expose the new issue via action outputs

.github/workflows/issues.yml

@@ -2,21 +2,18 @@ name: Auto Issue closer
 on:
   issues:
     types:
-      - labeled
       - opened
 concurrency:
   group: ${{ github.event.issue.number }}
 jobs:
   delete-test-issues:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    if: contains(github.event.issue.labels.*.name, 'test')
     steps:
       - run: |
-          is_test=$(echo '${{ toJSON(github.event) }}' | jq '.issue.labels[].name == "test"' | grep true)
-          if [[ -z "$is_test" ]]; then
-            curl --slient --show-error \
-              --request PATCH \
-              --header "Accept: application/vnd.github.v3+json" \
-              --header "Authorization: token ${{ secrets.PAT }}" \
-              --url "https://api.github.com/repos/dacbd/create-issue-action/issues/${{ github.event.issue.number }}" \
-              --data '{"state":"closed"}'
-          fi
+          curl --slient --show-error \
+            --request PATCH \
+            --header "Accept: application/vnd.github.v3+json" \
+            --header "Authorization: token ${{ secrets.PAT }}" \
+            --url "https://api.github.com/repos/dacbd/create-issue-action/issues/${{ github.event.issue.number }}" \
+            --data '{"state":"closed"}'

.github/workflows/test.yml

@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v3
       - name: test
+        id: new-issue
         uses: ./
         with:
           token: ${{ secrets.PAT }}
@@ -39,6 +40,13 @@ jobs:
             multiline
           labels: test,bot
           assignees: dacbd
+      - name: View action outputs
+        run: |
+          echo "${{ steps.new-issue.outputs.number }}"
+          echo "${{ steps.new-issue.outputs.html_url }}"
+          echo '${{ steps.new-issue.outputs.json }}' | jq 
+          echo '${{ steps.new-issue.outputs.json }}' | jq .state
+          echo '${{ steps.new-issue.outputs.json }}' | jq .labels[].name
   push-test:
     if: github.event_name == 'push'
     needs: [build]

README.md

@@ -16,13 +16,20 @@ options for `with:`
 | labels     |                            | A comma seperated list of labels  |
 | assignees  |                            | A comma seperated list of GitHub usernames to assign the issue to  |
 
+## Outputs
+| output | value |
+| ------ | ----- |
+| json | [See Response](https://docs.github.com/en/rest/issues/issues#create-an-issue) |
+| html_url | the issue's web url |
+| number | the issue's number |
+
 ## Usage
 Limited testing has been done, and only on `ubuntu-latest`
 
 Basic Usage:
 ```yml
 steps:
-  - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+  - uses: actions/checkout@v3
   - name: create an issue
     uses: dacbd/create-issue-action@main
     with:
@@ -34,7 +41,7 @@ steps:
 The reason for being usage:
 ```yml
 steps:
-  - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+  - uses: actions/checkout@v3
   - name: Something that might fail
     run: exit 1
   - name: Create Issue on Failed workflow
@@ -52,6 +59,48 @@ steps:
         status -        `${{ job.status }}`
       assignees: SomeUsername,AnotherUsername
 ```
+
+## Other examples
+Using outputs:
+```yml
+...
+steps:
+  - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+  - uses: dacbd/create-issue-action@v1
+    id: new-issue
+    with:
+      token: ${{ github.token }}
+      title: Simple test issue
+      body: my new issue
+  - run: |
+      echo "${{ steps.new-issue.outputs.json }}" | jq
+      echo "${{ steps.new-issue.outputs.json }}" | jq .state
+      echo "${{ steps.new-issue.outputs.json }}" | jq .labels[].name
+```
+
+Transpose issues to a private repo:
+```yml
+name: transpose issue
+  issues:
+    types: [labeled]
+job:
+  transpose:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    if: contains(github.event.issue.labels.*.name, 'backend')
+    steps:
+      - name: Copy Issue
+        uses: dacbd/create-issue-action@v1
+        with:
+          token: ${{ secrets.PAT }}
+          org: octo-org
+          repo: private-backend-service
+          title: ${{ github.event.issue.title }}
+          body: |
+            Closes: ${{ github.event.issue.html_url }}
+            # Body
+            ${{ github.event.issue.body }}
+```
+
 ## Issues & debugging
 If you encounter issues with my action feel free to create an issue or a PR, happy to take improvements or requests.
 

action.yml

@@ -33,3 +33,10 @@ inputs:
   assignees:
     description: CSV of github usernames to assign (e.x. 'dacbd,nlf')
     required: false
+outputs:
+  json:
+    description: The JSON for the new created issue returned from the GitHub API
+  html_url:
+    description: The web url of the new issue
+  number:
+    description: "The new issue's number"

dist/index.js

@@ -8608,6 +8608,9 @@ const listToArray = (str) => {
     // https://docs.github.com/en/rest/reference/issues#create-an-issue
     const newIssue = await octokit.rest.issues.create(opts);
     Core.info(`Created: ${newIssue.data.html_url}`)
+    Core.setOutput("json", JSON.stringify(newIssue.data));
+    Core.setOutput("number", newIssue.data.number);
+    Core.setOutput("html_url", newIssue.data.html_url);
   } catch (err) {
 
     Core.error(err);

src/index.js

@@ -50,6 +50,9 @@ const listToArray = (str) => {
     // https://docs.github.com/en/rest/reference/issues#create-an-issue
     const newIssue = await octokit.rest.issues.create(opts);
     Core.info(`Created: ${newIssue.data.html_url}`)
+    Core.setOutput("json", JSON.stringify(newIssue.data));
+    Core.setOutput("number", newIssue.data.number);
+    Core.setOutput("html_url", newIssue.data.html_url);
   } catch (err) {
 
     Core.error(err);