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Create a workflow dispatch event

POST
/repos/{owner}/{repo}/actions/workflows/{workflow_id}/dispatches
curl --request POST \
--url https://gitea.com/api/v1/repos/example/example/actions/workflows/example/dispatches \
--header 'Authorization: Basic <credentials>' \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--data '{ "inputs": { "additionalProperty": "example" }, "ref": "refs/heads/main" }'
owner
required
string

Owner of the repo

repo
required
string

Name of the repo

workflow_id
required
string

Id of the workflow

return_run_details
boolean

Whether the response should include the workflow run ID and URLs.

scoped_workflow_source_repo_id
integer format: int64

For a scoped workflow, the ID of the source repository providing it; omit or 0 for a repo-level workflow.

Media typeapplication/json

CreateActionWorkflowDispatch represents the payload for triggering a workflow dispatch event

object
inputs
object
key
additional properties
string
ref
required
string
Example
refs/heads/main

RunDetails

Media typeapplication/json

RunDetails returns workflow_dispatch runid and url

object
html_url
string format: uri
run_url
string format: uri
workflow_run_id
integer format: int64
Examplegenerated
{
"html_url": "https://example.com",
"run_url": "https://example.com",
"workflow_run_id": 1
}

No Content, if return_run_details is missing or false

APIError is error format response

message
string
url
string

APIForbiddenError is a forbidden error response

message
string
url
string

APINotFound is a not found empty response

APIValidationError is error format response related to input validation

message
string
url
string