Dispatch action

Usage

- name: Build step
  id: prev-step
  run: ...

- name: Dispatch for tests
  uses: empirical-run/dispatch-action@main
  with:
    auth-key: ${{ secrets.EMPIRICALRUN_KEY }}
    environment: production # or staging or mobile
    build-url: ${{ steps.prev-step.outputs.url }}

Supported inputs

• auth-key: Required input, for authentication.
• environment: Required input, to specify which environment to run the tests against. Configure environments by contacting us.
• build-url: Required input, for the URL of the application build
  • For web, this points to a URL of the deployment (e.g. https://staging.your-app.com)
  • For mobile, this points to a downloadable file, ending in .apk, .aab or .ipa

Vercel deployments

If you are dispatching test run requests for Vercel deployments, it is a good idea to add the GITHUB_TOKEN environment variable to pull branch info.

- name: Dispatch for tests
  uses: empirical-run/dispatch-action@main
  with:
    environment: production # or staging or mobile
    build-url: ${{ steps.prev-step.outputs.url }}
  env:
    GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}

Development

npm install
npm run dev

The dist/index.js file needs to be committed.