This GitHub action allows you to quickly scaffold repositories using any selected Cookiecutter Template via Port Actions.
In addition, as cookiecutter is an Open Source project you can make your own project, learn more about it here
Input | Description | Required | Default |
---|---|---|---|
token | The GitHub Token to use to authenticate with the API with permissions to create repositories within the organization make sure to use Fine-grained token | Yes | |
portClientId | The Port Client ID to use to authenticate with the API | Yes | |
portClientSecret | The Port Client Secret to use to authenticate with the API | Yes | |
blueprintIdentifier | The blueprint identifier to use to populate the Port | Yes | Service |
repositoryName | The name of the repository to create | Yes | |
organizationName | The name of the organization to create the repository in | Yes | |
cookiecutterTemplate | The cookiecutter template to use to populate the repository | Yes | |
portUserInputs | Port user inputs to came from triggering the action | Yes | |
portRunId | Port run ID to came from triggering the action | Yes | |
monorepoUrl | If using scaffolding within a monorepo specify the URL here | Yes | |
scaffoldDirectory | Root folder to scaffold when using monorepo | Yes | |
githubURL | GitHub url for self hosted version | Yes | https://api.github.com |
createPortEntity | Whether should create port entity with the action or not. You can set this to false if you'd like to create the entry yourself with port-labs/port-github-action |
No | true |
Follow these steps to get started with the Golang template
- Create the following GitHub action secrets
ORG_TOKEN
- a PAT (Personal Access Token) with permissions to create repositoriesPORT_CLIENT_ID
- Port Client ID learn morePORT_CLIENT_SECRET
- Port Client Secret learn more
- Install the Ports GitHub app from here.
- Create a blueprint at Port with the following properties:
Note Keep in mind this can be any blueprint you would like and this is just an example
{
"identifier": "microservice",
"title": "Microservice",
"icon": "Microservice",
"schema": {
"properties": {
"description": {
"title": "Description",
"type": "string"
},
"url": {
"title": "URL",
"format": "url",
"type": "string"
},
"readme": {
"title": "README",
"type": "string",
"format": "markdown",
"icon": "Book"
}
},
"required": []
},
"mirrorProperties": {},
"calculationProperties": {},
"relations": {}
}
- Create an action at Port with the following JSON file:
Note Keep in mind that any field started with
cookiecutter
will automtically be injected into the cookiecutter inputs as a variable here for example we are using thecookiecutter_app_name
input of the Golang Template
[
{
"identifier": "scaffold",
"title": "Scaffold Golang Microservice",
"icon": "Git",
"userInputs": {
"properties": {
"name": {
"title": "Repo Name",
"type": "string"
},
"cookiecutter_app_name": {
"type": "string",
"title": "Application Name"
}
},
"required": [
"name"
]
},
"invocationMethod": {
"type": "GITHUB",
"org": "port-cookiecutter-example",
"repo": "gha-templater",
"workflow": "scaffold-golang.yml",
"omitUserInputs": true
},
"trigger": "CREATE",
"description": "Scaffolding a new Microservice from a set of templates using Cookiecutter"
}
]
- Create a workflow file under .github/workflows/scaffold-golang.yml with the following content:
on:
workflow_dispatch:
inputs:
port_payload:
required: true
description: "Port's payload, including details for who triggered the action and general context (blueprint, run id, etc...)"
type: string
secrets:
ORG_TOKEN:
required: true
PORT_CLIENT_ID:
required: true
PORT_CLIENT_SECRET:
required: true
jobs:
scaffold:
runs-on: ubuntu-latest
steps:
- uses: port-labs/cookiecutter-gha@v1
with:
portClientId: ${{ secrets.PORT_CLIENT_ID }}
portClientSecret: ${{ secrets.PORT_CLIENT_SECRET }}
token: ${{ secrets.ORG_TOKEN }}
portRunId: ${{ fromJson(inputs.port_payload).context.runId }}
repositoryName: ${{ fromJson(inputs.port_payload).payload.properties.name }}
portUserInputs: ${{ toJson(fromJson(inputs.port_payload).payload.properties) }}
cookiecutterTemplate: https://github.com/lacion/cookiecutter-golang
blueprintIdentifier: 'microservice'
organizationName: INSERT_ORG_NAME
If you would like to create a PR in a monorepo subfolder instead, you can fill out the following inputs
monorepoUrl: <your-monorepo-url>
scaffoldDirectory: <directory to scaffold in i.e apps/>
To make sure all of the properties (like url, readme etc..) come directly from Github in a seamless way, you can connect our GitHub exporter next here you can find more information about it.