Init-action

This action is used for one time automation after repository creation. This will utilize dispatcher webhook for handling custom event payload.

Usage

See action.yml, init-workflow

on: repository_dispatch
jobs:
  init: # make sure the action works on a clean machine without building
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
      - uses: carbohydrates/init-action@v3
        with:
          destroy_after_execution: 'false'

Triggering the action

This action is triggered by custom API call https://help.github.com/en/actions/reference/events-that-trigger-workflows#external-events-repository_dispatch.

Note: This event will only trigger a workflow run if the workflow file is on the master or default branch.

{
    "event_type": "init_action", 
    "client_payload": {
        "files": ["**/*.yaml"],
        "ignores": [],
        "toReplace": {
            "__PLACEHOLDER1__": "someValue1",
            "__PLACEHOLDER2__": "someValue2",
            "_placeholder1__" : "yaaaay"
        }
    }
}

Name	Type	description
event_type	string	Required: A custom webhook event name.
client_payload	object	JSON payload with extra information about the webhook event that your action or worklow may use.
client_payload.files	string[]	Array of the file patterns that should be used for processing
client_payload.ignores	string[]	Array of the file patterns that should be excluded from processing
client_payload.toReplace	{[key: string]: string}	Map of k,v where k replacing placeholder and v is value for this replacement

curl --request POST \
  --url https://api.github.com/repos/carbohydrates/init-action/dispatches \
  --header 'cache-control: no-cache' \
  --header 'content-type: application/json' \
  --data '{"event_type":"init_action","client_payload":{"files":["**/*.yaml"],"ignores":[],"toReplace":{"__PLACEHOLDER1__":"someValue1","__PLACEHOLDER2__":"someValue2","_placeholder1__":"yaaaay"}}}'

NOTE: For private repos you should use Basic Auth with private access token