Create Files Action

• Inputs
• Outputs
• Types
• Examples
• Contributing

Easily create various file types with custom options. Write the data to a file or use the output.

Inputs

Input	Default	Input Description
type	Required	Type of File to Create
file	-	Output File to Create
data	-	File Data for type

type

Currently only supports redirect html file.

file

Output file path to write file; otherwise use the output.

data

Type specific data in YAML format.

How to Pass Data

data: |
  url: https://smashedr.github.io/github-projects/
  text: /github-projects
  title: Ralf Broke It
  timer: 5

Outputs

Output	Description
content	File Content

- name: 'Create Files Action'
  id: files
  uses: cssnr/create-files-action@master

- name: 'Echo Output'
  run: |
    echo "content: '${{ steps.files.outputs.content }}'"

Types

redirect

Creates an HTML redirect page with timer and link.

Data	Default Value	Description of Input
url	-	URL to Redirect too
text	url	Text for URL link
title	Redireting	Title of the page
timer	5	Redirect timer seconds

View Step Example

- name: 'Redirect'
  id: redirect
  uses: cssnr/create-files-action@master
  with:
    type: 'redirect'
    file: 'index.html'
    data: |
      url: https://smashedr.github.io/github-projects/
      text: /github-projects
      title: Rolf Broke
      timer: 3

robots

Creates a robots.txt to block all robots.

View Step Example

- name: 'Robots'
  id: robots
  uses: cssnr/create-files-action@master
  with:
    type: 'robots'
    file: 'robots.txt'

Examples

💡 Click on an example heading to expand or collapse the example.

Coming soon.

For more examples, you can check out other projects using this action:
https://github.com/cssnr/create-files-action/network/dependents

Support

For general help or to request a feature see:

• Q&A Discussion: https://github.com/cssnr/create-files-action/discussions/categories/q-a
• Request a Feature: https://github.com/cssnr/create-files-action/discussions/categories/feature-requests

If you are experiencing an issue/bug or getting unexpected results you can:

• Report an Issue: https://github.com/cssnr/create-files-action/issues
• Chat with us on Discord: https://discord.gg/wXy6m2X8wY
• Provide General Feedback: https://cssnr.github.io/feedback/

For more information, see the CSSNR SUPPORT.md.

Contributing

If you would like to submit a PR, please review the CONTRIBUTING.md.

Please consider making a donation to support the development of this project and additional open source projects.

Additionally, you can support other GitHub Actions I have published:

• Stack Deploy Action
• Portainer Stack Deploy Action
• Docker Context Action
• Actions Up Action
• Zensical Action
• VirusTotal Action
• Mirror Repository Action
• Update Version Tags Action
• Docker Tags Action
• TOML Action
• Update JSON Value Action
• JSON Key Value Check Action
• Parse Issue Form Action
• Cloudflare Purge Cache Action
• Mozilla Addon Update Action
• Package Changelog Action
• NPM Outdated Check Action
• Label Creator Action
• Algolia Crawler Action
• Upload Release Action
• Check Build Action
• Web Request Action
• Get Commit Action

❔ Unpublished Actions

These actions are not published on the Marketplace, but may be useful.

• cssnr/create-files-action - Create various files from templates.
• cssnr/draft-release-action - Keep a draft release ready to publish.
• cssnr/env-json-action - Convert env file to json or vice versa.
• cssnr/push-artifacts-action - Sync files to a remote host with rsync.
• smashedr/update-release-notes-action - Update release notes.
• smashedr/combine-release-notes-action - Combine release notes.

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📝 Template Actions

These are basic action templates that I use for creating new actions.

• javascript-action - JavaScript
• typescript-action - TypeScript
• py-test-action - Dockerfile Python
• test-action-uv - Dockerfile Python UV
• docker-test-action - Docker Image Python

Note: The docker-test-action builds, runs and pushes images to GitHub Container Registry.

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For a full list of current projects visit: https://cssnr.github.io/