Zenodo Metadata Validator 🛡️

🚀 Ensure your metadata is ready for archiving!

This GitHub Action validates your .zenodo.json file against the official Zenodo schema. No more broken uploads or missing creator names! We've vendored the schema 📦 here, and also allow you to provide your own. ☁️

🛠️ How to use it in your Pipeline

Add this sparkle to your .github/workflows/validate.yml:

jobs:
  validate:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - name: 📥 Checkout code
        uses: actions/checkout@v6

      - name: 🛡️ Validate Zenodo Metadata
        uses: vsoch/zenodo-validator@main 
        with:
          path: '.zenodo.json'

💻 Running it locally

...for the rebels 🎸

Want to check your JSON before you even commit? Build the container and run it:

# 🏗️ Build the magic box
docker build -t zenodo-validator .

# 🪄 Run the spell
docker run --rm \
  -v $(pwd):/github/workspace \
  -e GITHUB_WORKSPACE=/github/workspace \
  -e INPUT_PATH=.zenodo.json \
  -e INPUT_SCHEMA_PATH=/schema.json \
  -e INPUT_ERROR_FORMAT=text \
  zenodo-validator

The above also works with:

make
make validate

And you can also use the image provided: ghcr.io/vsoch/zenodo-validator.

🎁 Inputs

Input	Description	Default
path 📍	Where is your .zenodo.json?	.zenodo.json
error_format 🎨	text, json, or pretty-json	text

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📄 License

DevTools is distributed under the terms of the MIT license. All new contributions must be made under this license.

See LICENSE, COPYRIGHT, and NOTICE for details.

SPDX-License-Identifier: (MIT)

LLNL-CODE- 842614

MIT. Go forth and do science! 🔬🧬🥂

Maintained by @vsoch 🌟