Trigger a RunRequest on GitHub repository actions

[randerzander]

Hello,

I'm getting started on a POC with Dagster. I'd like to trigger job executions on events happening in a remote GitHub repository:

For example:

1. An issue being opened
2. A PR being opened
3. A PR being merged

I see the dagster-github integration docs, and browsed the source, but it didn't seem like there's a way to do this.

Seems like my best bet might be to have a custom Sensor use PyGitHub or shell out to the GitHub CLI and generate RunRequests that way?

Thanks!

[yuhan]

hi @randerzander I think there are a few options:

1. Let Dagster fully manage the flow end-to-end: write a custom sensor that listens to GitHub events and yield a RunRequest on certain conditions
2. Use GitHub's built-in event triggering scheme (e.g. GitHub actions or webhooks )and launch a run using one of Dagster Python API, GraphQL API, or CLI.
   • For example, we use github action to manage issues: code. Similarly, when an issue is opened, you can set it up in the jobs so it runs a Dagster CLI to launch a run.
   • Here's an example to launch a run via GraphQL: https://docs.dagster.io/concepts/dagit/graphql#launch-a-run