Create a webhook for a github repository.

create-github-webhook.sh

#!/usr/bin/env bash
# this creates a github webhook that gets all events to a repository, useful with Jenkins Blue Ocean

service_url="https://my_url"
service_port="my_port"
organisation=""
repository=""
git_url="https://api.github.com/repos/${organisation}/${repository}/hooks"
auth_token="" # needs to have admin permissions for the repository


generate_post_data()
{
  cat <<EOF
{
  "name": "web",
  "active": true,
  "events": ["*"],
  "config": {
    "url": "${service_url}:${service_port}/github-webhook/",
    "content_type": "application/x-www-form-urlencoded"
  }
}
EOF
}

curl -H "Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded" \
    -H "Authorization: token ${auth_token}" \
    --data "$(generate_post_data)" \
    ${git_url}