Static-Web-Host-Dev

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This repository contains a GitHub Actions workflow that automatically triggers a workflow in another repository (vijaya49/AWS-ECS-Infra) using a repository_dispatch event whenever there is a push to the main branch.

✅ How It Works

When you push code to the main branch of this repository:

1. GitHub Actions workflow is triggered.
2. It sends a POST request to GitHub's API endpoint to dispatch an event to another repository (Repo B).
3. The event trigger-docker-build is sent using the repository_dispatch API.
4. The other repository (vijaya49/AWS-ECS-Infra) must have a workflow that listens to this event.

📂 Workflow File

name: Trigger Repo B Workflow

on:
  push:
    branches:
      - main

jobs:
  trigger:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - name: Trigger Repo B via repository_dispatch
        env:
          PAT: ${{ secrets.PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN }}
        run: |
          curl -X POST \
            -H "Authorization: token $PAT" \
            -H "Accept: application/vnd.github.v3+json" \
            https://api.github.com/repos/vijaya49/AWS-ECS-Infra/dispatches \
            -d '{"event_type": "trigger-docker-build"}'

🔐 Secrets Required

Ensure you have the following secret added to your repository:

• PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN: A GitHub personal access token with repo scope to authorize the API request.

🛠️ Requirements in Repo B

In the target repository (vijaya49/AWS-ECS-Infra), there should be a workflow that listens to the dispatched event:

on:
  repository_dispatch:
    types: [trigger-docker-build]

📘 Resources

• GitHub Actions: repository_dispatch
• GitHub Actions Documentation