GitHub Actions: job summaries

[a-a-ron]

You can now output and group custom Markdown content on the Actions run summary page.

Source: https://github.blog/2022-05-09-supercharging-github-actions-with-job-summaries/

[rmallorybpc]

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Supercharging GitHub Actions with Job Summaries
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Supercharge job summaries

Job Summaries allow for custom markdown content on the run summary generated by each job. Custom markdown content can be used for aggregating and displaying test results, generating reports, and custom output independent of logs.

Any markdown content added to a file utilizing $GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY will be displayed on the Actions run summary page. Here is an example:

steps:
  - name: Adding markdown
    run: echo '### Hello world! :rocket:' >> $GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY

Job Summaries have a helper utility to the @actions/core npm package. This utility allows authors to easily add individual lines or blocks of markdown. Also it's easy to generate tables, for this very common scenario. Here is an example:

import * as core from '@actions/core' 
  await core.summary
  .addHeading('Test Results')
  .addCodeBlock(generateTestResults(), "js")
  .addTable([
    [{data: 'File', header: true}, {data: 'Result', header: true}],
    ['foo.js', 'Pass ✅'],
    ['bar.js', 'Fail ❌'],
    ['test.js', 'Pass ✅']
  ])
  .addLink('View staging deployment!', 'https://github.com')
  .write()