[SOLVED] Unable to read input in bash script on github actions

Issue

I am facing an issue with reading the input from GitHub actions.

I have created a cli in which I need to provide some input while executing since I don't want to interact with the cli and provide the input directly in the command. I am using '<' for providing it.

I have tried below options but none of them works in github actions (all of them work fine in my local environment).

1. my-cli <<< name
2. my-cli < name.txt (where name.txt contains the name)
3. printf name | my-cli
4. cat name.txt | my-cli (where name.txt contains the name)

Assuming, my-cli expects some string (name).

I tested all these in my local Ubuntu, it works fine but not with GitHub actions.

my workflow.yml file

# This is a basic workflow that is manually triggered

name: Some name
on:
    schedule:
        - cron: "0 0 * * *"
    workflow_dispatch:
jobs:
    solve:
        runs-on: ubuntu-latest
        steps:
            - name: Checkout
              uses: actions/checkout@v2
            - name: Apply permissions
              run: chmod +x scripts/*.sh
            - name: Setup
              env: 
                  name: ${{ vars.USERNAME }}
              run: scripts/setup.sh
              shell: bash

my setup.sh file

#!/bin/bash
echo $username
echo -e "$creds" >> auth.txt
# cat auth.txt | leetcode user -c   
my-cli < auth.txt
# my-cli <<< $username 
rm auth.txt

The output is empty name: But it should have name: someName upon execution.

Can someone please let me know if I am missing something? It works fine with local env

Solution

You may need to set Github Action secret first.

(Github > Settings > Security > Secrets and variables > Actions)

After that, you can retrieve them by specifying ${{ secrets.<your_secret_name> }}

So, in the Setup step, maybe can do something like this:

  - name: Setup
    env: 
      name: ${{ vars.USERNAME }}
    shell: bash
    run: |
      echo "env.name: ${{ env.name }}"
      echo "whoami: $(whoami)"
      echo ${{ secrets.creds }} | leetcode user -c 

Answered By - ktc

Answer Checked By - Pedro (WPSolving Volunteer)