Can someone please guide me step-by-step on how to properly configure and use the REST API in SuiteCRM 8.8?

Hello Bhupendra,

it sounds as if you’re on the right track.
Sometimes you’d need to add your github token / credentials in order to retrieve packages - you can just follow the steps the composer / CLI asked you in this case.

I’ve got a step by step guide here:

that might help to see you through.