discord_release_notification.yml

name: Discord Release Notification

on:
  release:
    types: [published]

jobs:
  notify-discord:
    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
    steps:
    - name: Send Notification to Discord
      env:
        DISCORD_WEBHOOK: ${{ secrets.DISCORD_WEBHOOK }}
      # We truncate the description at the models section (starting with ### Models)
      # to keep the message short.
      # We have also have to format the release description for it to be valid JSON.
      # This is done by piping the description to jq.
      run: |
          DESCRIPTION=$(echo '${{ github.event.release.body }}' | awk '/### Models/{exit}1' | jq -aRs .)
          curl -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
               -X POST \
               -d @- \
               "${DISCORD_WEBHOOK}" << EOF
          {
            "username": "Lightly",
            "avatar_url": "https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/50146475",
            "content": "Lightly ${{ github.event.release.tag_name }} has been released!",
            "embeds": [
              {
                "title": "${{ github.event.release.name }}",
                "url": "${{ github.event.release.html_url }}",
                "color": 5814783,
                "description": $DESCRIPTION
              }
            ]
          }
          EOF