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Action

This Github action allows for running Flank as a Github workflow.

Documentation for Flank is at flank.github.io/flank

Usage

Inputs

Input name	Description	Required	Default
version	Flank version to run. Minimal supported version is v21.03.1. Leaving it blank will fallback to latest version.	false	latest available
service_account	Service account to authenticate with. Could be path to file, link to file or file content itself. More information about creating a service account could be found at documentation	true
platform	Platform to run. Could be ios or android	true
flank_configuration_file	Flank configuration file. More information on how it should look like is in documentation	true

Outputs

Output name	Description
gcloud_results_directory	Link to Gcloud store where results are stored.
local_results_directory	Path to local results directory. All output files from this run are stored inside. You could use it as output artifacts.

Adding to workflows

- name: <your name>
  id: <id of action>
  uses: Flank/flank@master
  with:
    version: <Flank version to run, minimum supported is v21.03.1, default latest>
    service_account: <file content, file link or path to file with service account> 
    platform: [android|ios]
    flank_configuration_file: <Path to configuration file>

Example workflows

Service account file content from secrets

- name: flank run
  id: flank_run
  uses: Flank/flank@master
  with:
    # Flank version to run
    version: v21.03.1
    # Service account file content from secrets
    service_account: ${{ secrets.SERVICE_ACCOUNT }} 
    # Run Android tests
    platform: android
    # Path to configuration file from local repo
    flank_configuration_file: './testing/android/flank-simple-success.yml'

- name: output
  run: |
    # Use local directory output
    echo "Local directory: ${{ steps.flank_run.outputs.local_results_directory }}"
    # Use Gcloud storage output 
    echo "Gcloud: ${{ steps.flank_run.outputs.gcloud_results_directory }}"

Service account file from repository

- name: flank run
  id: flank_run
  uses: Flank/flank@master
  with:
    # Service account file from repository
    service_account: './service_account.json'
    # Run Android tests
    platform: android
    # Path to configuration file from local repo
    flank_configuration_file: './testing/android/flank-simple-success.yml'

- name: output
  run: |
    # Use local directory output
    echo "Local directory: ${{ steps.flank_run.outputs.local_results_directory }}"
    # Use Gcloud storage output 
    echo "Gcloud: ${{ steps.flank_run.outputs.gcloud_results_directory }}"

Create service account during workflow

- name: Create service account
  run: echo '${{ secrets.SERVICE_ACCOUNT }}' > service_account_created.json

- name: flank run
  id: flank_run
  uses: Flank/flank@master
  with:
    # Service account created in previous step
    service_account: './service_account_created.json'
    # Run Android tests
    platform: android
    # Path to configuration file from local repo
    flank_configuration_file: './testing/android/flank-simple-success.yml'

- name: output
  run: |
    # Use local directory output
    echo "Local directory: ${{ steps.flank_run.outputs.local_results_directory }}"
    # Use Gcloud storage output 
    echo "Gcloud: ${{ steps.flank_run.outputs.gcloud_results_directory }}"

Runner OS support

All 3 runner operating systems are supported.