How to use links of REST API with HATEOAS using JS?

Question

I study REST API and I found out that communication with GitHub API should start with root request which returns links to most essential resources:

https://docs.github.com/en/rest/meta/meta?apiVersion=2022-11-28

This practice aligns with HATEOAS principle which gives client possibility to send request without hard coding or modification of URI's.

But here is the thing:

https://api.github.com/search/users?q={query}{&page,per_page,sort,order}

I don't understand how can I fetch it without modification? HATEOAS trying to make client-server communication loosely coupled. Am I missing something?

Best variant that I found:

const baseURI = "https://api.github.com/search/issues?q={query}";

const searchQuery = 'your-search-query';
const endpoint = baseURI.replace('{query}', encodeURIComponent(searchQuery));

fetch(endpoint).then(res => res.json());

But as a client I definitely have to know exact URI to change it in the appropriate way. And if I need to use this request in multiple places I have to repeat this process. Or change all links that I got from the root request. But the URI template could be more complicated, so this is not a variant.