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Get Release

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Get Release

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Get Release

Get a release by tag, latest or current release

Installation

Copy and paste the following snippet into your .yml file.

 
              
- name: Get Release

              
  uses: joutvhu/[email protected]
Learn more about this action in joutvhu/get-release

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Get Release

GitHub Action to get release. Useful when you want to get upload_url of current release then upload additional assets by the @actions/upload-release-asset GitHub Action.

Usage

See action.yml

Outputs

For more information on these outputs, see the API Documentation for an example of what these outputs look like

  • id: The release ID
  • html_url: The URL users can navigate to in order to view the release. ex: https://github.com/joutvhu/get-release/releases/v1.0.0
  • upload_url: The URL for uploading assets to the release, which could be used by GitHub Actions for additional uses, for example the @actions/upload-release-asset GitHub Action
  • tag_name: The git tag associated with the release. ex: v1.1.0
  • prerelease: Whether the release is a pre-release

Get Current Release

If you don't specify tag_name and latest in your inputs the action will be get release of current release if available

name: Upload Asset To Current Release
on:
  release:
    types: [created]
jobs:
  test:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
      - name: Build project
        run: |
          zip --junk-paths my-artifact README.md

      - name: Get Current Release
        id: get_current_release
        uses: joutvhu/get-release@v1
        with:
          debug: true
        env:
          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}

      - name: Upload Release Asset
        uses: actions/upload-release-asset@v1
        env:
          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
        with:
          upload_url: ${{ steps.get_current_release.outputs.upload_url }}
          asset_path: ./my-artifact.zip
          asset_name: my-artifact.zip
          asset_content_type: application/zip

Get Release By Tag Name

You can specify the exact tag_name of release you want to get

steps:
  - uses: joutvhu/get-release@v1
    with:
      tag_name: v1.0.0
    env:
      GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}

Get The Latest Release

Set latest: true to find the latest release whose tag_name matches pattern. Set prerelease: true to search for releases that include pre-releases.

steps:
  - uses: joutvhu/get-release@v1
    with:
      latest: true
      # Tag name start with `v`
      pattern: '^v.*'
      # Including pre-release
      prerelease: true
    env:
      GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}