Can I create a form which runs a manual workflow?

[tripleee]

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I created a simple manual workflow which requires a few inputs. I would like to link to this from the README, ideally perhaps even with a simple HTML form where users could type in the inputs and click a button to have the workflow run.

Is this possible?

Simply linking to something like https://github.com/tripleee/sloshy/actions/workflows/nightly.yml is pretty brutal; even users who are somewhat familiar with this interface might have a hard time finding out why the link is relevant, or if they do, how exactly to run the workflow.

(This is not the one I want to link to - it's not up yet, but it will be at pr-builder.yml)

[airtower-luna]

Technically you could have a form and construct the API call to create a workflow dispatch event when the user presses a button. However, the API call requires authentication, random users can't create events for your workflows. Are you trying to build a convenient interface for yourself, or something else? 🤔

[tripleee]

Thanks. I'm hoping to be able to simplify the process for users who are not familiar with YAML; I thought the instructions in the README were pretty obvious but it appears that there is still a bit of a learning curve which some of my users have been hesitant to tackle. Thus I'm working on a simple form for them to generate a PR. They will obviously need to be logged in on Github in order for that to work, but that's a requirement for creating a pull request anyway.

[tripleee]

I tried to create a simple HTML form but like you say, it won't work without some sort of authentication mechanism. I was hoping there'd be some way to expose my Github Actions a bit like how Stack Overflow lets you play with their API e.g. at https://api.stackexchange.com/docs/sites

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