I'm creating my first GitHub action and I can't figure out why the output is empty.
action.yml
name: "Run Endtest functional tests"
description: "Register a deployment event with Endtest and run the functional tests"
branding:
icon: play-circle
color: white
inputs:
app_id:
description: 'The Endtest App ID for your account. You can get it from the https://endtest.io/settings page.'
required: true
app_code:
description: 'The Endtest App Code for your account. You can get it from the https://endtest.io/settings page.'
required: true
api_request:
description: 'The Endtest API request for starting the test execution.'
required: true
number_of_loops:
description: 'The number of times the API request for fetching the results will be sent once every 30 seconds.'
required: true
outputs:
test_suite_name:
description: "The name of the test suite"
configuration:
description: "The configuration of the machine or mobile device on which the test was executed"
test_cases:
description: "The number of test cases"
passed:
description: "The number of assertions that have passed"
failed:
description: "The number of assertions that have failed"
errors:
description: "The number of errors that have been encountered"
start_time:
description: "The timestamp for the start of the test execution."
end_time:
description: "The timestamp for the end of the test execution."
#detailed_logs:
#description: "The detailed logs for the test execution"
#screenshots_and_video:
#description: "The URLs for the screenshts and video recordings of the test execution"
runs:
using: "composite"
steps:
- run: sudo apt-get install jq
shell: bash
- run: sudo chmod +x ${{ github.action_path }}/test.sh
shell: bash
- run: echo "${{ inputs.api_request }}"
shell: bash
- run: ${{ github.action_path }}/test.sh ${{ inputs.app_id }} ${{ inputs.app_code }} "${{ inputs.api_request }}" ${{ inputs.number_of_loops }}
shell: bash
test.sh
#!/bin/bash
set -e
hash=$(curl -X GET --header "Accept: */*" "${3}")
for run in {1.."${4}"}
do
sleep 30
result=$(curl -X GET --header "Accept: */*" "https://endtest.io/api.php?action=getResults&appId=${1}&appCode=${2}&hash=${hash}&format=json")
if [ "$result" == "Test is still running." ]
then
status=$result
# Don't print anything
elif [ "$result" == "Processing video recording." ]
then
status=$result
# Don't print anything
elif [ "$result" == "Stopping." ]
then
status=$result
elif [ "$result" == "Erred." ]
then
status=$result
echo $status
elif [ "$result" == "" ]
then
status=$result
# Don't print anything
else
testsuitename=$( echo "$result" | jq '.test_suite_name' )
configuration=$( echo "$result" | jq '.configuration' )
testcases=$( echo "$result" | jq '.test_cases' )
passed=$( echo "$result" | jq '.passed' )
failed=$( echo "$result" | jq '.failed' )
errors=$( echo "$result" | jq '.errors' )
#detailedlogs=$( echo "$result" | jq '.detailed_logs' )
#screenshotsandvideo=$( echo "$result" | jq '.screenshots_and_video' )
starttime=$( echo "$result" | jq '.start_time' )
endtime=$( echo "$result" | jq '.end_time' )
echo $testsuitename
echo $configuration
echo $testcases
echo $passed
echo $failed
echo $errors
echo $starttime
echo $endtime
echo "::set-output name=test_suite_name::$testsuitename"
echo "::set-output name=configuration::$configuration"
echo "::set-output name=test_cases::$testcases"
echo "::set-output name=passed::$passed"
echo "::set-output name=failed::$failed"
echo "::set-output name=errors::$errors"
echo "::set-output name=start_time::$starttime"
echo "::set-output name=end_time::$endtime"
#echo "::set-output name=detailed_logs::$detailedlogs"
#echo "::set-output name=screenshots_and_video::$screenshotsandvideo"
exit 0
fi
done
exit
I've published that action on the GitHub Marketplace and I'm trying to use it / test it from another repository like this:
main.yml
name: CI
on:
push:
branches: [ master ]
pull_request:
branches: [ master ]
jobs:
build:
runs-on: ubuntu-latest
steps:
- uses: actions/checkout@v2
- name: Run a one-line script
run: echo Hello, world!
- name: Run Endtest functional tests
id: endtest_functional_tests
uses: endtest-technologies/[email protected]
with:
app_id: "85205402"
app_code: "79973826"
api_request: "https://endtest.io/api.php?action=runTestSuite&appId=85205402&appCode=79973826&testSuite=106877&selectedPlatform=windows&selectedOs=a&selectedBrowser=chrome&selectedResolution=d&selectedLocation=sanfrancisco&selectedCases=491130&writtenAdditionalNotes="
number_of_loops: 6
- name: Get the test suite name output
run: echo "${{ steps.endtest_functional_tests.outputs.test_suite_name }}"
- name: Get the configuration output
run: echo "${{ steps.endtest_functional_tests.outputs.configuration }}"
- name: Get multiple outputs
run: |
echo "${{ steps.endtest_functional_tests.outputs.test_suite_name }}"
echo "${{ steps.endtest_functional_tests.outputs.configuration }}"
Looking at the logs from the build. I can see that my action is successfully called, the API request starts, I can see the output which is printed out until the part with ::set-output.
And the outputs generated by my GitHub action are empty.
I would really appreciate some help on this one, since I've been trying to make it work for the last 2 days.
From what I read, it should be possible to use the ::set-output from a .sh file, like this person did in this article.
You're just setting the outputs of the last step of your action but not the action's outputs.
You have to set the
valueof your action's outputs using the output of the step (as per https://docs.github.com/en/actions/creating-actions/metadata-syntax-for-github-actions#outputs-for-composite-actions).