Mailgun Action

Github action to send an mail using the Mailgun API. This is a re-usable Github Action that you can use to send mail for any purposes every time some event trigger for a repository. 

Inputs

1. api-key

Required Mailgun API Key.

2. domain

Required Your Domain Name.

3.to

Required Email address of the recipient(s). Example: bob@host.com. You can use commas to separate multiple recipients.

4. from

The email that will be shown as sender. Default will be hello@+your domain name. Like - hello@example.com

5. subject

Email subject. Default is "${GITHUB_ACTOR} (${GITHUB_EVENT_NAME}) at ${GITHUB_REPOSITORY}".

6. body

Body of the email (HTML Supported). Default is "${GITHUB_ACTOR} (${GITHUB_EVENT_NAME}) at ${GITHUB_REPOSITORY}".

Outputs

1. response

Email response from Mailgun.

Advance Usage

For subject and body we can use environment variables and event payload in following way -

1. Environment Variables

Environment variables can be interpolated in the message using brackets ({{ and }}). Like -

Action Called : {{ GITHUB_ACTION }}

2. Event Payload

Event Payload data can also be interpolated in the message using brackets ({{ and }}) with the EVENT_PAYLOAD variable. Like -

Action Called: {{ GITHUB_ACTION }} as {{ EVENT_PAYLOAD.pull_request.id }}

Check example section for more usages. Also see all event types for valid payload informations.

Example Usage

1. Trigger default email on every push

name: On Push Email

on: [push]

jobs:
  send-mail:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    name: Send email on every push
    steps:
    - name: Send Mail Action
      id: sendmail
      uses: vineetchoudhary/mailgun-action@v1.0
      with:
        api-key: ${{ secrets.API_KEY }}
        domain: ${{ secrets.DOMAIN }}
        to: ${{ secrets.TO }}
    - name: Send Mail Action Response
      run: echo "${{ steps.sendmail.outputs.response }}"

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2. Trigger an email issue comment

Trigger an email when someone comment on a issue with custom subject and body.

name: Issue Activity

on:
  issue_comment:
    types: [created, edited, deleted]
    
jobs:
  send-mail:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    name: Send email when issue created/edited/deleted
    steps:
      - name: Send Mail Action
        id: sendmail
        uses: vineetchoudhary/mailgun-action@v1.0
        with:
          api-key: ${{ secrets.API_KEY }}
          domain: ${{ secrets.DOMAIN }}
          to: ${{ secrets.TO }}
          subject: 'Issue Activity - {{ EVENT_PAYLOAD.action }}'
          body: '<p><b>Body</b> - {{ EVENT_PAYLOAD.comment.body }} <br /><br /><b>Issue Activity</b> - {{ EVENT_PAYLOAD.action }}.  <br /><br /><b>URL</b> - {{ EVENT_PAYLOAD.comment.html_url }}  <br /><br /><b>By</b> - {{ EVENT_PAYLOAD.comment.user.login }}</p>' 
      - name: Send Mail Action Response
        run: echo "${{ steps.sendmail.outputs.response }}" 

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