Github Actions - Multiselect Dropdown as part of inputs that allows user to select/deselect options at runtime

[mselukar008]

Hello Members,

I have created a GitHub action workflow for executing UI automation regression tests. The trigger events are manual dispatch and scheduled run. For both these events, I have 10 inputs out of which one is for test suites. My requirement is to have a drop-down/choice parameter that allows user to select multiple options from default values of dropdown at runtime, this implementation is already available in jenkins for parameterized pipelines with Extended choice parameters. Do we have similar implementation for inputs ? If not , is there any workaround for handling such scenario ?

Appreciate your response well in advanced.

[ooaklee]

Hey @mselukar008, and others who might be interested, I hope you are well.

I was looking at possible discussions/ raised issues that my action Interactive Inputs could help to address, and this is a use case that falls under the offered feature of Interactive Inputs. My action enables users to enable runtime inputs in their workflows/actions and support various input field types, including but not limited to multiselect, file and more.

How could it help you?

Based on your request, I created the following workflow which leverages Interactive Inputs. See the flow live with the video below.

Note, you will need to provide your own free Ngrok auth token, and the steps of enabling Slack/Discord comms can be found in the README.md in the action's repo

name: '[Example] Multiselect to invoke other flows'

on:
  push:

jobs:

  interactive-inputs:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    permissions:
      contents: write
      actions: write
    steps:
      - name: Example Interactive Inputs Step
        id: interactive-inputs
        uses: boasiHQ/interactive-inputs@v2
        with:
          timeout: 300
          title: 'We need you to select your desired flow(s) to execute'
          interactive: |
            fields:
              - label: runtime-options
                properties:
                  description: Below are the available flows that can be executed
                  display: Select the flow(s) to execute
                  type: multiselect
                  choices: 
                    ["option-a", "option-b", "option-c"]
                  required: true
              - label: notes
                properties:
                  display: Optional - Additional note(s)
                  type: textarea
                  description: Additional notes on why this selection was made.
          notifier-slack-enabled: "false"
          notifier-slack-channel: "#random"
          notifier-slack-token: ${{ secrets.SLACK_TOKEN }}
          notifier-discord-enabled: "false"
          notifier-discord-webhook: ${{ secrets.DISCORD_WEBHOOK }}
          github-token: ${{ github.token }}
          ngrok-authtoken: ${{ secrets.NGROK_AUTHTOKEN }}
    outputs:
        runtime-options: ${{ steps.interactive-inputs.outputs.runtime-options }}

  option-a:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    needs: ["interactive-inputs"]
    if: ${{ contains( needs.interactive-inputs.outputs.runtime-options, 'option-a' ) }}
    steps:
      - name: Run option-a
        shell: bash
        run: |
          echo "Running flow option-a "
          echo -e "\n==============================\n"
          echo "Detected Selection: ${{join(needs.interactive-inputs.outputs.runtime-options, '\n')}}"
          echo -e "\n==============================\n"

  option-b:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    needs: ["interactive-inputs"]
    if: ${{ contains( needs.interactive-inputs.outputs.runtime-options, 'option-b' ) }}
    steps:
      - name: Run option-b
        shell: bash
        run: |
            echo "Running flow option-b "
            echo -e "\n==============================\n"
            echo "Detected Selection: ${{join(needs.interactive-inputs.outputs.runtime-options, '\n')}}"
            echo -e "\n==============================\n"

  option-c:
      runs-on: ubuntu-latest
      needs: ["interactive-inputs"]
      if: ${{ contains( needs.interactive-inputs.outputs.runtime-options, 'option-c' ) }}
      steps:
        - name: Run option-c
          shell: bash
          run: |
              echo "Running flow option-c "
              echo -e "\n==============================\n"
              echo "Detected Selection: ${{join(needs.interactive-inputs.outputs.runtime-options, '\n')}}"
              echo -e "\n==============================\n"

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