add raw-output option for json output

[adonisgarciac]

When you run this action with json: true, the output doesn't work properly because double quotes are escaped in the content of array:

code:

      - name: Get changed files
        id: changed-files
        uses: tj-actions/changed-files@v35
        with:
          json: true

      - uses: distributhor/workflow-webhook@v2
        env:
          webhook_type: 'json-extended'
          webhook_url: ${{ secrets.WEBHOOK_URL_DEV }}
          webhook_secret: ${{ secrets.WEBHOOK_SECRET_DEV }}
          data: '{ "modified_files": ${{ steps.changed-files.outputs.all_changed_files }} }'

output

    data: { "modified_files": [\".github/workflows/github-dev-webhook.yml\",\"file.yml\"] }

Error:

parse error: Invalid numeric literal at line 1, column 23

If I check the code where json is parsed:

$ echo hello | jq -R 'split("|") | @json'| sed -r 's/^"|"$//g' | tr -s /
[\"hello\"]

With this change, the output will be:

$ echo hello | jq -r -R 'split("|") | @json'| sed -r 's/^"|"$//g' | tr -s /
["hello"]

[github-actions]

Thanks for implementing a fix, could you ensure that the test covers your changes if applicable.

[jackton1]

@adonisgarciac Thanks for submitting this PR. I’ll suggest we make this an optional behaviour via an input I.e json-raw: true. Since this breaks the usage of the action with fromJSON.

See: https://docs.github.com/en/actions/learn-github-actions/expressions#fromjson

Failed matrix job: https://github.com/tj-actions/changed-files/actions/runs/3795491847

[jackton1]

Add optional input to return raw JSON output from jq. You’ll need to abstract the behaviour into a function that can be used with pipe

[adonisgarciac]

Add optional input to return raw JSON output from jq. You’ll need to abstract the behaviour into a function that can be used with pipe

Thank you @jackton1. You are totally right! Let me know if there are some mistakes in the last changes that I have done with jq_raw_input as a variable.

[jackton1]

Nice work @adonisgarciac made some quick changes the arguments for jq would just need to be controlled internally except there's a real use case for supporting more arguments.

@all-contributors please add @adonisgarciac for code, docs

[allcontributors]

@jackton1

I've put up a pull request to add @adonisgarciac! 🎉