GitHub Action
File Reader
v1.0.0
Latest version
GitHub Action to read the contents of a file
This is a GitHub Action to read the contents of a file. Give it a path to a file and it provides you with the file's contents, accessible through an output variable.
The following example workflow step will read the contents of the package.json file.
- name: "Read file contents"
uses: andstor/file-reader-action@v1
with:
path: "package.json"The following input variables options can/must be configured:
| Input variable | Necessity | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
path |
Required | the path to the file to read. | |
encoding |
Optional | the encoding of the file to read. | utf8 |
contents: The contents of the file.
name: "Read file contents"
on: [push, pull_request]
jobs:
file_contents:
runs-on: ubuntu-latest
steps:
- name: Checkout code
uses: actions/checkout@v1
- name: Read file contents
id: read_file
uses: andstor/file-reader-action@v1
with:
path: "package.json"
- name: File contents
run: echo "${ steps.read_file.outputs.contents }"Copyright © 2020 André Storhaug
file-reader-action is licensed under the MIT License.