Edit or Read the content of any json file or the package.json that you want.

with:

• path (Optional) The path of the package.json file. Default: package.json
• replaceWith (Optional) json data for changing for example the package.json. Default: {}. If a key exists in both objects and both values are objects, the two values will be recursively merged otherwise the value from the second object will be used.

Getter

- name: Get values from the package.json
  id: packageJson
  uses: RadovanPelka/github-action-json@main
  with:
    path: "package.json" # default value

- run: echo "name - ${{ steps.packageJson.outputs.name }}"
- run: echo "version - ${{ steps.packageJson.outputs.version }}"
- run: echo "author - ${{ steps.packageJson.outputs.author }}"

Setter & Getter

- name: Set and Get values from the package.json
  id: packageJson
  uses: RadovanPelka/github-action-json@main
  with:
    path: "package.json" # default value
    replaceWith: |
      {
        "engines": { "node": "20" }
        "version": 10
      }

- run: echo "version - ${{ steps.packageJson.outputs.version }}"
- run: echo "engines - ${{ steps.packageJson.outputs.engines }}"

• steps.packageJson.outputs.[YOUR_JSON_KEY] Value by key.

Example for the package.json

• steps.packageJson.outputs.name The name of the package.
• steps.packageJson.outputs.description This helps people discover your package, as it's listed in 'npm search'.

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• Github: @RadovanPelka

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