(code_pipeline_actions): Access to variables in CodeStarConnectionsSourceAction

[kornicameister]

Description

Ability to use variables similarly to what is now available in GithubSourceAction.

Use Case

Using bitbucket and recommended CodeStarConnectionsSourceAction I'd like access commit id of the particular source and use it to tag AMI build further down in the pipeline.

Proposed Solution

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Other information

cdk-version: 1.134.0

Acknowledge

• I may be able to implement this feature request
• This feature might incur a breaking change

[kornicameister]

It works using syntax from documentation, but would certainly be nicer to have common interface.

[skinny85]

Yep, agreed @kornicameister, thanks for opening the issue!

Would you consider contributing this as a PR? It should be relatively straightforward I think if you look how the existing source Actions implement variables (for example, here's the code for the GitHubSourceAction).

Our contributing guide: https://github.com/aws/aws-cdk/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md

Thanks,
Adam

[kornicameister]

I will certainly try but I cannot give any ETA on this so if anyone can jump in, all the better.

[kewur]

Is there a workaround to get the commitId from CodeStarConnectionsAction in the meantime?

[skinny85]

Is there a workaround to get the commitId from CodeStarConnectionsAction in the meantime?

Yep! Just pass the variableNamespace property when creating the CodeStarConnectionsSourceAction, and then use the syntax "#{MyVariableNamespace.CommitId}" in another Action's definition (like CodeBuild Action's environment variable).