invalidate.yml

name: invalidate_cache

# Controls when the action will run.
on:
  # run once a weekday at ~8am/8pm MT
  schedule:
    - cron: '31 1,13 * * *'
  # Allows you to run this workflow manually from the Actions tab
  workflow_dispatch:

# A workflow run is made up of one or more jobs that can run sequentially or in parallel
jobs:
  # This workflow contains a single job called "deploy_website"
  invalidate_cache:
    # The type of runner that the job will run on
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest

    # Global environment
    env:
      AWS_DEFAULT_REGION: us-east-2

    # Steps represent a sequence of tasks that will be executed as part of the job
    steps:
      # Setup the system with the repository code
      - uses: actions/checkout@v4

      # Set the env vars. These default to dev and if the branch is `main` then this changes to use the production keys
      - name: Set prod env vars based on branch
        if: startsWith(github.ref, 'refs/heads/main')
        run: |
          echo "AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID=${{ secrets.AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID }}" >> ${GITHUB_ENV}
          echo "AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY=${{ secrets.AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY }}" >> ${GITHUB_ENV}
        shell: bash

      # Invalidate the cache
      - name: Invalidate cache
        run: |
          CLOUDFRONT_DISTRIBUTION_ID=$(grep cloudfront_distribution_id s3_website.yml|awk -F: '{print $2}' |sed 's/ //g')
          aws cloudfront create-invalidation --distribution-id $CLOUDFRONT_DISTRIBUTION_ID --paths "/*"
        shell: bash