Check whether a useful repository is already starred
When a scorecard or review process points to a repository, a webhook can trigger a quick check of whether your connected GitHub account has starred it.
Trigger
Webhook received
Notis starts this workflow when an external tool or custom backend sends an HTTP request.
Action
Check if repo starred by auth user
Use to determine if the authenticated user has starred a specific github repository, which is confirmed by an http 204 status (resulting in an empty dictionary in the response data); the action fails (e.g., http 404) if the repository is not starred or does not exist.
Why this helps
A repository recommendation can disappear into a note or review before you have a chance to save it for later.
- Check a repository when an HTTP request identifies it.
- Know whether your connected account already starred the repository.
- Keep the result with the initiating review or process.
Setup
Build it in a few focused steps.
- 1Connect BSC Designer and GitHub once in Notis.
- 2Create an automation in any channel or in Automations, New Automation.
- 3Explain how the incoming request identifies a repository and ask Notis to check whether your account starred it.
- 4Pick the webhook trigger and choose where run reports go.
- 5Test by sending a request for one real repository.
Questions about this workflow
Will this add the star if one is missing?
No. This action only checks whether the authenticated user starred the repository.
What needs to be in the request?
The request must identify the GitHub repository that should be checked.
Can this be triggered by a BSC Designer event?
No BSC Designer trigger events are listed. A Notis webhook can start the check when an HTTP request arrives.
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Supported Triggers and Actions
Notis builds workflows that link BSC Designer to GitHub. A trigger fires from one place; an action lands in another.
BSC Designer 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.
Connect any two apps with Notis in the middle.
BSC Designer and GitHub, or any other combination from 1,000+ integrations.
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