Merge branch 'master' of https://github.com/Tim-Maes/PrintZPL

Author: Tim-Maes

.github/workflows/build.yml

@@ -1,45 +1,67 @@
-name: Build and Publish Executable
+name: Build & Publish Executables
 
 on:
   push:
-    branches: [ master ]
+    branches:
+      - master
+    tags:
+      - 'v*.*.*'
   workflow_dispatch:
 
+env:
+  CONFIGURATION: Release
+  PROJECT_PATH: src/PrintZPL.Host/PrintZPL.Host.csproj
+  FRAMEWORK: net8.0
+
 jobs:
-  build:
+  publish:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    strategy:
+      fail-fast: false
+      matrix:
+        runtime:
+          - win-x64
+          - linux-x64
+          - osx-x64
 
     steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v2
-
-    - name: Set up .NET
-      uses: actions/setup-dotnet@v1
-      with:
-        dotnet-version: '6.0'
-
-    - name: Publish Windows Executable
-      run: dotnet publish ./src/PrintZPL.Host/PrintZPL.Host.csproj -r win-x64 -c Release /p:PublishSingleFile=true --self-contained true
-
-    - name: Publish Linux Executable
-      run: dotnet publish ./src/PrintZPL.Host/PrintZPL.Host.csproj -r linux-x64 -c Release /p:PublishSingleFile=true --self-contained true
-
-    - name: Publish macOS Executable
-      run: dotnet publish ./src/PrintZPL.Host/PrintZPL.Host.csproj -r osx-x64 -c Release /p:PublishSingleFile=true --self-contained true
-
-    - name: Upload Windows Executable
-      uses: actions/upload-artifact@v2
-      with:
-        name: PrintZPL-win-x64
-        path: src/PrintZPL.Host/bin/Release/net6.0/win-x64/publish/
-
-    - name: Upload Linux Executable
-      uses: actions/upload-artifact@v2
-      with:
-        name: PrintZPL-linux-x64
-        path: src/PrintZPL.Host/bin/Release/net6.0/linux-x64/publish/
-    
-    - name: Upload macOS Executable
-      uses: actions/upload-artifact@v2
-      with:
-        name: PrintZPL-osx-x64
-        path: src/PrintZPL.Host/bin/Release/net6.0/osx-x64/publish/
+      - name: Checkout repository
+        uses: actions/checkout@v3
+
+      - name: Setup .NET 6 SDK
+        uses: actions/setup-dotnet@v4
+        with:
+          dotnet-version: '8.0.x'
+
+      - name: Cache NuGet packages
+        uses: actions/cache@v4
+        with:
+          path: ~/.nuget/packages
+          key: ${{ runner.os }}-nuget-${{ hashFiles('**/*.csproj') }}
+          restore-keys: ${{ runner.os }}-nuget-
+
+      - name: Restore dependencies
+        run: dotnet restore "${{ env.PROJECT_PATH }}"
+
+      - name: Publish single-file executable (${{ matrix.runtime }})
+        run: |
+          dotnet publish "${{ env.PROJECT_PATH }}" \
+            -c ${{ env.CONFIGURATION }} \
+            -r ${{ matrix.runtime }} \
+            --self-contained true \
+            /p:PublishSingleFile=true \
+            /p:PublishTrimmed=true \
+            /p:TrimMode=Link
+
+      - name: Zip published output (${{ matrix.runtime }})
+        run: |
+          PUBLISH_DIR="src/PrintZPL.Host/bin/${{ env.CONFIGURATION }}/${{ env.FRAMEWORK }}/${{ matrix.runtime }}/publish"
+          ZIP_NAME="PrintZPL-${{ matrix.runtime }}.zip"
+          cd "$PUBLISH_DIR"
+          zip -r "${{ github.workspace }}/$ZIP_NAME" .
+
+      - name: Upload artifact for ${{ matrix.runtime }}
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
+        with:
+          name: PrintZPL-${{ matrix.runtime }}
+          path: PrintZPL-${{ matrix.runtime }}.zip

README.md

@@ -1,15 +1,19 @@
 # PrintZPL
 
 ## Description
-This service allows you to discover Zebra printers and send/print ZPL templates by using HTTP POST requests.
+PrintZPL is a lightweight web service to discover Zebra printers via mDNS and send ZPL templates over TCP using simple HTTP calls.
 
 ## Installation
 
+### Pre-reqs
+
+- [.NET 8 SDK](https://dotnet.microsoft.com/download/dotnet/8.0)
+
 ### Download and run as service
 
-- [PrintZPL-win-x64](https://github.com/Tim-Maes/PrintZPL/actions/runs/7247084396/artifacts/1121113118) for Windows
-- [PrintZPL-linux-x64](https://github.com/Tim-Maes/PrintZPL/actions/runs/7247084396/artifacts/1121113116) for Linux
-- [PrintZPL-osx-x65](https://github.com/Tim-Maes/PrintZPL/actions/runs/7247084396/artifacts/1121113117) for MaxOS
+- [PrintZPL-win-x64](https://github.com/Tim-Maes/PrintZPL/actions/runs/14935544402/artifacts/3096169978) for Windows
+- [PrintZPL-linux-x64](https://github.com/Tim-Maes/PrintZPL/actions/runs/14935544402/artifacts/3096169686) for Linux
+- [PrintZPL-osx-x65](https://github.com/Tim-Maes/PrintZPL/actions/runs/14935544402/artifacts/3096170002) for macOS
 
 ## The API