community.general.github_webhook – Manage GitHub webhooks

Note

This plugin is part of the community.general collection (version 2.5.1).

To install it use: ansible-galaxy collection install community.general.

To use it in a playbook, specify: community.general.github_webhook.

Synopsis

  • Create and delete GitHub webhooks

Requirements

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

  • PyGithub >= 1.3.5

Parameters

Parameter Choices/Defaults Comments
active
boolean
    Choices:
  • no
  • yes ←
Whether or not the hook is active
content_type
string
    Choices:
  • form ←
  • json
The media type used to serialize the payloads
events
list / elements=string
A list of GitHub events the hook is triggered for. Events are listed at https://developer.github.com/v3/activity/events/types/. Required unless state is absent
github_url
string
Default:
"https://api.github.com"
Base URL of the GitHub API
insecure_ssl
boolean
    Choices:
  • no ←
  • yes
Flag to indicate that GitHub should skip SSL verification when calling the hook.
password
string
Password to authenticate to GitHub with
repository
string / required
Full name of the repository to configure a hook for

aliases: repo
secret
string
The shared secret between GitHub and the payload URL.
state
string
    Choices:
  • absent
  • present ←
Whether the hook should be present or absent
token
string
Token to authenticate to GitHub with
url
string / required
URL to which payloads will be delivered
user
string / required
User to authenticate to GitHub as

Examples

- name:  create a new webhook that triggers on push (password auth)
  community.general.github_webhook:
    repository: ansible/ansible
    url: https://www.example.com/hooks/
    events:
      - push
    user: "{{ github_user }}"
    password: "{{ github_password }}"

- name: Create a new webhook in a github enterprise installation with multiple event triggers (token auth)
  community.general.github_webhook:
    repository: myorg/myrepo
    url: https://jenkins.example.com/ghprbhook/
    content_type: json
    secret: "{{ github_shared_secret }}"
    insecure_ssl: True
    events:
      - issue_comment
      - pull_request
    user: "{{ github_user }}"
    token: "{{ github_user_api_token }}"
    github_url: https://github.example.com

- name: Delete a webhook (password auth)
  community.general.github_webhook:
    repository: ansible/ansible
    url: https://www.example.com/hooks/
    state: absent
    user: "{{ github_user }}"
    password: "{{ github_password }}"

Return Values

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

Key Returned Description
hook_id
integer
when state is 'present'
The GitHub ID of the hook created/updated

Sample:
6206


Authors

  • Chris St. Pierre (@stpierre)