dually8 / action-get-deployment-path

Input an environment and a list of potential paths, output the path based on the environment

Get Deployment Path GitHub Action

This action takes an environment name and paths to various environments to give you a single deployment path.

Problem

I need to use GitHub actions to build and deploy my site, but I don't want to write 9001 conditionals in order to determine the path I need to deploy to based on my current environment.

I could just duplicate workflows and/or steps to point to different environments, but then I'd be violating the DRY principle.

Solution

You can use this to simply this process instead of having to use so many conditionals.

Usage

- name: Get Deployment Path
  id: get-deployment-path
  uses: dually8/action-get-deployment-path@v1
  with:
    # Optional: defaults to 'dev'
    # A good idea is to pass in ${{ github.ref_name }} to get the environment you want
    environment-name: 'dev'
    # Required: Input the development deployment path
    dev-path: 'path/to/dev'
    # Required: Input the staging deployment path
    staging-path: 'path/to/staging'
    # Required: Input the production deployment path
    prod-path: 'path/to/production'

then later

- uses: actions/download-artifact@v3
  with:
    name: my-artifact
    # Notice the `get-deployment-path` is the `id` of our Get Deployment Path action
    path: ${{ steps.get-deployment-path.outputs.deployment-path }}

## or if your build comes from a different workflow
- name: Publish site to dev
  id: download-artifact
  uses: dawidd6/action-download-artifact@v2
  with:
    github_token: ${{secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN}}
    workflow: build.yml
    workflow_conclusion: success
    name: my-artifact
    # Notice the `get-deployment-path` is the `id` of our Get Deployment Path action
    path: ${{ steps.get-deployment-path.outputs.deployment-path }}
    check_artifacts: true