Conditionally run a step only if a secret is defined? #25735

simonw · 2020-06-21T23:38:31Z

simonw
Jun 21, 2020

I’d like to add a step to my workflow which only runs if a specific named secret has been defined.

I tried this but it didn’t work:

if: secrets.MY_SECRET

Answered by weide-zhou

Jun 22, 2020

Hi @simonw,

Please use below format instead. secrets.* is not recognized in if expression. You can set it as env and read via env.*.

      - name: check
        if: contains(env.TESTKEY1, 'value1')         # use env value instead.
        run: |
          echo test
        env:
            TESTKEY1: ${{secrets.TESTKEY1}}

Thanks

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weide-zhou · 2020-06-22T05:59:43Z

weide-zhou
Jun 22, 2020

Hi @simonw,

Please use below format instead. secrets.* is not recognized in if expression. You can set it as env and read via env.*.

      - name: check
        if: contains(env.TESTKEY1, 'value1')         # use env value instead.
        run: |
          echo test
        env:
            TESTKEY1: ${{secrets.TESTKEY1}}

Thanks

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dtinth · 2022-01-17T10:17:45Z

dtinth
Jan 17, 2022

To check if the secret which is converted into an env is defined, you can simply reference it in the if condition. For example:

For example:

      - name: SonarCloud Scan
        uses: SonarSource/sonarcloud-github-action@master
        if: env.SONAR_TOKEN
        env:
          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }} # Needed to get PR information, if any
          SONAR_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.SONAR_TOKEN }}

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