List Repository Contents other than main branch

[radhakrishna2331]

I have a requirement to list repository contents in Qlik Automation based on a user-selected branch in GitHub. Currently, the "List Repository Content" action retrieves files from the default main branch only. I don’t see an option to pass a branch parameter to this action.

How can I retrieve repository contents from a branch other than main? Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

[hugo_andrade]

Hi @radhakrishna2331 ,

This endpoint doesn't accept branch as parameter. I just checked the official Github documentation and it is aligned with that too: https://docs.github.com/en/rest/repos/contents?apiVersion=2022-11-28

[radhakrishna2331]

Hi @hugo_andrade ,

Thank you for taking the time to analyze and respond to the post.

My goal is to provide developers with an option to select repository contents (including comments) from GitHub via a dropdown and retrieve them into Qlik Cloud based on their selection—especially in cases where the published version has issues.

Is there a way to achieve this?

Currently, we are considering storing only production versions in the main branch, and saving versions from other workspaces in separate branches.

Any suggestions or best practices for pushing apps to the main space would be greatly appreciated.

[hugo_andrade · Accepted solution]

@radhakrishna2331 ,

That's nice! 

I would use the native Qlik Cloud connector for Github for the majority of the calls. For everything that you can't do using it, create a REST connection to the endpoint.

These are particularly useful:

• Authentication: Authenticating to the REST API - GitHub Docs
• Compare two commits: REST API endpoints for commits - GitHub Docs
• Gists: REST API endpoints for gists - GitHub Docs
• Packages: REST API endpoints for packages - GitHub Docs

[radhakrishna2331]

@hugo_andradeThank you very much. I truly appreciate your valuable insights.

[hugo_andrade]

My pleasure! Always great helping the community.

Get started with the existing connector. If you run into issues with REST, create a new post with the problem and tag me. I will be notified and will try to help you.

Good luck!