Probot issue form parser

This extension provides a ready to use parser for issues created via issue forms.

Installation

npm install --save @operate-first/probot-issue-form

Overview

Library exposes a single fuction parse. It accepts probot context for issue.created or issue.modified events and returns a promise which resolves to a record mapping.

Usage

const issueForm = require('@operate-first/probot-issue-form');

module.exports = app => {
    app.on('issues.created', async(context) => {
        try {
            const data = await issueForm.parse(context);
        } catch {
            app.log.info('Issue was not created using Issue form template (the YAML ones)')
        }
    });
}

Supported fields

See upstream documentation for API specification, schema and details.

Input

Textual response field which allows a single line response only.

Example with ID

Issue template:

...
body:
  - type: input
    id: thisIsInput
    attributes:
      label: This is input field

Issue body:

### This is input field

some value

Result:

{thisIsInput: "some value"}

Example without ID

Issue template:

...
body:
  - type: input
    attributes:
      label: This is input field

Issue body:

### This is input field

some value

Result:

{this-is-input-field: "some value"}

This translation of labels to IDs is available for all the other input field types as well.

No response example

Issue template:

...
body:
  - type: input
    attributes:
      label: This is input field

Issue body:

### This is input field

_No response_

Result:

{this-is-input-field: ""}

Checkboxes

Checkboxes are parsed into an array of selected options.

Example

Issue template:

...
body:
  - type: checkboxes
    id: thisIsCheckbox
    attributes:
      label: Use these checkboxes
      options:
        - label: First item
        - label: Second item
        - label: Third item

Issue body:

### Use these checkboxes

- [ ] First item
- [X] Second item
- [X] Third item

Result:

{thisIsCheckbox: ["Second item", "Third item"]}

No response example

Issue template:

...
body:
  - type: checkboxes
    id: thisIsCheckbox
    attributes:
      label: Use these checkboxes
      options:
        - label: First item
        - label: Second item
        - label: Third item

Issue body:

### Use these checkboxes

- [ ] First item
- [ ] Second item
- [ ] Third item

Result:

{thisIsCheckbox: []}

Dropdown

Since dropdowns allows user to select multiple options (when flag mutliple is truthy), they are parsed into array of selected options, similarly to checkboxes.

Example

Issue template:

...
body:
  - type: dropdown
    id: thisIsDropdown
    attributes:
      label: Use this dropdown
      options:
        - First item
        - Second item
        - Third item

Issue body:

### Use this dropdown

First item

Result:

{thisIsDropdown: ["First item"]}

Example with multiple options allowed

Issue template:

...
body:
  - type: dropdown
    id: thisIsDropdown
    attributes:
      label: Use this dropdown
      multiple: true
      options:
        - First item
        - Second item
        - Third item

Issue body:

### Use this dropdown

First item, Second item

Result:

{thisIsDropdown: ["First item", "Second item"]}

No response example

Issue template:

...
body:
  - type: dropdown
    id: thisIsDropdown
    attributes:
      label: Use this dropdown
      options:
        - First item
        - Second item
        - Third item

Issue body:

### Use this dropdown

_No response_

Result:

{thisIsDropdown: []}

Textarea

Type supports multiline text responses which can contain markdown formatting. There's also an optional flag render, which wraps the response into a codeblock (```), this extension removes this wrapping and returns the content only.

Example

Issue template:

...
body:
  - type: textarea
    id: thisIsTextarea
    attributes:
      label: Use this textarea

Issue body:

### Use this textarea

value
can
be
multiline

Result:

{thisIsTextarea: "value
can
be
multiline"}

Example with render

Issue template:

...
body:
  - type: textarea
    id: thisIsTextarea
    attributes:
      label: Use this textarea
      render: true

Issue body:

### Use this textarea

```true
text
```

Result:

{thisIsTextarea: "text"}

No response example

Issue template:

...
body:
  - type: textarea
    id: thisIsTextarea
    attributes:
      label: Use this textarea

Issue body:

### Use this textarea

_No response_

Result:

{thisIsTextarea: ""}

Markdown

Markdown field is not propagated to issue body, hence we ignore it.