github_api

Call a GitHub API endpoint and get the resulting JSON response

Calls any GitHub API endpoint. You must provide your GitHub Personal token (get one from https://github.com/settings/tokens/new).
Out parameters provide the status code and the full response JSON if valid, otherwise the raw response body.
Documentation: https://developer.github.com/v3.

github_api
Supported platforms	ios, android, mac
Author	@tommeier
Returns	A hash including the HTTP status code (:status), the response body (:body), and if valid JSON has been returned the parsed JSON (:json).

2 Examples

result = github_api(
  server_url: "https://api.github.com",
  api_token: ENV["GITHUB_TOKEN"],
  http_method: "GET",
  path: "/repos/:owner/:repo/readme",
  body: { ref: "master" }
)

# Alternatively call directly with optional error handling or block usage
  GithubApiAction.run(
    server_url: "https://api.github.com",
    api_token: ENV["GITHUB_TOKEN"],
    http_method: "GET",
    path: "/repos/:owner/:repo/readme",
    error_handlers: {
      404 => proc do |result|
        UI.message("Something went wrong - I couldn't find it...")
      end,
      '*' => proc do |result|
        UI.message("Handle all error codes other than 404")
      end
    }
  ) do |result|
    UI.message("JSON returned: #{result[:json]}")
  end

Parameters

Key	Description	Default
server_url	The server url. e.g. 'https://your.internal.github.host/api/v3' (Default: 'https://api.github.com')	https://api.github.com
api_token	Personal API Token for GitHub - generate one at https://github.com/settings/tokens	*
api_bearer	Use a Bearer authorization token. Usually generated by GitHub Apps, e.g. GitHub Actions GITHUB_TOKEN environment variable
http_method	The HTTP method. e.g. GET / POST	GET
body	The request body in JSON or hash format	{}
raw_body	The request body taken verbatim instead of as JSON, useful for file uploads
path	The endpoint path. e.g. '/repos/:owner/:repo/readme'
url	The complete full url - used instead of path. e.g. 'https://uploads.github.com/repos/fastlane...'
error_handlers	Optional error handling hash based on status code, or pass '*' to handle all errors	{}
headers	Optional headers to apply	{}
secure	Optionally disable secure requests (ssl_verify_peer)	true

* = default value is dependent on the user's system

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Lane Variables

Actions can communicate with each other using a shared hash lane_context, that can be accessed in other actions, plugins or your lanes: lane_context[SharedValues:XYZ]. The github_api action generates the following Lane Variables:

SharedValue	Description
SharedValues::GITHUB_API_STATUS_CODE	The status code returned from the request
SharedValues::GITHUB_API_RESPONSE	The full response body
SharedValues::GITHUB_API_JSON	The parsed json returned from GitHub

To get more information check the Lanes documentation.

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Documentation

To show the documentation in your terminal, run

fastlane action github_api

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CLI

It is recommended to add the above action into your Fastfile, however sometimes you might want to run one-offs. To do so, you can run the following command from your terminal

fastlane run github_api

To pass parameters, make use of the : symbol, for example

fastlane run github_api parameter1:"value1" parameter2:"value2"

It's important to note that the CLI supports primitive types like integers, floats, booleans, and strings. Arrays can be passed as a comma delimited string (e.g. param:"1,2,3"). Hashes are not currently supported.

It is recommended to add all fastlane actions you use to your Fastfile.

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Source code

This action, just like the rest of fastlane, is fully open source, view the source code on GitHub

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