Get GitHub Blog entries

Introduction

A GitHub Action that lists GitHub Blog entries that match a set of labels. The GitHub Changelog is also included.

Inputs

• token - A token with repo scope
  • If using ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}, ensure that the token has both read and write permissions in the repo where the workflow is running
  • To double-check your setting, go to https://github.com/OWNER/REPO/settings/actions
• dry-run - If true, the RSS feed will only be reported in the console log. If false, an issue will be created to list all RSS feed entries found.
• labels - A multi-line list of labels to search for. E.g. including actions will trigger the following search; https://github.blog/feed/?s=actions
• days - The number of days worth of posts to include in the list

Outputs

• N/A

Usage

Example workflow

name: Get GitHub blog entries

on:
  workflow_dispatch:

jobs:
  get-blog-rss:
    name: Get GitHub blog RSS
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - name: Get GitHub Blog RSS
        id: get-github-blog-rss
        uses: octodemo/[email protected]
        with:
          token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
          dry-run: false
          labels: |
            'actions'
            'copilot'