Check a GitHub follow relationship from a research request
Make a narrow profile relationship check while the relevant names are already in your research context.
Trigger
Webhook received
Notis starts this workflow when an external tool or custom backend sends an HTTP request.
Action
Check if a user follows another user
Checks if a github user `username` follows `target user`; returns a 204 http status if true, 404 if not or if users are invalid.
Why this helps
Small verification tasks interrupt research when they require a separate manual lookup.
- Check whether one specified GitHub user follows another.
- Keep a profile check connected to the research request that prompted it.
- Receive a direct run report through your selected channel.
Setup
Build it in a few focused steps.
- 1Connect Ceramic and GitHub once in the Notis portal.
- 2Create an automation in Automations, New Automation, and name it.
- 3Tell Notis to check whether the specified GitHub username follows the specified target user.
- 4Choose a webhook trigger and select where run reports should go.
- 5Test with two real usernames.
Questions about this workflow
Does this make one user follow another?
No. The action only checks the relationship.
What happens if a username is invalid?
GitHub may return not found when either user is invalid.
When this happens · Trigger
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Supported Triggers and Actions
Notis builds workflows that link Ceramic to GitHub. A trigger fires from one place; an action lands in another.
Ceramic 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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