Title: Looking for a plugin to send issues to GitHub
Last modified: November 7, 2020

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# Looking for a plugin to send issues to GitHub

 *  [WidiGMX](https://wordpress.org/support/users/widigmx/)
 * (@widigmx)
 * [5 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/looking-a-plugin-to-send-issues-to-github/)
 * Is there a plugin somewhere that allows you to add new **issues **(error messages)
   to **GitHub**?
 * **Background:**
    We run a large, public website. It happens again and again that
   some text is wrong or simply out of date. Maintenance is difficult, because some
   information is spread over several pages and often exists multiple times. Therefore
   it would be nice if visitors of the site could report such inconsistencies or
   errors with as little effort as possible. With the help of our visitors, we hope
   to be able to locate and correct these errors more quickly.
 * **Vision:**
    Since we’re planning to outsource the site’s version control to 
   GitHub anyway (with the support of VersionPress or Revisr), using GitHub’s issue
   system would be a logical next step. It should be as easy as possible for the
   end users (readers of our pages) to use. Therefore, it should support the following
   features (with decreasing priority):
    - Button or link in a sidebar or footer of the pages.
       – possibly also a small
      form where the user can directly enter and submit an error message about the
      faulty page. – or a button as float element, so that it always stays in a 
      corner of the visible area
    - URL (or PageID) of the faulty page must be transmitted in the text of the 
      error message.
    - Form with the following input fields (Contact Form 7 with the action hooks
      like wpcf7_before_send_mail, …)
       – Subject line (mandatory) – URL (PageID)
      of the faulty page – should be filled in automatically – Name of the sender(
      optional) – E-mail address of the sender (optional) – detailed error description(
      textarea) – Checkbox, with consent to store the data on the server
    - Integration of GitHub’s REST API may require parameters in the plug-in’s settings:
      –
      owner : User under which the repository is created – repo : Name of the repository–
      token : An “access token” for authentication under a predefined user.
    - It would be great, if the user clicks on the button/link to take a screenshot
      of the page, which will be offered to the user in the following form for editing(
      draw markers, cut to parts, …) and which will be transferred as attachment
      to the issue.
 * As you can see, this vision has been going around in my head for a few days now.
   Before I start coding a new PlugIn, I wanted to get some feedback from the community.
    - Is there already something similar?
    - Are there any other approaches you can lean on?
    - …
 * Thanks a lot
    Friedbert
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 *  [Samuel O.](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wpcoworker/)
 * (@wpcoworker)
 * [5 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/looking-a-plugin-to-send-issues-to-github/#post-13633654)
 * This is a good idea. If you want this ASAP then instead of building a plugin 
   you can use Zapier’s Gravity Forms to GitHub integration. When a form is submitted
   a GitHub issue will be created automatically – [https://prnt.sc/vf8e14](https://prnt.sc/vf8e14)
 * Please check this [https://zapier.com/apps/gravity-forms/integrations/github](https://zapier.com/apps/gravity-forms/integrations/github)
 *  Thread Starter [WidiGMX](https://wordpress.org/support/users/widigmx/)
 * (@widigmx)
 * [5 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/looking-a-plugin-to-send-issues-to-github/#post-13640673)
 * Hello Samuel,
    ok, I will let you know as soon as a solution becomes apparent.
   The approach via Gravity Forms you suggested sounds very exciting. I will keep
   that in mind for corresponding projects. The current project, however, is a website
   for a non-profit hiking club. I can’t use a commercial product from external 
   service providers there.
 * Thanks and regards,
    Friedbert

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