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GitHub action that can send a custom message to a Twitter account
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Github Action to send Twitter notifications

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GitHub action that can send a custom message to a Twitter account.

Usage

Configure this action in your workflows providing the following inputs described below. The Twitter tokens can be obtained from the Twitter Developer Portal under your project.

Inputs

input required description
message yes Message to post to Twitter.
twitter-app-key yes Consumer API key, available in the "Keys and tokens" section of your application in the Twitter Developer site.
twitter-app-secret yes Consumer API secret key, available in the "Keys and tokens" section of your application in the Twitter Developer site.
twitter-access-token yes Application access token, available in the "Keys and tokens" section of your application in the Twitter Developer site.
twitter-access-token-secret yes Application access token secret, available in the "Keys and tokens" section of your application in the Twitter Developer site.
media no A list of paths for media objects (image, video or animated GIF) to use in the post.
media-alt-text no A list of image alternative text (alt text) that describe the meaning and the context of the image.

Example usage

The example below runs when the release is published and also allows to trigger the action manually.

name: Notify twitter

on:
  workflow_dispatch:
  release:
    types: [published]

jobs:
  setup:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - uses: nearform-actions/github-action-notify-twitter@master
        with:
          message: |
            ${{ github.event.repository.name }} ${{ github.event.release.tag_name }} has been released. Check out the release notes: ${{ github.event.release.html_url }}
          twitter-app-key: ${{ secrets.TWITTER_APP_KEY }}
          twitter-app-secret: ${{ secrets.TWITTER_APP_SECRET }}
          twitter-access-token: ${{ secrets.TWITTER_ACCESS_TOKEN }}
          twitter-access-token-secret: ${{ secrets.TWITTER_ACCESS_TOKEN_SECRET }}

You can add media (image, GIF or video) to your post using the media parameter. This refers to the path of an image within the repository. The Twitter API currently supports a maximum of four media elements. For images and GIFs, you can also add an alt text using the media-alt-text parameter. This parameter is also a list and maintains the structure of the media parameter. So if you want to add an alt text only to the second content you have to write it in the second position of the list leaving the previous ones empty.

name: Notify twitter

on:
  workflow_dispatch:
  release:
    types: [published]

jobs:
  setup:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - uses: nearform-actions/github-action-notify-twitter@master
        with:
          message: |
            ${{ github.event.repository.name }} ${{ github.event.release.tag_name }} has been released. Check out the release notes: ${{ github.event.release.html_url }}
          twitter-app-key: ${{ secrets.TWITTER_APP_KEY }}
          twitter-app-secret: ${{ secrets.TWITTER_APP_SECRET }}
          twitter-access-token: ${{ secrets.TWITTER_ACCESS_TOKEN }}
          twitter-access-token-secret: ${{ secrets.TWITTER_ACCESS_TOKEN_SECRET }}
          media: |
            ./video.mp4
            ./twitter-x.png
            ./twitter-x.png
          media-alt-text: |
            
            alt icon 1
            alt icon 2

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GitHub action that can send a custom message to a Twitter account
v1.2.3
Latest

Verified

GitHub has manually verified the creator of the action as an official partner organization. For more info see About badges in GitHub Marketplace.

github-action-notify-twitter is not certified by GitHub. It is provided by a third-party and is governed by separate terms of service, privacy policy, and support documentation.