diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
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+FROM python:3.8-alpine
+
+LABEL "com.github.actions.name"="AWS Amplify PR Previews for Public Repository"
+LABEL "com.github.actions.description"="This action deploys your AWS Amplify pull request for your public repository"
+LABEL "com.github.actions.icon"="git-commit"
+LABEL "com.github.actions.color"="blue"
+
+LABEL version="0.2"
+LABEL "repository"="https://github.com/yinlinchen/amplify-preview-actions.git"
+LABEL "homepage"="https://github.com/yinlinchen/amplify-preview-actions"
+LABEL maintainer="Yinlin Chen <ylchen@vt.edu>"
+
+ENV AWSCLI_VERSION='1.18.14'
+
+RUN pip install --quiet --no-cache-dir awscli==${AWSCLI_VERSION}
+
+ADD entrypoint.sh /entrypoint.sh
+ENTRYPOINT ["/entrypoint.sh"]
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+# amplify-preview-actions
+
diff --git a/action.yml b/action.yml
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+name: 'amplify-preview-actions'
+description: 'This action builds and deploys your AWS Amplify pull request preview for public repository'
+inputs:
+  branch_name:
+    description: 'GitHub branch name to deploy'
+    required: true
+  aws_cli_version:
+    description: 'version of AWS Cli to use'
+    required: false
+runs:
+  using: 'docker'
+  image: 'Dockerfile'
+  args:
+    - ${{ inputs.branch_name }}
+    - ${{ inputs.aws_cli_version }}
+branding:
+  icon: 'git-commit'
+  color: 'blue'
diff --git a/entrypoint.sh b/entrypoint.sh
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+#!/bin/sh
+
+set -e
+
+if [ -z "$AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID" ] && [ -z "$AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY" ] ; then
+  echo "You must provide the action with both AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID and AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY environment variables in order to deploy"
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+if [ -z "$AWS_REGION" ] ; then
+  AWS_REGION="us-east-1"
+fi
+
+if [ -z "$AmplifyAppId" ] ; then
+  echo "You must provide AmplifyAppId environment variable in order to deploy"
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+if [ -z "$BackendEnvARN" ] ; then
+  echo "You must provide BackendEnvARN environment variable in order to deploy"
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+if [ -z "$1" ] ; then
+  echo "You must provide branch name input parameter in order to deploy"
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+aws configure --profile amplify-preview-actions <<-EOF > /dev/null 2>&1
+${AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID}
+${AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY}
+${AWS_REGION}
+text
+EOF
+
+sh -c "aws amplify create-branch --app-id=${AmplifyAppId} --branch-name=$1  \
+              --backend-environment-arn=${BackendEnvARN} --region=${AWS_REGION}"
+
+sleep 10
+
+sh -c "aws amplify start-job --app-id=${AmplifyAppId} --branch-name=$1 --job-type=RELEASE --region=${AWS_REGION}"
+
+aws configure --profile amplify-preview-actions <<-EOF > /dev/null 2>&1
+null
+null
+null
+text
+EOF
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