[BUG]: Minimal example fails with error

[smjackson]

What happened?

Creating a new action with the minimal example and variables as listed in the README.md fails with the following error:

Error: Request failed due to following response errors:

• Variable $owner of type String! was provided invalid value
• Variable $repo of type String! was provided invalid value

Specifically, code as follows:

on:
    push:
        branches:
            - main

jobs:
  logLatestRelease:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - uses: octokit/[email protected]
        id: get_latest_release
        with:
          query: |
            query release($owner:String!,$repo:String!) {
              repository(owner:$owner,name:$repo) {
                releases(first:1) {
                  nodes {
                    name
                    createdAt
                    tagName
                    description
                  }
                }
              }
            }
          variables: |
            owner: ${{ github.event.repository.owner.name }}
            repo: ${{ github.event.repository.name }}
        env:
          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
      - run: "echo 'latest release: ${{ steps.get_latest_release.outputs.data }}'"

Versions

octokit/[email protected]

Relevant log output

Run octokit/[email protected]
  with:
    query: query release($owner:String!,$repo:String!) {
    repository(owner:$owner,name:$repo) {
      releases(first:1) {
        nodes {
          name
          createdAt
          tagName
          description
        }
      }
    }
  }
  
    variables: owner: myorg
  repo: github-project-playground
  
  env:
    GITHUB_TOKEN: ***
query release($owner:String!,$repo:String!) {
  repository(owner:$owner,name:$repo) {
    releases(first:1) {
      nodes {
        name
        createdAt
        tagName
        description
      }
    }
  }
}

> variables: [object Object]
> mediaType: undefined
Error: Request failed due to following response errors:
 - Variable $owner of type String! was provided invalid value
 - Variable $repo of type String! was provided invalid value

Code of Conduct

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[gr2m]

Instead of using variables can you pass owner and repo directly, like in the first README example?

[smjackson]

That one seems to work.

What would I do if I needed to pass other variables than just owner and repo to my query? Mirror the first example and just add more properties?

[gr2m]

just add more properties

yes, exactly. It mirrors the API of @octokit/graphql:
https://github.com/octokit/graphql.js#variables

The support for variables was added via #209, I'm not sure why it's not working. We do support object variables in octokit/request-action (see complex example), I don't have the time to investigate what's different right now unfortunately, but happy to review a PR if you or anyone is interested in investigating

[zliang-akamai]

Got a same issue

[meyersbs]

Same error for me:

- name: Query for Text
  uses: octokit/[email protected]
  id: issue-text
  env:
    GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
  with:
    query: |
      query issuetext($owner:String!,$repo:String!,$number:Int!) {
        repository(owner:$owner,name:$repo) {
          thisIssue: issue(number:$number) {
            title
            bodyText
            comments(first:10) {
              edges {
                node {
                  bodyText
                }
              }
            }
          }
        }
      }
  variables: |
    number: ${{ github.event.issue.number }}
    repo: ${{ github.event.repository.name }}
    owner: ${{ github.event.repository.owner.name }}

Error: Request failed due to following response errors:
 - Variable $owner of type String! was provided invalid value
 - Variable $repo of type String! was provided invalid value
 - Variable $number of type Int! was provided invalid value

Using without variables works, except for owner. These both fail:

• owner: ${{ github.event.repository.owner.name }}
• owner: ${{ github.event.repository_owner }}