Python GitHub App

This app is meant to serve as an application to help you onboard to the GitHub ecosystem and start using GitHub Webhooks & Apps.

Getting Started

python3 -m venv venv

source venv/bin/activate

pip3 install -r requirements.txt

flask run

Create a new public repository at https://github.com/new
Visit https://smee.io/ and click on Start a new Channel and note the URL
Create a new GitHub App - https://github.com/settings/apps/new
Give it a distinct name and description (prefix your LDAP)
Set Homepage URL = http://localhost:5000/
Set User authorization callback URL = http://localhost:5000/authenticate/
Check the checkbox for Request user authorization (OAuth) during installation
Set Webhook URL = <SMEE_URL>
Select the Radio Button for Enable SSL verification
Under permissions, give Read & Write permissions for Pull Requests
Under Subscribe to Events, check Pull Request
Generate and Download the Private key, move it to your app folder on local machine and name it ./private/gh-app.key
Hit Save Changes

Now you should be redirected to the App Settings -

Under the General tab on the left, find out your App ID
Append this App ID to User authorization callback URL, for instance, https://localhost:5000/authenticate/40221
Hit Save Changes
Go to the Install tab and install the application on only your repository.
If you were redirected to GitHub Home Page, your app installation was successful.
Open a new terminal window and navigate to where you checked out this repo and activate virual environment as above - source venv/bin/activate
Run pysmee forward <SMEE_URL> http://127.0.0.1:5000/webhook - this will forward all events to your app.

Go ahead and create a new Pull Request in the repository you just added the webhook to
Voila! A new comment should be added to it.