Assert Action

Various assertions to aide in validating action outputs

NOTE: Ownership of this project was transferred to my personal account nick-fields from my work account nick-invision. Details here

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Inputs

expected

Required Expected value

actual

Required Actual value

comparison

Optional Type of comparison to perform. Supports exact (default), startsWith, endsWith, contains, notEqual, notStartsWith, notEndsWith, notContains

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Outputs

result

Result of the comparison. Can be either passed or failed

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Examples

Example usage w/ exact (using default comparison) assertion

- id: test-data
  run: echo "value=testing" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
- uses: nick-fields/assert-action@v4
  with:
    expected: testing
    actual: ${{ steps.test-data.outputs.value }}

Example usage w/ exact assertion

- id: test-data
  run: echo "value=testing" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
- uses: nick-fields/assert-action@v4
  with:
    expected: testing
    actual: ${{ steps.test-data.outputs.value }}
    comparison: exact

Example usage w/ startsWith assertion

- id: test-data
  run: echo "value=testing" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
- uses: nick-fields/assert-action@v4
  with:
    expected: test
    actual: ${{ steps.test-data.outputs.value }}
    comparison: startsWith

Example usage w/ notStartsWith assertion

- id: test-data
  run: echo "value=testing" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
- uses: nick-fields/assert-action@v4
  with:
    expected: abc
    actual: ${{ steps.test-data.outputs.value }}
    comparison: notStartsWith

Example usage w/ endsWith assertion

- id: test-data
  run: echo "value=testing" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
- uses: nick-fields/assert-action@v4
  with:
    expected: ing
    actual: ${{ steps.test-data.outputs.value }}
    comparison: endsWith

Example usage w/ notEndsWith assertion

- id: test-data
  run: echo "value=testing" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
- uses: nick-fields/assert-action@v4
  with:
    expected: abc
    actual: ${{ steps.test-data.outputs.value }}
    comparison: notEndsWith

Example usage w/ contains assertion

- id: test-data
  run: echo "value=testing" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
- uses: nick-fields/assert-action@v4
  with:
    expected: est
    actual: ${{ steps.test-data.outputs.value }}
    comparison: endsWith

Example usage w/ notContains assertion

- id: test-data
  run: echo "value=testing" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
- uses: nick-fields/assert-action@v4
  with:
    expected: abc
    actual: ${{ steps.test-data.outputs.value }}
    comparison: notContains

Example usage w/ notEqual assertion

- id: test-data
  run: echo "value=testing" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
- uses: nick-fields/assert-action@v4
  with:
    expected: abc
    actual: ${{ steps.test-data.outputs.value }}
    comparison: notEqual

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Limitations

• If running on self-hosted runner, NodeJS must be installed.