Updates README.md with the recent GitHub activity of a user.

• Add the comment <!--START_SECTION:activity--> (entry point) within README.md. You can find an example here.

• It's the time to create a workflow file.

.github/workflows/update-readme.yml

name: Update README

on:
  schedule:
    - cron: '*/30 * * * *'
  workflow_dispatch:

jobs:
  build:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    name: Update this repo's README with recent activity

    steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
      - uses: jamesgeorge007/github-activity-readme@master
        env:
          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}

The above job runs every half an hour, you can change it as you wish based on the cron syntax.

Please note that only those public events that belong to the following list show up.

• PushEvent
• IssueEvent
• IssueCommentEvent
• PullRequestEvent

You can find an example here.

In case you want to show private events

• Please generate a new personal token.
• Add your token to Secrets in the repository which contains the README file.
• Use ${{ secrets.MY_SECRET_GITHUB_TOKEN }} to get private event instead of ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}.

Use the following input params to customize it for your use case:-

name: Update README

on:
  schedule:
    - cron: '*/30 * * * *'
  workflow_dispatch:

jobs:
  build:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    name: Update this repo's README with recent activity

    steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
      - uses: jamesgeorge007/github-activity-readme@master
        env:
          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
        with:
          COMMIT_MSG: 'Specify a custom commit message'
          MAX_LINES: 10

Inspired by JasonEtco/activity-box