Github Listener

A Node.js continuous deployment system for Github and TravisCI. It detects a hook from Github when a repo is pushed, or from Travis when tests are complete, and pulls the changes in the server side repo using github-getter. Then it runs the script in post-receive to build and push live.

An example setup script that we use to set up the deployment system can be found here.

Installation

$ npm install -g github-listener

Help

Usage: github-listener [options]

-h|--help      display this help message
-v|--version   display the version number
-q|--quiet     suppress logging
-p|--port      port to run Github Listener on
-c|--config    path to JSON config file (default ./config.json)

Config

A config.json file is needed to tell the server what commands are run and the secret used in the Github or Travis hook.

Example:

{
  "processing": "/home/git/deploy/processing",
  "repo_dir": "/home/git/deploy/repos",
  "getter": "/home/git/deploy/github-getter/get.sh {repo_dir} {output} {repo} {branch}",
  "post_receive": "/home/git/deploy/post-receive/bin/post-receive -p {dir}",
  "github_secret": "secret_github_secret",
  "travis_token": "secret_travis_token",
  "url_secret": "secret_url_secret"
}

Setting up webhooks

In order for your listener to receive payloads you need to set up a webhook on Github or Travis:

Github - follow the instructions here and put the webhook secret in config.json as github_secret
Travis - follow the instructions here and put your user token in config.json as travis_token

If the service you are using does not sign the payloads or provide authorisation headers, you can use the url_secret option and add a ?secret= to the webhook url.

URL Parameters

secret - verify payload if URL secret in config.json matches this
branch - run build if branch in payload matches this (defaults to master if omitted)
semver - run build if branch in payload matches semver (e.g. v1.2.3)

Example: https://git.example.com/?semver&secret=pass1234&branch=dev

Documentation

See the DOCUMENTATION.md file.

Contributing

Create an issue with your bug or suggestion
Fork the repository
Make your changes in your fork
Create a pull request here, referencing the original issue

Testing

npm test will run some tests which cover the majority of the functionality. You can also send test payloads to a server with the payload.js program to test the front end: ./payload.js --help.

npm start will start the server.

License

See the LICENSE file.

itsapi/github-listener