jsdaniell/create-json

An action to use with Github Actions and create a .json file to use on other steps of the workflow.

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create-json's Issues

Argument list too long - On big JSON array

I an try to create a file based on response of a previous step, and when i try to create a file using this lib, generates this error:

Error: An error occurred trying to start process '/home/runner/runners/2.301.1/externals/node16/bin/node' with working directory '/home/runner/work/landing-page-processor/landing-page-processor'. Argument list too long

See my file in:
https://firebasestorage.googleapis.com/v0/b/sortegram.appspot.com/o/artifact.json?alt=media&token=ab33d5f4-ce6d-456b-af62-e05043e4a777

Node.js 16 actions are deprecated

Hi, it seems this package is using node 16 which is now deprecated. I guess the runs block needs to be updated.

Please update the following actions to use Node.js 20: jsdaniell/[email protected]. For more information see: https://github.blog/changelog/2023-09-22-github-actions-transitioning-from-node-16-to-node-20/.

"set-output" is getting deprecated

I think that this action is the culprit of some recent warnings I'm getting in my action logs. More specifically this error:

The set-output command is deprecated and will be disabled soon. Please upgrade to using Environment Files. For more information see: https://github.blog/changelog/2022-10-11-github-actions-deprecating-save-state-and-set-output-commands/

You can read about how to change it here.

Only the compiled code is available in your repo, but if you share the Typescript I can help change it if needed.

create-json/dist/index.js

Line 273 in c341fa9

command_1.issueCommand('set-output', { name }, utils_1.toCommandValue(value));

JSON Not created correctly

I tried creating a simple JSON file with the following content:

{
  "auth": {
    "user": "",
    "password": ""
  }
}

To do this I created a repository variable containing the above JSON and then tried to call it in my deploy job. This is for a .NET application and looks as follows:

      - name: Create App Settings
        id: create-json
        uses: jsdaniell/[email protected]
        with:
          name: 'appsettings.json'
          json: ${{ vars.APP_SETTINGS }}

What I see being created though is a file that looks like this:

auth:
 user:
 password:

What's causing this formatting issue?

Update set-output use

I get the warning Warning: The set-output command is deprecated and will be disabled soon. Please upgrade to using Environment Files. For more information see: https://github.blog/changelog/2022-10-11-github-actions-deprecating-save-state-and-set-output-commands/