yaml - Trigger GitHub action manually and on schedule

Question

I want to trigger GitHub action manually and on schedule but the following code produces and error

name: Update data

on: 
   workflow_dispatch
   schedule:
     - cron: "0 5 */30 * *"

I'm searching for the solution how to do it correctly and have both options.

question from:https://stackoverflow.com/questions/66059857/trigger-github-action-manually-and-on-schedule

Answer 1

you need a colon after workflow_dispatch.

name: Update data

on: 
   workflow_dispatch:
   schedule:
     - cron: "0 5 */30 * *"