Download an artifact from an Azure Pipeline

Use this Action to download an artifact from an Azure Pipeline.

Getting Started

name: Download stuff from an Azure Pipeline
on: [push]
jobs:
  build:
    runs-on: ubuntu-16.04
    steps:
    - name: Download a build artifact from an Azure Pipeline
      uses: git-for-windows/get-azure-pipelines-artifact@v0
      with:
        repository: git/git
        definitionId: 10
        artifact: sparse
    - run: sudo dpkg -i sparse_*.deb

Input parameters

Repository

This Action needs to know in which repository the artifact lives. Example: https://dev.azure.com/git/git/_build shows the Azure Pipelines of the git/git repository. It can be configured like this:

- uses: git-for-windows/get-azure-pipelines-artifact@v0
  with:
    repository: git/git

Pipeline definition ID

Every Azure Pipeline has a numerical identifier that is part of the URL. For example, the "Build sparse for Ubuntu" Pipeline in git/git at https://dev.azure.com/git/git/_build?definitionId=10 has the identifier 10. It needs to be configured via the definitionId key.

- uses: git-for-windows/get-azure-pipelines-artifact@v0
  with:
    definitionId: 10

Artifact name

Pipelines can have an arbitrary number of artifacts, which are identified by a name. The artifact parameter specifies which one to download. It can be omitted if the given Pipeline run has only one artifact attached to it.

Build filters

The reasonFilter parameter can be added to filter by the reason for a build. A list of accepted reasons can be found here. This parameter defaults to all if omitted.

Strip prefix

Pipeline artifacts can contain entire directory structures. The stripPrefix parameter allows filtering by a given path prefix; Any files matching that prefix will be written (after stripping the prefix), all other files will be skipped.

Output location

By default, the artifact files will be stored in the current directory. The path parameter can be used to override that.

This directory needs to be unless caching is turned off.

Caching

To accelerate this Action, artifacts are cached once downloaded. This can be turned off by setting the input parameter cache to false.

Developing this Action

First, you'll need to have a reasonably modern version of node handy, such as Node 12.

Install the dependencies

$ npm install

Build the Action and package it for distribution

$ npm run build && npm run package

Run the tests ✔️

$ npm test