This action makes it easy to quickly write a script in your workflow that uses the GitHub API and the workflow run context.
In order to use this action, a script input is provided. The value of that
input should be the body of an asynchronous function call. The following
arguments will be provided:
githubA pre-authenticated octokit/rest.js clientcontextAn object containing the context of the workflow runcoreA reference to the @actions/core package
Since the script is just a function body, these values will already be
defined, so you don't have to (see examples below).
See octokit/rest.js for the API client documentation.
Note This action is still a bit of an experiment—the API may change in future versions. 🙂
See development.md.
Note that github-token is optional in this action, and the input is there
in case you need to use a non-default token.
By default, github-script will use the token provided to your workflow.
on:
issues:
types: [opened]
jobs:
comment:
runs-on: ubuntu-latest
steps:
- uses: actions/github-script@0.9.0
with:
github-token: ${{secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN}}
script: |
github.issues.createComment({
issue_number: context.issue.number,
owner: context.repo.owner,
repo: context.repo.repo,
body: '👋 Thanks for reporting!'
})on:
issues:
types: [opened]
jobs:
apply-label:
runs-on: ubuntu-latest
steps:
- uses: actions/github-script@0.9.0
with:
github-token: ${{secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN}}
script: |
github.issues.addLabels({
issue_number: context.issue.number,
owner: context.repo.owner,
repo: context.repo.repo,
labels: ['Triage']
})on: pull_request
jobs:
welcome:
runs-on: ubuntu-latest
steps:
- uses: actions/github-script@0.9.0
with:
github-token: ${{secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN}}
script: |
// Get a list of all issues created by the PR opener
// See: https://octokit.github.io/rest.js/#pagination
const creator = context.payload.sender.login
const opts = github.issues.listForRepo.endpoint.merge({
...context.issue,
creator,
state: 'all'
})
const issues = await github.paginate(opts)
for (const issue of issues) {
if (issue.number === context.issue.number) {
continue
}
if (issue.pull_request) {
return // Creator is already a contributor.
}
}
await github.issues.createComment({
issue_number: context.issue.number,
owner: context.repo.owner,
repo: context.repo.repo,
body: 'Welcome, new contributor!'
})You can use the github object to access the Octokit API. For
instance, github.request
on: pull_request
jobs:
diff:
runs-on: ubuntu-latest
steps:
- uses: actions/github-script@0.9.0
with:
github-token: ${{secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN}}
script: |
const diff_url = context.payload.pull_request.diff_url
const result = await github.request(diff_url)
console.log(result)This will print the full diff object in the screen; result.data will
contain the actual diff text.
By default, the JSON-encoded return value of the function is set as the "result" in the
output of a github-script step. For some workflows, string encoding is preferred. This option can be set using the
result-encoding input:
- uses: actions/github-script@0.9.0
with:
github-token: ${{secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN}}
result-encoding: string
script: |
return "I will be string (not JSON) encoded!"