README.md

November 5, 2025 ยท View on GitHub

GitHub EventListener

Creates an EventListener that listens for GitHub webhook events.

Try it out locally:

  1. To create the GitHub trigger and all related resources, run:

    kubectl apply -f .

  2. Port forward:

    kubectl port-forward service/el-github-listener 8080

  3. Test by sending the sample payload.

    curl -v \
-H 'X-GitHub-Event: pull_request' \
-H 'X-Hub-Signature-256: sha256=c26dd919ebe335852219c49f74c4b24f1c62c93c77294be3ac6d8f2e4691a023' \
-H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
-d '{"action": "opened", "pull_request":{"head":{"sha": "28911bbb5a3e2ea034daf1f6be0a822d50e31e73"}},"repository":{"clone_url": "https://github.com/tektoncd/triggers.git"}}' \
http://localhost:8080

    The response status code should be 202 Accepted

    HMAC tool used to create X-Hub-Signature-256.

    In HMAC string is the body payload ex: {"action": "opened", "pull_request":{"head":{"sha": "28911bbb5a3e2ea034daf1f6be0a822d50e31e73"}},"repository":{"clone_url": "https://github.com/tektoncd/triggers.git"}} and secretKey is the given secretToken ex: 1234567.

  4. You should see a new TaskRun that got created:

    kubectl get taskruns | grep github-run-