HTTP Request Action

Create HTTP Requests from GitHub Actions. This action allows GitHub events to engage with tools like Ansible AWX that use HTTP APIs.

Example

jobs:
  deployment:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
    - name: Deploy Stage
      uses: fjogeleit/http-request-action@v1
      with:
        url: 'https://ansible.io/api/v2/job_templates/84/launch/'
        method: 'POST'
        username: ${{ secrets.AWX_USER }}
        password: ${{ secrets.AWX_PASSWORD }}
        customHeaders: '{"Content-Type": "application/json"}'
        data: '{"key_1": "value_1", "key_2": "value_2"}'

Versioning

master branch is deprecated. Please use main or v1 to get the latest version of this action. It is recommended to use a fixed version.

Request Configuration

Argument	Description	Default
url	Request URL	required Field
method	Request Method	POST
contentType	Request ContentType	application/json
data	Request Body Content: - text content like JSON or XML - key=value pairs separated by '&' or JSON data and contentType: application/x-www-form-urlencoded only for POST / PUT / PATCH Requests	'{}'
files	Map of key / absolute file paths send as multipart/form-data request to the API, if set the contentType is set to multipart/form-data, values provided by data will be added as additional FormData values, nested objects are not supported. Example provided in the test Workflow of this Action	'{}'
file	Single absolute file path send as application/octet-stream request to the API, if set the contentType is set to application/octet-stream. This input will be ignored if either data or files input is present. Example provided in the test Workflow of this Action
timeout	Request Timeout in ms	5000 (5s)
username	Username for Basic Auth
password	Password for Basic Auth
bearerToken	Bearer Authentication Token (without Bearer Prefix)
customHeaders	Additional header values as JSON string, keys in this object overwrite default headers like Content-Type	'{}'
escapeData	Escape newlines in data string content. Use 'true' (string) as value to enable it
preventFailureOnNoResponse	Prevent this Action to fail if the request respond without an response. Use 'true' (string) as value to enable it
ignoreStatusCodes	Prevent this Action to fail if the request respond with one of the configured Status Codes. Example: '404,401'
httpsCA	Certificate authority as string in PEM format
httpsCert	Client Certificate as string
httpsKey	Client Certificate Key as string
responseFile	Persist the response data to the specified file path
maskResponse	If set to true, the response will be masked in the logs of the action	'false'
retry	optional amount of retries if the request is failing, does not retry if the status code is ignored
retryWait	time between each retry in millseconds	3000
ignoreSsl	ignore ssl verify (rejectUnauthorized: false)	false

Response

Variable	Description
response	Response as JSON String
headers	Headers
status	HTTP status message

To display HTTP response data in the GitHub Actions log give the request an id and access its outputs. You can also access specific field from the response data using fromJson() expression.

steps:
  - name: Make Request
    id: myRequest
    uses: fjogeleit/http-request-action@v1
    with:
      url: "http://yoursite.com/api"
  - name: Show Response
    run: |
      echo ${{ steps.myRequest.outputs.response }}
      echo ${{ steps.myRequest.outputs.headers }}
      echo ${{ steps.myRequest.outputs.status }}
      echo ${{ fromJson(steps.myRequest.outputs.response).field_you_want_to_access }}

Additional Information

Additional information is available if debug logging is enabled:

• Instance Configuration (Url / Timeout / Headers)
• Request Data (Body / Auth / Method)

To enable debug logging in GitHub Actions create a secret ACTIONS_RUNNER_DEBUG with a value of true

Local Usage

• You can execute this tool locally with the provided CLI bin/http-action.

bin/http-action --help                   
Positionals:
  url  request URL                                                     [string]

Optionen:
      --help           helper text                                     [boolean]
  -d, --data           request body data                               [string] [default: "{}"]
  -f, --files          request files, send as multipart/form-data      [string] [default: "{}"]
      --file           single file, send as application/octet-stream   [string]
  -h, --customHeaders  custom request headers                          [string] [default: "{}"]
  -m, --method         request method (GET, POST, PATCH, PUT, DELETE)  [string] [default: "POST"]
  -t, --contentType    request content type                            [string] [default: "application/json"]
      --bearerToken    bearer token without Bearer prefix, added as
                       Authorization header                            [string]
      --timeout        request timeout                                 [number] [default: 5000]