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GitHub Actions job_id parser

v1.1.0

GitHub Actions job_id parser

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GitHub Actions job_id parser

GitHub Action to get the current workflow run's job_id

Installation

Copy and paste the following snippet into your .yml file.

 
              
- name: GitHub Actions job_id parser

              
  uses: Tiryoh/[email protected]
Learn more about this action in Tiryoh/gha-jobid-action

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GitHub Actions job_id parser

GitHub Action to get the current workflow run's job_id

This GitHub Action depends on the GitHub REST API Version: 2022-11-28.

https://docs.github.com/ja/rest/actions/workflow-jobs?apiVersion=2022-11-28

Inputs

github_token

Required GITHUB_TOKEN to use GitHub API

Simply, just specify ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}.

job_name

Required jobs.<job-id>.name of tartget workflow jobs

If no name specified, use jobs.<job-id> instead. Note that <job-id> != job_id.
If you are using this actions with matrix workflow, check the example section.

jobs:
  my_first_job:         # this is jobs.<job-id>
    name: My first job  # this is jobs.<job-id>.name
  my_second_job:        # this is jobs.<job-id>
    name: My second job # this is jobs.<job-id>.name

repository

target GitHub repository

default: ${GITHUB_REPOSITORY}

run_id

run_id of target workflow run

default: ${GITHUB_RUN_ID}

per_page

Results per page (max 100) of target workflow run

default: 30

https://docs.github.com/en/rest/actions/workflow-jobs?apiVersion=2022-11-28#list-jobs-for-a-workflow-run-attempt--parameters

If there are more than 30 jobs for the target workflow, set this parameter.

Outputs

job_id

job_id of target workflow jobs

html_url

html_url of target workflow jobs

Permissions

The job using this GitHub Actions must have the actions:read permission.

Example usage

Simple example 1

name: CI
on:
  push:
permissions:
  actions: read
  contents: read # required by actions/checkout
jobs:
  build:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - name: Checkout action
        uses: actions/checkout@v4
      - name: Some Scripts
        run: echo "do something here"
      - name: Get Current Job Log URL
        uses: Tiryoh/gha-jobid-action@v1
        id: jobs
        with:
          github_token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
          job_name: "build" # input job.<job-id>
          #job_name: "${{ github.job }}"  # if job.<job-id>.name is not specified, this works too
      - name: Output Current Job Log URL
        run: echo ${{ steps.jobs.outputs.html_url }}

Simple example 2

name: CI
on:
  push:
permissions:
  actions: read
  contents: read # required by actions/checkout
jobs:
  build:
    name: Build and Test
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - name: Checkout action
        uses: actions/checkout@v4
      - name: Some Scripts
        run: echo "do something here"
      - name: Get Current Job Log URL
        uses: Tiryoh/gha-jobid-action@v1
        id: jobs
        with:
          github_token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
          job_name: "Build and Test" # input job.<job-id>.name here. job.<job-id> won't works.
      - name: Output Current Job Log URL
        run: echo ${{ steps.jobs.outputs.html_url }}

Matrix example

name: CI
on:
  push:
permissions:
  actions: read
  contents: read # required by actions/checkout
jobs:
  build:
    strategy:
      matrix:
        distro: [alpha, beta, gamma]
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - name: Checkout action
        uses: actions/checkout@v4
      - name: Some Scripts
        run: echo "do something here ${{ matrix.distro }}"
      - name: Get Current Job Log URL
        uses: Tiryoh/gha-jobid-action@v1
        id: jobs
        with:
          github_token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
          job_name: "build (${{ matrix.distro }})" # input job.<job-id>.name and matrix here.
          per_page: 50 # input matrix size here if it is larger than 30
      - name: Output Current Job Log URL
        run: echo ${{ steps.jobs.outputs.html_url }}

Contributors

Special Thanks

Contributions are always welcome!

License

Copyright (c) 2020-2023 Daisuke Sato

This repository is licensed under the MIT License, see LICENSE.
Unless attributed otherwise, everything in this repository is licensed under the MIT license.