yq - GitHub Action

A GitHub Action that provides yq, a lightweight and portable command-line YAML, JSON, INI and XML processor. yq uses jq-like syntax but works with yaml files as well as json, xml, ini, properties, csv and tsv.

Usage

  - name: Set foobar to cool
    uses: step-security/mikefarah-yq@v4
    with:
      cmd: yq -i '.foo.bar = "cool"' 'config.yml'
  - name: Get an entry with a variable that might contain dots or spaces
    id: get_username
    uses: step-security/mikefarah-yq@v4
    with:
      cmd: yq '.all.children.["${{ matrix.ip_address }}"].username' ops/inventories/production.yml
  - name: Reuse a variable obtained in another step
    run: echo ${{ steps.get_username.outputs.result }}

Inputs

Input	Description	Required
cmd	The yq command to run	Yes

Outputs

Output	Description
result	The complete result from the yq command being run

See yq documentation for detailed usage of the yq tool itself.