usage with GitLab CI

How would you use decktape with GitLab CI?

I tried many configuration, but it always fails with the following error message:

filename argument is required

I use the following .gitlab-ci.yml configuration file:

export:
  image: astefanutti/decktape
  script:
  - decktape http://url.example.com/ slides.pdf
  artifacts:
    paths:
    - slides.pdf

[oupala]

Issue created.

I will also try to find out what is the purpose of --allow-file-access-from-files option.

Edit: some people had the same problem as us.

[oupala]

Thanks @astefanutti for you help. Nonetheless, I know about mounting volumes in docker. I’m using decktape successfully on my laptop with the following command line:

docker run --rm -v `pwd`:/slides astefanutti/decktape <url>

However, GitLab CI/CD behave differently and manage everything about volume. You don’t run docker container by yourself, GitLab does. As a user, you only define jobs that will be executed by the CI/CD module of GitLab.

The way you can specify to make the exported pdf accessible from outside the container is by defining an artefact and its path. This is were I’m getting stuck.

Maybe @carstencodes can show me a working example so that I can find out where does my problem come from.