README.md

dependabotalerts-action

Github action that fetches Github dependabot security alerts and report results as JSON.

Usage

First, you need to store your repository read-only token in repo secrets as DEPENDABOTALERTS_TOKEN.

jobs:
  scan:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - uses: "MTES-MCT/dependabotalerts-action@main"
        with:
          token: ${{ secrets.DEPENDABOTALERTS_TOKEN }}
          repositories: 'MTES-MCT/dashlord,MTES-MCT/dependabotalerts-action'
          maxAlerts: 20
          states: "OPEN,DISMISSED"
          output: dependabotalerts.json

Hacking

To test locally, install act. Put secrets DEPENDABOTALERTS_TOKEN=*** in .secrets file. Launch:

npm run all
act -j units # unit tests
act -j action # test Github action locally