Automate integrating Planning Center interactions into your Orbit workspace with this GitHub Actions template
There is one check included in the Planning Center automation template, it occurs once a day:
- Check for new event check-ins for a Planning Center event
If there are new check-ins they will be added to your Orbit workspace.
To use this workflow:
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Copy the planning_center.yml file into your own GitHub repository inside your
.github/workflowsdirectory -
The automation requires your Planning Center app ID and Planning Center API secret group URL be added to your GitHub repository secrets.
- Follow the steps in the GitHub Actions Templates First Time Setup Guide and add the following additional secrets:
PLANNING_CENTER_APP_ID: Create a new "Personal Access Token" in the Planning Center Developer Dashboard, your Application ID will be shown after creating it.PLANNING_CENTER_API_SECRET: Planning Center API secret | Create a new "Personal Access Token" in the Planning Center Developer Dashboard, your API secret will be shown after creating it.
- Follow the steps in the GitHub Actions Templates First Time Setup Guide and add the following additional secrets:
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This workflow will automatically filter out any Planning Center activities that are older than the most recent Planning Center activity in your Orbit workspace currently.
- To perform a historical import, that will send to Obit all of your Planning Center activities add the
--historical-importflag to the workflow file on line 24:planningcenter_orbit --check-event-checkins --historical-import - You should only need to run a historical import once, and it is recommended to remove the
--historical-importflag after.
- To perform a historical import, that will send to Obit all of your Planning Center activities add the
Once the workflow and credentials have been added to your GitHub repository, the workflow will be activated. You do not need to do anything else to activate it.