circleci-api-helper

Node.js helper 📦 for CircleCI API (v2)

• Background
• Install
• How to use
• Example values
• Trigger workflow
• Rerun existing workflow

Background

This util allows you to trigger circleci workflows within a node js application. You can run specific workflow as part of circleci api v2

Install

yarn add circleci-api-helper

How to use

Files in CI or local that the helper uses for requests to the CircelCI API (v2)

/utils/circleToken.js (Required)
/utils/projectSlug.js (Required)
/utils/workflowName.js (Required)
/utils/workflowID.js

Example values

circleToken: FAKEGUID3adas23d69e532432d3x1f534852fs52
projectSlug: gh/johnhiggs/circleci-api-helper
workflowName: default-flow

Trigger workflow

(auto generates latest workflow ID based off of required values (requires circleToken, projectSlug, & workflowName)

yarn runWorkflow

Rerun existing workflow

Simply rerun an existing workflow (set a value to /utils/workflowID.js) yarn runSpecificWorkflow