How to use with private repo

[niklas-may]

The API throws the following Error on the issues endpoint
{ "message": "Not Found", "documentation_url": "https://docs.github.com/rest/reference/issues#list-repository-issues" }
I guess this is because the repo is set to private?

Is there a way to use this workflow with a private repo?

[ViRGiL175]

Hey. It's nice that this repository is getting attention.

Unfortunately, we have completely transferred our backlog to Notion and I no longer plan to use this Action.

And I haven't tried it on private repos. However, not too long ago I created an Action for a private repository that sorted cards in the boards of the GitHub project.

As far as I remember, you can access the private repository through Action by generating a separate GitHub token with access rights to private repositories and / or organizations. All the details are there: https://docs.github.com/en/free-pro-team@latest/actions/reference/authentication-in-a-workflow#about-the-github_token-secret

This allowed me to work with a private repository and successfully sort the cards in the project.

More about GitHub Action authorization via JS is shown here: https://github.com/octokit/auth-action.js#usage

Thus, to implement access to private repositories, you can add 3-5 lines of code somewhere here:

github-project-issue-to-sheets/Importer.ts

Line 25 in bf0de2e

const octokit = new Octokit()

If you try to do this with our Action, then do not forget that you first need to compile TypeScript → JavaScript, and then JavaScript → Distilled JS. There are ready-made commands for this in the project:

github-project-issue-to-sheets/package.json

Lines 8 to 9 in bf0de2e

	"build": "tsc -b",
	"minify": "tsc -b && ncc build --minify index.js"

[niklas-may]

Thanks a lot for your in depth explanation. I will implement this as an option. Are you interested in a PR or are you completely done with this project?

[ViRGiL175]

Thanks a lot for your in depth explanation. I will implement this as an option. Are you interested in a PR or are you completely done with this project?

JS is not my main field, and I'm not using this project right now, but if other people are interested in this Action I will be very happy maintaining it (as long I have time), so any PR is welcomed.