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The GitHub Actions ToolKit provides a set of packages to make creating actions easier.

npm install @actions/core

🏃 @actions/exec

npm install @actions/exec

🍨 @actions/glob

npm install @actions/glob

☎️ @actions/http-client

npm install @actions/http-client

✏️ @actions/io

npm install @actions/io

🔨 @actions/tool-cache

See @actions/cache for caching workflow dependencies.

npm install @actions/tool-cache

@actions/github

npm install @actions/github

💾 @actions/artifact

npm install @actions/artifact

🎯 @actions/cache

npm install @actions/cache

🔏 @actions/attest

npm install @actions/attest

Creating an Action with the Toolkit

❓ Choosing an action type

Outlines the differences and why you would want to create a JavaScript or a container based action.

Actions are downloaded and run from the GitHub graph of repos. This contains guidance for versioning actions and safe releases.

Problem Matchers are a way to scan the output of actions for a specified regex pattern and surface that information prominently in the UI.

Self-hosted runners can be configured to run behind proxy servers.

Illustrates how to create a simple hello world javascript action.

... const nameToGreet = core.getInput('who-to-greet'); console.log(Hello ${nameToGreet}!); ...

JavaScript Action Walkthrough

Walkthrough and template for creating a JavaScript Action with tests, linting, workflow, publishing, and versioning.

async function run() { try { const ms = core.getInput('milliseconds'); console.log(Waiting ${ms} milliseconds ...) ...

PASS ./index.test.js ✓ throws invalid number ✓ wait 500 ms ✓ test runs

Test Suites: 1 passed, 1 total Tests: 3 passed, 3 total

TypeScript Action Walkthrough

Walkthrough creating a TypeScript Action with compilation, tests, linting, workflow, publishing, and versioning.

import * as core from '@actions/core';

async function run() { try { const ms = core.getInput('milliseconds'); console.log(Waiting ${ms} milliseconds ...) ...

PASS ./index.test.js ✓ throws invalid number ✓ wait 500 ms ✓ test runs

Test Suites: 1 passed, 1 total Tests: 3 passed, 3 total

Docker Action Walkthrough

Create an action that is delivered as a container and run with docker.

FROM alpine:3.10 COPY LICENSE README.md / COPY entrypoint.sh /entrypoint.sh ENTRYPOINT ["/entrypoint.sh"]

Docker Action Walkthrough with Octokit

Create an action that is delivered as a container which uses the toolkit. This example uses the GitHub context to construct an Octokit client.

FROM node:slim COPY . . RUN npm install --production ENTRYPOINT ["node", "/lib/main.js"]

const myInput = core.getInput('myInput'); core.debug(Hello ${myInput} from inside a container);

const context = github.context; console.log(We can even get context data, like the repo: ${context.repo.repo})

Note

Thank you for your interest in this GitHub repo, however, right now we are not taking contributions.

We continue to focus our resources on strategic areas that help our customers be successful while making developers' lives easier. While GitHub Actions remains a key part of this vision, we are allocating resources towards other areas of Actions and are not taking contributions to this repository at this time. The GitHub public roadmap is the best place to follow along for any updates on features we’re working on and what stage they’re in.

We are taking the following steps to better direct requests related to GitHub Actions, including:

We will be directing questions and support requests to our Community Discussions area

High Priority bugs can be reported through Community Discussions or you can report these to our support team https://support.github.com/contact/bug-report.

Security Issues should be handled as per our security.md.

We will still provide security updates for this project and fix major breaking changes during this time.

You are welcome to still raise bugs in this repo.