How to find the user details with the default GITHUB_TOKEN in GitHub Actions?

[retzero]

Hello.

There exist default GITHUB_TOKEN secrets which can be used during the workflows run.
https://docs.github.com/en/actions/security-guides/automatic-token-authentication#about-the-github_token-secret

How can I retrieve user information from this token?

I've tried this api but it is not working as expected...

curl -H "Authorization: Bearer ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}" https://api.github.com/user

{
  "message": "Resource not accessible by integration",
  "documentation_url": "https://docs.github.com/rest/actions#get-github-actions-permissions-for-an-organization"
}

[enescakir]

What do you mean by 'user information'? If you're looking to identify who initiated the workflow, you can use the GitHub context or environment variable in the workflow.

    echo "$GITHUB_ACTOR"
    echo "${{ github.actor }}"

[enescakir]

You can also obtain workflow_job details, which include a variety of data, by sending a request to Get a workflow run

curl -H "Authorization: Bearer ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}" https://api.github.com/repos/$GITHUB_REPOSITORY/actions/runs/$GITHUB_RUN_ID