fix(app/action): mishandled config_output (#1293)

source/app/action/index.mjs

@@ -318,6 +318,9 @@ function quit(reason) {
         console.debug(error)
       }
       info("Previous render sha", committer.sha ?? "(none)")
+      //Compatibility check
+      if ((_action === "gist")&&(["png", "jpeg", "markdown-pdf"].includes(_output)))
+        throw new Error(`"config_output: ${_output}" is not supported with "config_action: ${_action}"`)
     }
     else if (dryrun) {
       info("Dry-run", true)
@@ -398,18 +401,21 @@ function quit(reason) {
     //Render metrics
     info.break()
     info.section("Rendering")
-    let rendered = await retry(async () => {
+    let {rendered, mime} = await retry(async () => {
-      const {rendered, errors} = await metrics({login: user, q}, {graphql, rest, plugins, conf, die, verify, convert}, {Plugins, Templates})
+      const {rendered, mime, errors} = await metrics({login: user, q}, {graphql, rest, plugins, conf, die, verify, convert}, {Plugins, Templates})
       if (errors.length) {
         console.warn(`::group::${errors.length} error(s) occurred`)
         console.warn(util.inspect(errors, {depth: Infinity, maxStringLength: 256}))
         console.warn("::endgroup::")
       }
-      return rendered
+      return {rendered, mime}
     }, {retries, delay: retries_delay})
     if (!rendered)
       throw new Error("Could not render metrics")
     info("Status", "complete")
+    info("MIME type", mime)
+    const buffer = typeof rendered === "object" ? rendered instanceof Buffer ? rendered : Buffer.from(JSON.stringify(rendered)) : Buffer.from(`${rendered}`)
+
 
     //Debug print
     if (dprint) {
@@ -421,6 +427,7 @@ function quit(reason) {
     //Output condition
     info.break()
     info.section("Saving")
+    if (_output === "svg") {
       info("Output condition", _output_condition)
       if ((_output_condition === "data-changed") && ((committer.commit) || (committer.pr))) {
         const {svg} = await import("../metrics/utils.mjs")
@@ -443,13 +450,16 @@ function quit(reason) {
         if (!changed)
           committer.commit = false
       }
+    }
+    else
+      info("Output condition", `Not applicable for ${_output}`)
 
     //Save output to renders output folder
     if (dryrun)
       info("Actions to perform", "(none)")
     else {
       await fs.mkdir(paths.dirname(paths.join("/renders", filename)), {recursive: true})
-      await fs.writeFile(paths.join("/renders", filename), Buffer.from(typeof rendered === "object" ? JSON.stringify(rendered) : `${rendered}`))
+      await fs.writeFile(paths.join("/renders", filename), buffer)
       info(`Save to /metrics_renders/${filename}`, "ok")
       info("Output action", _action)
     }
@@ -517,7 +527,7 @@ function quit(reason) {
       //Upload to gist (this is done as user since committer_token may not have gist rights)
       if (committer.gist) {
         await retry(async () => {
-          await rest.gists.update({gist_id: committer.gist, files: {[filename]: {content: rendered}}})
+          await rest.gists.update({gist_id: committer.gist, files: {[filename]: {content: buffer.toString()}}})
           info(`Upload to gist ${committer.gist}`, "ok")
           committer.commit = false
         }, {retries: retries_output_action, delay: retries_delay_output_action})
@@ -530,7 +540,7 @@ function quit(reason) {
             ...github.context.repo,
             path: filename,
             message: committer.message,
-            content: Buffer.from(typeof rendered === "object" ? JSON.stringify(rendered) : `${rendered}`).toString("base64"),
+            content: buffer.toString("base64"),
             branch: committer.pr ? committer.head : committer.branch,
             ...(committer.sha ? {sha: committer.sha} : {}),
           })

source/plugins/core/metadata.yml

@@ -106,6 +106,8 @@ inputs:
       - `gist`: push output to `committer_gist`
 
       > 💡 When using `pull-request`, you will need to set the last job with a `pull-request-*` action instead, else it won't be merged
+
+      > ⚠️ As GitHub gists API does not support binary files upload, `gist` does not support [`config_output`](/source/plugins/core/README.md#config_output) set to either `png`, `jpeg` or `markdown-pdf`
     type: string
     default: commit
     values: