Multiline params

action.yml

@@ -2,15 +2,15 @@ name: 'Node.js License Checker'
 description: 'Check licenses of a project dependencies'
 inputs:
   allow-only:
-    description: 'List of allowed licences separated by semicolon (example: "MIT;BSD;GPL")'
+    description: 'List of allowed licences separated by line-break'
     required: true
     default: 'MIT;BSD'
   exclude-packages:
-    description: 'List of excluded packages with version separated by semicolon (example: "[email protected];[email protected]")'
+    description: 'List of excluded packages with version (example: "[email protected]") separated by line-break'
     required: false
     default: ''
   paths:
-    description: 'List of sub-packages in monorepo (including root)'
+    description: 'List of sub-packages in monorepo (including root) separated by line-break'
     required: false
     default: './'
 runs:

dist/index.js

@@ -14603,15 +14603,17 @@ var __webpack_exports__ = {};
 const core = __nccwpck_require__(2186)
 const licenseChecker = __nccwpck_require__(5840)
 
+const getMultilineInput = (name) => core.getInput(name).split('\n');
+
 const checkLicenses = (path) => {
   return new Promise((resolve) => {
-    const allowedLicenses = core.getInput('allow-only')
-    const excludePackages = core.getInput('exclude-packages')
+    const allowedLicenses = getMultilineInput('allow-only')
+    const excludePackages = getMultilineInput('exclude-packages')
     try {
       licenseChecker.init({
         start: path,
-        onlyAllow: allowedLicenses,
-        excludePackages: excludePackages
+        onlyAllow: allowedLicenses.join(';'),
+        excludePackages: excludePackages.join(';')
       }, err => {
         resolve(err);
       })
@@ -14622,14 +14624,14 @@ const checkLicenses = (path) => {
 }
 
 try {
-  const paths = (core.getInput('paths') || './').split(';');
+  const paths = getMultilineInput('paths');
 
-  Promise.all(paths.map(checkLicenses)).then((errors) => {
-    if (errors.filter(Boolean).length) {
-      errors.forEach((error, index) => {
-        if (error) {
+  Promise.all(paths.map(checkLicenses)).then((pathsErrors) => {
+    if (pathsErrors.filter(Boolean).length) {
+      pathsErrors.forEach((pathCheckErrors, index) => {
+        if (pathErrors) {
           console.log(`Found errors while check path "${paths[index]}"`);
-          console.log(error);
+          console.log(pathCheckErrors);
         }
       })
       core.setFailed('Licenses check has been failed')

index.js

@@ -1,15 +1,17 @@
 const core = require('@actions/core')
 const licenseChecker = require('license-checker')
 
+const getMultilineInput = (name) => core.getInput(name).split('\n');
+
 const checkLicenses = (path) => {
   return new Promise((resolve) => {
-    const allowedLicenses = core.getInput('allow-only')
-    const excludePackages = core.getInput('exclude-packages')
+    const allowedLicenses = getMultilineInput('allow-only')
+    const excludePackages = getMultilineInput('exclude-packages')
     try {
       licenseChecker.init({
         start: path,
-        onlyAllow: allowedLicenses,
-        excludePackages: excludePackages
+        onlyAllow: allowedLicenses.join(';'),
+        excludePackages: excludePackages.join(';')
       }, err => {
         resolve(err);
       })
@@ -20,7 +22,7 @@ const checkLicenses = (path) => {
 }
 
 try {
-  const paths = core.getInput('paths').split(';');
+  const paths = getMultilineInput('paths');
 
   Promise.all(paths.map(checkLicenses)).then((pathsErrors) => {
     if (pathsErrors.filter(Boolean).length) {