autofill-github-actions.md

Integrate autofill feature with Github Actions

Prerequisite

Before following this tutorial, please make sure to have an active Github account.

Steps

There are four main steps to configure the bot to access your local repository and logbook account;

1. Fork the project to your Github account
2. Make a Github token to access the repository. This is used to make a local daily log of your logbook.
3. Make repository secrets. These values are used to access your repository and logbook page.
4. Add Github Actions

Fork the project

1. Fork the project repository to your Github account

Make a Github access token

2. Click your profile and select "Settings"

3. On the bottom left of the page, click "Developer settings"

4. On the left, you will find a sidebar. Click on "Personal access token"

5. Fill in the note and check the required permissions for the bot to access the repository

6. You will get your Github token. COPY IT IMMEDIATELY, once you refresh/reload the page, you will not see the code again

Make repository secrets

7. Go back to your forked repository settings. On the left, you will find a sidebar. Click on "Secrets"

8. Here, you will need to create new secrets.

These values are used to access the repository and your logbook page

Name	Value
MY_GITHUB_TOKEN	Paste your github token you previously made
MY_USERNAME	Your BINUS ID (NIM)
MY_PASSWORD	Your account password

Secrets are encrypted and is only accessable by the repository in your own account, so it won't be visible to anyone.

Add Github Actions

9. Open this link on new tab, then copy the whole script

10. Go to the Actions tab, and set a new workflow

11. Choose "set up workflow yourself"

12. Delete the boilerplate and paste the whole script there, and name it autofill.yml

13. On line 40, there will be a step to commit data to your forked repository. Replace INSERT_YOUR_GITHUB_EMAIL_HERE and INSERT_YOUR_GITHUB_USERNAME_HERE with your credentials.

That's it! Github Actions will use that value to access the repository and your logbook account to automatically fill your logbook.

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