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GitHub (Action Flow)

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The GitHub modules allow you to watch, create, update, list, retrieve, and delete the assignees, labels, comments, issues, milestones, releases, and gist files in your GitHub account.

To get started with GitHub, create an account at github.com.

Connect GitHub to Celonis platform

To connect to GitHub:

  1. Log in to your Celonis platform, add any GitHub module Action Flow, and click Add next to the Connection field.

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  2. Optional: In the Connection name field, enter a name for the connection.

  3. Optional: Click Show Advanced Settings and enter the client credentials.

  4. Click Save.

  5. Confirm the access by clicking Authorize.

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You have successfully established the connection. You can now edit your scenario and add more GitHub modules. If your connection needs reauthorization at any point, follow the connection renewal steps here.

Triggers

See the Connecting to GitHub Webhook usingCelonis platform for adding the webhooks to your GitHub account.

Triggers when a new comment is added, or an existing comment is modified.

Connection

Establish a connection to your GitHub account.

Maximum number of returned Repositories

Set the maximum number of comments Celonis platform should return during one Action Flow execution cycle.

Watch

Select the comments you want to watch:

  • Only new comments

  • New comments and all changes

Triggers when a new comment is created.

Webhook Name

Enter a name for the webhook.

Connection

Establish a connection to your GitHub account.

Maximum number of returned Comments

Set the maximum number of comments Celonis platform should return during one Action Flow execution cycle.

Triggers when a new fork is created.

Connection

Establish a connection to your GitHub account.

Maximum number of returned Forks

Set the maximum number of forks Celonis platform will return during one cycle.

Triggers when a new gist is added, or an existing gist is modified.

Connection

Establish a connection to your GitHub account.

Maximum number of returned Gists

Set the maximum number of gists Celonis platform should return during one Action Flow execution cycle.

Watch

Select the gists you want to watch:

  • Only new gists

  • New gists and all changes

Triggers when a new issue is added, or an existing issue is modified.

Connection

Establish a connection to your GitHub account.

Maximum number of returned Issues

Set the maximum number of issues Celonis platform should return during one Action Flow execution cycle.

Watch

Select the issues you want to watch:

  • Only new issues

  • New issues and all changes

Filter

Select the option to filter the results:

  • All issues

  • Only issues assigned to me

  • Only issues created by me

  • Only issues mentioning me

  • Only issues I'm subscribed to it updates for

State

Select the issue status you want to watch:

  • Only open issues

  • Only closed issues

Labels

Add the tags of the issues you want to watch.

Triggers when an issue is assigned, unassigned, labeled, unlabeled, opened, closed, or reopened.

Webhook Name

Enter a name for the webhook.

Connection

Establish a connection to your GitHub account.

Maximum number of returned Issues for Events

Set the maximum number of issues for events Celonis platform should return during one Action Flow execution cycle.

Triggers when a new milestone is added, or an existing milestone is modified.

Connection

Establish a connection to your GitHub account.

Maximum number of returned Milestones

Set the maximum number of milestones Celonis platform will return during one cycle.

Watch

Select the milestones you want to watch:

  • Only new milestones

  • New milestones and all changes

State

Select the status of the milestone you want to watch:

  • Open

  • Closed

Triggers when a new pull request is added, or an existing pull request is modified.

Webhook Name

Enter a name for the webhook.

Connection

Establish a connection to your GitHub account.

Maximum number of returned Pull Requests

Set the maximum number of pull requests Celonis platform should return during one Action Flow execution cycle.

Triggers when a new push occurs.

Webhook Name

Enter a name for the webhook.

Connection

Establish a connection to your GitHub account.

Maximum number of returned Push Actions

Set the maximum number of push actions Celonis platform should return during one Action Flow execution cycle.

Triggers when a new release is created.

Webhook Name

Enter a name for the webhook.

Connection

Establish a connection to your GitHub account.

Maximum number of returned Releases

Set the maximum number of releases Celonis platform should return during one Action Flow execution cycle.

Triggers when a new repository is added, or an existing repository is modified.

Connection

Establish a connection to your GitHub account.

Maximum number of returned Repositories

Set the maximum number of repositories Celonis platform will return during one cycle.

Watch

Select the repositories you want to watch:

  • Only new repositories

  • New repositories and all changes

Actions

Creates a new issue.

Connection

Establish a connection to your GitHub account.

Repository

Select the repository in which you want to create the issue.

Assignee

Select the assignee for the issue.

Milestone

Select the milestone applicable to the issue.

Labels

Add the tags for the issue. For example, bug, and enhancement.

Title

Enter a name for the issue.

Body

Enter the issue details.

Updates an existing issue.

Connection

Establish a connection to your GitHub account.

Repository

Select the repository in which you want to create the issue.

Assignee

Select the assignee for the issue.

Milestone

Select the milestone applicable to the issue.

Labels

Add the tags for the issue. For example, bug, enhancement

Number

Enter the issue number.

Status

Select the issue status:

  • Open

  • Closed

Title

Enter a name for the issue.

Body

Enter the issue details.

Returns the information of an issue.

Connection

Establish a connection to your GitHub account.

Maximum number of returned issues

Set the maximum number of issues Celonis platform should return during one Action Flow execution cycle.

Sort By

Select the option to sort the issues:

  • Best Match

  • Date Created

  • Date Updated

  • Number of Comments

Sort Direction

Select the order in which you want to list the issues:

  • Ascending

  • Descending

Query

Enter a keyword or phrase to search the issues based on the specified query.

Retrieves information about an issue.

Connection

Establish a connection to your GitHub account.

Repository

Select the repository whose issue details you want to retrieve.

Number

Enter the issue number whose details you want to retrieve.

Adds the assignees to an issue.

Connection

Establish a connection to your GitHub account.

Repository

Select the repository to whose issue you want to add the assignee.

Assignee

Select the assignees you want to add to the issue.

Number

Enter the issue number to which you want to add the assignee.

Removes assignees from an issue.

Connection

Establish a connection to your GitHub account.

Repository

Select the repository whose issue's assignee you want to remove.

Assignee

Select the assignees you want to remove from the issue.

Number

Enter the issue number from which you want to remove the assignee.

Adds a label to an Issue

Connection

Establish a connection to your GitHub account.

Repository

Select the repository to whose issue you want to add a label.

Labels

Add the labels you want to add an issue. For example, bug, and enhancement.

Number

Enter the issue number to which you want to add the labels.

Removes a label from an issue.

Connection

Establish a connection to your GitHub account.

Repository

Select the repository whose issue labels you want to remove.

Labels

Add the labels you want to remove from an issue. For example, bug, and enhancement.

Number

Enter the issue number from which you want to remove the labels.

Creates a new release.

Connection

Establish a connection to your GitHub account.

Repository

Select the repository in which you want to add the release.

Tag Name

Add the tags for the release.

Target Commitish

Specifies the location to commit the release and determines where the Git tag is created from. It can be any branch or commit SHA. Unused if the Git tag already exists. By default, the repository's default branch is the master.

Name

Enter a name for the release.

Description

Enter the details of the release.

Draft

Select whether the release is in a draft stage.

Prerelease

Select whether this release is eligible for a prerelease.

Updates an existing release.

Connection

Establish a connection to your GitHub account.

Repository

Select the repository whose release details you want to update.

Release ID

Select the Release ID whose details you want to update.

Tag Name

Add the tags for the release.

Target Commitish

Specifies the location to commit the release and determines where the Git tag is created from. It can be any branch or commit SHA. Unused if the Git tag already exists. By default, the repository's default branch is the master.

Name

Enter a name for the release.

Description

Enter the details of the release.

Draft

Select whether the release is in a draft stage.

Prerelease

Select whether this release is eligible for a prerelease.

Deletes an existing release.

Connection

Establish a connection to your GitHub account.

Repository

Select the repository whose release details you want to delete.

Release ID

Select the Release ID you want to delete.

Creates a new milestone.

Connection

Establish a connection to your GitHub account.

Repository

Select the repository in which you want to create the milestone.

Title

Enter a name for the milestone.

Description

Enter the details of the milestone.

Due On

Enter a date on which the milestone is due.

Updates an existing milestone.

Connection

Establish a connection to your GitHub account.

Repository

Select the repository whose milestone details you want to update.

Number

Enter the milestone number whose details you want to update.

Title

Enter a name for the milestone.

State

Select the milestone status:

  • Open

  • Closed

Description

Enter the details of the milestone.

Due On

Enter a date on which the milestone is due.

Deletes an existing milestone.

Connection

Establish a connection to your GitHub account.

Repository

Select the repository whose milestone details you want to delete.

Number

Enter the milestone number you want to delete.

Creates a new or updates an existing file.

Connection

Establish a connection to your GitHub account.

Repository

Select the repository whose file you want to create or update.

Filepath

Enter the path address of the file.

Message

Enter details of the file.

Data

Enter the file data.

SHA

Enter the SHA details of the file. This field is mandatory to update an existing file.

Branch

Enter the branch details where you are creating or updating the file.

Deletes an existing file.

Connection

Establish a connection to your GitHub account.

Repository

Select the repository whose file you want to delete.

Filepath

Enter the path address of the file you want to delete.

Message

Enter details of the file.

Data

Enter the file data.

SHA

Enter the SHA details of the file. This field is mandatory to update an existing file.

Branch

Enter the branch details of the file you want to delete.

Retrieves the information about the specified file.

Connection

Establish a connection to your GitHub account.

Repository

Select the repository whose file you want to delete.

Filepath

Enter the path address of the file whose details you want to retrieve.

Commit, branch, or tag

Enter the tag, branch, or commit details of the file you want to retrieve.

Creates a new gist.

Connection

Establish a connection to your GitHub account.

Files

Add the file name and content to make a gist.

This Gist is public

Select the checkbox if this gist is public.

Description

Enter the details of the gist.

Updates an existing gist.

Connection

Establish a connection to your GitHub account.

Gist ID

Select the Gist ID whose details you want to update.

Files

Add the file name and content to make a gist.

This Gist is public

Select whether this gist is public.

Description

Enter the details of the gist.

Deletes an existing gist.

Connection

Establish a connection to your GitHub account.

Gist ID

Select the Gist ID you want to delete.

Creates a new comment for an issue.

Connection

Establish a connection to your GitHub account.

Repository

Select the repository in which you want to create the comment.

Number

Enter the issue, milestone, or gist number for which you want to add the comment.

Body

Enter the comment text.

Lists comments for an issue.

Connection

Establish a connection to your GitHub account.

Repository

Select the repository whose comments you want to list.

Number

Enter the issue, milestone, or gist number whose comments you want to list.

Since

Enter the date to list the comments added on or after the specified date.

Maximum number of returned comments

Set the maximum number of comments Celonis platform should return during one Action Flow execution cycle.

Iterators
Retrieve Files

Retrieves files from a gist one at a time.

GitHub retrieves files from only the Watch Gists module. The module iterates the received Gist's details one by one.

The iterator module lets you manage the email attachments separately. For example, you can set up to Watch Gists module to iterate the Gists with its details.

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Connecting to GitHub Webhook using Celonis platform

1. Open any Watch Module, establish a connection as mentioned in the respective module description, click Save, and copy the URL address to your clipboard.

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2. Log in to your GitHub account and open the repository in which you want to add the webhook.

3. Click Settings > Webhooks > Add webhook and enter the details to add the webhook.

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Payload URL

Enter the URL address copied in step 1.

Content Type

Select the content type as application/json.

Secret

Enter the repository's secret details.

To create a secret, open the Repository > Settings > Secret. Enter the name and value of the secret. Click Add Secret.

Which event Would you like to trigger this Webhook?

Select the events for which you want to receive the trigger:

  • Just the push event

  • Send me everything

  • Let me select individual events - populates all the events

Active

Select the checkbox to activate the webhook.

4. Click Add Webhook.

The webhook is added successfully.