Github apps: Securing webhooks with Python in Flask

Posted on Wed 15 January 2020 in github apps • Tagged with python, flask, github, conveyor, webdev, webhooks

Once you have your Github webhooks working you will want to add a bit of security to make sure that the requests are actually coming from Github. One way to do this is to verify the signature Github sends matches the digest of the message.

Here is an example of …


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Github apps: Receiving webhooks with Flask

Posted on Tue 14 January 2020 in github apps • Tagged with python, flask, github, conveyor, webdev, webhooks

Once you have your Github app created you can start receiving webhooks when events occur.

If you want to test this locally you can use an ngrok.io address to route the request to your local computer. Instructions on how to do that can be found at https://developer.github …


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Deleting a single certbot certificate

Posted on Thu 10 October 2019 in github apps • Tagged with webdev, certbot, letsencrypt

# run the following command 
certbot delete --cert-name domain.com

Why would you want to do this? In my case I had created certificates for www.conveyor.dev and conveyor.dev. I decided to use a redirect for traffic to conveyor.dev to www.conveyor.dev, by doing that the certbot …


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Github apps: Creating and installing an app with Flask

Posted on Sat 21 September 2019 in github apps • Tagged with python, flask, github, conveyor, webdev, webhooks

Create a Github app to integrate with Github

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Using a Github app is the preferred way integrate with Github. By creating a Github app you can give your users more granular control of what you have access to. By transitioning Conveyor.dev to use a Github app the level of …


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