Github Actions: Run Python Script On Approval Pull Request

Description:

This post will build on a previous post with Github Actions in which we will run a python script instead of a bash script on Pull Requests. It is also built on the publish new branch post so give that a read as well if you haven’t already.

To Resolve:

1. So the first thing you will need to do is go to your repo inside Github Web UI and add the secret API_MGMT_KEY which matches your Ocp-Apim-Subscription-Key value for the header you will pass to your API Mgmt endpoint.

2. Next, go to my Github and copy all the files under example-run-python-script-on-approval (from the .github folder down)

   • Make sure you have the workflow and script folders with their associated files.
   • Github Actions work by looking for a .github folder at the root of your repo and then looking at the structure downwards.

3. The way this works is that when you do a pull request where you are merging from your dev_gerry branch to branch testing, it will perform one of two actions:

   • If the approver approves and the branches are merged, a script api-testing-branch.py is fired.
   • Likewise on branch main a script api-main-branch.py is fired.
   • On the other hand, if the approver rejects, a line of text is written to the output stream that you can see on the Functions output in Github Actions screen.