The Get issue action retrieves the details of a specific issue from a GitHub repository.

Overview

The Get issue action retrieves the details of the issue using the issue number. The action requires an active GitHub session to authenticate the request. The retrieved data includes the issue ID, issue number, title, description, state, HTML URL, user, assignee, created date, updated date, closed date, and pull request status.

Settings

The Get issue action contains the following settings:

Note: All the input fields support string variables. You can create a string variable to hold the appropriate text string and select it in the applicable setting and option.
Session name

Specifies the GitHub session name that the Connect action creates. Use one of the following options to specify the session name:

  • Session name: Enter the session name as text directly or select the string variable that holds the session name text.
  • Variable: Select the GitHub session variable that the Connect action creates.
Owner name
Specifies the name of the GitHub repository owner. The owner can be an organization or a user account. You can either enter the name directly as text or select the applicable string variable.
Repository name
Specifies the name of the GitHub repository from which the action retrieves the issue. You can either enter the repository name directly as text or select the applicable string variable.
Issue number
Specifies the issue number to retrieve details for. You can either enter the issue number directly as text or select the applicable string variable.
Assign output to variable
Specifies the variable in which the action stores the response data. The response data includes the following fields:
  • Id
  • issueNumber
  • title
  • Description
  • state
  • htmlURL
  • user
  • assignee
  • createdAt
  • updatedAt
  • closedAt
  • isPullRequest
Use one of the following options to assign the output:
  • Multiple variables: Create and specify individual variables to store specific response data.

    Use the Add variable mapping option to specify the key and corresponding variable type to store the specific response data.

  • Dictionary: Create and specify a dictionary variable to store the entire response data. You can also select an existing dictionary variable.