Local Running

PyAction comes with a run command that’s available when the pyaction[cli] is installed. Consider the following main.py file.

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@workflow.action
def my_action(name: str, home_town: str) -> None:
    workflow.write(
        WorkflowContext(
            {
                "result": f"{name} lives in {home_town}!",
                "phrase": f"{name} is also a Software Developer.",
            },
        )
    )

This action takes two input parameters (name and home_town). To run this action, first add these input parameters to the .env file.

CopyINPUT_NAME=John
INPUT_HOME_TOWN=Chicago

Then, execute the run command and see the result.

Copypyaction run

Copy[
   {
      "var": "result",
      "value": "John lives in Chicago!",
      "type": "<class 'str'>",
      "usage": "${{ steps.STEP_ID.outputs.result }}"
   },
   {
      "var": "phrase",
      "value": "John is also a Software Developer.",
      "type": "<class 'str'>",
      "usage": "${{ steps.STEP_ID.outputs.phrase }}"
   }
]

The action runs, and the output is the variables available in the workflow.