script-action

An alternative to the official github-script action, with some additional features.

Usage

See action.yml.

- uses: silverlyra/[email protected]
  with:
    # JavaScript source to run (or a script filename)
    script: >
      console.log("Hello, world!");

    # Input data to pass into your script
    input: 'null'

    # If "json", `input` will be parsed as JSON.
    # If "string", your script will see the literal string value of `input`.
    input-encoding: 'json'

    # If "json", the script's return value will be JSON-encoded.
    # If "string", the script's return value will be output as a string.
    result-encoding: 'json'

    # Directory to change into
    cwd: '.'

    github-token: ${{ github.token }}

Script

The JavaScript passed as the script input will have the following values predefined:

• input: The input passed to the action, via with:
• env: An object containing all environment variables (process.env)

Scripts also have access to some helper functions:

• fetch: The fetch function
• readEvent: Read the GitHub event JSON file off of disk; return the event name and its data
• shell: Spawn a process and (optionally) capture its output

These packages are also available:

• fs: The Node.js fs/promises module
• path: The Node.js path module
• artifact: The @actions/artifact NPM package
• chalk: The chalk NPM package
• core: The @actions/core NPM package
• exec: The @actions/exec NPM package
• glob: The @actions/glob NPM package
• io: The @actions/io NPM package