Action: Create Issue

GitHub Operation

This GitHub action creates a new issue in a repository.

Example User Story

I want to create a new issue to track a bug reported by a user so the team can investigate and fix it.

Fields

Field Name	Field Type	Required
title	String	Yes
body	String	No
assignee	String	No
labels	String	No

Related Connections

GitHub

Related Automations

Example link

Code (Apache v2.0): Operation

{
  "handle": "create-issue",
  "state": "inDev",
  "meta": {
    "short": "Create Issue",
    "description": "Creates a new issue in a GitHub repository."
  },
  "input": [
    {
      "name": "title",
      "type": "String",
      "required": true,
      "meta": {
        "description": "The title of the issue."
      }
    },
    {
      "name": "body",
      "type": "String",
      "required": false,
      "meta": {
        "description": "The body content of the issue."
      }
    },
    {
      "name": "assignee",
      "type": "String",
      "required": false,
      "meta": {
        "description": "The login of the user to assign the issue to."
      }
    },
    {
      "name": "labels",
      "type": "String",
      "required": false,
      "meta": {
        "description": "A comma-separated list of labels to add to the issue."
      }
    }
  ],
  "output": [
    {
      "name": "issueNumber",
      "type": "Integer",
      "selector": [
        "number"
      ],
      "meta": {
        "description": "The number of the created issue."
      }
    },
    {
      "name": "issueUrl",
      "type": "String",
      "selector": [
        "html_url"
      ],
      "meta": {
        "description": "The URL of the created issue."
      }
    }
  ],
  "steps": [
    {
      "type": "http",
      "http": {
        "method": "POST",
        "path": "/issues",
        "headers": {
          "Content-Type": "application/json",
          "Accept": "application/vnd.github.v3+json"
        },
        "bodyTemplate": {
          "value": "{\n  \"title\": \"{{title}}\",\n  \"body\": \"{{body}}\",\n  \"assignee\": \"{{assignee}}\",\n  \"labels\": [{{labels}}]\n}",
          "placeholders": [
            {
              "name": "title",
              "type": "String",
              "description": "The title of the issue.",
              "required": true
            },
            {
              "name": "body",
              "type": "String",
              "description": "The body content of the issue.",
              "required": false
            },
            {
              "name": "assignee",
              "type": "String",
              "description": "The login of the user to assign the issue to.",
              "required": false
            },
            {
              "name": "labels",
              "type": "String",
              "description": "A comma-separated list of labels to add to the issue.",
              "required": false
            }
          ]
        }
      }
    }
  ]
}