Create GitHub issues from email, using Webscript and Postmark

email.lua

local ACCESS_TOKEN = 'YOUR_PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN'
local USERNAME = 'YOUR_GITHUB_USERNAME'

-- import Microlight lua library
local ml = require('mbmccormick/Microlight/ml.lua')

-- parse inbound request from Postmark service
local data = json.parse(request.body)

local subject = data.Subject
local body = data.TextBody

-- parse subjects like 'Milkman Error Report'
local parts = ml.split(subject)

local repository = parts[1]

-- trim the issue title to the first 140 characters
local title = body
title = string.sub(title, 1, 140)

-- create issue on GitHub
local response = http.request {
  url = 'https://api.github.com/repos/' .. USERNAME .. '/' .. repository .. '/issues',
  method = 'POST',
  data = json.stringify({ 
    title = title,
    body = body
  }),
  auth = {
    ACCESS_TOKEN,
    'x-oauth-basic'
  }
}