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Create a Github Issue when a Non-Admin User Wants to Change a Restricted Project Field

Open drubgrubby opened this issue 2 years ago • 6 comments

Overview

This builds on the work on PR #795

Action Items

  • [x] #1129
  • [ ] When user clicks to make changes to the field a modal will open up to create an issue on the VRMS board.
    • [ ] When the user clicks a field that they cannot edit, a modal pops up with a single input with a description of the proposed change.
    • [ ] Creates an issue within VRMS and tag bonnie and other project leads, (then someone will sign off on it, and someone will go and make the change)
    • Someone from the corresponding team will make the change.
    • Post a comment on the related team's agenda indicating who requested the change and what change needs to be made. Bonnie will compile a list of issues for each agenda
    • There is a closed pr with these changes started... https://github.com/hackforla/VRMS/pull/868
  • [x] Rename team-lead-contact-info.md to project-edit-info.md ~~- [ ] Get text for .md file from Bonnie~~ ~~- [ ] Update project-edit-info.md with new text~~
  • [x] Change the link text to: "Click here to find out how to change this field" ~- [x] Make sure the link opens in a new tab~
  • [x] Delete the md file that was created previously

Once the previous items have been merged ~~- [ ] - [ ] Change the link on editableField.js to point to the new .md file~~

Resources/Instructions

To be able to post to the Github API you need to

  • send a Personal Access Token (PAT) in the Authorization header of the API call function in the editableFiels.js named requestToEdit

  • To obtain a PAT go in your Github account > Settings > Developer Settings > Personal Access Tokens > Generate New Token > enter a name for your token > Select Expiration > Select Scope (Repo) > Create Token

  • Copy your token to a variable in you .env file because you will not be shown the token again

  • Send in the API call Authorization header: token ${PAT}

Github Docs: https://docs.github.com/en/authentication/keeping-your-account-and-data-secure/creating-a-personal-access-token

client/src/components/manageProjects/editableField.js ~~team-lead-contact-info.md~~ PR #795

  • https://docs.github.com/en/[email protected]/issues/tracking-your-work-with-issues/creating-an-issue#creating-an-issue-from-a-url-query
  • https://docs.github.com/en/rest/reference/issues#create-an-issue
  • https://api.github.com/

drubgrubby avatar Dec 16 '21 17:12 drubgrubby