example-env.yml

name: example-env
on:
  push:
    branches:    
      - 'master'
  pull_request:
env:
  # pass an environment variable to Cypress
  # a test can get its value like this
  # Cypress.env('environmentName') // 'staging'
  # see https://on.cypress.io/env
  CYPRESS_environmentName: staging
jobs:
  e2e:
    runs-on: ubuntu-20.04
    steps:
      - name: Checkout
        uses: actions/checkout@v2

      # in the tests below, only the environment
      # variable 'environmentName' will be set
      - name: Cypress run with env
        uses: ./
        with:
          working-directory: examples/env
          spec: cypress/integration/without-env-spec.js

  with-env:
    # in the tests below, in addition to 'environmentName'
    # we are passing additional environment variables
    # using "--env" command line option
    # see https://on.cypress.io/configuration
    runs-on: ubuntu-20.04
    steps:
      - name: Checkout
        uses: actions/checkout@v2

      - name: Cypress run with env
        uses: ./
        with:
          working-directory: examples/env
          # additional env variables to pass to Cypress specs
          # variables are automatically casted
          # Cypress.env('host') // 'http://api.dev.local'
          # Cypress.env('apiPort') // 4222
          env: host=http://api.dev.local,apiPort=4222
          spec: cypress/integration/spec.js

  with-action-env:
    runs-on: ubuntu-20.04
    steps:
      - name: Checkout
        uses: actions/checkout@v2

      - name: Cypress run with env
        uses: ./
        # GH Actions workflow syntax allows
        # each step to add more environment variables
        # via additional "env" blocks
        env:
          CYPRESS_apiPort: 4222
          CYPRESS_host: http://api.dev.local
        with:
          working-directory: examples/env
          spec: cypress/integration/spec.js

  combined-env:
    # combination of all 3 ways to pass environment variables
    # 'environmentName' value comes from the workflow's environment
    # 'apiPort' comes from the step's "env" block
    # 'host' is defined in the action's "with: env:" parameter
    runs-on: ubuntu-20.04
    steps:
      - name: Checkout
        uses: actions/checkout@v2

      - name: Cypress run with env
        uses: ./
        env:
          CYPRESS_apiPort: 4222
        with:
          env: host=http://api.dev.local
          working-directory: examples/env
          spec: cypress/integration/spec.js