Upload to Release
A GitHub Action that uploads a file to a new release.
Usage
This action uploads any file to a new release:
One example workflow is to build and save a Docker image then upload it to a release:
# .github/workflows/build-docker-image.yml
name: build-docker-image
on: release
jobs:
build-docker-image:
name: Build and upload docker image
runs-on: ubuntu-latest
steps:
- name: Pull source
uses: actions/checkout@v1
- name: Build Docker image
uses: actions/docker/cli@master
with:
args: build . -t my-image
- name: Save the image
uses: actions/docker/cli@master
with:
args: save my-image:latest
- name: Upload to release
uses: JasonEtco/upload-to-release@master
with:
args: my-image.tar
env:
GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}Requirements
You must pass at least one argument, the path to the file you want to attach. You must also include the GITHUB_TOKEN secret, otherwise uploading the file will not work.
- name: Upload to release
uses: JasonEtco/upload-to-release@master
with:
args: my-image.tar
env:
GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}Content-Type
You may also need to pass an additional argument, the Content-Type header used when uploading your file (this is application/zip by default):
- name: Upload to release
uses: JasonEtco/upload-to-release@master
with:
args: my-image.tar application/zip
env:
GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}Event type
The event type your workflow is triggered from is critical to the function of this action. If you are not using on: release for your workflow this action will not work correctly.
The event sent to the action by GitHub only contains an artifact upload URL when using the release event type to trigger the workflow.
If you need other workflows not based on the release event, you should use multiple workflow definitions.