From 4418551f1d85d7528c8953aa54f7b8b3a7d2871d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: JJ Merelo <jjmerelo@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 6 Sep 2019 09:15:54 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Adds example with use of github object

---
 README.md | 26 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 26 insertions(+)

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 9f244cb..767fd3d 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -92,3 +92,29 @@ jobs:
 
             await github.issues.createComment({...context.issue, body: 'Welcome, new contributor!'})
 ```
+
+### Download data from an URL
+
+You can use the `github` object to access the octokit API. For
+instance, `github.request`
+
+```
+on:
+  pull_request
+
+jobs:
+  diff:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/github-script@0.2.0
+        with:
+          github-token: ${{github.token}}
+          script: |
+            const diff_url = context.payload.pull_request.diff_url
+            const result = await github.request( diff_url )
+            console.log( result )
+
+```
+
+This will print the full diff object in the screen; `result.data` will
+contain the actual diff text.