Prerequisite

• The yml file should have been created in the main branch in GitHub.

Generate Personal Authentication Token

Follow the steps mentioned below to generate a token in GitHub.

1. Log into GitHub.

2. Go to User Profile > Settings.

3. Click on the Developer Settings on the navigation bar at the left.

4. Click on Tokens (classic).

5. Click on the Generate new token button.

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Define the Scopes to grant access to personal tokens, then generate the token.

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Construct the URL

The following is an example of constructing the URL to trigger a build in GitHub.

https://api.github.com/repos/{owner}/{repo}/actions/workflows/{workflow_id}/dispatches

Here, the placeholder's values are as below.

owner=Lizamathew

repo=parameter

workflow_id= 54649623

Hence, the URL to trigger the build would be -

https://api.github.com/repos/Llizamathew/parameter/actions/workflows/54649623/dispatches

CI/CD Rule Configuration in QTM

The following are examples of triggering the build without parameters and with query parameters.

CI/CD Rule Without Query Parameters

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CI/CD Rule With RAW Parameters

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