Github Readme Learn Section - Github Action

Automatically update your github README with data fetched from a notion database

Configuration

Option	Description	Required	Default
database_id	Set this to the id of your remote notion database	true	-
token_v2	Set this to your notion token_v2 (Required only for private databases)	false	-

Usage

In Repository File

1. Add the following content to your README.md

## What I know so far

<!--START_SECTION:learn-->
<!--END_SECTION:learn-->

2. Configure the workflow

name: 'Github Readme Updater'
on:
  workflow_dispatch:
  schedule:
    - cron: '0 0 * * *' # Runs Every Day
jobs:
  update_learn:
    name: 'Update learn section'
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - name: 'Fetching Repository Contents'
        uses: actions/checkout@main
      - name: 'Learn Section Updater'
        uses: 'devorein/github-readme-learn-section-notion@master'
        with:
          database_id: '6626c1ebc5a44db78e3f2fe285171ab7'
          token_v2: ${{ secrets.NOTION_TOKEN_V2 }} # Required only if your database is private

TIP: You can test out using this template that I've created, or this repo.

In your notion account

1. Create a full page database

NOTE: Your database must maintain the following structure/schema

Name	Type	Required	Default	Description	Value	Example
Name	title	true	-	The name of the item you've learnt	Must be a valid icon from https://simple-icons.github.io/simple-icons-website	React, Typescript
Category	select	true	-	The category under which the item falls	Any string	Language, Library
Color	text	false	black	Background Color of the badge	Any keyword color or hex value without alpha and #	red,00ff00
Base64	text	false	""	Custom base64 of the svg logo	Any base64 encoded svg	data:image/svg%2bxml;base64,PHN2ZyB4b...

2. Get the id of the database

3. Add it in workflow file

with:
  database_id: '6626c1ebc5a44db78e3f2fe285171ab7'

Follow the rest of the steps only if your database is not public, if its public you don't need to set the token_v2

To make your database public

1. Navigate to the database in your notion account
2. Click on Share at the top right corner
3. Click on Share to Web button.

1. Get your notion token_v2

NOTE: By no means should you share or expose your notion token_v2. If you feel like you've done so accidentally, immediately log out from that account in all of your devices.

Follow the steps below to obtain your token_v2:

1. Open up the devtools of your preferred browser.
2. Go to the Application > Cookies section.
3. There you'll find a token_v2 cookie.

NOTE: Its highly recommended to store your token_v2 as a github secret rather than pasting it in your workflow file. And if you want to embed it in your workflow file make sure unauthorized sources can't access/view it.

2. Create a github secret to store token_v2

1. navigate to the url https://github.com/<USERNAME>/<REPO-NAME>/settings/secrets/actions
2. Click on New repository secret
3. You can name your secret as anything you want
4. Paste the token_v2 value in the Value textarea
5. Use the secret in your workflow file

with:
  token_v2: ${{ secrets.NOTION_TOKEN_V2 }} # The secret was named NOTION_TOKEN_V2

Outcome

If you follow all the steps properly your readme should look something like this.

Feel free to submit a pull request or open a new issue, contributions are more than welcome !!!