How can I view manual trigger arguments in UI after action start?

[NGorco]

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When I ran my action, I cannot check which inputs I did enter

UPD. Sorry, didn't write context. I want to see manual trigger arguments AFTER I triggered action or it was completed. Maybe it's a proposal for UI.

I know I can log it somewhere in logs, but it's not convenient and doesn't make sense, since manual trigger arguments presented in UI, shy we cannot see it after we started?

[Akash1134]

Hi @NGorco ,

If you want to check the manual trigger arguments for a GitHub Actions workflow, you can use the github context object to access the event payload. The event payload contains information about the event that triggered the workflow, including any manual trigger arguments that were provided.

Here's an example of how to access the manual trigger arguments in a workflow:

name: My Workflow

on:
  workflow_dispatch:
    inputs:
      my_input:
        description: 'My input description'

jobs:
  my_job:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - name: Print input value
        run: echo "My input value is ${{ github.event.inputs.my_input }}"

In this example, the workflow_dispatch event is used to manually trigger the workflow, and an input called my_input is defined with a description. In the my_job job, the github.event.inputs.my_input expression is used to access the value of the my_input input, and the value is printed to the console using the echo command.

When you manually trigger the workflow, you will be prompted to enter a value for the my_input input. Once you enter a value and trigger the workflow, the value will be printed to the console as part of the Print input value step.

By using the github.event.inputs object, you can access the manual trigger arguments for your workflow and use them in your workflow steps.

[NGorco]

I made an update. I want to see arguments in my action details after it was fired and it could be a proposal for UI to have that variables be clear.

[lughino]

Would like to know as well

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