A JavaScript toolkit for the GitHub API.
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Add check to a specific workflow-run/check-suite using octokit
I have a project with Github Actions that implements multiple workflows that can be triggered by a single push event (depending on path filter).
So a push with a single commit can trigger multiple workflows, so far so good.
In each workflow I am…
Andreas Linden
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How to automatically run a Github Action after creating a repository from an organization's template?
With octokit a repository can be created that exists in an organization using:
require("dotenv").config();
const { Octokit } = require("@octokit/rest");
const cwa = new Octokit({
auth: process.env.TOKEN, //create Github personal token
});
const…
DᴀʀᴛʜVᴀᴅᴇʀ
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Add content to an existing file in Github with Octokit js
I have come across the below code on the internet.
const { Octokit } = require("@octokit/rest");
const { Base64 } = require("js-base64");
const fs = require("fs");
const { Octokit } = require("@octokit/rest");
const { Base64 } =…
Harshatej M
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github.getOctokit(myToken) returns empty values for GitHub Action in JavaScript
I'm trying to make a GitHub action that runs when someone comments on a pull request (I'm using issue_comment).
In my index.js, I'm running the following lines:
const core = require("@actions/core");
const github =…
milk
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How can I use octokit to list open PRs from all repos in my org?
I would like to write a script in Javascript to query all open github PRs in all repos in my org. I can use this URL to do it in a browser: https://my.github.server/pulls?q=is%3Aopen+is%3Apr+org%3Amy-org-name.
But using octokit, I need to supply the…
Graeme Perrow
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GitHub: Skipping Workflow on Issues Update via API
Maybe this is out of the box, maybe not. But I can't find this in any of the documentation.
I know you can skip workflows on Push and Pull_Requests. However, I need to skip workflows when updating Issues via the REST API.
My current workflow yaml…
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GitHub API limit array length to 250
When calling the GitHub API with Octokit to get all ahead commits of a fork repo by comparing each of their branches together, if the fork repo contains more than 300 commits ahead then octokit only returns a maximum of 250. I have searched the…
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How do you paginate the results of GitHub's compare commit API
I am not able to paginate the results of the Github compare commit REST API as defined here:
https://docs.github.com/en/github-ae@latest/rest/commits/commits#compare-two-commits
I perform a GET operation in the following format:
url =…
Andrew B
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octokit createPullRequest for JSON files
I have been trying to create a pull request using the createPullRequest plugin from octokit and so far for simple text files it works well, but when I am trying to commit some changes into a JSON file in the repository, I get something like…
kratia
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Getting a 404 error whenever I fork a repo
I'm trying to create a website that can fork a repo using Octokit, but I keep getting 404 errors.
const octokit = new Octokit({
auth: accessToken
})
try {
const response = await octokit.request('POST /repos/{owner}/{repo}/forks', {
…
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Github API with octokit- app authentication for create a repository dispatch event gives 404 not found
I'm trying to authenticate through a Github app to launch a repository dispatch event as per these docs. The app has the permissions metadata:read and contents:read&write as mentioned in the docs.
With the code below, authentication succeeds, but I…
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What's the datatype of the value returned by octokit.createPullRequest() in octokit-plugin-create-pull-request?
I want to make a pull request from a react-native app. I am using the octokit-plugin-create-pull-request library from here. They have a function octokit.createPullRequest() in their documentation. I am at a point where I need to know the datatype of…
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How to instantiate Octokit for user-as-a-server oAuth?
I want my GitHub app to perform actions on behalf of a user, like creating an issue.
I am authenticating my user this way:
const { createOAuthAppAuth } = require('@octokit/auth-oauth-app');
const auth = createOAuthAppAuth({
clientType:…
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How to create a branch using probot (octokit)?
I want to create a branch using Probot. Seeing that it uses octokit/rest.js, I went over the octokit docs but couldn't find a method to do so. So how do I create a branch?
Also note that I mean to create a branch so I can pull request later.
Edit:…
Siddharth Shyniben
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What's the point of using octokit/core.js in a browser if storing access tokens in it is not secure?
The documentation of octokit/core.js shows examples of using the module in the browser but doesn't show how the token was acquired or where it is stored. So, I assume the token is readily available in the browser.
If storing tokens in the browser is…
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