Test a Webhook with Octokit

test-webhook.js

const Octokit = require('@octokit/rest');
const minimist = require('minimist');

/* Script to Test a Github Webhook 
 * 
 * Expects a hook_id argument
 * E.g. node test.js --hook_id '123456'
 */

// configuration
const personalAccessToken = ""  // personal access token
const repoOwner = ""; // your username
const repoName = ""; // username/repo-name  or organisation/repo-name

const argv = minimist(process.argv.slice(2));

if (argv['hook_id'] === undefined) {
  console.log("stopping execution: no hook_id provided. Use --hook_id 'your_hook_id'");
  return;
}

async function testWebhook (conf) {

  const octokit = new Octokit({
    auth: personalAccessToken
  });

  const res = await octokit.repos.testPushHook({
    owner: conf.owner,
    repo: conf.repo,
    hook_id: conf.hook_id
  })
    .catch(e => {
      console.log(e);
    });
  console.log(res);
}

testWebhook({
  owner: repoOwner,
  repo: repoName,
  hook_id: process.argv[3]
});