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Create-Discussion

Create a new GitHub Discussion with GitHub Actions

About

This action allows you to create a new GitHub Discussion with GitHub Actions.

Usage

In your workflow, to create a new discussion, include a step like this:

    - name: Create a new GitHub Discussion
      id: create-discussion
      uses: abirismyname/[email protected]
      env:
        GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}      
      with:
        title: Feelings
        body: |
          Let's talk!
        repository-id: ${{ secrets.REPO_ID }}
        category-id: ${{ secrets.CAT_ID }}  
    - name: Print discussion url and id
      run: |
        echo discussion-id: ${{steps.create-discussion.outputs.discussion-id}} 
        echo discussion-url: ${{steps.create-discussion.outputs.discussion-url}}

Inputs

The following inputs are required:

title: The title of the discussion
body: The body of the discussion
body-filepath: The path to a file containing the body of the new discussion (takes precedence over body).**
repository-id: The ID of the repository for the new discussion
category-id: The ID of the category for the new discussion.

** If you are using body-filepath be sure to add a actions/checkout action before this action in the workflow to make sure the file exists in the action workspace.

Obtaining the `repository-id` and `category-id`

You can find repository-id and category-id using GitHub's GraphQL Explorer. Replace <REPO_NAME> and <REPO_OWNER> with the repo you want to update.

query MyQuery {
  repository(name: "<REPO_NAME>", owner: "<REPO_OWNER>") {
    id
    discussionCategories(first: 10) {
      edges {
        node {
          id
          name
        }
        cursor
      }
    }
  }
}

Outputs

This action provides the following outputs:

discussion-id: ID of created discussion
discussion-url: URL of created discussion

Example

This repo contains an example workflow that contains this action.

Credits

🙇 Based on swinton/commit.
🙇 @imjohnbo for the inspiration.

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Hello !

I have noticed this on my CI

Thanks a lot for this feature

Error: TypeError: Cannot read properties of null (reading 'discussion')

Hello,
Testing this action and keep getting the error in the subject, have you seen this before?

Nothing special configured as you can see below. I also tried to run with various versions of Node.js and they all return the same error.

            - name: Create a new GitHub Discussion
              id: create-discussion
              uses: abirismyname/[email protected]
              env:
                GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}      
              with:
                title: Title Goes Here
                body: |
                    Body goes here..
                repository-id: '***'
                category-id: '***'

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