RequestError [HttpError]: Not Found 404 when re-running a workflow

[anandg112]

Hi all,

I am new to the GitHub API so please forgive if this has been asked before. I am trying to re-run a Github Actions workflow with the API but I have been getting 404 with the following message:

RequestError [HttpError]: Not Found
    at /Users/anand.gautam/Documents/github-actions-api/node_modules/@octokit/request/dist-node/index.js:66:23
    at processTicksAndRejections (internal/process/task_queues.js:97:5) {
  status: 404,
  headers: {
    'access-control-allow-origin': '*',
    'access-control-expose-headers': 'ETag, Link, Location, Retry-After, X-GitHub-OTP, X-RateLimit-Limit, X-RateLimit-Remaining, X-RateLimit-Reset, X-OAuth-Scopes, X-Accepted-OAuth-Scopes, X-Poll-Interval, X-GitHub-Media-Type, Deprecation, Sunset',
    connection: 'close',
    'content-encoding': 'gzip',
    'content-security-policy': "default-src 'none'",
    'content-type': 'application/json; charset=utf-8',
    date: 'Tue, 11 Aug 2020 23:24:53 GMT',
    'referrer-policy': 'origin-when-cross-origin, strict-origin-when-cross-origin',
    server: 'GitHub.com',
    status: '404 Not Found',
    'strict-transport-security': 'max-age=31536000; includeSubdomains; preload',
    'transfer-encoding': 'chunked',
    vary: 'Accept-Encoding, Accept, X-Requested-With',
    'x-content-type-options': 'nosniff',
    'x-frame-options': 'deny',
    'x-github-media-type': 'github.v3; format=json',
    'x-github-request-id': 'F744:47FF:9353F0:FE0907:5F3328C4',
    'x-ratelimit-limit': '60',
    'x-ratelimit-remaining': '55',
    'x-ratelimit-reset': '1597191827',
    'x-xss-protection': '1; mode=block'
  },
  request: {
    method: 'POST',
    url: 'https://api.github.com/repos/XXXXXXX/test-security-pipeline/actions/runs/XXXXXXX/rerun',
    headers: {
      accept: 'application/vnd.github.v3+json',
      'user-agent': 'octokit-rest.js/18.0.3 octokit-core.js/3.1.2 Node.js/12.18.2 (darwin; x64)',
      'content-length': 0
    },
    request: { hook: [Function: bound bound register] }
  },
  documentation_url: 'https://docs.github.com/rest/reference/actions#re-run-a-workflow'
}

And here is my code:

const { Octokit } = require("@octokit/rest");

const octokit = new Octokit({
    auth: process.env.AUTH
});

const ownerName = `XXXXXXX`;
const repoName = `test-security-pipeline`;
const ci_run_id = `XXXXXXX`;

 for(let i = 1; i < 5; i++) {
      octokit.actions.reRunWorkflow({
        owner: ownerName,
        repo: repoName,
        run_id: ci_run_id
     }).then(({data}) => {
       console.log(data);
       return data;
     }).catch(err => console.log(err))
 }

I am using a personal access token with repo scope permissions for authentication.
Is there any reason, why am I getting a 404 when re-running a workflow through the API? Thanks in advance for your help.

[gr2m]

It looks like your request is not authenticated, the authorization header is not set.

Can you make sure that process.env.AUTH does contain the token?

[anandg112]

Thanks, that solved it. Environment var (personal access token) was missing the word token infront of it.