Gitlab CI/CD create and use custom user functions - bash

Question

I tried create like this function in my gitlab config file:
deploy:
stage: dev
services:
- docker:dind
script:
- myFunction () { api_pl_tmp=$(curl -s --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: $TOKEN_VAR" "https://git.example.ru/api/v4/projects/1/pipelines/latest" | jq .) }
- while myFunction; do
- if [ $(echo $api_pl_tmp | jq -r .status) = "success" ]
- then
- export PROJECT_CURRENT=$($api_pl_tmp | jq -r '{id:.id,sha:.sha[0:8]}' | base64)
- break
- fi
- if [ $(echo $api_pl_tmp | jq -r .status) = "failed" ]
- then
- echo "Error: Frontend can't be deployed!"
- exit 1
- fi
- if [ $(echo $api_pl_tmp | jq -r .status) = "running" ]
- then
- echo "Wait 5 sec... Frontend deploying!"
- sleep 5
- else
- echo Unknow status $(echo $api_pl_tmp | jq -r .status)
- exit 1
- fi
- done
But it's doesn't work and gitlab return me error with message:
This GitLab CI configuration is invalid: jobs:deploy-to-dev:script
config should be a string or a nested array of strings up to 10 levels
deep
How I can fix this problem or maybe I have an error in my custom function?

Answer 1

- separates commands with commands in between. Put your commands as one command, not multiple. Remember they are joined with spaces.
The problem with your script is the colon - see https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-foss/-/issues/30097 .
deploy:
stage: dev
services:
- docker:dind
script:
- "colon=:"
- myFunction () {
api_pl_tmp=$(curl -s --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN$colon $TOKEN_VAR" \
"https$colon//git.example.ru/api/v4/projects/1/pipelines/latest" | jq .);
}
- while myFunction; do
if [ $(echo $api_pl_tmp | jq -r .status) = "success" ]; then
export PROJECT_CURRENT=$($api_pl_tmp | jq -r '{id:.id,sha:.sha[0:8]}' | base64);
break;
fi;
if [ $(echo $api_pl_tmp | jq -r .status) = "failed" ]; then
echo "Error$colon Frontend cant be deployed";
exit 1;
fi;
if [ $(echo $api_pl_tmp | jq -r .status) = "running" ]; then
echo "Wait 5 sec... Frontend deploying!";
sleep 5;
else
echo Unknow status $(echo $api_pl_tmp | jq -r .status);
exit 1;
fi;
done
Also jq .) } is missing a ;. Check your scripts in your own shell one at a time first. Check your scripts with https://shellcheck.net .
Also $($api_pl_tmp is missing an echo and there are a lot of problem with quoting. Use consistent indentation and try to write readable code to minimize typos.