github-actions-orb

A CircleCI orb for interacting with GitHub Actions.

Check out this orb in the CircleCI Orb Registry.

• Quick Start
• Authentication
• Commands
  • repository_dispatch
    • Parameters
    • Webhook event client_payload
      • Example

Quick Start

Include the orb in the root of your CircleCI config:

orbs:
  github-actions: qustodio/github-actions-orb@0.1.4 # Make sure to update this to the latest version: https://circleci.com/developer/orbs/orb/movermeyer/github-actions

Then call commands in the steps section of your CircleCI config:

steps:
  - github-actions/repository_dispatch:
      repo_name: "<user_name>/<user_repo>" # Your GitHub organization name + repo name
      event_type: "build_complete" # Arbitrary string that your GitHub Actions will filter on

Authentication

Commands need to authenticate with GitHub in order to work.

1. Create a new GitHub Personal Access Token with the repo scope enabled.

• Name it something meaningful. Perhaps circleci-github-actions orb access token or similar?
• Make sure to copy down the access token it generates.

2. Create a new CircleCI environment variable, either on the CircleCI project, or within a CircleCI scope used by the CircleCI project.

• Name it GITHUB_PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN and copy the access token that GitHub generated in the last step.
  • If for some reason your project/scope already has a GITHUB_PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN, use a different name instead. You will use that new name to override the github_personal_access_token parameter when calling commands.

Commands

There is only a single command implemented so far.

repository_dispatch

This sends a repository_dispatch event webhook to GitHub Actions.

Parameters

Parameter	Description	Required	Default	Example
repo_name	The organization and repo name to trigger the repository_dispatch event for	Yes	N/A	qustodio/hello-world
event_type	The 'event_type' parameter to send. Arbitry string that GitHub Actions can use to filter on	Yes	N/A	qustodio/hello-world
github_personal_access_token	The name of the environment variable containing the GitHub Personal Access Token. See Authentication	No	N/A	GITHUB_TOKEN
metadata	Add any metadata that you should provide to GitHub Action	No	N/A	{ "field_1": "value" }

Webhook event client_payload

By default, the client_payload sent to GitHub contains most useful information about the build.

These are simply copied from the various CircleCI environment variables.

client_payload	CircleCI environment variable
build_num	CIRCLE_BUILD_NUM
branch	CIRCLE_BRANCH
username	CIRCLE_USERNAME
job	CIRCLE_JOB
build_url	CIRCLE_BUILD_URL
vcs_revision	CIRCLE_SHA1
reponame	CIRCLE_PROJECT_REPONAME
workflow_id	CIRCLE_WORKFLOW_ID
pull_request	CI_PULL_REQUEST
metadata	null

Example

{
  "event_type":"wheel_build_complete",
  "client_payload": {
    "build_num": "35",
    "branch": "refs/tags/v0.0.14",
    "username": "qustodio",
    "job": "notify_github",
    "build_url": "https://circleci.com/gh/qustodio/github-actions-orb/35",
    "vcs_revision": "46f3ff30f669ec61194f6010d4a8adf98a71b29a",
    "reponame": "octokit_test",
    "workflow_id": "c1b6618e-a6ea-4ce7-a907-74763b5bdd31",
    "metadata": { "field_1": "value" }
  },
}