GitHub

Read GitHub repositories, issues, releases and users, and open issues.

Get repository

Reads a repository: description, stars, forks and open issues.

Inputs

Name	Type	Required	Details
Connection	Text	No	The GitHub connection from the Integrations page that this action uses. Maximum length: 64 characters.
Owner	Text	Yes	The user or organization that owns the repository, for example octocat. Maximum length: 39 characters.
Repository	Text	Yes	The name of the repository, for example hello-world. Maximum length: 100 characters.

Outputs

Name	Type	Details
Found	Yes/No	Whether the repository exists and the token can see it. When not, everything else is empty.
Full name	Text	owner/name of the repository. May be empty.
Description	Text	The description. May be empty.
Link	URL	The repository on GitHub. May be empty.
Stars	Whole number	How many stars it has. May be empty.
Forks	Whole number	How many forks it has. May be empty.
Open issues	Whole number	Open issues and pull requests together. May be empty.
Language	Text	The main programming language. May be empty.
Default branch	Text	The default branch, for example main. May be empty.
Archived	Yes/No	Whether the repository is archived. May be empty.
Last push	Date and time	When code was last pushed. May be empty.

Get issues

Lists issues of a repository, newest first. Pull requests are in the list too; they have a pull request link.

Inputs

Name	Type	Required	Details
Connection	Text	No	The GitHub connection from the Integrations page that this action uses. Maximum length: 64 characters.
Owner	Text	Yes	The user or organization that owns the repository, for example octocat. Maximum length: 39 characters.
Repository	Text	Yes	The name of the repository, for example hello-world. Maximum length: 100 characters.
State	Text	No	open, closed or all. Empty: open. Maximum length: 6 characters. Default: open.
How many	Whole number	No	How many to get, 1 to 100. Empty: 10. Value: 1 to 100. Default: 10.
Page	Whole number	No	Which page of the list, starting at 1. Empty: 1. Minimum: 1. Default: 1.

Outputs

Name	Type	Details
Issues	List of GitHub issue	The issues, newest first.

Get releases

Lists releases of a repository, newest first.

Inputs

Name	Type	Required	Details
Connection	Text	No	The GitHub connection from the Integrations page that this action uses. Maximum length: 64 characters.
Owner	Text	Yes	The user or organization that owns the repository, for example octocat. Maximum length: 39 characters.
Repository	Text	Yes	The name of the repository, for example hello-world. Maximum length: 100 characters.
How many	Whole number	No	How many to get, 1 to 100. Empty: 10. Value: 1 to 100. Default: 10.
Page	Whole number	No	Which page of the list, starting at 1. Empty: 1. Minimum: 1. Default: 1.

Outputs

Name	Type	Details
Releases	List of GitHub release	The releases, newest first.

Get latest release

Reads the newest published release that is not a pre-release or draft.

Inputs

Name	Type	Required	Details
Connection	Text	No	The GitHub connection from the Integrations page that this action uses. Maximum length: 64 characters.
Owner	Text	Yes	The user or organization that owns the repository, for example octocat. Maximum length: 39 characters.
Repository	Text	Yes	The name of the repository, for example hello-world. Maximum length: 100 characters.

Outputs

Name	Type	Details
Found	Yes/No	Whether there is such a release. When not, the release is empty.
Release	GitHub release	The release. May be empty.

Open issue

Opens a new issue in a repository. The token needs write access to Issues.

Inputs

Name	Type	Required	Details
Connection	Text	No	The GitHub connection from the Integrations page that this action uses. Maximum length: 64 characters.
Owner	Text	Yes	The user or organization that owns the repository, for example octocat. Maximum length: 39 characters.
Repository	Text	Yes	The name of the repository, for example hello-world. Maximum length: 100 characters.
Title	Text	Yes	The title of the issue. Maximum length: 256 characters.
Text	Text	No	The text of the issue, as Markdown. Maximum length: 60000 characters.

Outputs

Name	Type	Details
Number	Whole number	The number of the new issue.
Link	URL	The new issue on GitHub.

Get GitHub user

Reads a GitHub user or organization by its username.

Inputs

Name	Type	Required	Details
Connection	Text	No	The GitHub connection from the Integrations page that this action uses. Maximum length: 64 characters.
Username	Text	Yes	The GitHub username, for example octocat. Maximum length: 39 characters.

Outputs

Name	Type	Details
Found	Yes/No	Whether the user exists. When not, everything else is empty.
Username	Text	The username. May be empty.
Name	Text	The display name, when set. May be empty.
Bio	Text	The profile text, when set. May be empty.
Type	Text	User or Organization. May be empty.
Avatar	URL	The profile picture. May be empty.
Link	URL	The profile on GitHub. May be empty.
Public repositories	Whole number	How many public repositories they have. May be empty.
Followers	Whole number	How many followers they have. May be empty.
Created at	Date and time	When the account was created. May be empty.