Templated from https://github.com/actions/javascript-action
If you are new, there's also a simpler introduction. See the Hello World JavaScript Action
Install the dependencies
npm install
Run the tests ✔️
$ npm test
PASS ./index.test.js
✓ throws invalid number (3ms)
✓ wait 500 ms (504ms)
✓ test runs (95ms)
...
The action.yml defines the inputs and output for your action.
Update the action.yml with your name, description, inputs and outputs for your action.
See the documentation
Most toolkit and CI/CD operations involve async operations so the action is run in an async function.
const core = require('@actions/core');
...
async function run() {
try {
...
}
catch (error) {
core.setFailed(error.message);
}
}
run()
See the toolkit documentation for the various packages.
GitHub Actions will run the entry point from the action.yml. Packaging assembles the code into one file that can be checked in to Git, enabling fast and reliable execution and preventing the need to check in node_modules.
Actions are run from GitHub repos. Packaging the action will create a packaged action in the dist folder.
Run prepare
npm run prepare