HTTP Request Action

Create any kind of HTTP Requests in your GitHub actions to trigger Tools like Ansible AWX

Example Usage:

jobs:
  deployment:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
    - name: Deploy Stage
      uses: fjogeleit/http-request-action@master
      with:
        url: 'https://ansible.io/api/v2/job_templates/84/launch/'
        method: 'POST'
        username: ${{ secrets.AWX_USER }}
        password: ${{ secrets.AWX_PASSWORD }}

Input Arguments

Argument	Description	Default
url	Request URL	required Field
method	Request Method	POST
contentType	Request ContentType	application/json
data	Request Body Content as JSON String, 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	'{}'
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	'{}'
preventFailureOnNoResponse	Prevent this Action to fail if the request respond without an response. Use 'true' (string) as value to enable it
escapeData	Escape newlines in data string content. Use 'true' (string) as value to enable it

Output

• response Request Response as JSON String

Debug Informations

Enable Debug mode to get informations about

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