WaitForUrl

Version updated for https://github.com/skgandikota/WaitForUrl to version v1.

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Action Type

This is a Node action using Node version 20.

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Action Summary

The WaitForUrl GitHub Action automates the process of polling a specified URL until it meets expected conditions, such as returning a specific HTTP status code or containing predefined content in the response body. This is particularly useful for deployment verification or monitoring asynchronous processes, ensuring that systems or endpoints are ready before proceeding in a CI/CD pipeline. Key capabilities include customizable polling intervals, timeout settings, and support for HTTP methods and headers.

What’s Changed

What it does

Poll a URL on repeat until it returns the expected HTTP status or body content. Built for deploy-then-verify workflows.

Highlights

• Match by status code, body substring, or both
• Configurable polling interval and timeout
• Redirect control
• Rich outputs: time_elapsed, attempts, success

Quick Start

- uses: skgandikota/WaitForUrl@v1
  with:
    url: "https://myapp.example.com/health"
    expected_status: "200"
    expected_body: "\"status\":\"ok\""
    timeout: "300"

Full docs → README

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