feat: add start-only mode to keep Connect running#41
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When no command is provided after `--`, outputs JSON credentials (api_key, server, container_id) and keeps the container running. Adds `--stop` flag to stop a running container by ID. For GitHub Actions, adds outputs (api-key, server, container-id) and a stop input, enabling multi-step workflows. Closes #9 Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
- Add test-action-start-only CI job that verifies outputs and stop - Document --stop CLI option - Document start-only mode for CLI - Update GitHub Action inputs table (command now optional, add stop) - Add GitHub Action outputs table - Add multi-step workflow example Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Progress and diagnostic messages now go to stderr, leaving stdout clean for machine-readable output (JSON in start-only mode). This follows Unix conventions where stderr is used for diagnostic output, similar to curl, wget, git, etc. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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@tdstein this is ready for review 🙏 |
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| # Check if command is provided | ||
| if [ -z "${{ inputs.command }}" ]; then | ||
| # Start-only mode: capture JSON output and set outputs | ||
| OUTPUT=$(with-connect $ARGS) | ||
| echo "api-key=$(echo "$OUTPUT" | jq -r '.api_key')" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT | ||
| echo "server=$(echo "$OUTPUT" | jq -r '.server')" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT | ||
| echo "container-id=$(echo "$OUTPUT" | jq -r '.container_id')" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT | ||
| else | ||
| # Run with command | ||
| with-connect $ARGS -- bash <<'SCRIPT' | ||
| ${{ inputs.command }} | ||
| SCRIPT | ||
| fi |
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nit; is there a way to print these as bash variables so that one doesn't have to use jq to parse it.
Something like...
with-connect $ARGS | with-connect -- bash <<'SCRIPT'
${{ inputs.command }}
SCRIPT
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Thanks for the suggestion, I did that, have a look and see what you think
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Nice! Looks great to me. Thanks!
- Output shell variables instead of JSON (CONNECT_API_KEY, CONNECT_SERVER, CONTAINER_ID) - --stop without argument now uses CONTAINER_ID env var - Update action.yml to parse shell format (no jq dependency) - Update README with eval example Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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Output names now match env var names (CONNECT_API_KEY, CONNECT_SERVER, CONTAINER_ID), allowing direct piping to GITHUB_OUTPUT without parsing. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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Summary
--, outputs JSON credentials (api_key,server,container_id) and keeps the container running--stop <container_id>flag to stop a running containerapi-key,server,container-id) and astopinputCloses #9
Usage
CLI - Start only:
with-connect --license ./rstudio-connect.lic # Outputs: {"api_key": "...", "server": "http://localhost:3939", "container_id": "..."}CLI - Stop:
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--stopargument appears in--help--stopwith nonexistent container returns error🤖 Generated with Claude Code