Run jq

Run jq on your data and get result as output

Inputs

`cmd`

Required This is the actual command that will be passed along

`multiline`

Optional. Default false.

Value	Behavior
true	Multiple lines of output will be captured. Useful for capturing lists.
false	Only the first line of the output will be captured. The rest will be written to stdout.

Outputs

`value`

This is the actual result of the command executing

Example usage

uses: sergeysova/jq-action@v2
with:
  cmd: jq -n env

Using output

jobs:
  build:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
    
      - name: Extract version from package.json
        uses: sergeysova/jq-action@v2
        id: version
        with:
          cmd: 'jq .version package.json -r'
      
      - name: Show my version
        run: 'echo "version ${{ steps.version.outputs.value }}"'

Using multiline output

jobs:
  build:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
    
      - name: Extract all keywords from package.json
        uses: sergeysova/jq-action@v2
        id: keywords
        with:
          cmd: 'jq .keywords[] package.json -r'
          multiline: true
      
      - name: Show keywords
        run: |
          keywords="${{ steps.keywords.outputs.value }}"
          for keyword in $keywords; do
            echo "$keyword"
          done