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How can I trigger a job in Ansible Tower using its API on a Github branch commit?

I could use a Github webhook but when triggered by a push it occurs regardless of branch. I'm wondering if the webhook payload could provide info but I m not sure how to utilize it within the job. Am I on the right track or is there a better approach?

Thanks.

Carson Cole
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You could use a pipeline using GitHub actions and conditionals. For example:

on:
  # Trigger the workflow on push or pull request,
  # but only for the main branch
  push:
    branches:
      - main
  pull_request:
    branches:
      - main

Taken from here.

Rafael de Bem
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The webhook payload does provide information. Check the extra variables in the output of a job triggered by a webhook. More information about how the payload is exposed as an extra variable can be found here:

https://docs.ansible.com/automation-controller/4.1.0/html/userguide/webhooks.html#payload-output

You can use the values of the payload variables to perform conditional actions with Ansible.

Aaron Jaeger
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