Deploy to Netlify

A Github Action to deploy to Netlify the contents of a directory. This action requires that the files to be deployed are built inside a build directory. This is where the action picks the files up from to upload them further to Netlify.

Inputs

This Action requires a few inputs:

Name	Required	Default	Description
AUTH_TOKEN	true	-	The Netlify token. One can be (generated here).
SITE_ID	true	-	The Netlify site where the files will be deployed to. It can be found in the Netlify Site Settings.
DEPLOY_PROD	false	false	Trigger a production deploy or not. More info here: https://docs.netlify.com/site-deploys/overview/#branch-deploy-controls

Example

Deploy to production from the master branch. Remember that this action needs to build, copy or checkout the files to be deployed into a local ./build dir. That is what this action will upload to Netlify.

The secrets are defined in your repo's settings

name: 'Deploy to Netlify'

on:
  push:
    branches:
    - master

jobs:
  deploy:
    name: 'Deploy'
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest

    steps:
      - name: Checkout
        uses: actions/checkout@v1
      - name: Build the website
        run: |
          mkdir -p /home/runner/work/_temp/_github_home/build
          <commands_to_build_the_site_and_store_the_output_in_'/home/runner/work/_temp/_github_home/build'>
      - name: Deploy Netlify
        uses: danakim/gh-action-deploy-netlify@master
        with:
          AUTH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.NETLIFY_AUTH_TOKEN }}
          SITE_ID: ${{ secrets.NETLIFY_SITE_ID }}
          DEPLOY_PROD: true

More

For more info on how to reference Actions in your workflow files, please check this article by Github

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