Creating Your Own Pinned Gist Bot

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1. Creating Your Own Pinned Gist Bot with GitHub Actions Josh

   Ghent https://bit.ly/pinned-gist-leicsjs

2. What?

3. Idea! • Find an API ◦ Good Docs ◦ Static

   Token (because OAuth2 is a pain) • Ideally an API you used or data you’re interested in ◦ Fitbit ◦ Pocket ◦ GoodReads ◦ Todoist

4. Lay the Foundations • Clone https://github.com/joshghent/rescue-box as a framework •

   Create a new repo - github.com/myuser/api-box • Push the framework to the new the new repo • Create a blank gist and add the ID to the secrets as GIST_ID • Create a new Github token with `gist` scope and add it to the repo secrets as GH_TOKEN

5. Get the Data • Research the API response for the

   data you want • Get your API token! • Update the code to contain the stats you want

6. ‍ Test Locally

7. ⚠ Publish the Action • Update the schedule.yml ◦ Secrets

   ◦ Crontab

8. ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐

   ⭐ Woo! You just made an automated action! https://bit.ly/pinned-gist-leicsjs