github.issue_comment

This event occurs when there is a comment on an issue. Github considers issues and pull_requests to both be issues to some degree, but we have separated these events for clarity.

@on("github.issue_comment")
def automation(input):
    pass

The following is an example payload which is passed in as an argument to your automation’s entrypoint:

json

{
  "$raw": {},
  "action": "created",
  "issue": {
    "author": "octocat",
    "body": "When trying to login with GitHub, the callback URL is not handling special characters correctly.",
    "comments": [
      {
        "author": "other-user",
        "body": "I can reproduce this issue. It happens when the username contains '@' symbol.",
        "created_at": "2024-03-21T14:35:00Z",
        "id": 987654321,
        "node_id": "MDEyOklzc3VlQ29tbWVudDk4NzY1NDMyMQ==",
        "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/issues/comments/987654321"
      }
    ],
    "created_at": "2024-03-21T14:30:00Z",
    "id": 1234567890,
    "labels": [
      {
        "color": "d73a4a",
        "default": true,
        "description": "Something isn't working",
        "id": 123456,
        "name": "bug",
        "node_id": "MDU6TGFiZWwxMjM0NTY="
      },
      {
        "color": "b60205",
        "default": false,
        "description": "Needs immediate attention",
        "id": 789012,
        "name": "high-priority",
        "node_id": "MDU6TGFiZWw3ODkwMTI="
      }
    ],
    "node_id": "MDU6SXNzdWUxMjM0NTY3ODkw",
    "number": 42,
    "state": "open",
    "title": "Found a bug in the authentication flow",
    "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/issues/42"
  },
  "new_comment": {
    "author": "developer123",
    "body": "I've identified the root cause. The URL encoding is being applied twice in the callback handler. Will submit a fix shortly.",
    "created_at": "2024-03-21T15:00:00Z",
    "id": 987654322,
    "node_id": "MDEyOklzc3VlQ29tbWVudDk4NzY1NDMyMg==",
    "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/issues/comments/987654322"
  },
  "owner": "octocat",
  "repo": "Hello-World"
}

Fields

$raw

object

The raw Github issue_comment event payload.

action

string

The action that occurred on the pull request.

Show action values

opened

string

The pull request was opened.

edited

string

The pull request was edited. For example, the title or description was changed.

synchronize

string

The pull request was synchronized. For example, when a new commit is pushed to the branch.

issue

object

The issue that the comment is on.

Show issue properties

author

string

The author of the issue.

body

string

The body of the issue.

comments

object[]

The comments on the issue.

Show comment properties

author

string

The author of the comment.

body

string

The body of the comment.

created_at

string

The date and time the comment was created.

id

number

The ID of the comment.

node_id

string

The node ID of the comment.

url

string

The URL of the comment.

created_at

string

The date and time the issue was created.

id

number

The ID of the issue.

labels

object[]

The labels on the issue.

Show label properties

color

string

The color of the label.

default

boolean

Whether the label is the default label.

description

string

The description of the label.

id

number

The ID of the label.

name

string

The name of the label.

node_id

string

The node ID of the label.

node_id

string

The node ID of the issue.

number

number

The number of the issue.

state

string

The state of the issue.

title

string

The title of the issue.

url

string

The URL of the issue.

new_comment

object

The new comment that was added.

Show new_comment properties

author

string

The author of the new comment.

body

string

The body of the new comment.

created_at

string

The date and time the new comment was created.

id

number

The ID of the new comment.

node_id

string

The node ID of the new comment.

url

string

The URL of the new comment.

owner

string

The owner of the repository.

repo

string

The name of the repository.