New module: GitHub API

[applejag]

Using Risor could be a nice contestant to using Bash in GH Actions.

Not talking about releasing to GitHub, but instead to use the go-github package: https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/google/go-github/v57/github

It's such a huge package that not everything needs to be there. But common tasks used in GH actions, like:

• Automatically use GITHUB_TOKEN secret for credentials

• PRs:

  • Create/find/update comments
  • Create/find/update reviews

• GH Action cache:

  • Upload/download/delete dependency cache (Like the cache cache library https://github.com/actions/toolkit/tree/main/packages/cache)
  • Upload/download/delete tool cache (Like the tool-cache library https://github.com/actions/toolkit/tree/main/packages/tool-cache)
  • Helper function that does a "create or update comment" by using <!-- risor-id: 1234 --> string in the markdown comment so it can find it again on next call.

• Read GH Action/workflow inputs

• GH Action commands helpers (https://docs.github.com/en/actions/using-workflows/workflow-commands-for-github-actions)

  • Logging helpers (info/err/notice)
  • Set env vars
  • Set output values

• Upload/download artifacts

All of this is already doable, but having them wrapped in easy-to-use first-class module would be nice.

Alternatively, this could also be a third-party module you'll have to import. What's the decision like for what goes into the "standard library" and what not?

Edit: I first now saw that you're making use of GitHub discussions, so maybe I should've written that there. Will use it for future ideas and questions

[myzie]

Yeah, something along these lines has crossed my mind too. I'm 100% onboard with some form of wrapping the go-github client. And agree that use in GH actions would make a lot of sense.

[applejag]

I would really like to attempt adding this, but I'm off on holiday until next year.

OK if I call dibs on it? :)

[myzie]

Of course 😄 you’ve got dibs!

[myzie]

Hi @applejag, now that the github actions module is in place, what do you think this issue should cover?

[applejag]

I'd like to try completing basically everything on that list on the issue. My intention was to do it iteratively, to not have a too huge of a PR.

Time has been limited recently, so I lost my flow.

But I still want to continue on this.