Extract issue template fields with GitHub Actions
GitHub issue templates are great. You can use them to standardize issue contributor experience. This action lets you pull the body, title, labels, and assignees from an issue template for use with downstream actions or applications.
Pairs nicely with issue-bot š¦¾.
on:
workflow_dispatch
name: Extract template fields
jobs:
build:
runs-on: ubuntu-latest
steps:
# Get the title, labels, assignees, and body of the issue template at the path,
# .github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/my_template.md, if available.
- uses: imjohnbo/extract-issue-template-fields@v1
id: extract
with:
path: .github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/my_template.md
# Log outputs of previous step
- run: |-
echo $ASSIGNEES $LABELS $TITLE $BODY
env:
ASSIGNEES: ${{ steps.extract.outputs.assignees }}
LABELS: ${{ steps.extract.outputs.labels }}
TITLE: ${{ steps.extract.outputs.title }}
BODY: ${{ steps.extract.outputs.body }}For more, see https://github.com/imjohnbo/issue-bot.
on:
schedule:
# On the first day of every month. See more at https://crontab.guru/#0_0_1_*_*.
- cron: 0 0 1 * *
name: Create scheduled issue from template
jobs:
build:
runs-on: ubuntu-latest
steps:
# Get the title, labels, assignees, and body of the issue template at the path,
# .github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/my_template.md, if available.
- uses: imjohnbo/extract-issue-template-fields@v1
id: extract
with:
path: .github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/my_template.md
# Create new issue with assignees, labels, title, and body
- uses: imjohnbo/issue-bot@v3
with:
assignees: ${{ steps.extract.outputs.assignees }}
labels: ${{ steps.extract.outputs.labels }}
title: ${{ steps.extract.outputs.title }}
body: ${{ steps.extract.outputs.body }}Feel free to open an issue, or better yet, a pull request!