notBdougie / issues-to-data

GitHub Issue Tracker Action

This is a GitHub Action which runs periodically (e.g. once an hour) and grabs the current data from the Github API and stores it in a file in the repository(in the .github/actioncloud/issue-tracker/data.json). The code is mainly from vscode-issue-tracker, and I make it a GitHub Action.

Usage

# A workflow config example
name: Test tracker

on:
  # a cron schedule to run periodically
  schedule:
    - cron: '0 * * * *'

jobs:
  test_issue_tracker:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    name: A job to test issue tracker
    steps:
    - name: Checkout
      uses: actions/checkout@v1
    - name: Track issues
      id: tracking
      uses: actioncloud/issue-tracker-action@master
      with:
        github-token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
    # you need git commit to push the issue data to the folder: .github/actioncloud
    - name: Git commit
      run: |
        # git commit if there's any change
        if test -n "$(git status --porcelain 2>/dev/null)"; then
            git config --global user.email "[e-mail]"
            git config --global user.name "ActionCloud Bot"
            git add .
            git commit -m "Update forks data"
        fi
    - name: Push changes
      uses: ad-m/github-push-action@master
      with:
        github_token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
    # you can get badge code of ActionCloud viewer App, and click it to view your data
    - name: Check output
      run: echo '${{ steps.tracking.outputs.actioncloud-badge }}'

GitHub Issue Tracker Viewer

The Action will store the issues data into your repository, and you need a web view page to see the chart. The viewer page is hosted in actioncloud.io, the url is https://free.actioncloud.io/apps/github-issue-tracker?owner=<your_owner_name>&repo=<your_repo_name>.

You can put a badge in your README file:

# remember to change the owner_name and repo_name to yours:

[![](https://img.shields.io/badge/ActionCloud%20App-Issue%20Tracker-blue)](https://free.actioncloud.io/apps/github-issue-tracker?owner=<owner_name>&repo=<repo_name>)

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