GitHub's notifications on your Discord Server

#discord #github #tutorial #integration

I really love Discord and use it as a communication tool for personal projects with my friends and teammates. Sometimes I wonder: Do we have an App for Discord equivalent to GitHub App for Slack (former Pull Panda)?

So, I noticed that actually we don’t have it, for simple reasons: We can integrate GitHub Webhook to send events directly to Discord Webhook. Simple and functional. So, let's do it!

1. Create the Webhook

The first step is to create the Webhook on your Discord server to receive the events from GitHub:

Go to your discord Server Settings;
Click on the Integrations item on the sidebar;
Hit the Create Webhook button;
Fill the name field (I used GitHub Integration) and select a channel to post the messages;
Click on Save Changes button;
Then click on Copy Webhook URL.

2. Set up the Webhook on GitHub

Now, you’ll need to configure GitHub to send the events to Discord Webhook:

Navigate to your organization (or repository) on GitHub
Click the Settings tab;
Click the Webhooks item on sidebar;
Hit the Add Webhook button on the top of the page;
Fill the Payload URL field with the URL copied in the step above (Step 1);
Add /github at the end of the URL (It’s very important!);
In Content Type select Application/JSON;
You can leave the Secret field empty;
In Event Triggers if you select:
- Just the push event you’ll receive new pushed commits.
- Everything you’ll receive everything, like new Pull Requests opened, workflows, etc.
- Let me select individual events you can choose.
Hit the Add Webhook button.