Parse Issue Form Action

Parse GitHub Issue Forms Action and Set as Outputs. This is a zero configuration way to get a form value as an Output.

This is currently a WIP but functional.

• Inputs
• Outputs
• Examples
• Known Issues
• Support
• Contributing

Note

Please submit a Feature Request for new features or Open an Issue if you find any bugs.

Inputs

input	required	default	description
body	Yes	-	Set this to ${{ github.event.issue.body }}

- name: 'Parse Issue'
  id: issue
  uses: cssnr/parse-issue-form-action@v1
  with:
    body: ${{ github.event.issue.body }}

Outputs

Outputs are headings/labels, to lower case, with spaces replaced with _'s.
A heading/label of Site Link will be an output with key site_link.

Warning

This only parses values as strings and will not parse check boxes or dropdowns correctly.
Once I have a use or request for this feature, the functionality will be added...

Examples

Using this issue form template:

name: 'Issue'
description: 'Open an Issue'

body:
  - type: input
    id: url
    attributes:
      label: Site URL
      description: Enter a URL

  - type: textarea
    id: description
    attributes:
      label: Details
      description: Please describe the issue...

Will generate these 2 outputs:

• ${{ steps.issue.outputs.site_url }}
• ${{ steps.issue.outputs.details }}

name: 'Issue'

on:
  issues:
    types:
      - opened

jobs:
  issue:
    name: 'Issue'
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    timeout-minutes: 5

    steps:
      - name: 'Checkout'
        uses: actions/checkout@v4

      - name: 'Debug Issue'
        run: |
          echo Issue number: '${{ github.event.issue.number }}'
          echo Issue title: '${{ github.event.issue.title }}'
          echo Issue body: '${{ github.event.issue.body }}'

      - name: 'Parse Issue'
        id: issue
        uses: cssnr/parse-issue-form-action@v1
        with:
          body: ${{ github.event.issue.body }}

      - name: 'Debug Parsed Issue'
        run: |
          echo Site Link: '${{ steps.issue.outputs.site_link }}'
          echo Details: '${{ steps.issue.outputs.details }}'

For a full example, see: https://github.com/cssnr/link-extractor/blob/master/.github/workflows/issue.yaml

Known Issues

• As previously mentioned, this currently parses raw content, therefore, will not parse check box/dropdown values, yet...
• If a users uses ### at the start of a line, it would be interpreted as an output. Will be fixed if an issue is opened.
• If you use an IDE to validate actions, it will display the outputs as invalid since outputs are arbitrary based on input.

This is a very simple action, for more details see: src/index.js

Support

For general help or to request a feature, see:

• Q&A Discussion: https://github.com/cssnr/parse-issue-form-action/discussions/categories/q-a
• Request a Feature: https://github.com/cssnr/parse-issue-form-action/discussions/categories/feature-requests

If you are experiencing an issue/bug or getting unexpected results, you can:

• Report an Issue: https://github.com/cssnr/parse-issue-form-action/issues
• Chat with us on Discord: https://discord.gg/wXy6m2X8wY
• Provide General Feedback: https://cssnr.github.io/feedback/

Contributing

Currently, the best way to contribute to this project is to star this project on GitHub.

Additionally, you can support other GitHub Actions I have published:

• VirusTotal Action
• Update Version Tags Action
• Update JSON Value Action
• Parse Issue Form Action
• Mirror Repository Action
• Portainer Stack Deploy
• Mozilla Addon Update Action

For a full list of current projects to support visit: https://cssnr.github.io/