get-xml-info

Get Information from XML files to use into your GitHub workflows

Inputs

xml-file

Required The path of the XML file to parse. Default "test.xml".

xpath

Required The xpath of the nodes from which you want to retrieve information. Default "//element".

Example usage

uses: mavrosxristoforos/get-xml-info@1.0
  with:
    xml-file: 'yourfile.xml'
    xpath: '//element'

Console usage

node index.js -f path/to/xmlfile -p //element

You can also add -d for debug output.

node index.js -f path/to/file.xml -p //element -d

Attributes

Since version 1.1.0, you can now also read attributes. Example:

//element/@version

Namespaces

Namespaces are currently not supported, so you can use the local-name() XPath function instead. Example:

//*[local-name()='project']/*[local-name()='version']

Outputs

info

The content of the matched nodes. If your XPath matches more than one nodes, the output is an array.

Example usage of output in a workflow

jobs:
  build:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
    - name: Checkout
    uses: actions/checkout@v1
    - name: Get XML
      id: getxml
      uses: mavrosxristoforos/get-xml-info@1.0
      with:
        xml-file: 'a-file-here.xml'
        xpath: '//version'
    - name: Create Release
      uses: some-random/release-action@v1
      with:
        artifacts: 'another-file.zip'
        tag: ${{ steps.getxml.outputs.info }}