOException {
-        return root.retrieve()
-                .asPagedIterable(String.format("/orgs/%s/teams", login),
-                        GHTeam[].class,
-                        item -> item.wrapUp(GHOrganization.this));
+        return root.createRequest()
+                .withUrlPath(String.format("/orgs/%s/teams", login))
+                .toIterable(GHTeam[].class, item -> item.wrapUp(this));
     }
 
     /**
@@ -183,10 +182,11 @@ public class GHOrganization extends GHPerson {
      *      "https://developer.github.com/v3/orgs/members/#add-or-update-organization-membership">documentation</a>
      */
     public void add(GHUser user, Role role) throws IOException {
-        root.retrieve()
+        root.createRequest()
                 .method("PUT")
                 .with("role", role.name().toLowerCase())
-                .to("/orgs/" + login + "/memberships/" + user.getLogin());
+                .withUrlPath("/orgs/" + login + "/memberships/" + user.getLogin())
+                .send();
     }
 
     /**
@@ -198,7 +198,7 @@ public class GHOrganization extends GHPerson {
      */
     public boolean hasMember(GHUser user) {
         try {
-            root.retrieve().to("/orgs/" + login + "/members/" + user.getLogin());
+            root.createRequest().withUrlPath("/orgs/" + login + "/members/" + user.getLogin()).send();
             return true;
         } catch (IOException ignore) {
             return false;
@@ -215,7 +215,7 @@ public class GHOrganization extends GHPerson {
      *             the io exception
      */
     public void remove(GHUser user) throws IOException {
-        root.retrieve().method("DELETE").to("/orgs/" + login + "/members/" + user.getLogin());
+        root.createRequest().method("DELETE").withUrlPath("/orgs/" + login + "/members/" + user.getLogin()).send();
     }
 
     /**
@@ -227,7 +227,7 @@ public class GHOrganization extends GHPerson {
      */
     public boolean hasPublicMember(GHUser user) {
         try {
-            root.retrieve().to("/orgs/" + login + "/public_members/" + user.getLogin());
+            root.createRequest().withUrlPath("/orgs/" + login + "/public_members/" + user.getLogin()).send();
             return true;
         } catch (IOException ignore) {
             return false;
@@ -243,7 +243,7 @@ public class GHOrganization extends GHPerson {
      *             the io exception
      */
     public void publicize(GHUser u) throws IOException {
-        root.retrieve().method("PUT").to("/orgs/" + login + "/public_members/" + u.getLogin(), null);
+        root.createRequest().method("PUT").withUrlPath("/orgs/" + login + "/public_members/" + u.getLogin()).send();
     }
 
     /**
@@ -299,10 +299,9 @@ public class GHOrganization extends GHPerson {
 
     private PagedIterable<GHUser> listMembers(final String suffix, final String filter) throws IOException {
         String filterParams = (filter == null) ? "" : ("?filter=" + filter);
-        return root.retrieve()
-                .asPagedIterable(String.format("/orgs/%s/%s%s", login, suffix, filterParams),
-                        GHUser[].class,
-                        item -> item.wrapUp(root));
+        return root.createRequest()
+                .withUrlPath(String.format("/orgs/%s/%s%s", login, suffix, filterParams))
+                .toIterable(GHUser[].class, item -> item.wrapUp(root));
     }
 
     /**
@@ -314,7 +313,7 @@ public class GHOrganization extends GHPerson {
      *             the io exception
      */
     public void conceal(GHUser u) throws IOException {
-        root.retrieve().method("DELETE").to("/orgs/" + login + "/public_members/" + u.getLogin(), null);
+        root.createRequest().method("DELETE").withUrlPath("/orgs/" + login + "/public_members/" + u.getLogin()).send();
     }
 
     /**
@@ -327,10 +326,11 @@ public class GHOrganization extends GHPerson {
      *             the io exception
      */
     public PagedIterable<GHProject> listProjects(final GHProject.ProjectStateFilter status) throws IOException {
-        return root.retrieve()
+        return root.createRequest()
                 .withPreview(INERTIA)
                 .with("state", status)
-                .asPagedIterable(String.format("/orgs/%s/projects", login), GHProject[].class, item -> item.wrap(root));
+                .withUrlPath(String.format("/orgs/%s/projects", login))
+                .toIterable(GHProject[].class, item -> item.wrap(root));
     }
 
     /**
@@ -356,12 +356,13 @@ public class GHOrganization extends GHPerson {
      *             the io exception
      */
     public GHProject createProject(String name, String body) throws IOException {
-        return root.retrieve()
+        return root.createRequest()
                 .method("POST")
                 .withPreview(INERTIA)
                 .with("name", name)
                 .with("body", body)
-                .to(String.format("/orgs/%s/projects", login), GHProject.class)
+                .withUrlPath(String.format("/orgs/%s/projects", login))
+                .fetch(GHProject.class)
                 .wrap(root);
     }
 
@@ -389,13 +390,13 @@ public class GHOrganization extends GHPerson {
      */
     @Deprecated
     public GHTeam createTeam(String name, Permission p, Collection<GHRepository> repositories) throws IOException {
-        Requester post = new Requester(root).with("name", name).with("permission", p);
+        Requester post = root.createRequest().method("POST").with("name", name).with("permission", p);
         List<String> repo_names = new ArrayList<String>();
         for (GHRepository r : repositories) {
             repo_names.add(login + "/" + r.getName());
         }
         post.with("repo_names", repo_names);
-        return post.method("POST").to("/orgs/" + login + "/teams", GHTeam.class).wrapUp(this);
+        return post.withUrlPath("/orgs/" + login + "/teams").fetch(GHTeam.class).wrapUp(this);
     }
 
     /**
@@ -430,13 +431,13 @@ public class GHOrganization extends GHPerson {
      *             the io exception
      */
     public GHTeam createTeam(String name, Collection<GHRepository> repositories) throws IOException {
-        Requester post = new Requester(root).with("name", name);
+        Requester post = root.createRequest().method("POST").with("name", name);
         List<String> repo_names = new ArrayList<String>();
         for (GHRepository r : repositories) {
             repo_names.add(login + "/" + r.getName());
         }
         post.with("repo_names", repo_names);
-        return post.method("POST").to("/orgs/" + login + "/teams", GHTeam.class).wrapUp(this);
+        return post.withUrlPath("/orgs/" + login + "/teams").fetch(GHTeam.class).wrapUp(this);
     }
 
     /**
@@ -495,10 +496,9 @@ public class GHOrganization extends GHPerson {
      * Lists events performed by a user (this includes private events if the caller is authenticated.
      */
     public PagedIterable<GHEventInfo> listEvents() throws IOException {
-        return root.retrieve()
-                .asPagedIterable(String.format("/orgs/%s/events", login),
-                        GHEventInfo[].class,
-                        item -> item.wrapUp(root));
+        return root.createRequest()
+                .withUrlPath(String.format("/orgs/%s/events", login))
+                .toIterable(GHEventInfo[].class, item -> item.wrapUp(root));
     }
 
     /**
@@ -511,8 +511,9 @@ public class GHOrganization extends GHPerson {
      */
     @Override
     public PagedIterable<GHRepository> listRepositories(final int pageSize) {
-        return root.retrieve()
-                .asPagedIterable("/orgs/" + login + "/repos", GHRepository[].class, item -> item.wrap(root))
+        return root.createRequest()
+                .withUrlPath("/orgs/" + login + "/repos")
+                .toIterable(GHRepository[].class, item -> item.wrap(root))
                 .withPageSize(pageSize);
     }
 

src/main/java/org/kohsuke/github/GHPerson.java

@@ -23,9 +23,10 @@ public abstract class GHPerson extends GHObject {
     protected String login, avatar_url, gravatar_id;
 
     // other fields (that only show up in full data)
-    protected String location, blog, email, name, company;
+    protected String location, blog, email, name, company, type;
     protected String html_url;
     protected int followers, following, public_repos, public_gists;
+    protected boolean site_admin;
 
     GHPerson wrapUp(GitHub root) {
         this.root = root;
@@ -47,7 +48,7 @@ public abstract class GHPerson extends GHObject {
         if (root == null || root.isOffline()) {
             return; // cannot populate, will have to live with what we have
         }
-        root.retrieve().to(url, this);
+        root.createRequest().withUrlPath(url).fetchInto(this);
     }
 
     /**
@@ -88,8 +89,9 @@ public abstract class GHPerson extends GHObject {
      * @return the paged iterable
      */
     public PagedIterable<GHRepository> listRepositories(final int pageSize) {
-        return root.retrieve()
-                .asPagedIterable("/users/" + login + "/repos", GHRepository[].class, item -> item.wrap(root))
+        return root.createRequest()
+                .withUrlPath("/users/" + login + "/repos")
+                .toIterable(GHRepository[].class, item -> item.wrap(root))
                 .withPageSize(pageSize);
     }
 
@@ -112,8 +114,9 @@ public abstract class GHPerson extends GHObject {
     public synchronized Iterable<List<GHRepository>> iterateRepositories(final int pageSize) {
         return new Iterable<List<GHRepository>>() {
             public Iterator<List<GHRepository>> iterator() {
-                final Iterator<GHRepository[]> pager = root.retrieve()
-                        .asIterator("/users/" + login + "/repos", GHRepository[].class, pageSize);
+                final Iterator<GHRepository[]> pager = root.createRequest()
+                        .withUrlPath("users", login, "repos")
+                        .asIterator(GHRepository[].class, pageSize);
 
                 return new Iterator<List<GHRepository>>() {
                     public boolean hasNext() {
@@ -146,7 +149,10 @@ public abstract class GHPerson extends GHObject {
      */
     public GHRepository getRepository(String name) throws IOException {
         try {
-            return root.retrieve().to("/repos/" + login + '/' + name, GHRepository.class).wrap(root);
+            return root.createRequest()
+                    .withUrlPath("/repos/" + login + '/' + name)
+                    .fetch(GHRepository.class)
+                    .wrap(root);
         } catch (FileNotFoundException e) {
             return null;
         }
@@ -316,4 +322,28 @@ public abstract class GHPerson extends GHObject {
         populate();
         return followers;
     }
+
+    /**
+     * Gets the type. This is either "User" or "Organization".
+     *
+     * @return the type
+     * @throws IOException
+     *             the io exception
+     */
+    public String getType() throws IOException {
+        populate();
+        return type;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Gets the site_admin field
+     *
+     * @return the site_admin field
+     * @throws IOException
+     *             the io exception
+     */
+    public boolean isSiteAdmin() throws IOException {
+        populate();
+        return site_admin;
+    }
 }

src/main/java/org/kohsuke/github/GHProject.java

@@ -74,11 +74,17 @@ public class GHProject extends GHObject {
         if (owner == null) {
             try {
                 if (owner_url.contains("/orgs/")) {
-                    owner = root.retrieve().to(getOwnerUrl().getPath(), GHOrganization.class).wrapUp(root);
+                    owner = root.createRequest()
+                            .withUrlPath(getOwnerUrl().getPath())
+                            .fetch(GHOrganization.class)
+                            .wrapUp(root);
                 } else if (owner_url.contains("/users/")) {
-                    owner = root.retrieve().to(getOwnerUrl().getPath(), GHUser.class).wrapUp(root);
+                    owner = root.createRequest().withUrlPath(getOwnerUrl().getPath()).fetch(GHUser.class).wrapUp(root);
                 } else if (owner_url.contains("/repos/")) {
-                    owner = root.retrieve().to(getOwnerUrl().getPath(), GHRepository.class).wrap(root);
+                    owner = root.createRequest()
+                            .withUrlPath(getOwnerUrl().getPath())
+                            .fetch(GHRepository.class)
+                            .wrap(root);
                 }
             } catch (FileNotFoundException e) {
                 return null;
@@ -176,7 +182,7 @@ public class GHProject extends GHObject {
     }
 
     private void edit(String key, Object value) throws IOException {
-        new Requester(root).withPreview(INERTIA).with(key, value).method("PATCH").to(getApiRoute());
+        root.createRequest().method("PATCH").withPreview(INERTIA).with(key, value).withUrlPath(getApiRoute()).send();
     }
 
     /**
@@ -270,7 +276,7 @@ public class GHProject extends GHObject {
      *             the io exception
      */
     public void delete() throws IOException {
-        new Requester(root).withPreview(INERTIA).method("DELETE").to(getApiRoute());
+        root.createRequest().withPreview(INERTIA).method("DELETE").withUrlPath(getApiRoute()).send();
     }
 
     /**
@@ -282,11 +288,10 @@ public class GHProject extends GHObject {
      */
     public PagedIterable<GHProjectColumn> listColumns() throws IOException {
         final GHProject project = this;
-        return root.retrieve()
+        return root.createRequest()
                 .withPreview(INERTIA)
-                .asPagedIterable(String.format("/projects/%d/columns", id),
-                        GHProjectColumn[].class,
-                        item -> item.wrap(project));
+                .withUrlPath(String.format("/projects/%d/columns", id))
+                .toIterable(GHProjectColumn[].class, item -> item.wrap(project));
     }
 
     /**
@@ -299,11 +304,12 @@ public class GHProject extends GHObject {
      *             the io exception
      */
     public GHProjectColumn createColumn(String name) throws IOException {
-        return root.retrieve()
+        return root.createRequest()
                 .method("POST")
                 .withPreview(INERTIA)
                 .with("name", name)
-                .to(String.format("/projects/%d/columns", id), GHProjectColumn.class)
+                .withUrlPath(String.format("/projects/%d/columns", id))
+                .fetch(GHProjectColumn.class)
                 .wrap(this);
     }
 }

src/main/java/org/kohsuke/github/GHProjectCard.java

@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ public class GHProjectCard extends GHObject {
     public GHProject getProject() throws IOException {
         if (project == null) {
             try {
-                project = root.retrieve().to(getProjectUrl().getPath(), GHProject.class).wrap(root);
+                project = root.createRequest().withUrlPath(getProjectUrl().getPath()).fetch(GHProject.class).wrap(root);
             } catch (FileNotFoundException e) {
                 return null;
             }
@@ -90,7 +90,10 @@ public class GHProjectCard extends GHObject {
     public GHProjectColumn getColumn() throws IOException {
         if (column == null) {
             try {
-                column = root.retrieve().to(getColumnUrl().getPath(), GHProjectColumn.class).wrap(root);
+                column = root.createRequest()
+                        .withUrlPath(getColumnUrl().getPath())
+                        .fetch(GHProjectColumn.class)
+                        .wrap(root);
             } catch (FileNotFoundException e) {
                 return null;
             }
@@ -110,9 +113,12 @@ public class GHProjectCard extends GHObject {
             return null;
         try {
             if (content_url.contains("/pulls")) {
-                return root.retrieve().to(getContentUrl().getPath(), GHPullRequest.class).wrap(root);
+                return root.createRequest()
+                        .withUrlPath(getContentUrl().getPath())
+                        .fetch(GHPullRequest.class)
+                        .wrap(root);
             } else {
-                return root.retrieve().to(getContentUrl().getPath(), GHIssue.class).wrap(root);
+                return root.createRequest().withUrlPath(getContentUrl().getPath()).fetch(GHIssue.class).wrap(root);
             }
         } catch (FileNotFoundException e) {
             return null;
@@ -198,7 +204,7 @@ public class GHProjectCard extends GHObject {
     }
 
     private void edit(String key, Object value) throws IOException {
-        new Requester(root).withPreview(INERTIA).with(key, value).method("PATCH").to(getApiRoute());
+        root.createRequest().method("PATCH").withPreview(INERTIA).with(key, value).withUrlPath(getApiRoute()).send();
     }
 
     /**
@@ -217,6 +223,6 @@ public class GHProjectCard extends GHObject {
      *             the io exception
      */
     public void delete() throws IOException {
-        new Requester(root).withPreview(INERTIA).method("DELETE").to(getApiRoute());
+        root.createRequest().withPreview(INERTIA).method("DELETE").withUrlPath(getApiRoute()).send();
     }
 }

src/main/java/org/kohsuke/github/GHProjectColumn.java

@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ public class GHProjectColumn extends GHObject {
     public GHProject getProject() throws IOException {
         if (project == null) {
             try {
-                project = root.retrieve().to(getProjectUrl().getPath(), GHProject.class).wrap(root);
+                project = root.createRequest().withUrlPath(getProjectUrl().getPath()).fetch(GHProject.class).wrap(root);
             } catch (FileNotFoundException e) {
                 return null;
             }
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ public class GHProjectColumn extends GHObject {
     }
 
     private void edit(String key, Object value) throws IOException {
-        new Requester(root).withPreview(INERTIA).with(key, value).method("PATCH").to(getApiRoute());
+        root.createRequest().method("PATCH").withPreview(INERTIA).with(key, value).withUrlPath(getApiRoute()).send();
     }
 
     /**
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ public class GHProjectColumn extends GHObject {
      *             the io exception
      */
     public void delete() throws IOException {
-        new Requester(root).withPreview(INERTIA).method("DELETE").to(getApiRoute());
+        root.createRequest().withPreview(INERTIA).method("DELETE").withUrlPath(getApiRoute()).send();
     }
 
     /**
@@ -137,11 +137,10 @@ public class GHProjectColumn extends GHObject {
      */
     public PagedIterable<GHProjectCard> listCards() throws IOException {
         final GHProjectColumn column = this;
-        return root.retrieve()
+        return root.createRequest()
                 .withPreview(INERTIA)
-                .asPagedIterable(String.format("/projects/columns/%d/cards", id),
-                        GHProjectCard[].class,
-                        item -> item.wrap(column));
+                .withUrlPath(String.format("/projects/columns/%d/cards", id))
+                .toIterable(GHProjectCard[].class, item -> item.wrap(column));
     }
 
     /**
@@ -154,11 +153,12 @@ public class GHProjectColumn extends GHObject {
      *             the io exception
      */
     public GHProjectCard createCard(String note) throws IOException {
-        return root.retrieve()
+        return root.createRequest()
                 .method("POST")
                 .withPreview(INERTIA)
                 .with("note", note)
-                .to(String.format("/projects/columns/%d/cards", id), GHProjectCard.class)
+                .withUrlPath(String.format("/projects/columns/%d/cards", id))
+                .fetch(GHProjectCard.class)
                 .wrap(this);
     }
 
@@ -172,12 +172,13 @@ public class GHProjectColumn extends GHObject {
      *             the io exception
      */
     public GHProjectCard createCard(GHIssue issue) throws IOException {
-        return root.retrieve()
+        return root.createRequest()
                 .method("POST")
                 .withPreview(INERTIA)
                 .with("content_type", issue instanceof GHPullRequest ? "PullRequest" : "Issue")
                 .with("content_id", issue.getId())
-                .to(String.format("/projects/columns/%d/cards", id), GHProjectCard.class)
+                .withUrlPath(String.format("/projects/columns/%d/cards", id))
+                .fetch(GHProjectCard.class)
                 .wrap(this);
     }
 }

src/main/java/org/kohsuke/github/GHPullRequest.java

@@ -384,7 +384,7 @@ public class GHPullRequest extends GHIssue implements Refreshable {
         if (root.isOffline()) {
             return; // cannot populate, will have to live with what we have
         }
-        root.retrieve().withPreview(SHADOW_CAT).to(url, this).wrapUp(owner);
+        root.createRequest().withPreview(SHADOW_CAT).withUrlPath(url).fetchInto(this).wrapUp(owner);
     }
 
     /**
@@ -393,8 +393,9 @@ public class GHPullRequest extends GHIssue implements Refreshable {
      * @return the paged iterable
      */
     public PagedIterable<GHPullRequestFileDetail> listFiles() {
-        return root.retrieve()
-                .asPagedIterable(String.format("%s/files", getApiRoute()), GHPullRequestFileDetail[].class, null);
+        return root.createRequest()
+                .withUrlPath(String.format("%s/files", getApiRoute()))
+                .toIterable(GHPullRequestFileDetail[].class, null);
     }
 
     /**
@@ -403,10 +404,9 @@ public class GHPullRequest extends GHIssue implements Refreshable {
      * @return the paged iterable
      */
     public PagedIterable<GHPullRequestReview> listReviews() {
-        return root.retrieve()
-                .asPagedIterable(String.format("%s/reviews", getApiRoute()),
-                        GHPullRequestReview[].class,
-                        item -> item.wrapUp(GHPullRequest.this));
+        return root.createRequest()
+                .withUrlPath(String.format("%s/reviews", getApiRoute()))
+                .toIterable(GHPullRequestReview[].class, item -> item.wrapUp(this));
     }
 
     /**
@@ -417,10 +417,9 @@ public class GHPullRequest extends GHIssue implements Refreshable {
      *             the io exception
      */
     public PagedIterable<GHPullRequestReviewComment> listReviewComments() throws IOException {
-        return root.retrieve()
-                .asPagedIterable(getApiRoute() + COMMENTS_ACTION,
-                        GHPullRequestReviewComment[].class,
-                        item -> item.wrapUp(GHPullRequest.this));
+        return root.createRequest()
+                .withUrlPath(getApiRoute() + COMMENTS_ACTION)
+                .toIterable(GHPullRequestReviewComment[].class, item -> item.wrapUp(this));
     }
 
     /**
@@ -429,10 +428,9 @@ public class GHPullRequest extends GHIssue implements Refreshable {
      * @return the paged iterable
      */
     public PagedIterable<GHPullRequestCommitDetail> listCommits() {
-        return root.retrieve()
-                .asPagedIterable(String.format("%s/commits", getApiRoute()),
-                        GHPullRequestCommitDetail[].class,
-                        item -> item.wrapUp(GHPullRequest.this));
+        return root.createRequest()
+                .withUrlPath(String.format("%s/commits", getApiRoute()))
+                .toIterable(GHPullRequestCommitDetail[].class, item -> item.wrapUp(this));
     }
 
     /**
@@ -505,12 +503,14 @@ public class GHPullRequest extends GHIssue implements Refreshable {
      */
     public GHPullRequestReviewComment createReviewComment(String body, String sha, String path, int position)
             throws IOException {
-        return new Requester(root).method("POST")
+        return root.createRequest()
+                .method("POST")
                 .with("body", body)
                 .with("commit_id", sha)
                 .with("path", path)
                 .with("position", position)
-                .to(getApiRoute() + COMMENTS_ACTION, GHPullRequestReviewComment.class)
+                .withUrlPath(getApiRoute() + COMMENTS_ACTION)
+                .fetch(GHPullRequestReviewComment.class)
                 .wrapUp(this);
     }
 
@@ -523,9 +523,11 @@ public class GHPullRequest extends GHIssue implements Refreshable {
      *             the io exception
      */
     public void requestReviewers(List<GHUser> reviewers) throws IOException {
-        new Requester(root).method("POST")
+        root.createRequest()
+                .method("POST")
                 .with("reviewers", getLogins(reviewers))
-                .to(getApiRoute() + REQUEST_REVIEWERS);
+                .withUrlPath(getApiRoute() + REQUEST_REVIEWERS)
+                .send();
     }
 
     /**
@@ -541,7 +543,11 @@ public class GHPullRequest extends GHIssue implements Refreshable {
         for (GHTeam team : teams) {
             teamReviewers.add(team.getSlug());
         }
-        new Requester(root).method("POST").with("team_reviewers", teamReviewers).to(getApiRoute() + REQUEST_REVIEWERS);
+        root.createRequest()
+                .method("POST")
+                .with("team_reviewers", teamReviewers)
+                .withUrlPath(getApiRoute() + REQUEST_REVIEWERS)
+                .send();
     }
 
     /**
@@ -589,11 +595,13 @@ public class GHPullRequest extends GHIssue implements Refreshable {
      *             the io exception
      */
     public void merge(String msg, String sha, MergeMethod method) throws IOException {
-        new Requester(root).method("PUT")
+        root.createRequest()
+                .method("PUT")
                 .with("commit_message", msg)
                 .with("sha", sha)
                 .with("merge_method", method)
-                .to(getApiRoute() + "/merge");
+                .withUrlPath(getApiRoute() + "/merge")
+                .send();
     }
 
     /**
@@ -605,7 +613,7 @@ public class GHPullRequest extends GHIssue implements Refreshable {
 
     private void fetchIssue() throws IOException {
         if (!fetchedIssueDetails) {
-            new Requester(root).method("GET").to(getIssuesApiRoute(), this);
+            root.createRequest().withUrlPath(getIssuesApiRoute()).fetchInto(this);
             fetchedIssueDetails = true;
         }
     }

src/main/java/org/kohsuke/github/GHPullRequestQueryBuilder.java

@@ -89,6 +89,7 @@ public class GHPullRequestQueryBuilder extends GHQueryBuilder<GHPullRequest> {
     @Override
     public PagedIterable<GHPullRequest> list() {
         return req.withPreview(SHADOW_CAT)
-                .asPagedIterable(repo.getApiTailUrl("pulls"), GHPullRequest[].class, item -> item.wrapUp(repo));
+                .withUrlPath(repo.getApiTailUrl("pulls"))
+                .toIterable(GHPullRequest[].class, item -> item.wrapUp(repo));
     }
 }

src/main/java/org/kohsuke/github/GHPullRequestReview.java

@@ -160,10 +160,12 @@ public class GHPullRequestReview extends GHObject {
      *             the io exception
      */
     public void submit(String body, GHPullRequestReviewEvent event) throws IOException {
-        new Requester(owner.root).method("POST")
+        owner.root.createRequest()
+                .method("POST")
                 .with("body", body)
                 .with("event", event.action())
-                .to(getApiRoute() + "/events", this);
+                .withUrlPath(getApiRoute() + "/events")
+                .fetchInto(this);
         this.body = body;
         this.state = event.toState();
     }
@@ -175,7 +177,7 @@ public class GHPullRequestReview extends GHObject {
      *             the io exception
      */
     public void delete() throws IOException {
-        new Requester(owner.root).method("DELETE").to(getApiRoute());
+        owner.root.createRequest().method("DELETE").withUrlPath(getApiRoute()).send();
     }
 
     /**
@@ -187,7 +189,11 @@ public class GHPullRequestReview extends GHObject {
      *             the io exception
      */
     public void dismiss(String message) throws IOException {
-        new Requester(owner.root).method("PUT").with("message", message).to(getApiRoute() + "/dismissals");
+        owner.root.createRequest()
+                .method("PUT")
+                .with("message", message)
+                .withUrlPath(getApiRoute() + "/dismissals")
+                .send();
         state = GHPullRequestReviewState.DISMISSED;
     }
 
@@ -199,9 +205,8 @@ public class GHPullRequestReview extends GHObject {
      *             the io exception
      */
     public PagedIterable<GHPullRequestReviewComment> listReviewComments() throws IOException {
-        return owner.root.retrieve()
-                .asPagedIterable(getApiRoute() + "/comments",
-                        GHPullRequestReviewComment[].class,
-                        item -> item.wrapUp(owner));
+        return owner.root.createRequest()
+                .withUrlPath(getApiRoute() + "/comments")
+                .toIterable(GHPullRequestReviewComment[].class, item -> item.wrapUp(owner));
     }
 }

src/main/java/org/kohsuke/github/GHPullRequestReviewBuilder.java

@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ public class GHPullRequestReviewBuilder {
 
     GHPullRequestReviewBuilder(GHPullRequest pr) {
         this.pr = pr;
-        this.builder = new Requester(pr.root);
+        this.builder = pr.root.createRequest();
     }
 
     // public GHPullRequestReview createReview(@Nullable String commitId, String body, GHPullRequestReviewEvent event,
@@ -91,7 +91,8 @@ public class GHPullRequestReviewBuilder {
     public GHPullRequestReview create() throws IOException {
         return builder.method("POST")
                 .with("comments", comments)
-                .to(pr.getApiRoute() + "/reviews", GHPullRequestReview.class)
+                .withUrlPath(pr.getApiRoute() + "/reviews")
+                .fetch(GHPullRequestReview.class)
                 .wrapUp(pr);
     }
 

src/main/java/org/kohsuke/github/GHPullRequestReviewComment.java

@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ public class GHPullRequestReviewComment extends GHObject implements Reactable {
      *             the io exception
      */
     public void update(String body) throws IOException {
-        new Requester(owner.root).method("PATCH").with("body", body).to(getApiRoute(), this);
+        owner.root.createRequest().method("PATCH").with("body", body).withUrlPath(getApiRoute()).fetchInto(this);
         this.body = body;
     }
 
@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@ public class GHPullRequestReviewComment extends GHObject implements Reactable {
      *             the io exception
      */
     public void delete() throws IOException {
-        new Requester(owner.root).method("DELETE").to(getApiRoute());
+        owner.root.createRequest().method("DELETE").withUrlPath(getApiRoute()).send();
     }
 
     /**
@@ -187,27 +187,33 @@ public class GHPullRequestReviewComment extends GHObject implements Reactable {
      *             the io exception
      */
     public GHPullRequestReviewComment reply(String body) throws IOException {
-        return new Requester(owner.root).method("POST")
+        return owner.root.createRequest()
+                .method("POST")
                 .with("body", body)
                 .with("in_reply_to", getId())
-                .to(getApiRoute() + "/comments", GHPullRequestReviewComment.class)
+                .withUrlPath(getApiRoute() + "/comments")
+                .fetch(GHPullRequestReviewComment.class)
                 .wrapUp(owner);
     }
 
     @Preview
     @Deprecated
     public GHReaction createReaction(ReactionContent content) throws IOException {
-        return new Requester(owner.root).withPreview(SQUIRREL_GIRL)
+        return owner.root.createRequest()
+                .method("POST")
+                .withPreview(SQUIRREL_GIRL)
                 .with("content", content.getContent())
-                .to(getApiRoute() + "/reactions", GHReaction.class)
+                .withUrlPath(getApiRoute() + "/reactions")
+                .fetch(GHReaction.class)
                 .wrap(owner.root);
     }
 
     @Preview
     @Deprecated
     public PagedIterable<GHReaction> listReactions() {
-        return owner.root.retrieve()
+        return owner.root.createRequest()
                 .withPreview(SQUIRREL_GIRL)
-                .asPagedIterable(getApiRoute() + "/reactions", GHReaction[].class, item -> item.wrap(owner.root));
+                .withUrlPath(getApiRoute() + "/reactions")
+                .toIterable(GHReaction[].class, item -> item.wrap(owner.root));
     }
 }

src/main/java/org/kohsuke/github/GHQueryBuilder.java

@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ public abstract class GHQueryBuilder<T> {
 
     GHQueryBuilder(GitHub root) {
         this.root = root;
-        this.req = root.retrieve();
+        this.req = root.createRequest();
     }
 
     /**

src/main/java/org/kohsuke/github/GHRateLimit.java

@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ import java.util.Date;
 import java.util.Objects;
 import java.util.logging.Logger;
 
+import javax.annotation.CheckForNull;
 import javax.annotation.Nonnull;
 
 import static java.util.logging.Level.FINEST;
@@ -41,7 +42,10 @@ public class GHRateLimit {
     public int limit;
 
     /**
-     * The time at which the current rate limit window resets in UTC epoch seconds. NOTE: that means to
+     * The time at which the current rate limit window resets in UTC epoch seconds. WARNING: this field was implemented
+     * using {@link Date#Date(long)} which expects UTC epoch milliseconds, so this Date instance is meaningless as a
+     * date. To use this field in any meaningful way, it must be converted to a long using {@link Date#getTime()}
+     * multiplied by 1000.
      *
      * @deprecated This value should never have been made public. Use {@link #getResetDate()}
      */
@@ -60,6 +64,7 @@ public class GHRateLimit {
     @Nonnull
     private final Record integrationManifest;
 
+    @Nonnull
     static GHRateLimit Unknown() {
         return new GHRateLimit(new UnknownLimitRecord(),
                 new UnknownLimitRecord(),
@@ -67,6 +72,7 @@ public class GHRateLimit {
                 new UnknownLimitRecord());
     }
 
+    @Nonnull
     static GHRateLimit fromHeaderRecord(Record header) {
         return new GHRateLimit(header, new UnknownLimitRecord(), new UnknownLimitRecord(), new UnknownLimitRecord());
     }
@@ -76,6 +82,12 @@ public class GHRateLimit {
             @Nonnull @JsonProperty("search") Record search,
             @Nonnull @JsonProperty("graphql") Record graphql,
             @Nonnull @JsonProperty("integration_manifest") Record integrationManifest) {
+        // The Nonnull annotation is ignored by Jackson, we have to check manually
+        Objects.requireNonNull(core);
+        Objects.requireNonNull(search);
+        Objects.requireNonNull(graphql);
+        Objects.requireNonNull(integrationManifest);
+
         this.core = core;
         this.search = search;
         this.graphql = graphql;
@@ -84,6 +96,7 @@ public class GHRateLimit {
         // Deprecated fields
         this.remaining = core.getRemaining();
         this.limit = core.getLimit();
+        // This is wrong but is how this was implemented. Kept for backward compat.
         this.reset = new Date(core.getResetEpochSeconds());
     }
 
@@ -270,9 +283,9 @@ public class GHRateLimit {
          *            the reset epoch seconds
          */
         @JsonCreator
-        public Record(@JsonProperty("limit") int limit,
-                @JsonProperty("remaining") int remaining,
-                @JsonProperty("reset") long resetEpochSeconds) {
+        public Record(@JsonProperty(value = "limit", required = true) int limit,
+                @JsonProperty(value = "remaining", required = true) int remaining,
+                @JsonProperty(value = "reset", required = true) long resetEpochSeconds) {
             this(limit, remaining, resetEpochSeconds, null);
         }
 
@@ -289,7 +302,7 @@ public class GHRateLimit {
          *            the updated at
          */
         @SuppressFBWarnings(value = "URF_UNREAD_PUBLIC_OR_PROTECTED_FIELD", justification = "Deprecated")
-        public Record(int limit, int remaining, long resetEpochSeconds, String updatedAt) {
+        public Record(int limit, int remaining, long resetEpochSeconds, @CheckForNull String updatedAt) {
             this.limit = limit;
             this.remaining = remaining;
             this.resetEpochSeconds = resetEpochSeconds;
@@ -304,7 +317,7 @@ public class GHRateLimit {
          *            a string date in RFC 1123
          * @return reset date based on the passed date
          */
-        Date recalculateResetDate(String updatedAt) {
+        Date recalculateResetDate(@CheckForNull String updatedAt) {
             long updatedAtEpochSeconds = createdAtEpochSeconds;
             if (!StringUtils.isBlank(updatedAt)) {
                 try {
@@ -319,7 +332,7 @@ public class GHRateLimit {
             }
 
             // This may seem odd but it results in an accurate or slightly pessimistic reset date
-            // based on system time rather than on the system being in sync with the server
+            // based on system time rather than assuming the system time synchronized with the server
             long calculatedSecondsUntilReset = resetEpochSeconds - updatedAtEpochSeconds;
             return resetDate = new Date((createdAtEpochSeconds + calculatedSecondsUntilReset) * 1000);
         }
@@ -352,7 +365,7 @@ public class GHRateLimit {
         }
 
         /**
-         * Whether the rate limit reset date indicated by this instance is in the
+         * Whether the rate limit reset date indicated by this instance is expired
          *
          * @return true if the rate limit reset date has passed. Otherwise false.
          */

src/main/java/org/kohsuke/github/GHReaction.java

@@ -58,6 +58,6 @@ public class GHReaction extends GHObject {
      *             the io exception
      */
     public void delete() throws IOException {
-        new Requester(root).method("DELETE").withPreview(SQUIRREL_GIRL).to("/reactions/" + id);
+        root.createRequest().method("DELETE").withPreview(SQUIRREL_GIRL).withUrlPath("/reactions/" + id).send();
     }
 }

src/main/java/org/kohsuke/github/GHRef.java

@@ -66,7 +66,13 @@ public class GHRef {
      *             the io exception
      */
     public void updateTo(String sha, Boolean force) throws IOException {
-        new Requester(root).with("sha", sha).with("force", force).method("PATCH").to(url, GHRef.class).wrap(root);
+        root.createRequest()
+                .method("PATCH")
+                .with("sha", sha)
+                .with("force", force)
+                .withUrlPath(url)
+                .fetch(GHRef.class)
+                .wrap(root);
     }
 
     /**
@@ -76,7 +82,7 @@ public class GHRef {
      *             the io exception
      */
     public void delete() throws IOException {
-        new Requester(root).method("DELETE").to(url);
+        root.createRequest().method("DELETE").withUrlPath(url).send();
     }
 
     GHRef wrap(GitHub root) {

src/main/java/org/kohsuke/github/GHRelease.java

@@ -240,12 +240,12 @@ public class GHRelease extends GHObject {
      *             the io exception
      */
     public GHAsset uploadAsset(String filename, InputStream stream, String contentType) throws IOException {
-        Requester builder = new Requester(owner.root);
+        Requester builder = owner.root.createRequest().method("POST");
         String url = getUploadUrl();
         // strip the helpful garbage from the url
         url = url.substring(0, url.indexOf('{'));
         url += "?name=" + URLEncoder.encode(filename, "UTF-8");
-        return builder.contentType(contentType).with(stream).to(url, GHAsset.class).wrap(this);
+        return builder.contentType(contentType).with(stream).withUrlPath(url).fetch(GHAsset.class).wrap(this);
     }
 
     /**
@@ -256,9 +256,9 @@ public class GHRelease extends GHObject {
      *             the io exception
      */
     public List<GHAsset> getAssets() throws IOException {
-        Requester builder = new Requester(owner.root);
+        Requester builder = owner.root.createRequest();
 
-        GHAsset[] assets = builder.method("GET").to(getApiTailUrl("assets"), GHAsset[].class);
+        GHAsset[] assets = builder.withUrlPath(getApiTailUrl("assets")).fetchArray(GHAsset[].class);
         return Arrays.asList(GHAsset.wrap(assets, this));
     }
 
@@ -269,7 +269,7 @@ public class GHRelease extends GHObject {
      *             the io exception
      */
     public void delete() throws IOException {
-        new Requester(root).method("DELETE").to(owner.getApiTailUrl("releases/" + id));
+        root.createRequest().method("DELETE").withUrlPath(owner.getApiTailUrl("releases/" + id)).send();
     }
 
     /**

src/main/java/org/kohsuke/github/GHReleaseBuilder.java

@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ public class GHReleaseBuilder {
      */
     public GHReleaseBuilder(GHRepository ghRepository, String tag) {
         this.repo = ghRepository;
-        this.builder = new Requester(repo.root);
+        this.builder = repo.root.createRequest().method("POST");
         builder.with("tag_name", tag);
     }
 
@@ -95,6 +95,6 @@ public class GHReleaseBuilder {
      *             the io exception
      */
     public GHRelease create() throws IOException {
-        return builder.to(repo.getApiTailUrl("releases"), GHRelease.class).wrap(repo);
+        return builder.withUrlPath(repo.getApiTailUrl("releases")).fetch(GHRelease.class).wrap(repo);
     }
 }

src/main/java/org/kohsuke/github/GHReleaseUpdater.java

@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ public class GHReleaseUpdater {
 
     GHReleaseUpdater(GHRelease base) {
         this.base = base;
-        this.builder = new Requester(base.root);
+        this.builder = base.root.createRequest();
     }
 
     /**
@@ -100,7 +100,8 @@ public class GHReleaseUpdater {
      */
     public GHRelease update() throws IOException {
         return builder.method("PATCH")
-                .to(base.owner.getApiTailUrl("releases/" + base.id), GHRelease.class)
+                .withUrlPath(base.owner.getApiTailUrl("releases/" + base.id))
+                .fetch(GHRelease.class)
                 .wrap(base.owner);
     }
 

src/main/java/org/kohsuke/github/GHRepository.java

@@ -134,13 +134,13 @@ public class GHRepository extends GHObject {
      * @return the paged iterable
      */
     public PagedIterable<GHDeployment> listDeployments(String sha, String ref, String task, String environment) {
-        List<String> params = Arrays.asList(getParam("sha", sha),
-                getParam("ref", ref),
-                getParam("task", task),
-                getParam("environment", environment));
-        final String deploymentsUrl = getApiTailUrl("deployments") + "?" + join(params, "&");
-        return root.retrieve()
-                .asPagedIterable(deploymentsUrl, GHDeployment[].class, item -> item.wrap(GHRepository.this));
+        return root.createRequest()
+                .with("sha", sha)
+                .with("ref", ref)
+                .with("task", task)
+                .with("environment", environment)
+                .withUrlPath(getApiTailUrl("deployments"))
+                .toIterable(GHDeployment[].class, item -> item.wrap(this));
     }
 
     /**
@@ -153,21 +153,10 @@ public class GHRepository extends GHObject {
      *             the io exception
      */
     public GHDeployment getDeployment(long id) throws IOException {
-        return root.retrieve().to(getApiTailUrl("deployments/" + id), GHDeployment.class).wrap(this);
-    }
-
-    private String join(List<String> params, String joinStr) {
-        StringBuilder output = new StringBuilder();
-        for (String param : params) {
-            if (param != null) {
-                output.append(param + joinStr);
-            }
-        }
-        return output.toString();
-    }
-
-    private String getParam(String name, String value) {
-        return StringUtils.trimToNull(value) == null ? null : name + "=" + value;
+        return root.createRequest()
+                .withUrlPath(getApiTailUrl("deployments/" + id))
+                .fetch(GHDeployment.class)
+                .wrap(this);
     }
 
     /**
@@ -345,7 +334,7 @@ public class GHRepository extends GHObject {
      *             the io exception
      */
     public GHIssue getIssue(int id) throws IOException {
-        return root.retrieve().to(getApiTailUrl("issues/" + id), GHIssue.class).wrap(this);
+        return root.createRequest().withUrlPath(getApiTailUrl("issues/" + id)).fetch(GHIssue.class).wrap(this);
     }
 
     /**
@@ -384,10 +373,11 @@ public class GHRepository extends GHObject {
      *             the io exception
      */
     public List<GHIssue> getIssues(GHIssueState state, GHMilestone milestone) throws IOException {
-        return Arrays.asList(GHIssue.wrap(root.retrieve()
+        Requester requester = root.createRequest()
                 .with("state", state)
-                .with("milestone", milestone == null ? "none" : "" + milestone.getNumber())
-                .to(getApiTailUrl("issues"), GHIssue[].class), this));
+                .with("milestone", milestone == null ? "none" : "" + milestone.getNumber());
+        return Arrays
+                .asList(GHIssue.wrap(requester.withUrlPath(getApiTailUrl("issues")).fetchArray(GHIssue[].class), this));
     }
 
     /**
@@ -398,9 +388,10 @@ public class GHRepository extends GHObject {
      * @return the paged iterable
      */
     public PagedIterable<GHIssue> listIssues(final GHIssueState state) {
-        return root.retrieve()
+        return root.createRequest()
                 .with("state", state)
-                .asPagedIterable(getApiTailUrl("issues"), GHIssue[].class, item -> item.wrap(GHRepository.this));
+                .withUrlPath(getApiTailUrl("issues"))
+                .toIterable(GHIssue[].class, item -> item.wrap(this));
     }
 
     /**
@@ -427,10 +418,12 @@ public class GHRepository extends GHObject {
      *             the io exception
      */
     public GHRef createRef(String name, String sha) throws IOException {
-        return new Requester(root).with("ref", name)
-                .with("sha", sha)
+        return root.createRequest()
                 .method("POST")
-                .to(getApiTailUrl("git/refs"), GHRef.class)
+                .with("ref", name)
+                .with("sha", sha)
+                .withUrlPath(getApiTailUrl("git/refs"))
+                .fetch(GHRef.class)
                 .wrap(root);
     }
 
@@ -457,7 +450,7 @@ public class GHRepository extends GHObject {
      */
     public GHRelease getRelease(long id) throws IOException {
         try {
-            return root.retrieve().to(getApiTailUrl("releases/" + id), GHRelease.class).wrap(this);
+            return root.createRequest().withUrlPath(getApiTailUrl("releases/" + id)).fetch(GHRelease.class).wrap(this);
         } catch (FileNotFoundException e) {
             return null; // no release for this id
         }
@@ -474,7 +467,10 @@ public class GHRepository extends GHObject {
      */
     public GHRelease getReleaseByTagName(String tag) throws IOException {
         try {
-            return root.retrieve().to(getApiTailUrl("releases/tags/" + tag), GHRelease.class).wrap(this);
+            return root.createRequest()
+                    .withUrlPath(getApiTailUrl("releases/tags/" + tag))
+                    .fetch(GHRelease.class)
+                    .wrap(this);
         } catch (FileNotFoundException e) {
             return null; // no release for this tag
         }
@@ -489,7 +485,7 @@ public class GHRepository extends GHObject {
      */
     public GHRelease getLatestRelease() throws IOException {
         try {
-            return root.retrieve().to(getApiTailUrl("releases/latest"), GHRelease.class).wrap(this);
+            return root.createRequest().withUrlPath(getApiTailUrl("releases/latest")).fetch(GHRelease.class).wrap(this);
         } catch (FileNotFoundException e) {
             return null; // no latest release
         }
@@ -503,8 +499,9 @@ public class GHRepository extends GHObject {
      *             the io exception
      */
     public PagedIterable<GHRelease> listReleases() throws IOException {
-        return root.retrieve()
-                .asPagedIterable(getApiTailUrl("releases"), GHRelease[].class, item -> item.wrap(GHRepository.this));
+        return root.createRequest()
+                .withUrlPath(getApiTailUrl("releases"))
+                .toIterable(GHRelease[].class, item -> item.wrap(this));
     }
 
     /**
@@ -515,8 +512,9 @@ public class GHRepository extends GHObject {
      *             the io exception
      */
     public PagedIterable<GHTag> listTags() throws IOException {
-        return root.retrieve()
-                .asPagedIterable(getApiTailUrl("tags"), GHTag[].class, item -> item.wrap(GHRepository.this));
+        return root.createRequest()
+                .withUrlPath(getApiTailUrl("tags"))
+                .toIterable(GHTag[].class, item -> item.wrap(this));
     }
 
     /**
@@ -528,7 +526,7 @@ public class GHRepository extends GHObject {
      *             the io exception
      */
     public Map<String, Long> listLanguages() throws IOException {
-        return root.retrieve().to(getApiTailUrl("languages"), HashMap.class);
+        return root.createRequest().withUrlPath(getApiTailUrl("languages")).fetch(HashMap.class);
     }
 
     /**
@@ -773,7 +771,8 @@ public class GHRepository extends GHObject {
      *             the io exception
      */
     public boolean hasAssignee(GHUser u) throws IOException {
-        return root.retrieve().asHttpStatusCode(getApiTailUrl("assignees/" + u.getLogin())) / 100 == 2;
+        return root.createRequest().withUrlPath(getApiTailUrl("assignees/" + u.getLogin())).fetchHttpStatusCode()
+                / 100 == 2;
     }
 
     /**
@@ -786,7 +785,9 @@ public class GHRepository extends GHObject {
      */
     public Set<String> getCollaboratorNames() throws IOException {
         Set<String> r = new HashSet<String>();
-        for (GHUser u : GHUser.wrap(root.retrieve().to(getApiTailUrl("collaborators"), GHUser[].class), root))
+        for (GHUser u : GHUser.wrap(
+                root.createRequest().withUrlPath(getApiTailUrl("collaborators")).fetchArray(GHUser[].class),
+                root))
             r.add(u.login);
         return r;
     }
@@ -801,8 +802,9 @@ public class GHRepository extends GHObject {
      *             the io exception
      */
     public GHPermissionType getPermission(String user) throws IOException {
-        GHPermission perm = root.retrieve()
-                .to(getApiTailUrl("collaborators/" + user + "/permission"), GHPermission.class);
+        GHPermission perm = root.createRequest()
+                .withUrlPath(getApiTailUrl("collaborators/" + user + "/permission"))
+                .fetch(GHPermission.class);
         perm.wrapUp(root);
         return perm.getPermissionType();
     }
@@ -828,8 +830,8 @@ public class GHRepository extends GHObject {
      *             the io exception
      */
     public Set<GHTeam> getTeams() throws IOException {
-        return Collections.unmodifiableSet(new HashSet<GHTeam>(
-                Arrays.asList(GHTeam.wrapUp(root.retrieve().to(getApiTailUrl("teams"), GHTeam[].class),
+        return Collections.unmodifiableSet(new HashSet<GHTeam>(Arrays.asList(
+                GHTeam.wrapUp(root.createRequest().withUrlPath(getApiTailUrl("teams")).fetchArray(GHTeam[].class),
                         root.getOrganization(getOwnerName())))));
     }
 
@@ -883,7 +885,7 @@ public class GHRepository extends GHObject {
 
     private void modifyCollaborators(Collection<GHUser> users, String method) throws IOException {
         for (GHUser user : users) {
-            new Requester(root).method(method).to(getApiTailUrl("collaborators/" + user.getLogin()));
+            root.createRequest().method(method).withUrlPath(getApiTailUrl("collaborators/" + user.getLogin())).send();
         }
     }
 
@@ -898,18 +900,20 @@ public class GHRepository extends GHObject {
     public void setEmailServiceHook(String address) throws IOException {
         Map<String, String> config = new HashMap<String, String>();
         config.put("address", address);
-        new Requester(root).method("POST")
+        root.createRequest()
+                .method("POST")
                 .with("name", "email")
                 .with("config", config)
                 .with("active", true)
-                .to(getApiTailUrl("hooks"));
+                .withUrlPath(getApiTailUrl("hooks"))
+                .send();
     }
 
     private void edit(String key, String value) throws IOException {
-        Requester requester = new Requester(root);
+        Requester requester = root.createRequest();
         if (!key.equals("name"))
             requester.with("name", name); // even when we don't change the name, we need to send it in
-        requester.with(key, value).method("PATCH").to(getApiTailUrl(""));
+        requester.with(key, value).method("PATCH").withUrlPath(getApiTailUrl("")).send();
     }
 
     /**
@@ -1052,7 +1056,7 @@ public class GHRepository extends GHObject {
      */
     public void delete() throws IOException {
         try {
-            new Requester(root).method("DELETE").to(getApiTailUrl(""));
+            root.createRequest().method("DELETE").withUrlPath(getApiTailUrl("")).send();
         } catch (FileNotFoundException x) {
             throw (FileNotFoundException) new FileNotFoundException("Failed to delete " + getOwnerName() + "/" + name
                     + "; might not exist, or you might need the delete_repo scope in your token: http://stackoverflow.com/a/19327004/12916")
@@ -1110,9 +1114,10 @@ public class GHRepository extends GHObject {
      * @return the paged iterable
      */
     public PagedIterable<GHRepository> listForks(final ForkSort sort) {
-        return root.retrieve()
+        return root.createRequest()
                 .with("sort", sort)
-                .asPagedIterable(getApiTailUrl("forks"), GHRepository[].class, item -> item.wrap(root));
+                .withUrlPath(getApiTailUrl("forks"))
+                .toIterable(GHRepository[].class, item -> item.wrap(root));
     }
 
     /**
@@ -1123,7 +1128,7 @@ public class GHRepository extends GHObject {
      *             the io exception
      */
     public GHRepository fork() throws IOException {
-        new Requester(root).method("POST").to(getApiTailUrl("forks"), null);
+        root.createRequest().method("POST").withUrlPath(getApiTailUrl("forks")).send();
 
         // this API is asynchronous. we need to wait for a bit
         for (int i = 0; i < 10; i++) {
@@ -1149,7 +1154,11 @@ public class GHRepository extends GHObject {
      *             the io exception
      */
     public GHRepository forkTo(GHOrganization org) throws IOException {
-        new Requester(root).to(getApiTailUrl("forks?org=" + org.getLogin()));
+        root.createRequest()
+                .method("POST")
+                .with("organization", org.getLogin())
+                .withUrlPath(getApiTailUrl("forks"))
+                .send();
 
         // this API is asynchronous. we need to wait for a bit
         for (int i = 0; i < 10; i++) {
@@ -1175,9 +1184,10 @@ public class GHRepository extends GHObject {
      *             the io exception
      */
     public GHPullRequest getPullRequest(int i) throws IOException {
-        return root.retrieve()
+        return root.createRequest()
                 .withPreview(SHADOW_CAT)
-                .to(getApiTailUrl("pulls/" + i), GHPullRequest.class)
+                .withUrlPath(getApiTailUrl("pulls/" + i))
+                .fetch(GHPullRequest.class)
                 .wrapUp(this);
     }
 
@@ -1291,14 +1301,17 @@ public class GHRepository extends GHObject {
             String body,
             boolean maintainerCanModify,
             boolean draft) throws IOException {
-        return new Requester(root).withPreview(SHADOW_CAT)
+        return root.createRequest()
+                .method("POST")
+                .withPreview(SHADOW_CAT)
                 .with("title", title)
                 .with("head", head)
                 .with("base", base)
                 .with("body", body)
                 .with("maintainer_can_modify", maintainerCanModify)
                 .with("draft", draft)
-                .to(getApiTailUrl("pulls"), GHPullRequest.class)
+                .withUrlPath(getApiTailUrl("pulls"))
+                .fetch(GHPullRequest.class)
                 .wrapUp(this);
     }
 
@@ -1340,8 +1353,9 @@ public class GHRepository extends GHObject {
      *             on failure communicating with GitHub
      */
     public GHCompare getCompare(String id1, String id2) throws IOException {
-        GHCompare compare = root.retrieve()
-                .to(getApiTailUrl(String.format("compare/%s...%s", id1, id2)), GHCompare.class);
+        GHCompare compare = root.createRequest()
+                .withUrlPath(getApiTailUrl(String.format("compare/%s...%s", id1, id2)))
+                .fetch(GHCompare.class);
         return compare.wrap(this);
     }
 
@@ -1399,9 +1413,9 @@ public class GHRepository extends GHObject {
      *             on failure communicating with GitHub
      */
     public GHRef[] getRefs() throws IOException {
-        return GHRef.wrap(
-                root.retrieve().to(String.format("/repos/%s/%s/git/refs", getOwnerName(), name), GHRef[].class),
-                root);
+        return GHRef.wrap(root.createRequest()
+                .withUrlPath(String.format("/repos/%s/%s/git/refs", getOwnerName(), name))
+                .fetchArray(GHRef[].class), root);
     }
 
     /**
@@ -1413,7 +1427,7 @@ public class GHRepository extends GHObject {
      */
     public PagedIterable<GHRef> listRefs() throws IOException {
         final String url = String.format("/repos/%s/%s/git/refs", getOwnerName(), name);
-        return root.retrieve().asPagedIterable(url, GHRef[].class, item -> item.wrap(root));
+        return root.createRequest().withUrlPath(url).toIterable(GHRef[].class, item -> item.wrap(root));
     }
 
     /**
@@ -1426,10 +1440,9 @@ public class GHRepository extends GHObject {
      *             on failure communicating with GitHub, potentially due to an invalid ref type being requested
      */
     public GHRef[] getRefs(String refType) throws IOException {
-        return GHRef.wrap(
-                root.retrieve()
-                        .to(String.format("/repos/%s/%s/git/refs/%s", getOwnerName(), name, refType), GHRef[].class),
-                root);
+        return GHRef.wrap(root.createRequest()
+                .withUrlPath(String.format("/repos/%s/%s/git/refs/%s", getOwnerName(), name, refType))
+                .fetchArray(GHRef[].class), root);
     }
 
     /**
@@ -1443,7 +1456,7 @@ public class GHRepository extends GHObject {
      */
     public PagedIterable<GHRef> listRefs(String refType) throws IOException {
         final String url = String.format("/repos/%s/%s/git/refs/%s", getOwnerName(), name, refType);
-        return root.retrieve().asPagedIterable(url, GHRef[].class, item -> item.wrap(root));
+        return root.createRequest().withUrlPath(url).toIterable(GHRef[].class, item -> item.wrap(root));
     }
 
     /**
@@ -1456,7 +1469,10 @@ public class GHRepository extends GHObject {
      *             on failure communicating with GitHub, potentially due to an invalid ref type being requested
      */
     public GHRef getRef(String refName) throws IOException {
-        return root.retrieve().to(getApiTailUrl(String.format("git/refs/%s", refName)), GHRef.class).wrap(root);
+        return root.createRequest()
+                .withUrlPath(getApiTailUrl(String.format("git/refs/%s", refName)))
+                .fetch(GHRef.class)
+                .wrap(root);
     }
 
     /**
@@ -1470,7 +1486,7 @@ public class GHRepository extends GHObject {
      *             the io exception
      */
     public GHTagObject getTagObject(String sha) throws IOException {
-        return root.retrieve().to(getApiTailUrl("git/tags/" + sha), GHTagObject.class).wrap(this);
+        return root.createRequest().withUrlPath(getApiTailUrl("git/tags/" + sha)).fetch(GHTagObject.class).wrap(this);
     }
 
     /**
@@ -1484,7 +1500,7 @@ public class GHRepository extends GHObject {
      */
     public GHTree getTree(String sha) throws IOException {
         String url = String.format("/repos/%s/%s/git/trees/%s", getOwnerName(), name, sha);
-        return root.retrieve().to(url, GHTree.class).wrap(this);
+        return root.createRequest().withUrlPath(url).fetch(GHTree.class).wrap(this);
     }
 
     /**
@@ -1509,8 +1525,8 @@ public class GHRepository extends GHObject {
      *             on failure communicating with GitHub, potentially due to an invalid tree type being requested
      */
     public GHTree getTreeRecursive(String sha, int recursive) throws IOException {
-        String url = String.format("/repos/%s/%s/git/trees/%s?recursive=%d", getOwnerName(), name, sha, recursive);
-        return root.retrieve().to(url, GHTree.class).wrap(this);
+        String url = String.format("/repos/%s/%s/git/trees/%s", getOwnerName(), name, sha);
+        return root.createRequest().with("recursive", recursive).withUrlPath(url).fetch(GHTree.class).wrap(this);
     }
 
     /**
@@ -1529,7 +1545,7 @@ public class GHRepository extends GHObject {
      */
     public GHBlob getBlob(String blobSha) throws IOException {
         String target = getApiTailUrl("git/blobs/" + blobSha);
-        return root.retrieve().to(target, GHBlob.class);
+        return root.createRequest().withUrlPath(target).fetch(GHBlob.class);
     }
 
     /**
@@ -1554,7 +1570,12 @@ public class GHRepository extends GHObject {
      */
     public InputStream readBlob(String blobSha) throws IOException {
         String target = getApiTailUrl("git/blobs/" + blobSha);
-        return root.retrieve().withHeader("Accept", "application/vnd.github.VERSION.raw").asStream(target);
+
+        // https://developer.github.com/v3/media/ describes this media type
+        return root.createRequest()
+                .withHeader("Accept", "application/vnd.github.v3.raw")
+                .withUrlPath(target)
+                .fetchStream();
     }
 
     /**
@@ -1569,8 +1590,9 @@ public class GHRepository extends GHObject {
     public GHCommit getCommit(String sha1) throws IOException {
         GHCommit c = commits.get(sha1);
         if (c == null) {
-            c = root.retrieve()
-                    .to(String.format("/repos/%s/%s/commits/%s", getOwnerName(), name, sha1), GHCommit.class)
+            c = root.createRequest()
+                    .withUrlPath(String.format("/repos/%s/%s/commits/%s", getOwnerName(), name, sha1))
+                    .fetch(GHCommit.class)
                     .wrapUp(this);
             commits.put(sha1, c);
         }
@@ -1592,10 +1614,9 @@ public class GHRepository extends GHObject {
      * @return the paged iterable
      */
     public PagedIterable<GHCommit> listCommits() {
-        return root.retrieve()
-                .asPagedIterable(String.format("/repos/%s/%s/commits", getOwnerName(), name),
-                        GHCommit[].class,
-                        item -> item.wrapUp(GHRepository.this));
+        return root.createRequest()
+                .withUrlPath(String.format("/repos/%s/%s/commits", getOwnerName(), name))
+                .toIterable(GHCommit[].class, item -> item.wrapUp(this));
     }
 
     /**
@@ -1613,10 +1634,9 @@ public class GHRepository extends GHObject {
      * @return the paged iterable
      */
     public PagedIterable<GHCommitComment> listCommitComments() {
-        return root.retrieve()
-                .asPagedIterable(String.format("/repos/%s/%s/comments", getOwnerName(), name),
-                        GHCommitComment[].class,
-                        item -> item.wrap(GHRepository.this));
+        return root.createRequest()
+                .withUrlPath(String.format("/repos/%s/%s/comments", getOwnerName(), name))
+                .toIterable(GHCommitComment[].class, item -> item.wrap(this));
     }
 
     /**
@@ -1646,7 +1666,10 @@ public class GHRepository extends GHObject {
 
     private GHContentWithLicense getLicenseContent_() throws IOException {
         try {
-            return root.retrieve().to(getApiTailUrl("license"), GHContentWithLicense.class).wrap(this);
+            return root.createRequest()
+                    .withUrlPath(getApiTailUrl("license"))
+                    .fetch(GHContentWithLicense.class)
+                    .wrap(this);
         } catch (FileNotFoundException e) {
             return null;
         }
@@ -1662,10 +1685,9 @@ public class GHRepository extends GHObject {
      *             the io exception
      */
     public PagedIterable<GHCommitStatus> listCommitStatuses(final String sha1) throws IOException {
-        return root.retrieve()
-                .asPagedIterable(String.format("/repos/%s/%s/statuses/%s", getOwnerName(), name, sha1),
-                        GHCommitStatus[].class,
-                        item -> item.wrapUp(root));
+        return root.createRequest()
+                .withUrlPath(String.format("/repos/%s/%s/statuses/%s", getOwnerName(), name, sha1))
+                .toIterable(GHCommitStatus[].class, item -> item.wrapUp(root));
     }
 
     /**
@@ -1704,11 +1726,14 @@ public class GHRepository extends GHObject {
             String targetUrl,
             String description,
             String context) throws IOException {
-        return new Requester(root).with("state", state)
+        return root.createRequest()
+                .method("POST")
+                .with("state", state)
                 .with("target_url", targetUrl)
                 .with("description", description)
                 .with("context", context)
-                .to(String.format("/repos/%s/%s/statuses/%s", getOwnerName(), this.name, sha1), GHCommitStatus.class)
+                .withUrlPath(String.format("/repos/%s/%s/statuses/%s", getOwnerName(), this.name, sha1))
+                .fetch(GHCommitStatus.class)
                 .wrapUp(root);
     }
 
@@ -1742,10 +1767,9 @@ public class GHRepository extends GHObject {
      *             the io exception
      */
     public PagedIterable<GHEventInfo> listEvents() throws IOException {
-        return root.retrieve()
-                .asPagedIterable(String.format("/repos/%s/%s/events", getOwnerName(), name),
-                        GHEventInfo[].class,
-                        item -> item.wrapUp(root));
+        return root.createRequest()
+                .withUrlPath(String.format("/repos/%s/%s/events", getOwnerName(), name))
+                .toIterable(GHEventInfo[].class, item -> item.wrapUp(root));
     }
 
     /**
@@ -1758,9 +1782,9 @@ public class GHRepository extends GHObject {
      *             the io exception
      */
     public PagedIterable<GHLabel> listLabels() throws IOException {
-        return root.retrieve()
-                .withPreview(SYMMETRA)
-                .asPagedIterable(getApiTailUrl("labels"), GHLabel[].class, item -> item.wrapUp(GHRepository.this));
+        return root.createRequest()
+                .withUrlPath(getApiTailUrl("labels"))
+                .toIterable(GHLabel[].class, item -> item.wrapUp(this));
     }
 
     /**
@@ -1773,7 +1797,7 @@ public class GHRepository extends GHObject {
      *             the io exception
      */
     public GHLabel getLabel(String name) throws IOException {
-        return root.retrieve().withPreview(SYMMETRA).to(getApiTailUrl("labels/" + name), GHLabel.class).wrapUp(this);
+        return root.createRequest().withUrlPath(getApiTailUrl("labels/" + name)).fetch(GHLabel.class).wrapUp(this);
     }
 
     /**
@@ -1804,16 +1828,14 @@ public class GHRepository extends GHObject {
      * @throws IOException
      *             the io exception
      */
-    @Preview
-    @Deprecated
     public GHLabel createLabel(String name, String color, String description) throws IOException {
-        return root.retrieve()
+        return root.createRequest()
                 .method("POST")
-                .withPreview(SYMMETRA)
                 .with("name", name)
                 .with("color", color)
                 .with("description", description)
-                .to(getApiTailUrl("labels"), GHLabel.class)
+                .withUrlPath(getApiTailUrl("labels"))
+                .fetch(GHLabel.class)
                 .wrapUp(this);
     }
 
@@ -1823,10 +1845,9 @@ public class GHRepository extends GHObject {
      * @return the paged iterable
      */
     public PagedIterable<GHInvitation> listInvitations() {
-        return root.retrieve()
-                .asPagedIterable(String.format("/repos/%s/%s/invitations", getOwnerName(), name),
-                        GHInvitation[].class,
-                        item -> item.wrapUp(root));
+        return root.createRequest()
+                .withUrlPath(String.format("/repos/%s/%s/invitations", getOwnerName(), name))
+                .toIterable(GHInvitation[].class, item -> item.wrapUp(root));
     }
 
     /**
@@ -1857,15 +1878,16 @@ public class GHRepository extends GHObject {
      * @return the paged iterable
      */
     public PagedIterable<GHStargazer> listStargazers2() {
-        return root.retrieve()
+        return root.createRequest()
                 .withPreview("application/vnd.github.v3.star+json")
-                .asPagedIterable(getApiTailUrl("stargazers"),
-                        GHStargazer[].class,
-                        item -> item.wrapUp(GHRepository.this));
+                .withUrlPath(getApiTailUrl("stargazers"))
+                .toIterable(GHStargazer[].class, item -> item.wrapUp(this));
     }
 
     private PagedIterable<GHUser> listUsers(final String suffix) {
-        return root.retrieve().asPagedIterable(getApiTailUrl(suffix), GHUser[].class, item -> item.wrapUp(root));
+        return root.createRequest()
+                .withUrlPath(getApiTailUrl(suffix))
+                .toIterable(GHUser[].class, item -> item.wrapUp(root));
     }
 
     /**
@@ -2013,7 +2035,7 @@ public class GHRepository extends GHObject {
      */
     public Map<String, GHBranch> getBranches() throws IOException {
         Map<String, GHBranch> r = new TreeMap<String, GHBranch>();
-        for (GHBranch p : root.retrieve().to(getApiTailUrl("branches"), GHBranch[].class)) {
+        for (GHBranch p : root.createRequest().withUrlPath(getApiTailUrl("branches")).fetchArray(GHBranch[].class)) {
             p.wrap(this);
             r.put(p.getName(), p);
         }
@@ -2030,7 +2052,7 @@ public class GHRepository extends GHObject {
      *             the io exception
      */
     public GHBranch getBranch(String name) throws IOException {
-        return root.retrieve().to(getApiTailUrl("branches/" + name), GHBranch.class).wrap(this);
+        return root.createRequest().withUrlPath(getApiTailUrl("branches/" + name)).fetch(GHBranch.class).wrap(this);
     }
 
     /**
@@ -2057,11 +2079,10 @@ public class GHRepository extends GHObject {
      * @return the paged iterable
      */
     public PagedIterable<GHMilestone> listMilestones(final GHIssueState state) {
-        return root.retrieve()
+        return root.createRequest()
                 .with("state", state)
-                .asPagedIterable(getApiTailUrl("milestones"),
-                        GHMilestone[].class,
-                        item -> item.wrap(GHRepository.this));
+                .withUrlPath(getApiTailUrl("milestones"))
+                .toIterable(GHMilestone[].class, item -> item.wrap(this));
     }
 
     /**
@@ -2076,7 +2097,7 @@ public class GHRepository extends GHObject {
     public GHMilestone getMilestone(int number) throws IOException {
         GHMilestone m = milestones.get(number);
         if (m == null) {
-            m = root.retrieve().to(getApiTailUrl("milestones/" + number), GHMilestone.class);
+            m = root.createRequest().withUrlPath(getApiTailUrl("milestones/" + number)).fetch(GHMilestone.class);
             m.owner = this;
             m.root = root;
             milestones.put(m.getNumber(), m);
@@ -2109,10 +2130,10 @@ public class GHRepository extends GHObject {
      *             the io exception
      */
     public GHContent getFileContent(String path, String ref) throws IOException {
-        Requester requester = root.retrieve();
+        Requester requester = root.createRequest();
         String target = getApiTailUrl("contents/" + path);
 
-        return requester.with("ref", ref).to(target, GHContent.class).wrap(this);
+        return requester.with("ref", ref).withUrlPath(target).fetch(GHContent.class).wrap(this);
     }
 
     /**
@@ -2140,13 +2161,13 @@ public class GHRepository extends GHObject {
      *             the io exception
      */
     public List<GHContent> getDirectoryContent(String path, String ref) throws IOException {
-        Requester requester = root.retrieve();
+        Requester requester = root.createRequest();
         while (path.endsWith("/")) {
             path = path.substring(0, path.length() - 1);
         }
         String target = getApiTailUrl("contents/" + path);
 
-        GHContent[] files = requester.with("ref", ref).to(target, GHContent[].class);
+        GHContent[] files = requester.with("ref", ref).withUrlPath(target).fetchArray(GHContent[].class);
 
         GHContent.wrap(files, this);
 
@@ -2161,8 +2182,8 @@ public class GHRepository extends GHObject {
      *             the io exception
      */
     public GHContent getReadme() throws IOException {
-        Requester requester = root.retrieve();
-        return requester.to(getApiTailUrl("readme"), GHContent.class).wrap(this);
+        Requester requester = root.createRequest();
+        return requester.withUrlPath(getApiTailUrl("readme")).fetch(GHContent.class).wrap(this);
     }
 
     /**
@@ -2265,10 +2286,12 @@ public class GHRepository extends GHObject {
      *             the io exception
      */
     public GHMilestone createMilestone(String title, String description) throws IOException {
-        return new Requester(root).with("title", title)
-                .with("description", description)
+        return root.createRequest()
                 .method("POST")
-                .to(getApiTailUrl("milestones"), GHMilestone.class)
+                .with("title", title)
+                .with("description", description)
+                .withUrlPath(getApiTailUrl("milestones"))
+                .fetch(GHMilestone.class)
                 .wrap(this);
     }
 
@@ -2284,10 +2307,12 @@ public class GHRepository extends GHObject {
      *             the io exception
      */
     public GHDeployKey addDeployKey(String title, String key) throws IOException {
-        return new Requester(root).with("title", title)
-                .with("key", key)
+        return root.createRequest()
                 .method("POST")
-                .to(getApiTailUrl("keys"), GHDeployKey.class)
+                .with("title", title)
+                .with("key", key)
+                .withUrlPath(getApiTailUrl("keys"))
+                .fetch(GHDeployKey.class)
                 .wrap(this);
 
     }
@@ -2301,7 +2326,7 @@ public class GHRepository extends GHObject {
      */
     public List<GHDeployKey> getDeployKeys() throws IOException {
         List<GHDeployKey> list = new ArrayList<GHDeployKey>(
-                Arrays.asList(root.retrieve().to(getApiTailUrl("keys"), GHDeployKey[].class)));
+                Arrays.asList(root.createRequest().withUrlPath(getApiTailUrl("keys")).fetchArray(GHDeployKey[].class)));
         for (GHDeployKey h : list)
             h.wrap(this);
         return list;
@@ -2354,10 +2379,12 @@ public class GHRepository extends GHObject {
      *             the io exception
      */
     public GHSubscription subscribe(boolean subscribed, boolean ignored) throws IOException {
-        return new Requester(root).with("subscribed", subscribed)
-                .with("ignored", ignored)
+        return root.createRequest()
                 .method("PUT")
-                .to(getApiTailUrl("subscription"), GHSubscription.class)
+                .with("subscribed", subscribed)
+                .with("ignored", ignored)
+                .withUrlPath(getApiTailUrl("subscription"))
+                .fetch(GHSubscription.class)
                 .wrapUp(this);
     }
 
@@ -2370,7 +2397,10 @@ public class GHRepository extends GHObject {
      */
     public GHSubscription getSubscription() throws IOException {
         try {
-            return root.retrieve().to(getApiTailUrl("subscription"), GHSubscription.class).wrapUp(this);
+            return root.createRequest()
+                    .withUrlPath(getApiTailUrl("subscription"))
+                    .fetch(GHSubscription.class)
+                    .wrapUp(this);
         } catch (FileNotFoundException e) {
             return null;
         }
@@ -2384,8 +2414,9 @@ public class GHRepository extends GHObject {
      *             the io exception
      */
     public PagedIterable<Contributor> listContributors() throws IOException {
-        return root.retrieve()
-                .asPagedIterable(getApiTailUrl("contributors"), Contributor[].class, item -> item.wrapUp(root));
+        return root.createRequest()
+                .withUrlPath(getApiTailUrl("contributors"))
+                .toIterable(Contributor[].class, item -> item.wrapUp(root));
     }
 
     /**
@@ -2439,12 +2470,13 @@ public class GHRepository extends GHObject {
      *             the io exception
      */
     public GHProject createProject(String name, String body) throws IOException {
-        return root.retrieve()
+        return root.createRequest()
                 .method("POST")
                 .withPreview(INERTIA)
                 .with("name", name)
                 .with("body", body)
-                .to(getApiTailUrl("projects"), GHProject.class)
+                .withUrlPath(getApiTailUrl("projects"))
+                .fetch(GHProject.class)
                 .wrap(this);
     }
 
@@ -2458,10 +2490,11 @@ public class GHRepository extends GHObject {
      *             the io exception
      */
     public PagedIterable<GHProject> listProjects(final GHProject.ProjectStateFilter status) throws IOException {
-        return root.retrieve()
+        return root.createRequest()
                 .withPreview(INERTIA)
                 .with("state", status)
-                .asPagedIterable(getApiTailUrl("projects"), GHProject[].class, item -> item.wrap(GHRepository.this));
+                .withUrlPath(getApiTailUrl("projects"))
+                .toIterable(GHProject[].class, item -> item.wrap(this));
     }
 
     /**
@@ -2490,10 +2523,15 @@ public class GHRepository extends GHObject {
      * @see GitHub#renderMarkdown(String) GitHub#renderMarkdown(String)
      */
     public Reader renderMarkdown(String text, MarkdownMode mode) throws IOException {
-        return new InputStreamReader(new Requester(root).with("text", text)
-                .with("mode", mode == null ? null : mode.toString())
-                .with("context", getFullName())
-                .asStream("/markdown"), "UTF-8");
+        return new InputStreamReader(
+                root.createRequest()
+                        .method("POST")
+                        .with("text", text)
+                        .with("mode", mode == null ? null : mode.toString())
+                        .with("context", getFullName())
+                        .withUrlPath("/markdown")
+                        .fetchStream(),
+                "UTF-8");
     }
 
     /**
@@ -2514,7 +2552,7 @@ public class GHRepository extends GHObject {
      *             the io exception
      */
     public GHRepositoryViewTraffic getViewTraffic() throws IOException {
-        return root.retrieve().to(getApiTailUrl("/traffic/views"), GHRepositoryViewTraffic.class);
+        return root.createRequest().withUrlPath(getApiTailUrl("/traffic/views")).fetch(GHRepositoryViewTraffic.class);
     }
 
     /**
@@ -2526,7 +2564,7 @@ public class GHRepository extends GHObject {
      *             the io exception
      */
     public GHRepositoryCloneTraffic getCloneTraffic() throws IOException {
-        return root.retrieve().to(getApiTailUrl("/traffic/clones"), GHRepositoryCloneTraffic.class);
+        return root.createRequest().withUrlPath(getApiTailUrl("/traffic/clones")).fetch(GHRepositoryCloneTraffic.class);
     }
 
     @Override
@@ -2546,7 +2584,7 @@ public class GHRepository extends GHObject {
     String getApiTailUrl(String tail) {
         if (tail.length() > 0 && !tail.startsWith("/"))
             tail = '/' + tail;
-        return Requester.urlPathEncode("/repos/" + getOwnerName() + "/" + name + tail);
+        return "/repos/" + getOwnerName() + "/" + name + tail;
     }
 
     /**
@@ -2558,8 +2596,9 @@ public class GHRepository extends GHObject {
      *             the io exception
      */
     public PagedIterable<GHIssueEvent> listIssueEvents() throws IOException {
-        return root.retrieve()
-                .asPagedIterable(getApiTailUrl("issues/events"), GHIssueEvent[].class, item -> item.wrapUp(root));
+        return root.createRequest()
+                .withUrlPath(getApiTailUrl("issues/events"))
+                .toIterable(GHIssueEvent[].class, item -> item.wrapUp(root));
     }
 
     /**
@@ -2572,7 +2611,10 @@ public class GHRepository extends GHObject {
      *             the io exception
      */
     public GHIssueEvent getIssueEvent(long id) throws IOException {
-        return root.retrieve().to(getApiTailUrl("issues/events/" + id), GHIssueEvent.class).wrapUp(root);
+        return root.createRequest()
+                .withUrlPath(getApiTailUrl("issues/events/" + id))
+                .fetch(GHIssueEvent.class)
+                .wrapUp(root);
     }
 
     // Only used within listTopics().
@@ -2589,7 +2631,10 @@ public class GHRepository extends GHObject {
      *             the io exception
      */
     public List<String> listTopics() throws IOException {
-        Topics topics = root.retrieve().withPreview(MERCY).to(getApiTailUrl("topics"), Topics.class);
+        Topics topics = root.createRequest()
+                .withPreview(MERCY)
+                .withUrlPath(getApiTailUrl("topics"))
+                .fetch(Topics.class);
         return topics.names;
     }
 
@@ -2603,8 +2648,38 @@ public class GHRepository extends GHObject {
      *             the io exception
      */
     public void setTopics(List<String> topics) throws IOException {
-        Requester requester = new Requester(root);
-        requester.with("names", topics);
-        requester.method("PUT").withPreview(MERCY).to(getApiTailUrl("topics"));
+        root.createRequest()
+                .method("PUT")
+                .with("names", topics)
+                .withPreview(MERCY)
+                .withUrlPath(getApiTailUrl("topics"))
+                .send();
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Create a tag. See https://developer.github.com/v3/git/tags/#create-a-tag-object
+     *
+     * @param tag
+     *            The tag's name.
+     * @param message
+     *            The tag message.
+     * @param object
+     *            The SHA of the git object this is tagging.
+     * @param type
+     *            The type of the object we're tagging: "commit", "tree" or "blob".
+     * @return The newly created tag.
+     * @throws java.io.IOException
+     *             The IO exception.
+     */
+    public GHTagObject createTag(String tag, String message, String object, String type) throws IOException {
+        return root.createRequest()
+                .method("POST")
+                .with("tag", tag)
+                .with("message", message)
+                .with("object", object)
+                .with("type", type)
+                .withUrlPath(getApiTailUrl("git/tags"))
+                .fetch(GHTagObject.class)
+                .wrap(this);
     }
 }

src/main/java/org/kohsuke/github/GHRepositoryStatistics.java

@@ -87,8 +87,9 @@ public class GHRepositoryStatistics {
      * This gets the actual statistics from the server. Returns null if they are still being cached.
      */
     private PagedIterable<ContributorStats> getContributorStatsImpl() throws IOException {
-        return root.retrieve()
-                .asPagedIterable(getApiTailUrl("contributors"), ContributorStats[].class, item -> item.wrapUp(root));
+        return root.createRequest()
+                .withUrlPath(getApiTailUrl("contributors"))
+                .toIterable(ContributorStats[].class, item -> item.wrapUp(root));
     }
 
     /**
@@ -243,8 +244,9 @@ public class GHRepositoryStatistics {
      *             the io exception
      */
     public PagedIterable<CommitActivity> getCommitActivity() throws IOException {
-        return root.retrieve()
-                .asPagedIterable(getApiTailUrl("commit_activity"), CommitActivity[].class, item -> item.wrapUp(root));
+        return root.createRequest()
+                .withUrlPath(getApiTailUrl("commit_activity"))
+                .toIterable(CommitActivity[].class, item -> item.wrapUp(root));
     }
 
     /**
@@ -318,7 +320,7 @@ public class GHRepositoryStatistics {
         // Map to ArrayLists first, since there are no field names in the
         // returned JSON.
         try {
-            InputStream stream = root.retrieve().asStream(getApiTailUrl("code_frequency"));
+            InputStream stream = root.createRequest().withUrlPath(getApiTailUrl("code_frequency")).fetchStream();
 
             ObjectMapper mapper = new ObjectMapper();
             TypeReference<ArrayList<ArrayList<Integer>>> typeRef = new TypeReference<ArrayList<ArrayList<Integer>>>() {
@@ -400,7 +402,7 @@ public class GHRepositoryStatistics {
      *             the io exception
      */
     public Participation getParticipation() throws IOException {
-        return root.retrieve().to(getApiTailUrl("participation"), Participation.class);
+        return root.createRequest().withUrlPath(getApiTailUrl("participation")).fetch(Participation.class);
     }
 
     /**
@@ -460,7 +462,7 @@ public class GHRepositoryStatistics {
     public List<PunchCardItem> getPunchCard() throws IOException {
         // Map to ArrayLists first, since there are no field names in the
         // returned JSON.
-        InputStream stream = root.retrieve().asStream(getApiTailUrl("punch_card"));
+        InputStream stream = root.createRequest().withUrlPath(getApiTailUrl("punch_card")).fetchStream();
 
         ObjectMapper mapper = new ObjectMapper();
         TypeReference<ArrayList<ArrayList<Integer>>> typeRef = new TypeReference<ArrayList<ArrayList<Integer>>>() {

src/main/java/org/kohsuke/github/GHRequestedAction.java

@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+package org.kohsuke.github;
+
+import edu.umd.cs.findbugs.annotations.SuppressFBWarnings;
+
+import java.net.URL;
+
+@SuppressFBWarnings(value = { "UWF_UNWRITTEN_FIELD", "NP_UNWRITTEN_FIELD", "URF_UNREAD_FIELD" },
+        justification = "JSON API")
+public class GHRequestedAction extends GHObject {
+    private GHRepository owner;
+    private GitHub root;
+    private String identifier;
+    private String label;
+    private String description;
+
+    GHRequestedAction wrap(GHRepository owner) {
+        this.owner = owner;
+        wrap(owner.root);
+        return this;
+    }
+    GHRequestedAction wrap(GitHub root) {
+        this.root = root;
+        if (owner != null) {
+            owner.wrap(root);
+        }
+        return this;
+    }
+
+    String getIdentifier() {
+        return identifier;
+    }
+
+    String getLabel() {
+        return label;
+    }
+
+    String getDescription() {
+        return description;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @deprecated This object has no HTML URL.
+     */
+    @Override
+    public URL getHtmlUrl() {
+        return null;
+    }
+
+}

src/main/java/org/kohsuke/github/GHSearchBuilder.java

@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ public abstract class GHSearchBuilder<T> extends GHQueryBuilder<T> {
         return new PagedSearchIterable<T>(root) {
             public PagedIterator<T> _iterator(int pageSize) {
                 req.set("q", StringUtils.join(terms, " "));
-                return new PagedIterator<T>(adapt(req.asIterator(getApiUrl(), receiverType, pageSize))) {
+                return new PagedIterator<T>(adapt(req.withUrlPath(getApiUrl()).asIterator(receiverType, pageSize))) {
                     protected void wrapUp(T[] page) {
                         // SearchResult.getItems() should do it
                     }

src/main/java/org/kohsuke/github/GHSubscription.java

@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ public class GHSubscription {
      *             the io exception
      */
     public void delete() throws IOException {
-        new Requester(root).method("DELETE").to(repo.getApiTailUrl("subscription"));
+        root.createRequest().method("DELETE").withUrlPath(repo.getApiTailUrl("subscription")).send();
     }
 
     GHSubscription wrapUp(GHRepository repo) {

src/main/java/org/kohsuke/github/GHTeam.java

@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ public class GHTeam implements Refreshable {
      *             the io exception
      */
     public void setDescription(String description) throws IOException {
-        root.retrieve().method("PATCH").with("description", description).to(api(""));
+        root.createRequest().method("PATCH").with("description", description).withUrlPath(api("")).send();
     }
 
     /**
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ public class GHTeam implements Refreshable {
      *             the io exception
      */
     public PagedIterable<GHUser> listMembers() throws IOException {
-        return root.retrieve().asPagedIterable(api("/members"), GHUser[].class, item -> item.wrapUp(root));
+        return root.createRequest().withUrlPath(api("/members")).toIterable(GHUser[].class, item -> item.wrapUp(root));
     }
 
     /**
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ public class GHTeam implements Refreshable {
      */
     public boolean hasMember(GHUser user) {
         try {
-            root.retrieve().to("/teams/" + id + "/members/" + user.getLogin());
+            root.createRequest().withUrlPath("/teams/" + id + "/members/" + user.getLogin()).send();
             return true;
         } catch (IOException ignore) {
             return false;
@@ -174,7 +174,9 @@ public class GHTeam implements Refreshable {
      * @return the paged iterable
      */
     public PagedIterable<GHRepository> listRepositories() {
-        return root.retrieve().asPagedIterable(api("/repos"), GHRepository[].class, item -> item.wrap(root));
+        return root.createRequest()
+                .withUrlPath(api("/repos"))
+                .toIterable(GHRepository[].class, item -> item.wrap(root));
     }
 
     /**
@@ -189,7 +191,7 @@ public class GHTeam implements Refreshable {
      * @since 1.59
      */
     public void add(GHUser u) throws IOException {
-        root.retrieve().method("PUT").to(api("/memberships/" + u.getLogin()), null);
+        root.createRequest().method("PUT").withUrlPath(api("/memberships/" + u.getLogin())).send();
     }
 
     /**
@@ -205,7 +207,11 @@ public class GHTeam implements Refreshable {
      *             the io exception
      */
     public void add(GHUser user, Role role) throws IOException {
-        root.retrieve().method("PUT").with("role", role).to(api("/memberships/" + user.getLogin()), null);
+        root.createRequest()
+                .method("PUT")
+                .with("role", role)
+                .withUrlPath(api("/memberships/" + user.getLogin()))
+                .send();
     }
 
     /**
@@ -217,7 +223,7 @@ public class GHTeam implements Refreshable {
      *             the io exception
      */
     public void remove(GHUser u) throws IOException {
-        root.retrieve().method("DELETE").to(api("/members/" + u.getLogin()), null);
+        root.createRequest().method("DELETE").withUrlPath(api("/members/" + u.getLogin())).send();
     }
 
     /**
@@ -243,10 +249,11 @@ public class GHTeam implements Refreshable {
      *             the io exception
      */
     public void add(GHRepository r, GHOrganization.Permission permission) throws IOException {
-        root.retrieve()
+        root.createRequest()
                 .method("PUT")
                 .with("permission", permission)
-                .to(api("/repos/" + r.getOwnerName() + '/' + r.getName()), null);
+                .withUrlPath(api("/repos/" + r.getOwnerName() + '/' + r.getName()))
+                .send();
     }
 
     /**
@@ -258,7 +265,7 @@ public class GHTeam implements Refreshable {
      *             the io exception
      */
     public void remove(GHRepository r) throws IOException {
-        root.retrieve().method("DELETE").to(api("/repos/" + r.getOwnerName() + '/' + r.getName()), null);
+        root.createRequest().method("DELETE").withUrlPath(api("/repos/" + r.getOwnerName() + '/' + r.getName())).send();
     }
 
     /**
@@ -268,7 +275,7 @@ public class GHTeam implements Refreshable {
      *             the io exception
      */
     public void delete() throws IOException {
-        root.retrieve().method("DELETE").to(api(""));
+        root.createRequest().method("DELETE").withUrlPath(api("")).send();
     }
 
     private String api(String tail) {
@@ -289,6 +296,6 @@ public class GHTeam implements Refreshable {
 
     @Override
     public void refresh() throws IOException {
-        root.retrieve().to(api(""), this).wrapUp(root);
+        root.createRequest().withUrlPath(api("")).fetchInto(this).wrapUp(root);
     }
 }

src/main/java/org/kohsuke/github/GHThread.java

@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ public class GHThread extends GHObject {
      *             the io exception
      */
     public void markAsRead() throws IOException {
-        new Requester(root).method("PATCH").to(url);
+        root.createRequest().method("PATCH").withUrlPath(url).send();
     }
 
     /**
@@ -176,10 +176,12 @@ public class GHThread extends GHObject {
      *             the io exception
      */
     public GHSubscription subscribe(boolean subscribed, boolean ignored) throws IOException {
-        return new Requester(root).with("subscribed", subscribed)
-                .with("ignored", ignored)
+        return root.createRequest()
                 .method("PUT")
-                .to(subscription_url, GHSubscription.class)
+                .with("subscribed", subscribed)
+                .with("ignored", ignored)
+                .withUrlPath(subscription_url)
+                .fetch(GHSubscription.class)
                 .wrapUp(root);
     }
 
@@ -192,7 +194,11 @@ public class GHThread extends GHObject {
      */
     public GHSubscription getSubscription() throws IOException {
         try {
-            return new Requester(root).to(subscription_url, GHSubscription.class).wrapUp(root);
+            return root.createRequest()
+                    .method("POST")
+                    .withUrlPath(subscription_url)
+                    .fetch(GHSubscription.class)
+                    .wrapUp(root);
         } catch (FileNotFoundException e) {
             return null;
         }

src/main/java/org/kohsuke/github/GHTreeBuilder.java

@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 package org.kohsuke.github;
 
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonInclude;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonInclude.Include;
 import edu.umd.cs.findbugs.annotations.SuppressFBWarnings;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
@@ -16,8 +18,11 @@ public class GHTreeBuilder {
 
     private final List<TreeEntry> treeEntries = new ArrayList<TreeEntry>();
 
+    // Issue #636: Create Tree no longer accepts null value in sha field
+    @JsonInclude(Include.NON_NULL)
     @SuppressFBWarnings("URF_UNREAD_FIELD")
     private static final class TreeEntry {
+
         private final String path;
         private final String mode;
         private final String type;
@@ -33,7 +38,7 @@ public class GHTreeBuilder {
 
     GHTreeBuilder(GHRepository repo) {
         this.repo = repo;
-        req = new Requester(repo.root);
+        req = repo.root.createRequest();
     }
 
     /**
@@ -163,6 +168,6 @@ public class GHTreeBuilder {
      */
     public GHTree create() throws IOException {
         req.with("tree", treeEntries);
-        return req.method("POST").to(getApiTail(), GHTree.class).wrap(repo);
+        return req.method("POST").withUrlPath(getApiTail()).fetch(GHTree.class).wrap(repo);
     }
 }

src/main/java/org/kohsuke/github/GHUser.java

@@ -43,7 +43,8 @@ public class GHUser extends GHPerson {
      *             the io exception
      */
     public List<GHKey> getKeys() throws IOException {
-        return Collections.unmodifiableList(Arrays.asList(root.retrieve().to(getApiTailUrl("keys"), GHKey[].class)));
+        return Collections.unmodifiableList(
+                Arrays.asList(root.createRequest().withUrlPath(getApiTailUrl("keys")).fetchArray(GHKey[].class)));
     }
 
     /**
@@ -53,7 +54,7 @@ public class GHUser extends GHPerson {
      *             the io exception
      */
     public void follow() throws IOException {
-        new Requester(root).method("PUT").to("/user/following/" + login);
+        root.createRequest().method("PUT").withUrlPath("/user/following/" + login).send();
     }
 
     /**
@@ -63,7 +64,7 @@ public class GHUser extends GHPerson {
      *             the io exception
      */
     public void unfollow() throws IOException {
-        new Requester(root).method("DELETE").to("/user/following/" + login);
+        root.createRequest().method("DELETE").withUrlPath("/user/following/" + login).send();
     }
 
     /**
@@ -109,7 +110,9 @@ public class GHUser extends GHPerson {
     }
 
     private PagedIterable<GHUser> listUser(final String suffix) {
-        return root.retrieve().asPagedIterable(getApiTailUrl(suffix), GHUser[].class, item -> item.wrapUp(root));
+        return root.createRequest()
+                .withUrlPath(getApiTailUrl(suffix))
+                .toIterable(GHUser[].class, item -> item.wrapUp(root));
     }
 
     /**
@@ -133,7 +136,9 @@ public class GHUser extends GHPerson {
     }
 
     private PagedIterable<GHRepository> listRepositories(final String suffix) {
-        return root.retrieve().asPagedIterable(getApiTailUrl(suffix), GHRepository[].class, item -> item.wrap(root));
+        return root.createRequest()
+                .withUrlPath(getApiTailUrl(suffix))
+                .toIterable(GHRepository[].class, item -> item.wrap(root));
     }
 
     /**
@@ -186,7 +191,9 @@ public class GHUser extends GHPerson {
     public GHPersonSet<GHOrganization> getOrganizations() throws IOException {
         GHPersonSet<GHOrganization> orgs = new GHPersonSet<GHOrganization>();
         Set<String> names = new HashSet<String>();
-        for (GHOrganization o : root.retrieve().to("/users/" + login + "/orgs", GHOrganization[].class)) {
+        for (GHOrganization o : root.createRequest()
+                .withUrlPath("/users/" + login + "/orgs")
+                .fetchArray(GHOrganization[].class)) {
             if (names.add(o.getLogin())) // I've seen some duplicates in the data
                 orgs.add(root.getOrganization(o.getLogin()));
         }
@@ -197,10 +204,9 @@ public class GHUser extends GHPerson {
      * Lists events performed by a user (this includes private events if the caller is authenticated.
      */
     public PagedIterable<GHEventInfo> listEvents() throws IOException {
-        return root.retrieve()
-                .asPagedIterable(String.format("/users/%s/events", login),
-                        GHEventInfo[].class,
-                        item -> item.wrapUp(root));
+        return root.createRequest()
+                .withUrlPath(String.format("/users/%s/events", login))
+                .toIterable(GHEventInfo[].class, item -> item.wrapUp(root));
     }
 
     /**
@@ -211,10 +217,9 @@ public class GHUser extends GHPerson {
      *             the io exception
      */
     public PagedIterable<GHGist> listGists() throws IOException {
-        return root.retrieve()
-                .asPagedIterable(String.format("/users/%s/gists", login),
-                        GHGist[].class,
-                        item -> item.wrapUp(GHUser.this));
+        return root.createRequest()
+                .withUrlPath(String.format("/users/%s/gists", login))
+                .toIterable(GHGist[].class, item -> item.wrapUp(this));
     }
 
     @Override

src/main/java/org/kohsuke/github/GitHub.java

@@ -29,17 +29,17 @@ import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.PropertyNamingStrategy;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.introspect.VisibilityChecker.Std;
 import com.infradna.tool.bridge_method_injector.WithBridgeMethods;
-import org.apache.commons.codec.Charsets;
-import org.apache.commons.codec.binary.Base64;
 import org.apache.commons.io.IOUtils;
 
 import java.io.*;
 import java.net.HttpURLConnection;
 import java.net.MalformedURLException;
 import java.net.URL;
+import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets;
 import java.text.ParseException;
 import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
 import java.util.*;
+import java.util.Base64;
 import java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentHashMap;
 import java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentMap;
 import java.util.function.Supplier;
@@ -151,9 +151,9 @@ public class GitHub {
                 encodedAuthorization = "Bearer " + jwtToken;
             } else if (password != null) {
                 String authorization = (login + ':' + password);
-                String charsetName = Charsets.UTF_8.name();
+                String charsetName = StandardCharsets.UTF_8.name();
                 encodedAuthorization = "Basic "
-                        + new String(Base64.encodeBase64(authorization.getBytes(charsetName)), charsetName);
+                        + Base64.getEncoder().encodeToString(authorization.getBytes(charsetName));
             } else {// anonymous access
                 encodedAuthorization = null;
             }
@@ -424,8 +424,8 @@ public class GitHub {
         }
     }
 
-    Requester retrieve() {
-        return new Requester(this).method("GET");
+    Requester createRequest() {
+        return new Requester(this);
     }
 
     /**
@@ -438,7 +438,7 @@ public class GitHub {
     public GHRateLimit getRateLimit() throws IOException {
         GHRateLimit rateLimit;
         try {
-            rateLimit = retrieve().to("/rate_limit", JsonRateLimit.class).resources;
+            rateLimit = createRequest().withUrlPath("/rate_limit").fetch(JsonRateLimit.class).resources;
         } catch (FileNotFoundException e) {
             // GitHub Enterprise doesn't have the rate limit
             // return a default rate limit that
@@ -544,7 +544,7 @@ public class GitHub {
             if (this.myself != null)
                 return myself;
 
-            GHMyself u = retrieve().to("/user", GHMyself.class);
+            GHMyself u = createRequest().withUrlPath("/user").fetch(GHMyself.class);
 
             u.root = this;
             this.myself = u;
@@ -564,7 +564,7 @@ public class GitHub {
     public GHUser getUser(String login) throws IOException {
         GHUser u = users.get(login);
         if (u == null) {
-            u = retrieve().to("/users/" + login, GHUser.class);
+            u = createRequest().withUrlPath("/users/" + login).fetch(GHUser.class);
             u.root = this;
             users.put(u.getLogin(), u);
         }
@@ -608,7 +608,7 @@ public class GitHub {
     public GHOrganization getOrganization(String name) throws IOException {
         GHOrganization o = orgs.get(name);
         if (o == null) {
-            o = retrieve().to("/orgs/" + name, GHOrganization.class).wrapUp(this);
+            o = createRequest().withUrlPath("/orgs/" + name).fetch(GHOrganization.class).wrapUp(this);
             orgs.put(name, o);
         }
         return o;
@@ -632,8 +632,9 @@ public class GitHub {
      * @see <a href="https://developer.github.com/v3/orgs/#parameters">List All Orgs - Parameters</a>
      */
     public PagedIterable<GHOrganization> listOrganizations(final String since) {
-        return retrieve().with("since", since)
-                .asPagedIterable("/organizations", GHOrganization[].class, item -> item.wrapUp(GitHub.this));
+        return createRequest().with("since", since)
+                .withUrlPath("/organizations")
+                .toIterable(GHOrganization[].class, item -> item.wrapUp(this));
     }
 
     /**
@@ -648,7 +649,9 @@ public class GitHub {
      */
     public GHRepository getRepository(String name) throws IOException {
         String[] tokens = name.split("/");
-        return retrieve().to("/repos/" + tokens[0] + '/' + tokens[1], GHRepository.class).wrap(this);
+        return createRequest().withUrlPath("/repos/" + tokens[0] + '/' + tokens[1])
+                .fetch(GHRepository.class)
+                .wrap(this);
     }
 
     /**
@@ -661,7 +664,7 @@ public class GitHub {
      *             the io exception
      */
     public GHRepository getRepositoryById(String id) throws IOException {
-        return retrieve().to("/repositories/" + id, GHRepository.class).wrap(this);
+        return createRequest().withUrlPath("/repositories/" + id).fetch(GHRepository.class).wrap(this);
     }
 
     /**
@@ -673,7 +676,7 @@ public class GitHub {
      * @see <a href="https://developer.github.com/v3/licenses/">GitHub API - Licenses</a>
      */
     public PagedIterable<GHLicense> listLicenses() throws IOException {
-        return retrieve().asPagedIterable("/licenses", GHLicense[].class, item -> item.wrap(GitHub.this));
+        return createRequest().withUrlPath("/licenses").toIterable(GHLicense[].class, item -> item.wrap(this));
     }
 
     /**
@@ -684,7 +687,7 @@ public class GitHub {
      *             the io exception
      */
     public PagedIterable<GHUser> listUsers() throws IOException {
-        return retrieve().asPagedIterable("/users", GHUser[].class, item -> item.wrapUp(GitHub.this));
+        return createRequest().withUrlPath("/users").toIterable(GHUser[].class, item -> item.wrapUp(this));
     }
 
     /**
@@ -698,7 +701,25 @@ public class GitHub {
      * @see GHLicense#getKey() GHLicense#getKey()
      */
     public GHLicense getLicense(String key) throws IOException {
-        return retrieve().to("/licenses/" + key, GHLicense.class);
+        return createRequest().withUrlPath("/licenses/" + key).fetch(GHLicense.class);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Returns a list all plans for your Marketplace listing
+     * <p>
+     * GitHub Apps must use a JWT to access this endpoint.
+     * <p>
+     * OAuth Apps must use basic authentication with their client ID and client secret to access this endpoint.
+     *
+     * @return the paged iterable
+     * @throws IOException
+     *             the io exception
+     * @see <a href="https://developer.github.com/v3/apps/marketplace/#list-all-plans-for-your-marketplace-listing">List
+     *      Plans</a>
+     */
+    public PagedIterable<GHMarketplacePlan> listMarketplacePlans() throws IOException {
+        return createRequest().withUrlPath("/marketplace_listing/plans")
+                .toIterable(GHMarketplacePlan[].class, item -> item.wrapUp(this));
     }
 
     /**
@@ -709,7 +730,8 @@ public class GitHub {
      *             the io exception
      */
     public List<GHInvitation> getMyInvitations() throws IOException {
-        GHInvitation[] invitations = retrieve().to("/user/repository_invitations", GHInvitation[].class);
+        GHInvitation[] invitations = createRequest().withUrlPath("/user/repository_invitations")
+                .fetchArray(GHInvitation[].class);
         for (GHInvitation i : invitations) {
             i.wrapUp(this);
         }
@@ -727,7 +749,7 @@ public class GitHub {
      *             the io exception
      */
     public Map<String, GHOrganization> getMyOrganizations() throws IOException {
-        GHOrganization[] orgs = retrieve().to("/user/orgs", GHOrganization[].class);
+        GHOrganization[] orgs = createRequest().withUrlPath("/user/orgs").fetchArray(GHOrganization[].class);
         Map<String, GHOrganization> r = new HashMap<String, GHOrganization>();
         for (GHOrganization o : orgs) {
             // don't put 'o' into orgs because they are shallow
@@ -736,6 +758,25 @@ public class GitHub {
         return r;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Returns only active subscriptions.
+     * <p>
+     * You must use a user-to-server OAuth access token, created for a user who has authorized your GitHub App, to
+     * access this endpoint
+     * <p>
+     * OAuth Apps must authenticate using an OAuth token.
+     *
+     * @return the paged iterable of GHMarketplaceUserPurchase
+     * @throws IOException
+     *             the io exception
+     * @see <a href="https://developer.github.com/v3/apps/marketplace/#get-a-users-marketplace-purchases">Get a user's
+     *      Marketplace purchases</a>
+     */
+    public PagedIterable<GHMarketplaceUserPurchase> getMyMarketplacePurchases() throws IOException {
+        return createRequest().withUrlPath("/user/marketplace_purchases")
+                .toIterable(GHMarketplaceUserPurchase[].class, item -> item.wrapUp(this));
+    }
+
     /**
      * Alias for {@link #getUserPublicOrganizations(String)}.
      *
@@ -761,7 +802,8 @@ public class GitHub {
      *             the io exception
      */
     public Map<String, GHOrganization> getUserPublicOrganizations(String login) throws IOException {
-        GHOrganization[] orgs = retrieve().to("/users/" + login + "/orgs", GHOrganization[].class);
+        GHOrganization[] orgs = createRequest().withUrlPath("/users/" + login + "/orgs")
+                .fetchArray(GHOrganization[].class);
         Map<String, GHOrganization> r = new HashMap<String, GHOrganization>();
         for (GHOrganization o : orgs) {
             // don't put 'o' into orgs because they are shallow
@@ -782,7 +824,7 @@ public class GitHub {
      */
     public Map<String, Set<GHTeam>> getMyTeams() throws IOException {
         Map<String, Set<GHTeam>> allMyTeams = new HashMap<String, Set<GHTeam>>();
-        for (GHTeam team : retrieve().to("/user/teams", GHTeam[].class)) {
+        for (GHTeam team : createRequest().withUrlPath("/user/teams").fetchArray(GHTeam[].class)) {
             team.wrapUp(this);
             String orgLogin = team.getOrganization().getLogin();
             Set<GHTeam> teamsPerOrg = allMyTeams.get(orgLogin);
@@ -805,7 +847,7 @@ public class GitHub {
      *             the io exception
      */
     public GHTeam getTeam(int id) throws IOException {
-        return retrieve().to("/teams/" + id, GHTeam.class).wrapUp(this);
+        return createRequest().withUrlPath("/teams/" + id).fetch(GHTeam.class).wrapUp(this);
     }
 
     /**
@@ -816,7 +858,7 @@ public class GitHub {
      *             the io exception
      */
     public List<GHEventInfo> getEvents() throws IOException {
-        GHEventInfo[] events = retrieve().to("/events", GHEventInfo[].class);
+        GHEventInfo[] events = createRequest().withUrlPath("/events").fetchArray(GHEventInfo[].class);
         for (GHEventInfo e : events)
             e.wrapUp(this);
         return Arrays.asList(events);
@@ -832,7 +874,7 @@ public class GitHub {
      *             the io exception
      */
     public GHGist getGist(String id) throws IOException {
-        return retrieve().to("/gists/" + id, GHGist.class).wrapUp(this);
+        return createRequest().withUrlPath("/gists/" + id).fetch(GHGist.class).wrapUp(this);
     }
 
     /**
@@ -924,9 +966,9 @@ public class GitHub {
      * @see <a href="http://developer.github.com/v3/oauth/#create-a-new-authorization">Documentation</a>
      */
     public GHAuthorization createToken(Collection<String> scope, String note, String noteUrl) throws IOException {
-        Requester requester = new Requester(this).with("scopes", scope).with("note", note).with("note_url", noteUrl);
+        Requester requester = createRequest().with("scopes", scope).with("note", note).with("note_url", noteUrl);
 
-        return requester.method("POST").to("/authorizations", GHAuthorization.class).wrap(this);
+        return requester.method("POST").withUrlPath("/authorizations").fetch(GHAuthorization.class).wrap(this);
     }
 
     /**
@@ -957,12 +999,10 @@ public class GitHub {
             return createToken(scope, note, noteUrl);
         } catch (GHOTPRequiredException ex) {
             String OTPstring = OTP.get();
-            Requester requester = new Requester(this).with("scopes", scope)
-                    .with("note", note)
-                    .with("note_url", noteUrl);
+            Requester requester = createRequest().with("scopes", scope).with("note", note).with("note_url", noteUrl);
             // Add the OTP from the user
             requester.setHeader("x-github-otp", OTPstring);
-            return requester.method("POST").to("/authorizations", GHAuthorization.class).wrap(this);
+            return requester.method("POST").withUrlPath("/authorizations").fetch(GHAuthorization.class).wrap(this);
         }
     }
 
@@ -990,12 +1030,12 @@ public class GitHub {
             List<String> scopes,
             String note,
             String note_url) throws IOException {
-        Requester requester = new Requester(this).with("client_secret", clientSecret)
+        Requester requester = createRequest().with("client_secret", clientSecret)
                 .with("scopes", scopes)
                 .with("note", note)
                 .with("note_url", note_url);
 
-        return requester.method("PUT").to("/authorizations/clients/" + clientId, GHAuthorization.class);
+        return requester.method("PUT").withUrlPath("/authorizations/clients/" + clientId).fetch(GHAuthorization.class);
     }
 
     /**
@@ -1009,7 +1049,7 @@ public class GitHub {
      *      authorization</a>
      */
     public void deleteAuth(long id) throws IOException {
-        retrieve().method("DELETE").to("/authorizations/" + id);
+        createRequest().method("DELETE").withUrlPath("/authorizations/" + id).send();
     }
 
     /**
@@ -1026,7 +1066,8 @@ public class GitHub {
      *      authorization</a>
      */
     public GHAuthorization checkAuth(@Nonnull String clientId, @Nonnull String accessToken) throws IOException {
-        return retrieve().to("/applications/" + clientId + "/tokens/" + accessToken, GHAuthorization.class);
+        return createRequest().withUrlPath("/applications/" + clientId + "/tokens/" + accessToken)
+                .fetch(GHAuthorization.class);
     }
 
     /**
@@ -1043,8 +1084,9 @@ public class GitHub {
      *      authorization</a>
      */
     public GHAuthorization resetAuth(@Nonnull String clientId, @Nonnull String accessToken) throws IOException {
-        return retrieve().method("POST")
-                .to("/applications/" + clientId + "/tokens/" + accessToken, GHAuthorization.class);
+        return createRequest().method("POST")
+                .withUrlPath("/applications/" + clientId + "/tokens/" + accessToken)
+                .fetch(GHAuthorization.class);
     }
 
     /**
@@ -1057,7 +1099,8 @@ public class GitHub {
      *      authorizations</a>
      */
     public PagedIterable<GHAuthorization> listMyAuthorizations() throws IOException {
-        return retrieve().asPagedIterable("/authorizations", GHAuthorization[].class, item -> item.wrap(GitHub.this));
+        return createRequest().withUrlPath("/authorizations")
+                .toIterable(GHAuthorization[].class, item -> item.wrap(this));
     }
 
     /**
@@ -1074,7 +1117,7 @@ public class GitHub {
     @Preview
     @Deprecated
     public GHApp getApp() throws IOException {
-        return retrieve().withPreview(MACHINE_MAN).to("/app", GHApp.class).wrapUp(this);
+        return createRequest().withPreview(MACHINE_MAN).withUrlPath("/app").fetch(GHApp.class).wrapUp(this);
     }
 
     /**
@@ -1084,7 +1127,7 @@ public class GitHub {
      */
     public boolean isCredentialValid() {
         try {
-            retrieve().to("/user", GHUser.class);
+            createRequest().withUrlPath("/user").fetch(GHUser.class);
             return true;
         } catch (IOException e) {
             if (LOGGER.isLoggable(FINE))
@@ -1105,7 +1148,7 @@ public class GitHub {
      * @see <a href="https://developer.github.com/v3/meta/#meta">Get Meta</a>
      */
     public GHMeta getMeta() throws IOException {
-        return retrieve().to("/meta", GHMeta.class);
+        return createRequest().withUrlPath("/meta").fetch(GHMeta.class);
     }
 
     GHUser intern(GHUser user) throws IOException {
@@ -1132,7 +1175,7 @@ public class GitHub {
      *             the io exception
      */
     public GHProject getProject(long id) throws IOException {
-        return retrieve().withPreview(INERTIA).to("/projects/" + id, GHProject.class).wrap(this);
+        return createRequest().withPreview(INERTIA).withUrlPath("/projects/" + id).fetch(GHProject.class).wrap(this);
     }
 
     /**
@@ -1145,7 +1188,10 @@ public class GitHub {
      *             the io exception
      */
     public GHProjectColumn getProjectColumn(long id) throws IOException {
-        return retrieve().withPreview(INERTIA).to("/projects/columns/" + id, GHProjectColumn.class).wrap(this);
+        return createRequest().withPreview(INERTIA)
+                .withUrlPath("/projects/columns/" + id)
+                .fetch(GHProjectColumn.class)
+                .wrap(this);
     }
 
     /**
@@ -1158,7 +1204,10 @@ public class GitHub {
      *             the io exception
      */
     public GHProjectCard getProjectCard(long id) throws IOException {
-        return retrieve().withPreview(INERTIA).to("/projects/columns/cards/" + id, GHProjectCard.class).wrap(this);
+        return createRequest().withPreview(INERTIA)
+                .withUrlPath("/projects/columns/cards/" + id)
+                .fetch(GHProjectCard.class)
+                .wrap(this);
     }
 
     private static class GHApiInfo {
@@ -1188,7 +1237,7 @@ public class GitHub {
      */
     public void checkApiUrlValidity() throws IOException {
         try {
-            retrieve().to("/", GHApiInfo.class).check(apiUrl);
+            createRequest().withUrlPath("/").fetch(GHApiInfo.class).check(apiUrl);
         } catch (IOException e) {
             if (isPrivateModeEnabled()) {
                 throw (IOException) new IOException(
@@ -1320,8 +1369,9 @@ public class GitHub {
      * @see <a href="https://developer.github.com/v3/repos/#list-all-public-repositories">documentation</a>
      */
     public PagedIterable<GHRepository> listAllPublicRepositories(final String since) {
-        return retrieve().with("since", since)
-                .asPagedIterable("/repositories", GHRepository[].class, item -> item.wrap(GitHub.this));
+        return createRequest().with("since", since)
+                .withUrlPath("/repositories")
+                .toIterable(GHRepository[].class, item -> item.wrap(this));
     }
 
     /**
@@ -1339,9 +1389,13 @@ public class GitHub {
      * @see GHRepository#renderMarkdown(String, MarkdownMode) GHRepository#renderMarkdown(String, MarkdownMode)
      */
     public Reader renderMarkdown(String text) throws IOException {
-        return new InputStreamReader(new Requester(this).with(new ByteArrayInputStream(text.getBytes("UTF-8")))
-                .contentType("text/plain;charset=UTF-8")
-                .asStream("/markdown/raw"), "UTF-8");
+        return new InputStreamReader(
+                createRequest().method("POST")
+                        .with(new ByteArrayInputStream(text.getBytes("UTF-8")))
+                        .contentType("text/plain;charset=UTF-8")
+                        .withUrlPath("/markdown/raw")
+                        .fetchStream(),
+                "UTF-8");
     }
 
     static URL parseURL(String s) {

src/main/java/org/kohsuke/github/JsonRateLimit.java

@@ -1,10 +1,23 @@
 package org.kohsuke.github;
 
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonCreator;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonProperty;
+
+import java.util.Objects;
+
+import javax.annotation.Nonnull;
+
 /**
  * @author Kohsuke Kawaguchi
  */
 class JsonRateLimit {
 
-    GHRateLimit resources;
+    @Nonnull
+    final GHRateLimit resources;
 
+    @JsonCreator
+    private JsonRateLimit(@Nonnull @JsonProperty(value = "resources", required = true) GHRateLimit resources) {
+        Objects.requireNonNull(resources);
+        this.resources = resources;
+    }
 }

src/main/java/org/kohsuke/github/PagedIterable.java

@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@ import java.util.LinkedHashSet;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Set;
 
+import javax.annotation.Nonnull;
+
 /**
  * {@link Iterable} that returns {@link PagedIterator}
  *
@@ -33,6 +35,12 @@ public abstract class PagedIterable<T> implements Iterable<T> {
         return this;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Returns an iterator over elements of type {@code T}.
+     *
+     * @return an Iterator.
+     */
+    @Nonnull
     public final PagedIterator<T> iterator() {
         return _iterator(size);
     }
@@ -44,6 +52,7 @@ public abstract class PagedIterable<T> implements Iterable<T> {
      *            the page size
      * @return the paged iterator
      */
+    @Nonnull
     public abstract PagedIterator<T> _iterator(int pageSize);
 
     /**
@@ -52,7 +61,7 @@ public abstract class PagedIterable<T> implements Iterable<T> {
      * @return the list
      */
     public List<T> asList() {
-        List<T> r = new ArrayList<T>();
+        ArrayList<T> r = new ArrayList<>();
         for (PagedIterator<T> i = iterator(); i.hasNext();) {
             r.addAll(i.nextPage());
         }
@@ -65,7 +74,7 @@ public abstract class PagedIterable<T> implements Iterable<T> {
      * @return the set
      */
     public Set<T> asSet() {
-        LinkedHashSet<T> r = new LinkedHashSet<T>();
+        LinkedHashSet<T> r = new LinkedHashSet<>();
         for (PagedIterator<T> i = iterator(); i.hasNext();) {
             r.addAll(i.nextPage());
         }

src/main/java/org/kohsuke/github/Previews.java

@@ -64,15 +64,7 @@ class Previews {
      *
      * @see <a href="https://developer.github.com/v3/previews/#reactions">GitHub API Previews</a>
      */
-    static final String SQUIRREL_GIRL = "application/vnd.github.squirrel-girl-preview";
-
-    /**
-     * Label emoji, search, and descriptions
-     *
-     * @see <a href="https://developer.github.com/v3/previews/#label-emoji-search-and-descriptions">GitHub API
-     *      Previews</a>
-     */
-    static final String SYMMETRA = "application/vnd.github.symmetra-preview+json";
+    static final String SQUIRREL_GIRL = "application/vnd.github.squirrel-girl-preview+json";
 
     /**
      * Require signed commits

src/main/java/org/kohsuke/github/Requester.java

@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@
 package org.kohsuke.github;
 
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.JsonMappingException;
-import edu.umd.cs.findbugs.annotations.SuppressFBWarnings;
 import org.apache.commons.io.IOUtils;
 import org.apache.commons.lang3.StringUtils;
 
@@ -44,6 +43,7 @@ import java.net.URI;
 import java.net.URISyntaxException;
 import java.net.URL;
 import java.net.URLEncoder;
+import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Collection;
 import java.util.HashMap;
@@ -53,19 +53,20 @@ import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Locale;
 import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.NoSuchElementException;
+import java.util.Objects;
 import java.util.function.Consumer;
 import java.util.logging.Logger;
-import java.util.regex.Matcher;
-import java.util.regex.Pattern;
 import java.util.zip.GZIPInputStream;
 
 import javax.annotation.CheckForNull;
+import javax.annotation.Nonnull;
 import javax.annotation.WillClose;
 
 import static java.util.Arrays.asList;
 import static java.util.logging.Level.*;
 import static org.apache.commons.lang3.StringUtils.defaultString;
 import static org.kohsuke.github.GitHub.MAPPER;
+import static org.kohsuke.github.GitHub.connect;
 
 /**
  * A builder pattern for making HTTP call and parsing its output.
@@ -77,10 +78,13 @@ class Requester {
     private final List<Entry> args = new ArrayList<Entry>();
     private final Map<String, String> headers = new LinkedHashMap<String, String>();
 
+    @Nonnull
+    private String urlPath = "/";
+
     /**
      * Request method.
      */
-    private String method = "POST";
+    private String method = "GET";
     private String contentType = null;
     private InputStream body;
 
@@ -91,8 +95,8 @@ class Requester {
     private boolean forceBody;
 
     private static class Entry {
-        String key;
-        Object value;
+        final String key;
+        final Object value;
 
         private Entry(String key, Object value) {
             this.key = key;
@@ -281,9 +285,9 @@ class Requester {
      * @return the requester
      */
     public Requester set(String key, Object value) {
-        for (Entry e : args) {
-            if (e.key.equals(key)) {
-                e.value = value;
+        for (int index = 0; index < args.size(); index++) {
+            if (args.get(index).key.equals(key)) {
+                args.set(index, new Entry(key, value));
                 return this;
             }
         }
@@ -314,6 +318,56 @@ class Requester {
         return this;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * NOT FOR PUBLIC USE. Do not make this method public.
+     * <p>
+     * Sets the path component of api URL without URI encoding.
+     * <p>
+     * Should only be used when passing a literal URL field from a GHObject, such as {@link GHContent#refresh()} or when
+     * needing to set query parameters on requests methods that don't usually have them, such as
+     * {@link GHRelease#uploadAsset(String, InputStream, String)}.
+     *
+     * @param urlOrPath
+     *            the content type
+     * @return the requester
+     */
+    Requester setRawUrlPath(String urlOrPath) {
+        Objects.requireNonNull(urlOrPath);
+        this.urlPath = urlOrPath;
+        return this;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Path component of api URL. Appended to api url.
+     * <p>
+     * If urlPath starts with a slash, it will be URI encoded as a path. If it starts with anything else, it will be
+     * used as is.
+     *
+     * @param urlPathItems
+     *            the content type
+     * @return the requester
+     */
+    public Requester withUrlPath(String... urlPathItems) {
+        if (!this.urlPath.startsWith("/")) {
+            throw new GHException("Cannot append to url path after setting a raw path");
+        }
+
+        if (urlPathItems.length == 1 && !urlPathItems[0].startsWith("/")) {
+            return setRawUrlPath(urlPathItems[0]);
+        }
+
+        String tailUrlPath = String.join("/", urlPathItems);
+
+        if (this.urlPath.endsWith("/")) {
+            tailUrlPath = StringUtils.stripStart(tailUrlPath, "/");
+        } else {
+            tailUrlPath = StringUtils.prependIfMissing(tailUrlPath, "/");
+        }
+
+        this.urlPath += urlPathEncode(tailUrlPath);
+        return this;
+    }
+
     /**
      * Small number of GitHub APIs use HTTP methods somewhat inconsistently, and use a body where it's not expected.
      * Normally whether parameters go as query parameters or a body depends on the HTTP verb in use, but this method
@@ -325,143 +379,120 @@ class Requester {
     }
 
     /**
-     * To.
+     * Sends a request to the specified URL and checks that it is sucessful.
      *
-     * @param tailApiUrl
-     *            the tail api url
      * @throws IOException
      *             the io exception
      */
-    public void to(String tailApiUrl) throws IOException {
-        _to(tailApiUrl, null, null);
+    public void send() throws IOException {
+        _fetch(() -> parse(null, null));
     }
 
     /**
-     * Sends a request to the specified URL, and parses the response into the given type via databinding.
+     * Sends a request and parses the response into the given type via databinding.
      *
      * @param <T>
      *            the type parameter
-     * @param tailApiUrl
-     *            the tail api url
      * @param type
      *            the type
      * @return {@link Reader} that reads the response.
      * @throws IOException
      *             if the server returns 4xx/5xx responses.
      */
-    public <T> T to(String tailApiUrl, Class<T> type) throws IOException {
-        return _to(tailApiUrl, type, null);
+    public <T> T fetch(@Nonnull Class<T> type) throws IOException {
+        return _fetch(() -> parse(type, null));
     }
 
     /**
-     * Like {@link #to(String, Class)} but updates an existing object instead of creating a new instance.
+     * Sends a request and parses the response into an array of the given type via databinding.
+     *
+     * @param <T>
+     *            the type parameter
+     * @param type
+     *            the type
+     * @return {@link Reader} that reads the response.
+     * @throws IOException
+     *             if the server returns 4xx/5xx responses.
+     */
+    public <T> T[] fetchArray(@Nonnull Class<T[]> type) throws IOException {
+        T[] result = null;
+
+        try {
+            // for arrays we might have to loop for pagination
+            // use the iterator to handle it
+            List<T[]> pages = new ArrayList<>();
+            int totalSize = 0;
+            for (Iterator<T[]> iterator = asIterator(type, 0); iterator.hasNext();) {
+                T[] nextResult = iterator.next();
+                totalSize += Array.getLength(nextResult);
+                pages.add(nextResult);
+            }
+
+            result = concatenatePages(type, pages, totalSize);
+        } catch (GHException e) {
+            // if there was an exception inside the iterator it is wrapped as a GHException
+            // if the wrapped exception is an IOException, throw that
+            if (e.getCause() instanceof IOException) {
+                throw (IOException) e.getCause();
+            } else {
+                throw e;
+            }
+        }
+
+        return result;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Like {@link #fetch(Class)} but updates an existing object instead of creating a new instance.
      *
      * @param <T>
      *            the type parameter
-     * @param tailApiUrl
-     *            the tail api url
      * @param existingInstance
      *            the existing instance
      * @return the t
      * @throws IOException
      *             the io exception
      */
-    public <T> T to(String tailApiUrl, T existingInstance) throws IOException {
-        return _to(tailApiUrl, null, existingInstance);
-    }
-
-    @SuppressFBWarnings("SBSC_USE_STRINGBUFFER_CONCATENATION")
-    private <T> T _to(String tailApiUrl, Class<T> type, T instance) throws IOException {
-        if (!isMethodWithBody() && !args.isEmpty()) {
-            boolean questionMarkFound = tailApiUrl.indexOf('?') != -1;
-            tailApiUrl += questionMarkFound ? '&' : '?';
-            for (Iterator<Entry> it = args.listIterator(); it.hasNext();) {
-                Entry arg = it.next();
-                tailApiUrl += arg.key + '=' + URLEncoder.encode(arg.value.toString(), "UTF-8");
-                if (it.hasNext()) {
-                    tailApiUrl += '&';
-                }
-            }
-        }
-
-        while (true) {// loop while API rate limit is hit
-            setupConnection(root.getApiURL(tailApiUrl));
-
-            buildRequest();
-
-            try {
-                T result = parse(type, instance);
-                if (type != null && type.isArray()) { // we might have to loop for pagination - done through recursion
-                    final String links = uc.getHeaderField("link");
-                    if (links != null && links.contains("rel=\"next\"")) {
-                        Pattern nextLinkPattern = Pattern.compile(".*<(.*)>; rel=\"next\"");
-                        Matcher nextLinkMatcher = nextLinkPattern.matcher(links);
-                        if (nextLinkMatcher.find()) {
-                            final String link = nextLinkMatcher.group(1);
-                            T nextResult = _to(link, type, instance);
-                            setResponseHeaders(nextResult);
-                            final int resultLength = Array.getLength(result);
-                            final int nextResultLength = Array.getLength(nextResult);
-                            T concatResult = (T) Array.newInstance(type.getComponentType(),
-                                    resultLength + nextResultLength);
-                            System.arraycopy(result, 0, concatResult, 0, resultLength);
-                            System.arraycopy(nextResult, 0, concatResult, resultLength, nextResultLength);
-                            result = concatResult;
-                        }
-                    }
-                }
-                return setResponseHeaders(result);
-            } catch (IOException e) {
-                handleApiError(e);
-            } finally {
-                noteRateLimit(tailApiUrl);
-            }
-        }
+    public <T> T fetchInto(@Nonnull T existingInstance) throws IOException {
+        return _fetch(() -> parse(null, existingInstance));
     }
 
     /**
-     * Makes a request and just obtains the HTTP status code.
+     * Makes a request and just obtains the HTTP status code. Method does not throw exceptions for many status codes
+     * that would otherwise throw.
      *
-     * @param tailApiUrl
-     *            the tail api url
      * @return the int
      * @throws IOException
      *             the io exception
      */
-    public int asHttpStatusCode(String tailApiUrl) throws IOException {
-        while (true) {// loop while API rate limit is hit
-            method("GET");
-            setupConnection(root.getApiURL(tailApiUrl));
-
-            buildRequest();
-
-            try {
-                return uc.getResponseCode();
-            } catch (IOException e) {
-                handleApiError(e);
-            } finally {
-                noteRateLimit(tailApiUrl);
-            }
-        }
+    public int fetchHttpStatusCode() throws IOException {
+        return _fetch(() -> uc.getResponseCode());
     }
 
     /**
      * As stream input stream.
      *
-     * @param tailApiUrl
-     *            the tail api url
      * @return the input stream
      * @throws IOException
      *             the io exception
      */
-    public InputStream asStream(String tailApiUrl) throws IOException {
-        while (true) {// loop while API rate limit is hit
-            setupConnection(root.getApiURL(tailApiUrl));
+    public InputStream fetchStream() throws IOException {
+        return _fetch(() -> parse(InputStream.class, null));
+    }
 
-            buildRequest();
+    private <T> T _fetch(SupplierThrows<T, IOException> supplier) throws IOException {
+        String tailApiUrl = buildTailApiUrl(urlPath);
+        URL url = root.getApiURL(tailApiUrl);
+        return _fetch(tailApiUrl, url, supplier);
+    }
+
+    private <T> T _fetch(String tailApiUrl, URL url, SupplierThrows<T, IOException> supplier) throws IOException {
+        while (true) {// loop while API rate limit is hit
+            uc = setupConnection(url);
 
             try {
-                return wrapStream(uc.getInputStream());
+                retryInvalidCached404Response();
+                return supplier.get();
             } catch (IOException e) {
                 handleApiError(e);
             } finally {
@@ -470,11 +501,52 @@ class Requester {
         }
     }
 
+    private <T> T[] concatenatePages(Class<T[]> type, List<T[]> pages, int totalLength) {
+
+        T[] result = type.cast(Array.newInstance(type.getComponentType(), totalLength));
+
+        int position = 0;
+        for (T[] page : pages) {
+            final int pageLength = Array.getLength(page);
+            System.arraycopy(page, 0, result, position, pageLength);
+            position += pageLength;
+        }
+        return result;
+    }
+
+    private String buildTailApiUrl(String tailApiUrl) {
+        if (!isMethodWithBody() && !args.isEmpty()) {
+            try {
+                boolean questionMarkFound = tailApiUrl.indexOf('?') != -1;
+                StringBuilder argString = new StringBuilder();
+                argString.append(questionMarkFound ? '&' : '?');
+
+                for (Iterator<Entry> it = args.listIterator(); it.hasNext();) {
+                    Entry arg = it.next();
+                    argString.append(URLEncoder.encode(arg.key, StandardCharsets.UTF_8.name()));
+                    argString.append('=');
+                    argString.append(URLEncoder.encode(arg.value.toString(), StandardCharsets.UTF_8.name()));
+                    if (it.hasNext()) {
+                        argString.append('&');
+                    }
+                }
+                tailApiUrl += argString;
+            } catch (UnsupportedEncodingException e) {
+                throw new AssertionError(e); // UTF-8 is mandatory
+            }
+        }
+        return tailApiUrl;
+    }
+
     private void noteRateLimit(String tailApiUrl) {
+        if (uc == null) {
+            return;
+        }
         if (tailApiUrl.startsWith("/search")) {
             // the search API uses a different rate limit
             return;
         }
+
         String limitString = uc.getHeaderField("X-RateLimit-Limit");
         if (StringUtils.isBlank(limitString)) {
             // if we are missing a header, return fast
@@ -538,24 +610,25 @@ class Requester {
     /**
      * Set up the request parameters or POST payload.
      */
-    private void buildRequest() throws IOException {
+    private void buildRequest(HttpURLConnection connection) throws IOException {
         if (isMethodWithBody()) {
-            uc.setDoOutput(true);
+            connection.setDoOutput(true);
 
             if (body == null) {
-                uc.setRequestProperty("Content-type", defaultString(contentType, "application/json"));
+                connection.setRequestProperty("Content-type", defaultString(contentType, "application/json"));
                 Map json = new HashMap();
                 for (Entry e : args) {
                     json.put(e.key, e.value);
                 }
-                MAPPER.writeValue(uc.getOutputStream(), json);
+                MAPPER.writeValue(connection.getOutputStream(), json);
             } else {
-                uc.setRequestProperty("Content-type", defaultString(contentType, "application/x-www-form-urlencoded"));
+                connection.setRequestProperty("Content-type",
+                        defaultString(contentType, "application/x-www-form-urlencoded"));
                 try {
                     byte[] bytes = new byte[32768];
                     int read;
                     while ((read = body.read(bytes)) != -1) {
-                        uc.getOutputStream().write(bytes, 0, read);
+                        connection.getOutputStream().write(bytes, 0, read);
                     }
                 } finally {
                     body.close();
@@ -568,32 +641,28 @@ class Requester {
         return forceBody || !METHODS_WITHOUT_BODY.contains(method);
     }
 
-    <T> PagedIterable<T> asPagedIterable(String tailApiUrl, Class<T[]> type, Consumer<T> consumer) {
-        return new PagedIterableWithConsumer<>(type, this, tailApiUrl, consumer);
+    <T> PagedIterable<T> toIterable(Class<T[]> type, Consumer<T> consumer) {
+        return new PagedIterableWithConsumer<>(type, consumer);
     }
 
-    static class PagedIterableWithConsumer<S> extends PagedIterable<S> {
+    class PagedIterableWithConsumer<T> extends PagedIterable<T> {
 
-        private final Class<S[]> clazz;
-        private final Requester requester;
-        private final String tailApiUrl;
-        private final Consumer<S> consumer;
+        private final Class<T[]> clazz;
+        private final Consumer<T> consumer;
 
-        PagedIterableWithConsumer(Class<S[]> clazz, Requester requester, String tailApiUrl, Consumer<S> consumer) {
+        PagedIterableWithConsumer(Class<T[]> clazz, Consumer<T> consumer) {
             this.clazz = clazz;
-            this.tailApiUrl = tailApiUrl;
-            this.requester = requester;
             this.consumer = consumer;
         }
 
         @Override
-        public PagedIterator<S> _iterator(int pageSize) {
-            final Iterator<S[]> iterator = requester.asIterator(tailApiUrl, clazz, pageSize);
-            return new PagedIterator<S>(iterator) {
+        public PagedIterator<T> _iterator(int pageSize) {
+            final Iterator<T[]> iterator = asIterator(clazz, pageSize);
+            return new PagedIterator<T>(iterator) {
                 @Override
-                protected void wrapUp(S[] page) {
+                protected void wrapUp(T[] page) {
                     if (consumer != null) {
-                        for (S item : page) {
+                        for (T item : page) {
                             consumer.accept(item);
                         }
                     }
@@ -605,37 +674,40 @@ class Requester {
     /**
      * Loads paginated resources.
      *
-     * Every iterator call reports a new batch.
+     * @param type
+     *            type of each page (not the items in the page).
+     * @param pageSize
+     *            the size of the
+     * @param <T>
+     *            type of each page (not the items in the page).
+     * @return
      */
-    <T> Iterator<T> asIterator(String tailApiUrl, Class<T> type, int pageSize) {
-        method("GET");
-
-        if (pageSize != 0)
-            args.add(new Entry("per_page", pageSize));
-
-        StringBuilder s = new StringBuilder(tailApiUrl);
-        if (!args.isEmpty()) {
-            boolean first = true;
-            try {
-                for (Entry a : args) {
-                    s.append(first ? '?' : '&');
-                    first = false;
-                    s.append(URLEncoder.encode(a.key, "UTF-8"));
-                    s.append('=');
-                    s.append(URLEncoder.encode(a.value.toString(), "UTF-8"));
-                }
-            } catch (UnsupportedEncodingException e) {
-                throw new AssertionError(e); // UTF-8 is mandatory
-            }
+    <T> Iterator<T> asIterator(Class<T> type, int pageSize) {
+        if (!"GET".equals(method)) {
+            throw new IllegalStateException("Request method \"GET\" is required for iterator.");
         }
 
+        if (pageSize > 0)
+            args.add(new Entry("per_page", pageSize));
+
+        String tailApiUrl = buildTailApiUrl(urlPath);
+
         try {
-            return new PagingIterator<T>(type, tailApiUrl, root.getApiURL(s.toString()));
+            return new PagingIterator<>(type, tailApiUrl, root.getApiURL(tailApiUrl));
         } catch (IOException e) {
             throw new GHException("Unable to build github Api URL", e);
         }
     }
 
+    /**
+     * May be used for any item that has pagination information.
+     *
+     * Works for array responses, also works for search results which are single instances with an array of items
+     * inside.
+     *
+     * @param <T>
+     *            type of each page (not the items in the page).
+     */
     class PagingIterator<T> implements Iterator<T> {
 
         private final Class<T> type;
@@ -682,19 +754,9 @@ class Requester {
                 return; // no more data to fetch
 
             try {
-                while (true) {// loop while API rate limit is hit
-                    setupConnection(url);
-                    try {
-                        next = parse(type, null);
-                        assert next != null;
-                        findNextURL();
-                        return;
-                    } catch (IOException e) {
-                        handleApiError(e);
-                    } finally {
-                        noteRateLimit(tailApiUrl);
-                    }
-                }
+                next = _fetch(tailApiUrl, url, () -> parse(type, null));
+                assert next != null;
+                findNextURL();
             } catch (IOException e) {
                 throw new GHException("Failed to retrieve " + url, e);
             }
@@ -723,46 +785,49 @@ class Requester {
         }
     }
 
-    private void setupConnection(URL url) throws IOException {
+    private HttpURLConnection setupConnection(URL url) throws IOException {
         if (LOGGER.isLoggable(FINE)) {
             LOGGER.log(FINE,
                     "GitHub API request [" + (root.login == null ? "anonymous" : root.login) + "]: " + method + " "
                             + url.toString());
         }
-        uc = root.getConnector().connect(url);
+        HttpURLConnection connection = root.getConnector().connect(url);
 
         // if the authentication is needed but no credential is given, try it anyway (so that some calls
         // that do work with anonymous access in the reduced form should still work.)
         if (root.encodedAuthorization != null)
-            uc.setRequestProperty("Authorization", root.encodedAuthorization);
+            connection.setRequestProperty("Authorization", root.encodedAuthorization);
 
         for (Map.Entry<String, String> e : headers.entrySet()) {
             String v = e.getValue();
             if (v != null)
-                uc.setRequestProperty(e.getKey(), v);
+                connection.setRequestProperty(e.getKey(), v);
         }
 
-        setRequestMethod(uc);
-        uc.setRequestProperty("Accept-Encoding", "gzip");
+        setRequestMethod(connection);
+        connection.setRequestProperty("Accept-Encoding", "gzip");
+        buildRequest(connection);
+
+        return connection;
     }
 
-    private void setRequestMethod(HttpURLConnection uc) throws IOException {
+    private void setRequestMethod(HttpURLConnection connection) throws IOException {
         try {
-            uc.setRequestMethod(method);
+            connection.setRequestMethod(method);
         } catch (ProtocolException e) {
             // JDK only allows one of the fixed set of verbs. Try to override that
             try {
                 Field $method = HttpURLConnection.class.getDeclaredField("method");
                 $method.setAccessible(true);
-                $method.set(uc, method);
+                $method.set(connection, method);
             } catch (Exception x) {
                 throw (IOException) new IOException("Failed to set the custom verb").initCause(x);
             }
             // sun.net.www.protocol.https.DelegatingHttpsURLConnection delegates to another HttpURLConnection
             try {
-                Field $delegate = uc.getClass().getDeclaredField("delegate");
+                Field $delegate = connection.getClass().getDeclaredField("delegate");
                 $delegate.setAccessible(true);
-                Object delegate = $delegate.get(uc);
+                Object delegate = $delegate.get(connection);
                 if (delegate instanceof HttpURLConnection) {
                     HttpURLConnection nested = (HttpURLConnection) delegate;
                     setRequestMethod(nested);
@@ -773,7 +838,7 @@ class Requester {
                 throw (IOException) new IOException("Failed to set the custom verb").initCause(x);
             }
         }
-        if (!uc.getRequestMethod().equals(method))
+        if (!connection.getRequestMethod().equals(method))
             throw new IllegalStateException("Failed to set the request method to " + method);
     }
 
@@ -815,22 +880,26 @@ class Requester {
                 return null;
             }
 
-            r = new InputStreamReader(wrapStream(uc.getInputStream()), "UTF-8");
+            if (type != null && type.equals(InputStream.class)) {
+                return type.cast(wrapStream(uc.getInputStream()));
+            }
+
+            r = new InputStreamReader(wrapStream(uc.getInputStream()), StandardCharsets.UTF_8);
             String data = IOUtils.toString(r);
             if (type != null)
                 try {
                     return setResponseHeaders(MAPPER.readValue(data, type));
                 } catch (JsonMappingException e) {
-                    throw (IOException) new IOException("Failed to deserialize " + data).initCause(e);
+                    String message = "Failed to deserialize " + data;
+                    throw (IOException) new IOException(message).initCause(e);
                 }
             if (instance != null) {
                 return setResponseHeaders(MAPPER.readerForUpdating(instance).<T>readValue(data));
             }
             return null;
         } catch (FileNotFoundException e) {
-            // java.net.URLConnection handles 404 exception has FileNotFoundException, don't wrap exception in
-            // HttpException
-            // to preserve backward compatibility
+            // java.net.URLConnection handles 404 exception as FileNotFoundException,
+            // don't wrap exception in HttpException to preserve backward compatibility
             throw e;
         } catch (IOException e) {
             if (e instanceof SocketTimeoutException && timeouts > 0) {
@@ -843,6 +912,29 @@ class Requester {
         }
     }
 
+    private void retryInvalidCached404Response() throws IOException {
+        // WORKAROUND FOR ISSUE #669:
+        // When the Requester detects a 404 response with an ETag (only happpens when the server's 304
+        // is bogus and would cause cache corruption), try the query again with new request header
+        // that forces the server to not return 304 and return new data instead.
+        //
+        // This solution is transparent to users of this library and automatically handles a
+        // situation that was cause insidious and hard to debug bad responses in caching
+        // scenarios. If GitHub ever fixes their issue and/or begins providing accurate ETags to
+        // their 404 responses, this will result in at worst two requests being made for each 404
+        // responses. However, only the second request will count against rate limit.
+        int responseCode = uc.getResponseCode();
+        if (responseCode == 404 && Objects.equals(uc.getRequestMethod(), "GET") && uc.getHeaderField("ETag") != null
+                && !Objects.equals(uc.getRequestProperty("Cache-Control"), "no-cache")) {
+            uc = setupConnection(uc.getURL());
+            // Setting "Cache-Control" to "no-cache" stops the cache from supplying
+            // "If-Modified-Since" or "If-None-Match" values.
+            // This makes GitHub give us current data (not incorrectly cached data)
+            uc.setRequestProperty("Cache-Control", "no-cache");
+            uc.getResponseCode();
+        }
+    }
+
     private <T> T setResponseHeaders(T readValue) {
         if (readValue instanceof GHObject[]) {
             for (GHObject ghObject : (GHObject[]) readValue) {
@@ -894,7 +986,7 @@ class Requester {
         InputStream es = wrapStream(uc.getErrorStream());
         if (es != null) {
             try {
-                String error = IOUtils.toString(es, "UTF-8");
+                String error = IOUtils.toString(es, StandardCharsets.UTF_8);
                 if (e instanceof FileNotFoundException) {
                     // pass through 404 Not Found to allow the caller to handle it intelligently
                     e = (IOException) new GHFileNotFoundException(error).withResponseHeaderFields(uc).initCause(e);
@@ -961,4 +1053,27 @@ class Requester {
 
     private static final List<String> METHODS_WITHOUT_BODY = asList("GET", "DELETE");
     private static final Logger LOGGER = Logger.getLogger(Requester.class.getName());
+
+    /**
+     * Represents a supplier of results that can throw.
+     *
+     * <p>
+     * This is a <a href="package-summary.html">functional interface</a> whose functional method is {@link #get()}.
+     *
+     * @param <T>
+     *            the type of results supplied by this supplier
+     * @param <E>
+     *            the type of throwable that could be thrown
+     */
+    @FunctionalInterface
+    interface SupplierThrows<T, E extends Throwable> {
+
+        /**
+         * Gets a result.
+         *
+         * @return a result
+         * @throws E
+         */
+        T get() throws E;
+    }
 }

src/main/java/org/kohsuke/github/example/dataobject/ReadOnlyObjects.java

@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonSetter;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Collections;
 import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Objects;
 
 import javax.annotation.Nonnull;
 
@@ -482,12 +483,15 @@ public final class ReadOnlyObjects {
      * <li>Fields final and lists unmodifiable</li>
      * <li>Construction behavior can be controlled - if values depended on each other or needed to be set in a specific
      * order, this could do that.</li>
+     * <li>JsonProrperty "required" works on JsonCreator constructors - lets annotation define required values</li>
      * </ul>
      * Con:
      * <ul>
      * <li>There is no way you'd know about this without some research</li>
      * <li>Specific annotations needed</li>
-     * <li>Brittle and verbose - not friendly to optional fields or large number of fields</li>
+     * <li>Nonnull annotations are misleading - null value is not checked even for "required" constructor
+     * parameters</li>
+     * <li>Brittle and verbose - not friendly to large number of fields</li>
      * </ul>
      *
      * @author Liam Newman
@@ -503,14 +507,37 @@ public final class ReadOnlyObjects {
         private final List<String> pages;
         private final List<String> importer;
 
+        /**
+         *
+         * @param hooks
+         *            the hooks - required property works, but only on creator json properties like this, ignores
+         *            Nonnull, checked manually
+         * @param git
+         *            the git list - required property works, but only on creator json properties like this, misleading
+         *            Nonnull annotation
+         * @param web
+         *            the web list - misleading Nonnull annotation
+         * @param api
+         *            the api list - misleading Nonnull annotation
+         * @param pages
+         *            the pages list - misleading Nonnull annotation
+         * @param importer
+         *            the importer list - misleading Nonnull annotation
+         * @param verifiablePasswordAuthentication
+         *            true or false
+         */
         @JsonCreator
-        private GHMetaGettersFinalCreator(@Nonnull @JsonProperty("hooks") List<String> hooks,
-                @Nonnull @JsonProperty("git") List<String> git,
+        private GHMetaGettersFinalCreator(@Nonnull @JsonProperty(value = "hooks", required = true) List<String> hooks,
+                @Nonnull @JsonProperty(value = "git", required = true) List<String> git,
                 @Nonnull @JsonProperty("web") List<String> web,
                 @Nonnull @JsonProperty("api") List<String> api,
                 @Nonnull @JsonProperty("pages") List<String> pages,
                 @Nonnull @JsonProperty("importer") List<String> importer,
                 @JsonProperty("verifiable_password_authentication") boolean verifiablePasswordAuthentication) {
+
+            // to ensure a value is actually not null we still have to do a null check
+            Objects.requireNonNull(hooks);
+
             this.verifiablePasswordAuthentication = verifiablePasswordAuthentication;
             this.hooks = Collections.unmodifiableList(hooks);
             this.git = Collections.unmodifiableList(git);

src/site/apt/githubappappinsttokenauth.apt

@@ -25,4 +25,8 @@ permissions.put("pull_requests", GHPermissionType.WRITE);
 GHAppInstallationToken appInstallationToken = appInstallation
                     .createToken(permissions)
                     .create();
+// Or
+
+GHAppInstallationToken appInstallationToken = appInstallation.createToken().create();
+
 +-----+

src/site/apt/index.apt

@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ GitHub github = GitHub.connect();
 
 GHRepository repo = github.createRepository(
   "new-repository","this is my new repository",
-  "http://www.kohsuke.org/",true/*public*/);
+  "https://www.kohsuke.org/",true/*public*/);
 repo.addCollaborators(github.getUser("abayer"),github.getUser("rtyler"));
 repo.delete();
 +-----+
@@ -139,10 +139,10 @@ GitHub github = GitHubBuilder.fromEnvironment().build();
 Pluggable HTTP client
 
   This library comes with a pluggable connector to use different HTTP client implementations
-  through <<<HttpConnector>>>. In particular, this means you can use {{{http://square.github.io/okhttp/}OkHttp}},
+  through <<<HttpConnector>>>. In particular, this means you can use {{{https://square.github.io/okhttp/}OkHttp}},
   so we can make use of it's HTTP response cache.
   Making a conditional request against the GitHub API and receiving a 304 response
-  {{{http://developer.github.com/v3/#conditional-requests}does not count against the rate limit}}.
+  {{{https://developer.github.com/v3/#conditional-requests}does not count against the rate limit}}.
 
   The following code shows an example of how to set up persistent cache on the disk:
 

src/site/site.xml

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 <project name="GitHub API for Java">
   <bannerLeft>
     <name>GitHub API for Java</name>
-    <href>http://github-api.kohsuke.org/</href>
+    <href>https://github-api.kohsuke.org/</href>
   </bannerLeft>
   <skin>
     <groupId>org.kohsuke</groupId>
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
   <body>
     <menu name="Git Hub API for Java">
       <item name="Introduction" href="/index.html"/>
-      <item name="Download" href="http://mvnrepository.com/artifact/${project.groupId}/${project.artifactId}"/>
+      <item name="Download" href="https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/${project.groupId}/${project.artifactId}"/>
       <item name="Source code" href="https://github.com/github-api/${project.artifactId}"/>
       <item name="Mailing List" href="https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/github-api"/>
     </menu>

src/test/java/org/kohsuke/github/AbstractGitHubApiTestBase.java

@@ -1,25 +0,0 @@
-package org.kohsuke.github;
-
-import org.junit.Before;
-import org.kohsuke.randname.RandomNameGenerator;
-
-import static org.junit.Assume.assumeTrue;
-
-/**
- * @author Kohsuke Kawaguchi
- */
-public abstract class AbstractGitHubApiTestBase extends AbstractGitHubWireMockTest {
-
-    @Before
-    public void setUp() throws Exception {
-        assumeTrue("All tests inheriting from this class are not guaranteed to work without proxy",
-                mockGitHub.isUseProxy());
-    }
-
-    protected void kohsuke() {
-        String login = getUser().getLogin();
-        assumeTrue(login.equals("kohsuke") || login.equals("kohsuke2"));
-    }
-
-    protected static final RandomNameGenerator rnd = new RandomNameGenerator();
-}

src/test/java/org/kohsuke/github/AppTest.java

@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ import org.kohsuke.github.GHOrganization.Permission;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.InputStream;
 import java.net.URL;
+import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets;
 import java.util.*;
 import java.util.Map.Entry;
 import java.util.regex.Pattern;
@@ -154,40 +155,19 @@ public class AppTest extends AbstractGitHubWireMockTest {
         return getTempRepository(GITHUB_API_TEST_REPO);
     }
 
-    @Ignore("Needs to be rewritten to not create new issues just to check that they can be found.")
     @Test
     public void testListIssues() throws IOException {
-        GHUser u = getUser();
-        GHRepository repository = getTestRepository();
+        Iterable<GHIssue> closedIssues = gitHub.getOrganization("github-api")
+                .getRepository("github-api")
+                .listIssues(GHIssueState.CLOSED);
 
-        GHMilestone milestone = repository.createMilestone(System.currentTimeMillis() + "", "Test Milestone");
-        milestone.close();
-        GHIssue unhomed = null;
-        GHIssue homed = null;
-        try {
-            unhomed = repository.createIssue("testing")
-                    .body("this is body")
-                    .assignee(u)
-                    .label("bug")
-                    .label("question")
-                    .create();
-            assertEquals(unhomed.getNumber(), repository.getIssues(GHIssueState.OPEN, null).get(0).getNumber());
-            homed = repository.createIssue("testing")
-                    .body("this is body")
-                    .assignee(u)
-                    .label("bug")
-                    .label("question")
-                    .milestone(milestone)
-                    .create();
-            assertEquals(homed.getNumber(), repository.getIssues(GHIssueState.OPEN, milestone).get(0).getNumber());
-        } finally {
-            if (unhomed != null) {
-                unhomed.close();
-            }
-            if (homed != null) {
-                homed.close();
-            }
+        int x = 0;
+        for (GHIssue issue : closedIssues) {
+            assertNotNull(issue);
+            x++;
         }
+
+        assertTrue(x > 150);
     }
 
     @Test
@@ -312,11 +292,9 @@ public class AppTest extends AbstractGitHubWireMockTest {
         assertFalse(keys.isEmpty());
     }
 
-    @Ignore("Needs mocking check")
     @Test
     public void testOrgFork() throws Exception {
-        kohsuke();
-
+        cleanupRepository(GITHUB_API_TEST_ORG + "/rubywm");
         gitHub.getRepository("kohsuke/rubywm").forkTo(gitHub.getOrganization(GITHUB_API_TEST_ORG));
     }
 
@@ -930,7 +908,7 @@ public class AppTest extends AbstractGitHubWireMockTest {
     }
 
     private void assertBlobContent(InputStream is) throws Exception {
-        String content = new String(IOUtils.toByteArray(is), "UTF-8");
+        String content = new String(IOUtils.toByteArray(is), StandardCharsets.UTF_8);
         assertThat(content, containsString("Copyright (c) 2011- Kohsuke Kawaguchi and other contributors"));
         assertThat(content, containsString("FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR"));
         assertThat(content.length(), is(1104));

src/test/java/org/kohsuke/github/GHAppTest.java

@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import org.junit.Test;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.util.Arrays;
+import java.util.Collections;
 import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
@@ -101,8 +102,9 @@ public class GHAppTest extends AbstractGitHubWireMockTest {
         permissions.put("contents", GHPermissionType.READ);
         permissions.put("metadata", GHPermissionType.READ);
 
+        // Create token specifying both permissions and repository ids
         GHAppInstallationToken installationToken = installation.createToken(permissions)
-                .repositoryIds(Arrays.asList((long) 111111111))
+                .repositoryIds(Collections.singletonList((long) 111111111))
                 .create();
 
         assertThat(installationToken.getToken(), is("bogus"));
@@ -114,6 +116,16 @@ public class GHAppTest extends AbstractGitHubWireMockTest {
         assertThat(installationToken.getRepositories().size(), is(1));
         assertThat(repository.getId(), is((long) 111111111));
         assertThat(repository.getName(), is("bogus"));
+
+        // Create token with no payload
+        GHAppInstallationToken installationToken2 = installation.createToken().create();
+
+        assertThat(installationToken2.getToken(), is("bogus"));
+        assertThat(installationToken2.getPermissions().size(), is(4));
+        assertThat(installationToken2.getRepositorySelection(), is(GHRepositorySelection.ALL));
+        assertThat(installationToken2.getExpiresAt(), is(GitHub.parseDate("2019-12-19T12:27:59Z")));
+
+        assertNull(installationToken2.getRepositories());;
     }
 
     private void testAppInstallation(GHAppInstallation appInstallation) throws IOException {

src/test/java/org/kohsuke/github/GHContentIntegrationTest.java

@@ -125,4 +125,36 @@ public class GHContentIntegrationTest extends AbstractGitHubWireMockTest {
                     equalTo("{\"message\":\"Not Found\",\"documentation_url\":\"https://developer.github.com/v3/repos/contents/#get-contents\"}"));
         }
     }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testMIMESmall() throws IOException {
+        GHRepository ghRepository = getTempRepository();
+        GHContentBuilder ghContentBuilder = ghRepository.createContent();
+        ghContentBuilder.message("Some commit msg");
+        ghContentBuilder.path("MIME-Small.md");
+        ghContentBuilder.content("123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567");
+        ghContentBuilder.commit();
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testMIMELong() throws IOException {
+        GHRepository ghRepository = getTempRepository();
+        GHContentBuilder ghContentBuilder = ghRepository.createContent();
+        ghContentBuilder.message("Some commit msg");
+        ghContentBuilder.path("MIME-Long.md");
+        ghContentBuilder.content("1234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678");
+        ghContentBuilder.commit();
+    }
+    @Test
+    public void testMIMELonger() throws IOException {
+        GHRepository ghRepository = getTempRepository();
+        GHContentBuilder ghContentBuilder = ghRepository.createContent();
+        ghContentBuilder.message("Some commit msg");
+        ghContentBuilder.path("MIME-Long.md");
+        ghContentBuilder.content("123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890"
+                + "123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890"
+                + "123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890"
+                + "123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890");
+        ghContentBuilder.commit();
+    }
 }

src/test/java/org/kohsuke/github/GHEventPayloadTest.java

@@ -306,4 +306,14 @@ public class GHEventPayloadTest {
     // @Test
     // public void watch() throws Exception {}
 
+    @Test
+    @Payload("check-run")
+    public void checkRunEvent() throws Exception {
+        GHEventPayload.CheckRun event = GitHub.offline()
+                .parseEventPayload(payload.asReader(), GHEventPayload.CheckRun.class);
+        assertThat(event.getRepository().getName(), is("Hello-World"));
+        assertThat(event.getAction(), is("created"));
+        assertThat(event.getCheckRun().getName(), is("Octocoders-linter"));
+    }
+
 }

src/test/java/org/kohsuke/github/GHIssueEventTest.java

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ import java.util.List;
 /**
  * @author Martin van Zijl
  */
-public class GHIssueEventTest extends AbstractGitHubApiTestBase {
+public class GHIssueEventTest extends AbstractGitHubWireMockTest {
 
     @Test
     public void testEventsForSingleIssue() throws Exception {

src/test/java/org/kohsuke/github/GHMarketplacePlanTest.java

@@ -0,0 +1,158 @@
+package org.kohsuke.github;
+
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.util.List;
+
+import static org.kohsuke.github.GHDirection.DESC;
+import static org.kohsuke.github.GHMarketplaceAccountType.ORGANIZATION;
+import static org.kohsuke.github.GHMarketplaceListAccountBuilder.Sort.UPDATED;
+
+/**
+ * Tests for the GitHub MarketPlace Plan API methods
+ *
+ * @author Paulo Miguel Almeida
+ */
+public class GHMarketplacePlanTest extends AbstractGitHubWireMockTest {
+
+    protected GitHubBuilder getGitHubBuilder() {
+        return super.getGitHubBuilder()
+                // ensure that only JWT will be used against the tests below
+                .withPassword(null, null)
+                .withJwtToken("bogus");
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void listMarketplacePlans() throws IOException {
+        List<GHMarketplacePlan> plans = gitHub.listMarketplacePlans().asList();
+        assertEquals(3, plans.size());
+        plans.forEach(this::testMarketplacePlan);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void listAccounts() throws IOException {
+        List<GHMarketplacePlan> plans = gitHub.listMarketplacePlans().asList();
+        assertEquals(3, plans.size());
+        List<GHMarketplaceAccountPlan> marketplaceUsers = plans.get(0).listAccounts().createRequest().asList();
+        assertEquals(2, marketplaceUsers.size());
+        marketplaceUsers.forEach(this::testMarketplaceAccount);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void listAccountsWithDirection() throws IOException {
+        List<GHMarketplacePlan> plans = gitHub.listMarketplacePlans().asList();
+        assertEquals(3, plans.size());
+
+        for (GHMarketplacePlan plan : plans) {
+            List<GHMarketplaceAccountPlan> marketplaceUsers = plan.listAccounts()
+                    .direction(DESC)
+                    .createRequest()
+                    .asList();
+            assertEquals(2, marketplaceUsers.size());
+            marketplaceUsers.forEach(this::testMarketplaceAccount);
+        }
+
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void listAccountsWithSortAndDirection() throws IOException {
+        List<GHMarketplacePlan> plans = gitHub.listMarketplacePlans().asList();
+        assertEquals(3, plans.size());
+
+        for (GHMarketplacePlan plan : plans) {
+            List<GHMarketplaceAccountPlan> marketplaceUsers = plan.listAccounts()
+                    .sort(UPDATED)
+                    .direction(DESC)
+                    .createRequest()
+                    .asList();
+            assertEquals(2, marketplaceUsers.size());
+            marketplaceUsers.forEach(this::testMarketplaceAccount);
+        }
+
+    }
+
+    private void testMarketplacePlan(GHMarketplacePlan plan) {
+        // Non-nullable fields
+        assertNotNull(plan.getUrl());
+        assertNotNull(plan.getAccountsUrl());
+        assertNotNull(plan.getName());
+        assertNotNull(plan.getDescription());
+        assertNotNull(plan.getPriceModel());
+        assertNotNull(plan.getState());
+
+        // primitive fields
+        assertNotEquals(0L, plan.getId());
+        assertNotEquals(0L, plan.getNumber());
+        assertTrue(plan.getMonthlyPriceInCents() >= 0);
+
+        // list
+        assertEquals(2, plan.getBullets().size());
+    }
+
+    private void testMarketplaceAccount(GHMarketplaceAccountPlan account) {
+        // Non-nullable fields
+        assertNotNull(account.getLogin());
+        assertNotNull(account.getUrl());
+        assertNotNull(account.getType());
+        assertNotNull(account.getMarketplacePurchase());
+        testMarketplacePurchase(account.getMarketplacePurchase());
+
+        // primitive fields
+        assertNotEquals(0L, account.getId());
+
+        /* logical combination tests */
+        // Rationale: organization_billing_email is only set when account type is ORGANIZATION.
+        if (account.getType() == ORGANIZATION)
+            assertNotNull(account.getOrganizationBillingEmail());
+        else
+            assertNull(account.getOrganizationBillingEmail());
+
+        // Rationale: marketplace_pending_change isn't always set... This is what GitHub says about it:
+        // "When someone submits a plan change that won't be processed until the end of their billing cycle,
+        // you will also see the upcoming pending change."
+        if (account.getMarketplacePendingChange() != null)
+            testMarketplacePendingChange(account.getMarketplacePendingChange());
+    }
+
+    private void testMarketplacePurchase(GHMarketplacePurchase marketplacePurchase) {
+        // Non-nullable fields
+        assertNotNull(marketplacePurchase.getBillingCycle());
+        assertNotNull(marketplacePurchase.getNextBillingDate());
+        assertNotNull(marketplacePurchase.getUpdatedAt());
+        testMarketplacePlan(marketplacePurchase.getPlan());
+
+        /* logical combination tests */
+        // Rationale: if onFreeTrial is true, then we should see free_trial_ends_on property set to something
+        // different than null
+        if (marketplacePurchase.isOnFreeTrial())
+            assertNotNull(marketplacePurchase.getFreeTrialEndsOn());
+        else
+            assertNull(marketplacePurchase.getFreeTrialEndsOn());
+
+        // Rationale: if price model is PER_UNIT then unit_count can't be null
+        if (marketplacePurchase.getPlan().getPriceModel() == GHMarketplacePriceModel.PER_UNIT)
+            assertNotNull(marketplacePurchase.getUnitCount());
+        else
+            assertNull(marketplacePurchase.getUnitCount());
+
+    }
+
+    private void testMarketplacePendingChange(GHMarketplacePendingChange marketplacePendingChange) {
+        // Non-nullable fields
+        assertNotNull(marketplacePendingChange.getEffectiveDate());
+        testMarketplacePlan(marketplacePendingChange.getPlan());
+
+        // primitive fields
+        assertNotEquals(0L, marketplacePendingChange.getId());
+
+        /* logical combination tests */
+        // Rationale: if price model is PER_UNIT then unit_count can't be null
+        if (marketplacePendingChange.getPlan().getPriceModel() == GHMarketplacePriceModel.PER_UNIT)
+            assertNotNull(marketplacePendingChange.getUnitCount());
+        else
+            assertNull(marketplacePendingChange.getUnitCount());
+
+    }
+
+}

src/test/java/org/kohsuke/github/GHObjectTest.java

@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+package org.kohsuke.github;
+
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.*;
+
+public class GHObjectTest extends org.kohsuke.github.AbstractGitHubWireMockTest {
+
+    @Test
+    public void test_toString() throws Exception {
+        GHOrganization org = gitHub.getOrganization(GITHUB_API_TEST_ORG);
+        assertThat(org.toString(),
+                containsString(
+                        "login=github-api-test-org,location=<null>,blog=<null>,email=<null>,name=<null>,company=<null>,type=Organization,followers=0,following=0"));
+    }
+}

src/test/java/org/kohsuke/github/GHPersonTest.java

@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+package org.kohsuke.github;
+
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+
+/**
+ * @author Martin van Zijl
+ */
+public class GHPersonTest extends AbstractGitHubWireMockTest {
+    @Test
+    public void testFieldsForOrganization() throws Exception {
+        GHRepository repo = getRepository();
+        GHUser owner = repo.getOwner();
+        assertEquals("Organization", owner.getType());
+        assertNotNull(owner.isSiteAdmin());
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testFieldsForUser() throws Exception {
+        GHUser user = gitHub.getUser("kohsuke2");
+        assertEquals("User", user.getType());
+        assertNotNull(user.isSiteAdmin());
+    }
+
+    protected GHRepository getRepository() throws IOException {
+        return getRepository(gitHub);
+    }
+
+    private GHRepository getRepository(GitHub gitHub) throws IOException {
+        return gitHub.getOrganization("github-api-test-org").getRepository("github-api");
+    }
+}

src/test/java/org/kohsuke/github/GHRateLimitTest.java

@@ -1,10 +1,11 @@
 package org.kohsuke.github;
 
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.exc.MismatchedInputException;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.exc.ValueInstantiationException;
 import com.github.tomakehurst.wiremock.core.WireMockConfiguration;
 import com.github.tomakehurst.wiremock.extension.responsetemplating.ResponseTemplateTransformer;
 import org.hamcrest.CoreMatchers;
 import org.junit.Test;
-import org.kohsuke.github.extras.okhttp3.OkHttpConnector;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.util.Date;
@@ -34,6 +35,9 @@ import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.greaterThanOrEqualTo;
  */
 public class GHRateLimitTest extends AbstractGitHubWireMockTest {
 
+    GHRateLimit rateLimit = null;
+    GHRateLimit previousLimit = null;
+
     public GHRateLimitTest() {
         useDefaultGitHub = false;
     }
@@ -50,10 +54,10 @@ public class GHRateLimitTest extends AbstractGitHubWireMockTest {
         snapshotNotAllowed();
 
         assertThat(mockGitHub.getRequestCount(), equalTo(0));
-        GHRateLimit rateLimit = null;
 
-        Date lastReset = new Date(System.currentTimeMillis() / 1000L);
-        int lastRemaining = 5000;
+        // 4897 is just the what the limit was when the snapshot was taken
+        previousLimit = GHRateLimit
+                .fromHeaderRecord(new GHRateLimit.Record(5000, 4897, System.currentTimeMillis() / 1000L));
 
         // Give this a moment
         Thread.sleep(1000);
@@ -67,12 +71,8 @@ public class GHRateLimitTest extends AbstractGitHubWireMockTest {
 
         // Since we already had rate limit info these don't request again
         rateLimit = gitHub.lastRateLimit();
-        assertThat(rateLimit, notNullValue());
-        assertThat(rateLimit.limit, equalTo(5000));
-        assertThat(rateLimit.getLimit(), equalTo(5000));
-        lastRemaining = rateLimit.getRemaining();
-        assertThat(rateLimit.getResetDate().compareTo(lastReset), greaterThanOrEqualTo(0));
-        lastReset = rateLimit.getResetDate();
+        verifyRateLimitValues(previousLimit, previousLimit.getRemaining());
+        previousLimit = rateLimit;
 
         GHRateLimit headerRateLimit = rateLimit;
 
@@ -91,13 +91,9 @@ public class GHRateLimitTest extends AbstractGitHubWireMockTest {
         rateLimit = gitHub.getRateLimit();
         assertThat(mockGitHub.getRequestCount(), equalTo(2));
 
-        assertThat(rateLimit, notNullValue());
-        assertThat(rateLimit.limit, equalTo(5000));
-        assertThat(rateLimit.getLimit(), equalTo(5000));
-        // rate limit request is free
-        assertThat(rateLimit.remaining, equalTo(lastRemaining));
-        assertThat(rateLimit.getRemaining(), equalTo(lastRemaining));
-        assertThat(rateLimit.getResetDate().compareTo(lastReset), greaterThanOrEqualTo(0));
+        // rate limit request is free, remaining is unchanged
+        verifyRateLimitValues(previousLimit, previousLimit.getRemaining());
+        previousLimit = rateLimit;
 
         // Give this a moment
         Thread.sleep(1000);
@@ -106,27 +102,20 @@ public class GHRateLimitTest extends AbstractGitHubWireMockTest {
         rateLimit = gitHub.getRateLimit();
         assertThat(mockGitHub.getRequestCount(), equalTo(3));
 
-        assertThat(rateLimit, notNullValue());
-        assertThat(rateLimit.limit, equalTo(5000));
-        assertThat(rateLimit.getLimit(), equalTo(5000));
-        // rate limit request is free
-        assertThat(rateLimit.remaining, equalTo(lastRemaining));
-        assertThat(rateLimit.getRemaining(), equalTo(lastRemaining));
-        assertThat(rateLimit.getResetDate().compareTo(lastReset), greaterThanOrEqualTo(0));
+        // rate limit request is free, remaining is unchanged
+        verifyRateLimitValues(previousLimit, previousLimit.getRemaining());
+        previousLimit = rateLimit;
 
         gitHub.getOrganization(GITHUB_API_TEST_ORG);
         assertThat(mockGitHub.getRequestCount(), equalTo(4));
 
         assertThat(gitHub.lastRateLimit(), not(equalTo(headerRateLimit)));
         rateLimit = gitHub.lastRateLimit();
-        assertThat(rateLimit, notNullValue());
-        assertThat(rateLimit.limit, equalTo(5000));
-        assertThat(rateLimit.getLimit(), equalTo(5000));
+
         // Org costs limit to query
-        assertThat(rateLimit.remaining, equalTo(lastRemaining - 1));
-        assertThat(rateLimit.getRemaining(), equalTo(lastRemaining - 1));
-        assertThat(rateLimit.getResetDate().compareTo(lastReset), greaterThanOrEqualTo(0));
-        lastReset = rateLimit.getResetDate();
+        verifyRateLimitValues(previousLimit, previousLimit.getRemaining() - 1);
+
+        previousLimit = rateLimit;
         headerRateLimit = rateLimit;
 
         // ratelimit() should prefer headerRateLimit when it is most recent and not expired
@@ -141,13 +130,9 @@ public class GHRateLimitTest extends AbstractGitHubWireMockTest {
         rateLimit = gitHub.getRateLimit();
         assertThat(mockGitHub.getRequestCount(), equalTo(5));
 
-        assertThat(rateLimit, notNullValue());
-        assertThat(rateLimit.limit, equalTo(5000));
-        assertThat(rateLimit.getLimit(), equalTo(5000));
-        // Org costs limit to query
-        assertThat(rateLimit.remaining, equalTo(lastRemaining - 1));
-        assertThat(rateLimit.getRemaining(), equalTo(lastRemaining - 1));
-        assertThat(rateLimit.getResetDate().compareTo(lastReset), greaterThanOrEqualTo(0));
+        // rate limit request is free, remaining is unchanged
+        verifyRateLimitValues(previousLimit, previousLimit.getRemaining());
+        previousLimit = rateLimit;
 
         // When getRateLimit() succeeds, headerRateLimit updates as usual as well (if needed)
         // These are separate instances, but should be equal
@@ -166,6 +151,27 @@ public class GHRateLimitTest extends AbstractGitHubWireMockTest {
         assertThat(mockGitHub.getRequestCount(), equalTo(5));
     }
 
+    private void verifyRateLimitValues(GHRateLimit previousLimit, int remaining) {
+        // Basic checks of values
+        assertThat(rateLimit, notNullValue());
+        assertThat(rateLimit.getLimit(), equalTo(previousLimit.getLimit()));
+        assertThat(rateLimit.getRemaining(), equalTo(remaining));
+
+        // Check that the reset date of the current limit is not older than the previous one
+        assertThat(rateLimit.getResetDate().compareTo(previousLimit.getResetDate()), greaterThanOrEqualTo(0));
+
+        // Additional checks for record values
+        assertThat(rateLimit.getCore().getLimit(), equalTo(rateLimit.getLimit()));
+        assertThat(rateLimit.getCore().getRemaining(), equalTo(rateLimit.getRemaining()));
+        assertThat(rateLimit.getCore().getResetEpochSeconds(), equalTo(rateLimit.getResetEpochSeconds()));
+        assertThat(rateLimit.getCore().getResetDate(), equalTo(rateLimit.getResetDate()));
+
+        // Additional checks for deprecated values
+        assertThat(rateLimit.limit, equalTo(rateLimit.getLimit()));
+        assertThat(rateLimit.remaining, equalTo(rateLimit.getRemaining()));
+        assertThat(rateLimit.reset.getTime(), equalTo(rateLimit.getResetEpochSeconds()));
+    }
+
     @Test
     public void testGitHubEnterpriseDoesNotHaveRateLimit() throws Exception {
         // Customized response that results in file not found the same as GitHub Enterprise
@@ -187,9 +193,7 @@ public class GHRateLimitTest extends AbstractGitHubWireMockTest {
 
         rateLimit = gitHub.rateLimit();
         assertThat(rateLimit.getCore(), instanceOf(GHRateLimit.UnknownLimitRecord.class));
-        assertThat(rateLimit.limit, equalTo(GHRateLimit.UnknownLimitRecord.unknownLimit));
         assertThat(rateLimit.getLimit(), equalTo(GHRateLimit.UnknownLimitRecord.unknownLimit));
-        assertThat(rateLimit.remaining, equalTo(GHRateLimit.UnknownLimitRecord.unknownRemaining));
         assertThat(rateLimit.getRemaining(), equalTo(GHRateLimit.UnknownLimitRecord.unknownRemaining));
         assertThat(rateLimit.getResetDate().compareTo(lastReset), equalTo(1));
         lastReset = rateLimit.getResetDate();
@@ -214,9 +218,7 @@ public class GHRateLimitTest extends AbstractGitHubWireMockTest {
 
         rateLimit = gitHub.rateLimit();
         assertThat(rateLimit.getCore(), instanceOf(GHRateLimit.UnknownLimitRecord.class));
-        assertThat(rateLimit.limit, equalTo(GHRateLimit.UnknownLimitRecord.unknownLimit));
         assertThat(rateLimit.getLimit(), equalTo(GHRateLimit.UnknownLimitRecord.unknownLimit));
-        assertThat(rateLimit.remaining, equalTo(GHRateLimit.UnknownLimitRecord.unknownRemaining));
         assertThat(rateLimit.getRemaining(), equalTo(GHRateLimit.UnknownLimitRecord.unknownRemaining));
         assertThat(rateLimit.getResetDate().compareTo(lastReset), equalTo(1));
         lastReset = rateLimit.getResetDate();
@@ -231,9 +233,7 @@ public class GHRateLimitTest extends AbstractGitHubWireMockTest {
         assertThat(mockGitHub.getRequestCount(), equalTo(4));
 
         assertThat(rateLimit.getCore(), instanceOf(GHRateLimit.UnknownLimitRecord.class));
-        assertThat(rateLimit.limit, equalTo(GHRateLimit.UnknownLimitRecord.unknownLimit));
         assertThat(rateLimit.getLimit(), equalTo(GHRateLimit.UnknownLimitRecord.unknownLimit));
-        assertThat(rateLimit.remaining, equalTo(GHRateLimit.UnknownLimitRecord.unknownRemaining));
         assertThat(rateLimit.getRemaining(), equalTo(GHRateLimit.UnknownLimitRecord.unknownRemaining));
         assertThat(rateLimit.getResetDate().compareTo(lastReset), equalTo(1));
 
@@ -256,9 +256,7 @@ public class GHRateLimitTest extends AbstractGitHubWireMockTest {
         // Since we already had rate limit info these don't request again
         rateLimit = gitHub.lastRateLimit();
         assertThat(rateLimit, notNullValue());
-        assertThat(rateLimit.limit, equalTo(5000));
         assertThat(rateLimit.getLimit(), equalTo(5000));
-        assertThat(rateLimit.remaining, equalTo(4978));
         assertThat(rateLimit.getRemaining(), equalTo(4978));
         assertThat(rateLimit.getResetDate().compareTo(lastReset), greaterThanOrEqualTo(0));
         lastReset = rateLimit.getResetDate();
@@ -281,9 +279,7 @@ public class GHRateLimitTest extends AbstractGitHubWireMockTest {
         assertThat(mockGitHub.getRequestCount(), equalTo(6));
 
         assertThat(rateLimit.getCore(), instanceOf(GHRateLimit.UnknownLimitRecord.class));
-        assertThat(rateLimit.limit, equalTo(GHRateLimit.UnknownLimitRecord.unknownLimit));
         assertThat(rateLimit.getLimit(), equalTo(GHRateLimit.UnknownLimitRecord.unknownLimit));
-        assertThat(rateLimit.remaining, equalTo(GHRateLimit.UnknownLimitRecord.unknownRemaining));
         assertThat(rateLimit.getRemaining(), equalTo(GHRateLimit.UnknownLimitRecord.unknownRemaining));
         assertThat(rateLimit.getResetDate().compareTo(lastReset), equalTo(1));
 
@@ -296,6 +292,36 @@ public class GHRateLimitTest extends AbstractGitHubWireMockTest {
         Thread.sleep(1000);
     }
 
+    @Test
+    public void testGitHubRateLimitWithBadData() throws Exception {
+        snapshotNotAllowed();
+        gitHub = getGitHubBuilder().withEndpoint(mockGitHub.apiServer().baseUrl()).build();
+        gitHub.getMyself();
+        try {
+            gitHub.getRateLimit();
+            fail("Invalid rate limit missing some records should throw");
+        } catch (Exception e) {
+            assertThat(e, instanceOf(HttpException.class));
+            assertThat(e.getCause(), instanceOf(IOException.class));
+            assertThat(e.getCause().getCause(), instanceOf(ValueInstantiationException.class));
+            assertThat(e.getCause().getCause().getMessage(),
+                    containsString(
+                            "Cannot construct instance of `org.kohsuke.github.GHRateLimit`, problem: `java.lang.NullPointerException`"));
+        }
+
+        try {
+            gitHub.getRateLimit();
+            fail("Invalid rate limit record missing a value should throw");
+        } catch (Exception e) {
+            assertThat(e, instanceOf(HttpException.class));
+            assertThat(e.getCause(), instanceOf(IOException.class));
+            assertThat(e.getCause().getCause(), instanceOf(MismatchedInputException.class));
+            assertThat(e.getCause().getCause().getMessage(),
+                    containsString("Missing required creator property 'reset' (index 2)"));
+        }
+
+    }
+
     // These tests should behave the same, showing server time adjustment working
     @Test
     public void testGitHubRateLimitExpirationServerFiveMinutesAhead() throws Exception {

src/test/java/org/kohsuke/github/GHRepositoryTest.java

@@ -5,12 +5,13 @@ import org.junit.Test;
 
 import java.io.FileNotFoundException;
 import java.io.IOException;
+import java.net.URL;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Set;
 
 import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.*;
 import static org.hamcrest.core.IsInstanceOf.instanceOf;
-import static org.junit.Assert.*;
 
 /**
  * @author Liam Newman
@@ -327,4 +328,100 @@ public class GHRepositoryTest extends AbstractGitHubWireMockTest {
         repo.setTopics(topics);
         assertTrue("Topics can be set to empty", repo.listTopics().isEmpty());
     }
+
+    @Test
+    public void getCollaborators() throws Exception {
+        GHRepository repo = getRepository(gitHub);
+        GHPersonSet<GHUser> collaborators = repo.getCollaborators();
+        assertThat(collaborators.size(), greaterThan(0));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void getPostCommitHooks() throws Exception {
+        GHRepository repo = getRepository(gitHub);
+        Set<URL> postcommitHooks = repo.getPostCommitHooks();
+        assertThat(postcommitHooks.size(), equalTo(0));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void getRefs() throws Exception {
+        GHRepository repo = getTempRepository();
+        GHRef[] refs = repo.getRefs();
+        assertThat(refs, notNullValue());
+        assertThat(refs.length, equalTo(1));
+        assertThat(refs[0].getRef(), equalTo("refs/heads/master"));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void getRefsHeads() throws Exception {
+        GHRepository repo = getTempRepository();
+        GHRef[] refs = repo.getRefs("heads");
+        assertThat(refs, notNullValue());
+        assertThat(refs.length, equalTo(1));
+        assertThat(refs[0].getRef(), equalTo("refs/heads/master"));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void getRefsEmptyTags() throws Exception {
+        GHRepository repo = getTempRepository();
+        try {
+            repo.getRefs("tags");
+            fail();
+        } catch (Exception e) {
+            assertThat(e, instanceOf(GHFileNotFoundException.class));
+            assertThat(e.getMessage(),
+                    containsString(
+                            "{\"message\":\"Not Found\",\"documentation_url\":\"https://developer.github.com/v3/git/refs/#get-a-reference\"}"));
+            assertThat(e.getCause(), instanceOf(FileNotFoundException.class));
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void listRefs() throws Exception {
+        GHRepository repo = getTempRepository();
+        List<GHRef> refs = repo.listRefs().asList();
+        assertThat(refs, notNullValue());
+        assertThat(refs.size(), equalTo(1));
+        assertThat(refs.get(0).getRef(), equalTo("refs/heads/master"));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void listRefsHeads() throws Exception {
+        GHRepository repo = getTempRepository();
+        List<GHRef> refs = repo.listRefs("heads").asList();
+        assertThat(refs, notNullValue());
+        assertThat(refs.size(), equalTo(1));
+        assertThat(refs.get(0).getRef(), equalTo("refs/heads/master"));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void listRefsEmptyTags() throws Exception {
+        try {
+            GHRepository repo = getTempRepository();
+            repo.listRefs("tags").asList();
+            fail();
+        } catch (Exception e) {
+            assertThat(e, instanceOf(GHException.class));
+            assertThat(e.getMessage(), containsString("Failed to retrieve "));
+            assertThat(e.getMessage(),
+                    containsString("/repos/github-api-test-org/temp-listRefsEmptyTags/git/refs/tags"));
+            assertThat(e.getCause(), instanceOf(GHFileNotFoundException.class));
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void listTagsEmpty() throws Exception {
+        GHRepository repo = getTempRepository();
+        List<GHTag> refs = repo.listTags().asList();
+        assertThat(refs, notNullValue());
+        assertThat(refs.size(), equalTo(0));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void listTags() throws Exception {
+        GHRepository repo = getRepository();
+        List<GHTag> refs = repo.listTags().withPageSize(33).asList();
+        assertThat(refs, notNullValue());
+        assertThat(refs.size(), greaterThan(90));
+    }
 }

src/test/java/org/kohsuke/github/GHTagTest.java

@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+package org.kohsuke.github;
+
+import org.junit.After;
+import org.junit.Before;
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertNotNull;
+
+/**
+ *
+ * @author Martin van Zijl
+ */
+public class GHTagTest extends AbstractGitHubWireMockTest {
+
+    @Before
+    @After
+    public void cleanUpTags() throws Exception {
+        // Cleanup is only needed when proxying
+        if (!mockGitHub.isUseProxy()) {
+            return;
+        }
+
+        try {
+            GHRef ref = getRepository(this.gitHubBeforeAfter).getRef("tags/create_tag_test");
+            if (ref != null) {
+                ref.delete();
+            }
+        } catch (IOException e) {
+            // The reference probably does not exist.
+            // This is safe to ignore.
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testCreateTag() throws Exception {
+        GHRepository repo = getRepository();
+
+        String commitSha = "dfe47235cfdcaa12292dab3b1a84ca53a1ceadaf";
+        String tagName = "create_tag_test";
+        String tagMessage = "Test Tag";
+        String tagType = "commit";
+
+        GHTagObject tag = repo.createTag(tagName, tagMessage, commitSha, tagType);
+        assertEquals(tagName, tag.getTag());
+        assertEquals(tagMessage, tag.getMessage());
+        assertEquals(commitSha, tag.getObject().getSha());
+
+        // Make a reference to the newly created tag.
+        GHRef ref = repo.createRef("refs/tags/" + tagName, tag.getSha());
+        assertNotNull(ref);
+    }
+
+    protected GHRepository getRepository() throws IOException {
+        return getRepository(gitHub);
+    }
+
+    private GHRepository getRepository(GitHub gitHub) throws IOException {
+        return gitHub.getOrganization("github-api-test-org").getRepository("github-api");
+    }
+}

src/test/java/org/kohsuke/github/GHTreeBuilderTest.java

@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ import java.io.IOException;
 import java.util.Arrays;
 
 public class GHTreeBuilderTest extends AbstractGitHubWireMockTest {
-    private static String REPO_NAME = "sandboxx/GHTreeBuilderTest";
+    private static String REPO_NAME = "github-api-test-org/GHTreeBuilderTest";
 
     private static String PATH_SCRIPT = "app/run.sh";
     private static String CONTENT_SCRIPT = "#!/bin/bash\necho Hello\n";