Check your follow status for a research profile
Close the loop on a profile research task with a direct check of your own GitHub follow status.
Trigger
Webhook received
Notis starts this workflow when an external tool or custom backend sends an HTTP request.
Action
Check if person is followed by authenticated user
Checks if the authenticated github user follows a target github user; an http 204 status indicates the user is followed, while an http 404 status indicates the user is not followed or the target user does not exist.
Why this helps
You can spend time revisiting a profile because you cannot remember whether you already follow it.
- Answer a small profile follow question without manual checking.
- Use a profile identified by the Browserless process.
- Keep the result attached to the research run.
Setup
Build it in a few focused steps.
- 1Connect Browserless and GitHub once in the Notis portal.
- 2Create an automation in Automations, New Automation, and name it.
- 3Describe: Check whether the authenticated GitHub user follows the profile identified by my Browserless research request and report the result.
- 4Pick the webhook trigger and choose where run reports go.
- 5Test with one real GitHub username.
Questions about this workflow
Whose follow status does this check?
It checks whether the authenticated GitHub user follows the specified target user.
Does it follow the user if not already followed?
No. It is a status check only.
When this happens · Trigger
Do this · Action
Supported Triggers and Actions
Notis builds workflows that link Browserless to GitHub. A trigger fires from one place; an action lands in another.
Browserless triggers
GitHub actions
Recurring trigger
Notis starts this workflow on a schedule, such as daily, weekly, or during business hours.
Accept a repository invitation
Accepts a pending repository invitation that has been issued to the authenticated user.
Webhook trigger
Notis starts this workflow when an external tool or custom backend sends an HTTP request.
List repositories starred by the authenticated user
Deprecated: lists repositories starred by the authenticated user, including star creation timestamps; use 'list repositories starred by the authenticated user' instead.
List stargazers
Deprecated: lists users who have starred a repository; use `list stargazers` instead.
Star a repository for the authenticated user
Deprecated: stars a repository for the authenticated user; use `star a repository for the authenticated user` instead.
Add email for auth user
Adds one or more email addresses (which will be initially unverified) to the authenticated user's github account; use this to associate new emails, noting an email verified for another account will error, while an existing email for the current user is accepted.
Add app access restrictions
Replaces github app access restrictions for an existing protected branch; requires a json array of app slugs in the request body, where apps must be installed and have 'contents' write permissions.
Add a repository collaborator
Adds a github user as a repository collaborator, or updates their permission if already a collaborator; `permission` applies to organization-owned repositories (personal ones default to 'push' and ignore this field), and an invitation may be created or permissions updated directly.
Add a repository to an app installation
Adds a repository to a github app installation, granting the app access; requires authenticated user to have admin rights for the repository and access to the installation.
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