manual_update.yml

# This is a basic workflow that is manually triggered

name: Manual Update

# Controls when the action will run. Workflow runs when manually triggered using the UI
# or API.
on:
  workflow_dispatch:
    # Inputs the workflow accepts.
    inputs:
      name:
        description: 'Run'
        default: 'Now'
        required: true

jobs:
  build:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    outputs:
      output1: ${{ steps.runpy.outputs.test }}

    steps:

      - name: checkout repo content
        uses: actions/checkout@v3 # checkout the repository content to github runner
        with:
          token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
          fetch-depth: 0      


      - uses: fregante/setup-git-user@v1


      - name: setup python
        uses: actions/setup-python@v4
        with:
          python-version: '3.10'
  


      - name: install python packages
        run: |
          python -m pip install --upgrade pip
          pip install -r requirements.txt



      - name: execute py script 
        id: runpy
        env: 
          EMAIL_ADDRESS: ${{ secrets.EMAIL_ADDRESS }}
          EMAIL_PASSWORD: ${{ secrets.EMAIL_PASSWORD }}
          EMAIL_RECIPIENT: ${{ secrets.EMAIL_RECIPIENT }}
        run: |
          output=$(python exfor_backups.py)
          echo ::set-output name=NP::$output



      - name: create release using REST API
        shell: bash
        run: |
          for not_processed in ${{ steps.runpy.outputs.NP }}; do
            echo $not_processed

            tagname="Backup-"$not_processed
            echo $tagname

            sem_release=$(bash ${GITHUB_WORKSPACE}/semantic_release_name.sh $not_processed)
            echo $sem_release

            curl -X POST https://api.github.com/repos/${{ github.repository }}/releases \
            --header "Accept: application/vnd.github+json" \
            --header 'authorization: Bearer ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}' \
            --data '{
              "tag_name": "'$tagname'",
              "name": "'$sem_release'",
              "draft": false,
              "prerelease": false,
              "generate_release_notes": false
              }'\
              --fail
          done


      - name: run entry update list file script and commit file
        run: |
          if [[ -n "${{ steps.runpy.outputs.NP }}" ]]
          then
            bash ${GITHUB_WORKSPACE}/get_update_date.sh > entry_updatedate.dat
            git config user.name github-actions
            git config user.email github-actions@github.com
            git add entry_updatedate.dat
            git commit -m "update entry_updatedate.dat"
            git push origin main
          else
            echo "no update"
          fi