ProxmoxVE/.github/workflows/check_and_update_json_date.yml

name: Update JSON Date and Push Changes

on:
  push:
    branches:
      - main

jobs:
  update-json:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest

    steps:
      - name: Generate a token
        id: generate-token
        uses: actions/create-github-app-token@v1
        with:
          app-id: ${{ secrets.JSON_APP_ID }}
          private-key: ${{ secrets.JSON_APP_KEY }}

      - name: Checkout code
        uses: actions/checkout@v4

      - name: Set up authentication
        env:
          GH_TOKEN: ${{ steps.generate-token.outputs.token }}
        run: |
          git config --global user.name "github-actions[bot]"
          git config --global user.email "github-actions[bot]@users.noreply.github.com"
          git config --global credential.helper 'store'
          echo "https://github-actions[bot]:$GH_TOKEN@github.com" > ~/.git-credentials          

      - name: Modify JSON file(s)
        run: |
          TODAY=$(date -u +%Y-%m-%d)
          for json_file in $(find . -type f -name "*.json"); do
            # Ensure the JSON structure is an object
            if jq -e 'type == "object"' "$json_file" > /dev/null 2>&1; then
              # Update the date_created field
              jq --arg today "$TODAY" '.date_created = $today' "$json_file" > tmp.json && mv tmp.json "$json_file"
            fi
          done          

      - name: Commit changes
        run: |
          git add *.json
          git commit -m "Update date_created to $TODAY"
          git push origin main