Input (#1524)

* added input flags

* added input as part of the action event and added test cases

* updated readme

Co-authored-by: ChristopherHX <christopher.homberger@web.de>

pkg/runner/runner.go

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package runner
 
 import (
 	"context"
+	"encoding/json"
 	"fmt"
 	"os"
 
@@ -31,6 +32,7 @@ type Config struct {
 	LogOutput                          bool              // log the output from docker run
 	JSONLogger                         bool              // use json or text logger
 	Env                                map[string]string // env for containers
+	Inputs                             map[string]string // manually passed action inputs
 	Secrets                            map[string]string // list of secrets
 	Token                              string            // GitHub token
 	InsecureSecrets                    bool              // switch hiding output when printing to terminal
@@ -81,6 +83,15 @@ func (runner *runnerImpl) configure() (Runner, error) {
 			return nil, err
 		}
 		runner.eventJSON = string(eventJSONBytes)
+	} else if len(runner.config.Inputs) != 0 {
+		eventMap := map[string]map[string]string{
+			"inputs": runner.config.Inputs,
+		}
+		eventJSON, err := json.Marshal(eventMap)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
+		runner.eventJSON = string(eventJSON)
 	}
 	return runner, nil
 }

pkg/runner/runner_test.go

@@ -94,6 +94,7 @@ func (j *TestJobFileInfo) runTest(ctx context.Context, t *testing.T, cfg *Config
 		ReuseContainers:       false,
 		Env:                   cfg.Env,
 		Secrets:               cfg.Secrets,
+		Inputs:                cfg.Inputs,
 		GitHubInstance:        "github.com",
 		ContainerArchitecture: cfg.ContainerArchitecture,
 	}
@@ -419,6 +420,27 @@ func TestRunEventSecrets(t *testing.T) {
 	tjfi.runTest(context.Background(), t, &Config{Secrets: secrets, Env: env})
 }
 
+func TestRunActionInputs(t *testing.T) {
+	if testing.Short() {
+		t.Skip("skipping integration test")
+	}
+	workflowPath := "input-from-cli"
+
+	tjfi := TestJobFileInfo{
+		workdir:      workdir,
+		workflowPath: workflowPath,
+		eventName:    "workflow_dispatch",
+		errorMessage: "",
+		platforms:    platforms,
+	}
+
+	inputs := map[string]string{
+		"SOME_INPUT": "input",
+	}
+
+	tjfi.runTest(context.Background(), t, &Config{Inputs: inputs})
+}
+
 func TestRunEventPullRequest(t *testing.T) {
 	if testing.Short() {
 		t.Skip("skipping integration test")

pkg/runner/testdata/input-from-cli/input.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+on:
+  workflow_dispatch:
+    inputs:
+      NAME:
+        description: "A random input name for the workflow"
+        type: string
+        required: true
+      SOME_VALUE:
+        description: "Some other input to pass"
+        type: string
+        required: true
+
+jobs:
+  test:
+    name: Test
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+
+    steps:
+      - name: Test with inputs
+        run: |
+          [ -z "${{ github.event.inputs.SOME_INPUT }}" ] && exit 1 || exit 0