GitHub Releases To Discord Action

A GitHub action that parses a GitHub release and posts it to a Discord channel as a stylized Discord webhook.

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Output

Configuration

Variable	Required	Default	Description
webhook_url	✔		Discord's webhook url. Use GH repo secrets.
color	❌	"2105893"	Decimal color value for embed.
username	❌	"Release Changelog"	String username for webhook.
avatar_url	❌	"Profile Picture"	String url to webhook avatar picture.
release_tag_name	❌		Override tag name to pull from.
github_token	❌		GITHUB_TOKEN to use if overriding tag_name.

Example Usage

.github/workflows/releases-to-discord.yml

on:
    release:
        types: [published]

jobs:
    github-releases-to-discord:
        runs-on: ubuntu-latest
        steps:
            - name: Checkout
              uses: actions/checkout@v3
            - name: Github Releases To Discord
              uses: sillyangel/[email protected]
              with:
                  webhook_url: ${{ secrets.WEBHOOK_URL }}
                  color: '2105893'
                  username: 'Release Changelog'
                  avatar_url: 'https://cdn.discordapp.com/avatars/487431320314576937/bd64361e4ba6313d561d54e78c9e7171.png'

Setup Instructions

1. Open your Server Settings and head into the Integrations tab:
2. Click the "Create Webhook" button to create a new webhook!
3. Copy the webhook url
4. Create a new GitHub repository secret called WEBHOOK_URL and paste the webhook url into it.
5. Save the secret.
6. Add the secret to your action configuration.

And you're done! Whenever you create a new release, the workflow should run and, if properly setup, post to your specified Discord channel.