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Lighthouse-Badger

Generates, adds & updates manually/automatically Lighthouse badges & reports from 1,2... URL(s) to 1,2... repo(s) in parallel

Installation

Copy and paste the following snippet into your .yml file.

 
              
- name: Lighthouse-Badger

              
  uses: MyActionWay/[email protected]
Learn more about this action in MyActionWay/lighthouse-badger-action

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Lighthouse-Badger | GitHub Action





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The Lighthouse-Badger GitHub action makes it easy to manually/automatically generate, add and update Lighthouse badges and reports from one/multiple input URL-group(s) to one/multiple target repo(s)/branch(es) in parallel.

Once you have it set up, you only need to add the links to the results once in your use case (e. g. Github readme, website,...). The Lighthouse-Badger will then automatically keep the results up to date for you. So sit back and let the Badger do the job 😉.

Warning: Don't embed your SVG badge files via URLs containing content hashes from GitHub. Otherwise, your badges will not automatically update in your use case [more info].


| Credits

I, Sitdisch, created the Lighthouse-Badger because I needed a GitHub action that would automatically update my Lighthouse badges and reports on a regular basis and I haven't found a suitable solution.

The badge creation is based on the Lighthouse-Badges repository [License: MIT; Copyright: © 2018 Emanuele Mazzotta; Changes: made] and the pagespeed badge on the Readme-Pagespeed-Insights repository [License: Apache-2.0; Copyright: © 2021 Ankur Parihar; Changes: made]. Check out both. They are magnificent and maybe better suited for your use case than the Lighthouse-Badger.

Last but not least, everything is based on the extraordinary work of the contributors to the GoogleChrome/lighthouse repository [License: Apache-2.0] "Chapeau!".

P.S. the badger and military medal icon are from the googlefonts/noto-emoji repository [License: Apache-2.0].

| Previews

Pagespeed Badge

Plastic Badges

Single Plastic Badge

Reports

The awesome htmlpreview.github.com repository makes it easy to show up your Lighthouse reports instantly rendered. Just put this https://htmlpreview.github.io/? before the URL where you placed your Lighthouse report e. g. https://htmlpreview.github.io/?https://github.com/sitdisch/cloud/blob/master/lighthouse_results/dark_particle/desktop/mythemeway_github_io_dark_particle_.html

Examples: Main Page | Project Page



| Setups

First, choose a workflow file:

lighthouse-badger-easy.yml

Generates, adds & updates manually/automatically Lighthouse badges & reports from one/multiple input URL(s) to the current repository & main branch with minimal settings.

Set it up (click to toggle)

1. add the lighthouse-badger-easy.yml workflow file to a repository

  • get the file

  • it has to be the target repository where you want to add the Lighthouse results (this is not the case with the other workflow files)

  • the path has to be .github/workflows/lighthouse-badger-easy.yml

2. create a new encrypted repository secret

  • see how to do this in general

  • give the secret a name e. g. LIGHTHOUSE_BADGER_TOKEN

  • the value of the secret must be the value of the Personal Access Token (PAT) for the repository where you want to add the Lighthouse results

    • procedure for creating a PAT (fine-grained) or a PAT (classic)

    • select only the minimum scopes and permissions required

      • PAT (fine-grained): repository permissions

        • contents => access: read and write

        • metadata => access: read-only

      • PAT (classic): e. g. repo

    • CONSIDER: PAT expiration requires you to regenerate the PAT and set it as the secret's value again

  • add the secret to the same repository where you added this workflow file

3. adapt your lighthouse-badger-easy.yml file

 3.1 for manual triggers
 3.2 for all other triggers

  • adapt this section:

     ##############################################################
 # DEFINE YOUR INPUTS AND TRIGGERS IN THE FOLLOWING
 ##############################################################
 
 # INPUTS as environmental variables (env)
 env:
 	URLS: # URL(s) to be checked e.g. 'https://github.com/sitdisch https://github.com/mythemeway'
 	TOKEN_NAME: # target token name e.g. 'LIGHTHOUSE_BADGER_TOKEN'
 
 # TRIGGERS
 on:
 #	page_build:
 #	schedule:
 #		- cron: '55 23 * * 0'

    CONSIDER:

    • INPUTS:

      • you only have to define URLS and TOKEN_NAME;

      • TOKEN_NAME: never enter the actual value of the personal access token

    • TRIGGERS:

      • page_build: Lighthouse results are generated every time after the GitHub page is built

      • schedule:

        • e. g. cron: '55 23 * * 0' executes the Lighthouse-Badger every Sunday at 23:55

        • you can check your inputs here

    • hidden defaults (changeable with the other workflow files):

      • target repository & branch: Repository with this workflow file and main branch

      • outputs:

        • badges: pagespeed.svg

        • reports: yes

        • output-paths:

          • lighthouse_results/mobile

          • lighthouse_results/desktop

      • audit types:

        • mobile:

          • parameters: '--throttling.cpuSlowdownMultiplier=2'

        • desktop:

          • parameters: '--throttling.cpuSlowdownMultiplier=1'

      • other settings:

        • user who commit: github-actions[bot]

        • user e-mail address: 41898282+github-actions[bot]@users.noreply.github.com

        • commit message: Lighthouse-Badger[bot]: Results Added

That's it. Happy audits.

lighthouse-badger-default.yml

Generates, adds & updates manually/automatically Lighthouse badges & reports from one/multiple input URL(s) to a selected target repository & branch.

Set it up (click to toggle)

1. add the lighthouse-badger-default.yml workflow file to a repository

  • get the file

  • it doesn't have to be the repository where you want to add the Lighthouse results; e. g., you can simply fork the myactionway/lighthouse-badger-workflows repository

    • CONSIDER: with a forked repository, you need to confirm that you want to use a workflow before you can actually use it (repo menu > actions tab > push the button)

  • the path has to be .github/workflows/lighthouse-badger-default.yml

2. create a new encrypted repository secret

  • see how to do this in general

  • give the secret a name e. g. LIGHTHOUSE_BADGER_TOKEN

  • the value of the secret must be the value of the Personal Access Token (PAT) for the repository where you want to add the Lighthouse results

    • procedure for creating a PAT (fine-grained) or a PAT (classic)

    • select only the minimum scopes and permissions required

      • PAT (fine-grained): repository permissions

        • contents => access: read and write

        • metadata => access: read-only

      • PAT (classic): e. g. repo

    • CONSIDER: PAT expiration requires you to regenerate the PAT and set it as the secret's value again

  • add the secret to the same repository where you added this workflow file

3. adapt your lighthouse-badger-default.yml file

 3.1 for manual triggers
 3.2 for all other triggers

  • adapt this section:

     ##############################################################
 # DEFINE YOUR INPUTS AND TRIGGERS IN THE FOLLOWING
 ##############################################################

 # INPUTS as environmental variables (env)
 env:
 	URLS: # URL(s) to be checked e.g. 'https://github.com/sitdisch https://github.com/mythemeway'
 	TOKEN_NAME: # target token name e.g. 'LIGHTHOUSE_BADGER_TOKEN'
 	REPO_BRANCH: # target repository & branch e.g. 'dummy/mytargetrepo main'
 	BADGES_ARGS: # badge-style '-b {flat,...}', preceding-label '-l "Lighthouse "', output-path '-o lighthouse_results/dummy', save-report '-r', single-badge '-s'
 	AUDIT_TYPE: # 'mobile', 'desktop', 'both' or 'both_p' 
 	MOBILE_LIGHTHOUSE_PARAMS: # Lighthouse parameters mobile audit
 	DESKTOP_LIGHTHOUSE_PARAMS: # Lighthouse parameters desktop audit
 	USER_NAME: # user who should commit e.g. 'dummy'
 	USER_EMAIL: # e.g. '[email protected]'
 	COMMIT_MESSAGE: # e.g. 'Lighthouse results added'

 # TRIGGERS
 on:
 #	page_build:
 #	schedule:
 #		- cron: '55 23 * * 0'

    CONSIDER:

    • INPUTS:

      • you only have to define URLS and TOKEN_NAME; if any other input is blank, one of these default values will be used instead

         DEFAULT_REPO_BRANCH: '${{ github.repository }} main' # repo with this file and main branch
 DEFAULT_BADGES_ARGS: '-b pagespeed -o lighthouse_results -r'
 DEFAULT_AUDIT_TYPE: 'both'
 DEFAULT_MOBILE_LIGHTHOUSE_PARAMS: '--throttling.cpuSlowdownMultiplier=2'
 DEFAULT_DESKTOP_LIGHTHOUSE_PARAMS: '--preset=desktop --throttling.cpuSlowdownMultiplier=1'
 DEFAULT_USER_NAME: 'github-actions[bot]'
 DEFAULT_USER_EMAIL: '41898282+github-actions[bot]@users.noreply.github.com'
 DEFAULT_COMMIT_MESSAGE: 'Lighthouse-Badger[bot]: Results Added'

      • TOKEN_NAME: never enter the actual value of the personal access token

      • BADGES_ARGS:

        • more information about the optional arguments can be found here

        • in contrast to the Lighthouse-Badges repository

          • do not enter any URL(s) here

          • mobile or/and desktop is/are always added to your output-path

      • MOBILE/DESKTOP_LIGHTHOUSE_PARAMS:

        • more information about the optional arguments can be found here

      • AUDIT_TYPE:

        • 'both_p': desktop and mobile audits are carried out in parallel

          • it's not recommended as it can skew the performance results [source] and it can also be slower than 'both'

    • TRIGGERS:

      • page_build: Lighthouse results are generated every time after the GitHub page is built

      • schedule:

        • e. g. cron: '55 23 * * 0' executes the Lighthouse-Badger every Sunday at 23:55

        • you can check your inputs here

That's it. Happy audits.

lighthouse-badger-advanced.yml

Generates, adds & updates manually/automatically Lighthouse badges & reports from one/multiple input URL-group(s) to one/multiple target repo(s)/branch(es) in parallel.

Set it up (click to toggle)

1. add the lighthouse-badger-advanced.yml workflow file to a repository

  • get the file

  • it doesn't have to be a repository where you want to add Lighthouse results; e. g., you can simply fork the myactionway/lighthouse-badger-workflows repository

    • CONSIDER: with a forked repository, you need to confirm that you want to use a workflow before you can actually use it (repo menu > actions tab > push the button)

  • the path has to be .github/workflows/lighthouse-badger-advanced.yml

2. create new encrypted repository secrets

  • see how to do this in general

  • give the secrets names e. g. LIGHTHOUSE_BADGER_TOKEN_1 and LIGHTHOUSE_BADGER_TOKEN_2

  • the values of the secrets must be the values of the Personal Access Tokens (PAT) for the repositories where you want to add the Lighthouse results

    • procedure for creating a PAT (fine-grained) or a PAT (classic)

    • select only the minimum scopes and permissions required

      • PAT (fine-grained): repository permissions

        • contents => access: read and write

        • metadata => access: read-only

      • PAT (classic): e. g. repo

    • CONSIDER: PAT expiration requires you to regenerate the PAT and set it as the secret's value again

  • add the secrets to the same repository where you added this workflow file

3. adapt your lighthouse-badger-advanced.yml file

 3.1 define your defaults

  • adapt this section:

     ##############################################################
 # DEFINE YOUR DEFAULTS (INPUTS & TRIGGERS) IN THE FOLLOWING
 ##############################################################

 # INPUTS as environmental variables (env)
 env:
 	TOKEN_NAME: # target token name e.g. 'LIGHTHOUSE_BADGER_TOKEN_1'
 	REPO_BRANCH: # target repository & branch e.g. 'dummy/mytargetrepo_1 main'
 	AUDIT_TYPE: # 'mobile', 'desktop', 'both' or 'both_p' 
 	MOBILE_LIGHTHOUSE_PARAMS: # Lighthouse parameters mobile audit
 	DESKTOP_LIGHTHOUSE_PARAMS: # Lighthouse parameters desktop audit
 	USER_NAME: # user who should commit e.g. 'dummy'
 	USER_EMAIL: # e.g. '[email protected]'
 	COMMIT_MESSAGE: # e.g. 'Lighthouse results added'

 # TRIGGERS
 on:
 #	page_build:
 #	schedule:
 #		- cron: '55 23 * * 0'
 	workflow_dispatch:

    CONSIDER:

    • INPUTS:

      • TOKEN_NAME: never enter the actual value of the personal access token

      • all inputs except TOKEN_NAME have predefined values; you can, but you don't have to overwrite them

         # Predefined values
 REPO_BRANCH: '${{ github.repository }} main' # repo with this file and main branch
 AUDIT_TYPE: 'both'
 MOBILE_LIGHTHOUSE_PARAMS: '--throttling.cpuSlowdownMultiplier=2'
 DESKTOP_LIGHTHOUSE_PARAMS: '--preset=desktop --throttling.cpuSlowdownMultiplier=1'
 USER_NAME: 'github-actions[bot]'
 USER_EMAIL: '41898282+github-actions[bot]@users.noreply.github.com'
 COMMIT_MESSAGE: 'Lighthouse-Badger[bot]: Results Added'

      • MOBILE/DESKTOP_LIGHTHOUSE_PARAMS:

        • more information about the optional arguments can be found here

      • AUDIT_TYPE:

        • 'both_p': desktop and mobile audits are carried out in parallel

          • it's not recommended as it can skew the performance results [source] and it can also be slower than 'both'

    • TRIGGERS:

 3.2 define your settings for the different input URL-Groups

  • adapt this section:

     ##############################################################
 # FIRST URL-GROUP | DEFINE YOUR ENV IN THE FOLLOWING
 ##############################################################
 -	NAME: 'URL-GROUP 1'
 	URLS: 'https://github.com/sitdisch https://github.com/mythemeway'
 	BADGES_ARGS: '-b pagespeed -o lighthouse_results/first_group -r'
 #	TOKEN_NAME:
 #	REPO_BRANCH:
 #	AUDIT_TYPE:
 #	MOBILE_LIGHTHOUSE_PARAMS:
 #	DESKTOP_LIGHTHOUSE-PARAMS:
 #	USER_NAME:
 #	USER_EMAIL:
 #	COMMIT_MESSAGE: # e.g. 'Lighthouse-Badger[bot]: Results Added | First URL-Group'
 ##############################################################
 # SECOND URL-GROUP | DEFINE YOUR ENV IN THE FOLLOWING
 ##############################################################
 -	NAME: 'URL-GROUP 2'
 	URLS: 'https://mythemeway.github.io/Dark-Particle/ https://mythemeway.github.io/Dark-Particle/projects/2020/10/31/project-1.html'
 	BADGES_ARGS: '-b flat -o lighthouse_results/second_group -r'
 #	TOKEN_NAME: # e.g. 'LIGHTHOUSE_BADGER_TOKEN_2'
 #	REPO_BRANCH: # e.g. 'dummy/mytargetrepo_2 main'
 #	AUDIT_TYPE:
 #	MOBILE_LIGHTHOUSE_PARAMS:
 #	DESKTOP_LIGHTHOUSE_PARAMS:
 #	USER_NAME:
 #	USER_EMAIL:
 #	COMMIT_MESSAGE: # e.g. 'Lighthouse-Badger[bot]: Results Added | Second URL-Group'
 ##############################################################
 # THIRD URL-GROUP | FEEL FREE TO ADD MORE URL-GROUPS...

    CONSIDER:

    • you just have to define NAME, URLS and BADGES_ARGS for each group; if you do not define any of the other inputs, your predefined defaults will be used instead

    • BADGES_ARGS:

      • more information about the optional arguments can be found here

      • set different output-paths for different groups

      • in contrast to the Lighthouse-Badges repository

        • do not enter any URL(s) here

        • mobile or/and desktop is/are always added to your output-path

    • TOKEN_NAME: never enter the actual value of the personal access token

    • only a maximum of 256 URL-Groups per workflow run is possible [GitHub restriction]

That's it. Happy audits.


Warning: If you use your own workflow file, it is highly recommended to set a time limit for the job execution (GitHub's default: 6 hours); default in the proposed workflow files timeout-minutes: 8


| Known issues & possible solutions

Your SVG badge file was not automatically updated in your use case:

  • You embedded your SVG badge file via a URL containing a content hash from GitHub.

    • e. g. https://raw.githubusercontent.com/sitdisch/lighthouse-badges/94ff556d0d5a451a56839813e6322da811fce9f6/assets/img/scores/pagespeed.svg has the content hash 94ff556d0d5a451a56839813e6322da811fce9f6

    • A badge embedded via such a URL will never be updated.

    • You get such a URL when you hover over a SVG file in your GitHub repository + Right Mouse Click + Copy Image Link

  • Instead, use a URL that includes the branch name where your badge is stored on GitHub.

    • e. g. https://raw.githubusercontent.com/sitdisch/lighthouse-badges/master/assets/img/scores/pagespeed.svg

    • here only the content hash 94ff556d0d5a451a56839813e6322da811fce9f6 is replaced by the branch name master

    • A badge embedded via such a URL can be updated automatically.

"Error: fatal: could not read Username for 'https://github.com': terminal prompts disabled":

"remote: Permission to ... denied to ... fatal: unable to access 'https://github.com/...': The requested URL returned error: 403":

  • your personal access token used does not have the minimum scopes/permissions required to add the Lighthouse results to your target repository

No scores are displayed in the pagespeed.svg file:

  • They are there, if not, NA is inserted. Try opening the SVG with a browser and the scores will pop up, I promise.

You get a failed job because it exceeded the maximum execution time:

  • increase timeout-minutes in your workflow file (default in the proposed workflow files = 8min)

  • if that doesn't help, maybe it is a lighthouse issue

You get a failed job because not all remote commits were fetched during parallel computing:

  • increase max_push_attempts in your workflow file (default = 5)

The repository size is growing continuously due to the automatic updating of the badges:

  • The Branch-Pruner can help. E. g. put your Lighthouse results on a separate branch and automatically prune that branch with the Pruner, as you like. That way, you have the repo size under control and also the ability to see the latest history of your badges and reports without the really old stuff.

The workflow logs do not provide enough detail to diagnose why a workflow, job, or step is not working as expected:

You are experiencing strange behavior from GitHub actions:

Your workflow trigger schedule doesn't fire:

  • in my experience, a workflow file with this trigger must be placed in the default branch

  • in this chat Brightran said: "... The workaround is to push something to trigger them. ..." and Hless said: "... It appears to me that it takes while before schedules actions run at all in a new repo". In my experience, they are right.


| Application example


| Appendix

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