check_config.yaml

name: Check Configurations
on: push

jobs:
 check-config:
   runs-on: ubuntu-latest
   steps:
    - uses: actions/checkout@main

    - name: Set up Python
      uses: actions/setup-python@v1
      with:
        python-version: 3.7

    - name: install dependencies
      run:  pip3 install pyyaml

    - name: check baseurl
      id: baseurl
      run: |
        import yaml
        from pathlib import Path
        from configparser import ConfigParser
        settings = ConfigParser()
        
        config_path = Path('_config.yml')
        settings_path = Path('_action_files/settings.ini')
        
        assert config_path.exists(), 'Did not find _config.yml in the current directory!'
        assert settings_path.exists(), 'Did not find _action_files/settings.ini in the current directory!'
        
        settings.read(settings_path)
        with open('_config.yml') as f:
            config = yaml.safe_load(f)
            
        errmsg = f"The value set for baseurl in _action_files/settings.ini and _config.yml are not identical. Please fix and try again."
        assert config['baseurl'] == settings['DEFAULT']['baseurl'], errmsg
      shell: python

    - name: Create issue if baseurl rule is violated
      if: steps.baseurl.outcome == 'failure'
      uses: actions/github-script@0.6.0
      with:
        github-token: ${{secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN}}
        script: |
          var err = process.env.ERROR_STRING;
          var run_id = process.env.RUN_ID;
          github.issues.create({
            owner: context.repo.owner,
            repo: context.repo.repo,
            title: "Error with repository configuration: baseurl",
            body: `${err}\n See run [${run_id}](https://github.com/${context.repo.owner}/${context.repo.repo}/actions/runs/${run_id}) for more details.`
          })
      env:
        ERROR_STRING: "You have not configured your baseurl correctly, please read the instructions in _config.yml carefully."
        RUN_ID: ${{ github.run_id	}}