Use this template to bootstrap the creation of a JavaScript action. 🚀
This template includes compilation support, tests, a validation workflow, publishing, and versioning guidance.
If you are new, there's also a simpler introduction in the Hello world JavaScript action repository.
To create your own action, you can use this repository as a template! Just follow the below instructions:
After you've cloned the repository to your local machine or codespace, you'll need to perform some initial setup steps before you can develop your action.
Note
You'll need to have a reasonably modern version of Node.js handy. If you are using a version manager like nodenv
or nvm
, you can run nodenv install
in the root of your repository to install the version specified in package.json
. Otherwise, 20.x or later should work!
🛠️ Install the dependencies
🏗️ Package the JavaScript for distribution
✅ Run the tests
$ npm test PASS ./index.test.js ✓ throws invalid number (3ms) ✓ wait 500 ms (504ms) ✓ test runs (95ms) ...
The action.yml
file defines metadata about your action, such as input(s) and output(s). For details about this file, see Metadata syntax for GitHub Actions.
When you copy this repository, update action.yml
with the name, description, inputs, and outputs for your action.
The src/
directory is the heart of your action! This contains the source code that will be run when your action is invoked. You can replace the contents of this directory with your own code.
There are a few things to keep in mind when writing your action code:
Most GitHub Actions toolkit and CI/CD operations are processed asynchronously. In main.js
, you will see that the action is run in an async
function.
const core = require('@actions/core') //... async function run() { try { //... } catch (error) { core.setFailed(error.message) } }
For more information about the GitHub Actions toolkit, see the documentation.
So, what are you waiting for? Go ahead and start customizing your action!
Create a new branch
git checkout -b releases/v1
Replace the contents of src/
with your action code
Add tests to __tests__/
for your source code
Format, test, and build the action
This step is important! It will run
ncc
to build the final JavaScript action code with all dependencies included. If you do not run this step, your action will not work correctly when it is used in a workflow. This step also includes the--license
option forncc
, which will create a license file for all of the production node modules used in your project.
(Optional) Test your action locally
The @github/local-action
utility can be used to test your action locally. It is a simple command-line tool that "stubs" (or simulates) the GitHub Actions Toolkit. This way, you can run your JavaScript action locally without having to commit and push your changes to a repository.
The local-action
utility can be run in the following ways:
Visual Studio Code Debugger
Make sure to review and, if needed, update .vscode/launch.json
Terminal/Command Prompt
# npx @github/local action <action-yaml-path> <entrypoint> <dotenv-file> npx @github/local-action . src/main.js .env
You can provide a .env
file to the local-action
CLI to set environment variables used by the GitHub Actions Toolkit. For example, setting inputs and event payload data used by your action. For more information, see the example file, .env.example
, and the GitHub Actions Documentation.
Commit your changes
git add . git commit -m "My first action is ready!"
Push them to your repository
git push -u origin releases/v1
Create a pull request and get feedback on your action
Merge the pull request into the main
branch
Your action is now published! 🚀
For information about versioning your action, see Versioning in the GitHub Actions toolkit.
You can now validate the action by referencing it in a workflow file. For example, ci.yml
demonstrates how to reference an action in the same repository.
steps: - name: Checkout id: checkout uses: actions/checkout@v4 - name: Test Local Action id: test-action uses: ./ with: milliseconds: 1000 - name: Print Output id: output run: echo "${{ steps.test-action.outputs.time }}"
For example workflow runs, check out the Actions tab! 🚀
After testing, you can create version tag(s) that developers can use to reference different stable versions of your action. For more information, see Versioning in the GitHub Actions toolkit.
To include the action in a workflow in another repository, you can use the uses
syntax with the @
symbol to reference a specific branch, tag, or commit hash.
steps: - name: Checkout id: checkout uses: actions/checkout@v4 - name: Run my Action id: run-action uses: actions/javascript-action@v1 # Commit with the `v1` tag with: milliseconds: 1000 - name: Print Output id: output run: echo "${{ steps.run-action.outputs.time }}"Dependency License Management
This template includes a GitHub Actions workflow, licensed.yml
, that uses Licensed to check for dependencies with missing or non-compliant licenses. This workflow is initially disabled. To enable the workflow, follow the below steps.
Open licensed.yml
Uncomment the following lines:
# pull_request: # branches: # - main # push: # branches: # - main
Save and commit the changes
Once complete, this workflow will run any time a pull request is created or changes pushed directly to main
. If the workflow detects any dependencies with missing or non-compliant licenses, it will fail the workflow and provide details on the issue(s) found.
Whenever you install or update dependencies, you can use the Licensed CLI to update the licenses database. To install Licensed, see the project's Readme.
To update the cached licenses, run the following command:
To check the status of cached licenses, run the following command:
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