github-actions-free-web-analytics.js

function logAnalytics() {
  // GITHUB ACTIONS FREE ANALYTICS

  // create a github personal token and insert it here
  // ONLY give it actions:write permissions on a SINGLE repo, which is bad, but not, I think, extra extra bad
  const githubPat = "github_pat_INSERT_YOUR_PERSONAL_TOKEN_HERE";
  // this is YOUR repo where you'd want your log files
  const githubRepo = "gregsadetsky/github-actions-free-analytics";
  const githubApiVersion = "2022-11-28";
  // replace this with the ID of your workflow -- I use `gh workflow list` i.e. the GitHub CLI tool to find the ID
  const githubWorkflowId = "76361355";
  const githubWorkflowInputs = {
    // this is the part where you'd pass some useful payload to the server to log
    // it could be just the date for example
    "incomingRequest": "{\"key\": \"value\"}"
  };
  fetch(`https://api.github.com/repos/${githubRepo}/actions/workflows/${githubWorkflowId}/dispatches`, {
    method: "POST",
    headers: {
      "Accept": "application/vnd.github+json",
      "Authorization": `Bearer ${githubPat}`,
      "X-GitHub-Api-Version": githubApiVersion
    },
    body: JSON.stringify({
      ref: "main",
      inputs: githubWorkflowInputs
    })
  }).then(function(response) {
    console.log(response)
    document.getElementById("app")!.innerHTML += `<div>logged!! ${new Date()}</div>`;
  });
}