github_release – Interact with GitHub Releases

Synopsis

• Fetch metadata about GitHub Releases

Requirements

The below requirements are needed on the host that executes this module.

• github3.py >= 1.0.0a3

Parameters

Parameter	Choices/Defaults	Comments
action - / required	Choices: latest_release create_release	Action to perform
body - added in 2.4		Description of the release when creating a release
draft boolean added in 2.4	Choices: no ← yes	Sets if the release is a draft or not. (boolean)
name - added in 2.4		Name of release when creating a release
password - added in 2.4		The GitHub account password for the user. Mutually exclusive with token.
prerelease boolean added in 2.4	Choices: no ← yes	Sets if the release is a prerelease or not. (boolean)
repo - / required		Repository name
tag - added in 2.4		Tag name when creating a release. Required when using action is set to create_release.
target - added in 2.4		Target of release when creating a release
token -		GitHub Personal Access Token for authenticating. Mutually exclusive with password.
user - / required		The GitHub account that owns the repository

Examples

- name: Get latest release of a public repository
  github_release:
    user: ansible
    repo: ansible
    action: latest_release

- name: Get latest release of testuseer/testrepo
  github_release:
    token: tokenabc1234567890
    user: testuser
    repo: testrepo
    action: latest_release

- name: Get latest release of test repo using username and password. Ansible 2.4.
  github_release:
    user: testuser
    password: secret123
    repo: testrepo
    action: latest_release

- name: Create a new release
  github_release:
    token: tokenabc1234567890
    user: testuser
    repo: testrepo
    action: create_release
    tag: test
    target: master
    name: My Release
    body: Some description

Return Values

Common return values are documented here, the following are the fields unique to this module:

Key	Returned	Description
create_release string	success	Version of the created release For Ansible version 2.5 and later, if specified release version already exists, then State is unchanged For Ansible versions prior to 2.5, if specified release version already exists, then State is skipped Sample: 1.1.0
latest_release string	success	Version of the latest release Sample: 1.1.0

Status

• This module is not guaranteed to have a backwards compatible interface. [preview]
• This module is maintained by the Ansible Community. [community]

Authors

• Adrian Moisey (@adrianmoisey)

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