Get github action current job id

GitHub official has not provide access to the job id by using existing API.

This tool could help you to get job id easier.

Usage

Pre-requisites

Create a workflow *.yml file in your repositories .github/workflows directory.

Example-1 Get a single job id

jobs:
  get-job-id: 
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    name: 'SET-A-NEW-NAME' # change SET-A-NEW-NAME
    steps:
    - name: set id
      id: set-job-id
      uses: ayachensiyuan/get-action-job-id@v1.6
      env: 
    	  GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
      with:
        job-name: 'SET-A-NEW-NAME' # must be the same as 'get-job-id.name' 

    # get id     
    - name: get id
      run: echo "The current job id is ${{ steps.set-job-id.outputs.jobId }}"

Example-2 Get bulk of job-ids

jobs:
  get-job-id: 
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    strategy:
      matrix:
        cases: ['case1', 'case2', 'case3', 'case4'] # matrix cases
    name: ${{ matrix.cases }} 
    steps:
    - name: set id
      id: set-job-id
      uses: ayachensiyuan/get-action-job-id@v1.6
      env: 
    	  GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
      with:
        job-name: ${{ matrix.cases }} # must be the same as 'get-job-id.name' 

    # get id     
    - name: get id
      run: echo "The current job id is ${{ steps.set-job-id.outputs.jobId }}"

⚠️ Make sure 'name' field value must be the same as 'job-name' field value. And name must be unique name.

License

The scripts and documentation in this project are released under the MIT License.