Add a workflow that triggers an action in matnwb using the workflow dispatch api when data/records.json changes

[ehennestad]

I am adding a function to matnwb (installNwbExtension) which has a list of available extensions. It would be great if this list could be updated when new records are added to the extension catalog.

Todo:
Add a workflow with a task similar to the following which triggers on pushes to main when data/records.json is changed. It uses a POST request to trigger a GitHub Actions workflow in the matnwb repository by using the workflow_dispatch API endpoint

- name: Trigger matnwb
      run: |
        curl -XPOST -u "${{secrets.PAT_USERNAME}}:${{secrets.PAT_TOKEN}}" -H "Accept: application/vnd.github.everest-preview+json" -H "Content-Type: application/json" https://api.github.com/repos/NeurodataWithoutBorders/matnwb/actions/workflows/update_extension_list.yml/dispatches

Question: Is there a bot account / token pair that could be used for this?

[ehennestad]

Closing this issue. This suggestion would require adding secrets to this repository managed by an admin of the NeurdataWithoutBorders organisation. That extra step and potential maintenance is not worth the effort