zakwht/fetch-commit

GitHub Action that fetches a file and commits its contents to the repository

Fetch and Commit Action

This action fetches a file and commits its contents to the repository.

Inputs

url

Required The URL of the file to fetch

path

Required The directory path to print the file contents

message

Optional The commit message

Default "Update data"

headers

Optional Headers for the fetch request (stringified Object intializer)

Outputs

diff

Boolean: whether or not the file contents were updated

Example usage

Basic usage:

name: Run test action
uses: zakwht/fetch-commit
with:
  url: https://api.nasa.gov/planetary/apod?api_key=DEMO_KEY&count=1
  path: APOD.json
  message: Update JSON

name: update-data
on:
  schedule: # run daily at midnight
    - cron: 0 0 * * *
jobs:
  update:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    outputs:
      diff: ${{ steps.fetch.outputs.diff }}
    steps:
    - name: Checkout
      uses: actions/checkout@v3
    - name: Run test action
      id: fetch
      uses: zakwht/fetch-commit
      with:
        url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/languages.yml
        path: linguist.yml
        headers: '{"Content-Type": "application/x-yaml"}'

  deploy:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    needs: update
    if: needs.update.outputs.diff
    steps:
    - name: Checkout
      uses: actions/checkout@v3