Strapi Webhook Actions Proxy

A super simple & lightweight Node.js proxy to send repository_dispatch events to GitHub from a Strapi Webhook.

Useful when you want to run a GitHub Actions workflow when changes are made in strapi.

Background

You can't point strapi webhooks to the repository dispatch event endpoint as the webook request body is not compatible with the dispatches endpoint, thus a proxy is required.

Usage

Ensure your GitHub Actions workflow file handles the "repository_dispatch" event with your custom type:

name: Deploy
on:
  repository_dispatch:
    types: [strapi_updated]

Deploy the service to your server, for example:

docker run --publish 5000:5000 --env GITHUB_TOKEN=YOURTOKEN ghcr.io/badsyntax/strapi-webhook-actions-proxy:latest

Create a new Webhook in strapi that points to the service with the following query params:

• event_type: Any string. This value must match the repository_dispatch type specified in your GitHub Actions workflow file.
• repo: GitHub username/repo

For example:

http://strapi-webhook-actions-proxy.example.com/api?event_type=strapi_updated&repo=username/awesome-website