Follow up from https://github.com/garronej/github_actions_toolkit

src/dispatch_event.ts

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+import { getActionParamsFactory } from "./inputHelper";
+import { createOctokit } from "./tools/createOctokit";
+
+export const { getActionParams } = getActionParamsFactory({
+    "inputNameSubset": [
+        "owner", 
+        "repo", 
+        "event_type",
+        "client_payload_json",
+        "github_token"
+    ] as const
+});
+
+export type Params = ReturnType<typeof getActionParams>;
+
+
+type CoreLike = {
+    debug: (message: string) => void;
+};
+
+export async function action(
+    _actionName: "dispatch_event",
+    params: Params,
+    core: CoreLike
+) {
+
+    const { owner, repo, event_type, client_payload_json, github_token } = params;
+
+    core.debug(JSON.stringify({ _actionName, params }));
+
+
+    const octokit = createOctokit({ github_token });
+
+    await octokit.repos.createDispatchEvent({
+        owner,
+        repo,
+        event_type,
+        
+        ...(!!client_payload_json ?
+            { "client_payload": JSON.parse(client_payload_json) } :
+            {}
+        )
+    });
+
+
+
+}