List issues action in GitHub package

The List issues action retrieves all issues from a GitHub repository based on the specified filters.

Overview

The List issues action retrieves the issues based on issue state, labels, and assignee. The retrieved data includes the issue ID, title, description, state, HTML URL, user, created date, assignee, and labels.

Note: Ensure that the Connect action is configured before proceeding with the List issues as the Connect action provides the authentication context for the automation session.

Settings

The List issues 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.
Repository name
Specifies the name of the GitHub repository from which the action retrieves the issues.
State
Specifies the state of the issues to retrieve. Select one of the following options:
  • Open: Select to retrieve all open issues. This is the default selection.
  • Closed: Select to retrieve all closed issues.
  • All: Select to retrieve all issues regardless of their state.
Labels (optional)
Specifies the labels to filter the issues. You can specify multiple labels using comma-separated values. If you are using string variables for defining multiple labels, ensure that you define the variables individually and add them in comma-separated format. The action retrieves only the issues that contain the labels specified in this field.
Assignee (optional)
Specifies the username of the assignee to filter the issues. You can specify multiple assignees using comma-separated values. If you are using string variables for defining multiple assignees, ensure that you define the variables individually and add them in comma-separated format. The action retrieves only the issues that the users specified in this field are assigned to.
Assign output to variable
Specifies the table variable in which the action stores the response data. The response data includes the following fields:
  • id - The unique identifier of the issue.
  • title - The title of the issue.
  • body - The body text of the issue.
  • state - The state of the issue.
  • issueNumber - The unique identifier of the issue within the repository.
  • htmlURL - The HTML URL of the issue.
  • user - The user who created the issue.
  • createdAt - The timestamp indicating when the issue was created.
  • assignee - The user assigned to the issue.
  • labels - The labels that are added to the issue.