Help caching a file downloaded from a website

[hbasaric]

Hello,

My GitHub Actions workflow requires as an input a file downloaded from a website in order to run. Instead of downloading the file each time the action is triggered, I would like to use actions/cache to cache the file.

Currently, my .yml file looks like this:

- name: Cache and install dependencies
uses: actions/cache@v3
id: cache
with:
path: ~/
key: ${{ runner.os }}-java-'fileName.xxx'
restore-keys: |
${{ runner.os }}-java-

- if: steps.cache.outputs.cache-hit != 'true'
name: Install deps
run: |
if [ ! -e ./fileName.xxx ]; then
wget https://download_link/fileName.xxx
fi

The caching of the file (fileName.xxx) does not seem to work. Whenever the Action is triggered, the cache hit results in a miss and the file is downloaded using wget.

I'm wondering if my syntax is incorrect, or if I'm not using the cache key correctly?

Thank you!

[bishal-pdMSFT]

The steps seem okay but not sure about the . and ' in the key. can you try with ${{ runner.os }}-java-fileName-xxx

[hbasaric]

This worked. Thank you for your help, much appreciated.