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GitHub is a web-based platform for version control and collaboration, enabling developers to host, review, and manage code repositories. It simplifies teamwork with tools for branching, pull requests, and integration, fostering seamless software development workflows.

Integrating your application with GitHub revolutionizes development workflows and automation, facilitating efficient, secure, and collaborative software engineering solutions. 

Authentication

Ensure you have the following information ready for a seamless integration process:

  • Connection Name: Choose a meaningful name for your connection. This name helps you identify the connection within your application or integration settings. It could be something descriptive like "MyAppGithubIntegration".

  • Authentication Type: Select the type of authentication for connecting to your GitHub account:

    • Personal Access Token (PAT)

Personal Access Token (PAT) Based

  1. Log in to the GitHub website and click on your profile picture in the top right corner.

  2. Select "Settings" from the dropdown menu.

  3. In the left sidebar, click on "Developer settings".

  4. Click on "Personal access tokens" in the left sidebar.

  5. Click on "Generate new token" (for classic tokens) or "Generate new token (fine-grained").

  6. Enter a descriptive name for the token and optionally set an expiration date.

  7. Select the scopes/permissions you want to grant the token.

  8. Click "Generate token" at the bottom of the page.

  9. Copy the generated token immediately, as you won't be able to see it again after leaving the page.

  10. Treat this token like a password - keep it confidential and secure.

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Actions

Action

Description

Create issue

Creates a new issue in GitHub

Create pull request review comment

Create a review comment on a pull request

Get User details

Get Github User details

Get directory content

Gets directory content from the GitHub Repository

Get file content

Gets file content from the GitHub Repository

Get issue

Gets an issue in GitHub

Get pull request (PR)

Gets details of a pull request (PR) in GitHub

Iterate on repository files

Iterate on all files from the GitHub repository

List issues and pull requests for a repository

Lists issues and pull requests for a repository in GitHub

List pull request files

Lists all the files in a pull request

List statuses for ref

Lists commit statuses for a ref in Github

Search issues and pull requests

Searches issues and pull requests in Github

Triggers workflow

Triggers workflow in Github Repo

Update issue

Updates an issue in GitHub

Triggers

Action

Description

Iterate On All files in a github repo

Iterate on All Files from the GitHub Repository

Iterate On All files in a github repo

New issue polling

Triggers when a new pull request is created in GitHub

On Closed Issue Polling Batch

Triggers when an issue is closed in GitHub

On new or updated PR

Triggers when a new or updated pull request (PR) is made in GitHub

On new or updated comment Real-time

Triggers when a new or updated comment is made in GitHub

On new or updated comment

Triggers when a new or updated comment is made in GitHub

On new or updated issue

Triggers when a new or updated issue occurs in GitHub

On new or updated milestone

On new or updated milestone in a repository