Added new reporter: MARKDOWN_SUMMARY Reporter

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/),
 
 Note: Can be used with `oxsecurity/megalinter@beta` in your GitHub Action mega-linter.yml file, or with `oxsecurity/megalinter:beta` docker image
 
+- New reporter **MARKDOWN_SUMMARY_REPORTER**, allows saving MegaLinter results summary as a markdown file. This file can be further utilised to add comments on the pull request (PR) from Jenkins and other continuous integration (CI) tools.
+
 - Core
   - mega-linter-runner: Remove container by default, except of `no-remove-container` option is sent
   - Upgrade base image from python:3.11.6-alpine3.18 to python:3.11.7-alpine3.18, by @echoix in [#3212](https://github.com/oxsecurity/megalinter/pull/3212)

README.md

@@ -1295,6 +1295,7 @@ MegaLinter can generate various reports that you can activate / deactivate and c
 | [Email](https://github.com/oxsecurity/megalinter/tree/main/docs/reporters/EmailReporter.md)                                        | Receive **all reports on your e-mail**, if you can not use artifacts                                          | Active                       |
 | [TAP files](https://github.com/oxsecurity/megalinter/tree/main/docs/reporters/TapReporter.md)                                      | One file by linter following [**Test Anything Protocol**](https://testanything.org/) format                   | Active                       |
 | [Console](https://github.com/oxsecurity/megalinter/tree/main/docs/reporters/ConsoleReporter.md)                                    | **Execution logs** visible in **console** with **summary table** and **links to other reports** at the end    | Active                       |
+| [Markdown Summary](docs/reporters/MarkdownSummaryReporter.md)                                    | Generates a Markdown summary report file   | Inactive                       |
 <!-- reporters-section-end -->
 
 <!-- flavors-section-start -->
@@ -1724,6 +1725,10 @@ MegaLinter can be run locally thanks to [mega-linter-runner](https://megalinter.
 
 ![Screenshot](https://github.com/oxsecurity/megalinter/blob/main/docs/assets/images/AzureCommentReporter.jpg?raw=true)
 
+- [Markdown Summary](docs/reporters/MarkdownSummaryReporter.md)
+
+![Screenshot](docs/assets/images/MarkdownSummaryReporter_2.png)
+
 - [Updated sources](https://github.com/oxsecurity/megalinter/tree/main/docs/reporters/UpdatedSourcesReporter.md)
 - [Email](https://github.com/oxsecurity/megalinter/tree/main/docs/reporters/EmailReporter.md)
 - [File.io](https://github.com/oxsecurity/megalinter/tree/main/docs/reporters/FileIoReporter.md)

docs/reporters/MarkdownSummaryReporter.md

@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+---
+title: Summary Reporter for MegaLinter
+description: Generates a summary of SAST results in Markdown within a file named 'megalinter-report.md', located in the report folder.
+---
+
+# Summary Reporter
+
+Generates a summary of SAST results in Markdown within a file named **megalinter-report.md**, located in the report folder.
+
+This reporter **is deactivated by default**.
+
+![Screenshot](../assets/images/MarkdownSummaryReporter_1.png)
+
+![Screenshot](../assets/images/MarkdownSummaryReporter_2.png)
+
+## Usage
+
+Activate the reporter (`MARKDOWN_SUMMARY_REPORTER: true`) to generate summary report file.
+
+## Configuration
+
+| Variable                                | Description                                                                                                       | Default value              |
+|-----------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------|
+| MARKDOWN_SUMMARY_REPORTER                          | Activates/deactivates reporter                                                                                    | `false`                    |
+| MARKDOWN_SUMMARY_REPORTER_FILE_NAME                | File name for SUMMARY report output file                                                                            | `megalinter-report.md` |

megalinter/constants.py

@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 DEFAULT_DOCKER_WORKSPACE_DIR = "/tmp/lint"
 DEFAULT_REPORT_FOLDER_NAME = "megalinter-reports"
 DEFAULT_SARIF_REPORT_FILE_NAME = "megalinter-report.sarif"
+DEFAULT_SUMMARY_REPORT_FILE_NAME = "megalinter-report.md"
 DEFAULT_SARIF_SCHEMA_URI = "https://json.schemastore.org/sarif-2.1.0.json"
 DEFAULT_SARIF_VERSION = "2.1.0"
 DEFAULT_RELEASE = "v7"

megalinter/descriptors/schemas/megalinter-configuration.jsonschema.json

@@ -18380,6 +18380,20 @@
       "title": "SQL_TSQLLINT: Unsecured env variables",
       "type": "array"
     },
+    "MARKDOWN_SUMMARY_REPORTER": {
+      "$id": "#/properties/MARKDOWN_SUMMARY_REPORTER",
+      "default": false,
+      "description": "Generate SUMMARY reports that can be used to display issues directly in PR comment",
+      "title": "Activate SUMMARY reporter",
+      "type": "boolean"
+    },
+    "MARKDOWN_SUMMARY_REPORTER_FILE_NAME": {
+      "$id": "#/properties/MARKDOWN_SUMMARY_REPORTER_FILE_NAME",
+      "default": "megalinter-summary.log",
+      "description": "Override SUMMARY output file name",
+      "title": "SUMMARY report file name",
+      "type": "string"
+    },
     "SWIFT_FILTER_REGEX_EXCLUDE": {
       "$id": "#/properties/SWIFT_FILTER_REGEX_EXCLUDE",
       "title": "Excluding regex filter for SWIFT descriptor",

megalinter/reporters/MarkdownSummaryReporter.py

@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+"""
+Produce SUMMARY report
+"""
+import logging
+import os
+
+from megalinter import Reporter, config, utils
+from megalinter.utils_reporter import build_markdown_summary
+from megalinter.constants import DEFAULT_SUMMARY_REPORT_FILE_NAME
+
+
+
+class MarkdownSummaryReporter(Reporter):
+    name = "MARKDOWN_SUMMARY"
+    scope = "mega-linter"
+
+    def manage_activation(self):
+        if not utils.can_write_report_files(self.master):
+            self.is_active = False
+        elif (
+            config.get(self.master.request_id, "MARKDOWN_SUMMARY_REPORTER", "false")
+            == "true"
+        ):
+            self.is_active = True
+        else:
+            self.is_active = False
+
+
+    def produce_report(self):
+        summary = build_markdown_summary(self)
+
+        # Write output file
+        summary_file_name = f"{self.report_folder}{os.path.sep}" + config.get(
+            self.master.request_id,
+            "MARKDOWN_SUMMARY_REPORTER_FILE_NAME",
+            DEFAULT_SUMMARY_REPORT_FILE_NAME,
+        )
+        if os.path.isfile(summary_file_name):
+            # Remove from previous run
+            os.remove(summary_file_name)
+        with open(summary_file_name, "w", encoding="utf-8") as sarif_file:
+            sarif_file.write(summary)
+        logging.info(
+            f"[MARKDOWN_SUMMARY Reporter] Generated {self.name} report: {summary_file_name}"
+        )
+

megalinter/utils_reporter.py

@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 from redis import Redis
 
 
-def build_markdown_summary(reporter_self, action_run_url):
+def build_markdown_summary(reporter_self, action_run_url=""):
     table_header = ["Descriptor", "Linter", "Files", "Fixed", "Errors"]
     if reporter_self.master.show_elapsed_time is True:
         table_header += ["Elapsed time"]