Push information to ouput file (#296)

* Push information to ouput file

.github/workflows/testing.yml

@@ -84,3 +84,17 @@ jobs:
               core.error('Too many runners with label "self-hosted" found')
               return
             }
+
+      - name: Test if result files are not empty
+        run: |
+          runnersFile=${{ steps.load-runner-info-org.outputs.runners-file-location }}
+          if [ ! -s $runnersFile ]; then
+            echo "File [$runnersFile] is empty"
+            exit 1
+          fi
+
+          groupedFile=${{ steps.load-runner-info-org.outputs.grouped-file-location }}
+          if [ ! -s $groupedFile ]; then
+            echo "File [$groupedFile] is empty"
+            exit 1
+          fi

README.md

@@ -34,6 +34,12 @@ To run this action at the **repository** level, the access token must have scope
 |`runners`|string|A JSON string with the runner information available|
 |`grouped`|string|A JSON string with the number of runner grouped by their labels, also indicating their status|
 
+When there are so many runners the JSON gets to large to use, use the filebased outputs instead:
+|Name|Type|Description|
+|---|---|---|
+|`runners-file-location`|string|The path to the file with the runner information available|
+|`grouped-file-location`|string|The path to the file with the number of runners grouped by their labels, also indicating their status|
+
 Runners output example:
 ``` json
 {

action.yml

@@ -20,6 +20,10 @@ outputs:
     description: 'JSON string with the runner information available in the organization or repo'
   grouped:
     description: 'JSON string with the labels and the number of runners with that label'
+  runners-file-location:
+    description: 'Path to the file that holds the JSON output'
+  grouped-file-location:
+    description: 'Path to the file that holds the JSON output'
 runs:
-  using: 'node12'
+  using: 'node16'
   main: 'dist/main.js'