github-workflow-dispatch-slack-action

GitHub Action for triggering GitHub workflow_dispatch event by Slack.

This action is assumed to be used with a Slack app that handles its interaction payload and trigger the workflow. This can be easily done by Terraform with github-workflow-dispatch-slack Terraform module.

Inputs

1. ref default value are determined by the repository input and the event type as follows:

2. Need to specify channel and slack-bot-token both or slack-webhook-url.

Usage

1. Create a Slack app in your workspace. Then get its bot token or webhook URL.
2. Create related AWS resources by Terraform with github-workflow-dispatch-slack
   Terraform module.
3. Enable interactivity of the Slack app. Use the API Gateway's invoke URL into as the Request URL.
4. Use this actions like this.

  my-job:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    needs:
      - plan
    steps:
      - name: Checkout
        uses: actions/checkout@v3
      - name: Trigger the workflow by Slack bot
        uses: kota65535/github-workflow-dispatch-slack-action@v1
        with:
          workflow: do-something.yml
          inputs: '{"foo":"1","bar":"2"}'
          channel: my-ci
          slack-bot-token: ${{ secrets.SLACK_BOT_TOKEN }}