feat: add optional coder-username input for automated workflows #7
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Allow tasks to be created under a specific Coder user without requiring a GitHub user ID lookup. This enables automated workflows (e.g., CI bots, scheduled jobs) to run tasks under a service account. - Add coder-username input, make github-user-id optional - Skip API lookup when username is provided directly - Either coder-username or github-user-id must be provided
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Pull request overview
This PR adds an optional coder-username input parameter to enable automated workflows (e.g., CI bots, scheduled jobs) to create tasks under a specific Coder user without requiring a GitHub user ID lookup.
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- Made
github-user-idoptional and addedcoder-usernameas a new optional input - Updated the action logic to prefer
coder-usernamewhen provided, falling back to GitHub user ID lookup - Added validation to ensure at least one of the two identification methods is provided
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| File | Description |
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| src/schemas.ts | Made githubUserID and coderUsername optional in the schema with a comment noting validation happens in action.ts |
| src/index.ts | Updated input parsing to handle optional github-user-id and new coder-username input |
| src/action.ts | Added conditional logic to use coder-username directly or lookup via github-user-id, with error handling for missing both |
| src/action.test.ts | Added two new tests: one for using coder-username without github-user-id, and one verifying coder-username preference when both are provided |
| action.yaml | Updated input descriptions to reflect new optional nature and added coder-username input definition |
| dist/index.js | Compiled JavaScript output reflecting all source code changes |
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Some nits, but otherwise LGTM 👍
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@johnstcn whenever you get a chance take a look at the union and make sure everything looks good to you, but I think we are good to go here. 😸 |
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Allow tasks to be created under a specific Coder user without requiring a GitHub user ID lookup. This enables automated workflows (e.g., CI bots, scheduled jobs) to run tasks under a service account.