Questions tagged [probot]

Use this tag for questions about problems faced when developing apps with Probot, a framework for building GitHub Apps in Node.js.

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The tag should be used in the questions about problems related to:

Developing an app using Probot framework.
Receiving GitHub webhooks on Probot ends.
Interaction of Probot with GitHub applications.
Usage of REST API and GraphQL API with Probot
Usage of HTTP Routes while working with Probot.
Simulating Webhooks.
Testing app built on Probot
Logging messages while building Probot
Extensions based on Probot.
Deploying application on Glitch, Heroku, Now or any other Platform
Adding database storage or persistence to your app built on Probot
Following Best Practices
References like robot, context, context.github and GitHub events and associated actions.

Other resources

Probot's Official Website

Probot's Documentation

Probot Featured Applications

Probot's Community

Extending with GitHub: easy integrations with Probot - GitHub Universe 2017

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Using Probot to create a Github issue on response from express route

Is it possible to use Probot to create an issue on response from an express route? I've tried the following, but they async function can't access context.github. const createIssue = async function (issue, context) { const owner = issue.owner;…

asked Mar 22 '19 at 16:01

Antonio B

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How to get names of all branches in repository?

For example, I have five branches in the current repository, and their names are: master, branch1, branch2, branch3, and branch4. Use the typescript language for probot build to get these names. What I have tried: import { Application } from…

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asked Mar 14 '19 at 17:56

dead_programmer

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How can I enable GitHub preview features, like topics?

I'm using Apps - listRepos to get a list of all the repositories installed on my Probot GitHub application. I want the response data to include the GitHub topics for each repository. This is currently only available as a preview feature: The topics…

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asked Jan 10 '19 at 12:41

4D4M

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Probot version 7.2 is not starting my app

With probot 7.2, if I create a simple index.js like module.exports = app => { app.log('YYYYYYYEEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH it is working!!!!') } This export is not working, as when I run the application, I never see my log message. The npm run…

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asked Oct 09 '18 at 08:50

wargre

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Is it possible to perform an action with `context` on the init of the app?

I'm simply looking for something like this app.on('init', async context => { ... }) Basically I just need to make to calls to the github API, but I'm not sure there is a way to do it without using the API client inside the Context object.

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asked Sep 18 '18 at 16:43

TKrugg

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Tests with Probot API from GitHub and Smee failing to accept payload?

I'm posting some sample data to my Smee endpoint and I am also running a local instance of my ProBot app. I get a bad request in my bot logs and I see this is the Smee response: { Error: cannot POST / (400) at Response.toError…

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asked May 07 '18 at 03:30

Ryan S

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GitHub Probot : Error deploying Probot app on Now

I cloned wip-bot and tried to deploy the bot on Now. I followed all the instructions given here (All steps): https://probot.github.io/docs/deployment/#now However, while deploying I faced the following error:…

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asked Apr 11 '18 at 13:03

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