Validate Configs Github Action

Github Action to validate your config files using the config-file-validator. The config-file-validator will recursively scan the provided search path for the following configuration file types:

• Apple PList XML
• CSV
• HCL
• INI
• JSON
• Properties
• TOML
• XML
• YAML

Each file will get validated for the correct syntax and the results collected into a report showing the path of the file and if it is invalid or valid. If the file is invalid an error will be displayed along with the line number and column where the error ocurred. By default the $GITHUB_WORKDIR is scanned.

Inputs

Input	Required	Default Value	Description
search-paths	false	"."	The path that will be recursively searched for configuration files
exclude-dirs	false	""	A comma-separated list of subdirectories to exclude from validation
exclude-file-types	false	""	A comma-separated list of file extensions to exclude. Possible values are xml, ini, yaml, yml, toml, and json
depth	false	""	An integer value limiting the depth of recursion for the search paths. For example, setting depth to 0 would disable recursion
reporter	false	"standard"	Format of the report printed to stdout. Options are standard and json

Outputs

N/A

Example usage

Standard Run

jobs:
  validate-config-files:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - uses: kehoe/validate-configs-action@v1

Custom search path

jobs:
  validate-config-files:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - uses: kehoe/validate-configs-action@v1
        with:
            search-path: ./project/configs

Multiple search paths

jobs:
  validate-config-files:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - uses: kehoe/validate-configs-action@v1
        with:
            search-path: ./project/configs ./project/devops

Exclude a directory

jobs:
  validate-config-files:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - uses: kehoe/validate-configs-action@v1
        with:
            exclude-dirs: "tests,vendor"

Exclude file type

jobs:
  validate-config-files:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - uses: kehoe/validate-configs-action@v1
        with:
            exclude-file-types: "json,xml"

Disable recursive scanning

jobs:
  validate-config-files:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - uses: kehoe/validate-configs-action@v1
        with:
            depth: 0

JSON Report

jobs:
  validate-config-files:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - uses: kehoe/validate-configs-action@v1
        with:
            reporter: "json"