mtricht / github-actions-trigger-extension

A browser extension for triggering github actions manually.

Just use workflow_dispatch: https://github.blog/changelog/2020-07-06-github-actions-manual-triggers-with-workflow_dispatch/

github-actions-trigger-extension

Adds an UI to trigger github actions from within github.

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GAT JSON format

The GAT JSON is an array containing one or more objects as described below. Every object maps to a workflow that triggers on a repository_dispatch event.

Required keys

Key	Description
repository	The repository that the trigger belongs to.
name	The repository_dispatch event name.
parameters	An array containing parameters, which will be mapped to the github.event.client_payload object in your workflow.

Parameter structure

Key	Description
name	The name of the parameters which will be available in your workflow as github.event.client_payload.<name here>.
type	The type of parameter. Currently supported are: string, boolean and select
options	An array containing a list of static options for a select parameter.
optionsFrom	A name of a repository where tags and/or branches are fetched from.
tags	A boolean for whether to fetch tags from the optionsFrom repository.
branches	A boolean for whether to fetch branches from the optionsFrom repository.

Example GAT JSON:

[
  {
    "repository": "mtricht/github-actions-trigger-extension",
    "name": "test",
    "parameters": [
      {
        "name": "param1",
        "type": "string"
      },
      {
        "name": "param2",
        "type": "boolean"
      },
      {
        "name": "param3",
        "type": "select",
        "options": [
          "prod",
          "acc"
        ]
      },
      {
        "name": "param4",
        "type": "select",
        "optionsFrom": "mtricht/github-actions-trigger-extension",
        "tags": true,
        "branches": true
      }
    ]
  }
]

Example workflow:

name: Test

on:
  repository_dispatch:
    types: [test]

jobs:
  stage:
    name: Run tests
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - run: 'echo "field: ${{ github.event.client_payload.param1 }}"'