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Automating your Workflow with Probot Bex Warner @GitHub
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• Automation • Automating GitHub • What is Probot • Existing Probot Apps • Building a Probot App
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Automating Process
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Identify repeated tasks “We {action} every {period of time}.”
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Identify repeated tasks “We release a changelog every two weeks.”
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Giphy.com
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What does automation look like on GitHub?
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OAuth Apps
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github.com/dear-github/dear-github
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GitHub Apps
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Granular permissions
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You’ve probably seen it in action
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You’ve probably seen it in action
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You’ve probably seen it in action
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So we understand GitHub and Automation…
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Giphy.com
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probot.github.io
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Listen on Webhooks Take action via the GitHub API
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Authentication JWT + installation access token
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GitHub APIs REST, GraphQl, Octokits
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Authenticated Octokit client
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Existing Apps
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probot.github.io/apps
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Stale >49k public issues ~850 organizations Close stale Issues and Pull Requests
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Reminders >200 organizations Set reminders on Issues and Pull Requests
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Welcome > 3600 public issues + PRs >180 organizations Welcomes new users
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WIP >550 organizations Blocks Pull Requests with WIP in the title
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Let’s get started
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probot.github.io
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github.com/probot/create-probot-app https://carbon.now.sh/
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Scaffolding
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Webhook Delivery ngrok, localtunnel
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My custom smee URL
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smee.io/my-custom-url event stream
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Creating a GitHub App
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Download a private key
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updating your .env https://carbon.now.sh/
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Let’s write some code
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index.js https://carbon.now.sh/
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Identify repeated tasks “We {action} every {period of time}.”
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Identify repeated tasks “We add a label for every every new issue.”
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`app.on` listening for webhooks https://carbon.now.sh/
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Listening on `issues.opened` https://carbon.now.sh/
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https://octokit.github.io/rest.js/#api-Issues-addLabels
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Add necessary params https://carbon.now.sh/
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Make the API call https://carbon.now.sh/
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Watch it work!
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What other things can I do with GitHub Apps?
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Checks API https://blog.github.com/2018-05-07-introducing- checks-api/
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https://developer.github.com/changes/2018-05-07-new-checks-api-public-beta/
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https://developer.github.com/changes/2018-05-07-new-checks-api-public-beta/
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https://developer.github.com/changes/2018-05-07-new-checks-api-public-beta/
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https://developer.github.com/changes/2018-05-23-request-actions-on-checks/
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https://developer.github.com/changes/2018-05-23-request-actions-on-checks/
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GitHub Developer Program
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We’re hiring! https://github.com/about/careers
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probot.github.io
[email protected]
@hiimbex @hiimbexo Bex Warner GitHub