probot

Is it possible to perform an action with `context` on the init of the app?

I'm simply looking for something like this

app.on('init', async context => {
 ...
})

Basically I just need to make to calls to the github API, but I'm not sure there is a way to do it without using the API client inside the Context object.

Solution

  • I ended up using probot-scheduler

    const createScheduler = require('probot-scheduler')
module.exports = app => {

  createScheduler(app, {
    delay: false
  })
  robot.on('schedule.repository', context => {
    // this is called on startup and can access context
  })
}