github.rest.actions.createWorkflowDispatch does not trigger a run

[bennypowers]

Describe the bug
I've written a step which should trigger a workflow_dispatch run in my repo, but nothing happens

To Reproduce

 - name: Bundle
    id: bundle
    if: ${{ steps.changesets.outputs.published == 'true' }}
    uses: actions/github-script@v6
    with:
      debug: ${{ secrets.ACTIONS_RUNNER_DEBUG }}
      github-token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
      script: |
        try {
          const result = await github.rest.actions.createWorkflowDispatch({
            owner: 'patternfly',
            repo: 'patternfly-elements',
            workflow_id: 'bundle.yml',
            ref: 'main',
            inputs: {
              tags: ${{ steps.get-tags.outputs.tags }}
            },
          })
          console.log(result);
        } catch(error) {
          console.error(error);
          core.setFailed(error);
        }

In this case, This is what I observed logged in the run:

{
  status: 204,
  url: 'https://api.github.com/repos/patternfly/patternfly-elements/actions/workflows/bundle.yml/dispatches',
  headers: {
    'access-control-allow-origin': '*',
    'access-control-expose-headers': 'ETag, Link, Location, Retry-After, X-GitHub-OTP, X-RateLimit-Limit, X-RateLimit-Remaining, X-RateLimit-Used, X-RateLimit-Resource, X-RateLimit-Reset, X-OAuth-Scopes, X-Accepted-OAuth-Scopes, X-Poll-Interval, X-GitHub-Media-Type, X-GitHub-SSO, X-GitHub-Request-Id, Deprecation, Sunset',
    connection: 'close',
    'content-security-policy': "default-src 'none'",
    date: 'Wed, 16 Mar 2022 23:27:24 GMT',
    'referrer-policy': 'origin-when-cross-origin, strict-origin-when-cross-origin',
    server: 'GitHub.com',
    'strict-transport-security': 'max-age=31536000; includeSubdomains; preload',
    vary: 'Accept-Encoding, Accept, X-Requested-With',
    'x-content-type-options': 'nosniff',
    'x-frame-options': 'deny',
    'x-github-media-type': 'github.v3',
    'x-github-request-id': '07C1:3CFD:580A27:F241C1:6232725C',
    'x-ratelimit-limit': '1000',
    'x-ratelimit-remaining': '947',
    'x-ratelimit-reset': '1647475036',
    'x-ratelimit-resource': 'core',
    'x-ratelimit-used': '53',
    'x-xss-protection': '0'
  },
  data: undefined
}

I've tried several approaches here and I'm really at a loss. What could account for this? Do I need a separate github PAT?

[joshmgross]

👋 Hey @bennypowers, you'll need to use a separate GitHub PAT. Events triggered with the GITHUB_TOKEN won't trigger other workflows.

https://docs.github.com/en/actions/using-workflows/triggering-a-workflow#triggering-a-workflow-from-a-workflow

[bennypowers]

Yep, that did it. Thanks!

[joshmgross]

👋 Hey @bennypowers, this is now supported without using a separate PAT

https://github.blog/changelog/2022-09-08-github-actions-use-github_token-with-workflow_dispatch-and-repository_dispatch/

[shrumsowen11]

Hello @joshmgross ,
I am trying to update the github-script from v3 to either v6 or v7.

Current github script v3 uses

 Some-job:
   runs-on: someRunner
   steps:
     -  name: Trigger "jobName"
        uses: actions/github-script@v3
        with:
          github-token: ${{secrets.GH_PAT_TOKEN}}
          script: |
            await github.repos.createDispatchEvent({
              owner: context.repo.owner,
              repo: context.repo.repo,
              event_type: 'eventName',
              client_payload: { somekey Values}
          });

and the respective event 'eventName' looks like

name: another Job

on:
  repository_dispatch:
    types: [ eventName ]

jobs:
  Some-other-job:
    name: jobname
    runs-on: someRunner

    steps:
      - name: Construct URLs from client_payload
        id: construct-urls
        run: |
          urls=$(echo '${{ toJson(github.event.client_payload) }}' | jq -r 'to_entries | map("\(.value)") | join(",")')
          echo "URLs=$urls" >> $GITHUB_ENV
      - name: stepname
        uses: mycustomAction@v1
        with:
          username: ${{ user }}
          password: ${{ pass }}
          urls: ${{ env.URLs }}

I have updated the github script to v7 but it looks like the github.repos.createDispatchEvent is not available for this version anymore
I need to acquire the same result using the latest github script version, can you help on this

[joshmgross]

@shrumsowen11 see https://github.com/actions/github-script#v5, github.repos should be available as github.rest.repos

[shrumsowen11]

@shrumsowen11 see https://github.com/actions/github-script#v5, github.repos should be available as github.rest.repos

Thanks a bunch @joshmgross , had tried few other things but missed this one. It works with
github.rest.repos