Is there is the way to pass variable with "map type" ?
For example is it possible to do something like below:
jobs:
docker_build_and_push:
uses: test/test/.github/workflows/matrixDocker.yml@main
with:
# Docker image name
service_name: nesso
tags: {"nginx":"new", "api":"old"} <<<<<< ????
Unfortunately, this is not possible yet. As I wrote in a previous answer, the only supported input types for actions are string | number | boolean (schema: with ref: definitions/env).
So the workaround would be either you pass multiple arguments to your action, or you pass them as a JSON string then you parse it with jq (if your action uses shell/bash).
And here are these example workarounds:
Simply add more inputs to your action instead of one input of type map:
name: 'Hello World'
description: 'Greet someone'
inputs:
greeting-word:
description: What to say
required: false
default: Hello
who-to-greet:
description: 'Who to greet'
required: true
something-else:
description: Something else to say
required: false
default: ""
runs:
using: "composite"
steps:
- name: Greet!
shell: bash
run: echo "${{ inputs.greeting-word }} ${{ inputs.who-to-greet }} ${{ inputs.something-else }}"
Then just pass them form your workflow file
- name: Greet
uses: ./.github/actions/my-action
with:
greeting-word: Hallo
who-to-greet: Bob
Workflow file:
- name: Greet
uses: ./.github/actions/my-action
with:
greeting-args: '{"greeting-word": "Hello", "who-to-greet": "Bob"}'
The action
name: 'Hello World'
description: 'Greet someone'
inputs:
greeting-args:
required: true
description: Greeting arguments
runs:
using: "composite"
steps:
- name: Greet!
shell: bash
run: |
MY_INPUT='${{ inputs.greeting-args }}'
GREETING_WORD=$(echo $MY_INPUT | jq -r '."greeting-word"')
WHO_TO_GREET=$(echo $MY_INPUT | jq -r '."who-to-greet"')
echo "${GREETING_WORD} ${WHO_TO_GREET}"
This approach is used by actions like actions/upload-artifact
- uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
with:
name: my-artifact
path: |
path/output/bin/
path/output/test-results
!path/**/*.tmp
And google-github-actions/get-secretmanager-secrets
- id: 'secrets'
uses: 'google-github-actions/get-secretmanager-secrets@v1'
with:
secrets: |-
token:my-project/docker-registry-token
anotherOne:my-project/a-secret
anotherOneToo:my-project/another-secret
i.e you just need to read these lines and split your map's key/values
A matrix strategy allows map inputs so you can workaround this limitation like this
jobs:
map-sample:
name: Test map inputs
runs-on: ubuntu-latest
strategy:
matrix:
configuration: [{tags: {nginx: "new", api: "old"}, service_name: "nesso"}]
steps:
- name: Check Inputs
run: |
echo "Inputs are Nginx: ${{ matrix.configuration.tags.nginx }} API: ${{ matrix.configuration.tags.api }}"
echo "Service: ${{ matrix.configuration.service_name }}"
