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Utkarsh Maurya
Utkarsh Maurya

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A workflow for my web-dev projects repo

Whenever I add new projects to my web-dev-practice repository, it is a pain to add the information about the project manually to the README of the repo.

My Workflow

That's why I created a workflow which automatically adds information about the project like it's name, preview image and a try-it link from a data.json file to the README.md as an HTML table cell. Also adds a little Download button at the end of the README.md in case someone wants to download the repo as a zip file.
I am using the Json2Table action from EddieHub and readme-download-button-action.
Here is the YAML file :-

on: 
  push
jobs:
  table:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    name: Update README from json data
    steps:
    - uses: actions/checkout@v2
    - name: Read/Write data into README
      uses: eddiejaoude/github-actions-reader-writer@v0.1
      with:
        json-file-path: 'data.json'
        github-token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
        columns: 3
        object-field-names: '[ "tryItLink", "projectName", "imageUrl", "description" ]'
        html-cell: '<td align="center"><div style="display:flex; flex-direction: column;"><h2>{{ projectName }}</h2><img src="{{ imageUrl }}" /><h3>{{ description }}</h3><h3><a href="{{ tryItLink }}">Try It</a></h3></div></td>'
  release:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@v2

      - name: Get latest release
        id: get-latest-release
        uses: InsonusK/get-latest-release@v1.0.1
        with:
          myToken: ${{ github.token }}
          view_top: 1

      - name: Readme Download Button Action
        env:
          GITHUB_USER: "utkarsh1311"
          REPO: "web-dev-practice"
          FORMAT: "zip"
          VERSION: "${{ steps.get-latest-release.outputs.tag_name }}"
          COLOR: "blue"
          BEGIN_TAG: "<!-- BEGIN LATEST DOWNLOAD BUTTON -->"
          END_TAG: "<!-- END LATEST DOWNLOAD BUTTON -->"
        run: |
          UPDATE=$(cat README.md | perl -0777 -pe 's#(${{ env.BEGIN_TAG }})(?:.|\n)*?(${{ env.END_TAG }})#${1}\n[![Download ${{ env.FORMAT }}](https://custom-icon-badges.herokuapp.com/badge/-Download-${{ env.COLOR }}?style=for-the-badge&logo=download&logoColor=white "Download ${{ env.FORMAT }}")](https://github.com/${{ env.GITHUB_USER }}/${{ env.REPO }}/archive/${{ env.VERSION }}.${{ env.FORMAT }})\n${2}#g')
          echo "${UPDATE}" > README.md

      - uses: EndBug/add-and-commit@v7
        with:
          message: "docs(readme): Bump download button version to ${{ steps.get-latest-release.outputs.tag_name }}"
          default_author: github_actions
          branch: main
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And this is what my README.md looks like :-

README of web-dev-practice repo

Submission Category:

Wacky Wildcards

Yaml File or Link to Code

Here is the the repo which uses my workflow :-

GitHub logo utkarsh1311 / web-dev-practice

Projects for web-dev practice

Repo for projects made for web-dev practice

Here are my projects

Dice Game

This is a local two-player and one control game. As soon as you refresh you get the result.The one with the highest value die win. Refresh the page to get a new result.

Try It

Drum Kit

Use your computer keyboard to jam away musically!

Try It

Order Card Summary

Solution for the FrontEndMentor summary card component challenge

Try It

Simon Game Challenge

A digital version of the classic memory game called Simon Game!

Try It

Advice generator app

A simple app to generate random advices

Try It

Sunnyside agency landing page

Solution for Sunnyside agency landing page challenge from Frontmentor.io

Try It

You can download the code as a zip file by clicking the button below

Download zip

and this is link to the yml file : https://github.com/utkarsh1311/web-dev-practice/blob/main/.github/workflows/main.yml

Additional Resources / Info

My experience

Learned a lot about GitHub actions. How they work, what events can trigger a workflow, how to use different action in the same workflow. Overall, It was a great learning experience.

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