name: 'Start Appium Server'

description: 'Start Appium server with configurable arguments and wait for startup'

inputs:

port:

description: 'Appium server port'

required: false

default: '4723'

host:

description: 'Appium server host'

required: false

default: '127.0.0.1'

timeout:

description: 'Timeout in seconds to wait for server startup'

required: false

default: '25'

server_args:

description: 'Additional server arguments (space-separated)'

required: false

default: ''

log_file:

description: 'Log file name'

required: false

default: 'appium.log'

runs:

using: 'composite'

steps:

- name: Start Appium server

shell: bash

run: |

nohup appium server \

--port=${{ inputs.port }} \

--address=${{ inputs.host }} \

--log-no-colors \

--log-timestamp \

--keep-alive-timeout 1200 \

${{ inputs.server_args }} \

2>&1 > ${{ inputs.log_file }} &

- name: Wait for Appium server to start

shell: bash

run: |

TIMEOUT_SEC=${{ inputs.timeout }}

INTERVAL_SEC=1

start_time=$(date +%s)

while true; do

current_time=$(date +%s)

elapsed=$((current_time - start_time))

if nc -z ${{ inputs.host }} ${{ inputs.port }}; then

echo "Appium server is running after $elapsed seconds"

cat ${{ inputs.log_file }}

exit 0

fi

if [[ "$elapsed" -ge "$TIMEOUT_SEC" ]]; then

echo "${elapsed} seconds timeout reached: Appium server is NOT running"

exit 1

fi

echo "Waiting $elapsed seconds for Appium server to start..."

sleep "$INTERVAL_SEC"

done