[GitHub] van-ibm commented on issue #966: Referencing code from a dependent package leads to error

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van-ibm commented on issue #966: Referencing code from a dependent package leads to error
URL: https://github.com/apache/incubator-openwhisk-wskdeploy/issues/966#issuecomment-415388106
 
 
   The use case is that I want to reference the file Packages/jsonetl-master/dist/Request.js.  By creating a mock Request.js you prevent the issue. Had you attempted the manifest as written without further modification, I expect the error would have occurred.
   
   The purpose of the use case is to re-use the Packages/jsonetl-master/dist/Request.js and assign inputs to the action. Here's an example of doing so:
   ```
   request-accounts:
           function: Packages/jsonetl-master/dist/Request.js
           runtime: nodejs:8
           inputs:
             _url: https://accountmanagement.bluemix.net/coe/v2/getaccounts
             _bearer: ${UAA_TOKEN}
   ```
   The `request-accounts` action will always use the statically defined `_url`. You might then say, "Why not just supply `_url` as an input parameter upon invocation?" The answer is because once the action is part of a sequence, that input parameter is lost unless upstream actions continue to forward it. So this gives me a way to bake in parameters for actions that exist within sequences. If there is a better way to achieve this, I'm open to alternate approaches.

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