HTTP Request Action

Create HTTP Requests from GitHub Actions. This action allows GitHub events to engage with tools like Ansible AWX that use HTTP APIs.

Example

jobs:
  deployment:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
    - name: Deploy Stage
      uses: fjogeleit/http-request-action@v1
      with:
        url: 'https://ansible.io/api/v2/job_templates/84/launch/'
        method: 'POST'
        username: ${{ secrets.AWX_USER }}
        password: ${{ secrets.AWX_PASSWORD }}
        customHeaders: '{"Content-Type": "application/json"}'
        data: '{"key_1": "value_1", "key_2": "value_2"}'

Versioning

master branch is deprecated. Please use main or v1 to get the latest version of this action. It is recommended to use a fixed version.

Request Configuration

Argument	Description	Default
url	Request URL	required Field
method	Request Method	POST
contentType	Request Content-Type	application/json
data	Request body content: - Text content such as JSON or XML - key=value pairs separated by &, or JSON data with contentType: application/x-www-form-urlencoded Only for POST, PUT, and PATCH requests	'{}'
files	Map of keys to absolute file paths, sent as a multipart/form-data request to the API. If set, contentType is set to multipart/form-data; values provided by data will be added as additional FormData values. Nested objects are not supported. Example provided in the test Workflow of this Action	'{}'
file	Single absolute file path sent as an application/octet-stream request to the API. If set, contentType is set to application/octet-stream. This input is ignored if either data or files is present. Example provided in the test Workflow of this Action
timeout	Request Timeout in ms	5000 (5s)
username	Username for Basic Auth
password	Password for Basic Auth
bearerToken	Bearer authentication token (without the Bearer prefix)
customHeaders	Additional header values as a JSON string. Keys in this object overwrite default headers such as Content-Type	'{}'
escapeData	Escape newlines in data string content. Use true (string) to enable
preventFailureOnNoResponse	Prevent this action from failing if the request responds without a response. Use true (string) to enable
ignoreStatusCodes	Prevent this action from failing if the request responds with one of the configured status codes. Example: 404,401
httpsCA	Certificate authority as string in PEM format
httpsCert	Client Certificate as string
httpsKey	Client Certificate Key as string
responseFile	Persist the response data to the specified file path
maskResponse	If set to true, the response will be masked in the action logs	'false'
retry	Optional number of retries if the request fails; does not retry if the status code is ignored
retryWait	Time between each retry in milliseconds	3000
ignoreSsl	Ignore SSL verification (rejectUnauthorized: false)	false

Response

Variable	Description
response	Response body as a JSON string
headers	HTTP response headers as an object
status	HTTP status code (e.g. 200, 404)
requestError	Set on request failure (Axios error). JSON string with fields name, message, code, and status (may be null)

To display HTTP response data in the GitHub Actions log, give the request an id and access its outputs. You can also access a specific field from the response data using the fromJson() expression.

steps:
  - name: Make Request
    id: myRequest
    uses: fjogeleit/http-request-action@v1
    with:
      url: "http://yoursite.com/api"
  - name: Show Response
    run: |
      echo ${{ steps.myRequest.outputs.response }}
      echo ${{ steps.myRequest.outputs.headers }}
      echo ${{ steps.myRequest.outputs.status }}
      echo ${{ fromJson(steps.myRequest.outputs.response).field_you_want_to_access }}

Additional Information

Additional information is available if debug logging is enabled:

• Instance Configuration (Url / Timeout / Headers)
• Request Data (Body / Auth / Method)

To enable debug logging in GitHub Actions, create a secret ACTIONS_RUNNER_DEBUG with a value of true.

Local Usage

• You can execute this tool locally with the provided CLI bin/http-action.

bin/http-action --help
Positionals:
  url  request URL                                                     [string]

Options:
      --help           show help                                       [boolean]
  -d, --data           request body data                               [string] [default: "{}"]
  -f, --files          request files, send as multipart/form-data      [string] [default: "{}"]
      --file           single file, send as application/octet-stream   [string]
  -h, --customHeaders  custom request headers                          [string] [default: "{}"]
  -m, --method         request method (GET, POST, PATCH, PUT, DELETE)  [string] [default: "POST"]
  -t, --contentType    request content type                            [string] [default: "application/json"]
      --bearerToken    bearer token without Bearer prefix, added as
                       Authorization header                            [string]
      --timeout        request timeout                                 [number] [default: 5000]