Get github action current job id

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GitHub official has not provide access to the job id by using existing API.

This tool could help you to get job id easier.

Usage

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Pre-requisites

Create a workflow *.yml file in your repositories .github/workflows directory.

Example-1 Get a single job id

jobs:
  get-job-id: 
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    name: 'SET-A-NEW-NAME' # change SET-A-NEW-NAME
    steps:
    - name: set id
      id: set-job-id
      uses: ayachensiyuan/[email protected]
      env: 
    	  GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
      with:
        job-name: 'SET-A-NEW-NAME' # must be the same as 'get-job-id.name' 

    # get id     
    - name: get id
      run: echo "The current job id is ${{ steps.set-job-id.outputs.jobId }}"

Example-2 Get bulk of job-ids

jobs:
  get-job-id: 
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    strategy:
      matrix:
        cases: ['case1', 'case2', 'case3', 'case4'] # matrix cases
    name: ${{ matrix.cases }} 
    steps:
    - name: set id
      id: set-job-id
      uses: ayachensiyuan/[email protected]
      env: 
    	  GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
      with:
        job-name: ${{ matrix.cases }} # must be the same as 'get-job-id.name' 

    # get id     
    - name: get id
      run: echo "The current job id is ${{ steps.set-job-id.outputs.jobId }}"

⚠️ Make sure 'name' field value must be the same as 'job-name' field value. And name must be unique name.

License

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The scripts and documentation in this project are released under the MIT License.