action.yaml

name: Tweak the JSON
description: Write, Update and Read values from a JSON file. Runs in it's own docker alpine container with nodejs.
author: shaneapowell
branding:
  icon: box
  color: blue
inputs:
  action:
    required: true
    description: "Either 'read' or 'write'.  If 'read' is specified, the value param is ignored.  if 'write', the output value is returned."
  filename:
    required: true
    description: "The filename  to access."
  field:
    required: true
    description: "The field to R/W. eg. Can be nested  ['firstName'] will reference { 'firstName': 'john' }.   ['user']['firstName'] will reference { 'user': { 'firstName': 'doe' } }"
  value:
    required: false
    description: "The value to set to the file. Only used when the 'write' action is specified."

  outputs:
    value:
      description: "The value either set or read from the json file. Both read and write actions return a value here."


runs:
  using: docker
  image: Dockerfile
  args:
    - /main.js
    - "${{ inputs.action }}"
    - "${{ inputs.filename }}"
    - "${{ inputs.field }}"
    - "${{ inputs.value }}"