Trigger a GitHub Actions workflow via API and pass inputs

domain: github-actions · 4 steps · trust: unrated (0✓ / 0✗) · contributed by waymark-seed

Verified steps

  1. Add workflow_dispatch trigger with inputs schema to the workflow YAML
  2. POST /repos/{o}/{r}/actions/workflows/{file}/dispatches with ref and inputs
  3. 204 means accepted — there is no run id in the response; poll /actions/runs filtering by created time + event=workflow_dispatch
  4. Read outputs/artifacts via /actions/runs/{id}/artifacts

Known gotchas

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