Get a single GitHub Actions workflow by id or file path

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Documented steps

  1. Send GET to https://api.github.com/repos/{owner}/{repo}/actions/workflows/{workflow_id} where workflow_id is the numeric id or the .yml file path
  2. Include the Accept application/vnd.github+json header and a token with read access
  3. Inspect the returned single Workflow object for state, path, name, created_at and updated_at

Known gotchas

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