file_outputs_action.yml

name: Extract table values

on:
  push:
    branches:
      - main

jobs:
  extract:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - name: Checkout repo
        uses: actions/checkout@v3

      - name: Remove existing parameter_list.csv
        uses: JesseTG/rm@v1.0.3
        with:
          path: parameter_list.csv

      - name: Remove existing parameter_array.js
        uses: JesseTG/rm@v1.0.3
        with:
          path: parameter_array.js

      - name: Commit removed files
        run: |
          git config user.name github-actions
          git config user.email github-actions@github.com
          git commit -am "Remove previous version of parameters list and array files"

      - name: Extract platform click id parameters from README.md and generate .csv file
        run: |
          table=$(awk -F '|' '{if (start && !end) print $2} /---start---/{start=1} /---end---/{end=1}' README.md | tail -n+4 | sed 's/`//g' | sed 's/ //g' | sed -z 's/\n/,/g;s/,$/\n/' | sed 's/..$//')
          echo "$table"
          echo "$table" > parameter_list.csv

      - name: Use .csv file to generate a parameter_array.js file
        run: |
          input_list=$(cat parameter_list.csv)
          IFS=',' read -ra input_array <<< "$input_list"
          output_string="["
          for val in "${input_array[@]}"
          do
              output_string+="'"$val"',"
          done
          output_string="${output_string%,}]"
          echo "$output_string"
          echo "$output_string" > parameter_array.js

      - name: Commit and push both files
        run: |
          git add parameter_list.csv parameter_array.js
          git commit -m "Autogenerate parameter_list.csv and parameter_array.js"
          git push