GitHub Action to Help Getting The Latest Release Info

Add this step in your workflow file

- name: Gets latest created release info
  id: latest_release_info
  uses: jossef/[email protected]
  env:
    GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ github.token }}

Output Variables

• id: The Id of the release
• html_url: The URL users can navigate to in order to view the release
• upload_url: The URL for uploading assets to the release
• tag_name: The name of the tag linked with the release
• name: The name of the release
• created_at: The creation date of the release
• draft: The draft of the release

output variables can be accessed after the step is completed via ${{ steps.latest_release_info.outputs.<variable name> }}

Example - Accessing Output Variables

name: Build and Release

on:
  push:
    branches: [ master ]
  pull_request:
    branches: [ master ]

env:
  GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ github.token }}

jobs:
  build:
    name: Build and Release
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
    - name: Checkout code
    - uses: actions/checkout@v2

    - name: Build
    # TODO fill in with a step that builds something into ./dist/output.tar

    - name: Automatic release
    # TODO fill in with a step that automates the release process (i'm using semantic releaser)

    - name: Gets latest created release info
      id: latest_release_info
      uses: jossef/[email protected]

    - name: Upload asset to github release page
      id: upload-release-asset
      uses: actions/upload-release-asset@v1
      with:
        upload_url: ${{ steps.latest_release_info.outputs.upload_url }}
        asset_path: ./dist/output.tar
        asset_name: output_${{ steps.latest_release_info.outputs.tag_name }}.tar
        asset_content_type: application/x-tar

Credits

This repo was forked and modified. original - https://github.com/marketplace/actions/get-the-upload-url-for-a-release