Use enums for the action field in GitHub Webhooks
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Description
## Issue Description:
Many GitHub webhooks contain the action field, which is enumerated. For example, in the [GitHub documentation for webhook payloads and events](https://docs.github.com/en/webhooks/webhook-events-and-payloads#check_run), the check_run event includes an action property that can take on values such as "completed", "created", "requested_action", and "rerequested". However, in the library, these fields are currently represented as free-form strings. In my opinion, making these enums would be more user-friendly.
## Proposed Solution
A rudimentary example of how this can be done is as follows ([go play ground link](https://goplay.tools/snippet/gBqRSMGO0Px))
```go
package main
import (
"encoding/json"
"fmt"
)
type ChecRunAction string
const (
CheckRunCreated ChecRunAction = "created"
CheckRunRequested ChecRunAction = "requested"
CheckRunRerequested ChecRunAction = "rerequested"
CheckRunRequestedAction ChecRunAction = "requested_action"
)
func main() {
jsonStr := `{"hi": "created"}`
var v struct {
A ChecRunAction `json:"hi"`
}
json.Unmarshal([]byte(jsonStr), &v)
fmt.Println(v)
}
```
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