Simplify interface to receive expects in key: value format

.github/workflows/test.yml

@@ -13,10 +13,10 @@ jobs:
         uses: ./  # This points to the local action in the repository
         with:
           params: >
-            [
-              {"step_id": "foo", "param": "continue-on-error", "expected_value": "true"},
-              {"step_id": "bar", "param": "timeout-minutes", "expected_value": "10"}
-            ]
+            {
+              "foo": {"continue-on-error": "true"},
+              "bar": {"timeout-minutes": "10"}
+            }
 
       - id: foo
         run: echo hello

action.yml

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ name: 'Expect Self Parameter'
 description: 'Check if specific parameters are set for given steps'
 inputs:
   params:
-    description: 'List of step-id, param, and expected-value sets in JSON format'
+    description: 'List of step parameters and values in JSON format'
     required: true
     type: string
 runs:

scripts/validate-param.sh

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
 # Extract inputs
-PARAMS=$1
+PARAMS=$PARAMS
 
 # Check if the workflow file exists
 if [ ! -f "${GITHUB_WORKFLOW}" ]; then
@@ -10,18 +10,22 @@ if [ ! -f "${GITHUB_WORKFLOW}" ]; then
 fi
 
 # Parse the JSON input and iterate over the checks
-echo "${PARAMS}" | jq -c '.[]' | while read -r check; do
-  STEP_ID=$(echo "${check}" | jq -r '.step_id')
-  PARAM=$(echo "${check}" | jq -r '.param')
-  EXPECTED_VALUE=$(echo "${check}" | jq -r '.expected_value')
+echo "${PARAMS}" | jq -c 'to_entries | .[]' | while read -r step; do
+  STEP_ID=$(echo "${step}" | jq -r '.key')
+  PARAMS=$(echo "${step}" | jq -r '.value')
 
-  # Check the parameter in the workflow file
-  grep -A 5 "id: ${STEP_ID}" "${GITHUB_WORKFLOW}" | grep "${PARAM}: ${EXPECTED_VALUE}"
+  echo "${PARAMS}" | jq -c 'to_entries | .[]' | while read -r param; do
+    PARAM=$(echo "${param}" | jq -r '.key')
+    EXPECTED_VALUE=$(echo "${param}" | jq -r '.value')
 
-  if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
-    echo "The parameter ${PARAM} for step ${STEP_ID} is not set to ${EXPECTED_VALUE}."
-    exit 1
-  fi
+    # Check the parameter in the workflow file
+    grep -A 5 "id: ${STEP_ID}" "${GITHUB_WORKFLOW}" | grep "${PARAM}: ${EXPECTED_VALUE}"
 
-  echo "The parameter ${PARAM} for step ${STEP_ID} is correctly set to ${EXPECTED_VALUE}."
+    if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
+      echo "The parameter ${PARAM} for step ${STEP_ID} is not set to ${EXPECTED_VALUE}."
+      exit 1
+    fi
+
+    echo "The parameter ${PARAM} for step ${STEP_ID} is correctly set to ${EXPECTED_VALUE}."
+  done
 done