Get output fileID of CurseForge to append to URL

[Macleykun]

When a file/mod is uploaded to CF, it'll be displayed under the following URL:
https://www.curseforge.com/minecraft/mc-mods/notfmcplease/files/3531003

That last part: 3531003 is something i would want to append to a message i post on discord like:

messagefordiscord: Hey you can download the file at: https://www.curseforge.com/minecraft/mc-mods/notfmcplease/files/${{ thatfile_id }}

I'm pretty sure you've already included this at: https://github.com/itsmeow/curseforge-upload/blob/master/action.yml#L38
But i'm not sure what the name of that variable is :P

[itsmeow]

The name is id! so steps.upload.outputs.id, in the workflow you have to set the id of the step to upload to access it with that notation

[itsmeow]

jobs:
  example:
    steps:
    - uses: actions/checkout@v1
    - name: Upload
      id: upload
      uses: itsmeow/curseforge-upload@master
      with:
        # ...
    - name: Discord
      content: https://curseforge.com/.../${{steps.upload.outputs.id}}

[Macleykun]

Heya! thank you for the solution!
I also wanted to ask (sorry i though i made another issue for this) if it's possible to refer to a file to fill in the changelog!

I'm trying to take out the part of a changelog file into a variable to then use in the changelog input, but it's not working out for me.
Is it possible to add this feature to you action? I really love the action you made and i've almost fully automated the CI/CD for a friend :D

[itsmeow]

Look on the action marketplace for an action that reads text files, then you can use output from that! Workflows are modular, so mix them up!

[Macleykun]

True, but i've already gotten a way to extract the part of a changelog.md:
https://github.com/Macleykun/Future-MC/blob/Improved-CI/.github/workflows/autobuilds.yml
More specific:
awk -v version='0.2.7.4' '/## Version / {printit = $3 == version}; printit;' 'changelog.md' | awk '!/^$/'
Which gives the perfect output (0.2.7.4 is normally a var). But i can't get this output into a (env) variable for:

https://github.com/Macleykun/Future-MC/blob/Improved-CI/.github/workflows/autobuilds.yml#L73

I've tried different ways, like using echo and inserting the var into the $GITHUB_ENV like i do with the others, but it always returned an empty var back. When using the command on a Linux machine locally it works

If your action can accept a file as an input to read from for the changelog input, then people only have to extract what's needed/delete what isn't needed from their changelog.md!

Unless i've completely missed an action that can read from a file, cut the part we want and input it straight into a multi lined var :P.

My friend uses this: https://github.com/Macleykun/Future-MC/blob/Improved-CI/changelog.md to make his changelog, an i want to use the latest version part into the changelog on CF :D

[Macleykun]

So i've fixed most of my issue but, i don't think it's possible to have a multi-lined markdown env variable for the input of the changelog: https://github.com/Macleykun/Future-MC/runs/4275394553?check_suite_focus=true

perhaps if we could use a command in the input changelog or giving a file (that's already been trimmed) would solve/help!

[Macleykun]

Managed to fix it by doing this:
https://github.com/Macleykun/Future-MC/blob/Improved-CI/.github/workflows/autobuilds.yml#L57

      echo 'CHANGELOG<<EOF' >> $GITHUB_ENV
      awk -v version='${{ env.VERSION }}' '/## Version / {printit = $3 == version}; printit;' 'changelog.md' | awk '!/^$/' >> $GITHUB_ENV
      echo 'EOF' >> $GITHUB_ENV