tomevault-io Fetch GitHub Actions Run Logs
Finding the run ID
If no run ID is provided, list recent runs:
gh run list --limit 5
The run ID is the numeric ID in the output (second to last column).
Downloading logs
REPO=$(gh repo view --json nameWithOwner -q .nameWithOwner)
curl -L \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $GITHUB_TOKEN" \
-H "Accept: application/vnd.github+json" \
"https://api.github.com/repos/$REPO/actions/runs/<RUN_ID>/logs" \
-o /tmp/gh_logs.zip
Extracting and displaying logs
rm -rf /tmp/gh_logs && unzip -o /tmp/gh_logs.zip -d /tmp/gh_logs/
Then read the relevant log files from /tmp/gh_logs/ to show the user what happened.
Getting logs for a specific job
curl -L \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $GITHUB_TOKEN" \
-H "Accept: application/vnd.github+json" \
"https://api.github.com/repos/$REPO/actions/jobs/<JOB_ID>/logs" \
-o /tmp/gh_job.log
The job endpoint returns plain text instead of a zip.
Source: finbarrtimbers/llamax — distributed by TomeVault.