Trigger Workflow and Wait

Github Action for trigger a workflow from another workflow.

When would you use it?

When deploying an app you may need to deploy additional services, this Github Action helps with that.

Arguments

Argument Name	Required	Default	Description
owner	True	N/A	The owner of the repository where the workflow is contained.
repo	True	N/A	The repository where the workflow is contained.
github_token	True	N/A	The Github access token with access to the repository. Its recommended you put it under secrets.
workflow_file_name	True	N/A	The reference point. For example, you could use main.yml.
ref	False	main	The reference of the workflow run. The reference can be a branch, tag, or a commit SHA.
client_payload	False	{}	Payload to pass to the workflow, must be a JSON string

Example

- name: Checkout Action
  uses: actions/checkout@v3
  with:
    repository: myposter-de/trigger-workflow-action
    ref: refs/heads/master
    path: ./.github/actions/trigger-workflow
    token: ${{ secrets.DEVOPS_USER_TOKEN }}
          
- uses: myposter-de/trigger-workflow-action
  with:
    github_token: ${{ secrets.DEVOPS_USER_TOKEN }}
    owner: myposter-de
    repo: myrepo
    ref: master
    workflow_file_name: deployment.yaml
    client_payload: '{
          "application": "",
          "reference_branch": "",
          "helm_chart_version": ""
        }'

Testing

You can test out the action locally by cloning the repository to your computer. You can run:

INPUT_GITHUB_TOKEN="<REDACTED>" \
INPUT_OWNER="me" \
INPUT_REPO="myrepo" \
INPUT_REF="release-branch" \
INPUT_WORKFLOW_FILE_NAME="main.yml" \
INPUT_CLIENT_PAYLOAD='{}' \
entrypoint.sh