How to convert a project card into an issue

[mirusky]

Describe your feature idea

In github front end we have an option to change projects notes to issues and it's call https://github.com/{usernameOrOrganization}/{repository}/projects/{project_number}/notes/{note_id}/convert_to_issue

Is possible to add a programatic way to do that?

I'm developing a new Github App who will manage and add some new features to project board, eg. create a new branch when a card is moved from todo to in progress and then send a email/discord message with commands to user fetch this branch and at the same time "expose" a new work to be done. And another things ...

Describe the problem you are facing

There is no programatic way to github app change a note to issue as easier than github frontend and without lost user information.

Describe the workarounds you tried so far and how they worked for you

I'm currently using Probot as Github App, and I'm using this workaround to solve it:

app.on("project_card.moved", async (context) => {
    const card = (await context.octokit.projects.getCard({ card_id: context.payload.project_card.id })).data

    // @ts-ignore
    const fron = (await context.octokit.projects.getColumn({ column_id: context.payload.changes.column_id.from })).data
    const to = (await context.octokit.projects.getColumn({ column_id: context.payload.project_card.column_id })).data

    if (!card.content_url) { // Check if card is an issue
      const body: String[] = []
      card.note.split('\n').forEach((item, i) => {
        if (i !== 0) body.push(item);
      })

      // create a new issue 
      const issue = (await context.octokit.issues.create({
        owner: context.payload.repository.owner.login,
        title: card.note.split('\n')[0],
        repo: context.payload.repository.name,
        body: body.length > 1 ? body.join("\n") : undefined,
      })).data

      // create a new card with issue ref
      await context.octokit.projects.createCard({
        content_type: "Issue",
        content_id: issue.id,
        column_id: to.id,
      })
 
      // delete the old card
      await context.octokit.projects.deleteCard({card_id: card.id})
    }

}

the problem is the issue is now created by the Github App not by the user. So I need to put a "creator" reference in the body of the issue

[gr2m]

There doesn't seem to be a REST API endpoint to convert a project card to an issue, but a GraphQL Mutation: convertProjectCardNoteToIssue

await octokit.graphql(`
  mutation ($cardId: ID!, $repositoryId: ID!, $title: String, $body: String) {
    convertProjectCardNoteToIssue(input: {projectCardId: $cardId, repositoryId: $repositoryId, title: $title, body: $body}) {
      clientMutationId
    }
  }
`, {
  projectCardId: context.payload.project_card.node_id,
  repositoryId: context.payload.repository.node_id,
  // optional
  title: 'new issue title', // defaults to card content
  body: 'new issue description'
})

Does that work for you?

[mirusky]

I will try it. I'm afraid of loss the original creator of the card, but it's seen ok.