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# GitHub Action - Releases API
This GitHub Action (written in JavaScript) wraps the [GitHub Release API](https://developer.github.com/v3/repos/releases/), specifically the [Upload a Release Asset](https://developer.github.com/v3/repos/releases/#upload-a-release-asset) endpoint, to allow you to leverage GitHub Actions to upload release assets.

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## Usage
### Pre-requisites
Create a workflow `.yml` file in your repositories `.github/workflows` directory. An [example workflow](#example-workflow---upload-a-release-asset) is available below. For more information, reference the GitHub Help Documentation for [Creating a workflow file](https://help.github.com/en/articles/configuring-a-workflow#creating-a-workflow-file). You also will need to have a release to upload your asset to, which could be created programmatically by [`@actions/create-release`](https://www.github.com/actions/create-release) as show in the example workflow.

### Inputs
For more information on these inputs, see the [API Documentation](https://developer.github.com/v3/repos/releases/#input-2)

- `upload_url`: The URL for uploading assets to the release, which could come from another GitHub Action, for example the [`@actions/create-release`](https://www.github.com/actions/create-release) GitHub Action

### Outputs
For more information on these outputs, see the [API Documentation](https://developer.github.com/v3/repos/releases/#response-for-successful-upload) for an example of what these outputs look like

- `id`: The ID of the asset
- `browser_download_url`: The URL users can navigate to in order to download the release asset. i.e. `https://github.com/octocat/Hello-World/releases/download/v1.0.0/example.zip`

### Example workflow - upload a release asset
On every `push` to a tag matching the pattern `v*`, [create a release](https://developer.github.com/v3/repos/releases/#create-a-release) and [upload a release asset](https://developer.github.com/v3/repos/releases/#upload-a-release-asset). This Workflow example assumes you have the [`@actions/create-release`](https://www.github.com/actions/create-release) Action in a previous step:

```yaml
on:
push:
# Sequence of patterns matched against refs/tags
tags:
- 'v*' # Push events to matching v*, i.e. v1.0, v20.15.10

name: Upload Release Asset

jobs:
build:
name: Upload Release Asset
runs-on: ubuntu-latest
steps:
- name: Checkout code
uses: actions/checkout@master
- name: Build project # This would actually build your project, using zip for an example artifact
run: |
zip --junk-paths my-artifact README.md
- name: Create Release
id: create_release
uses: actions/create-release@v1.0.0
env:
GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
with:
tag_name: ${{ github.ref }}
release_name: Release ${{ github.ref }}
draft: false
prerelease: false
- name: Upload Release Asset
id: upload-release-asset
uses: actions/upload-release-asset@v1.0.1
env:
GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
with:
upload_url: ${{ steps.create_release.outputs.upload_url }} # This pulls from the CREATE RELEASE step above, referencing it's ID to get its outputs object, which include a `upload_url`. See this blog post for more info: https://jasonet.co/posts/new-features-of-github-actions/#passing-data-to-future-steps
asset_path: ./my-artifact.zip
asset_name: my-artifact.zip
asset_content_type: application/zip
```

This will upload a release artifact to an existing release, outputting the `browser_download_url` for the asset which could be handled by a third party service, or by GitHub Actions for additional uses. For more information, see the GitHub Documentation for the [upload a release asset](https://developer.github.com/v3/repos/releases/#upload-a-release-asset) endpoint.

## Contributing
We would love you to contribute to `@actions/upload-release-asset`, pull requests are welcome! Please see the [CONTRIBUTING.md](CONTRIBUTING.md) for more information.

## License
The scripts and documentation in this project are released under the [MIT License](LICENSE)